1976–77 Albanian Superliga

Kategoria e Pare The 1976/77 (in a sense: First League ) was the 38th staging of the Albanian Football Championship and was hosted by the National Football Association Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit. The season began on September 4, 1976, and ended on 12 June 1977.

Competition mode

The league consisted of twelve teams as last season. 1975/76 Naftëtari Qyteti Stalin was relegated from the Kategoria e Pare, for the new season came KS Skënderbeu Korçë, which rose directly back into the first division, added. 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. Unlike the Vorsaisons then followed by a division of the League: the first six teams from the regular season determined in a Meisterrunde the title holder, while the team identified seven to twelve the only relegated to the then second-rate Kategoria e Dyte in the stands. The points from the regular season were taken in Master or relegation round. The master did not draw in the European Champions Cup, since Albania had retired for several years from this competition.

A total of 364 were gates, corresponding to an average of 1.9 goals per game. Scorer with twelve goals was Agim Murati FK Partizani Tirana.

Overview of the participating teams

Regular Season

Defending champion Dinamo Tirana led after the regular season to the table, but the biggest surprise succeeded Skënderbeu Korçë: after the tradition of the club was 1974/75 for the first time relegated from the Kategoria e Pare, he immediately returned again and managed to equal second place in the regular round - level on points with champions Dinamo. Also still with title chances in the Champions Round Vllaznia Shkoder and Partizani Tirana were the following ranks. Lokomotiva Durres, involved in the previous year in the relegation battle, reached with the move into the round of the last six also a surprise. Together with 17 Nëntori Tirana referred to the unfortunate Seventh Traktori Lushnja, who retired due to goal difference, in the Round of Six. This was followed Labinoti Elbasan Gjirokastra and Luftëtari. Also for Flamurtari Vlora and Besa Kavaja saw it with three points ahead of the relegation zone, the Shkëndija Tirana occupied, in relation to the struggle for the relegation good, although Kavaja after several seasons in the top flight this time could not play forward and the Meisterrunde missed clear.

Master Round

In the ten games of the champions round, defending Dinamo Tirana then was able to sell yet and won with four points ahead of the third championship in a row, the total eleventh of the club's history. So you could catch up with the previous sole record holder Partizani Tirana. Skënderbeu Korçë also remained strong in the Champions round and secured the completely surprising runner-up in the first year post-emergence. For Vllaznia Shkoder only the third rank remaining. Partizani Tirana won only two of the ten games in the final round and was finally tied with 17 Nëntori Tirana knocked off fourth. Lokomotiva Durres, which was also confiscated surprising in the Master Round, remained the sixth degree rank.

Relegation round

In the relegation round Luftëtari Gjirokastra and Vlora Flamurtari succeeded with several victories yet in the league, as well as Labinoti Elbasan and barely lost to the champion round Traktori Lushnja. Shkëndija Tirana also played successfully and suffered only one defeat in their last ten games. Thus, the capital club have saved, who had gone as a Table in the final round. Surprisingly had so Besa Kavaja take the course in the second division after the club was still landed in the Vorsaisons in the top tier of the league.

The crew of the Master KS Dinamo Tirana

Jani Rama, Vasillaq Zeri, Ilir Pernaska, Shyqyri Ballgjini, Muhedin Targaj, Andrea Marko, Aleko Bregu, Xhorxhi Puka, Torez Ciraku, Ilyaz Ceco, Haxhi Mergjyshi, Faruk Sejdini, Kujtim Cocoli, Rifat Ibërshimi, Gani Xhafa, Gj. Gjini, Ibrahim Kodra, Riza Hicka, Shaban Zenuni, Ahmet Ahmedani, Luarasi - Coach: Durim Shehu.