2022–23 Kategoria e Dytë
# 2022–23 Kategoria e Dytë

The 2022-23 Kategoria e Dytë was the 51st 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 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë. Teams ranked from the 2nd to the 5th position qualified to the play-off round where the winners played against the 9th and 10th ranked teams in the 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë. Elbasani and Vora were promoted to the 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë. Vora won their third Kategoria e Dytë title after beating Elbasani in the final match.

## Changes from last season

### Team changes

**From Kategoria e Dytë**

Promoted to Kategoria e Parë:

* Flamurtari
* Luzi 2008
* Oriku

Relegated to Kategoria e Tretë:

* Gramozi
* Internacional Tirana
* Këlcyra
* Klosi
* Përmeti

**To Kategoria e Dytë**

Relegated from Kategoria e Parë:

* Butrinti
* Maliqi
* Pogradeci
* Shkumbini
* Vora

Promoted from Kategoria e Tretë:

* Delvina
* Elbasani
* Valbona

### Stadia by capacity and locations

**Group A**

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ada | Velipojë | Fusha Sportive Adriatik | 1,000 |
| Bulqiza | Bulqizë | National Sports Centre | 50 |
| Gramshi | Gramsh | Mislim Koçi Stadium | 3,100 |
| Iliria | Fushë-Krujë | Redi Maloku Stadium | 3,000 |
| Murlani | Vau i Dejës | Barbullush Stadium | |
| Naftëtari | Kuçovë | Bashkim Sulejmani Stadium | 5,000 |
| Shënkolli | Shënkoll | Shënkoll Stadium | 500 |
| Sopoti | Librazhd | Sopoti Stadium | 3,000 |
| Valbona | Bajram Curri | Tropojë Stadium | |
| Veleçiku | Koplik | Kompleksi Vëllezërit Duli | 2,000 |
| Vora | Vorë | Vorë Stadium | |

**Group B**

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Albpetrol | Patos | Alush Noga Stadium | 2,150 |
| Butrinti | Sarandë | Andon Lapa Stadium | 5,500 |
| Delvina | Delvinë | Panajot Pano Stadium | 200 |
| Devolli | Bilisht | Bilisht Stadium | 3,000 |
| Elbasani | Elbasan | Elbasan Arena | 12,800 |
| Labëria | Vlorë | Labëria Complex | |
| Luftëtari | Gjirokastër | Gjirokastra Stadium | 8,400 |
| Maliqi | Maliq | Skënderbeu Stadium | 12,343 |
| Memaliaj | Memaliaj | Karafil Çaushi Stadium | 1,500 |
| Pogradeci | Pogradec | Gjorgji Kyçyku Stadium | 10,700 |
| Shkumbini | Peqin | Shkumbini Stadium | 9,000 |
| Tepelena | Tepelenë | Sabaudin Shehu Stadium | 2,000 |

## League standings

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vora (C, P) | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 64 | 16 | +48 | 50 | Promotion to 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë |
| 2 | Veleçiku | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 17 | +26 | 46 | Play-off promotion to 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë |
| 3 | Valbona | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 15 | +37 | 45 | Play-off promotion to 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë |
| 4 | Sopoti | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 43 | Play-off promotion to 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë |
| 5 | Naftëtari | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 29 | Play-off promotion to 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë |
| 6 | Shënkolli | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 26 | |
| 7 | Iliria | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 23 | |
| 8 | Murlani | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 33 | −16 | 20 | |
| 9 | Gramshi (O) | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 42 | −23 | 18 | Play-off relegation to 2023–24 Kategoria e Tretë |
| 10 | Bulqiza (R) | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 24 | 61 | −37 | 15 | Relegation to 2023–24 Kategoria e Tretë |
| 11 | Ada (R) | 20 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 70 | −53 | 2 | Relegation to 2023–24 Kategoria e Tretë |

**Results**

| Home \ Away | ADA | BUL | GRA | ILI | MUR | NAF | SHË | SOP | VAL | VEL | VOR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ada | — | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–5 |
| Bulqiza | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 0–4 |
| Gramshi | 4–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Iliria | 2–1 | 10–4 | 5–1 | — | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Murlani | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Naftëtari | 4–1 | 5–0 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Shënkolli | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–3 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 0–7 |
| Sopoti | 6–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | — | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Valbona | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Veleçiku | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 |
| Vora | 8–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Elbasani (P) | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 12 | +52 | 58 | Promotion to 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë |
| 2 | Pogradeci | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 62 | 13 | +49 | 53 | Play-off promotion to 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë |
| 3 | Labëria | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 39 | Play-off promotion to 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë |
| 4 | Butrinti | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 35 | Play-off promotion to 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë |
| 5 | Devolli | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 34 | Play-off promotion to 2023–24 Kategoria e Parë |
| 6 | Luftëtari | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 34 | |
| 7 | Shkumbini | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 27 | |
| 8 | Delvina | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 26 | |
| 9 | Maliqi | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 24 | |
| 10 | Tepelena (R) | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 48 | −27 | 24 | Play-off relegation to 2023–24 Kategoria e Tretë |
| 11 | Albpetrol (R) | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 50 | −32 | 16 | Relegation to 2023–24 Kategoria e Tretë |
| 12 | Memaliaj (R) | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 51 | −38 | 6 | Relegation to 2023–24 Kategoria e Tretë |

**Results**

| Home \ Away | ALB | BUT | DEL | DEV | ELB | LAB | LUF | MAL | MEM | POG | SHK | TEP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Albpetrol | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Butrinti | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Delvina | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Devolli | 5–2 | 6–1 | 3–3 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Elbasani | 4–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 |
| Labëria | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Luftëtari | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Maliqi | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–6 | 1–6 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| Memaliaj | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — | 1–6 | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Pogradeci | 7–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 3–1 | — | 4–1 | 9–0 |
| Shkumbini | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 |
| Tepelena | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | — |

## Group A Promotion play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Veleçiku | 4 |
| Naftëtari | 0 | | |
| Naftëtari | 0 | Veleçiku | 1 |
| | | Valbona | 2 |
| Valbona | 2 | Valbona | 2 |
| Sopoti | 0 | | |

## Final

Valbona qualified to the final play-off match.

## Group B Promotion play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Pogradeci | 3 |
| Devolli | 1 | | |
| Devolli | 1 | Pogradeci | 1 |
| | | Labëria | 0 |
| Labëria | 1 | Labëria | 0 |
| Butrinti | 0 | | |

## Final

Pogradeci qualified to the final play-off match.

## Relegation play-offs

Tepelena was relegated to Kategoria e Tretë, while Këlcyra was promoted to Kategoria e Dytë.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Anton Lleshi | Shënkolli | 23 |
| 2 | Ardit Jaupaj | Valbona | 18 |
| 3 | Eldjon Topllari | Pogradeci | 16 |
| 4 | Arsen Hajdari | Veleçiku | 14 |
| 4 | Arsen Lleshi | Elbasani | 14 |
| 6 | Jasmin Raboshta | Vora | 13 |
| 6 | Mario Mërkuri | Luftëtari | 13 |
