1988–89 Albanian Cup

1988–89 Albanian Cup

Kupa e Shqipërisë
Tournament details
Country	Albania
Final positions
Champions	Dinamo Tirana
Runner-up	KF Partizani

1988–89 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the thirty-seventh season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began on August 1988 with the First Round and ended on May 1989 with the Final match. The winners of the competition qualified for the 1989-90 first round of the UEFA Cup. KS Flamurtari were the defending champions, having won their second Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by Dinamo Tirana.

The first round was played in a single round-robin matches within 4 qualifying groups. The other rounds were played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregated score was tied after both games, the team with the higher number of away goals advanced. If the number of away goals was equal in both games, the match was decided by extra time and a penalty shootout, if necessary.

First round

Games were played on August & September 1988*

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Tirana	5	8
2	Skënderbeu	5	6
3	Ballshi i Ri/Bylis	5	4
4	Luftëtari	5	4
5	Labinoti/Elbasani	5	4
6	Minatori/Tepelena	5	4

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Partizani	5	8
2	Vllaznia	5	6
3	Lokomotiva/Teuta	5	6
4	Korabi	5	5
5	Përparimi/Kukësi	5	5
6	Cërriku/Turbina	5	0

Source:

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Besëlidhja	5	8
2	Traktori/Lushnja	5	7
3	24 Maji/Përmeti	5	6
4	Ylli Kuq/Pogradeci	5	4
5	Apolonia	5	3
6	5 Shtatori/Skrapari	5	2

Source:

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Dinamo	5	8
2	Tomori	5	6
3	Flamurtari	5	4
4	Erzeni	5	4
5	Besa	5	4
6	Kastrioti	5	4

Source:

• Only final tables are known.

Quarter finals

In this round entered the 8 winners from the previous round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
KS Vllaznia	2–5	Dinamo Tirana	1–1	1–4
KS Skenderbeu Korce	3–5	KS Besëlidhja	1–0	2–5
KS Lushnja	1–4	KF Partizani	1–1	0–3
KF Tirana	1–1 (a.g.)	KS Tomori	0–0	1–1

Semifinals

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
KF Partizani	5–0	KS Besëlidhja	1–0	4–0
KF Tirana	0–1	Dinamo Tirana	0–1	0–0

Final

31 May 1989

17:00

Dinamo Tirana	0 – 0	KF Partizani

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tiranë

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: P. Aliko

Replay

2 June 1989

17:00

Dinamo Tirana	3 – 1	KF Partizani
Abazi 4' Demollari 49', 90'		Shehu 43'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tiranë

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Besnik Kaimi

References

• Calcio Mondiale Web

External links

• Official website (in Albanian)