Albania national under-19 football team
Nickname(s) | Kuq e Zinjtë (The Red and Blacks) Shqiponjat (The Eagles) | |||
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Association | Albanian Football Association (Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit – FSHF) | |||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
Head coach | Armando Cungu | |||
Captain | Daniel Hysaj | |||
Most caps | Mario Shehi (9) | |||
Top scorer | Ernest Muçi (4) | |||
Home stadium | Elbasan Arena Loro Boriçi Stadium | |||
FIFA code | ALB | |||
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First international | ||||
Albania 1–8 Netherlands (Capbreton, France; 10 November 2001) | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
Albania 4–0 Malta (Seitenstetten, Austria; 10 October 2011) | ||||
Biggest defeat | ||||
France 9–0 Albania (Moscow, Russia; 6 September 2002) | ||||
European U-19 Championship | ||||
Appearances | – | |||
Best result | – |
The Albania national under-19 football team represents Albania in international football at this age level in the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship and the FIFA U-20 World Cup, as well as any other under-19 international football tournaments. It is controlled by Albanian Football Association, the governing body for football in Albania.
History
2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 9 |
France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 |
Albania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 1 |
San Marino | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 1 |
All matches were played in France.
Albania | 1–8 | Netherlands | |
Albania | 0–5 | France | |
San Marino | 1–1 | Albania |
2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 9 |
Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 |
Luxembourg | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 |
Albania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 |
All matches were played in Russia.
Albania | 0–5 | Russia | |
France | 9–0 | Albania | |
Luxembourg | 2–1 | Albania |
2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Croatia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 |
Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
Albania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
Azerbaijan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
All matches were played in Croatia.
Croatia | 1–0 | Albania | |
Albania | 0–1 | Finland | |
Azerbaijan | 1–1 | Albania |
2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Albania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 |
Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Finland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 4 |
Luxembourg | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 |
Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
All matches were played in Denmark.
Denmark | 0–3 | Albania | |
Finland | 7–1 | Albania | |
Albania | 1–0 | Luxembourg |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 |
Israel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 |
Belarus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
Estonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Serbia and Montenegro | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 |
Poland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
Republic of Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
Albania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 |
All matches were played in Serbia and Montenegro.
Albania | 1–7 | Serbia and Montenegro | |
Republic of Ireland | 1–1 | Albania | |
Albania | 0–2 | Poland |
2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Turkey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
Macedonia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 |
Romania | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
Albania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
23 October | North Macedonia | 4 - 2 | Albania | Kuşadası, Turkey |
25 October | Albania | 0 - 2 | Turkey | Kuşadası, Turkey |
28 October | Romania | 2 - 0 | Albania | Soke, Turkey |
2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
Albania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
Andorra | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Spain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
Albania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
Serbia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
Liechtenstein | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 2 |
Liechtenstein | 0 – 0 | Albania |
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 |
Croatia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 |
Albania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Germany | 2 – 0 | Albania |
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Aydilek 6' Diekmeier 36' |
Report[permanent dead link ] |
Slovakia | 2 – 2 | Albania |
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Jakubjak 27' Sylvestr 41' |
Report[permanent dead link ] | Metani 8' Mustafaj 14' |
Albania | 0 – 2 | Croatia |
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Report[permanent dead link ] | Prijic 10' Maloca 64' |
2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Serbia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 |
England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 |
Northern Ireland (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
Albania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
England | 3 – 0 | Albania |
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Drinkwater 7' Delfouneso 40' Lansbury 80' |
Report[permanent dead link ] |
Serbia | 5 – 0 | Albania |
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Medojević 18' Ljajić 45+2' Krstičić 48' Savić 80' 85' |
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Albania | 1 – 2 | Northern Ireland |
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Balaj 76' | Report | Kee 37' O'Kane 41' |
2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 9 |
Republic of Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
Albania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
San Marino (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 |
Italy | 5 – 0 | Albania |
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Dumitru 21' D'Alessandro 43' Destro 53' Zigoni 78', 82' |
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Republic of Ireland | 2 – 0 | Albania |
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Doran 56' (pen.) Henderson 84' |
Report |
Albania | 4 – 1 | San Marino |
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Vajushi 44' Balaj 66', 68' Koni 88' |
Report Report2[permanent dead link ] |
Stefanelli 72' (pen.) |
2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 |
England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 |
Cyprus | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 |
Albania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 |
England | 6 – 1 | Albania |
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McEachran 16' Kane 18', 72' Wickham 44' Shelvey 78' (pen.) Afobe 88' |
Report | Shkurtaj 76' (pen.) |
2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Denmark | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
Austria (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 5 |
Albania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
Malta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
Denmark | 1 – 0 | Albania |
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Kohlert 90+3' | Report |
Albania | 4 – 0 | Malta |
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Arab 38' (o.g.) Bajraktari 45+2' F. Hoxha 55', 78' |
Report |
2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Elite round |
2 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | Albania (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
Albania were the hosts of all group 7 matches.
Italy | 3 – 0 | Albania |
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Padovan 45+1', 90+2' Belloni 55' |
Report |
Belgium | 1 – 3 | Albania |
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Kabasele 79' | Report | Gavazaj 26' Kabashi 76' (pen.) Shehaj 80' |
2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Elite round |
2 | Bulgaria (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Albania | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Portugal (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Elite round |
2 | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
4 | Albania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
Albania | 1–4 | Portugal |
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Betim Lumi 62' | Report | Cabral 5' Sanches 10' Pereira 15' Guedes 42' |
2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
The match was completed with a 2–1 scoreline before a 3–0 default victory was awarded to Austria due to Albania fielding an ineligible player.
Albania | 0–3 Awarded | Georgia |
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Report | Goshteliani 86' |
The match was completed with a 0–1 scoreline before a 0–3 default victory was awarded to Georgia due to Albania fielding an ineligible player.
Wales | 2–3 | Albania |
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J. Thomas 34' G. Thomas 50' |
Report | Zenuni 10', 36' Krasniqi 42' |
2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Elite round |
2 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | Albania (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | Gibraltar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
Germany | 3–2 | Albania |
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Köhlert 8' Shipnoski 33' Baku 45+1' |
Report | Zeka 78' (pen.), 90+2' |
2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Elite round |
2 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 | |
3 | Montenegro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 3 | |
4 | Albania (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
Albania | 1–7 | Norway |
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Burba 12' | Report | Håland 18', 28' Markovic 32', 72' Vetlesen 44' Østigård 66' Pedersen 78' |
2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6[a] | Elite round |
2 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6[a] | |
3 | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6[a] | |
4 | Albania (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Greece | 5–1 | Albania |
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Belgium | 2–1 | Albania |
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Albania | 2–4 | Iceland |
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2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round would have taken place in autumn 2020, and Elite round, would have taken place in spring 2021,[3] but, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, UEFA announced on 13 August 2020 that after consultation with the 55 member associations, the qualifying round was delayed to March 2021, and the elite round was abolished and replaced by play-offs, with the 13 qualifying round group winners joining the top seed by coefficient ranking, Portugal (which originally received a bye to the elite round), in the play-offs in May 2021 to determine the teams qualifying for the final tournament.[4][5] Furthermore, on 23 February 2021, UEFA announced that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and its effect on staging competitions, the tournament was cancelled.[6]
2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
France | 4–0 | Albania |
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Virginius 28' Abline 35', 40' Tchaouna 64' (pen.) |
Report |
Serbia | 2–2 | Albania |
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Mituljikić 42' Lazetić 77' |
Report | Nerguti 84' Shpendi 88' |
Albania | 3–1 | North Macedonia |
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Mata 19' (pen.) Pjeshka 48' Bibo 50' |
Report | Talakov 45+1' |
Recent results
2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Albania | 1–3 | Belgium |
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Daka 51' | Report | Sadiki 47' Stroeykens 64' Vermant 90+6' |
Players
Current squad
- The following players were called up for the friendly match.[7]
- Match dates: 5 June 2022
- Opposition: Montenegro
- Caps and goals correct as of: 16 November 2021, after the match against North Macedonia
Recent call-ups
Following are listed players called up in the previous 12 months that are still eligible to represent Under 19 team.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up | ||
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GK | 1 January 2004 | 0 | 0 | |||||
DF | 1 January 2004 | 0 | 0 | |||||
MF | 1 January 2004 | 0 | 0 | |||||
FW | 1 January 2004 | 0 | 0 |
- Notes
- PRE = Preliminary squad.
- KOS = Withdrew to play for Kosovo U19.
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff:[8]
Position | Name |
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Head Coach | Armando Cungu |
Assistant Coach | Ardi Behari |
Goalkeeping Coach | Astrit Nallbani |
Team Doctor | Mehmet Buzmexhani |
Physiotherapists | Indrit Shkrela |
Athletic preparator | Aurel Locaj |
Team manager | Sajdi Gashi |
Competitive record
Before 2002, the event was classified as a U-18 tournament.
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
UEFA European Under-19 Championship record | UEFA European Under-19 Championship Qualification/Elite record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | ||
2002 | Did Not Qualify | Qualifying round 3/4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | ||||||||
2003 | First qualifying round 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | |||||||||
2004 | First qualifying round 3/4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
2005 | Elite qualification round 4/4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 17 | |||||||||
2006 | Qualification round 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
2007 | Qualification round 3/4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
2008 | Elite qualification round 4/4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||
2009 | Qualification round 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||
2010 | Qualification round 3/4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||
2011 | Qualification round 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
2012 | Qualification round 3/4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
2013 | Qualification round 4/4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
2014 | Qualification round 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
2015 | Qualification round 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||
2016 | Qualification round 3/4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||
2017 | Qualification round 3/4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
2018 | Qualification round 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||
2019 | Qualification round 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
2020 | Qualification round 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |||||||||
2021 | Did not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe | |||||||||||||||
2022 | Did Not Qualify | Qualification round 4/4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||
2023 | To Be Determined | |||||||||||||||
2024 | To Be Determined | |||||||||||||||
Total: 0/20 | Best: – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Total | 63 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 55 | 153 |
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
See also
- Albania national football team
- Albania national under-23 football team
- Albania national under-21 football team
- Albania national under-20 football team
- Albania national under-18 football team
- Albania national under-17 football team
- Albania national under-16 football team
- Albania national under-15 football team
- Albania national football team results
- Albania national youth football team
- Albanian Superliga
- Football in Albania
- List of Albania international footballers
References
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "2020/21 U19 qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. 14 October 2019.
- ^ "UEFA postpones youth national team competitions". UEFA.com. 13 August 2020.
- ^ "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "2020/21 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "Edhe Shqipëria U-19 në aksion, trajneri Cungu bën publike listën e lojtarëve për miqësoret ndaj Malit të Zi" (in Albanian). Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ Kombëtarja U-19 (Albania national under-19 team) FSHF.org
External links
- Albania under-19 football team at UEFA.com
- Albania under-19 at Soccerway