In 1948 the Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit (Albanian Football Federation) decided to employ a new formula for the championship, according to the 'western' calendar: fall 1948-spring 1949; but on March 31st, 1949, the Federata Sportive Shqiptare (Albanian Sports Federation) annulled the 1948-49 season under Soviet pressure. After disassociating itself from all Soviet influences (December 3rd, 1961), Albania started a fall/spring season from 1962/63 on. Table at Abandonment: 1.Partizani Tiranë 6 5 1 0 26- 2 11 2.Tirana 6 4 1 1 10- 4 9 3.Shkodra 5 4 0 1 21- 1 8 4.Durrësi 6 3 1 2 8- 7 7 5.Kavaja 5 1 1 3 10-11 3 6.Korça 4 1 0 3 7-10 2 7.Elbasani 6 0 2 4 5-27 2 8.Vlora 6 0 2 4 2-27 2 NB: apart from the last round, the matches Korça vs Kavaja and Korça vs Shkodra were not played. All the police (Dinamo) and trade union (Spartaku) clubs changed their name to simply the town name, apart from Partizani and Dinamo Tiranë.
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