2004–05 Albanian Cup

2004–05 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the fifty-third season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began on 28 August 2004 with the First Preliminary Round and ended on 11 May 2005 with the Final match. The winners of the competition qualified for the 2005-06 first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. KF Partizani were the defending champions, having won their fifteenth Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by KS Teuta.[1]

2004–05 Albanian Cup

Kupa e Shqipërisë
Country	Albania
Champions	KS Teuta
Runners-up	KF Tirana
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The rounds were played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregated score was tied after both games, the team with the higher number of away goals advanced. If the number of away goals was equal in both games, the match was decided by extra time and a penalty shootout, if necessary.

First round

Games were played on 28 August – 1 September 2004.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Albania	w/o	Besa	–	–
Cakrani	2–4	Flamurtari	1–0	1–4
Poliçani	3–12	Tomori	2–7	1–5
Përmeti	2–5	Bylis	2–1	0–4
Skrapari	w/o	Naftëtari	0–2	–
Korabi	1–9	Besëlidhja	1–1	0–8
Suçi	w/o	Erzeni	1–6	–
Këlcyra	2–12	Luftëtari	1–5	1–7
Bulqiza	0–4	Kastrioti	0–2	0–2
Fushë Mbreti	3–16	Pogradeci	2–7	1–9
Pojani	0–8	Skënderbeu	0–4	0–4
Minatori Memaliaj	1–9	Apolonia	0–3	1–6
Tërbuni	6–4	Veleçiku	3–4	3–0
Gramshi	2–4	Clirimi	2–1	0–3
Domosdova	0–5	Gramozi	0–0	0–5
Turbina	3–2	Dajti/Kamza	1–1	2–1
Maliqi	3–4	Devolli	2–1	1–3
Burreli	2–5	Ada	2–3	0–2
Tepelena	2–2 (a)	Albpetrol	2–1	0–1
Minatori Rrëshen	w/o	Përparimi	–	–
Butrinti	3–4	Delvina	2–1	1–3
Iliria	4–5	Sopoti	3–2	1–3

Second round

Games were played on 22–29 September 2004.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tërbuni	0–11	Vllaznia	0–3	0–8
Sopoti	2–9	Tirana	2–2	0–7
Turbina	1–2	Partizani	0–1	1–1
Ada	3–2	Dinamo	2–1	1–1
Albpetrol	1–9	Teuta	0–3	1–6
Clirimi	2–6	Lushnja	2–3	0–3
Devolli	3–9	Shkumbini	1–1	2–8
Gramozi	1–5	Elbasani	1–0	0–5
Minatori Rrëshen	w/o	Laçi	1–1	–
Apolonia	1–0	Egnatia	1–0	0–0
Pogradeci	2–2	Besa	0–1	2–1
Delvina	1–5	Flamurtari	1–2	0–3
Skënderbeu	5–8	Tomori	2–1	3–7
Luftëtari	2–1	Bylis	2–0	0–1
Erzeni	0–5	Naftëtari	0–4	0–1
Kastrioti	4–4 (a)	Besëlidhja	3–0	1–4

Third round

All fourteen teams of the 2003–04 Superliga and First Division entered in this round, along with Second Round winners. First legs were played on 20 October 2004 and the second legs were played on 27 October 2004.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Apolonia	2–7	Vllaznia	1–3	1–4
Tomori	4–9	Shkumbini	1–3	3–6
Pogradeci	1–5	Tirana	0–0	1–5
Ada	2–5	Flamurtari	1–3	1–2
Naftëtari	2–5	Teuta	1–3	1–2
Luftëtari	2–3	Lushnja	2–2	0–1
Laçi	1–10	Elbasani	0–6	1–4
Kastrioti	0–7	Partizani	0–1	0–6

Quarter finals

In this round entered the 8 winners from the previous round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
KS Flamurtari	1–3	Partizani	1–2	0–1
KS Elbasani	3–4	KS Teuta	3–3	0–1
KS Shkumbini	2–3	KS Vllaznia	0–1	2–2
KS Lushnja	1–3	KF Tirana	1–0	0–3

Semi-finals

In this round entered the four winners from the previous round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Teuta Durrës	2–2 (a)	Partizani Tirana	1–0	1–2
Tirana	4–1	Vllaznia Shkodër	1–0	3–1

First leg

Teuta Durrës v Partizani Tirana

6 April 2005	Teuta Durrës	1–0	Partizani Tirana	Durrës
	Xhafa  44'	Report		Stadium: Niko Dovana Stadium

Tirana v Vllaznia Shkodër

6 April 2005	Tirana	1–0	Vllaznia Shkodër	Tiranë
	Xhafa  41'	Report		Stadium: Selman Stërmasi Stadium

Second leg

Partizani Tirana v Teuta Durrës

20 April 2005	Partizani Tirana	2–1 (2–2(a) agg.)	Teuta Durrës	Tiranë
	Hallaçi  45' Halili  88'	Report	Mançaku  18'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium

Vllaznia Shkodër v Tirana

20 April 2005	Vllaznia Shkodër	1–3 (1–4 agg.)	Tirana	Shkodër
	Abílio  39' (pen.)	Report	Rraklli  50' Patushi  67' Sene  73'	Stadium: Loro Boriçi Stadium

Final

11 May 2005

17:00

KS Teuta	0 – 0	KF Tirana
Penalties
Mançaku Tetova D. Xhafa Kapllani Gjondeda Hasho Hasani	6 - 5	Bulku Patushi Sina Tafaj F. Xhafa Merkoçi Hajdari

Ruzhdi Bizhuta Stadium, Elbasan

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Albano Janku

References

1. 2004-05 Albanian Cup

External links

• Official website (in Albanian)