1979–80 Albanian National Championship

Albanian National Championship

Season	1979–80
Champions	Dinamo Tirana 13th Albanian title
Relegated	Shkëndija Tiranë Apolonia
European Cup	Dinamo Tirana
UEFA Cup	None
Cup Winners' Cup	Partizani
Matches played	182
Goals scored	427 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	Përparim Kovaçi (18 goals)
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Albanian National Championship was the 41st season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.

Overview

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

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Tirana (C)	26	14	9	3	41	23	+18	37	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	17 Nëntori	26	11	10	5	33	27	+6	32
3	Vllaznia	26	12	7	7	37	26	+11	31
4	Partizani	26	9	11	6	41	30	+11	29	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	Flamurtari	26	10	9	7	33	25	+8	29
6	Skënderbeu	26	9	10	7	27	24	+3	28
7	Luftëtari	26	11	5	10	39	35	+4	27
8	Lokomotiva Durrës	26	8	11	7	29	27	+2	27
9	Labinoti	26	7	13	6	27	25	+2	27
10	Besa	26	9	8	9	27	29	−2	26
11	Naftëtari	26	9	6	11	29	39	−10	24
12	Tomori	26	7	9	10	31	37	−6	23
13	Shkëndija Tiranë (R)	26	6	7	13	18	30	−12	19	Relegation to the 1980–81 Kategoria e Dytë
14	Apolonia (R)	26	0	5	21	15	50	−35	5

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Note: 'Lokomotiva Durrës' is Teuta, 'Labinoti' is Elbasani

Results

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

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Përparim Kovaçi	Tomori	18
2	Luan Seiti	Luftëtari	17
3	Dashnor Bajaziti	Besa	13
4	Edmond Gëzdari	17 Nëntori	10

References

• Albania - List of final tables (RSSSF)