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	Peter Itodo; (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

Team changes

From Kategoria e Parë

Promoted to Kategoria Superiore:

Relegated to Kategoria e Dytë:

To Kategoria e Parë

Relegated from Kategoria Superiore:

Promoted from Kategoria e Dytë:

Locations

2023–24 Kategoria e Parë is located in Albania

2023–24 Kategoria e Parë teams.

Stadia by capacity and locations

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	Vora Stadium

League table

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	33	16	10	7	46	29	+17	58	Promotion play-off to 2024–25 Kategoria Superiore
4	Vora	33	15	5	13	61	50	+11	50
5	Apolonia	33	12	10	11	44	31	+13	46
6	Korabi	33	12	8	13	42	38	+4	44
7	Kastrioti	33	10	10	13	43	47	−4	40
8	Burreli	33	12	4	17	28	43	−15	40
9	Lushnja (O)	33	10	8	15	38	53	−15	38	Relegation play-out to 2024–25 Kategoria e Dytë
10	Besa (O)	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; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Rounds 1–22

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

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

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

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final



Flamurtari	0

Korabi	0
		Flamurtari (a.e.t.)	0 (4)

		Apolonia	0 (3)
Vora	3

Apolonia	4

Semi-finals

12 May 2024

15:00

Flamurtari	0−0	Korabi

Flamurtari Stadium, Vlorë

Referee: Adrian Beqiraj

Flamurtari qualified to the final as the team with the higher ranking.

12 May 2024

15:00

Vora	3−4	Apolonia
Prengaj 31', 44' Raboshta 49' (pen.)		Hebeja 22' Maksuti 68' Omeri 72' Umejiego 81'

Vora Stadium, Vorë

Referee: Silvio Dyrmishi

Final

15 May 2024

16:00

Flamurtari	0−0 (a.e.t.)	Apolonia

Penalties
Shkurtaj Ramadani Deliaj Oliveira Teqja	4−3	Omeri Injehu Shanaj Asllanaj Harizaj

Elbasan Arena, Elbasan

Referee: Florjan Lata

Flamurtari qualified to the final play-off match.

Relegation play-offs

16 May 2024

16:00

Lushnja	2−0	Iliria
Kasmollari 4' Dragoj 90'

Egnatia Arena, Rrogozhinë

Referee: Enea Jorgji

16 May 2024

16:00

Besa	3−1	Luftëtari
Emini 7' Dabo 32' Spahiu 55'		Ziaj 49'

Flamurtari Stadium, Vlorë

Referee: Olsid Ferataj

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Peter Itodo	Luzi 2008	19
2	Bedri Greca	Elbasani	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

Notes

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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

[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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