2000–01 Albanian Cup

2000–01 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the forty-ninth season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began on 26 August 2000 with the First Round and ended on 26 May 2001 with the Final match. The winners of the competition qualified for the 2001-02 first round of the UEFA Europa League. Teuta were the defending champions, having won their second Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by Tirana.

2000–01 Albanian Cup

Kupa e Shqipërisë
Tournament details
Country	Albania
Final positions
Champions	Tirana
Runner-up	Teuta

The rounds were played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregated score was tied after both games, the team with the higher number of away goals advanced. If the number of away goals was equal in both games, the match was decided by extra time and a penalty shootout, if necessary.

First round

Games were played on 26 August – 9 September 2000.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kastrioti	0–11	Tirana	0–2	0–9
Tepelena	1–7	Bylis	0–2	1–5
Naftëtari	1–13	Teuta	0–5	1–8
Burreli	2–5	Vllaznia	1–3	1–2
Erzeni	1–5	Lushnja	0–2	1–3
Butrinti	1–8	Luftëtari	1–1	0–7
Ilir Viking	1–9	Dinamo Tirana	0–5	1–4
Laçi	0–9	Partizani	0–3	0–6
Korabi	1–5	Përparimi	1–1	0–4
Shkodra	3–10	Besëlidhja	1–5	2–5
Elbasani	4–2	Apolonia	2–0	2–2
Pogradeci	1–1 (a)	Besa	0–0	1–1
Gramozi	1–5	Skënderbeu	1–1	0–4
Albpetrol	0–4	Flamurtari	0–2	0–2
Sopoti	1–9	Shkumbini	1–3	0–6
Memaliaj	2–6	Tomori	0–1	2–6

Second round

All sixteen teams of the 1999–00 Superliga and First Division entered in this round. First legs were played on 19 January 2001 and the second legs were played on 27 January 2001.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lushnja	1–0	Dinamo Tirana	0–0	1–0
Përparimi	1–3	Skënderbeu	1–1	0–2
Pogradeci	1–4	Teuta	1–1	0–3
Bylis	2–1	Partizani	2–1	0–0
Flamurtari	3–4	Tomori	3–0	0–4
Luftëtari	1–2	Vllaznia	1–0	0–2 (w/o)
Elbasani	1–3	Shkumbini	1–1	0–2
Besëlidhja	0–7	Tirana	0–4	0–3

Quarter-finals

In this round entered the 8 winners from the previous round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tirana	7–3	Shkumbini	4–1	3–2
Teuta	6–4	Lushnja	5–2	1–2
Skënderbeu	4–5	Tomori	3–2	1–3
Vllaznia	3–2	Bylis	3–0	0–2

Semi-finals

In this round entered the four winners from the previous round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tirana	5–1	Tomori	4–1	1–0
Vllaznia	2–4	Teuta	1–2	1–2

Final

26 May 2001

19:00

Tirana	5–0	Teuta
Halili 5', 15', 51' Dede 24' (pen.) Prenga 61'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tiranë

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Sokol Jareci

External links

• Official website (in Albanian)