# 2003–04 KF Tirana season

The 2003–04 season was Klubi i Futbollit Tirana's 65th competitive season, 65th consecutive season in the Kategoria Superiore and 83rd year in existence as a football club.

## Season overview

Tirana started its 65th competitive season in mid-July, where was going to face the Georgian side Dinamo Tbilisi for the first qualifying round of 2003–04 UEFA Champions League. In the first leg on 16 July 2003, Tirana almost lose the hopes when was beaten 3–0 at Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena. In the returning leg at Qemal Stafa Stadium nine days later, Tirana would perform one of the best come-backs in Champions League history by beating Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 in the regular time. Extra time ended in the same level, but Tirana managed to complete the come-back by eliminating them via penalty shootout. In the second qualifying round, Tirana was easily defeated by Austrian side GAK, who eliminated the capital side with the aggregate 7–2. Tirana lost the first match at home 1–5 and then the second at Sportzentrum Weinzödl with the result 2–1.
Tirana won the first trophy of the season on 16 August where they beat the cross-town rivals Dinamo Tirana to grab their 4th Albanian Supercup title. Sina, Halili and Agolli sealed the victory with their goals. Tirana commenced their domestic campaign on 23 August with a 0–6 away win against Lushnja at neutral ground of Tomori Stadium, which was followed with a 0–3 away win against Flamurtari Vlorë. On 12 September, Tirana recorded its biggest win of the season by scoring 7–1 against Besa Kavajë at the Selman Stërmasi Stadium. The goals were scored by seven different players.
In the second round of 2003–04 Albanian Cup, Tirana easily managed to eliminate Turbina Cërrik with the aggregate 8–2. On 25 October, Sulejman Mema resigned as the coach of Tirana after ending the month with 2 loses and 2 draws, with Tirana falling down at 4th place. He was replaced by Mirel Josa, a former player who represented KF Tirana for ten years from 1980 to 1990. Josa started extremely well, collecting six consecutive win in the league during the second phrase, including a 1–0 win over the rivals Partizani Tirana. Also in November, Tirana beat Lushnja 3–0 on aggregate to go into the quarter-finals of Albanian Cup. On 20 December, Tirana defeated Dinamo 5–1 at home, a result which was followed by a 1–1 draw against Elbasani, with Tirana ending the first part of the season in the first place, with a considerable gap.
Tirana started 2004 with a 1–1 draw against Lushnja on 24 January. Six days later, Tirana gained its first win of the new year, defeating Flamurtari 0–2 in Vlorë. During this year, Tirana recorded six consecutive wins from 30 January to 13 March. On 19 March, in the match against Dinamo Tirana, Tirana was defeated for the time in 2004 with the result 3–0. Also in March, Tirana progressed in semi-finals of the Albanian Cup by beating Besa Kavajë in the quarter-final with the aggregate 5–2, winning both matches. In April, Tirana managed to win four out of four league matches, being closer to win the league title. Also during this month, Tirana was eliminated by Dinamo Tirana in semi-final of the cup, with Dinamo qualifying in the final with the aggregate 5–2, winning both matches.
In the final match of the season, Tirana returned in winning ways after four consecutive league matches without a win by defeating Elbasani 2–5 at Ruzhdi Bizhuta Stadium. Tirana ended the season in the first place with 80 points from 36 matches, being crowned the Albanian champions for the 22nd time in history. By winning the league, Tirana also qualified for the next season's UEFA Champions League.

## Squad
### Squad information

    As of 31 May 2004
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 | NGA | Ndubuisi Egbo |
| 2 | DF | ALB | Elvis Sina |
| 3 | DF | ALB | Rezart Dabulla |
| 4 | DF | ALB | Nevil Dede (captain) |
| 7 | DF | ALB | Alban Tafaj |
| 8 | MF | ALB | Ervin Bulku |
| 9 | MF | ALB | Sokol Bulku |
| 10 | MF | ALB | Devi Muka |
| 11 | FW | ALB | Indrit Fortuzi |
| 12 | GK | ALB | Isli Hidi |
| 14 | FW | ALB | Mahir Halili |
| 15 | DF | ALB | Ansi Agolli |
| 16 | DF | ALB | Gentian Hajdari |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | ALB | Sokol Prenga |
| 19 | MF | ALB | Suad Liçi |
| 20 | FW | ALB | Fjodor Xhafa |
| 21 | MF | ALB | Sajmir Patushi |
| 23 | MF | ALB | Eldorado Merkoçi |
| 24 | MF | ALB | Luan Pinari |
| — | GK | ALB | Lazi Gjika |
| — | DF | ALB | Alban Muça |
| — | DF | ALB | Elton Grami |
| — | DF | ALB | Ervin Fakaj |
| — | MF | ALB | Leonardo Vladi |
| — | MF | ALB | Armand Nebiu |
| — | MF | ALB | Florian Manastirliu |

## Competitions
### Albanian Supercup

Win  Draw  Loss

### Kategoria Superiore
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Tirana (C) | 36 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 90 | 36 | +54 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Dinamo Tirana | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 68 | 39 | +29 | 71 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Vllaznia | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 77 | 51 | +26 | 68 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Partizani | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 65 | 39 | +26 | 67 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 5 | Teuta | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 52 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
* ↑ Partizani qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round by winning the 2003–04 Albanian Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 November 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Albanian Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Semi-finals
### UEFA Champions League
#### Second qualifying round
## Statistics
### Squad stats

| | League | Europe | Cup | Supercup | Total Stats |
| Games played | 36 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 49 |
| Games won | 24 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 32 |
| Games drawn | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Games lost | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Goals scored | 90 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 116 |
| Goals conceded | 36 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 55 |
| Goal difference | 54 | –5 | 9 | 3 | 61 |
| Clean sheets | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
Last updated: 17 November Source:

### Top scorers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | Kategoria Superiore | UEFA Champions League | Albanian Cup | Albanian Supercup | Total |
| 11 | FW | | Indrit Fortuzi | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| 20 | FW | | Fjodor Xhafa | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 10 | MF | | Devi Muka | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | FW | | Mahir Halili | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 23 | MF | | Eldorado Merkoçi | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | DF | | Elvis Sina | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 21 | MF | | Sajmir Patushi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | DF | | Rezart Dabulla | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | MF | | Sokol Bulku | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | DF | | Ansi Agolli | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 | MF | | Suad Liçi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | | Nevil Dede | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | DF | | Gentian Hajdari | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | | Sokol Prenga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| | DF | | Alban Tafaj | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | Ervin Bulku | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | DF | | Gledis Shkreli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 90 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 116 |
Last updated: 17 November 2015