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Kategoria Superiore

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2018-2019

Location

Albania

Abbreviation

ALB1

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Summary

The Kategorie Superiore (ALB1) or Albanian Superliga is the top division/league in the Albanian football system. At the end of the 2018-2019 season, the ALB1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2019-2020 UEFA Champions League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2018-2019 ALB1 team
2019-2020 UEFA Europa League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 2nd place 2018-2019 ALB1 team
- 3rd place 2018-2019 ALB1 team

The winner of the 2018-2019 Kupa e Shqipërisë (Albanian Cup), typically an ALB1 team, also receives a berth in the 1st Qualifying Round of the 2019-2020 UEFA Europa League.

Leagues Pyramid - Albania

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
ALB1	Kategorie Superiore	10
ALB2	Kategoria e Parë (1st Division)	20
ALB3	Kategoria e Dytë (2nd Division)	28
ALB4	Kategoria e Tretë (3rd Division)	7

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
17 Aug 2018 - 30 May 2019			10: ALB1 (8), ALB2 (2)

Season Format

Each team plays Home-Away matches with the other ALB1 clubs twice for a total of 36 league matches. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head points, (2) head-to-head goal difference, (3) head-to-head goals scored, (4) goal difference, (5) total goals scored, then (6) a draw.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2018-2019 ALB1 season, the 9th and 10th place ALB1 teams will be relegated to the ALB2, while two ALB2 teams will be promoted to the 2019-2020 ALB1.

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		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	FK Partizani	36	20 -10-6	70	-	45	22	23	18	13 -3-2	42	30	11	19	18	7 -7-4	28	15	11	4
2	FK Kukësi	36	17 -8-11	59	-	42	29	13	18	8 -5-5	29	22	16	6	18	9 -3-6	30	20	13	7
3	KS Teuta Durrës	36	15 -12-9	57	-	43	36	7	18	9 -7-2	34	21	11	10	18	6 -5-7	20	22	25	-3
4	KF Skënderbeu Korçë	36	17 -4-15	55	-	45	30	15	18	11 -2-5	35	26	12	14	18	6 -2-10	20	19	18	1
5	KS Flamurtari Vlorë	36	15 -9-12	54	-	35	32	3	18	11 -4-3	37	23	11	12	18	4 -5-9	14	12	21	-9
6	KF Laçi	36	12 -13-11	49	-	33	30	3	18	9 -4-5	31	21	14	7	18	3 -9-6	18	12	16	-4
7	KF Tirana	36	12 -11-13	47	-	44	35	9	18	6 -8-4	26	20	11	9	18	6 -3-9	21	24	24	0
8	KS Luftëtari Gjirokastër	36	13 -8-15	47	-	37	39	-2	18	8 -4-6	28	19	18	1	18	5 -4-9	16	18	21	-3
9	KS Kastrioti Krujë	36	12 -6-18	42	-	35	53	-18	18	9 -3-6	30	24	22	2	18	3 -3-12	12	11	31	-20
10	KS Kamza	36	4 -5-27	17	-	13	66	-53	18	3 -3-12	12	9	31	-22	18	1 -2-15	5	4	35	-31
UEFACL UEFAEL (Albanian Cup winner) UEFAEL Relegation to ALB2 Excluded from ALB1