2012–13 Albanian Cup

2012–13 Albanian Cup

Kupa e Shqipërisë
Tournament details
Country	Albania
Teams	38
Final positions
Champions	Laçi
Runner-up	Bylis
Tournament statistics
Matches played	77
Goals scored	227 (2.95 per match)

2012–13 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the sixty-first season of Albania's annual cup competition. Laçi, the winners of the competition qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. KF Tirana were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Kukësi in the second round.

Apart from the quarter-finals, the ties are played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregate score is tied after both games, the team with the higher number of away goals advances. If the number of away goals is equal in both games, the match is decided by extra time and a penalty shoot-out, if necessary.

Preliminary tournament

In order to reduce the number of participating teams for the first round to 32, a preliminary tournament is played. Only teams from the Second Division (third level) are allowed to enter. In contrast to the main tournament, the preliminary tournament is held as a single-leg knock-out competition.

First preliminary round

These matches took place on 12 September 2012.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sukthi	2–1	Luzi 2008
Veleçiku	1–3	Olimpik
Gramozi	3–0	Tepelena
Skrapari	1–3	Albpetrol

Second preliminary round

These matches took place on 19 September 2012.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sukthi	1–2	Olimpik
Gramozi	3–0	Albpetrol

First round

All 30 teams of the 2012–13 Superliga and First Division entered in this round along with the two qualifiers from the Second Preliminary Round. The first legs were played on 26 September 2012 and the second legs took place on 3 October 2012.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Naftëtari	1–5	Flamurtari	0–1	1–4
Tërbuni	0–3	Bylis	0–2	0–1
Adriatiku	0–3	Laçi	0–3	0–0
Ada	2–2	Tomori	2–1	0–1
Olimpik	4–9	Skënderbeu	2–2	2–7
Himara	1–4	Kastrioti	0–2	1–2
Iliria	1–4	Vllaznia	0–2	1–2
Butrinti	2–3	Shkumbini	2–0	0–3
Elbasani	0–1	Apolonia	0–0	0–1
Besëlidhja	4–5	Kukësi	2–4	2–1
Dinamo Tirana	0–2	Kamza	0–1	0–1
Gramozi	0–7	Teuta	0–4	0–3
Gramshi	1–5	Luftëtari	1–0	0–5
Burreli	2–10	Besa	1–4	1–6
Lushnja	7–0	Pogradeci	5–0	2–0
Partizani	1–3	Tirana	1–2	0–1

Second round

All 16 qualified teams from First Round progressed to the second round. The first legs were played on 24 October 2012 and the second legs took place on 7 November 2012.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Besa	1–2	Flamurtari	0–1	1–1
Luftëtari	3–4	Bylis	2–1	1-3
Tomori	1–3	Laçi	0–0	1–3
Kukësi	6–3	Tirana	4–0	2–3
Kamza	0–4	Skënderbeu	0–1	0–3
Apolonia	1–2	Kastrioti	1–2	0–0
Shkumbini	2–2	Vllaznia	1–0	1–2
Lushnja	2–4	Teuta	0–0	2–4

Quarter-finals

The 8 winners from the second round were placed in 2 groups of 4 teams each. Each group played a double round robin schedule for a total of 6 games for each team. The top 2 teams in each group advanced to the next round of the competition. These matches took place between 4 December 2012 and 5 March 2013.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SKË	KUK	KAS	SHK
1	Skënderbeu	6	6	0	0	21	8	+13	18	Advance to semi-finals			4–2	5–1	3–1
2	Kukësi	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5	12			2–3		1–0	2–0
3	Kastrioti	6	2	0	4	8	13	−5	6			1–2	0–3		4–2
4	Shkumbini	6	0	0	6	4	17	−13	0			1–4	0–2	0–2

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BYL	LAÇ	FLA	TEU
1	Bylis	6	4	0	2	15	9	+6	12	Advance to semi-finals			2–1	2–3	5–0
2	Laçi	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5	12			3–2		1–0	4–0
3	Flamurtari	6	4	0	2	11	7	+4	12			0–1	2–1		3–0
4	Teuta	6	0	0	6	5	20	−15	0			2–3	1–2	2–3

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Semi-finals

The four winners from the quarter-finals competed in this round. The matches took place on 3 and 17 April 2013.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kukësi	1–2	Laçi	0–0	1–2
Skënderbeu	1–2	Bylis	1–1	0–1

Kukësi v Laçi

3 April 2013	Kukësi	0–0	Laçi	Zeqir Ymeri Stadium, Kukës
13:00 CEST		Report		Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Emirjon Sino

Laçi v Kukësi

17 April 2013	Laçi	2−1	Kukësi	Laçi Stadium, Laçi
14:00 CEST	Nimani 33' Çela 79'	Report	Peqini 65'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj

Laçi advanced to the final.

Skënderbeu v Bylis

3 April 2013	Skënderbeu	1–1	Bylis	Skënderbeu Stadium, Korçë
16:00 CEST	Lilaj 86'	Report	Olayinka 81'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj

Bylis v Skënderbeu

17 April 2013	Bylis	1−0	Skënderbeu	Adush Muça Stadium, Ballsh
14:00 CEST	Gërxho 52'	Report		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Enea Jorgji

Bylis advanced to the final.

Final

17 May 2013

20:00

Laçi	1−0 (a.e.t.)	Bylis
Çela 119'	Report

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj

External links

• Official website (in Albanian)
• Albanian Cup at soccerway.com