The 2011–12 Kategoria Superiore was the 73rd official season, or 76th season of top-tier football in Albania (including three unofficial championships of WW2) and the fourteenth season under the name Kategoria superiore. The season began on 10 September 2011 and ended on 12 May 2012. The defending champions were Skënderbeu, who won their second Albanian league championship last season and third in their history.

The size of the league was expanded from twelve to fourteen teams this season.^[1]

Teams

Besa and Elbasani finished the 2010–11 season in 11th and 12th place and were relegated to the Kategoria e Parë. Taking their places were the champions of the 2010–11 Kategoria e Parë competition, Pogradeci, and the runners-up, Tomori.

In addition, because the league expanded to 14 clubs this season, the third- and fourth-placed clubs of last season's Kategoria e Parë were also promoted to this competition automatically. These clubs were Kamza and Apolonia.

Finally, two more spots in this competition were available via a promotion-relegation playoff between the 9th and 10th-place finishers of last season's Kategoria Superiore, Shkumbini Peqin and Dinamo Tirana, and the 5th and 6th-place finishers of last season's Kategoria e Parë, Besëlidhja Lezhë and Adriatiku Mamurras. Shkumbini defeated Adriatiku 1–0 after extra time and Dinamo Tirana defeated Besëlidhja 4–1, so both Superiore teams retained their spots in the league for this season.

Stadia and last season

Tirana
Dinamo

Flamurtari

Pogradeci

Laçi

Skënderbeu

Vllaznia

Bylis

Teuta

Kastrioti

Tomori

Kamza

Apolonia

Shkumbini

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Locations of the 2011–12 Kategoria Superiore teams

Personnel and sponsoring

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2011)

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Apolonia	Dhimitër Papuçiu
Bylis	Naci Şensoy
Dinamo Tirana	Artan Mërgjyshi
Flamurtari	Shkëlqim Muça	Artan Sakaj	Legea	Brunes Hidrosanitare
Kamza	Mauro De Vecchis
Kastrioti	Ramadan Ndreu	Fatmir Caca	Adidas
Laçi	Nevil Dede	Sajmir Kastrati	Sportika	Top Sport
Pogradeci	Ylli Çekiçi
Skënderbeu	Stanislav Levy	Bledi Shkëmbi	Legea	Ama Cafè
Shkumbini	Kristaq Mile
Teuta	Hasan Lika	Arian Sheta	Legea
Tirana	Julián Rubio[3]	Elvis Sina	Legea	BPP Group
Tomori	Ernest Gjoka
Vllaznia	Rudi Vata	Dritan Smajlaj	Legea	Hotel Colosseo

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
KF Tirana	Mišo Krstičević[4]	Sacked	19-05-2011	Pre season	Julián Rubio[5]	20-06-2011
Vllaznia Shkodër	Mirel Josa	Sacked	31-10-2011	6.	Rudi Vata	3-11-2011
Skënderbeu Korçë	Shpetim Duro	Sacked	4-10-2011	7.	Stanislav Levy	10-10-2011

League table