1961 Albanian Cup

1961 Albanian Cup

Kupa e Shqipërisë
Tournament details
Country	Albania
Final positions
Champions	KF Partizani
Runner-up	KS Besa

1961 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the twelfth season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began on Spring 1961 with the First Round and ended on May 1961 with the Final matches. Dinamo Tirana were the defending champions, having won their sixth Albanian Cup last season.

The cup was won by KF 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 March, 1961*

• Results unknown

Second round

All sixteen teams of the 1960 Superliga and First Division entered in this round. First and second legs were played on March, 1961.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
17 Nëntori/Tirana	12-2	Luftëtari	10-2	2-0
Traktori/Lushnja	2-7	Dinamo	2-5	0-2
Besëlidhja	3-6	Lokomotiva/Teuta	1-1	2-5
Vllaznia	2-3	Besa	2-2	0-1
Tomori	1-3	Ylli Kuq/Pogradeci	1-2	0-1
Labinoti/Elbasani	3-3(Corners)	Skënderbeu	1-2	2-1
Partizani	14-2	Tërbuni	10-1	4-1
Apolonia	0-1	Flamurtari	0-0	0-1

Quarter Finals

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
KF Partizani	7-0	KS Pogradeci	5-0	2-0(a)
KS Elbasani	3-5	Dinamo Tirana	3-2	0-3
KS Besa	6-3	KS Teuta	4-2	2-1
KF Tirana	3-0	KS Flamurtari	2-0	1-0

Semifinals

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
KS Besa	3-2	KF Tirana	1-1	2-1
KF Partizani	3-1	Dinamo Tirana	2-1	1-0

Finals

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
KS Besa	1-2	KF Partizani	0-1	1-1

External links

• Official website (Albanian)