2021–22 Kategoria e Tretë

The 2021–22 Kategoria e Tretë was the 19th official season of the Albanian football fourth division since its establishment. The season began on 7 December 2021 and ended in 6 May 2022. There were 8 teams competing this season. AF Elbasani, Delvina and Valbona gained promotion to the 2022–23 Kategoria e Dytë. AF Elbasani won their first Kategoria e Tretë title.

Kategoria e Tretë

Season	2021–22
Champions	AF Elbasani 1st title
Promoted	AF Elbasani Valbona Delvina
Matches played	56
Goals scored	291 (5.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Denis Mici (29 goals)
Biggest home win	AF Elbasani 11−0 Osumi (1 April 2022)
Biggest away win	Osumi 0−9 AF Elbasani (2 February 2022)
Highest scoring	Osumi 5−12 Drini (21 April 2022)
Longest winning run	11 matches AF Elbasani
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches AF Elbasani
Longest winless run	8 matches Osumi
Longest losing run	8 matches Osumi
← 2021 2022–23 →

Changes from last season

Team changes

From Kategoria e Tretë

Promoted to Kategoria e Dytë:

• Luftëtari
• Murlani

To Kategoria e Tretë

Relegated from Kategoria e Dytë:

• Delvina
• Skrapari
• Valbona

Osumi

Spartak

Drini

AF Elbasani

Delvina

Skrapari

Valbona

Eagle FA

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2021–22 Kategoria e Tretë teams.

Stadia by capacity and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AF Elbasani	Elbasan	Shefqet Lamçja Complex
Delvina	Delvinë	Panajot Pano Stadium	2,500
Drini	Zdojan
Eagle FA	Tirana
Osumi	Ura Vajgurore
Skrapari	Çorovodë	Skrapar Sports Field	1,500
Spartak Tirana	Tirana
Valbona	Bajram Curri	Tropojë Stadium

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	AF Elbasani (C, P)	14	13	1	0	86	4	+82	40	Promotion to 2022–23 Kategoria e Dytë
2	Valbona (P)	14	11	1	2	42	14	+28	34
3	Delvina (O, P)	14	10	0	4	40	17	+23	30	Play-off promotion to 2022–23 Kategoria e Dytë
4	Eagle FA	14	7	1	6	30	30	0	22
5	Skrapari	14	4	4	6	34	39	−5	16
6	Drini	14	2	2	10	27	64	−37	8
7	Spartak Tirana	14	2	2	10	13	44	−31	5
8	Osumi	14	1	1	12	19	79	−60	4

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) draw. (Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same number of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played.)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	ELB	DEL	DRI	EAG	OSU	SKR	SPA	VAL
AF Elbasani	—	3–0	9–0	4–0	11–0	8–1	8–0	1–0
Delvina	1–5	—	5–0	0–1	4–2	3–0	2–0	2–1
Drini	0–8	1–6	—	1–5	0–2	2–2	0–0	1–5
Eagle FA	0–8	1–3	3–1	—	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–3
Osumi	0–9	0–4	5–12	2–7	—	2–8	1–4	0–7
Skrapari	1–6	1–2	6–1	5–2	2–2	—	4–4	0–2
Spartak Tirana	0–5	0–7	1–4	0–3	3–2	1–2	—	0–2
Valbona	1–1	2–1	7–4	2–1	6–1	3–1	1–0	—

Source: [2]
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.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Denis Mici	AF Elbasani	29
2	Mirel Çota	AF Elbasani	15
3	Keli Musta	Delvina	10
4	Ergys Xhuti	Drini	9
	Mikel Ferhati	AF Elbasani
6	Rigers Balliu	Valbona	8