1987–88 Albanian National Championship

Albanian National Championship
Season1987–88
Champions17 Nëntori
13th Albanian title
Relegated
European Cup17 Nëntori
UEFA CupNone
Cup Winners' CupFlamurtari
Matches played268
Goals scored546 (2.04 per match)
Top goalscorerAgustin Kola (18 goals)

The 1987–88 Albanian National Championship was the 49th season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and 17 Nëntori won the championship.

First phase

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 17 Nëntori 26 11 11 4 41 20 +21 33 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Flamurtari 26 10 9 7 38 27 +11 29
3 Labinoti 26 10 9 7 22 19 +3 29
4 Apolonia 26 11 6 9 36 28 +8 28
5 Besa 26 8 12 6 28 22 +6 28
6 Vllaznia 26 11 6 9 30 26 +4 28
7 Besëlidhja 26 9 10 7 24 28 −4 28 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Lokomotiva Durrës 26 9 9 8 27 28 −1 27
9 Partizani 26 9 8 9 38 34 +4 26
10 Skënderbeu 26 8 10 8 17 26 −9 26
11 Dinamo Tirana 26 7 11 8 33 32 +1 25
12 Luftëtari 26 7 10 9 19 19 0 24
13 Tomori (R) 26 8 7 11 29 34 −5 23 Relegation to the 1988–89 Kategoria e Dytë
14 31 Korriku (R) 26 3 4 19 22 61 −39 10
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated

Note 1: After the regular season, Tomori and 31 Korriku were relegated immediately, while the other 12 teams were divided in 2 groups in the final phase

Results

Home \ Away 17N 31K APO BES BSL DIN FLA LAB LOK LUF PAR SKË TOM VLL
17 Nëntori 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 4–1 3–1
31 Korriku 1–4 2–0 0–1 2–2 0–4 2–3 1–0 1–2 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0
Apolonia 1–2 1–0 2–1 5–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 4–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–1
Besa 1–1 6–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0
Besëlidhja 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–3
Dinamo 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–1 4–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–3 1–1 4–3 1–3
Flamurtari 1–0 6–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–1
Labinoti 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0
Lokomotiva 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Luftëtari 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1
Partizani 1–1 5–2 4–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 3–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 5–0 2–2 1–0
Skënderbeu 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1
Tomori 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–2
Vllaznia 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final phase

Championship round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 17 Nëntori (C) 36 18 12 6 59 29 +30 48 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Flamurtari 36 15 11 10 55 38 +17 41 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Labinoti 36 14 11 11 31 33 −2 39
4 Apolonia 36 16 6 14 51 43 +8 38
5 Besa 36 11 13 12 38 36 +2 35
6 Vllaznia 36 13 8 15 40 42 −2 34
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away 17N APO BES FLA LAB VLL
17 Nëntori 4–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0
Apolonia 2–1 2–0 1–2 3–1 3–1
Besa 3–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–2
Flamurtari 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 4–1
Labinoti 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–0
Vllaznia 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Lokomotiva Durrës 36 11 16 9 34 35 −1 38
8 Besëlidhja 36 12 14 10 38 42 −4 38
9 Partizani 36 12 13 11 51 44 +7 37
10 Skënderbeu 36 11 14 11 26 33 −7 36
11 Dinamo Tirana (O) 36 10 14 12 41 42 −1 34 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12 Luftëtari (R) 36 11 11 14 31 34 −3 33 Relegation to the 1988–89 Kategoria e Dytë
Source: rsssf.com
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Note 2: '17 Nëntori' is Tirana, 'Labinoti' is Elbasani, 'Lokomotiva Durrës' is Teuta

Results

Home \ Away BSL DIN LOK LUF PAR SKË
Besëlidhja 2–2 0–0 3–2 2–2 1–0
Dinamo 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0
Lokomotiva 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
Luftëtari 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–0
Partizani 0–2 4–0 0–0 3–1 1–1
Skënderbeu 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation playoffs and Qyteti Stalin riots

Naftëtari Qyteti Stalin qualified for a promotion/relegation playoff after finishing runners-up to second tier champions Traktori Lushnja.[1] After losing the first match 1–0 away to Albanian giants and Ministry of Interior club Dinamo Tirana, the second match in Qyteti Stalin on 5 June 1988 ended in riots and burning of the Dinamo team bus partly due to the fact that the game was led by a referee and assistants from Tirana. Dinamo also won the second leg 1-0- and the subsequent riots led to the suspension of Naftëtari from playing football for a year and demotion to the third tier. Their coach Pandi Angjeli and players Meta and Makashi were suspended for life and club manager Fatmir Ismaili was dismissed.[2]

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Albania Agustin Kola 17 Nëntori 18
2 Albania Arben Minga 17 Nëntori 16
3 Albania Ylli Shehu Partizani 14
4 Albania Roland Agallin Partizani 12
5 Albania Sokol Kushta Flamurtari 10
Albania Agim Bubegi Flamurtari

[3]

References

  1. ^ Albania 1987/88 - RSSSF
  2. ^ Speciale/ Revolta e Kuçovës, 30 vjet nga ndeshja që shkundi sistemin monist - Panorama (in Albanian)
  3. ^ “Këpucët e Arta” të Shqipërisë, nga Refik Resmja te Iir Përnaska