The 2024–25 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) is the seventy-third season of Albania's annual cup competition, the Albanian Cup. There are 42 participating teams. The winners will qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League first qualifying round.
Participating teams
Format and seeding
Teams will enter the competition at various stages, as follows:
- First phase (one-legged fixtures)
- Preliminary round: four teams from Kategoria e Dytë will start the tournament
- Round of 64: the two winners will be joined by 14 Kategoria e Dytë teams, 12 Kategoria e Parë teams, and 2 teams from Kategoria Superiore
- Round of 32: the 16 winners will face each other
- Second phase
- Round of 16 (one-legged): the eight winners will be joined by Kategoria Superiore clubs, seeded 1–8
- Quarter-finals (two-legged): the eight winners will face each other
- Semi-finals (two-legged): the four winners will face each other
- Final (one-legged): the two winners will face each other
Round dates
Preliminary round
A total of four teams from Kategoria e Dytë competed in this round, two of which advanced.
Naftëtari advanced to the round of 64.
Albanët advanced to the round of 64.
Round of 64
A total of 32 teams (2 winners from the preliminary round, 14 teams from Kategoria e Dytë, 12 teams from Kategoria e Parë and 2 Kategoria Superiore teams) competed in this round, 16 of which advanced to the second round.
Erzeni advanced to the round of 32.
Kukësi advanced to the round of 32.
Elbasani advanced to the round of 32.
Bylis advanced to the round of 32.
Flamurtari advanced to the round of 32.
Apolonia advanced to the round of 32.
Vora advanced to the round of 32.
Korabi advanced to the round of 32.
Kastrioti advanced to the round of 32.
Oriku advanced to the round of 32.
Burreli advanced to the round of 32.
Besa advanced to the round of 32.
Luzi 2008 advanced to the round of 32.
Iliria advanced to the round of 32.
Pogradeci advanced to the round of 32.
Valbona advanced to the round of 32.
Round of 32
The 16 winning teams from the first round competed in the second round, 8 of which advanced to the round of 16.
Erzeni advanced to the round of 16.
Kukësi advanced to the round of 16.
Elbasani advanced to the round of 16.
Bylis advanced to the round of 16.
Besa advanced to the round of 16.
Vora advanced to the round of 16.
Apolonia advanced to the round of 16.
Kastrioti advanced to the round of 16.
Bracket
Round of 16
The round of 16 matches were played between the eight winners from the second round and clubs seeded 1–8 in the 2023–24 Kategoria Superiore.
Dinamo City advanced to the quarter finals.
Elbasani advanced to the quarter finals.
Vllaznia advanced to the quarter finals.
Partizani advanced to the quarter finals.
Laçi advanced to the quarter finals.
Bylis advanced to the quarter finals.
Skënderbeu advanced to the quarter finals.
Egnatia advanced to the quarter finals.
Quarter-finals
The quarter-final matches were played between clubs advancing from the round of 16.
Egnatia advanced to the semi finals.
Vllaznia advanced to the semi finals.
Partizani advanced to the semi finals.
Dinamo City advanced to the semi finals.
Semi-finals
The two-legged semi-finals will be played between clubs advancing from the quarter-finals.
Top goalscorers
References
Notes
External links
- Official website
