# 2015–16 KF Skënderbeu Korçë season

The 2015–16 season was Skënderbeu Korçë's sixth season competing in the Kategoria Superiore, having won five consecutive titles in the last five years. It covered a period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.
The 2015–16 season was one of the greatest campaigns in the history of Skënderbeu Korçë. The club retained the championship for the fifth consecutive season and become the first Albanian club to reach group stage of an UEFA club competition.

## Season overview

By eliminating Milsami Orhei in the third qualifying round of 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, Skenderbeu become first Albanian club to reach Champions League play-off.

## Players

    As of 26 November 2015
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 | ALB | Orges Shehi (vice-captain) |
| 3 | DF | ALB | Renato Arapi |
| 4 | DF | ALB | Bruno Lulaj |
| 5 | DF | KOS | Bajram Jashanica |
| 6 | MF | ALB | Bekim Dema |
| 7 | MF | ALB | Gerhard Progni |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Bakary Nimaga |
| 10 | MF | ALB | Bledi Shkëmbi (captain) |
| 11 | MF | KOS | Leonit Abazi |
| 12 | GK | ALB | Erjon Llapanji |
| 14 | FW | ALB | Hamdi Salihi |
| 17 | FW | BUL | Ventsislav Hristov |
| 19 | DF | ALB | Tefik Osmani |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Ademir |
| 21 | FW | ALB | Arbër Abilaliaj |
| 23 | MF | KOS | Bernard Berisha |
| 25 | MF | KOS | Bujar Shabani |
| 27 | MF | ALB | Liridon Latifi |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Esquerdinha |
| 32 | DF | ALB | Kristi Vangjeli |
| 33 | DF | CRO | Marko Radaš |
| 87 | MF | BRA | Djair |
| 88 | MF | ALB | Sabjen Lilaj |
| 93 | GK | POL | Jacek Deniz Troshupa |
| 99 | FW | NGA | Peter Olayinka |
* Italics players who left the team during the season.
* Bold players who came in the team during the season.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| 13 June 2015 | MF | Bekim Dema | 22 | Vllaznia Shkodër | Free |
| 13 June 2015 | FW | Mateus Lima | 22 | Operário Ferroviário | Free |
| 17 June 2015 | MF | Rômulo | 23 | Paulista FC | Free |
| 1 June 2015 | FW | Arbër Abilaliaj | 28 | Flamurtari Vlorë | Free |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 1 June 2015 | FW | Aco Stojkov | 32 | FK Vardar | Free | |
| 1 June 2015 | FW | Dhiego Martins | 26 | Free agent | Free | |

## Competitions
### Albanian Supercup
### Kategoria Superiore
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Skënderbeu (C) | 36 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 73 | 27 | +46 | 79 | |
| 2 | Partizani | 36 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 51 | 21 | +30 | 74 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Kukësi | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 25 | +16 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Teuta | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Tirana | 36 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 53 | |
* ↑ Skënderbeu would have qualified for the Champions League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for match-fixing.
* 1 2 Kukësi ahead of Teuta on head-to-head record; Kukësi–Teuta 3–0, Teuta–Kukësi 1–0, Kukësi–Teuta 2–2, Teuta–Kukësi 0–0.
* ↑ Kukësi qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 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: 18 May 2016. 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LMO | SPO | BES | SKE |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–3 | — | 3–1 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Skënderbeu | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 | | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | — |