The 2011–12 Kategoria e Parë was the 65th season of a second-tier association football league in Albania.
Pogradeci have earned direct promotion to the 2011–12 Kategoria Superiore season.
They will be replaced by Elbasani, who were relegated at the end of the 2010–11 Kategoria Superiore season.
Partizani were directly relegated to the 2011–12 Kategoria e Dytë after finishing the 2010–11 Kategoria e Parë season at the bottom of the table.
The third-, fourth- and fifth-placed Kategoria e Parë teams competed against the 10th-, 11th- and 12th-placed Kategoria Superiore sides in single match relegation playoffs.