1988–89 Albanian Cup

1988–89 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the thirty-seventh season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began on August 1988 with the First Round and ended on May 1989 with the Final match. The winners of the competition qualified for the 1989-90 first round of the UEFA Cup. KS Flamurtari were the defending champions, having won their second Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by Dinamo Tirana.[1]

1988–89 Albanian Cup
Kupa e Shqipërisë
Country Albania
ChampionsDinamo Tirana
Runners-upKF Partizani

The first round was played in a single round-robin matches within 4 qualifying groups. The other rounds were played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregated score was tied after both games, the team with the higher number of away goals advanced. If the number of away goals was equal in both games, the match was decided by extra time and a penalty shootout, if necessary.

First round

Games were played on August & September 1988*

Group A

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Tirana 5 8
2 Skënderbeu 5 6
3 Ballshi i Ri/Bylis 5 4
4 Luftëtari 5 4
5 Labinoti/Elbasani 5 4
6 Minatori/Tepelena 5 4
Source:

Group B

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Partizani 5 8
2 Vllaznia 5 6
3 Lokomotiva/Teuta 5 6
4 Korabi 5 5
5 Përparimi/Kukësi 5 5
6 Cërriku/Turbina 5 0
Source:

Group C

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Besëlidhja 5 8
2 Traktori/Lushnja 5 7
3 24 Maji/Përmeti 5 6
4 Ylli Kuq/Pogradeci 5 4
5 Apolonia 5 3
6 5 Shtatori/Skrapari 5 2
Source:

Group D

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Dinamo 5 8
2 Tomori 5 6
3 Flamurtari 5 4
4 Erzeni 5 4
5 Besa 5 4
6 Kastrioti 5 4
Source:
  • Only final tables are known.

Quarter finals

In this round entered the 8 winners from the previous round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
KS Vllaznia 2–5 Dinamo Tirana 1–1 1–4
KS Skenderbeu Korce 3–5 KS Besëlidhja 1–0 2–5
KS Lushnja 1–4 KF Partizani 1–1 0–3
KF Tirana 1–1 (a.g.) KS Tomori 0–0 1–1

Semifinals

In this round entered the four winners from the previous round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
KF Partizani 5–0 KS Besëlidhja 1–0 4–0
KF Tirana 0–1 Dinamo Tirana 0–1 0–0

Final

Dinamo Tirana0 – 0KF Partizani
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: P. Aliko

Replay

Dinamo Tirana3 – 1KF Partizani
Abazi  4'
Demollari  49', 90'
Shehu  43'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Besnik Kaimi

References

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