2019–20 Kategoria e Dytë

The 2019-20 Kategoria e Dytë is the 48th official season of the Albanian football third division since its establishment. There are 26 teams competing this season, split in 2 groups. The winners of the groups will play the league's final against each other and will also gain promotion to the 2020-21 Kategoria e Parë. Teams ranked from the 2nd to the 5th position will qualify to the play-off round which they will play against the 8th ranked teams in the 2019-20 Kategoria e Parë. Partizani B, Tomori and Vora were promoted to the 2020-21 Kategoria e Parë. Vora won their second Kategoria e Dytë title after beating Tomori in the final match. The competition was completely suspended from 12 March to 7 June 2020, due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Albania.

Kategoria e Dytë

Season	2019–20
Champions	Vora 2nd title
Promoted	Partizani B Tomori Vora
Relegated	Kamza Selenica
Matches played	277
Goals scored	1,020 (3.68 per match)
Biggest home win	Memaliaj 8−1 Selenica (27 October 2019) Partizani B 8−1 Klosi (13 June 2020) Tomori 8−1 Selenica (8 July 2020)
Biggest away win	Internacional Tirana 0−7 Vora (28 June 2020)
Highest scoring	Skrapari 3−8 Maliqi (7 June 2020)
Longest winning run	12 matches Tomori
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches Vora
Longest winless run	16 matches Selenica
Longest losing run	12 matches Internacional Tirana
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Changes from last season

From Second Division

Promoted to Kategoria e Parë:

• Devolli
• Shkumbini
• Tërbuni

To Second Division

Expelled from Kategoria Superiore:

• Kamza

Relegated from Kategoria e Parë:

• Tomori
• Vora

Promoted from Kategoria e Tretë:

• Mirdita
• Selenica

Locations

Luzi 2008

Internacional
Partizani B
Spartaku
Tirana B

Ada

Klosi

Sopoti

Vllaznia B

Kamza

Vora

Mirdita

Gramshi

2019–20 Group A Kategoria e Dytë teams.

Delvina

Tomori

Këlcyra

Butrinti

Maliqi

Memaliaj

Përmeti

Tepelena

Skrapari

Gramozi

Albpetrol

Naftëtari

Selenica

2019–20 Group B Kategoria e Dytë teams.

Group A

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ada	Velipojë	Adriatik Velipojë	1,200
Gramshi	Gramsh	Mislim Koçi Stadium	1,500
Internacional Tirana	Tirana	Internacional Complex	1,000
Kamza	Kamëz	Kamëz Stadium	5,500
Mirdita	Rrëshen
Klosi	Klos
Luzi 2008	Luz i Vogël	Luz i Vogël Stadium	600
Partizani B	Tirana	National Sports Centre	50
Sopoti	Librazhd	Sopoti Stadium	3,000
Spartaku	Tirana	Stadiumi Marko Boçari	2,500
Tirana B	Tirana	Skënder Halili Complex	200
Vora	Vorë	Fusha Sportive Marikaj	1,000
Vllaznia B	Shkodër	Reshit Rusi Stadium	1,200

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Group B

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Albpetrol	Patos	Alush Noga Stadium	2,150
Butrinti	Sarandë	Butrinti Stadium	5,000
Delvina	Delvinë	Panajot Pano Stadium	2,500
Gramozi	Ersekë	Ersekë Stadium	2,000
Këlcyra	Këlcyrë	Fusha Sportive Këlcyrë	1,000
Maliqi	Maliq	Jovan Asko Stadium	1,500
Memaliaj	Memaliaj	Karafil Caushi Stadium	1,500
Naftëtari	Kuçovë	Bashkim Sulejmani Stadium	5,000
Përmeti	Përmet	Durim Qypi Stadium	4,000
Selenica	Selenicë	Selenicë Stadium	4,000
Skrapari	Çorovodë	Skrapar Sports Field	1,500
Tepelena	Tepelenë	Sabaudin Shehu Stadium	2,000
Tomori	Berat	Tomori Stadium	14,450

League standings

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Vora (C, P)	22	18	2	2	65	14	+51	56	Promotion to 2020–21 Kategoria e Parë
2	Luzi 2008	22	17	2	3	59	25	+34	53	Play-off promotion to 2020–21 Kategoria e Parë
3	Partizani B (O, P)	22	14	3	5	55	22	+33	45
4	Sopoti	22	13	2	7	40	23	+17	41
5	Gramshi	22	12	2	8	37	28	+9	38
6	Mirdita	22	12	1	9	38	44	−6	37
7	Tirana B (D)	22	7	3	12	22	35	−13	24	Dissolved after the season[lower-alpha 1]
8	Vllaznia B (D)	22	6	4	12	25	39	−14	22
9	Klosi	22	6	2	14	33	55	−22	20
10	Spartaku	22	5	4	13	28	52	−24	19
11	Ada[lower-alpha 2]	22	6	3	13	29	54	−25	18
12	Internacional Tirana	22	2	0	20	27	67	−40	6
13	Kamza[lower-alpha 3] (E, R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	−3	Withdrew

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) draw. (Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same number of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played.)
(C) Champion; (D) Dissolved after the season; (E) Expelled; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. All B teams participating in the Kategoria e Dytë were dissolved after the 2019−20 season, due to the foundation of the U21 Albanian Championship. As a result, only 1 team from each group was relegated and Internacional Tirana was spared from relegation.
2. Ada were deducted 3 points, after fielding an ineligible player.
3. Kamza withdrew from the competition after the 11th round. They were also deducted 3 points.

Season

Home \ Away	ADA	INT	GRA	KLO	LUZ	MIR	PAB	SOP	SPA	TIB	VLB	VOR
Ada	—	3–2	3–2	3–0	1–5	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–3
Internacional Tirana	4–0	—	2–3	6–2	1–3	3–4	0–3	2–4	1–4	1–2	0–1	0–7
Gramshi	4–0	1–0	—	1–1	0–2	3–1	0–1	2–1	5–2	3–0	2–0	2–0
Klosi	3–0	3–1	1–1	—	3–6	0–1	2–1	0–4	5–0	3–1	3–0	0–5
Luzi 2008	4–1	1–0	4–1	3–0	—	5–1	3–2	2–1	1–0	5–0	1–0	3–3
Mirdita	3–1	4–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	—	1–6	1–0	5–2	1–0	1–0	1–4
Partizani B	3–1	5–1	2–0	8–1	4–2	1–3	—	2–0	4–0	0–0	4–0	1–1
Sopoti	3–2	4–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	—	4–1	3–0	4–1	2–0
Spartaku	4–4	1–0	0–3	1–0	3–3	1–3	0–2	0–0	—	2–1	5–2	2–3
Tirana B	2–0	3–0	0–2	3–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	—	2–1	1–2
Vllaznia B	3–2	5–1	4–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–3	2–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–2
Vora	4–0	4–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	5–0	1–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	4–0	—

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.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tomori (P)	24	21	1	2	87	24	+63	64	Promotion to 2020–21 Kategoria e Parë
2	Maliqi	24	18	5	1	60	24	+36	59	Play-off promotion to 2020–21 Kategoria e Parë
3	Albpetrol	24	18	3	3	48	23	+25	57
4	Butrinti	24	12	7	5	61	27	+34	43
5	Memaliaj	24	11	2	11	45	37	+8	35
6	Përmeti	24	9	5	10	31	44	−13	32
7	Delvina	24	9	4	11	44	44	0	31
8	Këlcyra	24	7	7	10	42	46	−4	28
9	Naftëtari	24	8	3	13	36	36	0	27
10	Tepelena	24	8	3	13	35	55	−20	27
11	Gramozi	24	5	6	13	24	45	−21	21
12	Skrapari[lower-alpha 1]	24	4	2	18	29	63	−34	14
13	Selenica[lower-alpha 2] (R)	24	1	2	21	18	92	−74	2	Relegation to 2021 Kategoria e Tretë

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) draw. (Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same number of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played.)
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. All B teams participating in the Kategoria e Dytë were dissolved after the 2019−20 season, due to the foundation of the U21 Albanian Championship. As a result, only 1 team from each group was relegated and Skrapari was spared from relegation.
2. Selenica were deducted 3 points, after failing to show up in a match against Albpetrol.

Season

Home \ Away	ALB	BUT	DEL	GRM	KËL	MAL	MEM	NAF	PËR	SEL	SKR	TEP	TOM
Albpetrol	—	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–1	1–2
Butrinti	2–2	—	1–1	6–2	5–2	0–2	5–0	1–0	3–0	4–0	5–0	4–0	2–3
Delvina	1–2	2–2	—	4–2	7–2	0–2	4–2	1–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	2–3	0–2
Gramozi	1–2	1–1	0–1	—	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–3	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–2
Këlcyra	3–4	1–1	3–2	0–0	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	6–2	6–1	4–0	1–0
Maliqi	3–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	—	1–0	2–0	4–2	3–0	4–2	5–0	2–5
Memaliaj	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	—	3–2	5–1	8–1	4–2	2–3	1–3
Naftëtari	0–3	2–2	3–2	3–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	—	2–1	8–2	1–0	1–1	0–1
Përmeti	1–2	4–3	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–4	2–1	3–0	—	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–5
Selenica	0–3	0–6	3–3	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–1	1–5	0–1	—	0–2	2–0	1–6
Skrapari	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	3–2	3–8	0–2	1–0	0–1	4–1	—	3–4	1–3
Tepelena	0–2	0–2	3–2	4–1	1–0	0–2	2–4	1–3	1–1	5–0	4–2	—	1–4
Tomori	5–0	1–3	4–0	6–2	5–0	3–3	2–1	3–2	5–0	8–1	3–0	6–1	—

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.

Final

23 July 2020

17:30

Vora	2−0	Tomori
Sadiku  31' Mziu  39'

Niko Dovana Stadium, Durrës

Group A Promotion play-offs

	Semi-finals				Final
	Partizani B	4
	Sopoti	0
					Partizani B	3
					Gramshi	1
	Luzi 2008	2 (5)
	Gramshi (a.e.t.)	2 (6)

Semi-finals

26 July 2020

17:00

Partizani B	4−0	Sopoti
Peqini  10' Bërdufi  21' Cara  22', 66'

Internacional Complex, Pezë Helmës

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26 July 2020

17:00

Luzi 2008	2−2 (a.e.t.)	Gramshi
Sejdini  39' Saliaj  86'		Zani  62' Topalli  76'
Penalties
Rroshi Sejdini F. Taku Tabaku D. Taku Saliaj Metaj	5−6	Goga Hysa Topalli Zani Latifi Hasa Baku

Luz i Vogël Stadium, Luz i Vogël

Final

30 July 2020

17:00

Partizani B	3−1	Gramshi
Bërdufi  64' (pen.) Cara  75' Gjinaj  84' (pen.)		Duda  90+1'

Niko Dovana Stadium, Durrës

Partizani B qualified to the final play-off match.

Group B Promotion play-offs

	Semi-finals				Final
	Maliqi	2
	Memaliaj	1
					Maliqi	2
					Albpetrol	1
	Albpetrol	2
	Butrinti	0

Semi-finals

25 July 2020

17:00

Maliqi	2−1	Memaliaj
Çaushllari  55' Xaka  63'		Jaupi  87'

Jovan Asko Stadium, Maliq

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25 July 2020

17:00

Albpetrol	2−0	Butrinti
Kumanaku  66', 90'

Alush Noga Stadium, Patos

Final

30 July 2020

17:00

Maliqi	2−1	Albpetrol
Kapo  11' (o.g.) Xaka  44' (pen.)		Kapo  15'

Sopoti Stadium, Librazhd

Maliqi qualified to the final play-off match.

References

1. Group A table