1978–79 Albanian National Championship

The 1978–79 Albanian National Championship was the 40th season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.

Albanian National Championship

Season	1978–79
Champions	Partizani 12th Albanian title
Relegated	Besëlidhja Traktori
European Cup	Partizani
UEFA Cup	None
Cup Winners' Cup	Vllaznia
Matches played	182
Goals scored	388 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Agim Murati Petrit Dibra (12 goals)
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and Partizani won the championship.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Partizani (C)	26	14	8	4	38	20	+18	36	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	17 Nëntori	26	13	9	4	41	27	+14	35
3	Besa	26	11	9	6	36	25	+11	31
4	Flamurtari	26	11	8	7	25	20	+5	30
5	Dinamo Tirana	26	8	13	5	35	24	+11	29
6	Labinoti	26	10	8	8	25	22	+3	28
7	Lokomotiva Durrës	26	6	13	7	30	29	+1	25
8	Tomori	26	7	11	8	21	21	0	25
9	Vllaznia	26	8	7	11	37	33	+4	23	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
10	Naftëtari	26	6	11	9	21	36	−15	23
11	Shkëndija Tiranë	26	5	11	10	20	29	−9	21
12	Luftëtari	26	8	5	13	21	32	−11	21
13	Besëlidhja (R)	26	10	0	16	19	38	−19	20	Relegation to the 1979–80 Kategoria e Dytë
14	Traktori (R)	26	3	11	12	19	32	−13	17

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

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

Results

Home \ Away	17N	BES	BSL	DIN	FLA	LAB	LOK	LUF	NAF	PAR	SHK	TOM	TRA	VLL
17 Nëntori		2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	5–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–1
Besa	0–0		2–0	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
Besëlidhja	3–4	1–2		0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–3
Dinamo	2–2	2–0	3–0		2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	5–0	0–2	4–2	1–0	1–1	2–0
Flamurtari	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0		0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–1
Labinoti	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1		2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–1
Lokomotiva	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0		2–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–4
Luftëtari	0–2	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1		2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
Naftëtari	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1		0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Partizani	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0		2–0	0–0	3–0	2–0
Shkëndija	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1		0–0	0–0	1–1
Tomori	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–3	1–1		2–0	2–3
Traktori	2–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–2		2–1
Vllaznia	1–1	1–1	5–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Petrit Dibra	17 Nëntori	14
	Agim Murati	Partizani
3	Ferdinand Lleshi	Labinoti	13
4	Ilir Pernaska	Dinamo Tirana	12
5	Shtini	Besa	11
	Dashnor Bajaziti	Besa
	Vladimir Skuro	Naftëtari
	Hima	Lokomotiva Durrës

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References

1. “Këpucët e Arta” të Shqipërisë, nga Refik Resmja te Iir Përnaska

• Albania - List of final tables (RSSSF)