2013–14 Kategoria Superiore

The 2013–14 Kategoria Superiore was the 75th official season (or 78th season overall, including three unofficial championships during World War II) of top-tier football in Albania and the sixteenth season under the name Kategoria superiore. The season began on 31 August 2013 and ended on 10 May 2014.

Kategoria Superiore

Season	2013–14
Champions	Skënderbeu 5th Albanian title
Relegated	Bylis Lushnja Kastrioti Besa
Champions League	Skënderbeu
Europa League	Kukësi Laçi Flamurtari
Matches played	198
Goals scored	453 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pero Pejić (20 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Alban Hoxha (14 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Laçi 6–0 Kastrioti (4 May 2014)
Highest scoring	Teuta 6–2 Lushnja (2 February 2014)
Longest winning run	6 games Tirana
Highest attendance	11,000[1] Tirana 1–0 Partizani (7 February 2014)
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Teams

Stadia and last season

Besa

Bylis

Flamurtari

Kastrioti

Kukësi

Laçi

Lushnja

Partizani

Skënderbeu

Teuta

Tirana

Vllaznia

Locations of the 2013–14 Kategoria Superiore teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Last season
Besa	Kavajë	Besa Stadium	19,000	9th
Bylis Ballsh	Ballsh	Adush Muça Stadium	15,200	10th
Flamurtari	Vlorë	Flamurtari Stadium	13,000	4th
Kastrioti	Krujë	Kastrioti Stadium	10,000	8th
Kukësi	Kukës	Zeqir Ymeri Stadium	10,000	2nd
Laçi	Laç	Laçi Stadium	11,000	7th
Lushnja	Lushnjë	Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium	12,000	Kategoria e Parë
Partizani	Tirana	Qemal Stafa Stadium	20,000	Kategoria e Parë
Skënderbeu	Korçë	Skënderbeu Stadium	12,000	Champions
Teuta	Durrës	Niko Dovana Stadium	13,000	3rd
Tirana	Tirana	Selman Stërmasi Stadium	12,500	5th
Vllaznia	Shkodër	Loro Boriçi Stadium	16,000	6th

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Besa Kavajë	Artan Mërgjyshi	Erand Hoxha	GLA Sport	Veneto Banca
Bylis Ballsh	Ndubuisi Egbo	Bekim Kuli	Adidas	Gjanica
Flamurtari Vlorë	Ernest Gjoka	Franc Veliu	Lescon	TRK/Atlasjet
Kastrioti Krujë	Ramadan Ndreu	Fatmir Caca	GLA Sport	—
FK Kukësi	Armando Cungu	Gerhard Progni	Adidas	Kevin Construction
KF Laçi	Stavri Nica	Erjon Vuçaj	Sportika	Top Sport/Baste Live
KS Lushnja	Artan Bano	Gentian Çela	Legea	—
Partizani Tirana	Hasan Lika	Alban Hoxha	Legea	Albtelecom
Skënderbeu Korçë	Mirel Josa	Bledi Shkëmbi	Legea	Ama Caffe
Teuta Durrës	Gugash Magani	Bledjan Rizvani	Adidas	—
KF Tirana	Nevil Dede	Erando Karabeci	Legea	—
Vllaznia Shkodër	Agim Canaj	Ervis Kraja	Onze	Grand Europa Resort

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
FK Kukësi	Armando Cungu	Resigned	3 October 2013[2]	Naci Şensoy	4 October 2013[3]
KF Tirana	Nevil Dede	Sacked	24 October 2013[4]	Alpin Gallo	24 October 2013[5]
Kastrioti Krujë	Ramadan Ndreu	Resigned	10 November 2013	Kristaq Mile	15 November 2013[6]
Teuta Durrës	Gugash Magani	Mutual agreement	17 November 2013[7]	Roberto Sorrentino	17 November 2013
KF Tirana	Alpin Gallo	Resigned	28 November 2013	Sokol Bulku	28 November 2013[8]
KF Tirana	Sokol Bulku	Sacked	1 December 2013	Gugash Magani	1 December 2013[9]
Kastrioti Krujë	Kristaq Mile	Resigned	8 December 2013	Ramadan Ndreu	10 November 2013[10]
Partizani Tirana	Hasan Lika	Resigned	8 February 2014	Márcio Sampaio	9 February 2014
FK Kukësi	Naci Şensoy	Resigned	10 February 2014	Sulejman Starova	10 February 2014[11]
Kastrioti Krujë	Ramadan Ndreu	Mutual agreement	17 February 2014	Nevil Dede	17 February 2014[12]
Teuta Durrës	Roberto Sorrentino	Sacked	24 February 2014	Ilir Daja	24 February 2014[13]
Teuta Durrës	Ilir Daja	End of tenure as a caretaker	27 February 2014	Ilir Biturku	27 February 2014[14]
Vllaznia Shkodër	Agim Canaj	Resigned	10 March 2014	Samuel Nikaj	11 March 2014[15]
Vllaznia Shkodër	Samuel Nikaj	End of tenure as a caretaker	18 March 2014	Derviš Hadžiosmanović	18 March 2014[16]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Skënderbeu (C)	33	18	7	8	52	32	+20	61	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Kukësi	33	16	9	8	46	34	+12	57	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Laçi	33	16	6	11	41	28	+13	54
4	Teuta	33	14	12	7	46	35	+11	54
5	Partizani	33	15	8	10	33	26	+7	53
6	Tirana	33	14	8	11	36	31	+5	50
7	Flamurtari[lower-alpha 1]	33	14	9	10	45	40	+5	48	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
8	Vllaznia	33	12	9	12	42	36	+6	45
9	Besa[lower-alpha 3] (R)	33	11	9	13	34	32	+2	39	Relegation to the Kategoria e Parë
10	Kastrioti (R)	33	8	5	20	26	46	−20	29
11	Lushnja (R)	33	7	5	21	32	59	−27	26
12	Bylis[lower-alpha 4] (R)	33	5	9	19	20	54	−34	24

Source: Albanian Football Association (in Albanian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in head-to-head matches; 3) goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) total goal difference; 6) total goals scored; 7) draw
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Flamurtari were deducted three points.
2. Flamurtari qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2013–14 Albanian Cup.
3. Besa were deducted three points.
4. Bylis was excluded from the league and relegated to the Albanian First Division for the next season, after a violent incident during a match against Laçi in the 24th round.

Results

First and second round

Home \ Away	BES	BYL	FLA	KAS	KUK	LAÇ	LUS	PAR	SKË	TEU	TIR	VLL
Besa		2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0
Bylis	3–0		0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–0
Flamurtari	1–4	2–2		0–1	2–1	1–1	4–3	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1
Kastrioti	2–1	2–1	0–0		0–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–2
Kukësi	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–0		1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–3
Laçi	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2		3–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	3–0
Lushnja	1–0	2–0	2–4	0–0	1–0	1–0		2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1
Partizani	3–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0		0–0	3–0	1–0	0–1
Skënderbeu	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–0	3–0		1–1	1–0	2–1
Teuta	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	6–2	1–1	1–1		2–0	3–2
Tirana	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0		1–1
Vllaznia	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Third round

Home \ Away	BES	BYL	FLA	KAS	KUK	LAÇ	LUS	PAR	SKË	TEU	TIR	VLL
Besa			3–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–0					0–0
Bylis	0–3[lower-alpha 1]				0–3[lower-alpha 1]	0–3[lower-alpha 2]	0–3[lower-alpha 1]				0–3[lower-alpha 1]
Flamurtari		3–0[lower-alpha 1]						0–0	1–0	0–0	2–2
Kastrioti		3–0[lower-alpha 1]	1–3				2–1				2–3	2–4
Kukësi			4–2	2–1		1–1	4–1			3–0		1–1
Laçi		2–3	0–1		6–0		1–0	2–0		1–0		0–2
Lushnja								2–4	2–4	0–2		0–2
Partizani	1–0	2–0		1–0	1–0				1–2		1–1
Skënderbeu	1–0			3–1	3–3	1–2					2–3
Teuta	1–0	3–0[lower-alpha 1]		1–0				3–1	2–1		1–1
Tirana	3–0[lower-alpha 3]				1–2	2–0	1–0					2–1
Vllaznia		3–0[lower-alpha 1]	1–0					0–1	1–0	1–3

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:

1. Match awarded as Bylis excluded from the league.
2. Match awarded due to the violent incidents of Bylis fans.
3. Match awarded as Besa not showing up for the match.

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Renato Hyshmeri for Partizani Tirana against Kastrioti Krujë[17] (31 August 2013)
• Largest winning margin: 6 goals
  • KF Laçi 6-0 Kastrioti Krujë[18] (4 May 2014)
• Highest scoring game: 8 goals
  • Teuta Durrës 6-2 KS Lushnja (2 February 2014)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
  • Teuta Durrës 6-2 KS Lushnja (2 February 2014)
  • KF Laçi 6-0 Kastrioti Krujë[18] (4 May 2014)
• Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
  • Flamurtari Vlorë 4-3 KS Lushnja[19] (10 November 2013)

Top scorers

As of 1 July 2014

Rank	Player	Team	Goals[20]
1	Pero Pejić	Skënderbeu Korçë	20
2	Sokol Cikalleshi	FK Kukësi	17
3	Daniel Xhafaj	Teuta Durrës	14
4	Tomislav Bušić	Vllaznia Shkodër	13
	Fatjon Sefa	Besa Kavajë
5	Arber Abilaliaj	Flamurtari Vlorë	12
6	Mikel Canka	KS Lushnja	8
	Andi Ribaj	Skënderbeu Korçë
	Erjon Vuçaj	KF Laçi
7	Solomonson Izuchukwuka	Bylis Ballsh/FK Kukësi	7
	Mario Morina	Skënderbeu Korçë/KF Tirana
	Bledi Shkëmbi	Skënderbeu Korçë
	Ndriçim Shtubina	Vllaznia Shkodër

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Joel Apezteguía^4	Teuta Durrës	KS Lushnja	6–2	2 February 2014
Fatjon Sefa	Besa Kavajë	KS Lushnja	3–0	26 April 2014
Sokol Cikalleshi	FK Kukësi	KS Lushnja	4–1	4 May 2014

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Player

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Alban Hoxha	Partizani Tirana	14
2	Orges Shehi	Skënderbeu Korçë	11
	Miroslav Vujadinović	Vllaznia Shkoder
3	Edvan Bakaj	Besa Kavajë	10
4	Ibrahim Bejte	Besa Kavajë	9
6	Argjent Halili	FK Kukësi	8
	Shpëtim Moçka	Flamurtari Vlorë
	Ilion Lika	Kastrioti Krujë/KF Tirana
9	Bledjan Rizvani	Teuta Durrës	7

Attendances

Club	Lowest attendance	Highest attendance	Average attendance
Skënderbeu Korçë	1,500	7,000	3,953
KS Lushnja	200	7,000	3,594
Partizani Tirana	600	10,000	3,131
Flamurtari Vlorë	2,000	5,000	3,000
Vllaznia Shkodër	600	5,000	2,807
KF Tirana	700	7,800	2,793
Teuta Durrës	200	4,000	1,479
KF Laçi	700	2,500	1,478
FK Kukësi	2,000	5,400	3,367
Bylis Ballsh	250	3,500	1,935
Besa Kavajë	500	500	—
Kastrioti Krujë	500	500	—

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month
	Player	Club	Ref
September	Daniel Xhafa	Teuta Durrës
October	Bledjan Rizvani	Teuta Durrës
November	Hair Zeqiri	Flamurtari Vlorë
December	Bledi Shkëmbi	Skënderbeu Korçë
February	Gentian Muça	KF Tirana
March	Sokol Cikalleshi	FK Kukësi
April	Ilion Lika	KF Tirana

Foreign players

Nationality	Player	Team	Appearances	Goals
Kosovo	Arbnor Fejzullahu	Besa Kavajë	27	0
Kosovo	Fisnik Ramadanaj	Besa Kavajë	28	1
Kosovo	Bajram Jashanica	Besa Kavajë	23	0
Kosovo	Ahmet Haliti	Besa Kavajë	14	1
Kosovo	Argjend Mustafa	Besa Kavajë	22	1
Kosovo	Bernard Berisha	Besa Kavajë	28	3
Kosovo	Vedat Muriqi	Besa Kavajë	13	3
Montenegro	Simo Goranović	Besa Kavajë	5	0
Republic of Macedonia	Kire Ristevski	Bylis Ballsh	16	0
Kosovo	Lulzim Doshlaku	Bylis Ballsh	8	0
Kosovo	Armend Kastrati	Bylis Ballsh	7	0
Kosovo	Ruhan Foniqi	Bylis Ballsh	2	0
Kosovo	Artan Shillova	Bylis Ballsh	6	0
Slovenia	Patrik Bordon	Partizani Tirana/Bylis Ballsh	14	0
Nigeria	Kehinde Owoeye	Bylis Ballsh/KF Laçi	30	2
Nigeria	Christopher Omoseibi	Bylis Ballsh	0	0
Nigeria	Solomonson Izuchukwuka	Bylis Ballsh/FK Kukësi	27	7
Nigeria	Segun Adeniyi	Bylis Ballsh/KF Laçi	27	5
Nigeria	Michael Ipke	Bylis Ballsh	11	0
Republic of Macedonia	Nijaz Lena	Flamurtari Vlorë	28	2
Spain	Ángel Pindado	Kastrioti Krujë	4	0
Republic of Macedonia	Ilče Petrovski	Kastrioti Krujë	0	0
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Mladen Kukrika	Kastrioti Krujë	10	0
Nigeria	Abraham Alechenwu	Kastrioti Krujë	22	1
Brazil	Denis da Silva	Kastrioti Krujë	15	1
France	Semiran Çela	KS Lushnja/Kastrioti Krujë	15	1
Croatia	Davor Bratić	FK Kukësi/Kastrioti Krujë	20	2
Serbia	Lazar Popović	FK Kukësi/Kastrioti Krujë	22	4
Brazil	Caterziane Fonseca Ferreira	Kastrioti Krujë/KS Lushnja	19	4
Republic of Macedonia	Kushtrim Abdullahi	FK Kukësi	0	0
Montenegro	Đorđe Đikanović	FK Kukësi	5	0
Argentina	Lucas Malacarne	FK Kukësi	10	0
Nigeria	Peter Suswam	FK Kukësi	4	0
Nigeria	Henry Uche	FK Kukësi	11	0
Nigeria	Ismail Adeshina	FK Kukësi	1	0
Kosovo	Yll Hoxha	FK Kukësi	30	1
Kosovo	Besar Musolli	FK Kukësi	14	0
Romania	Christian Dragoi	FK Kukësi	7	0
Cameroon	Pierre Boya	FK Kukësi	10	4
Nigeria	Charles Ofoyen	KF Laçi	28	1
Croatia	Stipe Buljan	KF Laçi	28	0
Serbia	Mladen Brkić	KF Laçi	25	4
Serbia	Danijel Morariju	KS Lushnja	2	0
Montenegro	Luka Tiodorović	KS Lushnja	20	0
Montenegro	Boris Bjelkanović	KS Lushnja	15	1
Congo DR	Archie Fataki	KS Lushnja	6	0
Kosovo	Liridon Ahmeti	Partizani Tirana	1	0
Kosovo	Amir Rrahmani	Partizani Tirana	25	0
Kosovo	Labinot Ibrahimi	Partizani Tirana	27	1
Kosovo	Besnik Krasniqi	Partizani Tirana	31	0
Kosovo	Behar Maliqi	Partizani Tirana	24	1
Kosovo	Mentor Mazrekaj	Partizani Tirana	27	2
Republic of Macedonia	Mevlan Murati	Partizani Tirana	22	0
Republic of Macedonia	Ertan Demiri	Partizani Tirana	32	3
Republic of Macedonia	Nderim Nexhipi	Partizani Tirana	15	6
Republic of Macedonia	Ersen Sali	Partizani Tirana	2	0
Nigeria	Felix Udoh	Partizani Tirana	19	0
Nigeria	Oshobe Oladele	Partizani Tirana	10	0
Nigeria	Onome Sodje	Partizani Tirana	3	1
Croatia	Antun Dunković	Partizani Tirana	7	0
Serbia	Dragan Antanasijević	Partizani Tirana	17	0
Serbia	Vladimir Buač	Partizani Tirana	12	0
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Almir Pliska	Partizani Tirana	5	0
Croatia	Mario Sačer	Partizani Tirana	11	1
Serbia	Ivan Gvozdenović	Skënderbeu Korçë	23	0
Croatia	Marko Radaš	Skënderbeu Korçë	27	1
Brazil	Ademir	Skënderbeu Korçë	15	0
Kosovo	Samir Sahiti	Skënderbeu Korçë	4	0
Nigeria	Nurudeen Orelesi	Skënderbeu Korçë	16	0
Croatia	Željko Tomić	Skënderbeu Korçë	16	0
Mali	Bakary Nimaga	Skënderbeu Korçë	8	0
Kosovo	Leonit Abazi	Skënderbeu Korçë	5	0
Croatia	Pero Pejić	Skënderbeu Korçë	30	20
Kosovo	Florent Sejdiu	Skënderbeu Korçë	0	0
Brazil	Luiz da Silva	Teuta Durrës	25	0
Switzerland	Durim Badalli	Teuta Durrës	3	0
Switzerland	Rijat Shala	Teuta Durrës	11	0
Italy	Luca Moscatiello	Teuta Durrës	0	0
Nigeria	Ikechukwu Kalu	Teuta Durrës	10	0
Cameroon	Amadou Samb	Teuta Durrës	13	4
Cuba	Joel Apezteguía	Teuta Durrës	15	4
Montenegro	Aleksandar Bezmarević	Teuta Durrës	0	0
Montenegro	Ivan Delić	KF Tirana	13	0
Cape Verde	José Semedo	KF Tirana	9	2
Kosovo	Mensur Limani	KF Tirana	23	1
Kenya	Francis Kahata	KF Tirana	12	3
Serbia	Milan Jovanović	KF Tirana	2	0
Croatia	Vedran Gerc	KF Tirana	3	0
Burundi	Selemani Ndikumana	KF Tirana	12	3
Brazil	Gilberto Fortunato	KF Tirana	12	5
Montenegro	Miroslav Vujadinović	Vllaznia Shkodër	30	0
Montenegro	Nikola Vukčević	Vllaznia Shkodër	13	1
Montenegro	Blažo Rajović	Vllaznia Shkodër	6	0
Serbia	Milan Nikolić	Vllaznia Shkodër	10	0
Republic of Macedonia	Bekim Dema	Vllaznia Shkodër	10	0
Croatia	Tomislav Bušić	Vllaznia Shkodër	29	13

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External links

• Official website (in Albanian)
• Livescore