The 2025–26 Albanian Cup () was the seventy-fourth season of Albania's annual cup competition, the Albanian Cup. There were 42 participating teams.https://www.panorama.com.al/sport/rrugetimi-deri-ne-cerekfinale-mesoni-kalendarin-e-kupes-se-shqiperise-tete-klube-te-superiores-pushim-deri-ne-janar/ The winners qualified for the 2026–27 UEFA Conference League first qualifying round. Dinamo City were the defending champions, and retained their title after defeating Egnatia 3−2 in the final. It was the club's fifteenth Albanian Cup title overall.
Participating teams Kategoria SuperioreThe 10 clubs of the 2025–26 season Kategoria e ParëTwelve clubs of the 2025–26 season Kategoria e DytëTwenty clubs of the 2025–26 season Bylis Dinamo City Egnatia Elbasani Flamurtari Partizani Teuta Tirana Vllaznia Vora Apolonia Besa Burreli Iliria Kastrioti Korabi Kukësi Laçi Luftëtari Lushnja Pogradeci Skënderbeu Adriatiku Basania Besëlidhja Butrinti Delvina Devolli Erzeni Gramshi Këlcyra Luzi 2008 Maliqi Naftëtari Oriku Shiroka Shkumbini Sopoti Tërbuni Tomori Valbona Veleçiku
Format and seeding Teams will enter the competition at various stages, as follows: First phase (one-legged fixtures) Preliminary round: four teams from Kategoria e Dytë will start the tournament Round of 64: the two winners will be joined by 14 Kategoria e Dytë teams, 12 Kategoria e Parë teams, and 2 teams from Kategoria Superiore Round of 32: the 16 winners will face each other Second phase Round of 16 (one-legged): the eight winners will be joined by Kategoria Superiore clubs, seeded 1–8 Quarter-finals (two-legged): the eight winners will face each other Semi-finals (two-legged): the four winners will face each other Final (one-legged): the two winners will face each other
Round dates
Phase Round Clubs remaining Clubs involved From previous round Entries in this round First leg Second leg First stage Preliminary round 42 4 none 4 1 October 2025 Round of 64 40 32 2 30 14 & 15 October 2025 Round of 32 24 16 16 none 18 & 19 November 2025 Second stage Round of 16 16 16 8 8 10 January 2026 Quarter-finals 8 8 8 none 10 & 11 February 2026 4 March 2026 Semi-finals 4 4 4 none 8 April 2026 22 & 23 April 2026 Final 2 2 2 none 13 May 2026
Preliminary round A total of four teams from Kategoria e Dytë competed in this round, two of which advanced.
Basania advanced to the round of 64.
Këlcyra advanced to the round of 64.
Round of 64 A total of 32 teams (2 winners from the preliminary round, 14 teams from Kategoria e Dytë, 12 teams from Kategoria e Parë and 2 Kategoria Superiore teams) competed in this round, 16 of which advanced to the second round.
Skënderbeu advanced to the round of 32.
Laçi advanced to the round of 32.
Vora advanced to the round of 32.
Flamurtari advanced to the round of 32.
Besa advanced to the round of 32.
Pogradeci advanced to the round of 32.
Burreli advanced to the round of 32.
Apolonia advanced to the round of 32.
Lushnja advanced to the round of 32.
Kastrioti advanced to the round of 32.
Korabi advanced to the round of 32.
Kukësi advanced to the round of 32.
Tomori advanced to the round of 32.
Sopoti advanced to the round of 32.
Luftëtari advanced to the round of 32.
Iliria advanced to the round of 32.
Round of 32 The 16 winning teams from the first round competed in the second round, 8 of which advanced to the round of 16.
Skënderbeu advanced to the round of 16.
Laçi advanced to the round of 16.
Vora advanced to the round of 16.
Flamurtari advanced to the round of 16.
Besa advanced to the round of 16.
Pogradeci advanced to the round of 16.
Burreli advanced to the round of 16.
Apolonia advanced to the round of 16.
Bracket
Round of 16 The round of 16 matches were played between the eight winners from the second round and clubs seeded 1–8 in the 2024–25 Kategoria Superiore.
Tirana advanced to the quarter finals.
Teuta advanced to the quarter finals.
Dinamo City advanced to the quarter finals.
Vllaznia advanced to the quarter finals.
Bylis advanced to the quarter finals.
Elbasani advanced to the quarter finals.
Partizani advanced to the quarter finals.
Egnatia advanced to the quarter finals.
Quarter-finals The quarter-final matches were played between clubs advancing from the round of 16.
Egnatia advanced to the semi finals.
Dinamo City advanced to the semi finals.
Elbasani advanced to the semi finals.
Vllaznia advanced to the semi finals.
Semi-finals The two-legged semi-finals will be played between clubs advancing from the quarter-finals.
Dinamo City advanced to the final.
Egnatia advanced to the final.
Final
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Aldrit OshafiFlamurtari4 Dejvi BreguDinamo City2 Heiderber RamírezFlamurtari3 Mmesoma UmejiegoApolonia Xhonatan LajthiaElbasani
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