2009–10 Kategoria Superiore


The 2009–10 Kategoria Superiore was the 74th season of top-tier football in Albania and the twelfth season under the name Kategoria superiore. The season began on 23 August 2009 and ended on 19 May 2010. Tirana was the defending champions.

Team changes from last season

and Elbasani were directly relegated to the First Division after finishing 11th and 12th in the previous year's standings. They were replaced by First Division champions Laçi and runners-up Skënderbeu.
9th placed Bylis and 10th placed Partizani had to compete in single-match relegation play-offs. Both teams were relegated in the process by losing against the third and fourth-placed teams from First Division, Kastrioti and Gramozi.

Teams

Stadia and last season

TeamLocationStadiumCapacityLast season
ApoloniaFierLoni Papuçiu Stadium6,0008th
BesaKavajëBesa Stadium6,0007th
DinamoTiranaSelman Stërmasi Stadium10,0003rd
FlamurtariVlorëFlamurtari Stadium10,0006th
GramoziErsekëErsekë Stadium7,000First Division
KastriotiKrujëKastrioti Stadium3,500First Division
LaçLaçi Stadium3,000First Division
ShkumbiniPeqinShkumbini Stadium4,0005th
SkënderbeuKorçëSkënderbeu Stadium7,000First Division
TeutaDurrësStadiumi Niko Dovana10,0004th
TiranaSelman Stërmasi Stadium10,000Champions
VllazniaShkodërLoro Boriçi Stadium14,2002nd

Personnel and sponsoring

League table

Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team plays each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round will then be set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.

First and second round

Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination :
23rd round24th round25th round26th round27th round28th round
1 – 1211 – 11 – 109 – 11 – 87 – 1
2 – 1110 – 22 – 98 – 22 – 76 – 2
3 – 109 – 33 – 87 – 33 – 65 – 3
4 – 98 – 44 – 76 – 44 – 54 – 12
5 – 87 – 55 – 65 – 1211 – 98 – 11
6 – 76 – 1212 – 1110 – 1112 – 109 – 10

Relegation playoffs

and Skënderbeu finished 9th and 10th, respectively, in the league competition and therefore had to participate in a relegation playoff to keep their spots in the league. Skënderbeu Korçë faced Kamza, who finished third in the First Division and Kastrioti Krujë faced Lushnja, who finished fourth in the First Division.
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Top goalscorers

Source:
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Daniel XhafajBesa18
2 Elis BakajDinamo16
3 Mladen BrkićApolonia15
4 Fatjon SefaDinamo13
5 Marko dos SantosGramozi11
6 Miliam GuerribSkënderbeu10
6 Arlind NoraLaçi10
8 Oriand AbazajKastrioti8
8 Bekim BalajVllaznia8
8 Ilirjan ÇaushajShkumbini8
8 Migen MemelliTirana/Flamurtari8
8 Gjergji MuzakaTirana8

Season statistics

Scoring