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Revision as of 21:02, 1 September 2013

Albania
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)[Kuq e Zinjtë (The Red and Blacks)
Shqiponjat] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (The Eagles)
Association[[[Albanian Football Association|Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (FSHF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachGianni De Biasi
CaptainLorik Cana
Most capsAltin Lala (79)
Top scorerErjon Bogdani (19)
Home stadiumQemal Stafa Stadium
FIFA codeALB
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current38
Highest37 (July 2013[1])
Lowest124 (August 1997[1])
First international
Albania Albania 2–3 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(Tirana, Albania; October 7, 1946)[2]
Biggest win
Albania Albania 5–0 Vietnam 
(Bastia Umbra, Italy; February 12, 2003) Albania Albania 6–1 Cyprus 
(Tirana, Albania; August 12, 2009)[2]
Biggest defeat
 Hungary 12–0 Albania Albania
(Budapest, Hungary; September 24, 1950)[2]

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.

Results in History

Main article: Albania national football team results

Recent developments

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]

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2012

22 May 2012 Friendly  Albania 2 – 1 Qatar Qatar Madrid, Spain
20:00 GMT Bakaj 46'
Bogdani 50'		 Report Y.Ahmed 54' Stadium: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas
Attendance: 100
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo
27 May 2012 Friendly  Albania 1 – 0 Iran Iran Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 GMT Vila 60' Report Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek
15 August 2012 Friendly  Albania 0 – 0 Moldova Moldova Tirana, Albania
20:30 GMT Vila 60' Report Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Yunus Yıldırım
7 September 2012 2014 FIFA World Cup Q  Albania 3 – 1 Cyprus Cyprus Tirana, Albania
20:30 GMT Sadiku 36'
Çani 84'
Bogdani 86'		 Report Laban 45+5' Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium
Attendance: 9,400
Referee: Artyom Kuchin
11 September 2012 2014 FIFA World Cup Q Switzerland Switzerland 2 – 0  Albania Lucerne, Switzerland
20:30 GMT Shaqiri 23'
Inler 68' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
12 October 2012 2014 FIFA World Cup Q  Albania 1 – 2 Iceland Iceland Tirana, Albania
19:00 GMT Çani 29' Report Bjarnason 19'
G.Sigurðsson 81'		 Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium
Attendance: 8,200
Referee: Tony Asumaa
16 October 2012 2014 FIFA World Cup Q  Albania 1 – 0 Slovenia Slovenia Tirana, Albania
20:45 GMT Roshi 37' Report Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Martin Hansson
14 November 2012 Friendly  Albania 0 – 0 Cameroon Cameroon Genève, Switzerland
20:45 GMT Report Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Stephan Studer

2013

6 February 2013 Friendly  Albania 1 – 2 Georgia Georgia (country) Tirana, Albania
20:30 GMT Bogdani 25' Report Lobjanidze 40'
Vatsadze 82'		 Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski
22 March 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup Q Norway Norway 0 – 1  Albania Oslo, Norway
19:00 GMT Report Salihi 67' Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Kevin Blom
26 March 2013 Friendly  Albania 4 – 1 Lithuania Lithuania Tirana, Albania
20:00 GMT Meha 33'
Çani 38'
Basha 43'
Palionis (o.g.)		 Report Razulis 75' Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ivailo Stoyanov
7 June 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup Q  Albania 1 – 1 Norway Norway Tirana, Albania
20:30 GMT Rama 41' Report Høgli 87' Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium
Attendance: 16,900
Referee: Willie Collum
14 August 2013 Friendly  Albania 2 – 0 Armenia Armenia Tirana, Albania
19:45 GMT Rama 21'
Kace 67'		 Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium
6 September 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup Q Slovenia Slovenia v  Albania Ljubljana, Slovenia
20:30 GMT Stadium: Stožice Stadium
10 September 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup Q Iceland Iceland v  Albania Reykjavik, Iceland
19:00 GMT Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur
11 October 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup Q  Albania v Switzerland Switzerland Tirana, Albania
Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium
15 October 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup Q Cyprus Cyprus v  Albania Nicosia, Cyprus
Stadium: GSP Stadium

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E

Template:2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E

Squad

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the double-away matches against Slovenia & Iceland on September 6 & 10, 2013.[11]

Caps and goals as of 15 august 2013.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Samir Ujkani (1988-07-05) July 5, 1988 (age 36) 20 0 Italy Palermo
12 1GK Etrit Berisha (1989-03-10) March 10, 1989 (age 35) 10 0 Italy Lazio
22 1GK Orges Shehi (1977-09-25) September 25, 1977 (age 47) 1 0 Albania Skënderbeu Korçë
3 2DF Admir Teli (1981-06-02) June 2, 1981 (age 43) 15 0 Azerbaijan Qarabağ
4 2DF Armend Dallku (1983-06-16) June 16, 1983 (age 41) 62 2 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
5 2DF Lorik Cana (captain) (1983-06-27) June 27, 1983 (age 41) 68 1 Italy Lazio
25 2DF Renato Arapi (1986-09-28) September 28, 1986 (age 38) 3 0 Albania Skënderbeu Korçë
2 2DF Andi Lila (1986-02-12) February 12, 1986 (age 38) 39 0 Italy Hellas Verona
19 2DF Elseid Hysaj (1994-02-20) February 20, 1994 (age 30) 3 0 Italy Empoli
15 2DF Tefik Osmani (1985-06-08) June 8, 1985 (age 39) 11 0 Albania Teuta Durrës
24 2DF Debatik Curri (1984-12-28) December 28, 1984 (age 39) 39 1 Ukraine Hoverla Uzhhorod
7 2DF Ansi Agolli (1982-11-11) November 11, 1982 (age 41) 38 2 Azerbaijan FK Qarabağ
8 3MF Ervin Bulku (1981-03-03) March 3, 1981 (age 43) 47 1 Iran Sepahan
6 3MF Vullnet Basha (1990-07-11) July 11, 1990 (age 34) 1 0 Switzerland Sion
10 3MF Jurgen Gjasula (1986-10-11) October 11, 1986 (age 38) 1 0 Bulgaria Litex Lovech
14 3MF Migjen Basha (1987-01-05) January 5, 1987 (age 37) 4 1 Italy Torino
16 3MF Armando Vajushi (1991-12-03) December 3, 1991 (age 32) 5 0 Bulgaria Litex Lovech
26 3MF Amir Abrashi (1990-03-27) March 27, 1990 (age 34) 1 0 Switzerland Grasshoppers
13 3MF Ergys Kaçe (1993-07-08) July 8, 1993 (age 31) 2 1 Greece PAOK
20 3MF Valdet Rama (1987-11-20) November 20, 1987 (age 36) 3 2 Spain Real Valladolid
21 3MF Odise Roshi (1991-05-21) May 21, 1991 (age 33) 13 1 Germany FSV Frankfurt
27 3MF Sabien Lilaj (1989-02-10) February 10, 1989 (age 35) 8 0 Albania Skënderbeu Korçë
11 3MF Shkëlzen Gashi (1988-07-15) July 15, 1988 (age 36) 1 0 Switzerland Grasshoppers
17 3MF Emiljano Vila (1988-03-12) March 12, 1988 (age 36) 19 2 Greece PAS Giannina
18 4FW Hamdi Salihi (1984-01-19) January 19, 1984 (age 40) 43 10 China Jiangsu Sainty
9 4FW Edgar Cani (1989-07-22) July 22, 1989 (age 35) 10 4 Italy Carpi
23 4FW Ahmed Januzi (1988-07-08) July 8, 1988 (age 36) 6 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
28 4FW Agon Mehmeti (1988-11-20) November 20, 1988 (age 35) 0 0 Portugal Olhanense

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up in the last 12 months:

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Isli Hidi (1980-10-15) 15 October 1980 (age 44) 15 0 Cyprus Apollon Limassol v.  Lithuania, 26 March 2013
GK Thoma Strakosha (1995-03-19) 19 March 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Italy Lazio v.  Lithuania, 26 March 2013
DF Mërgim MavrajInjured (1986-06-09) June 9, 1986 (age 38) 11 0 Germany Greuther Fürth v.  Armenia, 14 august 2013
DF Ilir BerishaInjured (1991-06-25) June 25, 1991 (age 33) 1 0 Sweden Örebro v.  Norway, 7 June 2013
DF Kristi Vangjeli (1985-09-05) September 5, 1985 (age 39) 33 0 Ukraine Chornomorets Odesa v.  Cameroon, 14 November 2012
DF Loret Sadiku (1991-07-28) July 28, 1991 (age 33) 0 0 Sweden Helsingborgs v.  Cameroon, 14 November 2012
DF Taulant Xhaka (1991-03-28) March 28, 1991 (age 33) 0 0 Switzerland Basel v.  Cameroon, 14 November 2012
MF Jahmir Hyka (1988-03-08) March 8, 1988 (age 36) 31 2 Switzerland Luzern v.  Lithuania, 26 March 2013
MF Alban Meha Injured (1987-04-25) 25 April 1987 (age 37) 4 1 Germany Paderborn 07 v.  Lithuania, 26 March 2013
MF Elis Bakaj (1987-06-25) June 25, 1987 (age 37) 25 1 Ukraine Chornomorets Odesa v.  Georgia, 6 February 2013
MF Gjergji Muzaka (1984-09-26) September 26, 1984 (age 40) 22 1 Albania Skënderbeu Korçë v.  Georgia, 6 February 2013
MF Burim Kukeli Injured (1984-01-19) January 19, 1984 (age 40) 4 0 Switzerland Zürich v.  Slovenia, 16 October 2012
FW Edmond Kapllani (1982-07-31) July 31, 1982 (age 42) 37 6 Germany FSV Frankfurt v.  Armenia, 14 August 2013
FW Erjon Bogdani (1977-04-14) April 14, 1977 (age 47) 76 19 Italy Siena v.  Norway, 7 June 2013
FW Bekim Balaj (1991-01-11) January 11, 1991 (age 33) 2 0 Poland Jagiellonia Białystok v.  Georgia, 6 February 2013
FW Atdhe Nuhiu (1989-07-29) July 29, 1989 (age 35) 0 0 England Sheffield Wednesday v.  Georgia, 6 February 2013
FW Armando Sadiku (1991-05-27) May 27, 1991 (age 33) 7 1 Switzerland Lugano v.   Switzerland, 11 September 2012
FW Azdren Llullaku (1988-02-15) February 15, 1988 (age 36) 0 0 Romania Gaz Metan Mediaș v.   Switzerland, 11 September 2012

Coaching staff

According to the FSHF website, the following is the current coaching staff:[12]

Head Coach Italy Gianni De Biasi
Assistant Coach Italy Paolo Tramezzani
Assistant Coach Italy Angelo Pereni
Fitness Coach Italy Alberto Belle
Goalkeeping Coach Albania Ilir Bozhiqi
National Team Manager Albania Alban Bushi
Team Doctor Albania Arben Celiku

Stadium

Old Qemal Stafa Stadium as seen from the Sheraton hotel.
Main article: Qemal Stafa Stadium

Supporters

Main article: Tifozat Kuq e Zi

Kit History

The Albanian kit has been mostly red and black with small changes through years.

Managerial History

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):[13]

  1. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubiša Broćić
  2. Albania Adem Karapici
  3. Albania Sllave Llambi
  4. Albania Ludovik Jakova
  5. Albania Myslim Alla
  6. Hungary Miklos Vadas
  7. Albania Loro Boriçi
  8. Soviet Union Nikolai Lyuksinov
  9. Albania Zyber Konçi
  10. Albania Ilia Shuke
  11. Albania Shyqyri Rreli
  12. Albania Agron Sulaj
  13. Albania Bejkush Birçe
  14. Albania Agron Sulaj
  15. Albania Bejkush Birçe
  16. Albania Neptun Bajko
  17. Albania Astrit Hafizi
  18. Albania Medin Zhega
  19. Albania Sulejman Demollari
  20. Italy Giuseppe Dossena
  21. Germany Hans-Peter Briegel
  22. Croatia Austria Otto Barić
  23. Netherlands Arie Haan
  24. Croatia Josip Kuže
  25. Italy Gianni De Biasi

Players

Individual all-time records

  Still active players are highlighted
# Name Career Caps Goals
1
Altin Lala
 1998–2011 79 3
2
Klodian Duro
 2001–2011 78 6
3
Erjon Bogdani
 1996- 76 19
4
Ervin Skela
 2000-2011 75 13
5
Foto Strakosha
 1990-2004 73 0
6
Igli Tare
 1997-2007 68 10
7
Lorik Cana
 2001- 68 1
8
Alban Bushi
 1995-2011 68 14
9
Altin Haxhi
 1995-2009 67 1
10
Altin Rraklli
 1992-2005 63 11

Top goalscorers

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):[14]

# Name Career Goals Caps
1
Erjon Bogdani
 1996- 19 76
2
Alban Bushi
 1995-2007 14 68
3
Ervin Skela
 2000-2011 13 75
4
Altin Rraklli
 1992-2005 11 63
5
Sokol Kushta
 1987-1996 10 31
6
Hamdi Salihi
 2007- 10 43
7
Igli Tare
 1997-2007 10 68
8
Adrian Aliaj
 2002-2006 8 29
9
Bledar Kola
 1994-2007 6 39
10
Edmond Kapllani
 2004-2013 6 37

Honours

  • Winners of VIII Balkan Cup (Tirana, October 1946)
  • Winners of Rothmans Football International Tournament (Valletta, February 4 — February 10, 2000)[15]

World Cup record

Main article: Albania national football team results
FIFA World Cup record
Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Participate
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966 Did Not Qualify
Mexico 1970 Entry Not Accepted[16]
West Germany 1974 Did Not Qualify
Argentina 1978 Did Not Participate
Spain 1982 Did Not Qualify
Mexico 1986
Italy 1990
United States 1994
France 1998
South Korea Japan 2002
Germany 2006
South Africa 2010
Brazil 2014 To Be Determined
Russia 2018
Qatar 2022

UEFA European Championship record

Main article: Albania national football team results
UEFA European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
France 1960 Did Not Participate
Spain 1964 Did Not Qualify
Italy 1968
Belgium 1972 Did Not Participate
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976
Italy 1980
France 1984 Did Not Qualify
West Germany 1988
Sweden 1992
England 1996
Belgium Netherlands 2000
Portugal 2004
Austria Switzerland 2008
Poland Ukraine 2012
France 2016 To Be Determined

Head-to-Head records against other countries

Opponent Games Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Against Goal Differential
 Algeria 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
 Andorra 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2
 Argentina 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4
 Armenia 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1
 Austria 6 0 0 6 1 17 -16
 Azerbaijan 5 3 1 1 5 3 +2
 Bahrain 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3
 Belarus 4 1 1 2 5 8 -3
 Belgium 2 1 0 1 3 3 =0
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 1 2 1 3 3 =0
 Bulgaria 11 2 4 5 8 15 -7
 China 1 0 1 0 1 1 =0
 Cuba 1 0 1 0 0 0 =0
 Cyprus 5 2 1 2 12 7 +5
 Czech Republic 5 2 0 3 6 10 -4
 Cameroon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Denmark 8 1 1 6 3 18 -15
 England 4 0 0 4 1 12 -11
 Estonia 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2
 Finland 7 2 1 4 6 8 -2
 France 4 0 0 4 1 11 -10
 Georgia 13 3 2 8 11 21 -10
 Germany 14 0 1 13 10 38 -28
 Greece 13 4 3 6 10 13 -3
 Hungary 5 0 1 4 0 18 -18
 Iceland 3 2 0 1 3 3 =0
 Iran 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 Kazakhstan 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2
 Latvia 5 0 5 0 6 6 =0
 Liechtenstein 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 Lithuania 4 2 0 2 7 6 +1
 Luxembourg 5 3 1 1 7 2 +5
 Malta 7 4 2 1 12 3 +9
 Mexico 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4
 North Macedonia 8 1 3 4 4 10 -6
 Moldova 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4
 Netherlands 4 0 0 4 1 7 -6
 Montenegro 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7
 Northern Ireland 9 2 2 5 5 13 -8
 Norway 6 2 2 2 5 5 0
 Poland 11 1 3 7 7 14 -7
 Portugal 5 0 1 4 4 12 -8
 Qatar 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
 Republic of Ireland 4 0 1 3 2 6 -4
 Romania 15 2 3 10 9 40 -31
 Russia 2 1 0 1 4 5 -1
 San Marino 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
 Yugoslavia 5 0 1 4 4 13 -9
 Slovenia 6 1 2 3 2 5 -3
 Spain 5 0 0 5 2 24 -22
 Sweden 5 1 1 3 5 10 -5
  Switzerland 5 0 1 4 3 9 -6
 Turkey 9 3 2 4 11 8 +3
 Ukraine 4 0 1 3 2 6 -4
 Uzbekistan 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 Vietnam 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5
 Wales 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2
58 Countries 271 66 58 147 240 437 −197

See also

References

  1. ^ a b FIFAAlbania. "Albania in FIFA website". FIFA. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Kirill (16 August 2010). "Albania matches". Kirill. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b c Kirill. "Eloratings.net". Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Giovanni Armillotta: Kryeziu, Lushta, Boriçi e Llambi 31.03.2008
  5. ^ AFP. "Haan named Albania boss". FIFA. FIFA. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  6. ^ Albania suspension lifted by FIFA [dead link]
  7. ^ FIFA says its emergency committee has decided to lift suspension of Albania [dead link]
  8. ^ FIFA lifts suspension of Albania over alleged interference
  9. ^ JOSIP KUZHE TRAJNER I SHQIPËRISË Televizioni Koha 19/5/2009
  10. ^ "Albania name De Biasi coach". Fifa.com. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  11. ^ "De Biazi: Me Norvegjine, dy ndeshje kyce te eliminatoreve". Panorama Sport. Retrieved 18 March2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  12. ^ FSHF. "The Team" (in Albanian). Albanian Federation of Football. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  13. ^ "Lukshinov: Enver Hoxha's passion of soccer (11/10/2009)". Albania-sport.com. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  14. ^ "Albania – Record International Players – Goals". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  15. ^ Malta 2000 Events [dead link]
  16. ^ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
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