The 2020–21 season was Tirana's fourth consecutive season in the Kategoria Superiore. It was also the club's first season as defending league champions after winning the 2019–20 Kategoria Superiore. Tirana competed in the Kategoria Superiore, the Albanian Cup, the Albanian Supercup, the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds and, after elimination from the Champions League, the UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds.
Tirana finished fifth in the league with 58 points from 36 matches. In Europe, the club defeated Dinamo Tbilisi in the Champions League first qualifying round, lost to Red Star Belgrade in the second qualifying round and then lost to Young Boys in the Europa League play-off round. Domestically, Tirana were eliminated from the Albanian Cup by Korabi in the second round and lost the Albanian Supercup to Teuta.
Players Squad information
Squad no.NameNationalityPositionDate of birth (age) Goalkeepers97Visar BekajGK—Pano QirkoGK1Ilion LikaGK—Marvin KodraGK—Leon KoziGK Defenders5Filip NajdovskiCB19Jocelin BehiratcheCB—Gentian MuçaCB4Kristi MaloCB32Kristi VangjeliCB28Erion HoxhallariLB22Jurgen VrapiLB25Omar MusajLB3Kristijan TosevskiRB26Marlind NuriuRB Midfielders21Jurgen ÇelhakaDM15Agustín TorassaDM77Ardit ToliDM6Enes KukaDM—Okseold SefaDM10Idriz BathaCM2Marsel IsmailgeciCM55Isaac GyamfiCM—Alban CejkuCM18Andri StafaCM—Klevi QefalijaCM27Grent HaliliRM—Ernest MuçiAM23Ibrahim SulleyAM Forwards7Elton CaléLW90Richard DansoLW14Eldis KrajaLW—Winful CobbinahRW—Aldi GjumsiRW11Taulant SeferiCF—Tim VäyrynenCF—Albion AvdijajCF—Derrick SasrakuCF—Mario BeshirajCF—Luis BircajCF
Competitions
Kategoria Superiore
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Albanian Cup
First round
Second round
Albanian Supercup
UEFA Champions League
First qualifying round
Second qualifying round
UEFA Europa League
Play-off round
Statistics Squad stats {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! ! style="width:70px;"|League ! style="width:70px;"|Cup ! style="width:70px;"|Supercup ! style="width:70px;"|Champions League ! style="width:70px;"|Europa League ! style="width:70px;"|Total stats |- |align=left|Games played ||36 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 42 |- |align=left|Games won ||15 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 17 |- |align=left|Games drawn ||13 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 13 |- |align=left|Games lost ||8 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 12 |- |align=left|Goals scored ||41 || 4 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 48 |- |align=left|Goals conceded ||26 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 34 |- |align=left|Goal difference ||+15 || +2 || -1 || +1 || -3 || +14 |- |align=left|Clean sheets ||16 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 17
Top scorers No.Pos.NationNameKategoria SuperioreAlbanian CupSupercupChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueTotal10MFIdriz Batha90000911FWTaulant Seferi700007—MFErnest Muçi52000728DFErion Hoxhallari5000052DFMarsel Ismailgeci4001057FWElton Calé30000315MFAgustín Torassa1001025DFFilip Najdovski20000222DFJurgen Vrapi011002—FWAldi Gjumsi100001—FWDerrick Sasraku10000127MFGrent Halili10000119DFJocelin Behiratche10000121MFJurgen Çelhaka100001# Own goals010001 TOTAL41412048 Last updated: 26 May 2021
Clean sheets The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. PlayerKategoria SuperioreAlbanian CupSupercupChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueTotal197 Visar Bekaj1600001621 Ilion Lika000101TOTALS16001017 Last updated: 26 May 2021
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