Albania national football team
| Nickname(s) | Kuq e Zinjtë (The Red and Blacks) Shqiponjat (The Eagles) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Gianni De Biasi | ||
| Captain | Lorik Cana | ||
| Most caps | Altin Lala (79) | ||
| Top scorer | Erjon Bogdani (19) | ||
| Home stadium | Qemal Stafa Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | ALB | ||
| FIFA ranking | 43 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 43 (May 2013[1]) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 124 (August 1997[1]) | ||
| Elo ranking | 82 [2] | ||
| Highest Elo ranking | 52 (13 October 1946 [2]) | ||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 127 (14 & 18 December 1994 [2]) | ||
|
|||
| First international | |||
(Tirana, Albania; October 7, 1946)[3] |
|||
| Biggest win | |||
|
(Tirana, Albania; August 12, 2009)[3] |
|||
| Biggest defeat | |||
(Budapest, Hungary; September 24, 1950)[3] |
|||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 1964) | ||
| Best result | Round of 16, 1964 | ||
The Albanian National Association Football Team is the national association football team of Albania and is controlled by the Football Association of Albania (FSHF).
Although it never played any matches, the Albanian national football team existed before FSHF was created. This is witnessed by the registration of the team in the Balkan Cup tournament of 1929-1931, which started in 1929 (although Albania eventually retired from the competition, before the competition started).[4] FSHF was founded on June 6, 1930, and Albania had to wait 16 years to play its first international match, debuting against Yugoslavia in 1946. In 1932, Albania joined FIFA (during the congress June 12 — June 16) and in 1954, it was one of the founding members of UEFA.
Contents |
Results in History [edit]
Recent developments [edit]
In December 2007, Football Association of Albania's president, Armand Duka, announced Arie Haan would replace Croatian-Austrian Otto Barić as Albania's head coach. Haan signed a two-year contract on January 4, 2008.[5]
On March 14, 2008, Albania was suspended from international football (FIFA and UEFA), due to heavy political interference in the Football Association. The suspension lasted 46 days.[6][7][8]
Haan was replaced by Croatian coach Josip Kuže in May 2009.[9] Kuže parted ways with Albania almost three years later, in December 2011, when coach Gianni de Biasi replaced him.[10]
Standings [edit]
|
|
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [edit]
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification fixtures:
| 7 September 2012 20:30 SuperSport Albania |
Albania |
3 – 1 | Qemal Stafa National Stadium, Tirana Attendance: 9,400[11] Referee: Artyom Kuchin (Kazakhstan) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadiku Çani Bogdani |
Report | Laban |
| 11 September 2012 20:30 SuperSport Albania |
Switzerland |
2 – 0 | Swissporarena, Lucerne Attendance: 16,500[12] Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hategan (Romania) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaqiri Inler |
Report |
| 12 October 2012 19:00 SuperSport Albania |
Albania |
1 – 2 | Qemal Stafa National Stadium, Tirana Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Çani |
Report | Bjarnason G.Sigurðsson |
| 16 October 2012 20:45 SuperSport Albania |
Albania |
1 – 0 | Qemal Stafa National Stadium, Tirana Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roshi |
Report |
| 22 March 2013 19:00 SuperSport Albania |
Norway |
0 – 1 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salihi |
| 7 June 2013 |
Albania |
v | Qemal Stafa National Stadium, Tirana |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 |
Slovenia |
v | Slovenia |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2013 |
Iceland |
v | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 October 2013 |
Albania |
v | Qemal Stafa National Stadium, Tirana |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 October 2013 |
Cyprus |
v | GSP Stadium , Nicosia |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
Friendlies [edit]
| 14 August 2013 |
Albania |
v | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 March 2013 20:00 |
Albania |
4–1 | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ivalos Stojanov(Bulgaria) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meha Cani Basha Palionis (o.g.) |
Razulis |
| 06 February 2013 20:30 |
Albania |
1 – 2 | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (Republic of Macedonia) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bogdani |
Lobjanidze Vatsadze |
| 14 November 2012 20:45 |
Albania |
0 – 0 | Stade de Genève, Genève Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2012 20:30 |
Albania |
0 – 0 | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Yunus Yıldırım (Turkey) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 May 2012 19:00 |
Albania |
1 – 0 | BJK İnönü Stadium, İstanbul Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vila |
| 22 May 2012 20:00 |
Albania |
2 – 1 | Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas, Madrid Attendance: 100 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakaj Bogdani |
Y.Ahmed |
Current squad [edit]
The following players were nominated for the match against Norway on March 22, 2013, and the friendly against Lithuania, four days later.[13]
Caps and goals as of 26 March 2013.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recent call-ups [edit]
The following players have been called up in the last 12 months:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching staff [edit]
According to the FSHF website, the following is the current coaching staff:[14]
| Head Coach | |
| Assistant Coach | |
| Assistant Coach | |
| Fitness Coach | |
| Goalkeeping Coach | |
| National Team Manager | |
| Team Doctor |
Stadium [edit]
Supporters [edit]
Kit History [edit]
The Albanian kit has been mostly red and black with small changes through years.
Managerial History [edit]
This is a chronological list of the 22 managers who have guided Albania since 1946 (note that Bejkush Birçe and Agron Sulaj have had the job twice):[15]
Ljubiša Broćić
Adem Karapici
Sllave Llambi
Ludovik Jakova
Myslim Alla
Miklos Vadas
Loro Boriçi
Nikolai Lyuksinov
Zyber Konçi
Ilia Shuke
Shyqyri Rreli
Agron Sulaj
Bejkush Birçe
Agron Sulaj
Bejkush Birçe
Neptun Bajko
Astrit Hafizi
Medin Zhega
Sulejman Demollari
Giuseppe Dossena
Hans-Peter Briegel
Otto Barić
Arie Haan
Josip Kuže
Gianni De Biasi
Players [edit]
Individual all-time records [edit]
| # | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
1998–2011 | 79 | 3 |
| 2 |
|
2001–2011 | 78 | 6 |
| 3 |
|
1999- | 76 | 19 |
| 4 |
|
2000-2011 | 75 | 13 |
| 5 |
|
1990-2004 | 73 | 0 |
| 6 |
|
1997-2007 | 68 | 10 |
| 7 |
|
1995-2011 | 68 | 14 |
| 8 |
|
1995-2009 | 67 | 3 |
| 9 |
|
2003- | 66 | 1 |
| 10 |
|
1992-2005 | 63 | 11 |
Top goalscorers [edit]
Below is a list of the 10 players with the most goals for Albania, as of February 7, 2013 (* denotes players still available for selection):[16]
| # | Name | Career | Goals | Caps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
1999- | 19 | 76 |
| 2 |
|
1995-2011 | 14 | 68 |
| 3 |
|
2000-2011 | 13 | 75 |
| 4 |
|
1992-2005 | 11 | 63 |
| 5 |
|
1987-1996 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 |
|
2007- | 10 | 43 |
| 7 |
|
1997-2007 | 10 | 68 |
| 8 |
|
2002-2006 | 8 | 29 |
| 9 |
|
1994-2007 | 6 | 39 |
| 10 |
|
2004-2011 | 6 | 36 |
Honours [edit]
- Winners of VIII Balkan Cup (Tirana, October 1946)
- Winners of Rothmans Football International Tournament (Valletta, February 4 — February 10, 2000)[17]
World Cup record [edit]
- 1930 to 1962 – Did not participate
- 1966 – Did not qualify
- 1970 – Entry not accepted[18]
- 1974 – Did not qualify
- 1978 – Did not participate
- 1982 to 2010 – Did not qualify
UEFA European Championship record [edit]
- 1960 - Did not participate
- 1964 - Did not qualify
- 1968 - Did not qualify
- 1972 - Did not participate
- 1976 - 1980 - Did not participate
- 1984 - 2012 - Did not qualify
Head-to-Head records against other countries [edit]
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Differential |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 17 | -16 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | =0 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | =0 | |
| 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -7 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | =0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | =0 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -15 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -11 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -10 | |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -10 | |
| 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 38 | -28 | |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -3 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 | -18 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | =0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | =0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -7 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -8 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | |
| 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 40 | -31 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -9 | |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 24 | -22 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | +3 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | |
| 58 Countries | 268 | 64 | 57 | 147 | 236 | 438 | −202 |
See also [edit]
- Kategoria superiore
- Albania national under-21 football team
- Albania national under-19 football team
- Albania national under-17 football team
- List of Albanian footballers
References [edit]
- ^ a b FIFAAlbania. "Albania in FIFA website". FIFA. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ a b c Kirill. "Eloratings.net". Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ a b c Kirill (16 August 2010). "Albania matches". Kirill. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ Giovanni Armillotta: Kryeziu, Lushta, Boriçi e Llambi 31.03.2008
- ^ AFP. "Haan named Albania boss". FIFA (FIFA). Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ Albania suspension lifted by FIFA[dead link]
- ^ FIFA says its emergency committee has decided to lift suspension of Albania[dead link]
- ^ FIFA lifts suspension of Albania over alleged interference
- ^ JOSIP KUZHE TRAJNER I SHQIPËRISË Televizioni Koha 19/5/2009
- ^ "Albania name De Biasi coach". Fifa.com. 2011-12-14. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
- ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/matches/round=258374/match=300182251/report.html
- ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/matches/round=258374/match=300182246/report.html
- ^ "De Biazi: Me Norvegjine, dy ndeshje kyce te eliminatoreve". Panorama Sport. Retrieved 18 March2012.
- ^ FSHF. "The Team" (in Albanian). Albanian Federation of Football. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
- ^ "Lukshinov: Enver Hoxha's passion of soccer (11/10/2009)". Albania-sport.com. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ "Albania – Record International Players – Goals". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ Malta 2000 Events[dead link]
- ^ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- "Albania – Record International Players". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
External links [edit]
- Albania National Football Team
- FutbolliShqiptar.net
- Fan Website
- AlbaniaSoccer.com
- AIFR archive of results: 1946-2000/01
- Tifozat Kuq e Zi / Red and Black Fan Club
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation – Albania
- Albania Sport
- Albanian Soccer News
- Frasheri, Dash (11 August 2010). "Albania, modest victory against Uzbekistan" (in Albanian). Albania Sport. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- Sauku, Endrit (21 January 2010). "History of the Qemal Stafa Temple". Albania Sport (in Albanian) (Dash Frasheri). Retrieved 3 August 2010.
- Worldstadiums. "Stadia in Albania". Retrieved 3 August 2010.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Albania National Football Team |