1930 Albanian National Championship

The 1930 Albanian Championship was the first edition of the Albanian National Championship, which ran from 6 April until 6 July 1930. It was the first-ever official football competition in Albania run by the newly formed Albanian Football Association, as the 1911 Fier Fair Football Tournament was not run by the AFA and is not yet recognised. The six original members were Urani, Teuta, Skënderbeu, Bashkimi Shkodran, Sportklub Tirana and Sportklub Vlora who agreed 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.

Sportklub Tirana were declared the inaugural champions of Albania following two technical victories over Skënderbeu in the championship playoffs, taking their seasonal total to seven wins, four draws and one loss.

Teams[]

Teams by locations[]

Bashkimi Shkodran

Skënderbeu

KF Teuta

Sportklub Tirana

Urani

Sportklub Vlora

Location of teams in the 1930 Albanian National Championship

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 Urani, Teuta, Skënderbeu, Bashkimi Shkodran, Sportklub Tirana and 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.

The playoff finals were not played following Skënderbeu's forfeit, which was a sign of protest against the bias of the competition and the Albanian Football Association towards the Sportklub Tirana. Both games were awarded 2-0 to Sportklub Tirana thus crowning them the first champions of Albania.

League standings[]

Note: 'Bashkimi Shkodran' is Vllaznia, 'Urani' is KS Elbasani and 'Sportklub Vlora' is Flamurtari

Championship Playoff[]

Skënderbeu - KF Tirana 0:2 (technical victory)
KF Tirana - Skënderbeu 2:0 (technical victory)

Scheduled for June 29 and July 6 but Skënderbeu forfeited both matches, and KF Tirana was awarded by technical victories, so they became first Albanian champions.

Results[]

The KF Tirana Squad

Season statistics[]

Scoring[]

• Largest winning margin: 4 goals
  • Skënderbeu 4-0 Urani
  • Urani 0-4 Sportklub Tirana
• Highest scoring game: 6 goals
  • Sportklub Tirana 2-4 Skënderbeu
  • Sportklub Tirana 3-3 Bashkimi Shkodran
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 4 goals
  • Skënderbeu 4-0 Urani
  • Urani 0-4 Sportklub Tirana
  • Sportklub Tirana 2-4 Skënderbeu
• Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 2 goals
  • Sportklub Tirana 2-4 Skënderbeu
  • Sportklub Tirana 3-2 Teuta
  • Bashkimi Shkodran 2-3 Sportklub Tirana

Top scorers[]

• Incomplete: only statistics from Sportklub Tirana, Skënderbeu and Bashkimi Shkodran are recorded

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Rexhep Maçi	Sportklub Tirana	3
	Emil Hajnali	Sportklub Tirana
2	Hilmi Kosova	Sportklub Tirana	2
	Aristotel Samsuri	Skënderbeu
3	Qazim Dervishi	Bashkimi Shkodran	1
	Paç Koliqi	Bashkimi Shkodran
	Gjon Kiçi	Bashkimi Shkodran
	Vaso Polena	Skënderbeu
	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[]

• 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}
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