2016–17 Kategoria e Parë

(Redirected from 2016–17 Albanian First Division) Football league season

Kategoria e Parë
Season	2016–17
Champions	Kamza
Promoted	Kamza Lushnja
Relegated	Sopoti Adriatiku Elbasani
Top goalscorer	Armand Pasha (20)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Kategoria e Parë was competed between 20 teams in 2 groups, A and B, respectively.

Changes from last season (2015-16)

Team changes

From Kategoria e Parë

Promoted to Kategoria Superiore:

Relegated to Kategoria e Dytë:

Ada
Butrinti

To Kategoria e Parë

Relegated from Kategoria Superiore:

Promoted from Kategoria e Dytë:

Stadia by capacity and locations

Group A

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Besa	Kavajë	Besa Stadium	8,000
Besëlidhja	Lezhë	Brian Filipi Stadium	5,000
Burreli	Burrel	Liri Ballabani Stadium	2,500
Erzeni	Shijak	Tofik Jashari Stadium	4,000
Iliria	Fushë-Krujë	Redi Maloku Stadium	3,000
Kamza	Kamëz	Kamëz Stadium	4,800
Kastrioti	Krujë	Kastrioti Stadium	8,400
Adriatiku	Mamurras	Mamurras Stadium	1,000
Tërbuni	Pukë	Ismail Xhemali Stadium	1,950
Shënkolli	Shënkoll	Kastrioti Stadium	8,400

Group B

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Apolonia	Fier	Loni Papuçiu Stadium	6,800
Bylis	Ballsh	Adush Muça Stadium	5,200
Dinamo Tirana	Tiranë	Selman Stërmasi Stadium	9,600
Elbasani	Elbasan	Elbasan Arena	12,800
Lushnja	Lushnjë	Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium	8,500
Pogradeci	Pogradec	Gjorgji Kyçyku Stadium	10,700
Shkumbini	Peqin	Shkumbini Stadium	5,000
Sopoti	Librazhd	Sopoti Stadium	3,000
Tomori	Berat	Tomori Stadium	14,750
Turbina	Cërrik	Nexhip Trungu Stadium	6,600

First phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kamza	18	15	2	1	25	7	+18	47	Qualification to the Promotion round
2	Besëlidhja	18	11	6	1	26	11	+15	39
3	Erzeni	18	12	1	5	32	14	+18	37
4	Burreli	18	7	5	6	18	16	+2	26
5	Shënkolli	18	7	2	9	16	23	−7	23
6	Kastrioti	18	5	7	6	18	14	+4	22	Qualification to the Relegation round
7	Besa	18	5	3	10	10	18	−8	18
8	Adriatiku	18	3	5	10	12	25	−13	14
9	Iliria	18	3	5	10	12	26	−14	14
10	Tërbuni	18	2	4	12	6	21	−15	10

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 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	Lushnja	18	12	5	1	31	12	+19	41	Qualification to the Promotion round
2	Bylis	18	11	5	2	23	10	+13	38
3	Pogradeci	18	8	5	5	21	16	+5	29
4	Tomori	18	6	5	7	11	12	−1	23
5	Shkumbini	18	7	1	10	10	18	−8	22
6	Apolonia	18	6	4	8	19	20	−1	22	Qualification to the Relegation round
7	Turbina	18	6	3	9	16	20	−4	21
8	Dinamo Tirana	18	4	6	8	12	13	−1	18
9	Sopoti	18	2	10	6	17	26	−9	16
10	Elbasani	18	4	4	10	15	28	−13	16

Second phase

Promotion round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Kamza (C, P)	8	4	4	0	12	6	+6	40	Promotion to 2017–18 Kategoria Superiore
2	Besëlidhja	8	6	2	0	14	3	+11	40
3	Erzeni	8	1	2	5	13	21	−8	24
4	Burreli	8	2	2	4	11	12	−1	21
5	Shënkolli	8	0	4	4	11	19	−8	16

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Lushnja (P)	8	6	2	0	13	6	+7	41	Promotion to 2017–18 Kategoria Superiore
2	Bylis	8	6	1	1	17	5	+12	38
3	Pogradeci	8	2	3	3	10	12	−2	24
4	Shkumbini	8	1	2	5	8	18	−10	16
5	Tomori	8	1	0	7	10	17	−7	15

Relegation round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
6	Iliria	8	4	1	3	10	10	0	20
7	Kastrioti	8	3	0	5	9	11	−2	20
8	Besa	8	3	2	3	8	8	0	20
9	Tërbuni	8	4	2	2	7	5	+2	19	Play-out relegation to 2017–18 Kategoria e Dytë
10	Adriatiku (R)	8	3	1	4	8	8	0	17	Relegation to 2017–18 Kategoria e Dytë

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
6	Apolonia	8	4	3	1	17	9	+8	26
7	Turbina	8	3	2	3	13	12	+1	22
8	Dinamo Tirana	8	2	4	2	6	8	−2	19
9	Sopoti (R)	8	2	3	3	8	9	−1	17	Play-out relegation to 2017–18 Kategoria e Dytë
10	Elbasani (R)	8	1	4	3	11	17	−6	15	Relegation to 2017–18 Kategoria e Dytë

Final

26 May 2017 (2017-05-26)16:30 CEST

Lushnja	0–0	Kamza
	Report
Penalties
	3–4

Elbasan Arena, ElbasanReferee: Kridens Meta

Relegation play-offs

18 May 2017 (2017-05-18)16:00 CEST

Tërbuni	2–0	Oriku
Prendi 47' Taku 53'	Report

Elbasan Arena, ElbasanAttendance: 1,000Referee: Edvaldo Durmishi

19 May 2017 (2017-05-19)16:00 CEST

Sopoti	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Vllaznia B
	Report
Penalties
	3–4

Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium, LushnjëAttendance: 200Referee: Olsid Ferataj

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Domestic leagues

Domestic cups

International club
competitions

Men	Champions League Europa League
Women	Champions League

National teams

Men	2018 FIFA World Cup (Qualifying, Group G) Gianni De Biasi

Club seasons
Kategoria Superiore	Flamurtari Korabi Kukësi Laçi Luftëtari Partizani Skënderbeu Teuta Tirana Vllaznia

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