2020–21 Kategoria e Parë

The 2020–21 Kategoria e Parë will be the 73rd official season of the Albanian football second-tier since its establishment. The season will begin on September 2020 and will end on May 2021. There will be 18 teams competing this season, split in 2 groups, each with 9 teams. The 2 winners of each group will gain promotion to the 2021-22 Kategoria Superiore, and will play the division's final against each other. The runners-up of each group will play a play-off match between them. The winners of the play-off will play another promotion play-off match against the 8th ranked team of the 2020–21 Kategoria Superiore.

Kategoria e Parë

Season	2020–21
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Changes from last season

Team changes

From Kategoria e Parë

Promoted to Kategoria Superiore:

• Apolonia
• Kastrioti

Relegated to Kategoria e Dytë:

• Devolli
• Iliria
• Shënkolli
• Shkumbini
• Tërbuni

To Kategoria e Parë

Relegated from Kategoria Superiore:

• Flamurtari
• Luftëtari

Promoted from Kategoria e Dytë:

• Partizani B
• Tomori
• Vora

Locations

Dinamo Tirana

Burreli

Erzeni

Korabi

Flamurtari

Vora

Besëlidhja

Veleçiku

Partizani B

2020–21 Kategoria e Parë Group A teams.

Besa

Oriku

Lushnja

Tomori

Luftëtari

Elbasani

Turbina

Pogradeci

Egnatia

2020–21 Kategoria e Parë Group B teams.

Stadia by capacity and locations

Group A

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Besëlidhja	Lezhë	Brian Filipi Stadium	5,000
Burreli	Burrel	Liri Ballabani Stadium	2,500
Dinamo Tirana	Tirana	Internacional Complex	1,000
Flamurtari	Vlorë	Flamurtari Stadium	8,500
Erzeni	Shijak	Tofik Jashari Stadium	4,000
Korabi	Peshkopi	Korabi Stadium	6,000
Partizani B	Tirana	Internacional Complex	1,000
Veleçiku	Koplik	Kompleksi Vëllezërit Duli	2,000
Vora	Vorë	Fusha Sportive Marqinet	1,000

Group B

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Besa	Kavajë	Besa Stadium	8,000
Egnatia	Rrogozhinë	Egnatia Stadium	4,000
Elbasani	Elbasan	Elbasan Arena	12,800
Luftëtari	Gjirokastër	Gjirokastra Stadium	8,400
Lushnja	Lushnjë	Roza Haxhiu Stadium	8,500
Oriku	Orikum	Fusha Sportive Orikum	2,000
Pogradeci	Pogradec	Gjorgji Kyçyku Stadium	10,700
Tomori	Berat	Tomori Stadium	14,450
Turbina	Cërrik	Nexhip Trungu Stadium	6,600

First phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Besëlidhja	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to the Promotion round
2	Burreli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Dinamo Tirana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Flamurtari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Erzeni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to the Relegation round
6	Korabi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Partizani B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Veleçiku	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Vora	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:
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.)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Besa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to the Promotion round
2	Egnatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Elbasani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Luftëtari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Lushnja	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to the Relegation round
6	Oriku	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Pogradeci	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Tomori	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Turbina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:
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.)

References