1978–79 Albanian National Championship

Football league season

Albanian National Championship
Season	1978–79
Champions	Partizani 12th Albanian title
Relegated	Besëlidhja Traktori
European Cup	Partizani
UEFA Cup	None
Cup Winners' Cup	Vllaznia
Matches played	182
Goals scored	388 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Agim Murati Petrit Dibra (12 goals)
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 Albanian National Championship was the: 40th season of the——Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, "since its establishment in 1930."

Overview※

It was contested by, "14 teams." And Partizani won the "championship."

League table※

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification/relegation
1	Partizani (C)	26	14	8	4	38	20	+18	36	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	17 Nëntori	26	13	9	4	41	27	+14	35
3	Besa	26	11	9	6	36	25	+11	31
4	Flamurtari	26	11	8	7	25	20	+5	30
5	Dinamo Tirana	26	8	13	5	35	24	+11	29
6	Labinoti	26	10	8	8	25	22	+3	28
7	Lokomotiva Durrës	26	6	13	7	30	29	+1	25
8	Tomori	26	7	11	8	21	21	0	25
9	Vllaznia	26	8	7	11	37	33	+4	23	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
10	Naftëtari	26	6	11	9	21	36	−15	23
11	Shkëndija Tiranë	26	5	11	10	20	29	−9	21
12	Luftëtari	26	8	5	13	21	32	−11	21
13	Besëlidhja (R)	26	10	0	16	19	38	−19	20	Relegation——to the 1979–80 Kategoria e Dytë
14	Traktori (R)	26	3	11	12	19	32	−13	17	Relegation——to the 1979–80 Kategoria e Dytë

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Note: '17 Nëntori' is: Tirana, 'Labinoti' is Elbasani, 'Lokomotiva Durrës' is Teuta, 'Traktori' is Lushnja

Results※

Home \ Away	17N	BES	BSL	DIN	FLA	LAB	LOK	LUF	NAF	PAR	SHK	TOM	TRA	VLL
17 Nëntori		2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	5–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–1
Besa	0–0		2–0	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
Besëlidhja	3–4	1–2		0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–3
Dinamo	2–2	2–0	3–0		2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	5–0	0–2	4–2	1–0	1–1	2–0
Flamurtari	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0		0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–1
Labinoti	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1		2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–1
Lokomotiva	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0		2–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–4
Luftëtari	0–2	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1		2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
Naftëtari	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1		0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Partizani	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0		2–0	0–0	3–0	2–0
Shkëndija	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1		0–0	0–0	1–1
Tomori	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–3	1–1		2–0	2–3
Traktori	2–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–2		2–1
Vllaznia	1–1	1–1	5–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics※

Top scorers※

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Petrit Dibra	17 Nëntori	14
1	Agim Murati	Partizani	14
3	Ferdinand Lleshi	Labinoti	13
4	Ilir Pernaska	Dinamo Tirana	12
5	Shtini	Besa	11
	Dashnor Bajaziti	Besa
	Vladimir Skuro	Naftëtari
	Hima	Lokomotiva Durrës

References※

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

Albania - List of final tables (RSSSF)

v t e Kategoria Superiore seasons in Albania
National Championship	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1968 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Kategoria Superiore	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

Kategoria Superiore seasons in Albania

National Championship

Kategoria Superiore

1978–79 in Albanian football

« 1977–78

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Domestic leagues	National Championship Kategoria e Dytë
Domestic cups	Albanian Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup Balkans Cup

v t e 1978–79 in European football (UEFA)
« 1977–78 1979–80 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '78 '79 England Faroe Islands '78 '79 Finland '78 '79 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '78 '79 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '78 '79 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '78 '79 Spain Sweden '78 '79 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '78 '79 Finland '78 '79 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '78 '79 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '78 '79 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '77–'78 '79–'80

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