2015–16 KF Skënderbeu Korçë season

Skënderbeu Korçë
2015–16 season
President	Ardian Takaj
Head coach	Mirel Josa
Stadium	Skënderbeu Stadium
Kategoria Superiore	Winners
Albanian Cup	Semi-finals
Champions League	Play-off
Europa League	Group stage
Albanian Supercup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hamdi Salihi (27); All: ; Hamdi Salihi (35)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Skënderbeu Korçë's sixth season competing in the Kategoria Superiore, having won five consecutive titles in the last five years. It covered a period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

The 2015–16 season was one of the greatest campaigns in the history of Skënderbeu Korçë. The club retained the championship for the fifth consecutive season and become the first Albanian club to reach group stage of an UEFA club competition.^[1]^[2]

Season overview

By eliminating Milsami Orhei in the third qualifying round of 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, Skenderbeu become first Albanian club to reach Champions League play-off.^[3]

Players

As of 26 November 2015^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ALB	Orges Shehi (vice-captain)
3	DF	ALB	Renato Arapi
4	DF	ALB	Bruno Lulaj
5	DF	KOS	Bajram Jashanica
6	MF	ALB	Bekim Dema
7	MF	ALB	Gerhard Progni
8	MF	MLI	Bakary Nimaga
10	MF	ALB	Bledi Shkëmbi (captain)
11	MF	KOS	Leonit Abazi
12	GK	ALB	Erjon Llapanji
14	FW	ALB	Hamdi Salihi
17	FW	BUL	Ventsislav Hristov
19	DF	ALB	Tefik Osmani


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	BRA	Ademir
21	FW	ALB	Arbër Abilaliaj
23	MF	KOS	Bernard Berisha
25	MF	KOS	Bujar Shabani
27	MF	ALB	Liridon Latifi
30	MF	BRA	Esquerdinha
32	DF	ALB	Kristi Vangjeli
33	DF	CRO	Marko Radaš
87	MF	BRA	Djair
88	MF	ALB	Sabjen Lilaj
93	GK	POL	Jacek Deniz Troshupa
99	FW	NGA	Peter Olayinka

Italics players who left the team during the season.
Bold players who came in the team during the season.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee
13 June 2015	MF	Bekim Dema	22	Vllaznia Shkodër	Free
13 June 2015	FW	Mateus Lima	22	Operário Ferroviário	Free
17 June 2015	MF	Rômulo	23	Paulista FC	Free
1 June 2015	FW	Arbër Abilaliaj	28	Flamurtari Vlorë	Free

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes
1 June 2015	FW	Aco Stojkov	32	FK Vardar	Free
1 June 2015	FW	Dhiego Martins	26	Free agent	Free

Pre-season and friendlies

16 June 2015 Friendly	Skënderbeu Korçë	2–1	FC Botoșani	Flachau, Austria
16:00 CET	Mateus Lima 29' Patache 39' (o.g.)		Batin 45'

20 June 2015 Friendly	Spartak Trnava	1–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	Flachau, Austria
16:00 CET	Sabo 74'

24 June 2015 Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	4–1	Skënderbeu Korçë	Flachau, Austria
17:00 CET	Herghelegiu 12' Curelea 68', 85' 71' Băluță		Abilaliaj 41'

27 June 2015 Friendly	LASK Linz	1–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	Flachau, Austria
16:00 CET	Dovedan 64'

30 June 2015 Friendly	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	Going am Wilden Kaiser, Austria
18:00 CET	Marlos 37', 46'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wilder Kaiser Referee: Mirko Ostojic

1 July 2015 Friendly	MSV Duisburg	1–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
18:00 CET	Dausch 4'	Report

6 July 2015 Friendly	Dynamo Kyiv	3–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	Jenbach, Austria
18:30 CET	Sydorchuk 48' Buyalskyi 70' Kravets 88'	report		Attendance: 150

Competitions

Albanian Supercup

12 August 2015 Final	Skënderbeu Korçë	2–2 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p)	Laçi	Tiranë, Albania
20:00 CET	Dema 10' Salihi 65', 75' Arapi 87'	Report	Adeniyi 11' (pen.), 51' Sefgjinaj 16' Buljan 95' Bardhi 97'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Andi Koçi
	Penalties
	Shkëmbi Salihi Berisha Lilaj Hristov Progni Lulaj		Buljan Sefgjinaj Veliaj Çela Mustafa Nimani Gocaj Bardhi

Kategoria Superiore

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Skënderbeu^[a] (C)	36	25	4	7	73	27	+46	79
2	Partizani	36	21	11	4	51	21	+30	74	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Kukësi	36	18	9	9	41	25	+16	63^[b]	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[c]
4	Teuta	36	18	9	9	43	28	+15	63^[b]
5	Tirana	36	13	14	9	37	25	+12	53

Source: Albanian Football Association (in Albanian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.^[7]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Skënderbeu would have qualified for the Champions League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for match-fixing.^[5]^[6]
^ ^a ^b Kukësi ahead of Teuta on head-to-head record; Kukësi–Teuta 3–0, Teuta–Kukësi 1–0, Kukësi–Teuta 2–2, Teuta–Kukësi 0–0.
^ Kukësi qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Albanian Cup.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	25	4	7	73	27	+46	79	15	1	2	46	12	+34	10	3	5	27	15	+12

Last updated: 18 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	W
Position	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

9 September 2015 1	Vllaznia Shkodër	0–1	Skënderbeu Korçë	Pukë
14:00 CET	Arbëri 13' Haxhaj 23' Krymi 37' Shtubina 88'	Report	Arapi 15' Nimaga 46' Olayinka 77'	Stadium: Ismail Xhemali Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Adrian Beqiri
Note: Postponed due to Skënderbeu's UEFA Champions League campaign; originally scheduled for 25 August 2015. The match was held at Ismail Xhemali Stadium due to reconstruction of Loro Boriçi Stadium.

29 August 2015 2	Skënderbeu Korçë	1–0	Kukësi	Korçë
20:00 CET	Jashanica 37' Hristov 55' Vangjeli 57' Latifi 78'	Report	Felipe Moreira 47' Mici 65'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 1,540 Referee: Emirjon Sino

12 September 2015 3	Tërbuni Pukë	0–2	Skënderbeu Korçë	Pukë
13:00 CET		Report	Abazi 37' Arapi 42' Olayinka 48', 86' Berisha 67'	Stadium: Ismail Xhemali Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Edvaldo Dyrmishi

21 September 2015 4	Skënderbeu Korçë	2–1	Tirana	Korçë
20:00 CET	Berisha 25' 90+3' Olayinka 75' Progni 85'	Report	Fukui 3' Gërçaliu 12' Bakaj 24' Smajli 43' Karabeci 90'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Andi Koçi

26 September 2015 5	Bylis Ballsh	1–4	Skënderbeu Korçë	Ballsh
16:00 CET	Pepa 27' Gava 42' Ronaille 81'	Report	Olayinka 3' Radas 44' Lilaj 53' Salihi 65' Arapi 85'	Stadium: Adush Muça Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Enea Jorgji

5 October 2015 6	Laçi	0–3	Skënderbeu Korçë	Laç
14:00 CET	Sheta 19' Doku 39' Meto 80'	Report	Salihi 20' (pen.) Lilaj 47' Shehi 61' Vangjeli 66'	Stadium: Laçi Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Kridens Meta

16 October 2015 7	Skënderbeu Korçë	2–2	Teuta Durrës	Korçë
18:00 CET	Salihi 1' Progni 15' Olayinka 19'	Report	Musta 7' 58' Dita 9' 13' Kotobelli 75' Lamçja 79'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Emirjon Sino

25 October 2015 8	Partizani Tirana	2–1	Skënderbeu Korçë	Tiranë
19:00 CET	Krasniqi 23' Ibrahimi 33' 34' Daja 89' Račić 90+3'	Report	Salihi 8' Arapi 37' Vangjeli 37' Radas 81'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 6,031 Referee: Lorenc Jemini

31 October 2015 9	Skënderbeu Korçë	2–0	Flamurtari Vlorë	Korçë
17:00 CET	Progni 26' Salihi 58' Olayinka 90+3'	Report	Halili 12' Hoxha 70' Lushtaku 74'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Andi Koçi

8 November 2015 10	Skënderbeu Korçë	3–1	Vllaznia Shkodër	Korçë
17:00 CET	Salihi 18', 70' (pen.) Shkëmbi 62' Olayinka 80'	Report	Sosa 11' 67' Bardulla 47' Kalaja 60' Gurishta 64' Marku 68'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 1,860 Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj

19 November 2015 11	Kukësi	2–1	Skënderbeu Korçë	Kukës
14:00 CET	Mateus Lima 24', 53' Mici 65' Koçi 89'	Report	Shkëmbi 45+1' Latifi 65' Olayinka 75'	Stadium: Zeqir Ymeri Stadium Attendance: 2,031 Referee: Lorenc Jemini

22 November 2015 12	Skënderbeu Korçë	4–0	Tërbuni Pukë	Korçë
16:00 CET	Salihi 17' Berisha 19' Progni 57', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Blerim Ziri

30 November 2015 13	Tirana	1–2	Skënderbeu Korçë	Tiranë
14:00 CET	Bakaj 76' (pen.) Karabeci 77' Teqja 79' Lika 89'	Report	Salihi 4' Vangjeli 66' Lilaj 71'	Stadium: Selman Stërmasi Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Enea Jorgji

3 December 2015 14	Skënderbeu Korçë	4–0	Bylis Ballsh	Korçë
17:00 CET	Progni 44' Abazi 63' Berisha 79' Salihi 90+1'	Report	Basriu 37' Adekunle 79'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Klajdi Kola

6 December 2015 15	Skënderbeu Korçë	4–0	Laçi	Korçë
16:00 CET	Vangjeli 20' Olayinka 25' Salihi 32', 73' Berisha 60'	Report	Sefgjinaj 35' Kruja 51'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Olsi Sokoli

13 December 2015 16	Teuta Durrës	0–1	Skënderbeu Korçë	Durrës
17:00 CET		Report	Arapi 31' Berisha 56' 60' Salihi 67'	Stadium: Niko Dovana Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Remzi Sadiku

19 December 2015 17	Skënderbeu Korçë	1–0	Partizani Tirana	Korçë
16:00 CET	Olayinka 12' Progni 45' Radas 61' Arapi 62' Vangjeli 77' Latifi 80'	Report	Bicaj 5' Mazrekaj 42' Sukaj 78'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Andi Koçi

23 December 2015 18	Flamurtari Vlorë	3–1	Skënderbeu Korçë	Vlorë
17:00 CET	Lena 26' Maxhuni 30' Shehaj 44' Greca 58' 90+2' Hoxha 78'	Report	Olayinka 53' Djair 63' Ademir 81'	Stadium: Flamurtari Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Kridens Meta

30 January 2016 19	Vllaznia Shkodër	1–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	Shkodër
14:00 CET	Krymi 19' Kalaja 66' Sefa 89'	Report	Jashanica 55'	Stadium: Reshit Rusi Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Enea Jorgji

7 February 2016 20	Skënderbeu Korçë	3–1	Kukësi	Korçë
13:00 CET	Salihi 10', 71' Radas 29' 90' Arapi 54' Nimaga 62'	Report	Memini 27' Hasani 40' Dvorneković 58' Malota 60'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Laver Alla
Note: The match was played behind closed doors.

13 February 2016 21	Tërbuni Pukë	1–3	Skënderbeu Korçë	Tiranë
13:00 CET	Fangaj 16' Beci 82' Jovanović 90'	Report	Salihi 11', 62' Progni 32' Osmani 39' Renatinho 84'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Remzi Sadiku
Note: The match was held at Qemal Stafa Stadium due to inclement weather in Pukë.

22 February 2016 22	Skënderbeu Korçë	1–0	Tirana	Korçë
18:00 CET	Vangjeli 38' Progni 58' Salihi 77' (pen.) Arapi 87'	Report	Kërçiku 49' Gërçaliu 52'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 3,850 Referee: Andi Koçi

28 February 2016 23	Bylis Ballsh	1–1	Skënderbeu Korçë	Ballsh
14:00 CET	Izuchukwuka 25' (pen.) Peposhi 28' Simić 60' Gava 73' Sahiti 73' Frashëri 82'	Report	Jashanica 24' Salihi 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Adush Muça Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Klajdi Kola

5 March 2016 24	Laçi	0–2	Skënderbeu Korçë	Laç
14:00 CET	Gjoni 50' Malindi 59' Dosti 69'	Report	Progni 34' Salihi 48' 64'	Stadium: Laçi Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Olsi Sokoli

9 March 2016 25	Skënderbeu Korçë	1–0	Teuta Durrës	Korçë
17:00 CET	Latifi 7' Vangjeli 55'	Report	Shkalla 18' Lukić 56'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kridens Meta

14 March 2016 26	Partizani Tirana	1–1	Skënderbeu Korçë	Tiranë
19:00 CET	Račić 20' 21' Batha 79'	Report	Abazi 37' Orelesi 39' Vangjeli 48' 88' Esquerdinha 78' Osmani 79' 89'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Enea Jorgji

20 March 2016 27	Skënderbeu Korçë	5–1	Flamurtari Vlorë	Korçë
17:00 CET	Radas 13' 31' Orelesi 31' Salihi 55', 60' (pen.), 89' James 75'	Report	Lushtaku 39' (pen.) Krasniqi 47'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Remzi Sadiku

2 April 2016 28	Skënderbeu Korçë	2–1	Vllaznia Shkodër	Korçë
19:00 CET	Renatinho 14' Vangjeli 50' Latifi 65'	Report	Cicmil 44' Shtubina 73' Pjeshka 74'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Laver Alla

10 April 2016 29	Kukësi	1–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	Kukës
16:00 CET	Malota 12' Shameti 20'	Report		Stadium: Zeqir Ymeri Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Enea Jorgji

16 April 2016 30	Skënderbeu Korçë	2–3	Tërbuni Pukë	Korçë
19:00 CET	Salihi 56' Plaku 84'	Report	Tasić 10' Lala 27' 86' Haxho 90+2' Karakaçi 90+3'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Kreshnik Cjapi

25 April 2016 31	Tirana	0–1	Skënderbeu Korçë	Tiranë
14:00 CET	Bakaj 43' Hoxhallari 73'	Report	Vangjeli 65' Progni 74' Hoxhallari 83' (o.g.)	Stadium: Selman Stërmasi Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj

30 April 2016 32	Skënderbeu Korçë	3–0	Bylis Ballsh	Korçë
19:00 CET	Salihi 27' (pen.) James 33', 72' Arapi 43' Vangjeli 57' Latifi 90+1'	Report	Tairi 12' Gava 60'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti

4 May 2016 33	Skënderbeu Korçë	6–1	Laçi	Korçë
15:30 CET	Abazi 4' James 11', 16' Esquerdinha 30', 44' Salihi 38'	Report	Mustafa 60'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Blerim Ziri

8 May 2016 34	Teuta Durrës	1–1	Skënderbeu Korçë	Durrës
19:00 CET	Hila 25' Lena 61' (pen.) Lukić 69' Kotobelli 86'	Report	Latifi 34' Salihi 36' Osmani 59' Vangjeli 60' Lilaj 80'	Stadium: Niko Dovana Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Lorenc Jemini

13 May 2016 35	Skënderbeu Korçë	0–1	Partizani Tirana	Korçë
19:00 CET	Salihi 22' Lilaj 67' Osmani 83'	Report	Atanda 33' Kalari 39' Vila 90'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Kridens Meta

18 May 2016 36	Flamurtari Vlorë	0–2	Skënderbeu Korçë	Vlorë
17:00 CET	Kuqi 69'	Report	Latifi 8' Plaku 51'	Stadium: Flamurtari Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Enea Jorgji

Albanian Cup

First round

6 September 2015 First leg	Tomori Berat	0–3	Skënderbeu Korçë	Durrës
17:00 CET		Report	Abazi 55' Dema 59', 69'	Stadium: Fusha e Kompleksit Tropikal Attendance: 30 Referee: Xhulio Mema

9 September 2015 Second leg	Skënderbeu Korçë	2–0 (5–0 agg.)	Tomori Berat	Korçë
14:30 CET	Djair 7' Esquerdinha 44'	Report	Bitri 59' Avdo 81'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Erald Demiraj

Second round

12 October 2015 First leg	Sopoti Librazhd	1–1	Skënderbeu Korçë	Pezë
13:30 CET	Çota 15' Llakaj 35' Cake 37' Çaushaj 40'	Report	Osmani 39' Çupi 48' Nimaga 87'	Stadium: Internacional Complex Attendance: 100 Referee: Albano Stolaj

15 November 2015 Second leg	Skënderbeu Korçë	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Sopoti Librazhd	Korçë
13:00 CET	Salihi 13' Djair 46' Progni 53'	Report	Kastrati 26'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Elvaldo Durmishi

Quarter-finals

24 January 2016 First leg	Vllaznia Shkodër	0–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	Shkodër
14:00 CET	Marku 35' Arbëri 65' Bardulla 69'	Report	Nimaga 18' Arapi 50'	Stadium: Reshit Rusi Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Andi Koçi

17 February 2016 Second leg	Skënderbeu Korçë	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	Vllaznia Shkodër	Korçë
13:30 CET	Renatinho 42' Progni 48' Vangjeli 55' James 56' Abazi 62'	Report	Tafili 18' Vrapi 56' Marku 88'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj

Semi-finals

6 April 2016 First leg	Laçi	1–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	Laç
16:00 CET	Çela 20' Ćetković 50' Vuthaj 70' Veliaj 90+2'	Report	Dema 19' Lulaj 89'	Stadium: Laçi Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj

20 April 2016 Second leg	Skënderbeu Korçë	2–1 (2–2a agg.)	Laçi	Korçë
15:30 CET	Progni 53' Plaku 79'	Report	Ćetković 57'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Klajdi Kola

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

14 July 2015 First leg	Skënderbeu Korçë	4–1	Crusaders	Korçë, Albania
20:00 CET	Nimaga 15' 29' Salihi 34', 83' Berisha 76' Radas 90+3'	Report	Owens 48' Mitchell 59' Heatley 62' McClean 78' Snoddy 90+3'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

21 July 2015 Second leg	Crusaders	3–2 (4–6 agg.)	Skënderbeu Korçë	Belfast, Northern Ireland
19:45 CET	Burns 11' McClean 36' O'Flynn 50' Coates 61' Caddell 71' Snoddy 90+2' Mitchell 90+3'	Report	Arapi 11' Berisha 33' 69' Latifi 77'	Stadium: Seaview Attendance: 1,548 Referee: Christos Nicolaides (Cyprus)

Third qualifying round

28 July 2015 First leg	Milsami Orhei	0–2	Skënderbeu Korçë	Chișinău, Moldova
19:00 CET	Bolohan 57' Rhaili 68' Monday 72' Bud 76'	report	Salihi 49', 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 7,227 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

5 August 2015 Second leg	Skënderbeu Korçë	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	Milsami Orhei	Elbasan, Albania
20:45 CET	Salihi 16' Esquerdinha 34' Vangjeli 48' Progni 55' Ademir 90+3'	report	Andronic 14' Antoniuc 45+1'	Stadium: Elbasan Arena Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Play-off round

19 August 2015 First leg	Skënderbeu Korçë	1–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Elbasan, Albania
20:45 CET	Shkëmbi 37' Vangjeli 48'	Report	Machado 36' Pjaca 44' Soudani 66' Pivarić 90+3'	Stadium: Elbasan Arena Attendance: 12,163 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

25 August 2015 Second leg	Dinamo Zagreb	4–1 (2–6 agg.)	Skënderbeu Korçë	Zagreb, Croatia
20:45 CET	Soudani 9', 80' Hodžić 15' Gonçalo 17' 48' Ćorić 22' Pivarić 27' Taravel 55'	Report	Esquerdinha 10' Berisha 17' Vangjeli 57'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 16,888 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LMO	SPO	BES	SKE
1	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	3	2	1	12	7	+5	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–4	1–1	2–0
2	Sporting CP	6	3	1	2	14	11	+3	10	Advance to knockout phase	1–3	—	3–1	5–1
3	Beşiktaş	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9		1–1	1–1	—	2–0
4	Skënderbeu	6	1	0	5	4	13	−9	3		0–3	3–0	0–1	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 September 2015 1	Skënderbeu Korçë	0–1	Beşiktaş	Elbasan, Albania
21:05 CET	Berisha 35' Olayinka 45'	Report	Frei 24' Sosa 28' Gómez 90+5'	Stadium: Elbasan Arena Attendance: 5,482 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

1 October 2015 2	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	Moscow, Russia
19:00 CET	Niasse 35' Logashov 71' Samedov 73'	Report	Berisha 44'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 10,340 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

22 October 2015 3	Sporting CP	5–1	Skënderbeu Korçë	Lisbon, Portugal
19:00 CET	Esgaio 32' Aquilani 38' (pen.) Montero 41' (pen.) M. Pereira 64', 77' Figueiredo 69' Carvalho 88'	Report	Salihi 13' 24' Vangjeli 17' Progni 51' Jashanica 89'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 20,567 Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)

5 November 2015 4	Skënderbeu Korçë	3–0	Sporting CP	Elbasan, Albania
21:05 CET	Lilaj 15', 19' (pen.) Nimaga 55' Vangjeli 70'	Report	Patrício 17' Adrien 33' Silva 40' Figueiredo 84' Mário 90+4'	Stadium: Elbasan Arena Attendance: 1,783 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

26 November 2015 5	Beşiktaş	2–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 CET	Tosun 35', 78'	Report	Lilaj 41' Vangjeli 63'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,155 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

10 December 2015 6	Skënderbeu Korçë	0–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Elbasan, Albania
21:05 CET	Olayinka 32'	Report	Shishkin 5' Tarasov 18' 50' Samedov 36' 90' Niasse 77' 89'	Stadium: Elbasan Arena Attendance: 1,152 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

References

^ "Skënderbeu kampion i Shqipërisë, korçarët fitojnë titullin e 6-të radhazi (VIDEO)" [Skënderbeu champion of Albania, korçarët wins the 6th title in a row (VIDEO)] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
^ "Skënderbeu kualifikohet në grupet e Europa League, fiton 2-0 ndaj Milsamit. Luajti për 6.1 mln €" [Skënderbeu qualifies to Europa League groups, wins 2-0 over Milsami. Played for €6,1 million] (in Albanian). BalkanWeb.com. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
^ "Skenderbeu becomes first Albanian club to reach Champions League play-off". Tirana Times. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
^ "2015–16 KF Skënderbeu Korçë". Football Database. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
^ "UEFA pezullon padrejtësisht Skëndërbeun nga Europa për sezonin 2016- 2017" [UEFA unfairly suspending Skënderbeu from Europe for the 2016–2017 season]. kfskenderbeu.al. Skënderbeu Korçë. 6 June 2016. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
^ "Albania's KF Skenderbeu banned from Europe for match-fixing". espnfc.com. ESPN FC. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
^ "Superliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

External links

Official website

[table_note_SKE0.17157100009339-7] Skënderbeu would have qualified for the Champions League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for match-fixing.^[5]^[6]

[table_hth_KUK0.17157100009339-8] Kukësi ahead of Teuta on head-to-head record; Kukësi–Teuta 3–0, Teuta–Kukësi 1–0, Kukësi–Teuta 2–2, Teuta–Kukësi 0–0.

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.17157100009339-9] Kukësi qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Albanian Cup.

[1] "Skënderbeu kampion i Shqipërisë, korçarët fitojnë titullin e 6-të radhazi (VIDEO)" [Skënderbeu champion of Albania, korçarët wins the 6th title in a row (VIDEO)] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[2] "Skënderbeu kualifikohet në grupet e Europa League, fiton 2-0 ndaj Milsamit. Luajti për 6.1 mln €" [Skënderbeu qualifies to Europa League groups, wins 2-0 over Milsami. Played for €6,1 million] (in Albanian). BalkanWeb.com. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[3] "Skenderbeu becomes first Albanian club to reach Champions League play-off". Tirana Times. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

[4] "2015–16 KF Skënderbeu Korçë". Football Database. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

[5] "UEFA pezullon padrejtësisht Skëndërbeun nga Europa për sezonin 2016- 2017" [UEFA unfairly suspending Skënderbeu from Europe for the 2016–2017 season]. kfskenderbeu.al. Skënderbeu Korçë. 6 June 2016. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

[6] "Albania's KF Skenderbeu banned from Europe for match-fixing". espnfc.com. ESPN FC. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

[10] "Superliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

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