Albania national football team
Albania national football team is the national football team of Albania. 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.
| Nickname(s) | Kuq e Zinjtë (The Red and Blacks) Shqiponjat (The Eagles) | |||
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| Association | Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit (FSHF) | |||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
| Head coach | Christian Panucci | |||
| Captain | Mërgim Mavraj | |||
| Most caps | Lorik Cana (93) | |||
| Top scorer | Erjon Bogdani (18) | |||
| Home stadium | Various | |||
| FIFA code | ALB | |||
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| FIFA ranking | ||||
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| Highest | 22 (August 2015[1]) | |||
| Lowest | 124 (August 1997[2]) | |||
| First international | ||||
Unofficial Albania 5–0 Montenegro  (Shkodër, Albania; 22 August 1946)[3] Official Albania 2–3 Yugoslavia  (Tirana, Albania; 7 October 1946)[4] | ||||
| Biggest win | ||||
 Albania 6–1 Cyprus  (Tirana, Albania; 12 August 2009)[4] | ||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||
 Hungary 12–0 Albania (Budapest, Hungary; 24 September 1950)[4] | ||||
| European Championship | ||||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2016) | |||
| Best result | Group stage (2016) | |||
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Most appearances
| Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Career |
| 1 | Foto Strakosha | 73 | 0 | 1990-2005 |
| 2 | Altin Lala | 70 | 3 | 1998-present |
| 3 | Igli Tare | 68 | 10 | 1997-2007 |
| 4 | Alban Bushi | 67 | 14 | 1995-2007 |
| 5 | Altin Haxhi | 65 | 3 | 1995-2007 |
| 6 | Altin Rraklli | 63 | 11 | 1992-2005 |
| 7 | Rudi Vata | 59 | 5 | 1990-2001 |
| 8 | Ervin Skela | 53 | 9 | 2000-present |
| 9 | Klodian Duro | 50 | 3 | 2000-present |
| 10 | Arjan Xhumba | 48 | 0 | 1992-2002 |
Top scorers
| Pos | Player | Goals | Apps | Career |
| 6 | Erjon Bogdani | 19 | 79 | 1996-present |
| 1 | Alban Bushi | 14 | 67 | 1995-2007 |
| 2 | Altin Rraklli | 11 | 63 | 1992-2005 |
| 3 | Igli Tare | 10 | 68 | 1997-2007 |
| 4 | Sokol Kushta | 10 | 1987-1996 | |
| 5 | Ervin Skela | 9 | 53 | 2000-2011 |
| 6 | Adrian Aliaj | 8 | 2002-2006 | |
| 8 | Loro Borici | 6 | 1946-1958 | |
| 9 | Bledar Kola | 6 | 1994-2001 | |
| 9 | Edmond Kapllani | 6 | 2004-present |
Albania National Football Team Media
Commemorative stamp (2003) of the ninety years of the first unofficial match of the football nation of Albania.
Manifest of the Fifth Albanian Football Spartakiad (1984).
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Albania home kit at 2016–17 season.
Construction of Arena Kombëtare in the city center, 2019
Picture of Qemal Stafe Stadium in Tirana, Albania
Panoramic view of Elbasan Arena
Стадіон Кемаля Стафа в Тирані
Liga Spiel zwischen Vllaznia Shkoder und Flamurtari Vlore
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References
- ↑ FIFA World Ranking 8.2015 Archived 2018-05-24 at the Wayback Machine, 2/11/2018.
- ↑ FIFA World Ranking 8.1997 Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, 2/11/2018.
- ↑ "Albania (5–0) Montenegro". eu-football.info. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kirill (16 August 2010). "Albania matches". Kirill. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cite error: Invalid
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