# 2021–22 Kategoria e Parë

The 2021–22 Kategoria e Parë was the 74th official season of the Albanian football second-tier since its establishment. The season began on 11 September 2021 and ended on 7 May 2022. There were 16 teams competing this season. The winning and runner-up teams gained promotion to the 2022-23 Kategoria Superiore. The promotion play-offs winner played a promotion play-off match against the 8th ranked team of the 2021–22 Kategoria Superiore. Bylis and Erzeni were promoted to the 2022–23 Kategoria Superiore. Butrinti, Maliqi, Pogradeci, Shkumbini and Vora were relegated to the 2022–23 Kategoria e Dytë.

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

Promoted to Kategoria Superiore:
* Dinamo Tirana
* Egnatia
Relegated to Kategoria e Dytë:
* Elbasani
* Flamurtari
* Oriku
* Partizani B
* Veleçiku

#### To Kategoria e Parë

Relegated from Kategoria Superiore:
* Apolonia
* Bylis
Promoted from Kategoria e Dytë:
* Butrinti
* Maliqi
* Shkumbini
* Tërbuni

## Locations
### Stadia by capacity and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Apolonia | Fier | Loni Papuçiu Stadium | 6,800 |
| Besa | Kavajë | Luz i Vogël Stadium | 600 |
| Besëlidhja | Lezhë | Brian Filipi Stadium | 5,000 |
| Burreli | Burrel | Liri Ballabani Stadium | 3,000 |
| Butrinti | Sarandë | Andon Lapa Stadium | 5,500 |
| Bylis | Ballsh | Adush Muça Stadium | 5,200 |
| Erzeni | Shijak | Tofik Jashari Stadium | 4,000 |
| Korabi | Peshkopi | Korabi Stadium | 6,000 |
| Lushnja | Lushnjë | Roza Haxhiu Stadium | 8,500 |
| Maliqi | Maliq | Skënderbeu Stadium | 12,343 |
| Pogradeci | Pogradec | Gjorgji Kyçyku Stadium | 10,700 |
| Shkumbini | Peqin | Shkumbini Stadium | 9,000 |
| Tërbuni | Pukë | Ismail Xhemali Stadium | 1,950 |
| Tomori | Berat | Tomori Stadium | 17,890 |
| Turbina | Cërrik | Nexhip Trungu Stadium | 6,600 |
| Vora | Vorë | Internacional Complex | 1,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Bylis (C, P) | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 18 | +33 | 69 | Promotion to 2022–23 Kategoria Superiore |
| 2 | Erzeni (P) | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 18 | +39 | 67 | Promotion to 2022–23 Kategoria Superiore |
| 3 | Korabi | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 59 | Promotion play-off to 2022–23 Kategoria Superiore |
| 4 | Apolonia | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 51 | Promotion play-off to 2022–23 Kategoria Superiore |
| 5 | Tërbuni | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 47 | Promotion play-off to 2022–23 Kategoria Superiore |
| 6 | Tomori | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 44 | Promotion play-off to 2022–23 Kategoria Superiore |
| 7 | Lushnja | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 42 | |
| 8 | Burreli | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 41 | |
| 9 | Besa | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 40 | |
| 10 | Besëlidhja | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 39 | |
| 11 | Pogradeci (R) | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 38 | Relegation play-out to 2022–23 Kategoria e Dytë |
| 12 | Turbina (O) | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 37 | Relegation play-out to 2022–23 Kategoria e Dytë |
| 13 | Butrinti (R) | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 34 | Relegation to 2022–23 Kategoria e Dytë |
| 14 | Maliqi (R) | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 32 | 62 | −30 | 23 | Relegation to 2022–23 Kategoria e Dytë |
| 15 | Vora (R) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 21 | Relegation to 2022–23 Kategoria e Dytë |
| 16 | Shkumbini (R) | 30 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 30 | 76 | −46 | 18 | Relegation to 2022–23 Kategoria e Dytë |

### Results

| Home \ Away | APO | BES | BSË | BUR | BUT | BYL | ERZ | KOR | LUS | MAL | POG | SHK | TËR | TOM | TUR | VOR |
| Apolonia | — | 2–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 |
| Besa | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Besëlidhja | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–5 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Burreli | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Butrinti | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Bylis | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Erzeni | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Korabi | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Lushnja | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Maliqi | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Pogradeci | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | — | 6–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Shkumbini | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Tërbuni | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Tomori | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Turbina | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | — | 2–0 |
| Vora | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — |

### Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
| Team ╲ 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 |
| Apolonia | 12 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Besa | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
| Besëlidhja | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| Burreli | 8 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Butrinti | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Bylis | 1 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Erzeni | 7 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Korabi | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Lushnja | 15 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Maliqi | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| Pogradeci | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
| Shkumbini | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Tërbuni | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Tomori | 16 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Turbina | 10 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Vora | 11 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
* Leader and promotion to 2022−23 Kategoria Superiore
* Promotion to 2022−23 Kategoria Superiore
* Promotion play-off
* Relegation play-off
* Relegation to 2022–23 Kategoria e Dytë

## Promotion play-offs
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Korabi | 1 |
| Tomori | 0 | | |
| Tomori | 0 | Korabi | 3 |
| | | Apolonia | 2 |
| Apolonia | 1 | Apolonia | 2 |
| Tërbuni | 0 | | |

### Final

Korabi qualified to the final play-off match.

## Relegation play-offs

Pogradeci was relegated to Kategoria e Dytë, while Oriku was promoted to Kategoria e Parë.
Both teams remained in their respective leagues.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Eridon Qardaku | Bylis | 20 |
| 2 | Redon Danaj | Besëlidhja | 17 |
| 3 | Aldrit Oshafi | Tomori | 15 |
| 3 | Jasmin Raboshta | Erzeni | 15 |
| 5 | Taulant Marku | Korabi | 13 |
| 6 | Chinonso Onuh | Butrinti/Shkumbini | 12 |
| 6 | Ersil Ymeri | Erzeni | 12 |