1930 Albanian National Championship

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Albanian National Championship
Season1930
Champions Tirana
Matches played32
Goals scored80 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer Rexhep Maçi & Emil Hajnali
(both SK Tirana, 3 goals)
Biggest home win Skënderbeu 4-0 Urani
Biggest away win Urani 0-4 SK Tirana
Highest scoring SK Tirana 2-4 Skënderbeu
1911
1931

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. The National Championship (Albanian : Kampionati Kombëtar) was only one of three such tournaments organized during that year by the AFA, the other two being the Youth Championship (Albanian : Kampionati i Nxënësve), and the Military Championship (Albanian : Kampionati Ushtarak). All three championships were under the sponsorship of Princess Myzejen Zogu. The six teams participating in the tournament were Urani, Teuta, Skënderbeu, Bashkimi Shkodran, Sportklub Tirana and 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]

Contents

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. [1]

Teams

Teams by locations

Albania (location map).svg
Location of teams in the 1930 Albanian National Championship
TeamLocation
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 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. 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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGRPtsQualification
1 Tirana (C)105411772.42914Qualification for the championship play-off
2 Skënderbeu 105411452.80014
3 Bashkimi Shkodran 1045120141.42913
4 Teuta 1032512170.7068
5 Urani 103169200.4507
6 Sportklub Vlora 101274130.3084
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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

Championship playoff

The Championship Playoff, scheduled for June 29 and July 6, was scratched and KF Tirana was awarded the inaugural Albanian championship as Skënderbeu were unable to field a team for those matches.

Results

Home \ Away BAS SKË SKV TEU TIR URA
Bashkimi Shkodran 2–42–13–33–21–1
Skënderbeu 0–00–02–00–04–0
Sportklub Vlora 1–12–00–10–11–2
Teuta 2–30–21–02–23–1
Tirana 1–10–03–03–03–1
Urani 0–41–22–01–00–2
Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

  • Incomplete: only statistics from Sportklub Tirana, Skënderbeu and Bashkimi Shkodran are recorded
RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Albania (1934-1939).svg Rexhep Maçi Sportklub Tirana 3
Flag of Albania (1934-1939).svg Emil Hajnali Sportklub Tirana
2 Flag of Albania (1934-1939).svg Hilmi Kosova Sportklub Tirana 2
Flag of Albania (1934-1939).svg Aristotel Samsuri Skënderbeu
3 Flag of Albania (1934-1939).svg Qazim Dervishi Bashkimi Shkodran 1
Flag of Albania (1934-1939).svg Paç Koliqi Bashkimi Shkodran
Flag of Albania (1934-1939).svg Gjon Kiçi Bashkimi Shkodran
Flag of Albania (1934-1939).svg Vaso Polena Skënderbeu
Flag of Albania (1934-1939).svg 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


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