2001–02 Albanian National Championship
# 2001–02 Albanian National Championship

The 2001–02 Albanian National Championship was the 63rd 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Apolonia | Fier | Loni Papuçiu Stadium | 10,000 | 10th |
| Besëlidhja | Lezhë | Brian Filipi Stadium | 5,000 | 7th |
| Bylis | Ballsh | Adush Muça Stadium | 6,000 | 4th |
| Dinamo Tirana | Tirana | Qemal Stafa Stadium | 19,700 | 3rd |
| Erzeni | Shijak | Tefik Jashari Stadium | 4,000 | Kategoria e Dytë |
| Flamurtari | Vlorë | Flamurtari Stadium | 15,000 | 11th |
| Luftëtari | Gjirokastër | Gjirokastër Stadium | 9,000 | 8th |
| Lushnja | Lushnjë | Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium | 12,000 | 9th |
| Partizani | Tirana | Qemal Stafa Stadium | 19,700 | Kategoria e Dytë |
| Shkumbini | Peqin | Shkumbini Stadium | 6,000 | 5th |
| Teuta | Durrës | Niko Dovana Stadium | 12,040 | 6th |
| Tirana | Tirana | Qemal Stafa Stadium | 19,700 | 2nd |
| Tomori | Berat | Tomori Stadium | 14,750 | 12th |
| Vllaznia | Shkodër | Loro Boriçi Stadium | 15,000 | Champions |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dinamo Tirana (C) | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 55 | 15 | +40 | 63 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Tirana | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 15 | +37 | 62 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Partizani | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 46 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Teuta | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 42 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Vllaznia | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 40 | |
| 6 | Shkumbini | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 33 | |
| 7 | Lushnja | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 31 | |
| 8 | Flamurtari | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 29 | |
| 9 | Apolonia | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 22 | 48 | −26 | 29 | |
| 10 | Besëlidhja | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 28 | |
| 11 | Bylis | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 28 | |
| 12 | Erzeni | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 31 | 54 | −23 | 28 | |
| 13 | Luftëtari (R) | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 50 | −26 | 27 | Relegation to the 2002–03 Kategoria e Dytë |
| 14 | Tomori (R) | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 25 | Relegation to the 2002–03 Kategoria e Dytë |

* ↑ Tirana qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round by winning the 2001–02 Albanian Cup, therefore forfeiting their UEFA Intertoto Cup first round place that they had won.

## Results

| Home \ Away | APO | BYL | BSL | DIN | ERZ | FLA | LUF | LUS | PAR | SKU | TEU | TIR | TOM | VLL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Apolonia | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Bylis | 4–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Besëlidhja | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 |
| Dinamo | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Erzeni | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 5–2 |
| Flamurtari | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 |
| Luftëtari | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Lushnja | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Partizani | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Shkumbini | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Teuta | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Tirana | 3–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| Tomori | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | | 0–2 |
| Vllaznia | 6–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 7–1 | |

## Season statistics

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Indrit Fortuzi | Tirana | 24 |
| 2 | Fjodor Xhafa | Tirana | 12 |
| 3 | Vioresin Sinani | Vllaznia | 11 |
| 3 | Abílio | Partizani | 11 |
| 3 | Fatjon Ymeri | Erzeni | 11 |
| 6 | Antonio Carioca | Partizani | 10 |
| 6 | Daniel Xhafaj | Dinamo Tirana | 10 |
| 6 | Klodian Asllani | Dinamo Tirana | 10 |
| 9 | Dorian Bubeqi | Bylis | 9 |
| 10 | Albert Kaçi | Vllaznia | 8 |
| 10 | Klodian Arbëri | Tomori | 8 |
| 10 | Vaskë Ruko | Apolonia | 8 |
