1930 Albanian National Championship

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The 1930 Albanian Championship was the first edition of the

Sportklub Vlora, who were to play a ten-game format, whereby each team would host each of their five rivals once with two points awarded for a win and one point awarded for a drawn game. The two teams with the most points at the end of the regular season of the competition would then enter a championship playoff where they would play each other twice and the champions would be crowned based on the aggregate score of the home and away ties, however this playoff was not actually played due to forfeit.[1]

Skënderbeu in the championship playoffs, taking their seasonal total to seven wins, four draws and one loss.[1]

Teams

Teams by locations

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Location of teams in the 1930 Albanian National Championship
Team Location
Urani
 Elbasan
Teuta Durrës
Skënderbeu Korçë
Bashkimi Shkodran
 Shkodër
Sportklub Tirana Tirana
Sportklub Vlora
 Vlorë

Overview

The competition was the first official national football competition to be held in Albania and it featured six sides from across Albania, which were

Sportklub Vlora. Each team played each other twice during two phases, and the top two ranked teams entered the championship playoff which would have been a two-game playoff decided on the aggregate score for the championship title. Each win during the regular season was worth two points, with a draw worth one point and a loss worth none. The first phase was held between 6 April and 4 May, and the second phase was held between 11 May and 22 June. The playoff finals were planned on 22 June and 6 July, but they did not take place due to Skënderbeu's forfeit of both games. Both games were awarded 2-0 to Sportklub Tirana thus crowning them the first champions of Albania.[1]

The very first game of the first Albanian championship was between Bashkimi Shkodran and SK Tirana, played in 6 April 1930 in Shkodër. It ended with a 3-2 victory for the Shkoder team after a spectacular game. Qazim Dervishi, Paç Koliqi, Gjon Kici scored for the Shkodër team, whereas Rexhep Maçi and Hilmi Kosova scored for SK Tirana. In that first week Skënderbeu lost in Vlora 0-2, in a game directed by an Italian referee, Carlo Lorenzo, whereas in Elbasan, Urani took over Teuta Durrës, 1-0.[2]

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Tirana (C) 10 5 4 1 17 7 2.429 14 Qualification for the championship play-off
2 Skënderbeu 10 5 4 1 14 5 2.800 14
3 Bashkimi Shkodran 10 4 5 1 20 14 1.429 13
4 Teuta 10 3 2 5 12 17 0.706 8
5 Urani 10 3 1 6 9 20 0.450 7
6
Sportklub Vlora
 10 1 2 7 4 13 0.308 4
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Note: 'Bashkimi Shkodran' is

Flamurtari

Championship playoff

The Championship Playoff, scheduled for June 29 and July 6, was scratched and

Skënderbeu
were unable to field a team for those matches.

Results

Home \ Away
BAS
 SKË
SKV
 TEU TIR
URA
Bashkimi Shkodran
 2–4 2–1 3–3 3–2 1–1
Skënderbeu 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 4–0
Sportklub Vlora
 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–2
Teuta 2–3 0–2 1–0 2–2 3–1
Tirana 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 3–1
Urani
 0–4 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–2
Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

  • Largest winning margin: 4 goals
  • Highest scoring game: 6 goals
    • Skënderbeu
    • Bashkimi Shkodran
  • Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 4 goals
  • Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 2 goals

Top scorers

  • Incomplete: only statistics from Sportklub Tirana, Skënderbeu and Bashkimi Shkodran are recorded
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Albania Rexhep Maçi Sportklub Tirana 3
Albania Emil Hajnali Sportklub Tirana
2 Albania Hilmi Kosova Sportklub Tirana 2
Albania Aristotel Samsuri
Skënderbeu
3 Albania Qazim Dervishi
Bashkimi Shkodran
 1
Albania Paç Koliqi
Bashkimi Shkodran
Albania Gjon Kiçi
Bashkimi Shkodran
Albania Vaso Polena
Skënderbeu
Albania M. Sheke
Skënderbeu

Team sheets

SK Tirana

Rudolf Gurashi, Abdullah Shehri, Irfan Gjinali, Xhelal Kashari, Vasil Kajano, Gjon Sabati, Llazar Miha, Mark Gurashi, Bexhet Jolldashi, Shefqet Ndroqi, Isuf Dashi, Adem Karapici, Hysen Kusi, Mustafa Begolli, Hilmi Kosova, Emil Hajnali, Rexhep Maci and Selman Stërmasi as player-manager.

Skënderbeu

Klani Marjani, S. Grabocka, A. Çani, S. Peristeri, M. Sheko, Y. Tomçe, V. Karoli, Xh. Dishnica, Aristotel Samsuri, Anton Mazreku, S. Kandili, Vaso Polena.

Bashkimi Shkodran

H. Llukaçeviç, N. Luka, H. Staka, M. Halili, Sh. Llukaçeviç, A. Paçrami, Qazim Dervishi, Paç Koliqi, R. Krasniqi, Sh. Koçiçi, L. Radoja, Gjon Kiçi


References

  1. ^ a b c Dizdari 1999, pp. 19–33.
  2. ^ Dizdari 1999, pp. 19.

Sources

  • Albania - List of final tables (RSSSF)
  • Frasheri, Dash (2 November 2008). "Kampionati 1, sezoni 1930". Albania Sport (in Albanian). Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.Dead Link
  • (in Albanian) Dead Link
  • Dizdari, Besnik (1999), Historia e Kampionateve të Shqipërisë, Vitet '30 (in Albanian), Albin