2023–24 Kategoria e Parë

Kategoria e Parë
Season	2023–24
Champions	Elbasani; 1st title
Promoted	Elbasani; Bylis
Relegated	Luzi 2008; Tomori
Matches played	198
Goals scored	517 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bedri Greca; (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Elbasani 5−0 Tomori; (4 May 2024)
Biggest away win	Besa 0−5 Elbasani; (9 March 2024)
Highest scoring	Besa 4−3 Lushnja; (13 September 2023); Elbasani 5−2 Luzi 2008; (17 February 2024); Lushnja 4−3 Vora; (28 March 2024)
Longest winning run	6 matches; Bylis
Longest unbeaten run	25 matches; Elbasani
Longest winless run	13 matches; Tomori
Longest losing run	10 matches; Tomori
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë was the 76th official season of the Albanian football second-tier since its establishment. The season began on 2 September 2023 and ended on 9 May 2024. There were 12 teams competing this season. The winning and runner-up teams gained promotion to the 2024–25 Kategoria Superiore. The promotion play-offs winner will play a promotion play-off match against the 8th ranked team of the 2023–24 Kategoria Superiore.^[1]^[2] Bylis and Elbasani were promoted to the 2024–25 Kategoria Superiore. Luzi 2008 and Tomori were relegated to the 2024–25 Kategoria e Dytë.

Changes from last season[edit]

Team changes[edit]

From Kategoria e Parë[edit]

Promoted to Kategoria Superiore:

Relegated to Kategoria e Dytë:

To Kategoria e Parë[edit]

Relegated from Kategoria Superiore:

Promoted from Kategoria e Dytë:

Locations[edit]

2023–24 Kategoria e Parë teams.

Stadia by capacity and locations[edit]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Apolonia	Fier	Loni Papuçiu Stadium	6,800
Besa	Kavajë	Luz i Vogël Stadium^[a]	600^[a]
Burreli	Burrel	Liri Ballabani Stadium	3,000
Bylis	Ballsh	Adush Muça Stadium	5,200
Elbasani	Elbasan	Elbasan Arena	12,800
Flamurtari	Vlorë	Flamurtari Stadium	8,200
Kastrioti	Krujë	Redi Maloku Stadium^[b]	3,000^[b]
Korabi	Peshkopi	Korabi Stadium	6,000
Lushnja	Lushnjë	Roza Haxhiu Stadium	8,500
Luzi 2008	Luz i Vogël	Luz i Vogël Stadium	600
Tomori	Berat	Tomori Stadium	19,230
Vora	Vorë	Vorë Stadium

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Elbasani (C, P)	33	24	7	2	76	32	+44	79	Promotion to 2024–25 Kategoria Superiore
2	Bylis (P)	33	22	5	6	55	31	+24	71	Promotion to 2024–25 Kategoria Superiore
3	Flamurtari (Q)	33	16	10	7	46	29	+17	58	Promotion play-off to 2024–25 Kategoria Superiore
4	Vora (Q)	33	15	5	13	61	50	+11	50
5	Apolonia (Q)	33	12	10	11	44	31	+13	46
6	Korabi (Q)	33	12	8	13	42	38	+4	44
7	Kastrioti	33	10	10	13	43	47	−4	40
8	Burreli	33	12	4	17	29	44	−15	40
9	Lushnja (Q)	33	10	8	15	38	53	−15	38	Relegation play-out to 2024–25 Kategoria e Dytë
10	Besa (Q)	33	10	8	15	34	47	−13	38	Relegation play-out to 2024–25 Kategoria e Dytë
11	Luzi 2008 (R)	33	9	4	20	41	56	−15	31	Relegation to 2024–25 Kategoria e Dytë
12	Tomori (R)	33	4	5	24	21	72	−51	17	Relegation to 2024–25 Kategoria e Dytë

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results[edit]

Rounds 1–22[edit]

Home \ Away	APO	BES	BUR	BYL	ELB	FLA	KAS	KOR	LUS	LUZ	TOM	VOR
Apolonia	—	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–1	1–0	4–1	2–1
Besa	0–0	—	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	4–3	2–0	2–0	0–1
Burreli	1–0	4–1	—	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–5	2–0	0–0
Bylis	3–1	0–0	1–0	—	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–0
Elbasani	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	—	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–2	5–2	4–0	3–2
Flamurtari	0–0	0–0	4–2	0–1	2–1	—	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–1
Kastrioti	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	—	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–3
Korabi	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–2	—	1–0	0–0	4–0	1–2
Lushnja	0–3	2–1	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–4	3–1	0–0	—	2–1	2–2	2–1
Luzi 2008	0–3	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–4	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–2	—	2–0	0–1
Tomori	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–2	1–3	1–4	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	—	0–1
Vora	1–0	4–2	3–1	2–3	1–1	3–1	4–2	1–0	2–2	3–1	5–1	—

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.

Rounds 23–33[edit]

Home \ Away	APO	BES	BUR	BYL	ELB	FLA	KAS	KOR	LUS	LUZ	TOM	VOR
Apolonia		0–1		4–1			2–0	1–1			2–1	2–1
Besa					0–5	1–0	3–2	0–0		4–1
Burreli	2–1	0–1		1–0					2–0			2–1
Bylis		2–0			2–3	4–2	2–0	3–2			2–1
Elbasani	1–0		3–0						3–1	2–1	5–0	2–0
Flamurtari	0–0		0–1		2–2				0–0	1–0	3–1
Kastrioti			3–1		2–2	0–2		4–2		1–0
Korabi			2–3		2–3	1–1			2–1	5–1	2–1
Lushnja	1–1	2–0		1–2			0–0					4–3
Luzi 2008	1–0		2–1	3–1					4–0			3–3
Tomori		1–4	1–0				0–3		0–2	1–2
Vora		3–0		0–0		2–3	1–3	2–3			3–0

Source: [3]
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.

Positions by round[edit]

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Team ╲ Round
Elbasani	4	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Bylis	3	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Flamurtari	5	8	8	7	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Vora	2	5	4	5	4	3	5	5	3	3	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Apolonia	1	1	1	4	3	4	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Korabi	8	11	10	6	8	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Kastrioti	6	7	7	9	7	8	7	8	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	8	7	7	7
Burreli	10	10	11	12	12	9	10	11	11	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8
Lushnja	12	12	12	10	10	10	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9
Besa	11	6	6	8	9	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10
Luzi 2008	7	9	9	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Tomori	9	4	5	3	6	6	6	7	8	9	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Leader and promotion to 2024−25 Kategoria Superiore
	Promotion to 2024−25 Kategoria Superiore
	Promotion play-off
	Relegation play-off
	Relegation to 2024–25 Kategoria e Dytë

Source: [4]

Promotion play-offs[edit]

	Semi-finals				Final



	Flamurtari

	Korabi



	Vora

	Apolonia

Semi-finals[edit]

May 2024

Flamurtari	v	Korabi

Flamurtari Stadium, Vlorë

May 2024

Vora	v	Apolonia

Vorë Stadium, Vorë

Relegation play-offs[edit]

May 2024

Lushnja	v	Iliria/Sopoti

May 2024

Besa	v	Luftëtari/Shkumbini

Top scorers[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bedri Greca	Elbasani	19
2	Peter Itodo	Luzi 2008	18
3	Jasmin Raboshta	Vora	16
4	Dejvid Kapllani	Kastrioti	14
4	Patrik Treni	Luzi 2008	14
6	Fatmir Prengaj	Vora	13
7	Arsen Lleshi	Elbasani	12

Notes and references[edit]

Notes[edit]

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Besa will play their 2023–24 home games at the Luz i Vogël Stadium in Luz i Vogël, since their venue, Besa Stadium, is not suitable for Kategoria e Parë matches.
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Kastrioti will play their 2023–24 home games at the Redi Maloku Stadium in Fushë-Krujë, since their venue, Kastrioti Stadium, is not suitable for Kategoria e Parë matches.

References[edit]

[cnote_a] 
Besa will play their 2023–24 home games at the Luz i Vogël Stadium in Luz i Vogël, since their venue, Besa Stadium, is not suitable for Kategoria e Parë matches.

[cnote_b] 
Kastrioti will play their 2023–24 home games at the Redi Maloku Stadium in Fushë-Krujë, since their venue, Kastrioti Stadium, is not suitable for Kategoria e Parë matches.

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

[2] "Edhe kampionati i Kategorisë së Parë do të vijë me një format të ri në edicionin 2023-2024!". 19 July 2023.

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