1988–89 Albanian National Championship

Albanian National Championship

Season	1988–89
Champions	17 Nëntori 14th Albanian title
Relegated	Skënderbeu Traktori
European Cup	17 Nëntori
UEFA Cup	Dinamo Tirana
Cup Winners' Cup	Apolonia
Matches played	192
Goals scored	439 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Agustin Kola (19 goals)
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 Albanian National Championship was the 50th season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and 17 Nëntori won the championship.

First phase

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	17 Nëntori	22	14	4	4	39	18	+21	32	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Partizani	22	13	4	5	33	17	+16	30
3	Dinamo Tirana	22	12	6	4	29	19	+10	30
4	Apolonia	22	10	7	5	29	10	+19	27
5	Besëlidhja	22	10	4	8	28	24	+4	24
6	Labinoti	22	9	5	8	27	25	+2	23
7	Vllaznia	22	9	4	9	28	26	+2	22	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Flamurtari	22	9	2	11	26	30	−4	20
9	Lokomotiva Durrës	22	5	6	11	16	31	−15	16
10	Besa	22	7	1	14	27	36	−9	15
11	Skënderbeu	22	4	6	12	14	30	−16	14
12	Traktori	22	3	5	14	12	42	−30	11

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	17N	APO	BES	BSL	DIN	FLA	LAB	LOK	PAR	SKË	TRA	VLL
17 Nëntori		1–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	7–0	5–2
Apolonia	0–1		5–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	6–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1
Besa	0–2	2–0		3–3	0–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–2
Besëlidhja	1–2	1–1	2–1		0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0
Dinamo	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–1		4–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0
Flamurtari	1–0	0–2	1–2	3–2	2–2		2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–0
Labinoti	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	2–3		2–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	1–0
Lokomotiva	0–0	0–4	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–0		0–1	0–1	3–0	0–2
Partizani	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–2	2–1	3–0		5–0	2–0	1–1
Skënderbeu	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0		0–0	0–1
Traktori	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–4	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0		1–0
Vllaznia	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	3–0	4–1

Source:
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)	32	21	6	5	58	25	+33	48	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Partizani	32	18	9	5	48	23	+25	45
3	Dinamo Tirana	32	16	10	6	46	31	+15	42	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
4	Apolonia	32	12	9	11	36	24	+12	33	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	Labinoti	32	12	7	13	37	37	0	31
6	Besëlidhja	32	10	7	15	33	46	−13	27

Source:
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	17N	APO	BSL	DIN	LAB	PAR
17 Nëntori		3–0	4–0	4–3	2–1	1–1
Apolonia	0–1		2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3
Besëlidhja	0–1	0–0		1–4	0–1	1–1
Dinamo	1–0	3–1	2–2		2–0	0–0
Labinoti	0–2	1–0	4–1	1–1		0–1
Partizani	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Vllaznia	32	14	9	9	46	33	+13	37
8	Flamurtari	32	13	6	13	33	36	−3	32
9	Besa	32	11	4	17	36	47	−11	26
10	Lokomotiva Durrës	32	7	11	14	26	40	−14	25
11	Skënderbeu (R)	32	6	9	17	21	43	−22	21	Relegation to the 1989–90 Kategoria e Dytë
12	Traktori (R)	32	4	9	19	19	54	−35	17

Source:
(R) Relegated

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

Results

Home \ Away	BES	FLA	LOK	SKË	TRA	VLL
Besa		1–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0
Flamurtari	0–0		1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1
Lokomotiva	2–0	0–1		2–0	2–2	0–0
Skënderbeu	1–1	1–0	2–2		1–0	1–2
Traktori	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–0		0–0
Vllaznia	4–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	5–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Agustin Kola	17 Nëntori	19
2	Vladimir Tafani	Labinoti	16
3	Pandeli Tole	Apolonia	12
4	Eduard Abazi	Dinamo Tirana	11
5	Sulejman Demollari	Dinamo Tirana	10
6	Arben Minga	17 Nëntori	9

References

• Albania - List of final tables (RSSSF)