2012–13 Albanian Cup#Group A

{{ infobox football tournament season

| title = Albanian Cup

| year = 2012–13

| other_title = Kupa e Shqipërisë

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| country = Albania

| num_teams = 38

| champions = Laçi

| runner-up = Bylis

| matches = 77

| goals = 227

| top goal scorer =

| player =

| prevseason = 2011–12

| nextseason = 2013–14

}}

2012–13 Albanian Cup ({{Langx|sq|Kupa e Shqipërisë}}) was the sixty-first season of Albania's annual cup competition. Laçi, the winners of the competition qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. KF Tirana were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Kukësi in the second round.

Apart from the quarter-finals, the ties are played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregate score is tied after both games, the team with the higher number of away goals advances. If the number of away goals is equal in both games, the match is decided by extra time and a penalty shoot-out, if necessary.

Preliminary tournament

In order to reduce the number of participating teams for the first round to 32, a preliminary tournament is played. Only teams from the Second Division (third level) are allowed to enter. In contrast to the main tournament, the preliminary tournament is held as a single-leg knock-out competition.[http://www.fshf.org/gara-kombetare/kupa-e-shqiperise Official website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006020916/http://www.fshf.org/gara-kombetare/kupa-e-shqiperise |date=October 6, 2010 }} {{in lang|sq}}

=First preliminary round=

These matches took place on 12 September 2012.{{cite web|title=1st Preliminary Round|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/albania/cup/20122013/preliminary-round/|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=16 September 2012}}

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Sukthi||2–1|Luzi 2008|winner=1}}

{{OneLegResult|Veleçiku||1–3|Olimpik|winner=2}}

{{OneLegResult|Gramozi||3–0|Tepelena|winner=1}}

{{OneLegResult|Skrapari||1–3|Albpetrol|winner=2}}

{{end}}

=Second preliminary round=

These matches took place on 19 September 2012.{{cite web|title=2nd Preliminary Round|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/albania/cup/20122013/2nd-preliminary-round/|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=16 September 2012}}

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Sukthi||1–2|Olimpik|winner=2}}

{{OneLegResult|Gramozi||3–0|Albpetrol|winner=1}}

{{end}}

First round

All 30 teams of the 2012–13 Superliga and First Division entered in this round along with the two qualifiers from the Second Preliminary Round. The first legs were played on 26 September 2012 and the second legs took place on 3 October 2012.{{cite web|title=1st round|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/albania/cup/20122013/1st-round/|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=28 October 2012}}

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Naftëtari|| 1–5 |Flamurtari||0–1|1–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|Tërbuni|| 0–3 |Bylis||0–2|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Adriatiku|| 0–3 |Laçi||0–3|0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Ada|| 2–2 |Tomori||2–1|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Olimpik|| 4–9 |Skënderbeu||2–2|2–7}}

{{TwoLegResult|Himara|| 1–4 |Kastrioti||0–2|1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Iliria|| 1–4 |Vllaznia||0–2|1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Butrinti|| 2–3 |Shkumbini||2–0|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Elbasani|| 0–1 |Apolonia||0–0|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Besëlidhja|| 4–5 |Kukësi||2–4|2–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Dinamo Tirana|| 0–2 |Kamza||0–1|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Gramozi|| 0–7 |Teuta||0–4|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Gramshi|| 1–5 |Luftëtari||1–0|0–5}}

{{TwoLegResult|Burreli|| 2–10 |Besa||1–4|1–6}}

{{TwoLegResult|Lushnja|| 7–0 |Pogradeci||5–0|2–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Partizani|| 1–3 |Tirana||1–2|0–1}}

{{end}}

Second round

All 16 qualified teams from First Round progressed to the second round. The first legs were played on 24 October 2012 and the second legs took place on 7 November 2012.{{cite web|title=2nd round|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/albania/cup/20122013/2nd-round/|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=28 October 2012}}

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Besa||1–2|Flamurtari||0–1|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Luftëtari||3–4|Bylis||2–1|1-3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Tomori||1–3|Laçi||0–0|1–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Kukësi||6–3|Tirana||4–0|2–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Kamza||0–4|Skënderbeu||0–1|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Apolonia||1–2|Kastrioti||1–2|0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Shkumbini||2–2|Vllaznia||1–0|1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Lushnja||2–4|Teuta||0–0|2–4}}

{{end}}

Quarter-finals

The 8 winners from the second round were placed in 2 groups of 4 teams each. Each group played a double round robin schedule for a total of 6 games for each team. The top 2 teams in each group advanced to the next round of the competition. These matches took place between 4 December 2012 and 5 March 2013.{{cite web|title=Quarter finals|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/albania/cup/20122013/quarter-finals/r19296/|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=16 May 2013}}

=Group A=

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|win_KUK=4|draw_KUK=0|loss_KUK=2|gf_KUK=12|ga_KUK=7

|win_KAS=2|draw_KAS=0|loss_KAS=4|gf_KAS=8|ga_KAS=13

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|match_SKË_KUK=4–2

|match_SKË_SHK=3–1

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|source=[https://int.soccerway.com/national/albania/cup/20122013/quarter-finals/group-a/ Soccerway]

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=Group B=

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|match_TEU_LAÇ=1–2

|update=complete

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}}

Semi-finals

The four winners from the quarter-finals competed in this round. The matches took place on 3 and 17 April 2013.{{cite web|title=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/albania/cup/20122013/s7181/final-stages/|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=16 May 2013}}

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Kukësi||1–2|Laçi||0–0|1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Skënderbeu||1–2|Bylis||1–1|0–1}}

{{end}}

{{Football box collapsible |id="Kukësi v Laçi"

|date=3 April 2013

|time=13:00 CEST

|team1=Kukësi

|score=0–0

|report=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/04/03/albania/cup/ks-perparimi-kukes/kf-laci/1460525/

|team2=Laçi

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Zeqir Ymeri Stadium, Kukës

|attendance=4,000

|referee=Emirjon Sino

}}

{{Football box collapsible |id="Laçi v Kukësi"

|date=17 April 2013

|time=14:00 CEST

|team1=Laçi

|score=2−1

|report=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/04/17/albania/cup/kf-laci/ks-perparimi-kukes/1460527/

|team2=Kukësi

|goals1=Nimani {{goal|33}}
Çela {{goal|79}}

|goals2=Peqini {{goal|65}}

|stadium=Laçi Stadium, Laçi

|attendance=2,000

|referee=Bardhyl Pashaj

}}

Laçi advanced to the final.

{{Football box collapsible |id="Skënderbeu v Bylis"

|date=3 April 2013

|time=16:00 CEST

|team1=Skënderbeu

|score=1–1

|report=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/04/03/albania/cup/ks-skenderbeu-korce/ks-bylis-ballsh/1460526/

|team2=Bylis

|goals1=Lilaj {{goal|86}}

|goals2=Olayinka {{goal|81}}

|stadium=Skënderbeu Stadium, Korçë

|attendance=4,000

|referee=Bardhyl Pashaj

}}

{{Football box collapsible |id="Bylis v Skënderbeu"

|date=17 April 2013

|time=14:00 CEST

|team1=Bylis

|score=1−0

|report=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/04/17/albania/cup/ks-bylis-ballsh/ks-skenderbeu-korce/1460528/

|team2=Skënderbeu

|goals1=Gërxho {{goal|52}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Adush Muça Stadium, Ballsh

|attendance=2,000

|referee=Enea Jorgji

}}

Bylis advanced to the final.

Final

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|date = 17 May 2013

|time = 20:00

|team1 = Laçi

|score = 1−0

|aet = yes

|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/05/17/albania/cup/kf-laci/ks-bylis-ballsh/1470538/

|team2 = Bylis

|goals1 = Çela {{goal|119}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

|attendance = 9,000

|referee = Bardhyl Pashaj

}}

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