1989–90 Albanian National Championship

Football league season

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 →

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.

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:

^ Partizani were deducted two points.
^ Apolonia were deducted one point.
^ 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
3	Sulejman Demollari	Dinamo Tirana	14
5	Albert Stroni	Dinamo Tirana	11

^[1]

References

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

Albania - List of final tables (RSSSF)

Top-level football seasons in Albania

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Domestic leagues

National Championship
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Domestic cups

Albanian Cup (Final)
Albanian Supercup

European competitions

National teams

Men	1990 FIFA World Cup (Qualifying, Group 2) UEFA Euro 1992 (Qualification: Group 1) Shyqyri Rreli Bejkush Birçe

Summer 1989 transfers
Winter 1989–90 transfers
Summer 1990 transfers

v t e 1989–90 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '89 '90 England Faroe Islands '89 '90 Finland '89 '90 France East Germany West Germany Georgia Greece Hungary Iceland '89 '90 Israel Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '89 '90 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '89 '90 Spain Sweden '89 '90 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '89 '90 Finland '89 '90 France Georgia East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '89 '90 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '89 '90 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Greece Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '89 '90
Supercups	East Germany West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Baltic League
On request of the Soviet Union, UEFA imposed sanctions against Georgia and Lithuania