1997–98 Albanian Cup

1997–98 Albanian Cup

Country	Albania
Champions	KS Apolonia
Runners-up	KS Lushnja
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1997–98 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the forty-sixth season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began on August 1997 with the First Round and ended on June 1998 with the Final match. The winners of the competition qualified for the 1998–99 first round of the UEFA Cup. KF Partizani were the defending champions, having won their fourteenth Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by KS Apolonia.^[1]

The 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 1997*

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Egnatia	3-3	Flamurtari	3-3	-
Kastrioti	0-3	Tirana	0-3	-
Burreli	2-3	Vllaznia	2-3	-
Albpetrol	0-3	Apolonia	0-3	-
Albanët	0-3	Partizani	0-3	-
Memaliaj	0-0	Shkumbini	0-0	-
Durrësi	1-2	Laci	1-2	-
Përmeti	2-1	Lushnja	2-1	-
Cërriku	2-2	Besa	2-2	-
Erzeni	0-0	Teuta	0-0	-
Skënderbeu	1-0	Sopoti	1-0	-
Naftëtari	0-0	Tomori	0-0	-
Pogradeci	-	Elbasani	-	-
Tepelena	3-1	Bylis	3-1	-
Butrinti	-	Shqiponja/Luftëtari	-	-
Besëlidhja	0-2	Dinamo	0-2	-

• Some results are unknown

Second round

All sixteen teams of the 1996–97 Superliga and First Division entered in this round. First and second legs were played on January 1998.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Teuta	1-4	Partizani	1-1	0-3
Shqiponja/Luftëtari	2-6	Lushnja	1-0	1-6
Tomori	1-4	Laci	1-2	0-2
Elbasani	2-1	Shkumbini	2-0	0-1
Dinamo	2-3	Apolonia	0-2	2-1
Bylis	2-7	Vllaznia	1-2	1-5
Skënderbeu	5-5(5-6p)	Flamurtari	4-1	1-4
Besa	2-3	Tirana	2-3	0-0

Quarter Finals

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
KF Partizani	1-1	KS Vllaznia	1-1	0-0
KF Laci	2-1	KF Tirana	2-1	0-0
KS Lushnja	7-4	KS Flamurtari	5-2	2-2
KS Elbasani	4-5	KS Apolonia	4-1	0-4

Semifinals

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
KS Vllaznia	3-5	KS Lushnja	3-0	0-5
KF Laci	1-2	KS Apolonia	1-0	0-2

Final

KS Apolonia v KS Lushnja

6 June 1998 17:00

KS Apolonia	1 – 0	KS Lushnja

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tiranë Attendance: 10.000

References

1. RSSSF Albanian Cup

External links

• Official website (Albanian)