2011–12 KF Tirana season

Tirana
2011–12 season
Chairman	Lulzim Basha
Manager	Julián Rubio
Ground	Qemal Stafa Stadium; Selman Stërmasi Stadium
Kategoria Superiore	3rd
Albanian Supercup	Winners
Albanian Cup	Winners
Europa League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Bekim Balaj (13); All: ; Bekim Balaj (19)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season was Klubi i Futbollit Tirana's 73rd competitive season, 73rd consecutive season in the Kategoria Superiore and 91st year in existence as a football club. Following the title win three seasons ago, KF Tirana added to their 23 titles to make it their record 24th title win.

Season overview

The 2011–12 season started very well for now a consolidated Tirana. They added another trophy to their wealth of honours, the 9th Supercup, by winning the final match against defending champions Skënderbeu Korçë in Korçë, with a single goal of Bekim Balaj.^[1]

White and Blues ended the league in the 3rd place, 5 points below crowned champions Skënderbeu Korçë, even though outstanding Spanish coach Julián Rubio had to re-create the squad twice, due to lack of players who left the club by late summer. Additionally, Tirana players and staff had to outface a temporary financial kink, caused from the latter club transformation to sh.a. which had negative influence in the limited number of quality players which approached from the market. At majority of the season coach Rubio had severe difficulties and wasn't able to even to create a proper official squad for a match! Nonetheless, despite all difficulties faced, Tirana finally ended the season in the best possible way earning 2 trophies out of 3, by also winning their 15th Cup trophy. Tirana won the final against their fierce rivals of last 2 seasons Skënderbeu Korçë, with Bekim Balaj becoming again the key scorer, netting the winning goal at 107' at extra-time, since regular time ended goalless draw.^[2]

KF Tirana played UEFA Europa League starting from second round against FC Spartak Trnava. Being eliminated by 1–3 in aggregate, after goalless home draw and 1–3 away loss. Tirana finished first half 1–0 ahead in scoreline but conceded 3 goals at second half, saying farewell to Europe after only 2 matches.^[3]

12 October 2011 was a key event for club's future. The Municipality Council voted with unanimous consent the transformation of KF Tirana status to a shareholders association. Since then, the club is originally named as KF Tirana Sh.A (Shoqëri Aksionere). Municipality of Tirana will initially hold 100% of shares, however any future private sponsors or donors approaches to share stock would always be welcome.^[4]

Coaching staff

As of November 2012^[5]

Position	Name
Head coach	Julián Rubio
Assistant coach	Sokol Bulku
Goalkeeping coach	Astrit Nallbani
Technical Director	Alban Tafaj
Club Secretary	Iva Mera
Athletic Coach	Adrian Bekteshi
Physical Therapy	Arzen Voci
OPS	Arba Morina
Reporter	Lorin Burba

Players

As of 31 May 2012^[6]

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	Ilion Lika (captain)
2	DF	ALB	Elvis Sina
3	DF	ITA	Francesco Pigoni
4	DF	ALB	Gentian Muça
4	DF	ALB	Renaldo Kalari
5	DF	ALB	Arjan Pisha
5	FW	KEN	Moses Arita
6	DF	ALB	Erjon Dushku
7	FW	ALB	Sokol Cikalleshi
8	MF	ALB	Arvis Gjata
12	MF	ALB	Julian Ahmataj
13	MF	ALB	Erando Karabeci


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	KEN	James Situma
17	MF	ALB	Gilman Lika
18	MF	ALB	Nertil Ferraj
19	MF	ALB	Ardit Peposhi
20	MF	GER	Florent Aziri
21	MF	ALB	Klodian Duro
22	GK	ALB	Klajdi Kuka
24	MF	ALB	Gerald Tusha
25	GK	ALB	Xhino Sejdo
26	MF	ALB	Afrim Taku
27	FW	ALB	Mario Morina

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

Competitions

Albanian Supercup

Win Draw Loss

18 August 2011 Final	Skënderbeu Korçë	0–1	Tirana	Korçë
20:00 CET	Bicaj 25' Orelesi 82'	Report	Muça 22' Balaj 63' 87' Ahmataj 86'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Enea Jorgji

Kategoria Superiore

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Skënderbeu (C)	26	17	6	3	45	16	+29	57	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Teuta	26	17	5	4	33	18	+15	56	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
3	Tirana	26	16	5	5	33	21	+12	53
4	Flamurtari	26	13	7	6	42	20	+22	46
5	Kastrioti	26	11	5	10	37	30	+7	38

Source: Albanian Football Association (in Albanian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in head-to-head matches; 3) goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) total goal difference; 6) total goals scored; 7) draw
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Tirana qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2011–12 Albanian Cup. Since they finished third in the league, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.

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
26	16	5	5	33	21	+12	53	10	3	1	16	5	+11	6	2	4	17	16	+1

Last updated: 2 December 2015.
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
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	W
Position	10	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

Matches

12 September 2011 1	Tirana	0–1	Teuta Durrës	Tiranë
17:00 CET		Report	Marković 14'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Enea Jorgji

17 September 2011 2	Kastrioti Krujë	2–3	Tirana	Krujë
15:00 CET	Inkango 40', 78' Pashaj 42' Hoxha 87' Muçollari 90'	Report	Sina 40' Balaj 47' G. Lika 66' Morina 87' Dushku 90+2'	Stadium: Kastrioti Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Elvis Peza

25 September 2011 3	Tirana	3–1	Pogradeci	Tiranë
14:00 CET	Balaj 22' 52', 78' G. Lika 41' (pen.) 69'	Report	Eminhaziri 8' 64' Çipi 41' Binishi 73'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Emirjon Sino

2 October 2011 4	Tirana	2–0	Flamurtari Vlorë	Tiranë
16:00 CET	Velu 11' (o.g.) Ferraj 22' Sina 42' Morina 69'	Report	Sakaj 35' Brkić 66'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Enea Jorgji

15 October 2011 5	Vllaznia Shkodër	2–2	Tirana	Shkodër
15:00 CET	Smajli 14' Sukaj 51' 71' Petrović 61'	Report	Ahmataj 28' Sina 41' Dushku 71' Morina 76' Duro 79' Taku 89'	Stadium: Loro Boriçi Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Emirjon Sino

23 October 2011 6	Tirana	3–2	Bylis Ballsh	Tiranë
12:00 CET	Pisha 30' Balaj 31', 52', 90+3' Dabulla 35' Taku 69' I. Lika 74'	Report	Dimo 27', 69' (pen.) Teqja 47'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sokol Çekaj

30 October 2011 7	Apolonia Fier	1–2	Tirana	Fier
12:00 CET	Gerxho 11' 44' Ndoni 35' Mehmetaj 83' Agastra 89'	Report	Naçi 40' (o.g.) Sina 65' Pisha 89'	Stadium: Loni Papuçiu Stadium Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Edvin Hoxha

6 November 2011 8	Tirana	0–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	Tiranë
17:00 CET	Duro 59' Ferraj 79' Karabeci 90+3'	Report	Muzaka 38' Arapi 52' Orelesi 73' Radaš 81'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Lorenc Jemini

20 November 2011 9	Tomori Berat	0–1	Tirana	Lushnje
13:00 CET	Bakiu 70' Muça 90'	Report	Dushku 33' Balaj 62'	Stadium: Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium Referee: Laver Alla
Note: The match was held at Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium due to reconstruction of Tomori Stadium.

26 November 2011 10	Tirana	1–0	Dinamo Tirana	Tiranë
14:00 CET	G. Lika 20' Taku 40'	Report	Arifaj 34' Deliallisi 52' Peqini 55'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Migen Masha

5 December 2011 11	Shkumbini Peqin	3–2	Tirana	Peqin
13:00 CET	Mustafaj 31' Dervishi 53' 74' Lundraxhiu 65' Gjata 78' Sulkja 78'	Report	Dabulla 40' Balaj 53', 64' Tusha 76' Dushku 86'	Stadium: Shkumbini Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Emirjon Sino

17 December 2011 12	Tirana	1–0	Laçi	Tiranë
13:00 CET	Dushku 75' Pisha 77' Morina 80'	Report	Emurlai 75'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Laver Alla

23 December 2011 13	Kamza	0–0	Tirana	Kamëz
13:00 CET	Belchev 20' Tafaj 87'	Report	G. Lika 24' Pisha 53' Elvis Sina 74'	Stadium: Kamza Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Enea Jorgji

10 February 2012 14	Teuta Durrës	1–2	Tirana	Durrës
17:00 CET	Çota 21' 45+1' Stafa 62'	Report	Balaj 12' Morina 21' Dabulla 53' Stafa 55' (o.g.) Sina 80' 84'	Stadium: Niko Dovana Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Enea Jorgji

4 March 2012 15	Tirana	1–0	Kastrioti Krujë	Tiranë
14:00 CET	Gjata 26' G. Lika 43' Dushku 57' Kalari 83'	Report	Inkango 27' Muçollari 32' Ćetković 70'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Emirjon Sino

11 March 2012 16	Pogradeci	1–2	Tirana	Elbasan
13:00 CET	Drazanin 3' Eminhaziri 55' 64' Çajku 65' Idrizi 78' Begaj 90+3' 90+3'	Report	Aziri 18' Kalari 60' Dushku 79'	Stadium: Ruzhdi Bizhuta Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sokol Çekaj
Note: The match was held at Ruzhdi Bizhuta Stadium due to reconstruction of Gjorgji Kyçyku Stadium. In addition the match was played behind the doors closed.

18 March 2012 17	Flamurtari Vlorë	0–2	Tirana	Vlorë
13:00 CET	Pezo 60'	Report	Pisha 13' Morina 22' 51'	Stadium: Flamurtari Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj

26 March 2012 18	Tirana	0–0	Vllaznia Shkodër	Tiranë
17:00 CET	Karabeci 85'	Report	Gjini 34' Petrović 44' Vujadinović 65'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Elvis Peza

31 March 2012 19	Bylis Ballsh	1–0	Tirana	Ballsh
14:00 CET	Teqja 11' 40' Bola 90+4'	Report	Sina 30' Dushku 33' 71' Morina 90+4'	Stadium: Adush Muça Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Laver Alla

8 April 2012 20	Tirana	1–0	Apolonia Fier	Tiranë
16:00 CET	Pisha 16' Balaj 69' Tusha 90+3'	Report	Moçka 9' Salievski 61'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Sokol Çekaj

14 April 2012 21	Skënderbeu Korçë	2–0	Tirana	Korçë
18:00 CET	Xhafaj 51' Allmuça 62' Arapi 83' Plaku 87'	Report	Morina 15' Sina 28' Karabeci 43'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Enea Jorgji

22 April 2012 22	Tirana	1–0	Tomori Berat	Tiranë
12:00 CET	Dushku 66' Pisha 77' 82' Balaj 90+2'	Report	Ofoyen 82'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Referee: Laver Alla

25 April 2012 23	Dinamo Tirana	3–2	Tirana	Tiranë
15:00 CET	Djarmati 30' Kuli 50', 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Balaj 9' Kalari 45' I. Lika 65' Dabulla 90+1'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj

29 April 2012 24	Tirana	1–1	Shkumbini Peqin	Tiranë
12:00 CET	Sina 35' Cikalleshi 70' 71'	Report	Mustafaj 67' Lundraxhiu 71' Magani 89'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Kreshnik Cjapi

5 May 2012 25	Laçi	0–1	Tirana	Krujë
16:00 CET	Sefgjinaj 35' Suljan 87' Xhafa 88'	Report	Balaj 27' 33' Ferraj 52' Duro 55' Taku 83' Pisha 90+2'	Stadium: Kastrioti Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Edvin Hoxha
Note: The match was held at Kastrioti Stadium due to reconstruction of Laçi Stadium.

12 May 2012 26	Tirana	1–0	Kamza	Tiranë
16:00 CET	Cikalleshi 68'	Report		Stadium: Selman Stërmasi Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Albano Janku

Albanian Cup

First round

21 September 2011 First leg	Himara	0–3	Tirana	Himarë
16:00 CET	Sako 40' Sinaj 89'	Report	Balaj 36', 51', 65'	Stadium: Petro Ruci Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Armando Kamberaj

28 September 2011 Second leg	Tirana	7–1 (10–1 agg.)	Himara	Tiranë
15:30 CET	Morina 12', 23', 27', 49', 76' Duro 57' Ferraj 69' Taku 70'	Report	Telushi 45' Leonardo Martins 57' Sako 58' Cycllari 77'	Stadium: Selman Stërmasi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Skerdi Greca

Second round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tirana	6	6	0	0	13	4	+9	18	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Laçi	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Apolonia	6	2	1	3	11	13	−2	7
4	Shkumbini	6	0	1	5	10	19	−9	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

19 October 2011 1	Tirana	3–1	Shkumbini Peqin	Tiranë
14:00 CET	Duro 27' (pen.) Balaj 29' Hepple 79'	Report	Magani 53'	Stadium: Selman Stërmasi Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Laver Alla

26 October 2011 2	Laçi	0–1	Tirana	Laç
14:00 CET		Report	Balaj 90+2'	Stadium: Laçi Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Laver Alla

23 November 2011 3	Tirana	3–0	Apolonia Fier	Tiranë
14:00 CET	Ferraj 23' Hepple 38' Ndoni 81' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Ditmar Jubica

30 November 2011 4	Apolonia Fier	1–2	Tirana	Fier
14:00 CET	Ribaj 55'	Report	Balaj 39' G. Lika 80'	Stadium: Loni Papuçiu Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Hermal Llapra

14 December 2011 5	Shkumbini Peqin	2–3	Tirana	Peqin
13:00 CET	Sulkja 54' Lluca 90+2'	Report	Ferraj 9', 16' Tusha 55'	Stadium: Shkumbini Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Kreshnik Cjapi

20 December 2011 6	Tirana	1–0	Laçi	Tiranë
13:00 CET	Morina 32'	Report		Stadium: Selman Stërmasi Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Andi Koçi

Quarter-finals

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tirana	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11	Advance to semi-finals
2	Kastrioti	6	3	1	2	9	9	0	10	Advance to semi-finals
3	Bylis	6	2	3	1	11	7	+4	9
4	Kamza	6	0	2	4	3	11	−8	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

29 January 2012 1	Bylis Ballsh	0–0	Tirana	Ballsh
13:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Adush Muça Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Remzi Sadiku

4 February 2012 2	Tirana	2–0	Kastrioti Krujë	Tiranë
14:00 CET	G. Lika 74' Aziri 81'	Report		Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Lorenc Jemini

23 February 2012 3	Kamza	1–2	Tirana	Kamëz
14:00 CET	Manuka 10'	Report	G. Lika 80' Morina 90+1'	Stadium: Kamëz Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Edvin Hoxha

7 March 2012 4	Tirana	2–0	Kamza	Tiranë
14:00 CET	Balaj 55' Cikalleshi 84'	Report		Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Remzi Sadiku

14 March 2012 5	Tirana	1–1	Bylis Ballsh	Tiranë
14:00 CET	Aziri 51'	Report	Abazaj 30'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Remzi Sadiku

21 March 2012 6	Kastrioti Krujë	2–1	Tirana	Krujë
15:00 CET	Sefa 65' Inkango 83'	Report	Ferraj 90+3'	Stadium: Kastrioti Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Hermal Llapra

Semi-finals

4 April 2012 First leg	Flamurtari Vlorë	0–3	Tirana	Vlorë
16:00 CET	Veliu 54' Alechenwu 58' Çela 69' Telushi 90+1'	Report	Dushku 4' Ferraj 60' Cikalleshi 69' Tusha 90+3'	Stadium: Flamurtari Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Enea Jorgji

18 April 2012 Second leg	Tirana	2–2 (5–2 agg.)	Flamurtari Vlorë	Tiranë
15:30 CET	Cikalleshi 6' Ferraj 29' Duro 72'	Report	Pejić 21' Pezo 78'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Albano Janku

Final

17 May 2012 Final	Skënderbeu Korçë	0−1 (a.e.t.)	Tirana	Tiranë
20:00 CET	Radaš 35' Arapi 43' Shkëmbi 90+2' Allmuça 102' Kërçiku 103'	Report	Pisha 13' Ahmataj 60' Tusha 98' Balaj 107' Kalari 111' I. Lika 115'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Lorenc Jemini

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

14 July 2011 First leg	Tirana	0–0	Spartak Trnava	Tiranë, Albania
20:00 CET	Taku 31' Kërçiku 57'	Report	Gogolák 73' Vyskočil 89'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko (Russia)

21 July 2011 Second leg	Spartak Trnava	3–1 (3–1 agg.)	Tirana	Trnava, Slovakia
19:00 CET	Tomaček 18' 41', 85' (pen.) Vyskočil 56' Procházka 66' Petráš 70'	Report	Karabeci 3' 90+2' G. Lika 22' Kalari 45+1' Pashaj 64'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 6,182 Referee: Dawid Piasecki (Poland)

Notes

References

^ "Luftë në Korçë Tirana fiton Superkupën". Shqipëria.com (in Albanian). 18 August 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
^ 2011–12 Albanian Cup#Final
^ "Spartak Trnava–Tirana". UEFA.com. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
^ ""Tirana" vlen 5 miliardë lekë". Top Channel (in Albanian). 13 October 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
^ "KF Tirana staff". Soccerway.com. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
^ "2011–12 KF Tirana squad". Football Database. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_EL0.98433012468011-7] Tirana qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2011–12 Albanian Cup. Since they finished third in the league, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.

[1] "Luftë në Korçë Tirana fiton Superkupën". Shqipëria.com (in Albanian). 18 August 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2015.

[2] 2011–12 Albanian Cup#Final

[3] "Spartak Trnava–Tirana". UEFA.com. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2015.

[4] ""Tirana" vlen 5 miliardë lekë". Top Channel (in Albanian). 13 October 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2015.

[5] "KF Tirana staff". Soccerway.com. Retrieved November 12, 2012.

[6] "2011–12 KF Tirana squad". Football Database. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

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