1977–78 Albanian National Championship

The 1977–78 Albanian National Championship was the 39th season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.

Albanian National Championship

Season	1977–78
Champions	Vllaznia 5th Albanian title
Relegated	Skënderbeu
European Cup	Vllaznia
UEFA Cup	None
Cup Winners' Cup	None
Matches played	132
Goals scored	265 (2.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Agim Murati (14 goals)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Vllaznia won the championship.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vllaznia (C)	22	10	9	3	32	19	+13	29	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Luftëtari	22	10	6	6	26	22	+4	26
3	Partizani	22	11	3	8	30	22	+8	25
4	Dinamo Tirana	22	8	8	6	24	20	+4	24
5	Flamurtari	22	7	9	6	25	20	+5	23
6	17 Nëntori	22	7	7	8	21	20	+1	21
7	Tomori	22	7	7	8	24	29	−5	21
8	Shkëndija Tiranë	22	6	9	7	18	23	−5	21
9	Traktori	22	6	7	9	22	28	−6	19
10	Lokomotiva Durrës	22	4	11	7	15	24	−9	19
11	Labinoti	22	6	6	10	12	19	−7	18
12	Skënderbeu (R)	22	6	6	10	16	19	−3	18	Relegation to the 1978–79 Kategoria e Dytë^[a]

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Labinoti and Skënderbeu finished the season level on points so the Albanian Football Association decided to organise a playoff game to determine which side will be relegated to the Kategoria e Dytë.

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

Results

Home \ Away	17N	DIN	FLA	LAB	LOK	LUF	PAR	SKË	SHK	TOM	TRA	VLL
17 Nëntori		1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–2	2–0
Dinamo	0–0		1–1	0–1	0–0	2–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	5–1	1–1
Flamurtari	0–2	0–2		2–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	3–0
Labinoti	1–0	0–1	0–0		1–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1
Lokomotiva	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0		1–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–0
Luftëtari	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–0		0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1
Partizani	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	0–1		3–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–1
Skënderbeu	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	4–0	2–0	2–0		1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1
Shkëndija	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0		2–1	2–1	1–1
Tomori	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	4–3	1–0	0–0	2–1		2–3	0–0
Traktori	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–2
Vllaznia	3–2	3–0	3–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	5–1	4–0	1–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Labinoti	0–0 (6–5 p)	Skënderbeu	0–0	0–0

• Skënderbeu were relegated to 1978–79 Kategoria e Dytë.

References

• Albania - List of final tables (RSSSF)