 The Albanian Football Association reverted to the western league format the following season but divided the teams into 2 groups, with a northern and southern division featuring 25 teams in total.Tërbuni were placed in Group A, and they finished in 10th place out of 12 teams to avoid relegation again.They would finish in 8th place of Group A in the 1970–71 campaign, which beat their 9th league position in the 1968 competition.