Albania remained remote and obscure – hardly anything survived from 1979-80 championship. Only three clubs showed some class in the second division. Traktori Lushnje had no rival at all in Group A and won it with 6 points advantage – huge gap, considering that only 8 clubs participated. Group B was more competitive – tow clubs contested first place. Besëlidhja Lezhë prevailed by 2 points. Entirely unknown club – Dajti Kamëz – finished second, but 7 points ahead of the 3rd placed. As it was, former members of first division dominated the second level and got promoted.
First division was not much fun either. Apolonia Fier ended last without winning even a single match. Absolute outsiders, earning just 5 points during the season. Shkëndija Tiranë finished 13th – 14 points ahead of poor Apolonia, but 4 points behind Tomori Berat, which finished safely 12th. Apolonia and Shkëndija went down.
The rest of the league was seemingly fairly equal – 9 points divided silver medalists from 12th placed. Point or two difference decided higher or lower place. Vllaznia Shkodër finished 3rd and 17 Nëntori Tiranë second – neither club challenged the solitary leader.
Which was familiar name – Dinamo Tiranë. This season they were head and shoulders above the rest, finishing 5 points ahead of 17 Nëntori.
Dinamo easily won their 13th title, but how strong they were is hard to say – it was rather that their rivals were weak, especially Partizani Tiranë, which ended 4th and only because of better goal-differemce.
Partizani did not close the season empty-handed, though. Weak in the championship, they won the Cup. It was not easy victory, although their opponent was not a strong team. Labinoti Elbasan was a typical mid-table club, this year was no different – they finished 9th in the championship – but cup final is another matter. Labinoti kept Partizani at 1-1 tie and a second match was scheduled. It was also equal game, but Partizani managed to score a goal and thus to win the Cup. 1-1 and 1-0 – Partizani not only were not superior, but had really hard time winning the trophy.
Partizani saved the season by winning the Cup, but as a whole nothing changed in Albania – weak or strong, the top clubs Partizani and Dinamo got the trophies, as ever. Well, even if one of them failed, it would have been 17 Nentori winning… the three clubs from the capital Tirana dominated Albanian football.