2011–12 KF Tirana season
# 2011–12 KF Tirana season

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.

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.

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.

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.

## Coaching staff

    As of November 2012

| 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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

### Kategoria Superiore

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 3 | Tirana | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Flamurtari | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 20 | +22 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Kastrioti | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 38 | |

* ↑ 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 | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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 |

### Albanian Cup

**Second round**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

**Quarter-finals**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |
