2012–13 Kategoria e Parë

The 2012–13 Kategoria e Parë was competed between 16 teams started on 31 August 2012 and finished on 12 May 2013.

Kategoria e Parë

Season	2012–13
Champions	Lushnja
Promoted	Lushnja Partizani
Relegated	Besëlidhja Iliria Gramshi Naftëtari
Matches	240
Goals	583 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mikel Canka (21)
Biggest home win	Butrinti 5-0 Gramshi (27 April 2013) Iliria 5-0 Elbasani (10 November 2012)
Biggest away win	Partizani 0-3 Butrinti (8 September 2012) Naftëtari 0-3 Pogradeci (6 October 2012) Naftëtari 0-3 Lushnja (24 November 2012)
Highest scoring	Kamza 5-3 Lushnja (4 May 2013)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Changes from last season

Team changes

From Kategoria e Parë

Promoted to Kategoria Superiore:

• Luftëtari
• Kukësi
• Besa

Relegated to Kategoria e Dytë:

• Gramozi
• Vlora
• Skrapari

To Kategoria e Parë

Relegated from Kategoria Superiore:

• Kamza
• Pogradeci
• Dinamo Tirana

Promoted from Kategoria e Dytë:

• Tërbuni
• Partizani
• Naftëtari

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lushnja (C, P)	30	20	6	4	48	22	+26	66	Promotion to 2013–14 Kategoria Superiore
2	Partizani (P)	30	16	8	6	39	33	+6	56
3	Tërbuni	30	11	10	9	40	30	+10	43
4	Adriatiku	30	12	7	11	48	45	+3	43
5	Pogradeci	30	13	3	14	49	44	+5	42
6	Himara	30	11	9	10	32	29	+3	42
7	Burreli	30	12	6	12	32	31	+1	42
8	Ada	30	11	8	11	34	31	+3	41
9	Kamza	30	11	8	11	38	47	−9	41
10	Butrinti	30	10	10	10	38	33	+5	40
11	Dinamo Tirana	30	11	7	12	40	37	+3	40
12	Elbasani	30	12	4	14	42	46	−4	40
13	Besëlidhja (R)	30	10	8	12	28	30	−2	38	Relegation to 2013–14 Kategoria e Dytë
14	Iliria (R)	30	10	7	13	35	37	−2	37
15	Gramshi (R)	30	8	7	15	18	41	−23	31
16	Naftëtari (R)	30	4	8	18	22	47	−25	20

Source: Soccerway
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mikel Canka	Lushnja	21
2	Mateo Metaj	Adriatiku	18
3	Rezart Maho	Kamza	14
4	Enkelejd Pengu	Pogradeci	11
	Florian Pjetrani	Burreli	11
5	Matko Djarmati	Dinamo Tirana	10