2009–10 Albanian Cup Explained

Albanian Cup
Year:2009–10
Other Title:Kupa e Shqipërisë
Country:Albania
Defending Champions:Flamurtari
Champions:Besa
Runner-Up:Vllaznia
Prevseason:2008–09
Nextseason:2010–11

2009–10 Albanian Cup was the fifty-eighth season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began on 23 September 2009 with the First Preliminary Round. The winners of the competition qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Flamurtari were the defending champions.

The rounds were played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregated score is tied after both games, the team with the higher number of away goals advances. If the number of away goals is equal in both games, the match is decided by extra time and a penalty shootout, if necessary.

Preliminary Tournament

In order to reduce the number of participating teams for the First Round to 32, a preliminary tournament was played. Only teams from the Kategoria e Dytë (third level) were allowed to enter. Each Kategoria e Dytë group played its own tournament. In contrast to the main tournament, the preliminary tournament was held as a single-leg knock-out competition.

First Preliminary Round

Games were played on 23 September 2009.

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Second Preliminary Round

Games were played on 30 September 2009.

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First round

All twenty-eight teams of the 2009–10 Superiore and Kategoria e Parë entered in this round, along with the four Second Preliminary Round winners. First legs were played on 21 October 2009 and the second legs were played on 4 November 2009.

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Notes

Second round

In this round enter the 16 winners from the previous round. The first legs took place on 25 November and the second legs took place on 10 December.

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Quarter-finals

In this round enter the 8 winners from the previous round. The games are scheduled as shown below.

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Semi-finals

In this round enter the four winners from the previous round.

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Final

See main article: 2010 Albanian Cup final.

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