2008–09 FK Dinamo Tirana season

Dinamo Tirana
2008–09 season
Chairman	Besnik Sulaj
Manager	Zlatko Dalić ; (until 5 February 2009); Shkëlqim Muça
Kategoria Superiore	3rd
Kupa e Shqipërisë	Quarter finals
Albanian Supercup	Winners
Champions League	1st Qualifying Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Sebino Plaku (18); All: ; Sebino Plaku (20)
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During the 2008-09 football season, Dinamo will play its 58th Kategoria Superiore season in the club's existence.

Club[]

Management[]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Shkëlqim Muça
Assistant coach	Artan Mergjyshi
Goalkeeping coaches	Ilir Bozhiqi
Technical Director	Ilir Daja
Fitness coaches	Frano Leko
Club doctor	Nderim Rexha

Kit[]

Supplier: Sportika
Sponsor(s):

Home

Away

Other information[]

President	Besnik Sulaj
Vice-president
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Selman Stërmasi (12, 955 / 105m x 68m)

Squad[]

As of August 31, 2008.

First team[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ALB	Elvis Kotorri
2	DF	ALB	Elvis Sina
3	DF	SRB	Danilo Nikolic
4	MF	ALB	Asion Daja
5	DF	ALB	Arjan Pisha (captain)
6	DF	ALB	Julian Brahja
7	MF	ALB	Nertil Ferraj
8	FW	BIH	Nedim Halilović
10	MF	CRO	Pëllumb Jusufi
11	FW	ALB	Sebino Plaku
12	GK	ALB	Alban Hoxha
13	MF	ALB	Artion Poci (vice-captain)
14	MF	ALB	Igli Allmuça
15	DF	ALB	Roland Peqini
16	FW	ALB	Fatjon Sefa
17	FW	ALB	Rigels Nezaj
19	MF	ALB	Elis Bakaj
20	DF	ALB
21	MF	ALB	Hetlem Capja


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	CRO	Goran Granić
23	DF	SEN	Albaye Papa Diop
24	GK	ALB	Sulejman Hoxha
25	FW	CRO
99	FW	ARG	Rubén Cecco
—	GK	ARG	Daniel Alejandro Bertoya
—	DF	ARG	Alejandro Palladino
—	DF	ALB
—	DF	CRO	Dario Bodrušić
—	MF	ALB	Julian Ahmataj
—	MF	ARG	Agustín González Tapia
—	MF	ALB	Ilirjan Çaushaj
—	MF	ALB	Andi Hasa
—	MF	ALB	Klodian Sulollari
—	FW	ALB	Gers Delia
—	FW	ARG	Mario Antonio Romero
—	FW	ARG	Cristian Andres Campozano
—	FW	ALB	Daniel Xhafa
—	FW	ALB	Rigels Nezaj

List of 2008-09 transfers[]

as of 31 August 2008

In[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ALB	Elvis Sina (from SK Tirana)
—	MF	ALB	Hetlem Capja (from SK Tirana)
—	DF	ALB	Julian Brahja (from Kastrioti)
—	MF	ALB	Fatjon Sefa (from KS Lushnja)
—	MF	ARG
—	FW	ARG


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	CRO
—	MF	CRO
—	FW	ALB	Sebino Plaku (on loan from HamKam)
—	DF	SRB	Danilo Nikolic
—	FW	BIH	Nedim Halilovic

Out[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CRO	Goran Vinčetić (to )
—	DF	CRO	Dario Bodrušić (to NK Rijeka)
—	DF	NGA	Abraham Alechenwu (to KF Tirana)
—	MF	ALB	Bekim Kuli (to Besa)
—	DF	ALB	Ditmar Bicaj (to Belasitsa)
—	MF	ALB	(to Besa)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	CRO	Pero Pejić (to Kapfenberger SV)
—	FW	ALB	Eleandro Pema (to Flamurtari Vlore)
—	MF	ALB	(to Flamurtari Vlore)
—	MF	ARG
—	FW	ARG

Player statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Kategoria superiore		Kupa e shqipërisë		Albanian Supercup		UEFA Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Elvis Kotorri	10	-7	8	-5	0	0	1	0	1	-2
2	DF		Elvis Sina	10	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
3	DF		Danilo Nikolic	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Asion Daja	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Arjan Pisha	11	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
6	DF		Julian Brahja	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF		Nertil Ferraj	11	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
8	DF		Nedim Halilović	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF			9	1	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
11	FW		Sebino Plaku	9	2	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
12	GK		Alban Hoxha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Artion Poci	11	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
14	MF		Igli Allmuça	11	1	8	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
15	DF		Roland Peqini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Fatjon Sefa	6	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
17	FW		Rigels Nezaj	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Hetlem Capja	10	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
22	DF		Goran Granić	10	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
23	DF		Albaye Papa Diop	8	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
24	GK		Sulejman Hoxha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW			9	2	8	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
	MF			2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW		Daniel Xhafaj	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	DF		Julian Ahmataj	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF			2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	GK		Daniel Alejandro Bertoya	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2
	DF			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Competitions summary[]

Overall[]

Competition	Started Round	Final Position	Final Round	First Match	Last Match
Kategoria superiore	Round 5	3rd	Round 33	August 24, 2008	May 24, 2009
Kupa e shqiperise	Round of 16	—	—	TBD
Champions League	First qualifying round	First qualifying round	First qualifying round	July 15, 2008	July 23, 2008

Kategoria Superiore[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tirana (C)	33	19	11	3	58	27	+31	68	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Vllaznia	33	19	7	7	49	29	+20	64	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Dinamo Tirana	33	14	10	9	48	34	+14	52	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Teuta	33	12	8	13	32	34	−2	44
5	Shkumbini	33	12	8	13	32	38	−6	44

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in head-to-head matches; 3) goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) total goal difference; 6) total goals scored; 7) draw
(C) Champion

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	3	4	1	9	5	+4	13	2	3	0	6	2	+4	1	1	1	3	3	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W

Source:^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

Date	Opposition	Ground	Result	Score	Scorers	Competition
August 17	Vllaznia	H	W	2–0	18', 78'	Albanian Supercup (Final)
August 24	Teuta	H	D	0–0	–	Kategoria superiore (1st week)
August 30	Shkumbini	H	W	3–1	7', Plaku 56', 75'	Kategoria superiore (2nd week)
September 13	Besa	A	D	0–0	–	Kategoria superiore (3rd week)
September 21	Elbasani	H	D	0–0	–	Kategoria superiore (4th week)
September 27	Lushnja	A	W	2–1^[1]	7', Plaku 85'	Kategoria superiore (5th week)
October 5	Vllaznia	H	D	1–1^[2]	Dritan Smajli 15' (o.g.)	Kategoria superiore (6th week)
October 19	Tirana	A	L	1–2^[3]	Allmuça 74'	Kategoria superiore (7th week)
October 26	Partizani	H	W	2–0^[4]	Poçi 37', Plaku 73'	Kategoria superiore (8th week)
October 30	Albpetrol	A	W	1–0^[5]	48'	(first round, first leg)

A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win.

Player seasonal records[]

Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Updated to games played May 27, 2009.

Goalscorers[]

Rank	Name	Kategoria superiore	Kupa e shqiperise	Champions League	Albanian Supercup	Total
1	Sebino Plaku	18 (29)	2 (5)	-	0 (1)	20 (35)
2	Fatjon Sefa	09 (24)	2 (5)	0 (1)	0 (1)	11 (31)
3	Artion Poci	06 (31)	1 (4)	0 (2)	0 (1)	7 (38)
4	Elis Bakaj	04 (13)	0 (1)	-	-	4 (14)
5	Pëllumb Jusufi	02 (20)	1 (3)	-	1 (1)	4 (24)
6	Albaye Papa Diop	02 (23)	1 (4)	0 (2)	0 (1)	3 (30)
7		01 (17)	0 (1)	-	1 (1)	2 (19)
8	Igli Allmuca	02 (28)	0 (1)	0 (4)	0 (1)	2 (35)

Goals conceded[]

Rank	Name	Kategoria superiore	Kupa e shqiperise	Champions League	Albanian Supercup	Total
1	Elvis Kotorri	5 (8)	-	2 (1)	0 (1)	7 (10)
2		-	-	2 (1)	-	2 (1)

Discipline[]

Name	Kategoria superiore		Kupa e shqiperise		Champions League		Albanian Supercup		Total
Name											Total Cards
Sebino Plaku	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	4
Artion Poci	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	-	2
Igli Allmuca	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	2
Arjan Pisha	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Elvis Sina	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1
Albaye Papa Diop	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
Goran Granic	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Danilo Nikolic	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
Nertil Ferraj	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Hetlem Capja	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1

References[]

^ "Plaku shpeton Dalicin ne Lushnje". sportishqiptar.com.al. 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2008-09-30.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Dinamo harron te fitoje ne shtepi". sportishqiptar.com.al. 2008-10-05. Retrieved 2008-10-07.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Dinamo humbet derbin". sportishqiptar.com.al. 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2008-11-02.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Dinamo sheh kreun". sportishqiptar.com.al. 2008-10-26. Retrieved 2008-11-02.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Albania Cup, first round, first leg". sportishqiptar.com.al. 2008-10-30. Retrieved 2008-11-08.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[]

[1] "Plaku shpeton Dalicin ne Lushnje". sportishqiptar.com.al. 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2008-09-30.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Dinamo harron te fitoje ne shtepi". sportishqiptar.com.al. 2008-10-05. Retrieved 2008-10-07.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "Dinamo humbet derbin". sportishqiptar.com.al. 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2008-11-02.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] "Dinamo sheh kreun". sportishqiptar.com.al. 2008-10-26. Retrieved 2008-11-02.^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] "Albania Cup, first round, first leg". sportishqiptar.com.al. 2008-10-30. Retrieved 2008-11-08.^{[permanent dead link]}

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