Albanian Cup

Albanian Cup
Founded1938
Region Albania
Number of teams44
Qualifier forUEFA Europa Conference League
Domestic cup(s)Albanian Supercup
Current championsEgnatia
(2nd title)
Most successful club(s)Tirana (16 titles)
Television broadcastersSuperSport
Websitefshf.org
2024–25 Albanian Cup

The Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as Kupa e Mbretit (English:"The King's Cup"). The cup was suspended for the next eight years as the Second World War started. It started again in 1948 as "Kupa e Republikes" (English: "Republic Cup") and from 1991 as "Kupa e Shqipërisë" (Albanian Cup). Today it is the second most important competition in Albania after the Abissnet Superiore.

The winners of the Cup automatically earn the right to participate in the 1st qualifying round of the Europa Conference League.

Finals results

Season Winner Score Runner-up
1938–39 Tirana RR Vllaznia
1940–47
Not played
1948 Partizani 5–2 Tirana
1949 Partizani 1–0 Tirana
1950 Dinamo Tirana 2–1 Partizani
1951 Dinamo Tirana 3–2 Partizani
1952 Dinamo Tirana 4–1 Tirana
1953 Dinamo Tirana 2–0 Partizani
1954 Dinamo Tirana 2–1 Partizani
1955–1956
Not played
1957 Partizani 2–0 Lokomotiva Durrës
1958 Partizani 4–0 Skënderbeu
1959
Not played
1960 Dinamo Tirana 2–0 agg. Flamurtari
1961 Partizani 2–1 agg. Besa
1962
Not played
1962–63 Tirana 3–3 agg.
4–2 (p)		 Besa
1963–64 Partizani 3–0 Tomori
1964–65 Vllaznia 1–0 Skënderbeu
1965–66 Partizani 6–4 agg. Vllaznia
1966–67
Not played
1967–68 Partizani 4–1 Vllaznia
1968–69
Not played
1969–70 Partizani 4–1 agg. Vllaznia
1970–71 Dinamo Tirana 2–0 Besa
1971–72 Vllaznia 2–2 agg.
4–3 (p)		 Besa
1972–73 Partizani 1–0 Dinamo Tirana
1973–74 Dinamo Tirana 1–0 Partizani
1974–75 Elbasani 2–0 agg. Lokomotiva Durrës
1975–76 Tirana 4–1 agg. Skënderbeu
1976–77 Tirana 3–3 agg.
4–3 (p)		 Dinamo Tirana
1977–78 Dinamo Tirana 1–0 agg. Lushnja
1978–79 Vllaznia 3–2 agg. Dinamo Tirana
1979–80 Partizani 2–1 agg. Elbasani
1980–81 Vllaznia 6–3 agg. Besa
1981–82 Dinamo Tirana 3–3 agg. (a) Tirana
1982–83 Tirana 1–0 Flamurtari
1983–84 Tirana 2–1 Flamurtari
1984–85 Flamurtari 2–1 Partizani
1985–86 Tirana 3–1 Vllaznia
1986–87 Vllaznia 4–3 agg. Flamurtari
1987–88 Flamurtari 1–0 Partizani
1988–89 Dinamo Tirana 0–0, 3–1 (R) Partizani
1989–90 Dinamo Tirana 1–1 (aet)
4–2 (p)		 Flamurtari
1990–91 Partizani 1–1 (a.e.t.)
4–3 (p)		 Flamurtari
1991–92 Elbasani 2–1 Besa
1992–93 Partizani 1–0 Albpetrol
1993–94 Tirana 1–0 agg. Teuta
1994–95 Teuta 0–0 (a.e.t.)
4–3 (p)		 Tirana
1995–96 Tirana 1–1 (a.e.t.)
4–3 (p)		 Flamurtari
1996–97 Partizani 2–2 (a.e.t.)
4–3 (p)		 Flamurtari
1997–98 Apolonia 1–0 Lushnja
1998–99 Tirana 0–0 (a.e.t.)
3–0 (p)		 Vllaznia
1999–2000 Teuta 0–0 (a.e.t.)
5–4 (p)		 Lushnja
2000–01 Tirana 5–0 Teuta
2001–02 Tirana 1–0 Dinamo Tirana
2002–03 Dinamo Tirana 1–0 Teuta
2003–04 Partizani 1–0 Dinamo Tirana
2004–05 Teuta 0–0 (a.e.t.)
6–5 (p)		 Tirana
2005–06 Tirana 1–0 Vllaznia
2006–07 Besa 3–2 Teuta
2007–08 Vllaznia 2–0 Tirana
2008–09 Flamurtari 2–1 Tirana
2009–10 Besa 2–1 (a.e.t.) Vllaznia
2010–11 Tirana 1–1 (a.e.t.)
4–3 (p)		 Dinamo Tirana
2011–12 Tirana 1–0 (a.e.t.) Skënderbeu
2012–13 Laçi 1–0 (a.e.t.) Bylis
2013–14 Flamurtari 1–0 Kukësi
2014–15 Laçi 2–1 Kukësi
2015–16 Kukësi 1–1 (a.e.t.)
5–4 (p)		 Laçi
2016–17 Tirana 3–1 (a.e.t.) Skënderbeu
2017–18 Skënderbeu 1–0 Laçi
2018–19 Kukësi 2–1 Tirana
2019–20 Teuta 2–0 Tirana
2020–21 Vllaznia 1–0 Skënderbeu
2021–22 Vllaznia 2–1 (a.e.t.) Laçi
2022–23 Egnatia 1–0 (a.e.t.) Tirana
2023–24 Egnatia 1–0 Kukësi

Performances by club

Club Winners Runners-up Winning Years
Tirana
16
11
 1939, 1963, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2017
Partizani
15
8
 1948, 1949, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2004
Dinamo Tirana
13
6
 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1989, 1990, 2003
Vllaznia
8
8
 1965, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1987, 2008, 2021, 2022
Flamurtari
4
8
 1985, 1988, 2009, 2014
Teuta (also as Lokomotiva Durrës)
4
6
 1995, 2000, 2005, 2020
Besa
2
6
 2007, 2010
Laçi
2
3
 2013, 2015
Kukësi
2
3
 2016, 2019
Elbasani (also as Labinoti)
2
1
 1975, 1992
Egnatia
2
 –
 2023, 2024
Skënderbeu
1
6
 2018
Apolonia
1
 –
 1998
Lushnja (also as Traktori)
 –
3
  –
Tomori
 –
1
  –
Albpetrol
 –
1
  –
Bylis
 –
1
  –

Appearances

At least 20 Cup appearances.

Club Appearances Winners Runners-up Semi-finals Quarter-finals
Tirana 68 16 10 36 55
Vllaznia 68 7 8 28 51
Teuta 68 4 6 19 41
Partizani 66 15 8 31 49
Flamurtari 66 4 8 20 37
Skënderbeu 65 1 6 15 30
KS Elbasani 64 2 1 9 31
KS Dinamo Tirana 63 13 6 30 44
Besa 63 2 6 11 21
Apolonia 55 1  — 8 18
Luftëtari 48  —  — 3 10
Besëlidhja 47  —  — 2 8
Kastrioti 35  —  — 1 3
Shkumbini 32  —  — 3 10
KF Laçi 29 2 2 2 6

See also

References

RSSSF
Albania Cup