2024–25 Kategoria e Dytë

Kategoria e Dytë

Season	2024–25
Champions	Iliria 2nd title
Promoted	Iliria Luftëtari
Relegated	Memaliaj Murlani Turbina
Matches played	233
Goals scored	790 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Adhurim Hasani (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Gramshi 10−1 Murlani (1 March 2025)
Biggest away win	Memaliaj 0−7 Oriku (5 April 2025)
Highest scoring	Gramshi 10−1 Murlani (1 March 2025) Murlani 3−8 Adriatiku (30 March 2025)
Longest winning run	15 matches Iliria
Longest unbeaten run	18 matches Luftëtari
Longest winless run	22 matches Murlani
Longest losing run	14 matches Murlani
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Kategoria e Dytë was the 53rd 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 2025–26 Kategoria e Parë. Teams ranked from the 2nd to the 5th position qualified to the play-off round where the winners will play against the 9th and 10th ranked teams in the 2024–25 Kategoria e Parë. Iliria and Luftëtari were promoted to the 2025–26 Kategoria e Parë. Iliria won their second Kategoria e Dytë title after beating Luftëtari in the final match.

Changes from last season

Team changes

From Kategoria e Dytë

Promoted to Kategoria e Parë:

• Pogradeci
• Valbona

Relegated to Kategoria e Tretë:

• Labëria
• Shënkolli

To Kategoria e Dytë

Relegated from Kategoria e Parë:

• Luzi 2008
• Tomori

Promoted from Kategoria e Tretë:

• Basania
• Memaliaj

Locations

Basania

Iliria

Gramshi

Veleçiku

Murlani

Naftëtari

Luzi 2008

Sopoti

Besëlidhja

Tërbuni

Albanët

Adriatiku

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2024–25 Group A Kategoria e Dytë teams.

Tomori

Devolli

Luftëtari

Shkumbini

Memaliaj

Butrinti

Maliqi

Delvina

Oriku

Turbina

Këlcyra

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2024–25 Group B Kategoria e Dytë teams.

Group A

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Adriatiku	Durrës	Vorë Stadium
Albanët	Tirana	Internacional Complex	1,000
Basania	Bushat	Basania Stadium
Besëlidhja	Lezhë	Brian Filipi Stadium	5,000
Gramshi	Gramsh	Mislim Koçi Stadium	3,100
Iliria	Fushë-Krujë	Redi Maloku Stadium	3,000
Luzi 2008	Luz i Vogël	Luz i Vogël Stadium	600
Murlani	Vau i Dejës	Barbullush Stadium
Naftëtari	Kuçovë	Bashkim Sulejmani Stadium	5,000
Sopoti	Librazhd	Sopoti Stadium	3,000
Tërbuni	Pukë	Ismail Xhemali Stadium	1,950
Veleçiku	Koplik	Kompleksi Vëllezërit Duli	2,000

Group B

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Butrinti	Sarandë	Andon Lapa Stadium	5,500
Delvina	Delvinë	Panajot Pano Stadium	2,500
Devolli	Bilisht	Bilisht Stadium	3,000
Këlcyra	Këlcyrë	Demir Allamani Stadium	1,000
Luftëtari	Gjirokastër	Gjirokastra Stadium	8,400
Maliqi	Maliq	Jovan Asko Stadium	1,500
Memaliaj	Memaliaj	Karafil Çaushi Stadium	1,500
Oriku	Orikum	Orikum Stadium	2,000
Shkumbini	Peqin	Shkumbini Stadium	9,000
Tomori	Berat	Tomori Stadium	19,230
Turbina	Cërrik	Nexhip Trungu Stadium	6,600

League standings

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Iliria (C, P)	22	18	3	1	56	12	+44	57	Promotion to 2025–26 Kategoria e Parë
2	Luzi 2008	22	18	2	2	53	16	+37	56	Play-off promotion to 2025–26 Kategoria e Parë
3	Sopoti	22	16	3	3	46	20	+26	51
4	Tërbuni	22	11	5	6	39	28	+11	38
5	Veleçiku	22	10	4	8	38	26	+12	34
6	Besëlidhja	22	10	4	8	31	29	+2	34
7	Albanët	22	7	3	12	48	48	0	24
8	Naftëtari	22	6	4	12	29	31	−2	22
9	Adriatiku	22	6	4	12	34	44	−10	22
10	Basania	22	5	6	11	24	39	−15	21
11	Gramshi (O)	22	3	5	14	27	50	−23	14	Play-off relegation to 2025–26 Kategoria e Tretë
12	Murlani (R)	22	0	1	21	10	92	−82	1	Relegation to 2025–26 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	ADR	ALB	BAS	BES	GRA	ILI	LUZ	MUR	NAF	SOP	TËR	VEL
Adriatiku	—	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	0–4	0–4	4–0	2–2	1–2	3–3	1–3
Albanët	3–3	—	6–0	4–1	5–2	2–4	1–7	7–0	3–1	2–3	2–2	2–1
Basania	0–1	3–2	—	1–2	3–0	0–1	3–3	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1
Besëlidhja	2–0	3–1	1–1	—	2–0	0–2	0–2	5–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1
Gramshi	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–1	—	1–1	0–1	10–1	0–5	0–0	1–2	0–3
Iliria	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	—	1–1	8–2	4–1	2–0	3–0	1–0
Luzi 2008	3–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	4–3	0–2	—	7–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	3–1
Murlani	3–8	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–4	0–2	—	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–4
Naftëtari	3–0	3–1	3–2	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	—	0–1	2–2	2–2
Sopoti	1–0	4–0	3–1	4–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	4–0	2–1	—	4–3	2–0
Tërbuni	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	5–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–3	—	1–0
Veleçiku	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–4	0–2	8–1	2–1	3–2	0–1	—

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	Luftëtari (P)	20	16	3	1	56	11	+45	51	Promotion to 2025–26 Kategoria e Parë
2	Oriku	20	16	3	1	37	5	+32	51	Play-off promotion to 2025–26 Kategoria e Parë
3	Tomori	20	11	2	7	39	21	+18	35
4	Devolli	20	10	4	6	39	38	+1	34
5	Butrinti	20	10	3	7	35	19	+16	33
6	Delvina	20	7	5	8	32	31	+1	26
7	Shkumbini	20	5	5	10	24	38	−14	20
8	Maliqi	20	6	2	12	27	38	−11	20
9	Këlcyra	20	5	5	10	28	40	−12	20
10	Turbina (R)	20	6	1	13	22	34	−12	19	Play-off relegation to 2025–26 Kategoria e Tretë
11	Memaliaj (R)	20	1	1	18	15	79	−64	4	Relegation to 2025–26 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	BUT	DEL	DEV	KËL	LUF	MAL	MEM	ORI	SHK	TOM	TUR
Butrinti	—	2–1	4–0	3–0	3–4	4–1	6–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–0
Delvina	2–0	—	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–2	4–3	1–0	3–0
Devolli	0–0	2–2	—	5–1	1–4	3–2	5–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0
Këlcyra	2–1	2–2	4–3	—	0–5	0–1	6–0	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–1
Luftëtari	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	—	6–1	5–1	0–0	6–1	1–0	4–0
Maliqi	0–2	2–2	1–2	4–2	1–0	—	5–0	0–1	0–0	1–5	2–1
Memaliaj	0–3	2–5	1–3	3–2	0–5	1–2	—	0–7	0–3	1–4	0–3
Oriku	1–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	4–1	—	1–0	4–0	2–0
Shkumbini	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–4	1–0	2–2	1–2	—	0–3	1–3
Tomori	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	4–3	4–0	0–1	4–1	—	3–0
Turbina	1–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–3	2–0	—

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

13 April 2025

15:00

Iliria	1−0	Luftëtari
Selmani 90'

Loni Papuçiu Stadium, Fier

Referee: Kreshnik Cjapi

Group A Promotion play-offs

	Semi-finals				Final
	Luzi 2008	2
	Veleçiku	0
					Luzi 2008	4
					Sopoti	0
	Sopoti	2
	Tërbuni	0

Semi-finals

12 April 2025

15:00

Luzi 2008	2−0	Veleçiku
Jakubu 50' Morina 79'

Luz i Vogël Stadium, Luz i Vogël

Referee: Klodian Shahini

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12 April 2025

15:00

Sopoti	2−0	Tërbuni
Aminu 28' Mici 52' (pen.)

Sopoti Stadium, Librazhd

Final

19 April 2025

15:00

Luzi 2008	4−0	Sopoti
Balla 16' (pen.) Morina 36', 49' Ruçaj 66'

Arena e Demave, Tirana

Referee: Laver Alla

Luzi 2008 qualified to the final play-off match.

Group B Promotion play-offs

	Semi-finals				Final
	Oriku	1
	Butrinti	1
					Oriku	3
					Tomori	2
	Tomori	2
	Devolli	1

Semi-finals

12 April 2025

15:00

Oriku	1−1	Butrinti
Leshi 89'		Córdoba 75'

Orikum Stadium, Orikum

Referee: Albano Stolaj

Oriku qualified to the final as the team with the better ranking.

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12 April 2025

15:00

Tomori	2−1	Devolli
Saraçi 14' Biaye 31'		Ivani 19' (pen.)

Tomori Stadium, Berat

Referee: Ardit Merdanaj

Final

19 April 2025

15:00

Oriku	3−2	Tomori
Dalanaj 16' (pen.), 27' Nwatsock A Ekoro 72'		Arbri 54' Ngene 88'

Vora Stadium, Vorë

Referee: Silvio Dyrmishi

Oriku qualified to the final play-off match.

Relegation play-offs

14 April 2025

15:00

Gramshi	1−1 (a.e.t.)	Turbina
Baku 59' (pen.)		Gjoka 7'
Penalties
	5−4

Flamurtari Stadium, Vlorë

Referee: Mikele Dyrmishi

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20 April 2025

15:00

Turbina	0−3	Partizani B
		Jatta 15' Contreras 76', 87'

Elbasan Arena, Elbasan

Referee: Klodian Shahini

Turbina was relegated to the Kategoria e Tretë, while Partizani B was promoted to the Kategoria e Dytë.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Adhurim Hasani	Adriatiku	19
2	Brajan Shekaj	Veleçiku	15
	Herdi Balla	Luzi 2008
	Nimet Spahiu	Albanët
5	Ardit Ziaj	Luftëtari	12
6	Mamady Oulare	Tomori	11