2011–12 Albanian Cup

2011–12 Albanian Cup

Kupa e Shqipërisë
Tournament details
Country	Albania
Final positions
Champions	Tirana
Runner-up	Skënderbeu

2011–12 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the sixtieth season of Albania's annual cup competition. The winners of the competition qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. KF Tirana are the defending champions, having won their 14th Albanian Cup last season.

Except of Second Round and Quarter Finals, the rest of stages were played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregated score was tied after both games, the team with the higher number of away goals advanced. If the number of away goals was equal in both games, the match was decided by extra time and a penalty shootout, if necessary.

Preliminary Tournament

In order to reduce the number of participating teams for the First Round to 32, a preliminary tournament was played. Only teams from the Second Division (third level) were allowed to enter. Each Second Division group played its own tournament. In contrast to the main tournament, the preliminary tournament was held as a single-leg knock-out competition.

First Preliminary Round

These matches took place on 6 September 2011.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Partizani	0–3	Sukthi
Tërbuni	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	Luzi 2008
Bilisht Sport	3–0	Përmeti
Domozdova	3–0	Tepelena

Second Preliminary Round

These matches took place on 13 September 2011.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Tërbuni	2–0	Sukthi
Bilisht Sport	2–1	Domozdova

First round

All 30 teams of the 2011–12 Superliga and First Division entered in this round along with the two qualifiers from the Second Preliminary Round. The first legs were played on 21 September 2011 and the second legs took place on 27 September 2011.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Adriatiku	2–3	Elbasani	1–0	1–3
Gramozi	2–8	Apolonia	1–5	1–3
Luftëtari	1–0	Tomori	1–0	0–0
Vlora	0–6	Dinamo Tirana	0–3	0–3
Përparimi	2–4	Teuta	1–1	1–3
Iliria	2–7	Bylis	1–6	1–1
Skrapari	2–11	Laçi	0–3	2–8
Bilisht Sport	1–15	Flamurtari	1–4	0–11
Besëlidhja	0–4	Besa	0–2	0–2
Lushnja	2–2 (a)	Kamza	2–1	0–1
Ada	1–4	Pogradeci	1–2	0–2
Burreli	2–8	Shkumbini	2–1	0–7
Gramshi	2–4	Kastrioti	1–2	1–2
Himara	1–10	Tirana	0–3	1–7
Butrinti	2–5	Vllaznia	2–3	0–2
Tërbuni	1–5	Skënderbeu	1–2	0–3

Second round

In a change from last year's format, this stage of the competition will be played as a group stage. The 16 winners from the First Round will be placed in 4 groups of 4 teams each. Each group will play a double round robin schedule for a total of 6 games for each team. The top 2 teams in each groups will move on to the next round of the competition. These matches took place between 18 October and 20 December 2011.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TIR	LAÇ	APO	SHK
1	Tirana	6	6	0	0	13	4	+9	18	Advance to quarter-finals			1–0	3–0	3–1
2	Laçi	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8			0–1		0–0	3–1
3	Apolonia	6	2	1	3	11	13	−2	7			1–2	1–3		5–2
4	Shkumbini	6	0	1	5	10	19	−9	1			2–3	1–1	3–4

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FLA	KAM	TEU	POG
1	Flamurtari	6	3	1	2	6	3	+3	10	Advance to quarter-finals			0–0	1–0	3–0
2	Kamza	6	2	3	1	9	4	+5	9			1–0		0–0	6–0
3	Teuta	6	2	3	1	4	2	+2	9			1–0	1–1		0–0
4	Pogradeci	6	1	1	4	4	14	−10	4			1–2	3–1	0–2

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KAS	SKË	LUF	BES
1	Kastrioti	6	4	1	1	15	8	+7	13	Advance to quarter-finals			3–1	4–1	2–0
2	Skënderbeu	6	4	0	2	10	7	+3	12			2–0		2–0	3–0
3	Luftëtari	6	2	1	3	9	12	−3	7			3–3	4–1		1–0
4	Besa	6	1	0	5	3	10	−7	3			1–3	0–1	2–0

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VLL	BYL	ELB	DIN
1	Vllaznia	6	5	1	0	19	7	+12	16	Advance to quarter-finals			0–0	3–1	5–2
2	Bylis	6	4	1	1	13	8	+5	13			2–4		4–1	2–1
3	Elbasani	6	1	0	5	7	16	−9	3			2–4	1–3		0–1
4	Dinamo Tirana	6	1	0	5	6	14	−8	3			0–3	1–2	1–2

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Quarter-finals

The 8 winners from the Second Round will be placed in 2 groups of 4 teams each. Each group will play a double round robin schedule for a total of 6 games for each team. The top 2 teams in each groups will move on to the next round of the competition. These matches took place between 28 January and 20 March 2012.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TIR	KAS	BYL	KAM
1	Tirana	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11	Advance to semi-finals			2–0	1–1	2–0
2	Kastrioti	6	3	1	2	9	9	0	10			2–1		4–2	0–0
3	Bylis	6	2	3	1	11	7	+4	9			0–0	3–1		5–1
4	Kamza	6	0	2	4	3	11	−8	2			1–2	1–2	0–0

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FLA	SKË	VLL	LAÇ
1	Flamurtari	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11	Advance to semi-finals			3–0	2–0	1–1
2	Skënderbeu	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11			4–1		1–1	1–0
3	Vllaznia	6	1	2	3	3	5	−2	5			0–1	0–0		2–0
4	Laçi	6	1	2	3	3	6	−3	5			0–0	1–2	1–0

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Semi-finals

The four winners from the Quarterfinals will compete in this round. These matches took place on 4 and 18 April 2012.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Skënderbeu	3–1	Kastrioti	3–1	0–0
Flamurtari	2–5	Tirana	0–3	2–2

Final

The two winners from the Semifinals will compete in this round. The final match took place on 17 May 2012 at Qemal Stafa Stadium in Tirana.

17 May 2012

20:00 UTC+2

Skënderbeu	0−1 (a.e.t.)	Tirana
	Report	Balaj 107'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Lorenc Jemini

External links

• Official website (in Albanian)
• Albanian Cup at soccerway.com