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	GK	Orges Shehi (vice-captain)
3	DF	Renato Arapi
4	DF	Bruno Lulaj
5	DF	Bajram Jashanica
6	MF	Bekim Dema
7	MF	Gerhard Progni
8	MF	Bakary Nimaga
10	MF	Bledi Shkëmbi (captain)
11	MF	Leonit Abazi
12	GK	Erjon Llapanji
14	FW	Hamdi Salihi
17	FW	Ventsislav Hristov
19	DF	Tefik Osmani

No.	Position	Player
20	DF	Ademir
21	FW	Arbër Abilaliaj
23	MF	Bernard Berisha
25	MF	Bujar Shabani
27	MF	Liridon Latifi
30	MF	Esquerdinha
32	DF	Kristi Vangjeli
33	DF	Marko Radaš
87	MF	Djair
88	MF	Sabjen Lilaj
93	GK	Deniz Troshupa
99	FW	Peter Olayinka

Italics players who left the team during the season.
Bold players who came in the team during the season.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee
000000002015-06-13-000013 June 2015	c MF	Dema, BekimBekim Dema	22	Vllaznia Shkodër	Free
000000002015-06-13-000013 June 2015	c FW	Mateus Lima	22	Operário Ferroviário	Free
000000002015-06-17-000017 June 2015	c MF	Rômulo	23	Paulista FC	Free
000000002015-06-01-00001 June 2015	c FW	Abilaliaj, ArbërArbër Abilaliaj	28	Flamurtari Vlorë	Free

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes
000000002015-06-01-00001 June 2015	c FW	Stojkov, AcoAco Stojkov	32	FK Vardar	Free
000000002015-06-01-00001 June 2015	c FW	Dhiego Martins	26	Free agent	Free

Pre-season and friendlies

16 June 2015 Friendly	Skënderbeu Korçë	2–1	FC Botoșani	Flachau, Austria
16:00 CET	Mateus Lima 29' Patache 39' (o.g.)		Batin 45'

20 June 2015 Friendly	Spartak Trnava	1–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	Flachau, Austria
16:00 CET	Sabo 74'

24 June 2015 Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	4–1	Skënderbeu Korçë	Flachau, Austria
17:00 CET	Herghelegiu 12' Curelea 68', 85' 71' Băluță		Abilaliaj 41'

27 June 2015 Friendly	LASK Linz	1–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	Flachau, Austria
16:00 CET	Dovedan 64'

30 June 2015 Friendly	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	Going am Wilden Kaiser, Austria
18:00 CET	Marlos 37', 46'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wilder Kaiser Referee: Mirko Ostojic

1 July 2015 Friendly	MSV Duisburg	1–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
18:00 CET	Dausch 4'	Report

6 July 2015 Friendly	Dynamo Kiev	3–0	Skënderbeu Korçë	Jenbach, Austria
18:30 CET	Sydorchuk 48' Buyalskyi 70' Kravets 88'	report		Attendance: 150

Competitions

Albanian Supercup

Main article: 2015 Albanian Supercup

12 August 2015 Final	Skënderbeu Korçë	2–2 (aet) (7–8 p)	Laçi	Tiranë, Albania
20:00 CET	Dema 10' Salihi 65', 75' Arapi 87'	Report	Adeniyi 11' (pen.), 51' Sefgjinaj 16' Buljan 95' Bardhi 97'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Andi Koçi
		Penalties
	Shkëmbi Salihi Berisha Lilaj Hristov Progni Lulaj		Buljan Sefgjinaj Veliaj Çela Mustafa Nimani Gocaj Bardhi

Albanian Superliga

Main article: 2015–16 Albanian Superliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Skënderbeu Korçë	21	16	1	4	45	16	+29	49	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Partizani Tirana	21	13	6	2	29	13	+16	45	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Tirana	21	10	8	3	26	11	+15	38	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
4	Teuta Durrës	21	10	4	7	24	19	+5	34
5	Kukësi	21	9	5	7	23	18	+5	32

Updated to match(es) played on 13 February 2016. 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.^[3]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H
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

1		v

Albanian Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Albanian Cup

First round		v

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

21 July 2015 First leg	Skënderbeu Korçë	4 – 1	Crusaders FC	Korçë, Albania
20:00 CET	Nimaga 15' Salihi 34', 83' Berisha 76'	Report	Owens 48'	Stadium: Skënderbeu Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

21 July 2015 Second leg	Crusaders FC	3 – 2 (6 – 4 agg.)	Skënderbeu Korçë	Belfast, Northern Ireland
19:45 CET	O'Flynn 50' Snoddy 90+2' Mitchell 90+3'	Report	Berisha 69' Latifi 77'	Stadium: Seaview Attendance: 1,548 Referee: Christos Nicolaides (Cyprus)

Third qualifying round

28 July 2015 First leg	Milsami Orhei	0 – 2	Skënderbeu Korçë	Chișinău, Moldova
19:00 CET		report	Salihi 49', 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 7,227 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

5 August 2015 Second leg	Skënderbeu Korçë	2 – 0 (4 – 0 agg.)	Milsami Orhei	Elbasan, Albania
20:45 CET	Salihi 16' Progni 55'	report		Stadium: Elbasan Arena Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portgual)

Play-off round

19 August 2015 First leg	Skënderbeu Korçë	1 – 2	Dinamo Zagreb	Elbasan, Albania
20:45 CET				Stadium: Elbasan Arena

25 August 2015 Second leg	Dinamo Zagreb	4 – 1 (2 – 6 agg.)	Skënderbeu Korçë	Zagreb, Croatia
20:45 CET				Stadium: Stadion Maksimir

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LOK	SCP	BES	SKE
1	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	3	2	1	12	7	+5	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–4	1–1	2–0
2	Sporting CP	6	3	1	2	14	11	+3	10	Advance to knockout phase	1–3	—	3–1	5–1
3	Beşiktaş	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9		1–1	1–1	—	2–0
4	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

↑ "Skenderbeu becomes first Albanian club to reach Champions League play-off". Tirana Times. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
↑ "2015–16 KF Skënderbeu Korçë". Football Database. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
↑ "Superliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

2015–16 in Albanian football

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Domestic leagues

Domestic cups

Albanian Cup
- Final
Albanian Supercup

International club
competitions

Men	Champions League Europa League

Women	Champions League

National teams

Men	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group G

Club seasons

Albanian Superliga

Bylis Ballsh
Flamurtari Vlorë
Kukësi
Laçi
Partizani
Skënderbeu Korçë
Tërbuni Pukë
Teuta Durrës
KF Tirana
Vllaznia Shkodër

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