1989–90 Albanian National Championship

The 1989–90 Albanian National Championship was the 51st season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.

Albanian National Championship

Season	1989–90
Champions	Dinamo Tirana 15th Albanian title
Relegated	Besëlidhja
European Cup	Dinamo
UEFA Cup	Partizani
Cup Winners' Cup	Flamurtari
Matches played	198
Goals scored	446 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kujtim Majaci (19 goals)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W3	D	L3	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Tirana (C)	33	16	3	9	0	5	45	22	+23	50	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Partizani^[a]	33	16	4	8	1	4	56	25	+31	49	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Flamurtari	33	13	2	7	0	11	39	27	+12	39	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	17 Nëntori	33	11	2	8	0	12	40	34	+6	36
5	Vllaznia	33	11	1	9	1	11	45	46	−1	33
6	Apolonia^[b]	33	13	0	7	2	11	42	46	−4	30
7	Luftëtari	33	11	2	5	3	12	31	39	−8	30
8	Besa	33	6	1	14	3	9	31	47	−16	26
9	Tomori	33	5	1	15	3	9	26	36	−10	25
10	Lokomotiva Durrës	33	8	0	9	0	16	33	45	−12	25
11	Labinoti	33	11	0	5	3	14	27	41	−14	24
12	Besëlidhja^[c] (R)	33	6	1	12	1	13	31	38	−7	23	Relegation to the 1990–91 Kategoria e Dytë

Source: giovanniarmillotta.it
Rules for classification: 2 points for a win, 3 points for a win with a 3 or greater goal difference, 1 points for a draw, 0 points for a loss, -1 points for a loss with a 3 or greater goal difference.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Partizani were deducted two points.
2. Apolonia were deducted one point.
3. Besëlidhja were deducted three points.

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

Results

First and second round Home \ Away 17N APO BES BSL DIN FLA LAB LOK LUF PAR TOM VLL 17 Nëntori 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 Apolonia 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 4–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 5–4 Besa 0–0 0–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 Besëlidhja 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 Dinamo 0–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 4–3 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 Flamurtari 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 Labinoti 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 Lokomotiva 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 Luftëtari 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 3–0 3–2 Partizani 2–0 3–0 6–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 4–0 4–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 Tomori 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 Vllaznia 0–1 0–0 4–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 Source:^[citation needed] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round Home \ Away 17N APO BES BSL DIN FLA LAB LOK LUF PAR TOM VLL 17 Nëntori 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–2 2–0 Apolonia 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 Besa 2–2 4–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 Besëlidhja 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 Dinamo 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 Flamurtari 1–0 3–0 3–2 3–1 2–2 3–1 Labinoti 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 Lokomotiva 2–2 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 Luftëtari 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 Partizani 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 Tomori 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 Vllaznia 1–1 4–2 3–2 1–0 3–2 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	Kujtim Majaci	Apolonia	19
2	Sokol Kushta	Flamurtari	15
3	Eduard Abazi	Dinamo Tirana	14
	Sulejman Demollari	Dinamo Tirana
5	Albert Stroni	Dinamo Tirana	11

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References

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

• Albania - List of final tables (RSSSF)