1966–67 Albanian National Championship

The 1966–67 Albanian National Championship was the 29th season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.

Albanian National Championship

Season	1966–67
Champions	Dinamo Tirana 8th Albanian title
Relegated	None
European Cup	Dinamo Tirana
Cup Winners' Cup	None
Matches played	132
Goals scored	304 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Medin Zhega (19 goals)
← 1965–66 1968 →

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Dinamo Tirana won the championship. This championship is not officially recognized by UEFA.

Title of shame

It was 24 June 1967. Tirana and Partizani played their derby of the 19th round of 1967 Championship. The match was not finished due to a fight breaking out with many Tirana and Partizani players throwing punches on the field.^[1][2] It was not a huge surprise to see the paper headlines the next morning: "Due to direct decision of AFA, Tirana and Partizani forfeit the match 0:3, are deducted 3 points each and will thereafter lose by default remaining matches!" "^[3][4] By forfeiting that match and losing the subsequent 3 remaining matches, Dinamo would automatically gain enough points to overtake Tirana and win the title. It was a disgrace for Albanian football, such that even UEFA still refrains to recognize the champions Dinamo for that year. The next season, because of the disqualification farce, Dinamo were denied entry to the European Cup by UEFA; their opponents, Braunschweig, received a walkover and eventually reached the quarter-finals

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Dinamo Tirana (C)	22	17	4	1	59	19	3.105	38	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	17 Nëntori	19	15	3	1	42	14	3.000	33	Disqualified[a]
3	Besa	22	9	8	5	23	15	1.533	26
4	Skënderbeu	22	9	7	6	24	13	1.846	25
5	Partizani	19	9	7	3	36	18	2.000	25	Disqualified[a]
6	Vllaznia	22	10	5	7	33	29	1.138	25	Qualification for the Balkans Cup
7	Tomori	22	7	5	10	20	27	0.741	19
8	Labinoti	22	6	5	11	18	30	0.600	17
9	Lokomotiva Durrës	22	3	10	9	13	24	0.542	16
10	Traktori	22	4	8	10	19	34	0.559	16
11	Flamurtari	22	2	8	12	19	38	0.500	12
12	Luftëtari	22	2	6	14	13	46	0.283	10

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Officially 17 Nëntori had 1 loss and Partizani 3, due both teams were kicked out, points were awarded to teams that should play against them.
   After 19th week match 17 Nëntori - Partizani 2:1, both teams were expelled from the tournament, forfeiting the match and the last 3 matches by 0:3. 17 Nëntori was leading the league at that moment with no losses and 3 points ahead of Dinamo Tirana

Results

Home \ Away	17N	BES	DIN	FLA	LAB	LOK	LUF	PAR	SKË	TOM	TRA	VLL
17 Nëntori		4–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	–[a]	2–1	0–3[b]	3–0	3–2
Besa	1–1		0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–0[b]	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1
Dinamo	2–2	2–2		4–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	3–0[b]	2–1	7–3	9–2	3–2
Flamurtari	0–1	1–0	0–3		2–4	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–3
Labinoti	0–2	0–0	0–0	4–2		1–0	1–2	0–4	0–4	1–0	0–0	0–1
Lokomotiva	3–0[b]	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–2		1–1	3–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1
Luftëtari	0–3	0–0	2–3	0–1	0–0	1–2		1–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–5
Partizani	2–3	0–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	4–0	4–0		0–3[b]	0–1	2–0	4–0
Skënderbeu	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	5–0	0–0		0–1	0–0	2–1
Tomori	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–3	0–1
Traktori	3–0[b]	0–3	1–3	1–0	0–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	0–0		0–1
Vllaznia	0–2	1–3	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	3–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The 17th round match between 17 Nëntori and Partizani, which originally ended 2–0, was lost by 0–3 to both teams from Albanian Football Association.
2. Match awarded.