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

TeamLocation
UraniElbasan
TeutaDurrës
SkënderbeuKorçë
Bashkimi ShkodranShkodër
Sportklub TiranaTirana
Sportklub VloraVlorë

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

- KF Tirana 0:2
KF Tirana - Skënderbeu 2:0
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

Season statistics

Scoring

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Rexhep MaçiSportklub Tirana3
1 Emil HajnaliSportklub Tirana3
2 Hilmi KosovaSportklub Tirana2
2 Aristotel SamsuriSkënderbeu2
3 Qazim DervishiBashkimi Shkodran1
3 Paç KoliqiBashkimi Shkodran1
3 Gjon KiçiBashkimi Shkodran1
3 Vaso PolenaSkënderbeu1
3 M. ShekeSkënderbeu1

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