2010–11 Albanian Superliga

Albanian Superliga
Season	2010–11
Champions	Skënderbeu Korçë
Relegated	Besa Kavajë; Elbasani
Champions League	Skënderbeu Korçë
Europa League	Flamurtari Vlorë; Vllaznia Shkodër; Tirana
Matches played	198
Goals scored	516 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Daniel Xhafa (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Flamurtari 8–0 Elbasani
Biggest away win	Vllaznia 0–4 Dinamo; Elbasani 0–4 Vllaznia
Highest scoring	Flamurtari 8–0 Elbasani; Flamurtari 6–2 Dinamo
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 Albanian Superliga was the 72nd official season, or the 75th season of top-tier football in Albania (including three unofficial championships of WW2^[1]) and the thirteenth season under the name Kategoria superiore. The season began in August 2010 and ended on 16 May 2011.^{[citation needed]} Dinamo Tirana were the defending champions, having won their 18th Albanian championship last season.

The championship was won by Skënderbeu Korçë, with Flamurtari Vlorë and Vllaznia Shkodër finishing second and third, respectively. On the bottom end of the table, Besa Kavajë and Elbasani were directly relegated, while Shkumbini Peqin and Dinamo Tirana had to compete in the relegation playoffs.

Teams [edit]

Apolonia Fier and Gramozi Ersekë were directly relegated to the First Division after finishing 11th and 12th in the previous year's standings. They are replaced by First Division champions Bylis Ballsh and runners-up Elbasani.

9th placed Kastrioti Krujë and 10th placed Skënderbeu Korçë had to compete in single-match relegation play-offs. Kastrioti played against First Division fourth-placed club Lushnja, while Skënderbeu played against First Division third-placed club Kamza. Both Kastrioti and Skënderbeu won their matches 1–0 and retained their places in the league.

Stadia and locations [edit]

Location of teams in 2010–11 Superliga

Team	City/Area	Stadium	Capacity^[2]
Besa	Kavajë	Stadiumi Besa	8,000
Bylis	Ballsh	Adush Muça Stadium	6,500
Dinamo	Tirana	Stadiumi Qemal Stafa	19,600
Elbasani	Elbasan	Stadiumi Ruzhdi Bizhuta	13,000
Flamurtari	Vlorë	Stadiumi Flamurtari	8,500
Kastrioti	Krujë	Stadiumi Kastrioti	8,400^[3]
Lac !KF Laçi	Laç	Stadiumi Laçi	5,000
Shkumbini	Peqin	Stadiumi Peqin	6,000
Skënderbeu	Korçë	Stadiumi Skënderbeu	12,000
Teuta	Durrës	Stadiumi Niko Dovana	12,000
Tirana !KF Tirana	Tirana	Stadiumi Selman Stërmasi	12,500
Vllaznia	Shkodër	Stadiumi Loro Boriçi	16,000

Personnel and sponsoring [edit]

Team	Head coach	Team captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Besa	Gert Haxhiu	Artion Poçi	Adidas
Bylls	Nikola Ilievski	Amarildo Dimo	Sportika	Gjanica Sh.A.
Dinamo	Ilir Daja	Arjan Pisha	Sportika	ALPET
Elbasani	Esad Karišik	Eriol Merxha	Legea	Kürüm
Flamurtari	Gugash Magani	Artan Sakaj	Adidas
Kastrioti	Ramazan Ndreu	Ylli Shameti	Lotto	VE
Laçi	Stavri Nica	Sajmir Kastrati	Sportika	IP-BET
Shkumbini	Agim Canaj	Lorenc Pasha	Sportika	Yldon
Skënderbeu	Shkëlqim Muça	Bledi Shkëmbi	Adidas	Ama
Teuta	Edi Martini	Edmond Doçi	Legea	Abissnet
Tirana	Mišo Krstičević	Devi Muka	Adidas	BPP Group
Vllaznia	Mirel Josa	Vioresin Sinani	Legea	Hotel Colosseo-Shkodër

Managerial changes [edit]

The Managerial changes:^[4]

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Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Position in table
KF Tirana	Alban Tafaj	End of contract	02010-01-2626 January 2010	Pre-Season	Sulejman Starova	02010-03-2929 March 2010	Pre-Season
KF Tirana	Sulejman Starova	Sacked	02010-10-1010 October 2010	6	Nevil Dede	02010-10-1111 October 2010^[5]	6
Besa Kavajë	Shpëtim Duro	Sacked	02010-09-2929 September 2010^[6]	12	Përparim Daiu	02010-09-2121 September 2010^[7]	12
Besa Kavajë	Përparim Daiu	Sacked	02010-11-066 November 2010^[7]	12	Gert Haxhiu	02010-11-088 November 2010^[8]	12
KS Elbasani	Krenar Alimehmeti	Sacked	16th week	12	Esad Karišik	16th week	12
Dinamo Tirana	Luis Manuel Blanko	Resigned	02010-12-2525 December 2010	5	Ilir Daja	02010-12-3030 December 2010^[9]	5
KF Tirana	Nevil Dede	Sacked	02011-02-066 February 2011^[10]	4	Mišo Krstičević	02010-02-088 February 2010^[11]	4

League table [edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Skënderbeu Korçë (C)	33	23	4	6	52	23	+29	73	2011–12 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Flamurtari Vlorë	33	22	3	8	62	27	+35	066¹	2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3	Vllaznia Shkodër	33	17	8	8	41	27	+14	59	2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	Laçi	33	14	5	14	44	44	0	47
5	Tirana	33	11	11	11	42	31	+11	44	2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ²
6	Bylis Ballsh	33	13	4	16	44	48	−4	43
7	Teuta Durrës	33	11	9	13	38	40	−2	42
8	Kastrioti Krujë	33	11	9	13	40	47	−7	42
9	Shkumbini Peqin (O)	33	12	6	15	43	54	−11	42	Relegation playoffs
10	Dinamo Tirana (O)	33	10	9	14	46	50	−4	39	Relegation playoffs
11	Besa Kavajë (R)	33	10	9	14	35	47	−12	39	Relegation to the Albanian First Division
12	KS Elbasani (R)	33	4	3	26	30	79	−49	012³	Relegation to the Albanian First Division

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹Flamurtari Vlorë were deducted three points because of leaving a match without finishing it.^[12]
²Tirana have won the 2010–11 Albanian Cup and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
³Elbasani were deducted three points because of unpaid salaries to former player Darko Perić.^[13]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round [edit]

Team \ Round
Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Skënderbeu Korçë	1	1	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Flamurtari Vlorë	3	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Vllaznia Shkodër	2	4	1	5	7	5	4	6	7	7	4	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Laçi	8	3	6	4	6	4	5	7	8	8	8	6	7	9	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4
KF Tirana	7	8	8	7	4	6	6	8	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5
Bylis Ballsh	10	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	9	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	9	6	6
Teuta Durrës	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	4	6	5	6	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	11	9	7	9	8	9	7
Kastrioti Krujë	4	7	9	8	10	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	7	9	8	8	8	9	10	8	8	9	7	7	8	9	8	9	7	6	8	8
Shkumbini Peqin	5	9	7	9	8	9	9	5	4	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	11	10	9
Dinamo Tirana	11	6	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	10
Besa Kavajë	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	9	10	9	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	11
KS Elbasani	6	5	5	6	5	7	7	11	12	12	12	12	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Source: SoccerAssociation.com

Results [edit]

The schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.

First and second round [edit]

Home \ Away^[1]	BES	BYL	DIN	ELB	FLA	KAS	LAÇ	SHK	SKË	TEU	TIR	VLL
Besa Kavajë		2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–2²	0–0	2–1	0–1
Bylis Ballsh	3–1		3–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–0
Dinamo Tirana	2–1	2–1		2–1	0–1	0–0	3–3	1–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	0–0
KS Elbasani	1–1	3–2	1–3		1–2	1–1	2–3	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–4
Flamurtari Vlorë	1–0	1–0	3–1	4–0		3–0	1–0	4–2	4–0	1–0	2–1	2–0
Kastrioti Krujë	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–2		3–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0
Laçi	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0		2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1
Shkumbini Peqin	2–2	4–2	1–0	3–2	3–1	2–2	2–1		3–1	1–1	1–3	1–0
Skënderbeu Korçë	4–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	5–1	2–1	1–0		2–0	2–1	2–0
Teuta Durrës	1–2	6–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0		0–0	0–3
Tirana	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	4–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0		0–2
Vllaznia Shkodër	2–1	3–2	0–4	3–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0

Source: soccerway.com
^{1 ^{^}} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²This match was awarded 0–2 to Skenderbeu Korce.^{[citation needed]}
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round [edit]

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games):

23rd round 24th round 25th round 26th round 27th round 28th round
 1 – 12 11 – 1 1 – 10 9 – 1 1 – 8 7 – 1
 2 – 11 10 – 2 2 – 9 8 – 2 2 – 7 6 – 2
 3 – 10 9 – 3 3 – 8 7 – 3 3 – 6 5 – 3
 4 – 9 8 – 4 4 – 7 6 – 4 4 – 5 4 – 12
 5 – 8 7 – 5 5 – 6 5 – 12 11 – 9 8 – 11
 6 – 7 6 – 12 12 – 11 10 – 11 12 – 10 9 – 10

29th round 30th round 31st round 32nd round 33rd round
 1 – 6 5 – 1 1 – 4 3 – 1 1 – 2
 2 – 5 4 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 12 11 – 3
 3 – 4 3 – 12 11 – 5 4 – 11 10 – 4
11 – 7 6 – 11 10 – 6 5 – 10 9 – 5
10 – 8 7 – 10 9 – 7 6 – 9 8 – 6
12 – 9 8 – 9 12 – 8 7 – 8 12 – 7

Home \ Away^[1]	BES	BYL	DIN	ELB	FLA	KAS	LAÇ	SHK	SKË	TEU	TIR	VLL
Besa Kavajë		2–1	1–0			3–2			0–0		3–2
Bylis Ballsh					1–0		1–0	2–0		1–0		2–0
Dinamo Tirana		1–1		3–1				4–1	2–3	0–0	0–0
KS Elbasani	0–1	0–2				1–2		1–2		2–4
Flamurtari Vlorë	3–0		6–2	8–0		1–0			1–0		2–1
Kastrioti Krujë		2–1	4–3						0–2	3–1	2–0
Laçi	3–2		1–0	3–1	1–1	3–1						1–3
Shkumbini Peqin	2–2				2–1	2–1	2–5					1–0
Skënderbeu Korçë		3–1		1–0			2–0	2–0		1–0		3–0
Teuta Durrës	4–2				1–1		3–2	3–1				0–0
Tirana		0–2		6–1			4–0	1–0	0–1	1–2
Vllaznia Shkodër	2–0		3–1	3–1	3–0	1–1					1–0

Updated to games played on 16 May 2011.
Source: soccerway.com
^{1 ^{^}} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoffs [edit]

The 9th and 10th place finishers in the league faced the sixth- and fifth-placed teams of the 2010–11 First Division, respectively, in single match relegation playoffs.

All times CEST

25 May 2011 16:00	Shkumbini Peqin	1 – 0 (a. e. t.)	Adriatiku Mamurrasi	Niko Dovana Stadium, Durrës Attendance: 500 Referee: E. Peza
	Mustafaj 93'	Report

26 May 2011 16:00	Besëlidhja Lezhë	1–4	Dinamo Tirana	Besa Stadium, Kavajë Attendance: 800 Referee: L. Jemini
	Lika 36'	Report	38' Ferraj 44' Martirena 54' Allmuça 64' Vila	Besa Stadium, Kavajë Attendance: 800 Referee: L. Jemini

Top goalscorers [edit]

Including matches played on 16 May 2011.^[14]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Daniel Xhafa	Flamurtari Vlorë	19
2	Pero Pejić	KF Tirana	14
3	Brunild Pepa	Teuta Durrës	13
	Emiljano Vila	Dinamo Tirana	13
	Alfredo Rafael Sosa	Skënderbeu Korçë	13
	Vilfor Hysa	KF Laçi	13
7	Vioresin Sinani	Vllaznia Shkodër	11
	Elis Bakaj	Dinamo Tirana	11
	Mladen Brkić	Dinamo	11
10	Sebino Plaku	Flamurtari Vlorë	10
10	Fjodor Xhafa	Bylis Ballsh	10

References [edit]

^ Albanian Superliga#World War Two Championships
^ "Stadiums in Albania". WorldStadiums.com. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
^ http://www.soccerway.com/teams/albania/ks-kastrioti-kruje/venue/
^ "Coach changes". albania-sport.com. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
^ http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/nevil-dede/aufeinenblick/trainer_13007.html
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^ "Kategoria Superiore 2010/2011". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 March 2011.

External links [edit]

Official website (Albanian)

[1] Albanian Superliga#World War Two Championships

[2] "Stadiums in Albania". WorldStadiums.com. Retrieved 1 January 2011.

[3] ttp://www.soccerway.com/teams/albania/ks-kastrioti-kruje/venue/

[4] "Coach changes". albania-sport.com. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010.

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[12] Shekulli, Flamurtari braktis ndeshjen me Vllazninë, Skënderbeu më pranë titullit

[13] "FSHF zyrtarizon: Elbasani −3 pikë nga klasifikimi" (in Albanian). Gazetastart. Retrieved 23 December 2010.

[14] "Kategoria Superiore 2010/2011". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 March 2011.

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2010–11 Albanian Superliga

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Teams [edit]

Stadia and locations [edit]

Personnel and sponsoring [edit]

Managerial changes [edit]

League table [edit]

Positions by round [edit]

Results [edit]

First and second round [edit]

Third round [edit]

Relegation playoffs [edit]

Top goalscorers [edit]

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