1995–96 Albanian National Championship
# 1995–96 Albanian National Championship

The 1995–96 Albanian National Championship was the 57th season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.

## Teams

### Stadia and last season

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Last season |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Albpetrol | Patos | Alush Noga Stadium | 2,150 | 6th |
| Apolonia | Fier | Loni Papuçiu Stadium | 10,000 | 10th |
| Besa | Kavajë | Besa Stadium | 8,000 | 15th |
| Besëlidhja | Lezhë | Brian Filipi Stadium | 5,000 | 13th |
| Elbasani | Elbasan | Ruzhdi Bizhuta Stadium | 15,000 | 12th |
| Flamurtari | Vlorë | Flamurtari Stadium | 15,000 | 4th |
| Kastrioti | Krujë | Kastrioti Stadium | 3,500 | Kategoria e Dytë |
| Laçi | Laç | Laçi Stadium | 5,000 | 14th |
| Olimpik | Tirana | Qemal Stafa Stadium | 19,700 | 8th |
| Partizani | Tirana | Qemal Stafa Stadium | 19,700 | 3rd |
| Skënderbeu | Korçë | Skënderbeu Stadium | 12,000 | Kategoria e Dytë |
| Sopoti | Librazhd | Sopoti Stadium | 3,000 | Kategoria e Dytë |
| Shkumbini | Peqin | Shkumbini Stadium | 6,000 | 7th |
| Shqiponja | Gjirokastër | Gjirokastër Stadium | 9,000 | 15th |
| Teuta | Durrës | Niko Dovana Stadium | 12,040 | 2nd |
| Tirana | Tirana | Qemal Stafa Stadium | 19,700 | Champions |
| Tomori | Berat | Tomori Stadium | 14,750 | 9th |
| Vllaznia | Shkodër | Loro Boriçi Stadium | 15,000 | 11th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | AW | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tirana (C) | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 7 | 55 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Teuta | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 50 | 22 | +28 | 4 | 54 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 3 | Partizani | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 5 | 46 | |
| 4 | Flamurtari | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 5 | 45 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Olimpik | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 3 | 41 | |
| 6 | Apolonia | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 4 | 37 | |
| 7 | Besa | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 2 | 35 | |
| 8 | Sopoti | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 3 | 34 | |
| 9 | Shkumbini | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 0 | 33 | |
| 10 | Vllaznia | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 1 | 32 | |
| 11 | Albpetrol | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 1 | 32 | |
| 12 | Laçi | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 1 | 31 | |
| 13 | Elbasani | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 1 | 31 | |
| 14 | Tomori | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 0 | 31 | |
| 15 | Shqiponja | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 3 | 31 | |
| 16 | Skënderbeu | 34 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 2 | 31 | |
| 17 | Kastrioti (R) | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 2 | 30 | Relegation to the 1996–97 Kategoria e Dytë |
| 18 | Besëlidhja (R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 0 | 27 | Relegation to the 1996–97 Kategoria e Dytë |

Note 2: 'Olimpik' is Dinamo Tirana, 'Shqiponja' is Luftëtari

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALB | APO | BES | BSL | ELB | FLA | KAS | LAÇ | OLI | PAR | SKË | SOP | SKU | SHQ | TIR | TEU | TOM | VLL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Albpetrol | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Apolonia | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Besa | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Besëlidhja | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Elbasani | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–5 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Flamurtari | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Kastrioti | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Laçi | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Olimpik | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Partizani | 6–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Skënderbeu | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Sopoti | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–5 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Shkumbini | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Shqiponja | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Tirana | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Teuta | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Tomori | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 |
| Vllaznia | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |

* 1 2 Match awarded.

## Season statistics

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Altin Çuko | Tomori/Laçi | 21 |
| 2 | Shpëtim Kateshi | Shkumbini | 19 |
| 3 | Alket Zeqo | Apolonia | 16 |
| 3 | Arben Shehu | Shqiponja | 16 |
| 5 | Luan Brasha | Sopoti | 14 |
| 5 | Elton Koça | Teuta | 14 |
| 7 | Hekuran Jakupi | Elbasani | 13 |
| 8 | Artan Çiçiku | Laçi | 12 |
| 9 | Roland Zajmi | Olimpik/Partizani | 11 |
| 10 | Artan Bare | Apolonia | 9 |
| 10 | Saimir Malko | Tirana | 9 |
