1988–89 Albanian Cup

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1988–89 Albanian Cup
Kupa e Shqipërisë
Tournament details
CountryAlbania
Final positions
ChampionsDinamo Tirana
Runner-upPartizani

1988–89 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the thirty-seventh season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began in August 1988 with the First Round and ended in May 1989 with the Final match. The winners of the competition qualified for the 1989-90 first round of the UEFA Cup. Flamurtari were the defending champions, having won their second Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by Dinamo Tirana.[1]

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 W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 17 Nëntori 5 3 2 0 8 3 +5 8 Advance to quarter-finals
2 Skënderbeu 5 2 2 1 5 3 +2 6
3 Ballshi i Ri 5 1 2 2 8 8 0 4
4 Luftëtari 5 1 2 2 5 7 −2 4
5 Labinoti 5 2 0 3 4 6 −2 4
6 Minatori Tepelena 5 1 2 2 8 11 −3 4
Source: Calciomondialeweb.it
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Partizani 5 3 2 0 13 6 +7 8 Advance to quarter-finals
2 Vllaznia 5 2 2 1 13 9 +4 6
3 Lokomotiva Durrës 5 2 2 1 6 5 +1 6
4 Korabi 5 2 1 2 6 6 0 5
5 Përparimi 5 2 1 2 5 8 −3 5
6 Turbina 5 0 0 5 4 13 −9 0
Source: Calciomondialeweb.it
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Besëlidhja 5 4 0 1 13 4 +9 8 Advance to quarter-finals
2 Traktori 5 3 1 1 7 7 0 7
3 24 Maji 5 3 0 2 8 7 +1 6
4 Ylli i Kuq 5 1 2 2 3 4 −1 4
5 Apolonia 5 1 1 3 5 8 −3 3
6 5 Shtatori 5 0 2 3 8 14 −6 2
Source: Calciomondialeweb.it
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dinamo Tirana 5 2 3 0 10 4 +6 7 Advance to quarter-finals
2 Tomori 5 2 3 0 4 2 +2 7
3 Flamurtari 5 3 1 1 8 7 +1 7
4 Erzeni 5 1 2 2 4 6 −2 4
5 Besa 5 1 1 3 5 6 −1 3
6 Kastrioti 5 1 0 4 5 11 −6 2
Source: Calciomondialeweb.it
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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
Vllaznia 2–5 Dinamo Tirana 1–1 1–4
Skënderbeu 3–5 Besëlidhja 1–0 2–5
Traktori 1–4 Partizani 1–1 0–3
17 Nëntori 1–1 (a) Tomori 0–0 1–1

Semi-finals

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

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

Final

Dinamo Tirana0–0Partizani
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: P. Aliko

Replay

Dinamo Tirana3–1Partizani
Abazi 4'
Demollari 49', 90'
Shehu 43'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Besnik Kaimi

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