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Albania National Team
Head coach: Otto Barić
Captain: Altin Lala
Top scorer: Alban Bushi
FIFA ranking: 69
The Albania national football team is the national football team of Albania and is controlled by the Football Association of Albania. It has never advanced to the finals of any major international competition.
Although long considered one of the weakest footballing sides in Europe, Albania have occasionally managed to hold their own against more illustrious opponents. In the 1968 European Championship qualifiers, they managed a 0-0 draw against West Germany, which eventually eliminated West Germany from qualification. During that era, Albania boasted arguably its greatest ever footballer, Panajot Pano.
The 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifiers brought further notable results with a 2-2 draw away to Poland and a 3-1 win over eventual semi-finalists Belgium.
The qualifiers for the 1998 FIFA World Cup saw Albania forced to play some home games on neutral venues owing to civil unrest at home. However, they acheived a 4-1 win over Turkey. The 2004 European Championship and 2006 World Cup qualifiers have seen Albania's results improve markedly, including a 2-1 victory against European Champions Greece.
| Albania Team | |||||||||||||||||
| No. | NAME | POS | H(M) | W(Kg) | Age | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arjan Beqaj | G | - | - | 31 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Elion Lika | G | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Isli Hidi | G | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Elvin Beqiri | D | - | - | 26 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Armand Dallku | D | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Blerim Rrustemi | D | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Daniel Xhafa | D | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Kristi Vangeli | D | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Debatik Curri | D | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Endrit Vrapi | D | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 28 | Nevil Dede | D | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 29 | Ervin Bulku | D | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| - | Altin Lala | M | 1.72 | 64 | 31 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Lorik Cana | M | 1.85 | 77 | 23 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Edvin Murati | M | 1.71 | 68 | 31 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Klodian Duro | M | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Ervin Skela | M | 1.73 | 68 | 30 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Vioresin Sinani | M | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Julian Ahmataj | M | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Devi Muka | M | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Altin Haxhi | M | - | - | 32 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Alban Bushi | S | 1.80 | 74 | 33 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Edmond Kapllani | S | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Besart Berisha | S | 1.85 | 76 | 21 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Hamdi Salihi | S | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Jahmir Hyka | S | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Erjon Bogdani | S | 1.90 | 84 | 30 | ||||||||||||
| Group G | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | |
| Romania | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| Albania | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| Belarus | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 7 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 4 |
| Luxembourg | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 | -13 | 0 |
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