2022–23 Kategoria e Dytë

Kategoria e Dytë
Season	2022–23
Champions	Vora; 3rd title
Promoted	Vora; Elbasani
Relegated	Bulqiza; Ada; Tepelena; Albpetrol; Memaliaj
Matches played	233
Goals scored	801 (3.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Anton Lleshi; (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Pogradeci 9−0 Tepelena; (5 February 2023)
Biggest away win	Shënkolli 0−7 Vora; (18 February 2023)
Highest scoring	Iliria 10−4 Bulqiza; (3 May 2023)
Longest winning run	13 matches; Vora
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches; Elbasani
Longest winless run	20 matches; Ada
Longest losing run	10 matches; Ada
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022-23 Kategoria e Dytë was the 51st official season of the Albanian football third division since its establishment. There were 23 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 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë. Teams ranked from the 2nd to the 5th position qualified to the play-off round where the winners played against the 9th and 10th ranked teams in the 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë.^[1]^[2] Elbasani and Vora were promoted to the 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë. Vora won their third Kategoria e Dytë title after beating Elbasani 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

2022–23 Group A Kategoria e Dytë teams.

2022–23 Group B Kategoria e Dytë teams.

Stadia by capacity and locations

Group A

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ada	Velipojë	Fusha Sportive Adriatik	1,000
Bulqiza	Bulqizë	National Sports Centre	50
Gramshi	Gramsh	Mislim Koçi Stadium	3,100
Iliria	Fushë-Krujë	Redi Maloku Stadium	3,000
Murlani	Vau i Dejës	Barbullush Stadium
Naftëtari	Kuçovë	Bashkim Sulejmani Stadium	5,000
Shënkolli	Shënkoll	Shënkoll Stadium	500
Sopoti	Librazhd	Sopoti Stadium	3,000
Valbona	Bajram Curri	Tropojë Stadium
Veleçiku	Koplik	Kompleksi Vëllezërit Duli	2,000
Vora	Vorë	Vorë Stadium

Group B

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Albpetrol	Patos	Alush Noga Stadium	2,150
Butrinti	Sarandë	Andon Lapa Stadium	5,500
Delvina	Delvinë	Panajot Pano Stadium	200
Devolli	Bilisht	Bilisht Stadium	3,000
Elbasani	Elbasan	Elbasan Arena	12,800
Labëria	Vlorë	Labëria Complex
Luftëtari	Gjirokastër	Gjirokastra Stadium	8,400
Maliqi	Maliq	Skënderbeu Stadium	12,343
Memaliaj	Memaliaj	Karafil Çaushi Stadium	1,500
Pogradeci	Pogradec	Gjorgji Kyçyku Stadium	10,700
Shkumbini	Peqin	Shkumbini Stadium	9,000
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	Vora (C, P)	20	16	2	2	64	16	+48	50	Promotion to 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë
2	Veleçiku	20	14	4	2	43	17	+26	46	Play-off promotion to 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë
3	Valbona	20	14	3	3	52	15	+37	45
4	Sopoti	20	14	1	5	48	19	+29	43
5	Naftëtari	20	9	2	9	34	26	+8	29
6	Shënkolli	20	8	2	10	40	50	−10	26
7	Iliria	20	6	5	9	33	42	−9	23
8	Murlani	20	6	2	12	17	33	−16	20
9	Gramshi (O)	20	5	3	12	19	42	−23	18	Play-off relegation to 2023–24 Kategoria e Tretë
10	Bulqiza (R)	20	5	0	15	24	61	−37	15	Relegation to 2023–24 Kategoria e Tretë
11	Ada (R)	20	0	2	18	17	70	−53	2	Relegation to 2023–24 Kategoria e Tretë

Source: [1]
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; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ADA	BUL	GRA	ILI	MUR	NAF	SHË	SOP	VAL	VEL	VOR
Ada	—	2–3	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–4	2–2	1–3	1–4	1–4	2–5
Bulqiza	3–0	—	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	4–3	1–3	0–5	1–4	0–4
Gramshi	4–1	1–0	—	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–1
Iliria	2–1	10–4	5–1	—	3–3	1–1	2–4	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–3
Murlani	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	—	2–0	1–3	0–4	0–1	1–2	0–3
Naftëtari	4–1	5–0	6–2	2–0	2–0	—	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–3
Shënkolli	6–1	3–0	2–3	3–1	2–1	3–0	—	1–3	2–5	0–0	0–7
Sopoti	6–0	6–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	—	4–3	0–2	1–1
Valbona	5–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	—	1–1	1–3
Veleçiku	2–0	2–1	4–0	5–0	2–1	3–1	5–1	1–2	1–0	—	2–1
Vora	8–1	4–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–4	2–0	1–1	5–1	—

Source: [2]
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	Elbasani (P)	22	18	4	0	64	12	+52	58	Promotion to 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë
2	Pogradeci	22	16	5	1	62	13	+49	53	Play-off promotion to 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë
3	Labëria	22	11	6	5	28	15	+13	39
4	Butrinti	22	11	2	9	26	24	+2	35
5	Devolli	22	10	4	8	47	31	+16	34
6	Luftëtari	22	11	1	10	38	32	+6	34
7	Shkumbini	22	8	3	11	26	38	−12	27
8	Delvina	22	7	5	10	26	35	−9	26
9	Maliqi	22	8	0	14	38	58	−20	24
10	Tepelena (R)	22	7	3	12	21	48	−27	24	Play-off relegation to 2023–24 Kategoria e Tretë
11	Albpetrol (R)	22	4	4	14	18	50	−32	16	Relegation to 2023–24 Kategoria e Tretë
12	Memaliaj (R)	22	1	3	18	13	51	−38	6	Relegation to 2023–24 Kategoria e Tretë

Source: [3]
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.)
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ALB	BUT	DEL	DEV	ELB	LAB	LUF	MAL	MEM	POG	SHK	TEP
Albpetrol	—	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–4	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–3	0–0
Butrinti	3–0	—	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–0
Delvina	2–0	1–0	—	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–3	2–0	5–2	0–0	0–0	2–1
Devolli	5–2	6–1	3–3	—	1–2	0–0	4–1	2–3	3–1	1–2	3–0	4–1
Elbasani	4–1	4–1	5–1	0–0	—	1–0	2–0	5–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	6–0
Labëria	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	—	3–0	6–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0
Luftëtari	2–2	2–1	3–0	5–2	0–3	3–1	—	3–0	3–0	0–3	3–1	0–1
Maliqi	4–1	1–2	3–1	2–6	1–6	0–2	2–1	—	4–0	0–1	2–3	2–0
Memaliaj	1–2	1–3	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–3	—	1–6	0–0	1–4
Pogradeci	7–0	3–1	5–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	7–1	3–1	—	4–1	9–0
Shkumbini	2–0	0–2	0–3	1–0	1–4	1–3	1–4	3–1	1–0	0–0	—	3–0
Tepelena	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–4	1–0	0–1	2–6	1–1	2–1	1–4	—

Source: [4]
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

11 May 2023

18:00

Vora	2−1	Elbasani
Avdiu 29', 78'		Lleshi 19'

Arena Kombëtare, Tirana

Group A Promotion play-offs

Semi-finals		Final



Veleçiku	4

Naftëtari	0
		Veleçiku	1

		Valbona	2
Valbona	2

Sopoti	0

Semi-finals

11 May 2023

15:00

Veleçiku	4−0	Naftëtari
Banushaj 48' Hajdari 57' Shekaj 70' Ivziku 77'

Kompleksi Vëllezërit Duli, Koplik

11 May 2023

15:00

Valbona	2−0	Sopoti
Mziu 24' (pen.) Gjonaj 53' (pen.)

Tropojë Stadium, Bajram Curri

Final

18 May 2023

16:00

Veleçiku	1−2	Valbona
Elbasani 81'		Mziu 43' Gjonaj 56'

Vorë Stadium, Vorë

Valbona qualified to the final play-off match.

Group B Promotion play-offs

Semi-finals		Final



Pogradeci	3

Devolli	1
		Pogradeci	1

		Labëria	0
Labëria	1

Butrinti	0

Semi-finals

11 May 2023

15:00

Pogradeci	3−1	Devolli
Shyti 40' (pen.) Carlos Henrique 45' Shkulaku 48'		Nallbati 63' (pen.)

Gjorgji Kyçyku Stadium, Pogradec

11 May 2023

15:00

Labëria	1−0	Butrinti
Muçaj 13'

Labëria Complex, Nartë

Final

18 May 2023

16:00

Pogradeci	1−0	Labëria
Topllari 90'

Arena Egnatia, Rrogozhinë

Pogradeci qualified to the final play-off match.

Relegation play-offs

11 May 2023

15:00

Gramshi	4−0	Tepelena
Romero 7' Veliu 22' Murati 66' Hasani 73'

Roza Haxhiu Stadium, Lushnjë

31 May 2023

16:00

Tepelena	1−3	Këlcyra
Gjyla 24' (pen.)		Shele 3' Hasa 11' Balliu 90'

Roza Haxhiu Stadium, Lushnjë

Tepelena was relegated to Kategoria e Tretë, while Këlcyra was promoted to Kategoria e Dytë.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Anton Lleshi	Shënkolli	23
2	Ardit Jaupaj	Valbona	18
3	Eldjon Topllari	Pogradeci	16
4	Arsen Hajdari	Veleçiku	14
4	Arsen Lleshi	Elbasani	14
6	Jasmin Raboshta	Vora	13
6	Mario Mërkuri	Luftëtari	13