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
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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