Dinamo Tirana–KF Tirana rivalry

The Dinamo Tirana–KF Tirana rivalry is a rivalry between football clubs KF Tirana and Dinamo Tirana, the two most successful clubs from the city of Tirana in Albania. It is one of the longest currently running top-flight derby in Albania.[1] KF Tirana dominates either historically, or during last 30 seasons against the Dinamo.

KF Tirana vs Dinamo

Locale	Tirana,  Albania
Teams	KF Tirana, Dinamo Tirana
First meeting	1950
Latest meeting	Tirana 2–3 Dinamo Albanian Superliga (Round 24: 25 April 2012)
Next meeting	N/A
Stadiums	Selman Stërmasi Stadium
Statistics
Meetings total	137 matches
Most wins	KF Tirana (57)
Largest victory	Dinamo Tirana 6–0 KF Tirana Dinamo Tirana 1-5 KF Tirana

However, Dinamo have won more ties in their Cup confrontation.

Win-loss totals

Superior League

Competition	Played	Tirana	Draw	Dinamo	Tirana Goals	Dinamo Goals
Superior League	137	57	34	46	206	180

Albanian Cup

Competition	Played	Tirana	Draw	Dinamo	Tirana Goals	Dinamo Goals	Tirana ties won	Dinamo ties won
Albanian Cup	29	8	6	15	30	42	7	9

Title of shame

It was 24 June 1967. Tirana and Partizani played their derby of the 19th round of 1967 Championship . Match had just been played in full and finished 2:1. Fans were peacefully leaving stands and, as players had already left the pitch and were heading towards dressing rooms, two of opposite players have just had a verbal exchange which ended there and then.

It was a huge surprise to see the paper headlines the next morning: "Due to direct decision of AFA, Tirana and Partizani forfeit the match 0:3, are deducted 3 points each and will thereafter lose by default remaining matches!" Many were asking: "what went wrong, match was played in the pitch, it produced lots of emotions and fans acknowledged the final result. What did teams do to receive such a harsh treatment?"

However, it became clear days after: the decision to expel both clubs was taken directly from Ministry of Affairs and passed to AFA for execution. Since Partizani was out of title fight due to a huge point gap and the only way that Dinamo could get the title was punishing Tirana - table leaders at the moment, they finally found the excuse in that minor verbal exchange two players had after the match. Truth is they just couldn't support the fact that KF Tirana was about to achieve the 3rd title in a row, instead of Partizani or Dinamo.

By forfeiting that match and losing the subsequent 3 remaining matches, Dinamo would automatically gain enough points to overtake Tirana and win the title. It was a disgrace for Albanian football, such that even UEFA still refrains to recognize the champions Dinamo for that year.[2]

All matches Tirana vs Dinamo

  Tirana win   Draw   Dinamo win

Season	1st match	2nd match	3rd match	4th match	Matches
1950	0–1	–	–	–	1
1951	1–2	0–6	–	–	2
1952	0–1	1–0	–	–	2
1953	0–3	4–2	–	–	2
1954	0–2	3–1	–	–	2
1955	1–2	0–2	–	–	2
1956	0–2	0–0	–	–	2
1957	1–3	1–1	–	–	2
1958	4–0	1–0	–	–	2
1959	1–1	2–0	–	–	2
1960	0–1	0–2	–	–	2
1961	0–2	0–1	–	–	2
1962–63	1–1	1–3	–	–	2
1963–64	1–2	0–1	–	–	2
1964–65	2–1	2–1	–	–	2
1965–66	2–1	2–1	–	–	2
1966–67	3–1	2–2	–	–	2
1968	2–1	2–1	–	–	2
1969–70	3–2	3–0	–	–	2
1970–71	0–1	0–1	–	–	2
1971–72	2–1	2–2	–	–	2
1972–73	0–3	1–3	–	–	2
1973–74	3–0	0–2	–	–	2
1974–75	1–1	2–2	–	–	2
1975–76	2–2	2–1	–	–	2
1976–77	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	4
1977–78	1–0	0–0	–	–	2
1978–79	1–1	2–2	–	–	2
1979–80	4–5	0–1	–	–	2
1980–81	3–2	0–1	–	–	2
1981–82	0–1	2–2	–	–	2
1982–83	1–1	4–3	–	–	2
1983–84	0–0	1–0	–	–	2
1984–85	1–0	2–3	–	–	2
1985–86	3–5	0–0	–	–	2
1986–87	3–4	2–3	–	–	2
1987–88	1–1	0–0	–	–	2
1988–89	3–0	2–1	4–3	0–1	4
1989–90	0–1	1–0	0–2	–	3
1990–91	1–1	1–1	5–1	–	3
1991–92	1–1	0–1	–	–	2
1992–93	0–1	0–0	–	–	2
1993–94	1–0	3–0	–	–	2
1994–95	3–3	1–2	–	–	2
1995–96	3–1	1–0	–	–	2
1996–97	3–0	–	–	–	1
1997–98	2–0	4–1	–	–	2
1998–99	1–0	3–0	–	–	2
1999–00	4–0	2–1	–	–	2
2000–01	1–1	3–1	–	–	2
2001–02	2–2	1–3	–	–	2
2002–03	3–1	3–2	–	–	2
2003–04	0–0	5–1	0–3	1–1	4
2004–05	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	4
2005–06	3–3	1–1	1–1	3–0	4
2006–07	2–1	2–1	2–1	–	3
2007–08	2–0	0–0	1–2	–	3
2008–09	4–2	2–1	3–2	–	3
2009–10	1–2	1–2	3–2	–	3
2010–11	1–1	2–1	0–0	–	3
2011–12	1–0	2–3	–	–	2
2012–13	Dinamo was playing at First Division
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19

30 recent seasons of Tirana vs Dinamo

Competition	Played	Tirana	Draw	Dinamo	Tirana Goals	Dinamo Goals	Goal Difference
Albanian Superliga	58	29	15	14	101	63	+38

League placements

The league placement table shows the results of KF Tirana and Dinamo Tirana, when they played in Albanian Superliga.

	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	62–63	63–64	64–65	65–66	66–67	1968	69–70	70–71	71–72	72–73	73–74	74–75
Tirana	9	3	5	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	6	1	1	2	1	1	7	2	11	13	4
Dinamo	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	4	4	1	2	2	2	11	3	1	3	4	2	4	1	4	1

	75–76	76–77	77–78	78–79	79–80	80–81	81–82	82–83	83–84	84–85	85–86	86–87	87–88	88–89	89–90	90–91	91–92	92–93	93–94	94–95	95–96	96–97
Tirana	2	5	6	2	2	3	1	3	2	1	3	6	1	1	4	4	8	11	2	1	1	1
Dinamo	1	1	4	5	1	2	3	8	11	2	1	4	11	3	1	6	5	6	6	8	5	16

	97–98	98–99	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12
Tirana	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	6	1	3	5	3
Dinamo	12	6	10	3	1	6	2	3	3	5	1	3	1	10	14

External links

• Results of the derby, starting of 1998

See also

• KF Tirana-KF Vllaznia rivalry
• Tirana derbies
• KF Tirana–Partizani Tirana rivalry

References

1. "Derbys between 1990–present". Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
2. Skifter Kellici – KF Tirana punishment of 1967