2009–10 Albanian Cup

2009–10 Albanian Cup
Kupa e Shqipërisë
Tournament details
Country	Albania
Defending champions	Flamurtari
Final positions
Champions	Besa
Runner-up	Vllaznia
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

2009–10 Albanian Cup was the fifty-eighth season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began on 23 September 2009 with the First Preliminary Round. The winners of the competition qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Flamurtari were the defending champions.

The rounds were played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregated 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 shootout, if necessary.

Preliminary Tournament

In order to reduce the number of participating teams for the First Round to 32, a preliminary tournament was played. Only teams from the Kategoria e Dytë (third level) were allowed to enter. Each Kategoria e Dytë group played its own tournament. In contrast to the main tournament, the preliminary tournament was held as a single-leg knock-out competition.

First Preliminary Round

Games were played on 23 September 2009.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Naftëtari	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Çlirimi
Adriatiku	2–0	Korabi
Erzeni	2–4	Iliria
Luzi 2008	w/o	Përparimi
Vlora	2–1	Këlcyra
Tomori	2–0	Përmeti
Domozdova	2–1	Maliqi
Delvina	5–0	Himara

Second Preliminary Round

Games were played on 30 September 2009.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Luzi 2008	2–1	Çlirimi
Adriatiku	2–1	Iliria
Vlora	5–3	Delvina
Tomori	4–1	Domozdova

First round

All twenty-eight teams of the 2009–10 Superiore and Kategoria e Parë entered in this round, along with the four Second Preliminary Round winners. First legs were played on 21 October 2009 and the second legs were played on 4 November 2009.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Luzi 2008	3–4	Tirana	3–1	0–3
Adriatiku	2–5	Dinamo Tirana	2–3	0–2
Memaliaj	1–4	Shkumbini	1–2	0–2
Pogradeci	1–3	Besa	1–2	0–1
Besëlidhja	2–6	Laçi	1–2	1–4
Sopoti	1–6	Kastrioti	0–3	1–3
Turbina	1–3	Bylis	1–0	0–3
Burreli	1–3	Lushnja	0–0	1–3
Vlora	0–4	Teuta	0–3¹	0–1
Gramshi	0–3	Flamurtari	0–3	0–0
Bilisht Sport	3–8	Apolonia	3–1	0–7
Skrapari	10–12	Skënderbeu	5–3	5–9
Luftëtari	2–7	Gramozi	1–3	1–4
Ada	1–2	Partizani	0–0	1–2
Dajti	2–1	Elbasani	2–1	0–0
Tomori	1–9	Vllaznia	0–4	1–5

Notes

¹ The match was awarded to Teuta by 3–0 after Vlora did not secure their ground.

Second round

In this round enter the 16 winners from the previous round. The first legs took place on 25 November and the second legs took place on 10 December.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Partizani	1–3	Teuta	1–1	0–2
Bylis	2–3	Dinamo Tirana	1–0	1–3
Lushnja	3–4	Tirana	2–2	1–2
Dajti	3–5	Vllaznia	1–3	2–2
Kastrioti	1–2	Shkumbini	1–1	0–1
Gramozi	2–1	Flamurtari	1–0	1–1
Skënderbeu	2–2	Apolonia	1–0	1–2
Laçi	1–2	Besa	0–1	1–1

Quarter-finals

In this round enter the 8 winners from the previous round. The games are scheduled as shown below.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gramozi	1–1 (a)	Teuta	1–1	0–0
Besa	4–4 (a)	Tirana	2–0	2–4
Shkumbini	3–1	Dinamo Tirana	2–1	1–0
Skënderbeu	0–4	Vllaznia	0–0	0–4

Semi-finals

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Besa	2–1	Shkumbini	1–1	1–0
Teuta	1–2	Vllaznia	1–0	0–2

Final

9 May 2010

20:45

Besa	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Vllaznia
Arapi 85' Dhëmbi 97'		Balaj 63'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

References

External links

Official website (in Albanian)
Albanian Cup on rsssf.org