# 2000–01 Albanian National Championship

The 2000–01 Albanian National Championship was the 62nd 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 |
| Apolonia | Fier | Loni Papuçiu Stadium | 10,000 | 11th |
| Besa | Kavajë | Besa Stadium | 8,000 | Kategoria e Dytë |
| Besëlidhja | Lezhë | Brian Filipi Stadium | 5,000 | Kategoria e Dytë |
| Bylis | Ballsh | Adush Muça Stadium | 6,000 | 5th |
| Dinamo Tirana | Tirana | Qemal Stafa Stadium | 19,700 | 10th |
| Flamurtari | Vlorë | Flamurtari Stadium | 15,000 | 12th |
| Luftëtari | Gjirokastër | Gjirokastër Stadium | 9,000 | 9th |
| Lushnja | Lushnjë | Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium | 12,000 | 6th |
| Skënderbeu | Korçë | Skënderbeu Stadium | 12,000 | 8th |
| Shkumbini | Peqin | Shkumbini Stadium | 6,000 | 7th |
| Teuta | Durrës | Niko Dovana Stadium | 12,040 | 3rd |
| Tirana | Tirana | Qemal Stafa Stadium | 19,700 | Champions |
| Tomori | Berat | Tomori Stadium | 14,750 | 2nd |
| Vllaznia | Shkodër | Loro Boriçi Stadium | 15,000 | 4th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Vllaznia (C) | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 22 | +29 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Tirana | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 56 | 13 | +43 | 54 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Dinamo Tirana | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 21 | +22 | 52 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Bylis | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 42 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Shkumbini | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 41 | |
| 6 | Teuta | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 33 | |
| 7 | Besëlidhja | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 33 | |
| 8 | Luftëtari | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 32 | |
| 9 | Lushnja | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 32 | |
| 10 | Apolonia | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 30 | |
| 11 | Flamurtari | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 29 | |
| 12 | Tomori | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 28 | |
| 13 | Besa (R) | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 37 | −21 | 24 | Relegation to the 2001–02 Kategoria e Dytë |
| 14 | Skënderbeu (R) | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 20 | Relegation to the 2001–02 Kategoria e Dytë |
* ↑ Tirana qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round by winning the 2000–01 Albanian Cup, therefore forfeiting their Intertoto Cup first round place that they had won.

## Results

| Home \ Away | APO | BES | BSL | BYL | DIN | FLA | LUF | LUS | SKË | SKU | TEU | TIR | TOM | VLL |
| Apolonia | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Besa | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Besëlidhja | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–3 | 1–1 |
| Bylis | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Dinamo | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| Flamurtari | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Luftëtari | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Lushnja | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Skënderbeu | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Shkumbini | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Teuta | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 |
| Tirana | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Tomori | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 |
| Vllaznia | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 6–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Indrit Fortuzi | Tirana | 18 |
| 2 | Vioresin Sinani | Vllaznia | 15 |
| 2 | Ilir Qorri | Dinamo Tirana | 15 |
| 4 | Edi Martini | Luftëtari/Vllaznia | 12 |
| 5 | Edmond Gjata | Tomori | 11 |
| 5 | Daniel Xhafa | Dinamo Tirana | 11 |
| 7 | Artion Poçi | Apolonia | 8 |
| 7 | Xhelal Farruku | Besëlidhja | 8 |
| 9 | Astrit Nexha | Shkumbini | 7 |
| 9 | Andi Shtrepi | Skënderbeu/Teuta | 7 |
| 9 | Kliton Cafi | Besëlidhja | 7 |