| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10 September 2011 – 12 May 2012 |
| Champions | Skënderbeu 3rd Albanian title |
| Relegated | Kamza (via play-off) Pogradeci Dinamo |
| Champions League | Skënderbeu |
| Europa League | Teuta Tirana Flamurtari |
| Matches | 108 |
| Goals | 274 (2.54 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Roland Dervishi (20 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Flamurtari 5–0Shkumbini |
| Biggest away win | Apolonia 1–5Skënderbeu |
| Highest scoring | Shkumbini 6–2Tomori |
2012–13 → | |
The2011–12Kategoria Superiore was the 73rd official season, or 76th season of top-tierfootball inAlbania (including three unofficial championships of WW2) and the fourteenth season under the nameKategoria superiore. The season began on 10 September 2011 and ended on 12 May 2012. The defending champions wereSkënderbeu, who won their second Albanian league championship last season and third in their history.
The size of the league was expanded from twelve to fourteen teams this season.[1]
Besa andElbasani finished the2010–11 season in 11th and 12th place and were relegated to theKategoria e Parë. Taking their places were the champions of the2010–11 Kategoria e Parë competition,Pogradeci, and the runners-up,Tomori.
In addition, because the league expanded to 14 clubs this season, the third- and fourth-placed clubs of last season's Kategoria e Parë were also promoted to this competition automatically. These clubs wereKamza andApolonia.
Finally, two more spots in this competition were available via a promotion-relegation playoff between the 9th and 10th-place finishers of last season's Kategoria Superiore,Shkumbini Peqin andDinamo Tirana, and the 5th and 6th-place finishers of last season's Kategoria e Parë,Besëlidhja Lezhë andAdriatiku Mamurras. Shkumbini defeated Adriatiku 1–0 after extra time and Dinamo Tirana defeated Besëlidhja 4–1, so both Superiore teams retained their spots in the league for this season.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity[2] | Last season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apolonia | Fier | Loni Papuçiu Stadium | 12,000 | Kategoria e Parë |
| Bylis | Ballsh | Adush Muça Stadium | 9,500 | 6th |
| Dinamo | Tirana | Selman Stërmasi Stadium | 12,500 | 10th |
| Flamurtari | Vlorë | Flamurtari Stadium | 13,000 | 2nd |
| Kamza | Kamëz | Kamëz Stadium | 5,000 | Kategoria e Parë |
| Kastrioti | Krujë | Kastrioti Stadium | 10,000 | 8th |
| Laçi | Laç | Laçi Stadium | 5,000 | 4th |
| Pogradeci | Pogradec | Gjorgji Kyçyku Stadium | 8,000 | Kategoria e Parë |
| Skënderbeu | Korçë | Skënderbeu Stadium | 12,000 | Champions |
| Shkumbini | Peqin | Shkumbini Stadium | 5,000 | 9th |
| Teuta | Durrës | Niko Dovana Stadium | 13,000 | 7th |
| Tirana | Tirana | Selman Stërmasi Stadium | 12,500 | 5th |
| Tomori | Berat | Tomori Stadium | 14,500 | Kategoria e Parë |
| Vllaznia | Shkodër | Loro Boriçi Stadium | 16,000 | 3rd |
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apolonia | ||||
| Bylis | ||||
| Dinamo Tirana | ||||
| Flamurtari | Legea | Brunes Hidrosanitare | ||
| Kamza | ||||
| Kastrioti | Adidas | |||
| Laçi | Sportika | Top Sport | ||
| Pogradeci | ||||
| Skënderbeu | Legea | Ama Cafè | ||
| Shkumbini | ||||
| Teuta | Legea | |||
| Tirana | Legea | BPP Group | ||
| Tomori | ||||
| Vllaznia | Legea | Hotel Colosseo |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KF Tirana | Sacked | 19-05-2011 | Pre season | 20-06-2011 | ||
| Vllaznia Shkodër | Sacked | 31-10-2011 | 6. | 3-11-2011 | ||
| Skënderbeu Korçë | Sacked | 4-10-2011 | 7. | 10-10-2011 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skënderbeu(C) | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 16 | +29 | 57 | Qualification for theChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Teuta | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 56 | Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round[a] |
| 3 | Tirana | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 53 | |
| 4 | Flamurtari | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 20 | +22 | 46 | |
| 5 | Kastrioti | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 38 | |
| 6 | Bylis | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 35[b] | |
| 7 | Vllaznia | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 35[b] | |
| 8 | Laçi[c] | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 34 | |
| 9 | Shkumbini | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 31 | |
| 10 | Tomori(O) | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 28 | Qualification for therelegation play-offs |
| 11 | Kamza(R) | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 27 | |
| 12 | Apolonia(O) | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 21 | |
| 13 | Pogradeci[d](R) | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 19 | Relegation to the2012–13 Kategoria e Parë |
| 14 | Dinamo Tirana[e](R) | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 41 | −22 | 13 |
| Home \ Away | APO | BYL | DIN | FLA | KAM | KAS | LAÇ | POG | SKË | SKU | TEU | TIR | TOM | VLL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apolonia | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 6–5 | 1–4 | |
| Bylis | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | |
| Dinamo | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | |
| Flamurtari | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Kamza | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Kastrioti | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| Laçi | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Pogradeci | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Skënderbeu | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Shkumbini | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 2–1 | |
| Teuta | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Tirana | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Tomori | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Vllaznia | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skënderbeu | 7 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Teuta | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Tirana | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Flamurtari | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Kastrioti | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Bylis | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Vllaznia | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Laçi | 11 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Shkumbini | 13 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Tomori | 7 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Kamza | 9 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Apolonia | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Pogradeci | 14 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| Dinamo | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Leader andUEFA Champions League second qualifying round | |
| UEFA Europa League first qualifying round | |
| Relegation play-off | |
| 2012–13 Kategoria e Parë |
The 10th-, 11th- and 12th-placed Superliga teams competed against the third-, fourth- and fifth-placedFirst Division sides in single match relegation playoffs.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shkumbini | 20 | |
| 2 | Tomori | 19 | |
| 3 | Kastrioti | 14 | |
| 4 | Tirana | 13 | |
| 5 | Skënderbeu | 11 | |
| 6 | Laçi | 10 |
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