1956 Albanian Superliga
Kategoria e Pare The 1956 ( mutatis mutandis: First League ) was the 19th staging of the Albanian Football Championship and was hosted by the National Football Association Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit. The season began on March 11 and ended on November 8, 1956.
Course of the season
For the new season the league was reduced from 16 to nine teams. In the 1955 season seven clubs were relegated or had dissolved. For 1956, there was no climber. Titleholder was KS Dinamo Tirana.
The championship was played in a regular season with round-trip round. Each team met twice against every other team. The teams on the eighth and ninth went directly into the then second-rate Kategoria e Dyte from.
A total of 193 were gates, corresponding to an average of 2.7 goals per game. Scorer with 17 goals was the sixth time Refik Resmja Partizani Tirana.
Dinamo Tirana was able to defend his title undefeated with the biggest edge over Partizani Tirana. It was the sixth league title in seven years, from Dinamo, where you had been always very nearly prevailed against Partizani, and in the second season in a row, the club remained unbeaten. With the sixth championship Dinamo drew equal with the previous sole record holder Puna Tirana, 1956, for the fourth time in a row third. Close behind Puna Vlorë was in fourth place. Also managed to save from relegation in the crowded midfield of the league Puna Puna Durrës and Korçë. A very close decision to the relegation there was between the tied Puna Puna Kavaja and Shkodra. Because of the recovered direct comparison to Kavaja secured the league, while Shkodra, always to be found in the previous field in the front of the table, surprisingly had to join the in the Kategoria e Dyte together with the bottom club Puna Berat.
Overview of the participating teams
Final Table
The crew of the Master Dinamo Tirana
Xhevdet Shaqiri, Muhamet Vila, Zihni Ginali, Skender Jareci, Skender Begeja, Leonidha Dashi, Shyqyri Rreli, Qamil Alluni, Stavri Lubonja, Grigor Sheshi, Hysen Verria, Eqerem Tallushi, Haxhi Pellumbi, Esat Beliu, Abdulla Duma, Dhimitër Gjyli, Qemal Vogli Hasan Behushi - Coach: Zihni Gjinali.