# 1997–98 Albanian National Championship

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

| 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 | 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 | Relegation to the 1998–99 Kategoria e Dytë |
| 18 | Albpetrol (R) | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 93 | −69 | 19 | Relegation to the 1998–99 Kategoria e Dytë |

## 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 | 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 | |
* ↑ 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 |
| 4 | Bardhyl Elezi | Lushnja | 15 |
| 6 | Ilir Selimi | Shqiponja | 13 |
| 6 | Erjon Bogdani | Partizani | 13 |
| 6 | Edmond Gjata | Tomori | 13 |
| 9 | Klodian Asllani | Bylis/Dinamo Tirana | 11 |
| 10 | Edi Koleci | Skënderbeu | 10 |
| 10 | Jeton Gashi | Dinamo Tirana | 10 |
| 10 | Gentian Begeja | Teuta | 10 |
| 10 | Edmond Kodra | Besa | 10 |