# 1988–89 Albanian National Championship

The 1988–89 Albanian National Championship was the 50th season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.

## Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and 17 Nëntori won the championship.

## First phase
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | 17 Nëntori | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 18 | +21 | 32 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Partizani | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 30 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Dinamo Tirana | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 30 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Apolonia | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 27 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Besëlidhja | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 24 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Labinoti | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 23 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Vllaznia | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 22 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Flamurtari | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 20 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Lokomotiva Durrës | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 16 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Besa | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 15 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Skënderbeu | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 30 | −16 | 14 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Traktori | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 42 | −30 | 11 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

### Results

| Home \ Away | 17N | APO | BES | BSL | DIN | FLA | LAB | LOK | PAR | SKË | TRA | VLL |
| 17 Nëntori | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 5–2 |
| Apolonia | 0–1 | | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Besa | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Besëlidhja | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Dinamo | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Flamurtari | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Labinoti | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Lokomotiva | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Partizani | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Skënderbeu | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Traktori | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 |
| Vllaznia | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | |

## Final phase
### Championship round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | 17 Nëntori (C) | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 25 | +33 | 48 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Partizani | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 48 | 23 | +25 | 45 | |
| 3 | Dinamo Tirana | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 42 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round |
| 4 | Apolonia | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 33 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Labinoti | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 31 | |
| 6 | Besëlidhja | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 27 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | 17N | APO | BSL | DIN | LAB | PAR |
| 17 Nëntori | | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Apolonia | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Besëlidhja | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Dinamo | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Labinoti | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 |
| Partizani | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |

### Relegation round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 7 | Vllaznia | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 37 | |
| 8 | Flamurtari | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 32 | |
| 9 | Besa | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 26 | |
| 10 | Lokomotiva Durrës | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 25 | |
| 11 | Skënderbeu (R) | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 43 | −22 | 21 | Relegation to the 1989–90 Kategoria e Dytë |
| 12 | Traktori (R) | 32 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 19 | 54 | −35 | 17 | Relegation to the 1989–90 Kategoria e Dytë |
Note: '17 Nëntori' is Tirana, 'Labinoti' is Elbasani, 'Lokomotiva Durrës' is Teuta, 'Traktori' is Lushnja

#### Results

| Home \ Away | BES | FLA | LOK | SKË | TRA | VLL |
| Besa | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Flamurtari | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Lokomotiva | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Skënderbeu | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Traktori | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 |
| Vllaznia | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Agustin Kola | 17 Nëntori | 19 |
| 2 | Vladimir Tafani | Labinoti | 16 |
| 3 | Pandeli Tole | Apolonia | 12 |
| 4 | Eduard Abazi | Dinamo Tirana | 11 |
| 5 | Sulejman Demollari | Dinamo Tirana | 10 |
| 6 | Arben Minga | 17 Nëntori | 9 |