2015–16 KF Skënderbeu Korçë season

Skënderbeu Korçë
2015–16 season
President Ardian Takaj
Head coach Mirel Josa
Stadium Skënderbeu Stadium, Korçë
Albanian Superliga TBD
Albanian Cup TBD
UEFA Champions League play-off
Albanian Supercup runners-up
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2014–15

The 2015–16 season is Skënderbeu Korçë's sixth season competing in the Albanian Superliga, having won five consecutive titles in the last five years.

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.[1]

Players

As of 26 November 2015[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Albania GK Orges Shehi (vice-captain)
3 Albania DF Renato Arapi
4 Albania DF Bruno Lulaj
5 Kosovo DF Bajram Jashanica
6 Albania MF Bekim Dema
7 Albania MF Gerhard Progni
8 Mali MF Bakary Nimaga
10 Albania MF Bledi Shkëmbi (captain)
11 Kosovo MF Leonit Abazi
12 Albania GK Erjon Llapanji
14 Albania FW Hamdi Salihi
17 Bulgaria FW Ventsislav Hristov
19 Albania DF Tefik Osmani
No. Position Player
20 Brazil DF Ademir
21 Albania FW Arbër Abilaliaj
23 Kosovo MF Bernard Berisha
25 Kosovo MF Bujar Shabani
27 Albania MF Liridon Latifi
30 Brazil MF Esquerdinha
32 Albania DF Kristi Vangjeli
33 Croatia DF Marko Radaš
87 Brazil MF Djair
88 Albania MF Sabjen Lilaj
93 Poland GK Deniz Troshupa
99 Nigeria FW Peter Olayinka

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes
13 June 2015 c MF Albania Dema, BekimBekim Dema 22 Albania Vllaznia Shkodër Free
13 June 2015 c FW Brazil Mateus Lima 22 Brazil Operário Ferroviário Free
17 June 2015 c MF Brazil Rômulo 23 Brazil Paulista FC Free
1 June 2015 c FW Albania Abilaliaj, ArbërArbër Abilaliaj 28 Albania Flamurtari Vlorë Free

Out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes
1 June 2015 c FW Republic of Macedonia Stojkov, AcoAco Stojkov 32 Republic of Macedonia FK Vardar Free
1 June 2015 c FW Brazil Dhiego Martins 26 Free agent Free

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Albanian Supercup

Albanian Superliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Skënderbeu Korçë[lower-alpha 1] (C) 36 25 4 7 73 27 +46 79
2 Partizani Tirana 36 21 11 4 51 21 +30 74 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Kukësi 36 18 9 9 41 25 +16 63[lower-alpha 2] Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 3]
4 Teuta Durrës 36 18 9 9 43 28 +15 63[lower-alpha 2]
5 Tirana 36 13 14 9 37 25 +12 53
Source: Albanian Football Association, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.[5]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Skënderbeu Korçë 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.[3][4]
  2. 1 2 Kukësi ahead of Teuta Durrës on head-to-head record; Kukësi–Teuta Durrës 3–0, Teuta Durrës–Kukësi 1–0, Kukësi–Teuta Durrës 2–2, Teuta Durrës–Kukësi 0–0.
  3. ↑ Kukësi qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Albanian Cup.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAAHAAHAHHAHAHH                     
Result W W W W W W D L W W L W W W W                                          
Position 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2                                          

Last updated: 7 December 2015.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Albanian Cup

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LOK SCP BES SKE
1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 6 3 2 1 12 7 +5 11 Advance to knockout phase — 2–4 1–1 2–0
2 Portugal Sporting CP 6 3 1 2 14 11 +3 10 1–3 — 3–1 5–1
3 Turkey Beşiktaş 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 9 1–1 1–1 — 2–0
4 Albania Skënderbeu Korçë 6 1 0 5 4 13 −9 3 0–3 3–0 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

References

  1. ↑ "Skenderbeu becomes first Albanian club to reach Champions League play-off". Tirana Times. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "2015–16 KF Skënderbeu Korçë". Football Database. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "UEFA pezullon padrejtësisht Skëndërbeun nga Europa për sezonin 2016- 2017" [UEFA unfairly suspending Skënderbeu from Europe for the 2016–2017 season]. kfskenderbeu.al. Skënderbeu Korçë. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Albania's KF Skenderbeu banned from Europe for match-fixing". espnfc.com. ESPN FC. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Superliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
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