Albanian First Division
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The Albanian First Division is the second level of association football in Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

. The league was first created with the name Kategoria e Dytë (Second Division) and has also been named Kategoria A2 in recent years.

In the 2006–07 season, the First Division had 14 teams, but was expanded to 16 teams for the 2007–08 season. No teams were relegated and four teams were promoted from the Second Division.

Clubs for the 2010–11 season

Team City/Area Stadium Capacity
Partizani Tirana
Tirana
Tirana is the capital and the largest city of Albania. Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of over...

Kamëz Stadium 5,500
Adriatiku
KF Adriatiku Mamurrasi
KF Adriatiku Mamurrasi are an Albanian football team currently playing in Kategoria e Parë 2010-2011.- Current squad :-External links:*...

Mamurras
Mamurras
Mamurras is a small town of 7,600 people in Kurbin District of northwestern Albania. The town lies from the Mediterranean Sea.-External links :*...

Fusha Sportive Mamurras
Bilisht Sport
Bilisht Sporti
Bilisht Sporti is an Albanian football club founded and based on Bilisht, Korçë District.The club currently playing in Kategoria e Parë the Albanian First Division.- Current squad :- External links :*...

Bilisht
Bilisht
Bilisht is a city of about 12,000 people. It is the local capital of Devoll District, south-eastern Albania. The city is 9 km from the border with Greece at Kapshticë. The closest Greek town across the border is Krystallopigi in the Florina Prefecture. Bilisht is at about 800–850 meters above...

Bilisht Stadion
KF Gramshi
KF Gramshi
Klubi Futbollit Gramshi is an Albanian football club based in Gramsh.The team currently playing in Albanian Second Division.-Current squad:- External links :***...

Gramsh
Gramsh
Gramsh is a town in central Albania, the capital of the Gramsh District, which borders the district of Pogradec to the east. Its population is estimated at 11,556 ....

Fusha Sportive Gramsh
KF Kamza Kamëz
Kamëz
Kamëz is a city in Albania, a suburb 7 km north of Tirana. It is part of the Tirana District and County.From 1990 to 2005, the expansion of Tirana has brought Kamez into the conurbation....

Fusha Sportive Kamëz
Fusha Sportive Kamëz
The Kamëz Stadium is a purpose built stadium in Kamëz, Tiranë. The stadium holds around 5500 people, not all of which are seated....

5,500
KS Ada
KS Ada Velipojë
Klubi Sportiv Ada Velipojë is an Albanian football club based in the city of Velipojë which is situated in the Shkodër District. The club's home ground is Velipojë Stadium, and the team is currently playing in the Albanian First Division....

Velipoja Kompleks Sportiv Zmijani
Apolonia Fier
KS Apolonia Fier
Klubi Sportiv Apolonia Fier is an Albanian football club based in Fier. The club was founded as "KS Apollonia" in 1925 - a name derived from the nearby ruined ancient city of Apollonia. They play at the Stadiumi Loni Papuçiu...

Fier
Fier
Fieri is a city in southwest Albania, in the district and county of the same name. It is located at , and has a population of 82,297 . Fier is from the ruins of the ancient Greek city of Apollonia.-History :...

Stadiumi Loni Papuçiu
Stadiumi Loni Papuçiu
Loni Papuçiu Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Fier, Albania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KS Apolonia Fier. The stadium has a capacity of 12,000 people.-References:...

12,000
Besëlidhja Lezha Besëlidhja-Stadion
Stadiumi Besëlidhja
Brian Filipi Stadium , aka former Besëlidhja Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Lezhë, Albania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KS Besëlidhja Lezhë. The stadium holds 5,000 people....

5,000
KS Burreli
KS Burreli
Klubi Sportiv Burreli is an Albanian football club based in Burrel, Mat District. The club has had very little success since its creation in 1952...

Burrel Liri Ballabani Stadion 2,500
Luftëtari Gjirokastra Subi Bakiri Stadium 8,500
KS Lushnja
KS Lushnja
Klubi Sportiv Lushnja is an Albanian football club based in Lushnjë. Their home ground is "Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium" , named for Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu....

Lushnja Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadion
Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium
Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Lushnjë, Albania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KS Lushnja of the Albanian Superliga. The stadium has a capacity of 11,000. -External links:*...

11,000
Pogradeci
KS Pogradeci
Klubi Sportiv Pogradeci is an Albanian football club based on Pogradec. Its home ground is Stadiumi Gjorgji Kyçyku ....

Pogradec
Pogradec
Pogradec is a city in southeastern Albania, situated on the shores of Ohrid lake. It is the capital of the District of Pogradec, in the County of Korçë, located at 40.87°N and 20.70°E with a population of around 30,000 . The total area of the district is 725 km². Pogradec alone occupies about...

Gjorgji Kyçyku Stadion
Tërbuni
KS Tërbuni Pukë
White and Red Klubi Sportiv Tërbuni Pukë is an Albanian football club based in Pukë District.The club currently playing in the Albanian First Division....

Pukë
Pukë
Pukë is the capital of the Pukë District in northern Albania. The town has a population of 6,495 . The local football club is called KS Tërbuni Pukë....

Ismail Xhemali
Tomori
KS Tomori Berat
Futboll Klub Tomori Berat are an Albanian football club playing in the city of Berat. Their home ground is Tomori Stadium...

Berat
Berat
Berat is a town located in south-central Albania. As of 2009, the town has an estimated population of around 71,000 people. It is the capital of both the District of Berat and the larger County of Berat...

Tomori Stadium
Tomori Stadium
Tomori Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Berat, Albania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Tomori. The stadium holds 14,500 people.Now in 2011 the stadium is under constriction....

14,500
Gramozi
KS Gramozi Ersekë
Klubi Sportiv Gramozi Ersekë is an Albanian football club based in Ersekë.The club played the 2008-2009 season in the Albanian First Division. They reached Kategoria e pare after winning the Kategoria e dyte title in the 2007/2008 season. They finished fourth with 55 points and, having won 5-2 a...

Ersekë Ersekë Stadium 10,000
KF Vlora
KF Vlora
KF Vlora is an Albanian football club based in the southern city of Vlorë. They are currently in the Albanian first Division after earning promotion from the Albanian second Division in 2007.-Current squad:-External links:*...

Vlore
Vlorë
Vlorë is one of the biggest towns and the second largest port city of Albania, after Durrës, with a population of about 94,000 . It is the city where the Albanian Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on November 28, 1912...

Stadiumi Flamurtari
Stadiumi Flamurtari
Flamurtari Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Vlorë, Albania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KS Flamurtari Vlorë. The stadium has a capacity of 11,000 people....

8,500

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