1989–90 Albanian Cup

1989–90 Albanian Cup

Kupa e Shqipërisë
Tournament details
Country	Albania
Final positions
Champions	Dinamo Tirana
Runner-up	Flamurtari

1989–90 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the thirty-eighth season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began in August 1989 with the First Round and ended in May 1990 with the Final match. The winners of the competition qualified for the 1990-91 first round of the UEFA Cup. Dinamo Tirana were the defending champions, having won their eleventh Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by Dinamo Tirana.

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 1989

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamurtari	6	5	1	0	18	1	+17	11	Advance to quarter-finals
2	17 Nëntori	6	4	1	1	12	2	+10	9
3	Tomori	6	3	0	3	9	7	+2	6
4	Kastrioti	6	2	2	2	3	7	−4	6
5	5 Shtatori	6	2	1	3	3	8	−5	5
6	31 Korriku	6	2	0	4	6	10	−4	4
7	Minatori Rrëshen	6	0	1	5	6	22	−16	1

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	Vllaznia	6	4	1	1	11	7	+4	9	Advance to quarter-finals
2	24 Maji	6	4	0	2	11	7	+4	8
3	Luftëtari	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	8
4	Traktori	6	1	4	1	7	6	+1	6
5	Labinoti	6	2	1	3	12	12	0	5
6	Butrinti	6	2	1	3	8	12	−4	5
7	Minatori Tepelena	6	0	1	5	8	15	−7	1

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	Lokomotiva Durrës	6	5	1	0	14	4	+10	11	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Apolonia	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	9
3	Besëlidhja	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	7
4	Përparimi	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	5
5	Korabi	6	2	0	4	10	13	−3	4
6	Tërbuni	6	2	0	4	8	16	−8	4
7	Valbona	6	1	0	5	6	16	−10	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	Partizani	6	5	1	0	18	7	+11	11	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Dinamo Tirana	6	4	2	0	18	3	+15	10
3	Ylli i Kuq	6	3	1	2	6	9	−3	7
4	Skënderbeu	6	3	0	3	10	6	+4	6
5	Sopoti	6	2	0	4	6	14	−8	4
6	Gramozi	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	3
7	10 Korriku	6	0	1	5	6	16	−10	1

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
24 Maji	1–3	Flamurtari	1–0	0–3
17 Nëntori	1–2	Vllaznia	1–0	0–2
Dinamo Tirana	3–2	Lokomotiva Durrës	1–1	2–1
Apolonia	2–1	Partizani	2–0	0–1

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
Dinamo Tirana	0–0 (4–3 p)	Vllaznia	0–0	0–0
Apolonia	1–2	Flamurtari	1–1	0–1

Final

6 June 1990

17:00

Dinamo Tirana	1–1	Flamurtari
Xhafa 95'		Kushta 100' (pen.)
Penalties
Ibro Stafa Gjergji Jançe	4–2	Memushi Paço Gjondeda Gj. Iljadhi

Niko Dovana Stadium, Durrës

Attendance: 14,500

Referee: Arseni Hoxha

References

• Calcio Mondiale Web

External links

• Official website (in Albanian)