2018–19 Football Superleague of Kosovo

The 2018–19 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 20th^[a] season of top-tier football in Kosovo. The season began on 18 August 2018 and will end on 19 May 2019. A total of 12 teams are competing in the league: nine teams from the 2017–18 season and three teams from the 2017–18 First Football League of Kosovo. Drita are the defending champions from the previous season.

Football Superleague of Kosovo

Season	2018–19
Dates	18 August 2018 – 19 May 2019
Champions	Feronikeli
Relegated	KEK Liria
Champions League	Feronikeli
Europa League	Prishtina
Matches played	195
Goals scored	481 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kastriot Rexha (21 goals)[1]
Biggest home win	Liria 6–2 KEK (16 September 2018)
Biggest away win	KEK 1–5 Trepça'89 (12 September 2018)
Highest scoring	Liria 6–2 KEK (16 September 2018)
Longest winning run	22 matches[2] Prishtina
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches[2] Prishtina
Longest winless run	32 matches KEK
Longest losing run	32 matches KEK
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 19 May 2019.

Teams and stadiums

Pristina

Ballkani

Llapi

Gjilan

KEK

Drenica

Feronikeli

Ferizaj

Liria

Trepça'89

Pristina clubs:

Prishtina
Flamurtari

Gjilan clubs:

Gjilani
Drita

Locations of the 2018–19 Football Superleague of Kosovo teams

Besa Pejë and Vllaznia Pozheran 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 2017–18 First League, Ballkani and KEK respectively. Ferizaj defeated Vëllaznimi in play-off to claim their top-flight spot.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Club	Town	Stadium and capacity[3]		UEFA license[4]
Ballkani	Suva Reka	Suva Reka City Stadium	1,500
Drenica	Skenderaj	Bajram Aliu Stadium	3,000
Drita	Gjilan	Gjilan City Stadium[b]	15,000
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
KEK	Obiliq	Agron Rama Stadium	5,000
Liria	Prizren	Përparim Thaçi Stadium	15,000
Llapi	Podujevo	Zahir Pajaziti Stadium	10,000
Prishtina	Pristina	Fadil Vokrri Stadium	13,000
Trepça'89	Mitrovica	Riza Lushta Stadium	12,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Feronikeli (C)	33	25	5	3	64	14	+50	80	Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round
2	Prishtina	33	23	6	4	49	12	+37	75	Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round[a]
3	Llapi	33	22	3	8	54	24	+30	69
4	Drita	33	14	6	13	47	39	+8	48
5	Ferizaj	33	14	4	15	39	41	−2	46
6	Flamurtari	33	12	9	12	33	39	−6	45
7	Drenica	33	11	10	12	41	34	+7	43
8	Ballkani	33	12	7	14	35	36	−1	43
9	Trepça'89 (O)	33	11	9	13	40	45	−5	42	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Gjilani (O)	33	10	8	15	28	37	−9	38
11	Liria (R)	33	8	4	21	31	60	−29	28	Relegation to First Football League of Kosovo
12	KEK (R)	33	0	1	32	24	104	−80	1

Source: Football Federation of Kosovo (in Albanian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Draw; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 8) Head-to-head goals scored; 9) Play-off (tie-breakers 2, 3 and 4 only used for ties that do not involve deciding the champion, play-offs participation or relegation).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the Kosovar Cup, Feronikeli, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the Cup winners was passed to the second-placed team.

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 FZJ FRN FLA GJI KEK LIR LLA PRI T89 Ballkani — 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 4–1 3–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 Drenica 2–1 — 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 3–0 Drita 6–1 2–0 — 1–0 1–1 1–3 3–1 5–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 Ferizaj 1–0 2–0 0–2 — 0–2 2–3 0–2 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 Feronikeli 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 — 2–0 3–0 4–1 4–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 Flamurtari 0–0 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–3 — 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 Gjilani 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 — 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 KEK 2–2 2–4 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–4 2–3 — 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–5 Liria 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 6–2 — 2–3 0–1 0–4 Llapi 0–1 0–1 1–0 5–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 — 1–0 3–1 Prishtina 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 — 2–0 Trepça'89 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 — 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 FZJ FRN FLA GJI KEK LIR LLA PRI T89 Ballkani — — 2–0 2–4 — 2–0 1–0 — — — 0–2 — Drenica 1–1 — — 0–0 0–1 — 0–0 — — 0–2 — 2–0 Drita — 2–2 — — — 1–2 — 4–0 2–0 — 1–1 1–1 Ferizaj — — 1–2 — — 3–1 2–1 — 3–1 — 0–2 — Feronikeli 1–0 — 4–1 1–2 — — 2–0 — — — 1–0 5–0 Flamurtari — 0–0 — — 0–0 — — 2–1 0–1 3–2 — — Gjilani — — 0–0 — — 0–1 — 2–0 4–0 — 0–1 1–1 KEK 0–3 1–5 — 2–5 0–4 — — — — 0–1 — — Liria 0–0 2–3 — — 0–4 — — 3–1 — 0–4 — — Llapi 1–1 — 1–0 2–0 1–3 — 2–1 — — — — 4–1 Prishtina — 2–1 — — — 3–0 — 1–0 3–0 1–0 — 3–0 Trepça'89 2–1 — — 1–2 — 1–0 — 4–0 2–1 — — — 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.

Relegation play-offs

The ninth and tenth-placed teams, Trepça'89 and Gjilani respectively, each paired off against the third and fourth-placed teams from the 2018–19 First Football League of Kosovo season, Vëllaznimi and Besa Pejë respectively; the two winners will play in the top-flight next season. As with previous seasons, both play-offs will be played on neutral ground.

1 June 2019

16:00 (CEST)

Trepça'89	4–2	Vëllaznimi
R. Asare 14' A. Manaj 54' H. Hyseni 65' E. Hoti 86'	Report	T. Bardhoku 26' A. Murati 42'

Fadil Vokrri Stadium

Trepça'89 retained their spot in 2019–20 Football Superleague of Kosovo; Vëllaznimi remained in 2019–20 First Football League of Kosovo.

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30 May 2019 (2019-05-30)

16:00 (CEST)

Gjilani	1–0	Besa Pejë
K. Rezak 24'	Report

Fadil Vokrri Stadium

Referee: Tefik Maloku

Gjilani retained their spot in 2019–20 Football Superleague of Kosovo; Besa Pejë remained in 2019–20 First Football League of Kosovo.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of matches played on 19 May 2019.^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kastriot Rexha	Feronikeli	21
2	Ahmed Januzi	Llapi	12
	Festim Alidema	Llapi
4	Meriton Korenica	Prishtina	11
5	Mendurim Hoti	Feronikeli	10
	Alban Shillova	Flamurtari
	Jetmir Topalli	Ballkani
8	Betim Haxhimusa	Drita	9
	Jean Carioca	Feronikeli
10	Kreshnik Uka	Drenica	8
	Liridon Fetahaj	Liria
	Mario Morina	Prishtina