2019–20 Football Superleague of Kosovo

Football Superleague of Kosovo

Season	2019–20
Dates	17 August 2019 – 26 July 2020
Champions	Drita
Relegated	Flamurtari Vushtrria Dukagjini Ferizaj
Champions League	Drita
Europa League	Gjilani Prishtina
Matches played	192
Goals scored	548 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Blendi Baftiu (19 goals)[1]
Biggest home win	Prishtina 8–1 Ferizaj (7 June 2020)
Biggest away win	Flamurtari 1–5 Llapi (23 September 2019)
Highest scoring	Prishtina 8–1 Ferizaj (7 June 2020) Trepca 89 5–4 Llapi (18 July 2020)
Longest winning run	Drita (8 matches)[2]
Longest unbeaten run	Gjilani Ballkani (10 matches)[2]
Longest winless run	Dukagjini (19 matches)[2]
Longest losing run	Dukagjini (8 matches)[2]
Highest attendance	9,000[3] Prishtina 0–0 Ballkani (29 February 2020)
← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 23 July 2020.

The 2019–20 Football Superleague of Kosovo season, also known as the IPKO Superleague of Kosovo (Albanian: IPKO Superliga e Kosovës) for sponsorship reasons with IPKO was the 21st[a] season of top-tier football in Kosovo. The season began on 17 August 2019 and will end on 26 July 2020. A total of 12 teams are competing in the league: ten teams from the 2018–19 season and two teams from the 2018–19 First Football League of Kosovo. Feronikeli are the defending champions from the previous season.

After UEFA permission Kosovo will be represented with 3 teams in European competitions,[4] Superleague winner will take part in Champions League while domestic league runners-up and domestic cup winner will take part in Europa League.

The Football Federation of Kosovo has also announced that the current season will be the last season with 12 teams.[5] 4 teams will be relegated to First Football League of Kosovo and 2 teams from First Football League of Kosovo will be promoted to Superleague of Kosovo to complete the 10 teams for the 2020–21 season.

Teams and stadiums

Ballkani

Drenica

Dukagjini

Ferizaj

Feronikeli

Gjilan

Llapi

Prishtina

Trepça'89

Vushtrria

Pristina clubs:

Prishtina
Flamurtari

Gjilan clubs:

Gjilani
Drita

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Locations of the 2019–20 Football Superleague of Kosovo teams

Liria and KEK were relegated after finishing the previous season in eleventh and twelfth-place respectively. They will be replaced by the champions and runners-up of the 2018–19 First League, Vushtrria and Dukagjini respectively.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Club	Town	Stadium and capacity[6]		UEFA license[7]
Ballkani	Suva Reka	Suva Reka City Stadium	1,500
Drenica	Skenderaj	Bajram Aliu Stadium	3,000
Drita	Gjilan	Gjilan City Stadium[b]	15,000
Dukagjini	Klina	18 June Stadium	2,000
Ferizaj	Ferizaj	Ferizaj Synthetic Grass Stadium	1,500
Feronikeli	Drenas	Rexhep Rexhepi Stadium	2,000
Flamurtari	Pristina	Xhemail Ibishi Stadium	5,000
Gjilani	Gjilan	Gjilan City Stadium[b]	15,000
Llapi	Podujevo	Zahir Pajaziti Stadium	10,000
Prishtina	Pristina	Fadil Vokrri Stadium	13,000
Trepça'89	Mitrovica	Riza Lushta Stadium	12,000
Vushtrria	Vushtrri	Ferki Aliu Stadium	6,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Drita (C)	33	21	5	7	57	23	+34	68	Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round
2	Gjilani	33	21	5	7	61	27	+34	68	Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round
3	Ballkani	33	19	10	4	59	25	+34	67
4	Prishtina	33	18	8	7	59	25	+34	62	Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round[a]
5	Feronikeli	33	14	5	14	50	40	+10	47
6	Llapi	33	13	6	14	51	62	−11	45
7	Trepça '89	33	12	8	13	55	55	0	44
8	Drenica	33	12	8	13	39	40	−1	44
9	Flamurtari (R)	33	12	7	14	42	56	−14	43	Relegation to the First Football League of Kosovo
10	Ferizaj (R)	33	9	2	22	34	70	−36	29
11	Vushtrria (R)	33	5	6	22	34	76	−42	21
12	Dukagjini (R)	33	5	4	24	27	69	−42	19

Source: Football Federation of Kosovo (in Albanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Prishtina qualified for the Europa League preliminary round by winning the 2019–20 Kosovar Cup.

Results

Each team plays three times against every opponent (either twice at home and once away or once at home and twice away) for a total of 33 games played each.

Matches 1–22

Home \ Away	BAL	DRE	DRI	DUK	FZJ	FRN	FLA	GJI	LLA	PRI	T89	VUS
Ballkani	—	3–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	5–2
Drenica	0–1	—	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–0	3–1	0–2	3–0	1–3	3–2	3–0
Drita	2–0	4–1	—	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	5–1
Dukagjini	0–0	1–3	0–4	—	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–4	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0
Ferizaj	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–0	—	1–1	1–0	0–3	2–0	0–2	4–0	0–1
Feronikeli	0–2	4–1	0–0	4–2	5–0	—	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–0
Flamurtari	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	—	1–4	1–5	1–1	4–3	2–0
Gjilani	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	—	3–0	0–0	0–2	2–0
Llapi	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–4	2–1	1–4	2–1	—	1–4	4–1	4–1
Prishtina	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	2–3	2–0	2–1	0–1	—	1–0	4–0
Trepça'89	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	5–1	4–1	1–2	0–1	—	1–0
Vushtrria	1–0	2–2	2–3	3–3	3–1	0–1	2–2	1–3	1–0	0–3	1–1	—

Source: Football Federation of Kosovo (in Albanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Matches 23–33

Home \ Away	BAL	DRE	DRI	DUK	FZJ	FRN	FLA	GJI	LLA	PRI	T89	VUS
Ballkani	—	0–0	2–1	—	—	—	—	—	5–1	2–2	3–1	3–1
Drenica	—	—	—	1–0	3–0	—	1–2	—	—	—	2–4	2–1
Drita	—	1–0	—	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	—	—	—	—
Dukagjini	1–5	—	—	—	—	0–2	—	1–3	—	—	3–2	2–1
Ferizaj	1–1	—	—	0–4	—	2–4	—	0–3	—	—	2–5	—
Feronikeli	0–1	0–0	—	—	—	—	—	0–2	2–1	—	1–2	3–1
Flamurtari	0–0	—	—	4–3	3–2	1–0	—	0–1	—	—	—	—
Gjilani	2–2	2–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–0
Llapi	—	0–2	0–4	4–1	2–1	—	1–0	—	—	1–1	—	—
Prishtina	—	1–0	1–1	4–1	8–1	3–1	3–0	—	—	—	—	—
Trepça'89	—	—	0–2	—		—	1–1	—	5–4	2–1	—	1–1
Vushtrria	—	—	0–4	—	1–0	—	2–2	—	5–3	0–2	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2020. Source: Football Federation of Kosovo (in Albanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 23 July 2020.[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Blendi Baftiu	Ballkani	19
2	Arb Manaj	Trepça'89	17
3	Ahmed Januzi	Prishtina	14
4	Kastriot Rexha	Drita	13
5	Gerhard Progni	Gjilani	12
6	Fiton Hajdari	Gjilani	11
	Alban Shillova	Drenica
8	Betim Haxhimusa	Drita	10
	Shend Kelmendi	Flamurtari
	Otto John	Prishtina
	Bashkim Shala	Feronikeli

Notes

1. This season was the 21st season under the name Football Superleague of Kosovo, the 27th season of top-tier football in Kosovo and the 73rd season of football in Kosovo overall.
2. The two teams, Drita and Gjilan, which use this stadium together with their fans, have named the stadium with different names. Drita and their fans call the stadium as Selami Osmani-Bezi Stadium, while Gjilan and their fans call the stadium as Agim Ramadani Stadium, but officially the stadium is called Gjilan City Stadium.[8]

References

1. "Top golashënuesit" [Top scorers]. TopSporti (in Albanian). Retrieved 17 August 2019.
2. "FFK Superliga e Kosovës". TopSporti. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
3. "Thyhet rekordi për këtë vit, ja sa tifozë ishin sot në 'Fadil Vokrri'" [RECORD: So many fans were at 'Fadil Vokrri' today]. Gazeta Sheshi (in Albanian). 29 February 2020. Në këtë ndeshje derbi, ishin të pranishëm 9 mijë shikuesë
4. "Lajm i mirë nga Budapesti". FFK Kosova. Archived from the original on 2019-06-23. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
5. "Ndryshimet e Superligës". Zëri.
6. "2019/20 Kosovo Superliga (venues)". Soccerway.
7. "Përmbyllet procesi i licencimit të klubeve për garat evropiane" (in Albanian). Retrieved 2020-05-27.
8. "Çfarë emri duhet të ketë stadiumi i qytetit në Gjilan" [What should be the name of the city stadium in Gjilan]. RajoniPress (in Albanian). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

External links

• Official website