1980–81 Albanian National Championship

The 1980–81 Albanian National Championship was the 42nd season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.

Albanian National Championship

Season	1980–81
Champions	Partizani 13th Albanian title
Relegated	Skënderbeu Traktori
European Cup	Partizani
UEFA Cup	Dinamo Tirana
Cup Winners' Cup	None
Matches played	182
Goals scored	355 (1.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dashnor Bajaziti (12 goals)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

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	15	7	4	36	17	+19	37	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Dinamo Tirana	26	14	8	4	32	17	+15	36	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	17 Nëntori	26	14	7	5	38	21	+17	35
4	Vllaznia	26	9	9	8	30	33	−3	27
5	Luftëtari	26	10	5	11	25	24	+1	25
6	Naftëtari	26	10	5	11	24	32	−8	25
7	Besa	26	7	10	9	28	25	+3	24
8	Flamurtari	26	8	8	10	27	26	+1	24
9	Labinoti	26	7	10	9	24	28	−4	24
10	Besëlidhja	26	6	11	9	21	25	−4	23
11	Lokomotiva Durrës	26	6	11	9	20	24	−4	23
12	Tomori	26	4	15	7	14	20	−6	23
13	Skënderbeu (R)	26	5	12	9	19	27	−8	22	Relegation to the 1981–82 Kategoria e Dytë
14	Traktori (R)	26	4	8	14	17	36	−19	16

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

Note: "17 Nëntori" is Tirana, "Labinoti" is Elbasani, "Lokomotiva Durrës" is Teuta and "Traktori" is Lushnja.

Results

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

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dashnor Bajaziti	Besa	12
2	Vasillaq Zëri	Dinamo Tirana	10
3	Roland Luçi	Vllaznia	8
	Aleko Bregu	Dinamo Tirana
	Musa Fagu	Partizani
6	Vladimir Skuro	Naftëtari	7
	Agim Murati	Partizani

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References

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

• Albania - List of final tables (RSSSF)