1987–88 Albanian Cup

1987–88 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the thirty-sixth season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began on August 1987 with the First Round and ended on May 1988 with the Final match. The winners of the competition qualified for the 1988-89 first round of the UEFA Cup. KS Vllaznia were the defending champions, having won their fifth Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by KS Flamurtari.[1]

1987–88 Albanian Cup
Kupa e Shqipërisë
Country Albania
ChampionsKS Flamurtari
Runners-upKF Partizani

The 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 1987*

  • Results unknown

Second round

All sixteen teams of the 1986–87 Superliga and First Division entered in this round. First and second legs were played on January 1988.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Studenti 3–4 Besa 1–1 2–3
Tomori 1–3 Apolonia 1–1 0–2
Skënderbeu 1–7 Flamurtari 0–3 1–4
Besëlidhja 4–3 Lokomotiva/Teuta 4–2 0–1
Luftëtari 4–1 Labinoti/Elbasani 4–1 0–0
31 Korriku/Burreli 2–1 17 Nëntori/Tirana 2–0 0–1
Dinamo 2–3 Vllaznia 2–1 0–2
Bistrica/Delvina 1–5 Partizani 0–1 1–4

Quarter finals

In this round entered the 8 winners from the previous round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
KS Burreli 3–5 KF Partizani 2–1 1–4
KS Besëlidhja 3–3 (2–4 p) KS Apolonia 2–1 1–2
KS Besa 1–1 KS Flamurtari 1–1 0–0
KS Luftëtari Gjirokastër 2–5 KS Vllaznia 2–1 0–4

Semifinals

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

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
KS Apolonia 1–3 KF Partizani 1–1 0–2
KS Flamurtari 5–3 KS Vllaznia 0–1 5–2

Final
KS Flamurtari1 – 0KF Partizani
Bubeqi  53'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Dhori Prifti

References
  1. RSSSF Albanian Cup
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