IFFHS NEW SERIES - ALL TIME BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORERS - ALBANIA (PART 1)

• Jul 12, 2023
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Picture : Vioresin Sinani leads the ranking in Albania !

All-time best top division goal-scorers: Albania (Part 1) 

Today we launch a series of publications about the best goal-scorers of the national leagues worldwide for the whole history of their existence. The countries will follow each other in alphabetical order. We only consider the top divisions of the national leagues. Goals and matches in the lower leagues are not counted in the rankings.
We start from Albania, where the national championship started in 1930. Up to now, 15 players have reached 100 goals. They all are retired.
Vioresin Sinani is the record holder with 207 goals in 369 matches between 1996 and 2012 scored for 4 clubs (Dinamo Tirana, Vllaznia Shkodër, SK Tirana, Besa Kavajë).
He is followed by Daniel Xhafaj: 204 goals in 457 games. Only these two players have reached 200 goals.
Third placed Refik Resmja is famous by his seasonal record: astonishing 59 goals in just 23 games for Partizani Tirana in the championship of 1951. It’s one of best seasonal performances in the world football history.
Resmja has scored 180 league goals for Partizani: another national record that he still holds. No player has scored as much for a single club in Albania.
Pero Pejić is the only abroad player in the “Club 100+” (from Croatia).

	ALBANIA	1930-		ALL-TIME BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORERS
	Player	Period	Goals	Breakdown by clubs
1	Vioresin Sinani	1996-2012	207	Dinamo 1, Vllaznia 178, Tirana 23, Besa 5
2	Daniel Xhafaj	1995-2014	204	Flamurtari 40, Bylis 8, Dinamo 23, Teuta 86, Tirana 18, Besa 18, Skënderbeu 11
3	Refik Resmja	1948-1964	184	Tirana 4, Partizani 180
4	Kujtim Majaci	1980-1992	174	Apolonia 174
5	Indrit Fortuzi	1991-2008	168	Dinamo 15, Tirana 153
6	Panajot Pano	1958-1974	144	Tirana 8, Partizani 136
7	Agustin Kola	1977-1997	140	Shkëndija 7, Tirana 133
8	Pero Pejić	2007-2017	138	Dinamo 24, Tirana 14, Flamurtari 9, Skënderbeu 32, Kukësi 59
9	Ilir Përnaska	1968-1981	136	Dinamo 136
10	Skënder Jareci	1949-1965	122	Teuta 3, Dinamo 119
11	Hamdi Salihi	2002-2017	114	Vllaznia 30, Tirana 42, Skënderbeu 42
12	Gjergj Muzaka	2001-2019	109	Partizani 38, Tirana 18, Dinamo 1, Skënderbeu 37, Flamurtari 15
13	Arben Minga	1976-1996	105	Tirana 105
14	Sebino Plaku	2003-2022	103	Apolonia 15, Dinamo 28, Tirana 7, Flamurtari 7, Kastrioti 5, Skënderbeu 16,
				Partizani 1, Korabi 4, Kamza 17, Teuta 3
15	Medin Zhega	1964-1978	101	Vllaznia 66, Dinamo 35

Some clubs took different names throughout their history (Dinamo was Olimpik, SK Tirana was 17 Nëntori etc.). In such cases, a club is mentioned by its “main” name.