(2022–23) Competition format Since the 2014–15 Kategoria Superiore, the league consists of 10 clubs, who face each other four times in a conventional round-robin tournament for a total of 36 matches. At the end of the season, the two lowest-placed teams are relegated to the Kategoria e Parë, while two highest-placed teams of the Kategoria e Parë are promoted in their place. The 8th ranked team qualifies to the play-off round, which they play against the Kategoria e Parë play-off winner. Teams are ranked by total points, then head-to-head record, then goal difference, and then goals scored. Clubs (2022–2023) Current members The following teams are competing in the Kategoria Superiore during the 2022–23 season. List of champions Since 1930, the competition has not been played a total of 9 times: 1935, 1938–44, 1949, 1962. Furthermore, the champion award was not given during the 1968–69 season. Performance by club Tirana and Vllaznia would have accordingly 28 and 10 titles, if the three seasons played during WW2 are officially recognised from AFA. All time table The all-time table of football clubs that have participated in the Kategoria Superiore, prior to the 2021–2022 season. The ranking is based on the total accumulated points by each club. Teams in bold are part of the 2022–23 season. UEFA rankings Current rankings (2022–23) UEFA Country Ranking for league participation in 2022–23 European football season (Previous year rank in italics). 37 (42) League of Ireland Premier Division 38 (39) Macedonian First Football League 39 (36) Armenian Premier League 40 (37) Latvian Higher League 41 (38) Kategoria Superiore 42 (48) NIFL Premiership 43 (44) Erovnuli Liga 44 (43) Veikkausliiga 45 (41) Moldovan National Division See also List of football clubs in Albania List of Kategoria Superiore all-time goalscorers References Notes Citations 1 Albania