2021–22 Kategoria e Dytë

Kategoria e Dytë
Season	2021–22
Champions	Flamurtari; 1st title
Promoted	Luzi 2008; Oriku; Flamurtari
Relegated	Klosi; Internacional; Gramozi; Përmeti; Këlcyra
Matches played	264
Goals scored	855 (3.24 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ervis Kongjini; (26 goals)
Biggest home win	Oriku 8−0 Gramshi; (23 April 2022); Oriku 8−0 Internacional; (6 November 2021)
Biggest away win	Bulqiza 0−15 Veleçiku; (23 April 2022)
Highest scoring	Internacional 1−15 Luzi 2008; (16 April 2022)
Longest winning run	17 matches; Flamurtari
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches; Flamurtari
Longest winless run	18 matches; Internacional
Longest losing run	18 matches; Internacional
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021-22 Kategoria e Dytë was the 50th official season of the Albanian football third division since its establishment. There were 24 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 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë. Teams ranked from the 2nd to the 5th position qualified to the play-off round which they played against the 11th and 12th ranked teams in the 2021–22 Kategoria e Parë.^[1]^[2]^[3] Flamurtari, Luzi 2008 and Oriku were promoted to the 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë. Flamurtari won their first Kategoria e Dytë title after beating Luzi 2008 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

2021–22 Group A Kategoria e Dytë teams.

2021–22 Group B Kategoria e Dytë teams.

Stadia by capacity and locations

Group A

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ada	Velipojë	Adriatik Velipojë	1,200
Bulqiza	Bulqizë	National Sports Centre	50
Elbasani	Elbasan	Internacional Complex	1,000
Gramshi	Gramsh	Mislim Koçi Stadium	1,500
Iliria	Fushë-Krujë	Redi Maloku Stadium	3,000
Internacional Tirana	Tirana	Internacional Complex	1,000
Klosi	Klos	Various
Luzi 2008	Luz i Vogël	Luz i Vogël Stadium	600
Murlani	Vau i Dejës	Barbullush Stadium
Oriku	Orikum	Orikum Stadium
Shënkolli	Shënkoll	Shënkoll Stadium	500
Veleçiku	Koplik	Kompleksi Vellezërit Duli	2,000

Group B

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Albpetrol	Patos	Alush Noga Stadium	2,150
Devolli	Bilisht	Bilisht Stadium	3,000
Flamurtari	Vlorë	Flamurtari Stadium	8,200
Gramozi	Ersekë	Ersekë Stadium	2,000
Këlcyra	Këlcyrë	Këlcyrë Stadium	1,000
Labëria	Vlorë	Labëria Complex
Luftëtari	Gjirokastër	Gjirokastra Stadium	8,400
Memaliaj	Memaliaj	Karafil Çaushi Stadium	1,500
Naftëtari	Kuçovë	Bashkim Sulejmani Stadium	5,000
Përmeti	Përmet	Durim Qypi Stadium	4,000
Sopoti	Librazhd	Sopoti Stadium	3,000
Tepelena	Tepelenë	Sabaudin Shehu Stadium	2,000

League standings

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Luzi 2008 (P)	22	16	5	1	67	13	+54	53	Promotion to 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë
2	Oriku (O, P)	22	17	2	3	61	11	+50	53	Play-off promotion to 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë
3	Veleçiku	22	16	3	3	61	13	+48	51
4	Gramshi	22	11	5	6	38	31	+7	38
5	Murlani	22	11	2	9	48	25	+23	35
6	Iliria	22	9	4	9	30	26	+4	31
7	Elbasani (D)	22	8	4	10	36	51	−15	28	Dissolved after the season
8	Shënkolli	22	7	4	11	36	56	−20	25
9	Bulqiza	22	7	3	12	33	63	−30	24
10	Ada (O)	22	5	4	13	23	38	−15	19	Play-off relegation to 2022–23 Kategoria e Tretë
11	Klosi (R)	22	4	4	14	21	45	−24	16	Relegation to 2022–23 Kategoria e Tretë
12	Internacional Tirana^[a] (R)	22	1	0	21	15	97	−82	0	Relegation to 2022–23 Kategoria e Tretë

Source: Soccerway
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.)
(D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Internacional was deducted 3 points after failing to show up in an away match against Klosi.

Results

Home \ Away	ADA	BUL	ELB	GRA	ILI	INT	KLO	LUZ	MUR	ORI	SHË	VEL
Ada	—	2–1	0–4	4–1	1–2	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–3	0–1	0–2
Bulqiza	5–2	—	1–7	1–1	2–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	1–4	1–4	2–2	0–15
Elbasani	1–0	1–3	—	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–5	2–0
Gramshi	2–0	1–0	4–0	—	1–0	4–0	4–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–3
Iliria	0–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	—	5–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–4	3–1	0–2
Internacional	2–1	1–2	2–3	0–3	0–1	—	1–4	1–15	1–3	1–4	2–3	0–7
Klosi	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	0–2	3–0	—	0–3	1–5	0–2	3–2	0–2
Luzi 2008	4–1	4–2	6–0	5–1	2–0	6–1	1–1	—	1–0	1–0	7–1	0–0
Murlani	0–2	5–0	5–1	1–0	2–2	6–0	2–1	0–1	—	0–1	5–0	1–2
Oriku	1–0	1–1	6–0	8–0	2–0	8–0	5–1	1–0	2–0	—	3–0	2–0
Shënkolli	1–1	2–3	5–4	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–3	1–3	0–3	—	3–0
Veleçiku	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	6–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	—

Source: Soccerway
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	Flamurtari (C, P)	22	18	4	0	57	7	+50	58	Promotion to 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë
2	Labëria	22	17	3	2	60	17	+43	54	Play-off promotion to 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë
3	Devolli	22	13	7	2	36	14	+22	46
4	Sopoti	22	14	2	6	51	31	+20	44
5	Albpetrol	22	8	4	10	33	28	+5	28
6	Tepelena	22	8	3	11	27	36	−9	27
7	Naftëtari	22	6	4	12	23	36	−13	22
8	Memaliaj	22	7	1	14	22	59	−37	22
9	Luftëtari	22	5	6	11	26	35	−9	21
10	Gramozi (R)	22	6	2	14	16	35	−19	20	Play-off relegation to 2022–23 Kategoria e Tretë
11	Përmeti (R)	22	5	4	13	17	42	−25	19	Relegation to 2022–23 Kategoria e Tretë
12	Këlcyra (R)	22	4	2	16	18	46	−28	14	Relegation to 2022–23 Kategoria e Tretë

Source: Soccerway
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ALB	DEV	FLA	GRM	KËL	LAB	LUF	MEM	NAF	PËR	SOP	TEP
Albpetrol	—	1–2	1–2	4–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	4–1	1–1
Devolli	0–0	—	0–2	2–1	5–3	1–0	1–1	6–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0
Flamurtari	4–1	0–0	—	2–0	5–0	3–0	4–1	6–0	4–0	6–0	2–0	1–1
Gramozi	0–2	0–1	0–1	—	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–2	1–0
Këlcyra	2–4	0–1	0–1	1–0	—	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–2	2–0
Labëria	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	6–0	—	4–2	7–0	2–2	4–0	2–1	3–0
Luftëtari	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–2	—	4–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–1
Memaliaj	1–0	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–4	2–1	—	2–1	3–2	1–4	4–3
Naftëtari	2–3	0–1	0–3	1–0	4–2	1–4	1–0	1–0	—	1–1	0–1	3–2
Përmeti	0–3	1–1	0–3	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	—	1–2	0–2
Sopoti	4–3	1–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–4	2–1	7–2	3–1	3–0	—	4–0
Tepelena	1–0	0–3	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	—

Source: Soccerway
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

8 May 2022

15:00

Luzi 2008	1−1 (a.e.t.)	Flamurtari
Gjinaj 79'		Pjeshka 48'
Penalties
Ferraj Xhika Hoxha Merdini	2−4	Ramadani Pjeshka Ribaj Metani

Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tirana

Group A Promotion play-offs

Semi-finals		Final



Oriku	2

Murlani	0
		Oriku	1

		Veleçiku	0
Veleçiku^[A]	w/o

Gramshi

Notes

^
Veleçiku won on walkover as Gramshi was banned to participate in the play-offs by the federation due to match fixing allegations.

Semi-finals

4 May 2022

15:00

Oriku	2−0	Murlani
Kongjini 80' Çapoj 87'

Orikum Stadium, Orikum

4 May 2022

15:00

Veleçiku	Cancelled	Gramshi

Kompleksi Vëllezërit Duli, Koplik

Final

8 May 2022

15:00

Oriku	1−0	Veleçiku
Tushi 36'

Nexhip Trungu Stadium, Cërrik

Oriku qualified to the final play-off match.

Group B Promotion play-offs

Semi-finals		Final



Labëria	2

Albpetrol	0
		Labëria	0 (3)

		Devolli (a.e.t.)	0 (4)
Devolli	0

Sopoti	0

Semi-finals

4 May 2022

15:00

Labëria	2−0	Albpetrol
Sinaj 14', 43'

Labëria Complex, Nartë

4 May 2022

15:00

Devolli	0−0	Sopoti

Bilisht Stadium, Bilisht

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

Final

8 May 2022

15:00

Labëria	0−0 (a.e.t.)	Devolli

Penalties
Haruni Mirani Deliaj Kreshpa Rapo Gjoni	3−4	Pere Cane Demiri Ametlli González Nallbati

Sopoti Stadium, Librazhd

Devolli qualified to the final play-off match.

Relegation play-offs

8 May 2022

15:00

Ada	2−1	Gramozi
Rrasa 41' Keshtejaku 61'		Osmani 45'

National Sports Centre, Kamëz

14 May 2022

15:00

Gramozi	1−3	Delvina
Mydin 79'		Çulli 9' Gjeçi 83' Musta 90'

Roza Haxhiu Stadium, Lushnjë

Gramozi was relegated to Kategoria e Tretë, while Delvina was promoted to Kategoria e Dytë.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ervis Kongjini	Oriku	26
2	Anton Lleshi	Shënkolli	21
2	Eriol Merdini	Luzi 2008	21
4	Aleksandër Dalanaj	Labëria	18
4	Artur Sejdini	Sopoti	18
6	Gersi Diamanti	Flamurtari	16

Notes

References

[table_note_Internacional0.80507860183952-4] Internacional was deducted 3 points after failing to show up in an away match against Klosi.

[cnote_A] 
Veleçiku won on walkover as Gramshi was banned to participate in the play-offs by the federation due to match fixing allegations.

[1] "Ndryshime edhe në Kategorinë e dytë, ulet numri i skuadrave".

[2] "Komiteti Ekzekutiv përcakton datat e nisjes së kampionateve për sezonit 2021-22". 28 June 2021.

[3] "Kategoria e Dytë 2021-2022/ Hidhet shorti, njihuni me kalendarin e plotë të ndeshjeve". 3 September 2021.

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