1987–88 Albanian National Championship

Statistics of Albanian Superliga in the 1987–88 season.

Albanian National Championship
Season1987–88
Champions17 Nëntori
13th Albanian title
Relegated
  • Luftëtari
  • Tomori
  • 31 Korriku
European Cup17 Nëntori
UEFA CupNone
Cup Winners' CupFlamurtari
Matches played268
Goals scored546 (2.04 per match)
Top goalscorerAgustin Kola (18 goals)
← 1986–87
1988–89 →

Overview

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

Regular season
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 Group A
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 Group B
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 Kategoria e Parë
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

Final phase

Group A
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) Champion.

Group B
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 Kategoria e Parë
Source: rsssf.com
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

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

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

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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
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