2001–02 Albanian National Championship

The 2001–02 Albanian National Championship was the 63rd season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.

Albanian National Championship

Season	2001–02
Champions	Dinamo Tirana 17th Albanian title
Relegated	Luftëtari Tomori
Champions League	Dinamo Tirana
UEFA Cup	Tirana Partizani
Intertoto Cup	Teuta
Matches played	182
Goals scored	467 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Indrit Fortuzi (24 goals)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Teams

Stadia and last season

Apolonia

Besëlidhja

Bylis

Dinamo Tirana

Erzeni

Flamurtari

Luftëtari

Lushnja

Partizani

Shkumbini

Teuta

Tirana

Tomori

Vllaznia

Locations of the 2001–02 Albanian National Championship teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Last season
Apolonia	Fier	Loni Papuçiu Stadium	10,000	10th
Besëlidhja	Lezhë	Brian Filipi Stadium	5,000	7th
Bylis	Ballsh	Adush Muça Stadium	6,000	4th
Dinamo Tirana	Tirana	Qemal Stafa Stadium[note 1]	19,700	3rd
Erzeni	Shijak	Tefik Jashari Stadium	4,000	Second Division
Flamurtari	Vlorë	Flamurtari Stadium	15,000	11th
Luftëtari	Gjirokastër	Gjirokastër Stadium	9,000	8th
Lushnja	Lushnjë	Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium	12,000	9th
Partizani	Tirana	Qemal Stafa Stadium	19,700	Second Division
Shkumbini	Peqin	Shkumbini Stadium	6,000	5th
Teuta	Durrës	Niko Dovana Stadium	12,040	6th
Tirana	Tirana	Qemal Stafa Stadium	19,700	2nd
Tomori	Berat	Tomori Stadium	14,750	12th
Vllaznia	Shkodër	Loro Boriçi Stadium	15,000	Champions

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Tirana (C)	26	19	6	1	55	15	+40	63	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Tirana	26	19	5	2	52	15	+37	62	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Partizani	26	13	7	6	41	24	+17	46
4	Teuta	26	12	6	8	31	19	+12	42	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5	Vllaznia	26	12	4	10	44	27	+17	40
6	Shkumbini	26	10	3	13	32	36	−4	33
7	Lushnja	26	8	7	11	32	32	0	31
8	Flamurtari	26	8	5	13	26	32	−6	29
9	Apolonia	26	9	2	15	22	48	−26	29
10	Besëlidhja	26	6	10	10	20	25	−5	28
11	Bylis	26	7	7	12	28	42	−14	28
12	Erzeni	26	9	1	16	31	54	−23	28
13	Luftëtari (R)	26	8	3	15	24	50	−26	27	Relegation to the Kategoria e Parë
14	Tomori (R)	26	7	4	15	29	48	−19	25

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in head-to-head matches; 3) goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) total goal difference; 6) total goals scored; 7) draw
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Tirana qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round by winning the 2001–02 Albanian Cup, therefore forfeiting their UEFA Intertoto Cup first round place that they had won.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Indrit Fortuzi	Tirana	24
2	Fjodor Xhafa	Tirana	12
3	Vioresin Sinani	Vllaznia	11
	Abílio	Partizani
	Fatjon Ymeri	Erzeni
6	Antonio Carioca	Partizani	10
	Daniel Xhafaj	Dinamo Tirana
	Klodian Asllani	Dinamo Tirana
9	Dorian Bubeqi	Bylis	9
10	Albert Kaçi	Vllaznia	8
	Klodian Arbëri	Tomori
	Vaskë Ruko	Apolonia

Notes

1. Dinamo Tirana, Partizani and Tirana all shared the Qemal Stafa Stadium as well as the Selman Stërmasi Stadium.

References

• Albania - List of final tables (RSSSF)