# 2021–22 Kategoria e Dytë

The 2021-22 Kategoria e Dytë was the 50th official season of the Albanian football third division since its establishment. There were 24 teams competing this season, split in 2 groups. The winners of the groups played the league's final against each other and also gained promotion to the 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë. Teams ranked from the 2nd to the 5th position qualified to the play-off round which they played against the 11th and 12th ranked teams in the 2021–22 Kategoria e Parë. Flamurtari, Luzi 2008 and Oriku were promoted to the 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë. Flamurtari won their first Kategoria e Dytë title after beating Luzi 2008 in the final match.

## Changes from last season
### Team changes
#### From Kategoria e Dytë

Promoted to Kategoria e Parë:
* Butrinti
* Maliqi
* Shkumbini
* Tërbuni
Relegated to Kategoria e Tretë:
* Delvina
* Skrapari
* Valbona

#### To Kategoria e Dytë

Relegated from Kategoria e Parë:
* Elbasani
* Flamurtari
* Oriku
* Veleçiku
Promoted from Kategoria e Tretë:
* Luftëtari
* Murlani

### Stadia by capacity and locations
#### Group A

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Ada | Velipojë | Adriatik Velipojë | 1,200 |
| Bulqiza | Bulqizë | National Sports Centre | 50 |
| Elbasani | Elbasan | Internacional Complex | 1,000 |
| Gramshi | Gramsh | Mislim Koçi Stadium | 1,500 |
| Iliria | Fushë-Krujë | Redi Maloku Stadium | 3,000 |
| Internacional Tirana | Tirana | Internacional Complex | 1,000 |
| Klosi | Klos | Various | |
| Luzi 2008 | Luz i Vogël | Luz i Vogël Stadium | 600 |
| Murlani | Vau i Dejës | Barbullush Stadium | |
| Oriku | Orikum | Orikum Stadium | |
| Shënkolli | Shënkoll | Shënkoll Stadium | 500 |
| Veleçiku | Koplik | Kompleksi Vellezërit Duli | 2,000 |

#### Group B

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Albpetrol | Patos | Alush Noga Stadium | 2,150 |
| Devolli | Bilisht | Bilisht Stadium | 3,000 |
| Flamurtari | Vlorë | Flamurtari Stadium | 8,200 |
| Gramozi | Ersekë | Ersekë Stadium | 2,000 |
| Këlcyra | Këlcyrë | Këlcyrë Stadium | 1,000 |
| Labëria | Vlorë | Labëria Complex | |
| Luftëtari | Gjirokastër | Gjirokastra Stadium | 8,400 |
| Memaliaj | Memaliaj | Karafil Çaushi Stadium | 1,500 |
| Naftëtari | Kuçovë | Bashkim Sulejmani Stadium | 5,000 |
| Përmeti | Përmet | Durim Qypi Stadium | 4,000 |
| Sopoti | Librazhd | Sopoti Stadium | 3,000 |
| Tepelena | Tepelenë | Sabaudin Shehu Stadium | 2,000 |

## League standings
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Luzi 2008 (P) | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 67 | 13 | +54 | 53 | Promotion to 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë |
| 2 | Oriku (O, P) | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 61 | 11 | +50 | 53 | Play-off promotion to 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë |
| 3 | Veleçiku | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 61 | 13 | +48 | 51 | Play-off promotion to 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë |
| 4 | Gramshi | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 38 | Play-off promotion to 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë |
| 5 | Murlani | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 48 | 25 | +23 | 35 | Play-off promotion to 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë |
| 6 | Iliria | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 31 | |
| 7 | Elbasani (D) | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 28 | Dissolved after the season |
| 8 | Shënkolli | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 25 | |
| 9 | Bulqiza | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 63 | −30 | 24 | |
| 10 | Ada (O) | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 19 | Play-off relegation to 2022–23 Kategoria e Tretë |
| 11 | Klosi (R) | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 45 | −24 | 16 | Relegation to 2022–23 Kategoria e Tretë |
| 12 | Internacional Tirana (R) | 22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 97 | −82 | 0 | Relegation to 2022–23 Kategoria e Tretë |
* ↑ Internacional was deducted 3 points after failing to show up in an away match against Klosi.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ADA | BUL | ELB | GRA | ILI | INT | KLO | LUZ | MUR | ORI | SHË | VEL |
| Ada | — | 2–1 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Bulqiza | 5–2 | — | 1–7 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–15 |
| Elbasani | 1–0 | 1–3 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 2–0 |
| Gramshi | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Iliria | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Internacional | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — | 1–4 | 1–15 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–7 |
| Klosi | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | — | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| Luzi 2008 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 0–0 |
| Murlani | 0–2 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 |
| Oriku | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 8–0 | 2–0 | 8–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Shënkolli | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | — | 3–0 |
| Veleçiku | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Flamurtari (C, P) | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 7 | +50 | 58 | Promotion to 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë |
| 2 | Labëria | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 17 | +43 | 54 | Play-off promotion to 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë |
| 3 | Devolli | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 14 | +22 | 46 | Play-off promotion to 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë |
| 4 | Sopoti | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 44 | Play-off promotion to 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë |
| 5 | Albpetrol | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 28 | Play-off promotion to 2022–23 Kategoria e Parë |
| 6 | Tepelena | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 27 | |
| 7 | Naftëtari | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 22 | |
| 8 | Memaliaj | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 59 | −37 | 22 | |
| 9 | Luftëtari | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 21 | |
| 10 | Gramozi (R) | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 35 | −19 | 20 | Play-off relegation to 2022–23 Kategoria e Tretë |
| 11 | Përmeti (R) | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 42 | −25 | 19 | Relegation to 2022–23 Kategoria e Tretë |
| 12 | Këlcyra (R) | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 46 | −28 | 14 | Relegation to 2022–23 Kategoria e Tretë |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ALB | DEV | FLA | GRM | KËL | LAB | LUF | MEM | NAF | PËR | SOP | TEP |
| Albpetrol | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Devolli | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Flamurtari | 4–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Gramozi | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Këlcyra | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Labëria | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | — | 4–2 | 7–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Luftëtari | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | — | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Memaliaj | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 4–3 |
| Naftëtari | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Përmeti | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Sopoti | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 7–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | — | 4–0 |
| Tepelena | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | — |

## Group A Promotion play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Oriku | 2 |
| Murlani | 0 | | |
| Murlani | 0 | Oriku | 1 |
| | | Veleçiku | 0 |
| Veleçiku | w/o | Veleçiku | 0 |
| Gramshi | | | |
Notes
* ^ Veleçiku won on walkover as Gramshi was banned to participate in the play-offs by the federation due to match fixing allegations.

## Final

Oriku qualified to the final play-off match.

## Group B Promotion play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Labëria | 2 |
| Albpetrol | 0 | | |
| Albpetrol | 0 | Labëria | 0 (3) |
| | | Devolli (a.e.t.) | 0 (4) |
| Devolli | 0 | Devolli (a.e.t.) | 0 (4) |
| Sopoti | 0 | | |

## Semi-finals

Devolli qualified to the final as the team with the higher ranking.

## Final

Devolli qualified to the final play-off match.

## Relegation play-offs

Gramozi was relegated to Kategoria e Tretë, while Delvina was promoted to Kategoria e Dytë.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ervis Kongjini | Oriku | 26 |
| 2 | Anton Lleshi | Shënkolli | 21 |
| 2 | Eriol Merdini | Luzi 2008 | 21 |
| 4 | Aleksandër Dalanaj | Labëria | 18 |
| 4 | Artur Sejdini | Sopoti | 18 |
| 6 | Gersi Diamanti | Flamurtari | 16 |