Independence Cup (Albania)

Independence Cup
Kupa Pavarësia

Founded	2009
Region	Balkans
Number of teams	4 (2010–) 3 (2009)
Current champions	Kukësi (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Flamurtari Renova Hysi Shkëndija Prishtina Feronikeli Otrant Kukësi (1 title each)
Website	fshf.org
2016 Independence Cup (Albania)

The Independence Cup (Albanian: Kupa Pavarësia) is an annual friendly football tournament held in Albania on 28 November to commemorate Albanian Independence Day. The tournament took place in Vlorë between 2009 and 2015, and in Tiranë in 2016. Clubs from Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia and Montenegro have taken part in the tournament.

Winners

Season	Winner	Final Score	Runner-up	Venue	Date
2009	Flamurtari	Group format	Shkëndija	Flamurtari Stadium, Vlorë	28 November 2009
2010	Renova	1–0	Otrant	Flamurtari Stadium, Vlorë	28 November 2010
2011	Hysi	0–0 (3–0 p.)	Shkëndija	Flamurtari Stadium, Vlorë	28 November 2011
2012	Shkëndija	0–0 (5–3 p.)	Prishtina	Flamurtari Stadium, Vlorë	28 November 2012
2013	Prishtina	0–0 (8–7 p.)	Flamurtari	Flamurtari Stadium, Vlorë	28 November 2013
2014	Feronikeli	1–0	Shkëndija	Flamurtari Stadium, Vlorë	28 November 2014
2015	Otrant	3–0	Partizani B	Flamurtari Stadium, Vlorë	28 November 2015
2016	Kukësi	2–0	Prishtina	Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tiranë	28 November 2015

Editions

2009

Matches

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Flamurtari	0–0 (11–10 p.)	Shkëndija
Shkëndija	5–4 (11–10 p.)	Prishtina
Prishtina	0–0 (2–3 p.)	Flamurtari

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Flamurtari	2	2	0	0	0	0	6
2	Shkëndija	2	1	1	0	0	0	3
3	Prishtina	2	0	2	0	0	0	0

2010

	Semifinals					Final
		Besa	0 (4)
		Renova (pen.)	0 (5)
							Renova	1
							Otrant	0
		Otrant (pen.)	0 (?)
		Liria	0 (?)

2011

	Semifinals					Final
		Shkëndija (pen.)	0 (3)
		Otrant	0 (1)
							Shkëndija	0 (0)
							Hysi (pen.)	0 (3)
		Flamurtari	0 (3)
		Hysi (pen.)	0 (4)

2012

	Semifinals					Final
		Tirana	0
		Shkëndija	1
							Shkëndija (pen.)	0 (5)
							Prishtina	0 (3)
		Flamurtari	1 (?)
		Prishtina (pen.)	1 (?)

2013

	Semifinals					Final
		Flamurtari	2
		Federal	0
							Flamurtari	0 (7)
							Prishtina (pen.)	0 (8)
		Shkëndija	2 (2)
		Prishtina (pen.)	2 (4)

2014

	Semifinals					Final
		Flamurtari	0
		Shkëndija	1
							Shkëndija	0
							Feronikeli	1
		Llamkos Kosova	0 (1)
		Feronikeli (pen.)	0 (3)

2015

	Semifinals					Final
		Otrant	1
		Shkëndija	0
							Otrant	3
							Partizani B	0
		Partizani B	1
		Feronikeli	0

2016

	Semifinals					Final
		Otrant	0
		Prishtina	1
							Prishtina	0
							Kukësi	2
		Shkëndija	1
		Kukësi	3

Statistics

Performance by team

Team	Winner	Runner-up	Tournaments
Besa	& —	& —	1
Federal	& —	& —	1
Feronikeli	1	& —	2
Flamurtari	1	1	5
Hysi	1	& —	1
Kukësi	1	& —	1
Llamkos Kosova	& —	& —	1
Liria	& —	& —	1
Otrant	1	1	4
Partizani B	& —	1	1
Prishtina	1	2	4
Renova	1	& —	1
Shkëndija	1	3	7
Tirana	& —	& —	1

Performance by country

Team	Winner	Runner-up
Albania	2	2
Kosovo	3	2
Macedonia	2	3
Montenegro	& —	& —

See also

• Albanian Declaration of Independence

References

Football in Albania
Albanian Football Association
National teams	men: Albania U23 U21 U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 U15 women: Albania U19
League system	men: Albanian Superliga First Division Second Division Third Division women: National Championship
Domestic cups	men: Albanian Cup Albanian Supercup Independence Cup (pre-season) SuperSport Trophy (pre-season) women: Women's Cup
Awards	Albanian Footballer of the Year Albanian Superliga Player of the Month
Lists	List of Albania international footballers List of Albanian Superliga all-time goalscorers List of Albanian Superliga hat-tricks List of clubs List of venues (by capacity) Foreign players Transfers
Men's clubs Women's clubs Male players Female players Expatriate footballers Managers Referees Venues Records

Football in Kosovo
Football Federation of Kosovo
National teams	Men's (U-21 U-19 U-17) Women's (U-19 U-17)
Football and futsal league competitions	Vala Superliga e Kosovës Futsal Superleague of Kosovo Liga e Parë Liga e Dytë (only in football) Women's League
Cup competitions	Cup
List of clubs List of venues

Football in the Macedonia
Football Federation of Macedonia
National teams	Men's (Results) Women's Futsal U-21 U-19 U-17
League system	men: First League Second League Third League (N, E, S, W, SW) Regional Leagues Reserves women: Macedonian women's football championship
Domestic cups	Macedonian Cup Macedonian Super Cup Macedonian Women's Cup
Defunct competitions	Republic League (1944–1992)
List of clubs List of venues Footballer of the Year Clubs in European tournaments

Football in Montenegro
Football Association of Montenegro
National teams	Men's List of matches (men) Women's List of matches (women) U-21 U-19 U-17
League system	First League Second League Third League Women's League
Domestic cups	Montenegrin Cup Montenegrin Regional Cups Montenegrin Cup (women)
International	Montenegrin clubs in UEFA competitions UEFA rankings Balkans Cup Montenegrin women's clubs in UEFA competitions
Defunct	Montenegrin Football Championship (1925-1940) Montenegrin clubs in Yugoslav football competitions (1946–2006) Montenegrin Republic League Montenegrin Republic Cup
Venues	List of football stadiums in Montenegro
List of clubs List of venues