2024–25 Kategoria e Dytë

Kategoria e Dytë
Season2024–25
ChampionsIliria
2nd title
PromotedIliria
Luftëtari
RelegatedMemaliaj
Murlani
Turbina
Matches played233
Goals scored790 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorerAdhurim Hasani
(19 goals)
Biggest home winGramshi 10−1 Murlani
(1 March 2025)
Biggest away winMemaliaj 0−7 Oriku
(5 April 2025)
Highest scoringGramshi 10−1 Murlani
(1 March 2025)
Murlani 3−8 Adriatiku
(30 March 2025)
Longest winning run16 matches
Iliria
Longest unbeaten run18 matches
Iliria
Luftëtari
Longest winless run22 matches
Murlani
Longest losing run14 matches
Murlani
2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Kategoria e Dytë was the 53rd 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 2025–26 Kategoria e Parë. Teams ranked from the 2nd to the 5th position qualified to the play-off round where the winners will play against the 9th and 10th ranked teams in the 2024–25 Kategoria e Parë.[1] Iliria and Luftëtari were promoted to the 2025–26 Kategoria e Parë. Iliria won their second Kategoria e Dytë title after beating Luftëtari 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

2024–25 Group A Kategoria e Dytë teams.
2024–25 Group B Kategoria e Dytë teams.

Group A

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Adriatiku Durrës Vorë Stadium
Albanët Tirana Internacional Complex 1,000
Basania Bushat Basania Stadium
Besëlidhja Lezhë Brian Filipi Stadium 5,000
Gramshi Gramsh Mislim Koçi Stadium 3,100
Iliria Fushë-Krujë Redi Maloku Stadium 3,000
Luzi 2008 Luz i Vogël Luz i Vogël Stadium 600
Murlani Vau i Dejës Barbullush Stadium
Naftëtari Kuçovë Bashkim Sulejmani Stadium 5,000
Sopoti Librazhd Sopoti Stadium 3,000
Tërbuni Pukë Ismail Xhemali Stadium 1,950
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
Luftëtari Gjirokastër Gjirokastra Stadium 8,400
Maliqi Maliq Jovan Asko Stadium 1,500
Memaliaj Memaliaj Karafil Çaushi Stadium 1,500
Oriku Orikum Orikum Stadium 2,000
Shkumbini Peqin Shkumbini Stadium 9,000
Tomori Berat Tomori Stadium 19,230
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 Iliria (C, P) 22 18 3 1 56 12 +44 57 Promotion to 2025–26 Kategoria e Parë
2 Luzi 2008 22 18 2 2 53 16 +37 56 Play-off promotion to 2025–26 Kategoria e Parë
3 Sopoti 22 16 3 3 46 20 +26 51
4 Tërbuni 22 11 5 6 39 28 +11 38
5 Veleçiku 22 10 4 8 38 26 +12 34
6 Besëlidhja 22 10 4 8 31 29 +2 34
7 Albanët 22 7 3 12 48 48 0 24
8 Naftëtari 22 6 4 12 29 31 −2 22
9 Adriatiku 22 6 4 12 34 44 −10 22
10 Basania 22 5 6 11 24 39 −15 21
11 Gramshi (O) 22 3 5 14 27 50 −23 14 Play-off relegation to 2025–26 Kategoria e Tretë
12 Murlani (R) 22 0 1 21 10 92 −82 1 Relegation to 2025–26 Kategoria e Tretë
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.)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ADR ALB BAS BES GRA ILI LUZ MUR NAF SOP TËR VEL
Adriatiku — 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–4 0–4 4–0 2–2 1–2 3–3 1–3
Albanët 3–3 — 6–0 4–1 5–2 2–4 1–7 7–0 3–1 2–3 2–2 2–1
Basania 0–1 3–2 — 1–2 3–0 0–1 3–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1
Besëlidhja 2–0 3–1 1–1 — 2–0 0–2 0–2 5–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1
Gramshi 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 — 1–1 0–1 10–1 0–5 0–0 1–2 0–3
Iliria 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 — 1–1 8–2 4–1 2–0 3–0 1–0
Luzi 2008 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 4–3 0–2 — 7–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–1
Murlani 3–8 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–4 0–2 — 0–2 0–2 1–3 0–4
Naftëtari 3–0 3–1 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 — 0–1 2–2 2–2
Sopoti 1–0 4–0 3–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 4–0 2–1 — 4–3 2–0
Tërbuni 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 5–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–3 — 1–0
Veleçiku 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–4 0–2 8–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 —
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.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Luftëtari (P) 20 16 3 1 56 11 +45 51 Promotion to 2025–26 Kategoria e Parë
2 Oriku 20 16 3 1 37 5 +32 51 Play-off promotion to 2025–26 Kategoria e Parë
3 Tomori 20 11 2 7 39 21 +18 35
4 Devolli 20 10 4 6 39 38 +1 34
5 Butrinti 20 10 3 7 35 19 +16 33
6 Delvina 20 7 5 8 32 31 +1 26
7 Shkumbini 20 5 5 10 24 38 −14 20
8 Maliqi 20 6 2 12 27 38 −11 20
9 Këlcyra 20 5 5 10 28 40 −12 20
10 Turbina (R) 20 6 1 13 22 34 −12 19 Play-off relegation to 2025–26 Kategoria e Tretë
11 Memaliaj (R) 20 1 1 18 15 79 −64 4 Relegation to 2025–26 Kategoria e Tretë
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.)
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BUT DEL DEV KËL LUF MAL MEM ORI SHK TOM TUR
Butrinti — 2–1 4–0 3–0 3–4 4–1 6–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–0
Delvina 2–0 — 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 4–3 1–0 3–0
Devolli 0–0 2–2 — 5–1 1–4 3–2 5–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0
Këlcyra 2–1 2–2 4–3 — 0–5 0–1 6–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 2–1
Luftëtari 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 — 6–1 5–1 0–0 6–1 1–0 4–0
Maliqi 0–2 2–2 1–2 4–2 1–0 — 5–0 0–1 0–0 1–5 2–1
Memaliaj 0–3 2–5 1–3 3–2 0–5 1–2 — 0–7 0–3 1–4 0–3
Oriku 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 — 1–0 4–0 2–0
Shkumbini 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–4 1–0 2–2 1–2 — 0–3 1–3
Tomori 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 4–3 4–0 0–1 4–1 — 3–0
Turbina 1–2 3–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–3 2–0 —
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

Iliria1−0Luftëtari
Selmani 90'
Referee: Kreshnik Cjapi

Group A Promotion play-offs

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Luzi 20082
 
 
 
Veleçiku0
 
Luzi 20084
 
 
 
Sopoti0
 
Sopoti2
 
 
Tërbuni0
 

Semi-finals

Luzi 20082−0Veleçiku
Jakubu 50'
Morina 79'
Referee: Klodian Shahini
Sopoti2−0Tërbuni
Aminu 28'
Mici 52' (pen.)

Final

Luzi 20084−0Sopoti
Balla 16' (pen.)
Morina 36', 49'
Ruçaj 66'
Referee: Laver Alla

Luzi 2008 qualified to the final play-off match.

Group B Promotion play-offs

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Oriku1
 
 
 
Butrinti1
 
Oriku3
 
 
 
Tomori2
 
Tomori2
 
 
Devolli1
 

Semi-finals

Oriku1−1Butrinti
Leshi 89' Córdoba 75'
Orikum Stadium, Orikum
Referee: Albano Stolaj

Oriku qualified to the final as the team with the better ranking.

Tomori2−1Devolli
Saraçi 14'
Biaye 31'		 Ivani 19' (pen.)
Referee: Ardit Merdanaj

Final

Oriku3−2Tomori
Dalanaj 16' (pen.), 27'
Nwatsock A Ekoro 72'		 Arbri 54'
Ngene 88'
Vora Stadium, Vorë
Referee: Silvio Dyrmishi

Oriku qualified to the final play-off match.

Relegation play-offs

Gramshi1−1 (a.e.t.)Turbina
Baku 59' (pen.) Gjoka 7'
Penalties
  • Goga soccer ball with check mark
  • Topalli soccer ball with red X
  • Yameogo soccer ball with red X
  • Dedja soccer ball with check mark
  • Agbattou soccer ball with check mark
  • Lice soccer ball with check mark
  • Shehi soccer ball with check mark
 5−4
  • soccer ball with red X Dhimitri
  • soccer ball with check mark Amos
  • soccer ball with check mark Arbana
  • soccer ball with red X Mathias
  • soccer ball with check mark Kovaçi
  • soccer ball with check mark Ageja
  • soccer ball with red X Merkaj
Referee: Mikele Dyrmishi
Turbina0−3Partizani B
Jatta 15'
Contreras 76', 87'
Referee: Klodian Shahini

Turbina was relegated to the Kategoria e Tretë, while Partizani B was promoted to the Kategoria e Dytë.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Albania Adhurim Hasani Adriatiku 19
2 Albania Brajan Shekaj Veleçiku 15
Albania Herdi Balla Luzi 2008
Albania Nimet Spahiu Albanët
5 Albania Ardit Ziaj Luftëtari 12
6 Guinea Mamady Oulare Tomori 11

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Kategoria e Dytë/ Hidhet shorti, klubet e grupeve A dhe B mësojnë kalendarin e sezonit 2024/25". FSHF. September 11, 2024.
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