Draft:1911 Albanian National Championship

Statistics of the First Category in the 1911 season. This event is not officially recognized by the AFA.

Prelude edit

An official event, but not yet officially certified by the FSHF, recently discovered by historians and print media archives, this is the 1st National Tournament played in Albania. The newspaper "Zgim e C'qipiria", directed by Abdyl Kadri, dated 21.04.1911, pg 2, art 174, writed: A big fair is held in Rahije in Fier. They had come to this fair from Tirana, Elbasan, Kavaja, Peqin and other places. To collect the country's money that we, the sellers, the landowner had marked Mydyri's daughter. Many people gathered here, where on this occasion a sports activity took place, top`kambe, with teams formed by citizens and countrymen from these cities, a total of 8 teams that competed in this new game, to win a reward, which was worth 6 gold coins. All matches were played in a single-game elimination system. The 1st round was the quarter-final, which was played between April 7 & 10, 1911, then the semi-final matches were played on April 11 & 12, to close the activity with the final match played on April 14, 1911. They took 8 teams in total and all matches were played in Rahije in Fier. Tirana was declared the winner of this tournament. The cup and the award were received by the captain of Tirana, Zyber Hallulli.

Quarter Finals edit

8 participating teams entered this round. The matches were played between April 7 and 10, 1911.

Team 1 Result Team 2
Tirana 9-4 Elbasani
Kavajë 8-2 Berati
Peqini 11-3 Vlora
Fieri 6-2 Lushnja