2023–24 Kategoria e Dytë

Kategoria e Dytë
Season	2023–24
Champions	Pogradeci; 3rd title
Promoted	Pogradeci; Valbona
Relegated	Shënkolli
Dissolved	Labëria
Matches played	221
Goals scored	669 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gerhard Progni; (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Iliria 6−0 Naftëtari; (23 September 2023)
Biggest away win	Devolli 0−6 Pogradeci; (3 December 2023)
Highest scoring	Gramshi 6−4 Veleçiku; (5 May 2024)
Longest winning run	11 matches; Besëlidhja
Longest unbeaten run	21 matches; Pogradeci
Longest winless run	16 matches; Këlcyra
Longest losing run	16 matches; Këlcyra
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Kategoria e Dytë was the 52nd official season of the Albanian football third division since its establishment. There were 23 teams competing this season, split in 2 groups. The winners of the groups played the league's final against each other and also gained promotion to the 2024–25 Kategoria e Parë. Teams ranked from the 2nd to the 5th position will qualify to the play-off round where the winners will play against the 9th and 10th ranked teams in the 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë.^[1]^[2] Pogradeci and Valbona were promoted to the 2024–25 Kategoria e Parë. Pogradeci won their third Kategoria e Dytë title after beating Valbona in the final match.

Changes from last season

Team changes

From Kategoria e Dytë

Promoted to Kategoria e Parë:

Relegated to Kategoria e Tretë:

To Kategoria e Dytë

Relegated from Kategoria e Parë:

Promoted from Kategoria e Tretë:

Locations

2023–24 Group A Kategoria e Dytë teams.

2023–24 Group B Kategoria e Dytë teams.

Stadiums by capacity and locations

Group A

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Adriatiku	Durrës	Vorë Stadium
Albanët	Tirana	Internacional Complex	1,000
Besëlidhja	Lezhë	Brian Filipi Stadium	5,000
Gramshi	Gramsh	Mislim Koçi Stadium	3,100
Iliria	Fushë-Krujë	Redi Maloku Stadium	3,000
Murlani	Vau i Dejës	Barbullush Stadium
Naftëtari	Kuçovë	Bashkim Sulejmani Stadium	5,000
Shënkolli	Shënkoll	Shënkoll Stadium	500
Sopoti	Librazhd	Sopoti Stadium	3,000
Tërbuni	Pukë	Ismail Xhemali Stadium	1,950
Valbona	Bajram Curri	Vëllezërit Gega Stadium
Veleçiku	Koplik	Kompleksi Vëllezërit Duli	2,000

Group B

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Butrinti	Sarandë	Andon Lapa Stadium	5,500
Delvina	Delvinë	Panajot Pano Stadium	2,500
Devolli	Bilisht	Bilisht Stadium	3,000
Këlcyra	Këlcyrë	Demir Allamani Stadium	1,000
Labëria	Vlorë	Labëria Complex
Luftëtari	Gjirokastër	Gjirokastra Stadium	8,400
Maliqi	Maliq	Jovan Asko Stadium	1,500
Oriku	Orikum	Orikum Stadium	2,000
Pogradeci	Pogradec	Gjorgji Kyçyku Stadium	10,700
Shkumbini	Peqin	Shkumbini Stadium	9,000
Turbina	Cërrik	Nexhip Trungu Stadium	6,600

League standings

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Valbona (P)	20	18	1	1	60	15	+45	55	Promotion to 2024–25 Kategoria e Parë
2	Besëlidhja	20	17	2	1	49	11	+38	53	Play-off promotion to 2024–25 Kategoria e Parë
3	Iliria	20	12	5	3	45	18	+27	41
4	Tërbuni	20	11	5	4	41	22	+19	38
5	Sopoti	20	9	4	7	36	26	+10	31
6	Veleçiku	20	6	4	10	33	36	−3	22
7	Gramshi	20	6	3	11	30	30	0	21
8	Adriatiku	20	5	3	12	20	38	−18	18
9	Naftëtari	20	3	4	13	15	56	−41	13
10	Murlani	20	3	3	14	18	49	−31	12
11	Albanët (O)	20	2	2	16	16	62	−46	8	Play-off relegation to 2024–25 Kategoria e Tretë
12	Shënkolli^[a] (D, R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Excluded; all results annulled

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 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.)
(D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Shënkolli was excluded from the league and relegated to the Kategoria e Tretë for the next season, after a violent incident during a match against Murlani in the 10th round.

Results

Home \ Away	ADR	ALB	BES	GRA	ILI	MUR	NAF	SOP	TËR	VAL	VEL
Adriatiku	—	2–0	0–3	2–3	0–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–4	0–5	1–0
Albanët	0–3	—	0–4	2–1	0–3	1–3	2–0	3–6	0–4	0–5	1–2
Besëlidhja	4–0	4–1	—	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–3	3–0	3–1
Gramshi	1–2	4–0	0–2	—	0–0	2–0	5–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	6–4
Iliria	2–1	5–2	0–1	2–0	—	3–1	6–0	6–1	3–1	1–1	3–1
Murlani	1–1	0–0	0–2	4–3	1–1	—	3–2	0–1	0–1	1–5	0–3
Naftëtari	1–1	3–1	0–5	1–0	0–2	2–1	—	0–0	0–2	0–5	1–4
Sopoti	1–0	5–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	5–0	4–0	—	2–2	1–3	1–2
Tërbuni	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	1–0	—	0–1	4–1
Valbona	2–0	6–1	3–2	3–0	1–0	5–1	5–0	2–1	3–2	—	1–0
Veleçiku	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	3–4	5–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	—

Source: [2]
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	Pogradeci (C, P)	20	16	4	0	40	11	+29	52	Promotion to 2024–25 Kategoria e Parë
2	Luftëtari	20	15	3	2	37	16	+21	48	Play-off promotion to 2024–25 Kategoria e Parë
3	Shkumbini	20	13	3	4	30	16	+14	42
4	Oriku	20	8	4	8	27	20	+7	28
5	Butrinti	20	8	3	9	28	24	+4	27
6	Labëria	20	8	3	9	25	28	−3	27	Dissolved on 31 August 2024
7	Devolli	20	7	3	10	33	38	−5	24
8	Turbina	20	7	2	11	27	36	−9	23
9	Delvina	20	5	5	10	26	34	−8	20
10	Maliqi (O)	20	4	2	14	23	37	−14	14	Play-off relegation to 2024–25 Kategoria e Tretë
11	Këlcyra^[a]	20	3	0	17	9	45	−36	9

Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Këlcyra was spared from relegation because of the dissolvement of Labëria.

Results

Home \ Away	BUT	DEL	DEV	KËL	LAB	LUF	MAL	ORI	POG	SHK	TUR
Butrinti	—	2–3	3–2	3–0	0–1	4–2	4–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	2–0
Delvina	1–3	—	1–2	4–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–0
Devolli	2–0	1–1	—	3–0	2–2	2–2	3–2	2–1	0–6	0–2	2–3
Këlcyra	1–2	0–4	0–3	—	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–0
Labëria	0–1	4–1	0–2	4–0	—	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–4	0–3
Luftëtari	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	—	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0
Maliqi	0–0	1–1	5–4	3–0	0–1	2–3	—	1–2	0–2	4–0	3–2
Oriku	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	1–0	—	1–1	1–0	4–0
Pogradeci	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	—	2–2	4–1
Shkumbini	2–1	2–0	3–2	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	—	2–0
Turbina	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–3	0–1	3–1	4–3	2–3	1–2	—

Source: [4]
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

10 May 2024

18:00

Valbona	0−1	Pogradeci
		Danladi 64'

Elbasan Arena, Elbasan

Referee: Emanuela Rusta

Group A Promotion play-offs

Semi-finals		Final



Besëlidhja	0

Sopoti	2
		Sopoti	1

		Iliria	6
Iliria	2

Tërbuni	0

Semi-finals

9 May 2024

16:00

Besëlidhja	0−2	Sopoti
		Tanushi 45' M. Çota 76'

Brian Filipi Stadium, Lezhë

Referee: Endrit Zhuli

9 May 2024

16:00

Iliria	2−0	Tërbuni
Olatunbosun 45' Berisha 49'

Redi Maloku Stadium, Fushë-Krujë

Referee: Ditmir Grimci

Final

12 May 2024

15:00

Sopoti	1−6	Iliria
Rreshka 23'		Olatunbosun 48' Kallaku 54' Xeka 66' Gjinaj 81', 82' Lleshi 90'

Niko Dovana Stadium, Durrës

Referee: Albert Doda

Iliria qualified to the final play-off match.

Group B Promotion play-offs

Semi-finals		Final



Luftëtari	1

Butrinti	0
		Luftëtari	3

		Shkumbini	0
Shkumbini	2

Oriku	0

Semi-finals

9 May 2024

16:00

Luftëtari	1−0	Butrinti
Ziaj 83'

Gjirokastra Stadium, Gjirokastër

Referee: Olti Çela

9 May 2024

16:00

Shkumbini	2−0	Oriku
Ernandes 29' Teqja 51'

Shkumbini Stadium, Peqin

Referee: Erald Demiraj

Final

12 May 2024

15:00

Luftëtari	3−0	Shkumbini
Mërkuri 11', 66', 86'

Adush Muça Stadium, Ballsh

Referee: Indrit Myrtja

Luftëtari qualified to the final play-off match.

Relegation play-offs

10 May 2024

15:00

Albanët	2−3	Maliqi
Alushi 22' Topalli 39'		Awam Agu 8' Topalli 13' (o.g.) Tako 17'

Shkumbini Stadium, Peqin

Referee: Ermal Gryka

16 May 2024

16:00

Albanët	5−2	Albpetrol
Alushi 4', 73' Abazi 12' Topalli 19' Dermani 72'		Asimetaj 21' Kumanaku 63'

Vorë Stadium, Vorë

Referee: Xhuljano Bacaj

Both teams remained in their respective divisions.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gerhard Progni	Valbona	15
2	Brajan Shekaj	Veleçiku	14
3	Dario Kame	Devolli	12
3	Rigers Musaraj	Besëlidhja	12
5	Jurgen Gjini	Tërbuni	10
6	Alesio Kolonja	Butrinti	9
	Ersil Ymeri	Valbona
	Murilo Brisida	Gramshi

Notes

References

^ "KATEGORIA E DYTË/ FSHF ndan grupet për kampionatin, ja si do jetë përbërja në sezonin e ri". www.panorama.com.al.
^ "Komiteti Ekzekutiv i FSHF miraton datat e nisjes së aktiviteteve kombëtare për edicionin futbollistik 2023-2024". FSHF. July 18, 2023.

[table_note_Shënkolli0.48901482647705-3] Shënkolli was excluded from the league and relegated to the Kategoria e Tretë for the next season, after a violent incident during a match against Murlani in the 10th round.

[table_note_Këlcyra0.99429441196578-4] Këlcyra was spared from relegation because of the dissolvement of Labëria.

[1] "KATEGORIA E DYTË/ FSHF ndan grupet për kampionatin, ja si do jetë përbërja në sezonin e ri". www.panorama.com.al.

[2] "Komiteti Ekzekutiv i FSHF miraton datat e nisjes së aktiviteteve kombëtare për edicionin futbollistik 2023-2024". FSHF. July 18, 2023.

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