1996–97 Albanian Cup

1996–97 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the forty-fifth season of Albania's annual cup competition. The football competition began in August 1996 with the First Round and ended on 3 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 Partizani.^[1]

1996–97 Albanian Cup

Kupa e Shqipërisë
Tournament details
Country	Albania
Final positions
Champions	Partizani
Runners-up	Flamurtari
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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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Durrësi	0–7	Teuta	0–3	0–4
Besëlidhja	2–6	Partizani	0–1	2–5
Selenica	2–11	Flamurtari	1–5	1–6
Kastrioti	2–8	Olimpik	1–4	1–4
Tepelena	2–14	Apolonia	2–1	0–13
Egnatia	0–5	Besa	0–0	0–5
Pogradeci	1–4	Sopoti	1–2	0–2
Lushnja	2–2 (4–2 p)	Shkumbini	2–0	0–2
Burreli	1–4	Vllaznia	1–0	0–4
Bylis	4–5	Albpetrol	3–1	1–4
Korabi	2–8	Laçi	1–4	1–4
Cërriku	0–12	Elbasani	0–8	0–4
Naftëtari	2–7	Tomori	2–3	0–4
Përmeti	0–2	Shqiponja	0–0	0–2
Gramozi	2–11	Skënderbeu	2–2	0–9
Albanët	2–8	Tirana	1–1	1–7

Second round

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Albpetrol	1–4	Besa	0–3	1–1
Elbasani	3–4	Olimpik	3–2	0–2
Laçi	2–2	Apolonia	2–1	0–1
Lushnja	1–0	Tirana	0–0	1–0
Shqiponja	1–1 (4–5 p)	Partizani	1–0	0–1
Skënderbeu	1–2	Teuta	1–0	0–2
Tomori	2–6	Flamurtari	2–2	0–4
Vllaznia	4–3	Sopoti	3–1	1–2

Quarter-finals

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Apolonia	1–1 (a)	Olimpik	1–1	0–0
Besa	3–3	Flamurtari	3–2	0–1
Lushnja	1–0	Teuta	1–0	0–0
Vllaznia	2–3	Partizani	2–0	0–3

Semi-finals

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

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Olimpik	0–2	Flamurtari
Partizani	2–1	Lushnja

Final

3 May 1997

16:00

Partizani	2–2	Flamurtari
Milori 12' Shulku 63'		Alliu 30' Perloshi 56'
Penalties
Milori Daiu Peço Shulku Riza	4–3	Daullja Arapi Haxhiaj Muka Prenga

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Bujar Pregja