1940 Albanian National Championship

Statistics of Albanian National Championship in the 1940 season. This event is still not officially recognized from AFA, but in December 2012 the Albanian sports media have reported that this championship, along with the other two championships of World War II, is expected to be recognized soon.^[1]

Albanian National Championship

Season	1940
Champions	Shkodra
← 1939 1942 →

Overview

1940 Albanian National Championship was the 9th season of Albania's annual main competition. It started on 3 March 1940, and ended on 26 May 1940. Eight teams were separated in two groups of 4 teams each, playing double round-robin system and only the first team of each group would go into the finals. Group A teams were: Tirana, Shkodra, Elbasani and Durrësi. Group B teams were: Gjirokastra, Berati, Korça and Vlora.

Shkodra won the championship.^[2][3]

Results

First round

In this round entered all the teams in two groups.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Shkodra (Q)	6	4	1	1	21	10	2.100	9
2	Tirana	6	3	1	2	12	10	1.200	7
3	Durrësi	6	3	1	2	12	11	1.091	7
4	Elbasani	6	0	1	5	11	25	0.440	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group A results:

Vllaznia - Elbasani 6-1

Tirana - Teuta 3-1

Teuta - Vllaznia 4-2

Elbasani - Tirana 1-3

Tirana - Vllaznia 2-2

Teuta - Elbasani 3-3

Tirana - Elbasani 4-3

Vllaznia - Teuta 2-1

Vllaznia - Tirana 2-0

Elbasani - Teuta 1-2

Elbasani - Vllaznia 2-7

Teuta - Tirana 1-0

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Korça (Q)	6	4	1	1	13	6	2.167	9
2	Vlora	6	3	2	1	17	11	1.545	8
3	Berati	6	2	1	3	11	11	1.000	5
4	Gjirokastra	6	0	2	4	4	17	0.235	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group B results:

Luftëtari - Flamurtari 3-3

Tomori - Skënderbeu 0-2

Flamurtari - Skënderbeu 4-0

Tomori - Luftëtari 5-0

Tomori - Flamurtari 1-1

Skënderbeu - Luftëtari 3-0

Luftëtari - Tomori 0-2

Skënderbeu - Flamurtari 4-1

Flamurtari - Tomori 5-3

Luftëtari - Skënderbeu 1-1

Skënderbeu - Tomori 3-0

Flamurtari - Luftëtari 3-0

Finals

In this round entered the two winners from the previous round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Korça	1-11	Shkodra	1-2	0-9

• Teams, scorers and referee:

Shkodra: Jubani; Rusi, Fakja; Xharra, Koxhja, Osmani II; Shkjezi, Vasija, Boriçi, S.Gjinali, Z.Berisha.

Korca: Mihallaqi; Dumja, Bitri; P.Saro, Luarasi, Ademi; Dimço, Plluska, Qirinxhi II, Duro, Merolli.

Goals: S.Gjinali 8', Shkjezi 21', Qirinxhi 58' (11-m).

Referee: Enver Kulla.

Shkodra: Jubani; Vasija, Pali; Osmani, Koxhja, Xharra; Rusi, Berisha, Boriçi, S.Gjinali, Shkjezi.

Korca: Mihallaqi; Bitri, Dume; Zeka, Lauarasi, Saro; Dimço, Plluska, Duro, Qirinxhi, Merolli.

Goals: Rusi 11', Boriçi 22', Boriçi 46', Rusi, Rusi, Rusi, Rusi, Rusi, Rusi

Referee: Sabit Çoku.

References

1. Avdiaj, Olsi (19 December 2012). "Do të njihen Kampionatet e Luftës". SportiShqiptar. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
2. "Besnik Dizdari". Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
3. "Letër drejtuar Z.Mero Baze". Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.