As in the previous season, the league comprised 14 teams. In 1971/72 FK Tomori Berat and Studenti Tirana were relegated from the category e Parë, for the new season Apolonia Fier , who returned after a year of abstinence, and KS Besëlidhja Lezha , who also rose immediately after relegation in 1971 , were added to the top division . The defending champion was KS Vllaznia Shkodra .
The championship was played in a regular season with a round trip. Each team competed twice against each other team. However, from this season onwards, only the bottom of the table had to relegate to the then still second-rate category e dytë , the 13th was still relegated in contrast to previous years. The champion did not move into the European Cup , as Albania withdrew from this competition for several years.
A total of 366 goals were scored, which corresponds to an average of 2.0 goals per game. The top scorer with 12 goals was Ilir Përnaska of KS Dinamo Tirana for the third time in a row .
After Dinamo Tirana could not celebrate a championship since 1960 - with the exception of the title on the green table from the season 1966/67 - the capital club, which had previously been in the shadow of the successes of Partizani and 17 Nëntori Tirana , prevailed again and won the eighth championship title in the club's history, and with a sovereign advantage of seven points over Partizani Tirana . Besa Kavaja was tied for third place, just ahead of defending champion Vllaznia Shkodra . Traktori Lushnja , who had mostly fought to stay in the league in the previous seasons, now moved up to fifth place. It was followed by Flamurtari Vlora , Shkëndija Tirana and Luftëtari Gjirokastra , which also saved itself quite clearly from relegation this season. 17 Nëntori Tirana, on the other hand, fell out of the top flight of the league: after putting its stamp on the league from 1964 to 1970, Nëntori even feared losing the league after the runner-up last year, although it was secured by five points. One position ahead of the capital city club was Skënderbeu Korça . Also promoted Besëlidhja Lezha and Lokomotiva Durrës prevented a crash into the second division. The other newcomer Apolonia Fier had to accept this, who was relegated for the second time in three years.
Frederik Gjinali, Rifat Ibershimi, Faruk Sejdini, Gani Xhafa, Iljaz Ceco, Ilir Përnaska, Jani Rama, Clirim Hysi, Ibrahim Kodra, Mehmet Xhafa, Torez Ciraku, Ahmet Ahmedani, Shocolpetim Hoxha, Enver Hafizi, Miljtimzija Taip Cutra, Haxhi Mergjyshi, Hamit Dhrima, Agron Shapllo - Trainer: Skender Jareci.
literature
Giovanni Armillotta: Almanaku i kategorisë së dytë (1930 / 2008-09) dhe i futbollit shqiptar . Aracne Editrice Srl, Rome 2009, ISBN 978-88-548-2585-7 .
Individual evidence
↑ Giovanni Armillotta: Albanian Football Season 1972-73. In: RSSSF - The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2009, accessed February 14, 2011 .
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