1980–81 Albanian National Championship

Football league season

The 1980–81 Albanian National Championship was the 42nd 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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Partizani (C)	26	15	7	4	36	17	+19	37	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Dinamo Tirana	26	14	8	4	32	17	+15	36	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	17 Nëntori	26	14	7	5	38	21	+17	35
4	Vllaznia	26	9	9	8	30	33	−3	27
5	Luftëtari	26	10	5	11	25	24	+1	25
6	Naftëtari	26	10	5	11	24	32	−8	25
7	Besa	26	7	10	9	28	25	+3	24
8	Flamurtari	26	8	8	10	27	26	+1	24
9	Labinoti	26	7	10	9	24	28	−4	24
10	Besëlidhja	26	6	11	9	21	25	−4	23
11	Lokomotiva Durrës	26	6	11	9	20	24	−4	23
12	Tomori	26	4	15	7	14	20	−6	23
13	Skënderbeu (R)	26	5	12	9	19	27	−8	22	Relegation to the 1981–82 Kategoria e Dytë
14	Traktori (R)	26	4	8	14	17	36	−19	16	Relegation to the 1981–82 Kategoria e Dytë

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Note: "17 Nëntori" is Tirana, "Labinoti" is Elbasani, "Lokomotiva Durrës" is Teuta and "Traktori" is Lushnja.

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

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dashnor Bajaziti	Besa	12
2	Vasillaq Zëri	Dinamo Tirana	10
3	Roland Luçi	Vllaznia	8
	Aleko Bregu	Dinamo Tirana
	Musa Fagu	Partizani
6	Vladimir Skuro	Naftëtari	7
6	Agim Murati	Partizani	7

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

National Championship

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National teams

Men	1982 FIFA World Cup (Qualifying, Group 1) Zyber Konçi Loro Boriçi

v t e 1980–81 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '80 '81 England Faroe Islands '80 '81 Finland '80 '81 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '80 '81 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '80 '81 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '80 '81 Spain Sweden '80 '81 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '80 '81 Finland '80 '81 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '80 '81 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '80 '81 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '81 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland
Super cups	Soviet Union '81
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup

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