At the “Elbasan Arena”, AF Elbasani scored a rather important 3-1 victory over Vllaznia, taking the lead in the standings. The Yellow-Blue flannels climbed to 62 points, while Shkodra team of Vllaznia remained in second place with 60 points.

In Vlora, Flamurtari triumphed 3-1 over Dinamo City, keeping hopes alive in the final weeks of the season. The Vlora team is still in the last place in the standing with 32 points.

The weekend’s action was packed with high drama. Tirana pulled off a stunning comeback victory in the capital derby against Partizani, while Bylisi and Vora also secured impressive results. Ballshi team defeated Teuta 2-0 at home, while Vora won by the same score in the away match versus Egnatia.

Three weeks to go, and it’s absolute chaos at both ends of the table. With Tirana, Bylis, and Vora locked on 35 points and Teuta just ahead on 38, the battle for survival is heating up, making every remaining match a true final. /p.s./

“Egnatia” – “Laçi” and “Bylis” – “Dinamo City” are the first two matches of this week. Both matches will be played at 13:30.

Friday will culminate with the classic challenge of Albanian football, “Vllaznia” – “Tirana”. The match will be played at the “Loro Boriçi” stadium, at 17:00.

Week 20 will close on Saturday with the last two matches; “Partizani” – “Skënderbeu” and “AF Elbasani” – “Teuta”, both at 17:00. The red flannel team of “Partizani” will host “Skënderbeu” at the “Bulls Arena”, while at the “Elbasan Arena” stadium the home team faces the team from Durrës.

All matches of the “Abissnet Superior” division will be broadcast live on the channels of Albanian Radio-Television, RTSH. /j.p/p.s./

On August 18, there will be played Dinamo City – Egnatia in “Elbasan Arena” stadium at 20:00, while at the same time Teuta – Bylis match will be played in “Niko Dovana” stadium.

On August 19, there will be played the next three matches of the first week of the “Superior Category”. Laçi will host Tirana at home in a challenge to be played at 17:00. The next two matches will be played at 20:00, namely Partizani – Vllaznia, which will take place in the “Arena e Demave” stadium and Skënderbeu – Elbasan, which will be played in Korça.

Championship “Superior Category”, first week

Dinamo City – Egnatia, August 18, 20:00, “Elbasan Arena”

Teuta – Bylis, August 18, 20:00, “Niko Dovana”

Laçi – Tirana, August 19, 17:00, Laçi stadium

Partizani – Vllaznia, August 19, 20:00, “Arena e Demave”

Skenderbeu – Elbasan, August 19, 20:00, “Skenderbeu” stadium/a.f/p.s./

Attending the event, there were the representatives of 10 clubs of the “Superliga”, representatives of the Albanian media, the head of the Competition Department in the Albanian Football Association Marjus Sulejmani, as well as the former captain of the Albanian National Team Altin Lala.

The 10 Albanian clubs got acquainted with their opponents for the 36 weeks of this edition, while even the first week promises a lot of excitement.

On the first week of the “Superliga” division, August 18, 2024 there will play:

KF Partizani – KF Vllaznia

KF Skënderbeu – AF Elbasani

KF Teuta – FK Bylis

FC Dinamo City – KF Egnatia

KF Laçi – KF Tirana

According to the decision of the Executive Committee, the “Superliga” championship will start on Sunday, August 18, and the regular championship will end on May 1, 2025. While the “Final Four” stage will be played in the period 9 – 17 May 2025.

The following teams participate in the “Superliga” championship: KF Egnatia, KF Partizani, KF Skënderbeu, KF Vllaznia, KF Tirana, KF Teuta, FC Dinamo City, KF Laçi, AF Elbasani and FK Bylis. /p.s./

“Vllaznia” was declared the champion of Group A of the U-19 championship after closing the regular season with 44 points after 27 weeks. The team from Shkodra last week defeated “Dinamo” with the score 3-1 in the match played in the sports field of Arbana, thus officially securing the first place.

In the ceremony held at the end of this match, the Albanian football legend Sulejman Demollari handed over the trophy to the players of “Vllaznia”.

While “Teuta” was declared champion in Group B of the U-19 Superior division, ending the regular season with 38 points after 27 weeks. The Durrës team, which had secured the leading position a week ago, received the trophy from the well-known former coach Sulejman Mema in the ceremony held at the end of the match against the Football Academy.

This weekend will start the play-off phase of the Superior Division U-19, which will then determine the champion team of Albania in this age group. In this phase, there will participate 8 teams ranked in the first 4 places of the two respective groups. /j.p/p.s./