[citation needed] Dinamo Tirana were the defending champions, having won their 18th Albanian championship last season.
Apolonia Fier and Gramozi were directly relegated to the Kategoria e Parë after finishing 11th and 12th in the previous year's standings.
They are replaced by Kategoria e Parë champions Bylis and runners-up Elbasani.
Both Kastrioti and Skënderbeu won their matches 1–0 and retained their places in the league.
The 9th and 10th-place finishers in the league faced the sixth- and fifth-placed teams of the 2010–11 Kategoria e Parë, respectively, in single match relegation playoffs.