1997–98 Albanian National Championship

Albanian National Championship

Season	1997–98
Dates	14 September 1997 – 30 May 1998
Champions	Vllaznia 8th Albanian title
Relegated	Shqiponja Sopoti Albpetrol
Champions League	Vllaznia
UEFA Cup	Tirana
Cup Winners' Cup	Apolonia
Matches played	301
Goals scored	781 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dorian Bubeqi (26 goals)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Albanian National Championship was the 59th season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.

Teams

Stadia and last season

Albpetrol

Apolonia

Besa

Bylis

Dinamo Tirana

Elbasani

Flamurtari

Laçi

Lushnja

Partizani

Skënderbeu

Sopoti

Shkumbini

Shqiponja

Teuta

Tirana

Tomori

Vllaznia

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Locations of the 1997–98 Albanian National Championship teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Last season
Albpetrol	Patos	Alush Noga Stadium	2,150	17th
Apolonia	Fier	Loni Papuçiu Stadium	10,000	5th
Besa	Kavajë	Besa Stadium	8,000	11th
Bylis	Ballsh	Adush Muça Stadium	6,000	14th
Dinamo Tirana	Tirana	Qemal Stafa Stadium[note 1]	19,700	16th
Elbasani	Elbasan	Ruzhdi Bizhuta Stadium	15,000	13th
Flamurtari	Vlorë	Flamurtari Stadium	15,000	3rd
Laçi	Laç	Laçi Stadium	5,000	10th
Lushnja	Lushnjë	Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium	12,000	7th
Partizani	Tirana	Qemal Stafa Stadium	19,700	4th
Skënderbeu	Korçë	Skënderbeu Stadium	12,000	15th
Sopoti	Librazhd	Sopoti Stadium	3,000	9th
Shkumbini	Peqin	Shkumbini Stadium	6,000	6th
Shqiponja	Gjirokastër	Gjirokastër Stadium	9,000	18th
Teuta	Durrës	Niko Dovana Stadium	12,040	8th
Tirana	Tirana	Qemal Stafa Stadium	19,700	Champions
Tomori	Berat	Tomori Stadium	14,750	12th
Vllaznia	Shkodër	Loro Boriçi Stadium	15,000	2nd

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vllaznia (C)	34	22	6	6	42	24	+18	72	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Tirana	34	19	8	7	54	19	+35	65	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Partizani	34	20	4	10	62	27	+35	64
4	Shkumbini	34	17	3	14	56	49	+7	54
5	Teuta	34	17	3	14	39	39	0	54
6	Elbasani	34	16	4	14	48	31	+17	52
7	Apolonia	34	15	7	12	38	34	+4	52	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
8	Laçi	34	15	3	16	47	49	−2	48
9	Lushnja	34	14	5	15	54	38	+16	47
10	Tomori	34	15	2	17	37	45	−8	47
11	Skënderbeu	34	13	7	14	40	50	−10	46
12	Dinamo Tirana	34	12	9	13	42	36	+6	45
13	Bylis	34	13	6	15	41	39	+2	45
14	Besa	34	13	5	16	48	47	+1	44
15	Flamurtari	34	12	7	15	38	41	−3	43
16	Shqiponja (R)	34	12	4	18	34	58	−24	40	Relegation to the 1998–99 Kategoria e Dytë
17	Sopoti (R)	34	10	5	19	39	64	−25	35
18	Albpetrol (R)	34	5	4	25	24	93	−69	19

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ALB	APO	BES	BYL	DIN	ELB	FLA	LAÇ	LUS	PAR	SKË	SOP	SKU	SHQ	TEU	TIR	TOM	VLL
Albpetrol		1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–5	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–3	1–3	1–2
Apolonia	1–0		1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	5–1	2–2	1–0	5–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0
Besa	4–0	1–0		4–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–4	0–1	6–1	3–2	2–0	5–0	0–1	2–4	2–1	0–1
Bylis	4–0	3–1	2–1		0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	5–0	2–0	5–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–2
Dinamo	5–0	1–1	2–2	1–0		0–4	1–0	7–1	3–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	0–0	1–4	0–2	0–1
Elbasani	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	0–0		1–0	5–2	2–1	1–0	4–1	5–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	5–0	2–0
Flamurtari	4–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0		3–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0
Laçi	7–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1		2–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	4–1	4–1	0–3	2–1	0–0
Lushnja	5–0	0–0	3–1	1–3	0–1	1–3	2–1	2–0		2–1	3–1	3–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	5–0	1–1
Partizani	5–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	2–3	2–0	8–3	3–0	1–0		2–1	5–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	3–0
Skënderbeu	1–0	2–0	3–3	0–0	0–0	3–0	6–1	1–1	2–0	0–0		3–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–2
Sopoti	4–0	1–0	3–2	3–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	4–0		5–6	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–1
Shkumbini	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–2	2–0	3–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	4–0		2–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–0
Shqiponja	2–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	3–1		2–0	0–1	4–0	0–1
Teuta	6–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	4–1		2–1	3–0	2–1
Tirana	8–0	0–0	1–1	2–0[a]	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	4–2	5–0	2–0		1–0	1–2
Tomori	5–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–3	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–0		0–1
Vllaznia	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0

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

1. Match awarded.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dorian Bubeqi	Shkumbini	26
2	Hekuran Jakupi	Elbasani/Tirana	24
2	Artan Bano	Lushnja	24
4	Indrit Fortuzi	Tirana	15
	Bardhyl Elezi	Lushnja
6	Ilir Selimi	Shqiponja	13
	Erjon Bogdani	Partizani
	Edmond Gjata	Tomori
9	Klodian Asllani	Bylis/Dinamo Tirana	11
10	Edi Koleci	Skënderbeu	10
	Jeton Gashi	Dinamo Tirana
	Gentian Begeja	Teuta
	Edmond Kodra	Besa

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Notes

1. Dinamo Tirana, Partizani and Tirana all shared the Qemal Stafa Stadium as well as the Selman Stërmasi Stadium.

References

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

• Albania - List of final tables (RSSSF)