1996–97 Albanian Cup

1996–97 Albanian Cup
Country  Albania
Champions KF Partizani
Runners-up KS Flamurtari

1996–97 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the forty-fifth season of Albania's annual cup competition. The football competition began on August 1996 with the First Round and ended on May 1997 with the Final match. The winners of the competition qualified for the 1997-98 first round of the UEFA Cup. KF Tirana were the defending champions, having won their ninth Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by KF Partizani.[1]

Except of semifinals, other rounds were played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregated score was tied after both games, the team with the higher number of away goals advanced. If the number of away goals was equal in both games, the match was decided by extra time and a penalty shootout, if necessary.

First Round

Games were played on August & September 1996*

Second round

All sixteen teams of the 1995–96 Superliga and First Division entered in this round. First and second legs were played on January 1997.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Albpetrol 1-4 Besa 0-3 1-1
Elbasani 3-4 Olimpik/Dinamo 3-2 0-2
Laci 2-2 Apolonia 2-1 0-1
Lushnja 1-0 Tirana 0-0 1-0
Luftëtari 1-1(4-5p) Partizani 1-0 0-1
Skënderbeu 1-2 Teuta 1-0 0-2
Tomori 2-6 Flamurtari 2-2 0-4
Vllaznia 4-3 Albania Tabak/Sopoti 3-1 1-2

Quarter Finals

In this round entered the 8 winners from the previous round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
KS Apolonia 1-1 Dinamo 1-1 0-0
KS Besa 3-3 KS Flamurtari 3-2 0-1
KS Lushnja 1-0 KS Teuta 1-0 0-0
KS Vllaznia 2-3 KF Partizani 2-0 0-3

Semifinals

In this round entered the four winners from the previous round.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Dinamo 0-2 KS Flamurtari
KF Partizani 2-1 KS Lushnja

Final

June 1997
16:00
KF Partizani 2 – 2 KS Flamurtari
  Penalties  
4 - 3
Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tiranë
Attendance: 2,000

References

  1. ↑ RSSSF Albanian Cup

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