Albania national football team records and statistics

This article lists various football records in relation the Albania national football team. The page is updated where necessary after each Albania match, and is correct as of 17 November 2019.

Appearances
Most appearances
Lorik Cana, 93, 11 June 2003 – 19 June 2016
Altin Lala, 79, 21 January 1998 – 11 October 2011
Klodian Duro, 77, 25 April 2001 – 7 October 2011
Erjon Bogdani, 75, 24 April 1996 – 26 March 2013
Ervin Skela, 75, 15 August 2000 – 6 September 2011
Ansi Agolli, 73, 3 September 2005 – 9 October 2017
Foto Strakosha, 73, 30 May 1990 – 9 February 2005
Andi Lila, 70, 21 November 2007 – 20 November 2018
Igli Tare, 68, 2 April 1997 – 7 February 2007
Alban Bushi, 67, 16 August 1995 – 17 November 2007
Altin Haxhi, 67, 30 November 1995 – 14 October 2009
Most appearances as a substitute
Jahmir Hyka, 25[1]
Longest Albania career
Erjon Bogdani, 16 years, 11 months, 2 days, 24 April 1996 – 26 March 2013
Youngest player
Iljaz Çeço, 17 years, 4 months, 20 days, 0–2 vs. Netherlands[2]
Oldest player
Foto Strakosha, 39 years 10 months, 17 days, 9 February 2005, 0–2 vs. Ukraine
Oldest debutant
Orges Shehi, 33 years, 1 month, 28 days, 17 November 2010 – 29 March 2016, 0–0 vs. Macedonia
Most appearances at the FIFA World Cup qualifiers
Ervin Skela & Lorik Cana both at 28.[3][4]
Most appearances at the UEFA European Championship
Etrit Berisha, Armando Sadiku, Elseid Hysaj, Amir Abrashi, Ansi Agolli, Mërgim Mavraj, Ermir Lenjani & Odise Roshi, all at 3.[5]
Most appearances at the UEFA European Championship qualifying
Foto Strakosha & Altin Lala both at 29.[6][7]
Most appearances at the UEFA European Championship and UEFA European Championship qualifying
Lorik Cana, 29.[4]
Most minutes played in European Championship matches
Etrit Berisha, Elseid Hysaj, Amir Abrashi, Ansi Agolli & Mërgim Mavraj, all at 270 minutes.[5]
Most UEFA European Championships played in
20 players all at 1.[5]
Most appearances at the Balkan Cup
Loro Boriçi, Muhamet Dibra, Aristidh Parapani, Vasif Biçaku & Sllave Llambi, all at 10.
Most Balkan Cup played in
Loro Boriçi, Muhamet Dibra, Aristidh Parapani, Vasif Biçaku, Sllave Llambi, Rexhep Spahiu, Bahri Kavaja, Giacomo Poselli, Bimo Fakja & Besim Fagu, all at 3.
Most appearances at the Malta (Rothmans) International Tournament
Rudi Vata 5.[8]
Most Malta (Rothmans) International Tournament played in
Rudi Vata, Arjan Beqaj & Armir Grimaj, all at 2.
Most appearances at the Summer Olympics qualifications
Panajot Pano 4.[9]
Most appearances as a substitute
Jahmir Hyka 28[10]
Most appearances as a substitute at the UEFA European Championship
Odise Roshi 2[11]
Most UEFA European Championships matches won
14 players, all at 1
Oldest player to feature at the UEFA European Championship
Orges Shehi, 38 years 8 month 24 days, 19 June 2016, 1–0 vs. Romania
Youngest player to feature at the UEFA European Championship
Elseid Hysaj, 22 years 4 month 17 days, 19 June 2016, 1–0 vs. Romania
Youngest goalkeeper to feature in a match
Qemal Vogli, 17 years 7 months 26 days, 25 May 1947, vs. Romania.[12]

Goals
First goal
Qamil Teliti, 22 August 1946, 5–0 vs. Montenegro
Most goals
Erjon Bogdani, 75, 24 April 1996 – 26 March 2013
Most goals at the UEFA European Championship
Armando Sadiku 1
Most goals at a single UEFA European Championship
Armando Sadiku 1
Most goals at the UEFA European Championship and the UEFA European Championship qualifying
Armando Sadiku 2
Most goals in UEFA European Championship qualifying
Sokol Kushta & Edmond Kapllani, all at 5.[13]
First goal in a UEFA European Championship match
Armando Sadiku, 19 June 2016, 1–0 vs. Romania.[14]
First goal in a UEFA European Championship qualifying match
Panajot Pano, 30 October 1963, 1–0 vs. Denmark
Most goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers
Erjon Bogdani 8.[15]
First goal in a FIFA World Cup qualifiers match
Robert Jashari, 7 May 1965, 1–4 vs. Northern Ireland.[16]
Most goals at the Balkan Cup
Loro Boriçi & Pal Mirashi, all at 3.[17][18]
Most goals at a single Balkan Cup
Loro Boriçi, Pal Mirashi & Qamil Teliti, all at 2.[19]
First goal in a Balkan Cup
Pal Mirashi, 7 October 1946, 1–1 vs. Yugoslavia.[20]
Most goals at the Malta (Rothmans) International Tournament
Bledar Kola 2.[21]
Most goals at a single Malta (Rothmans) International Tournament
Bledar Kola 2
First goal in a Malta (Rothmans) International Tournament match
Ilir Shulku, 6 February 1998, 1–1 vs. Malta.[22]
Most goals at the Football at the Summer Olympics qualifications
Medin Zhega & Panajot Pano, all at 1.[23]
First goal in a Football at the Summer Olympics qualifications match
Medin Zhega, 18 April 1971, 1–2 vs. Romania.[24]
Most goals at the Bahrain Shoot Soccer Tournament
Indrit Fortuzi 1.[25]
First goal in a Bahrain Shoot Soccer Tournament
Indrit Fortuzi, 7 January 2002, 1–1 vs. Finland.[26]
Fastest goal
Jahmir Hyka, 42 seconds, 20 August 2008, 2–0 vs. Liechtenstein[27]
Fastest goal by a substitute
Rey Manaj, 12 seconds, 13 November 2015, 2–2 vs. Kosovo.[28]
Oldest goalscorer
Erjon Bogdani, 35 years 10 month, 23 days, 6 February 2013, 1–2 vs. Georgia
Youngest goalscorer
Rey Manaj, 18 years 8 month, 20 days, 13 November 2015, 2–2 vs. Kosovo
Oldest goalscorer at the UEFA European Championship
Armando Sadiku, 25 years 23 days, 19 June 2016, 1–0 vs. Romania
Youngest goalscorer in a UEFA European Championship
Armando Sadiku, 25 years 23 days, 19 June 2016, 1–0 vs. Romania
Most goals by a midfielder
Ervin Skela 13
Most goals by a defender
Adrian Aliaj 8
Most goals from a penalty kick
Ervin Skela 4.[29]
Most goals from a penalty kick in a single match
Ervin Skela & Bledar Kola, both at 2.[21]
Most goals by a substitute
Erjon Bogdani 4

Captains
First captain
Loro Boriçi, 22 August 1946, 5–0 vs. Montenegro
Most appearances as captain
Lorik Cana, 41
Most appearances as captain as a goalkeeper
Foto Strakosha, 16
Most appearances as captain at the UEFA European Championship
Ansi Agolli, 3[nb 1]
Longest serving captain
Loro Boriçi, 1946–1953

Disciplinary
Most yellow cards
Lorik Cana, 26[31]
Most red cards
Edvin Murati, 3[32]
First player to be sent off at a UEFA European Championship
Lorik Cana, double-yellow, 11 June 2016, vs. Switzerland.[33]

Team records
Venue most played in
Qemal Stafa Stadium, 131.[34]
Largest victory
5–0 vs. Vietnam, 12 February 2003
6–1 vs. Cyprus, 12 August 2009
Largest unofficial victory
5–0 vs. Montenegro, 22 August 1946
Largest UEFA European Championship victory
1–0 vs. Romania, 19 June 2016
Largest defeat
0–12 vs. Hungary, 24 September 1950
Largest UEFA European Championship defeat
0–2 vs. France, 15 June 2016
Most total goals in a single match
0–12 vs. Hungary, 24 September 1950
Most consecutive victories
4, achieved twice, 9 October 1999 vs. Georgia – 10 February 2000 vs. Malta[35] & 3 March 2010 vs. Northern Ireland – 11 August 2010 vs. Uzbekistan[36]
Most consecutive defeats
10, 8 March 1989 vs. England – 1 May 1991 vs. Czechoslovakia[37]
Most consecutive matches without victory
25, 27 February 1985 vs. Greece – 1 May 1991 vs. Czechoslovakia[38][37]
Most consecutive matches without defeat
8, 14 November 2009 vs. Estonia – 8 October 2010 vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina[36]
Most consecutive draws
3, achieved twice, 23 May 1948 vs. Hungary – 23 October 1948 vs. Romania[39] & 15 October 2008 vs. Portugal – 11 February 2009 vs. Malta[40]
Most consecutive matches without a draw
18, 8 March 1989 vs. England – 9 September 1992 vs. Northern Ireland[37]
Most consecutive matches with at least one Albanian goal scored
8, 10 September 2003 vs. Georgia – 3 September 2004 vs. Greece[41]
Most consecutive matches with no goals conceded on Albania
5, achieved twice, 24 March 2007 vs. Slovenia – 22 August 2007 vs. Malta[40] & 3 March 2010 vs. Northern Ireland – 11 August 2010 vs. Uzbekistan[36]

All-time record

Notes
  1. Agolli was named Albania's second acting captain under Gianni De Biasi for Euro 2016 after incumbent Lorik Cana was sent-off in the opening match of the tournament against Switzerland and so Agolli played the rest of this match as a captain and also two other remained group matches because Cana was suspended for the second match and in the third match Lorik Cana started from the bench.[30]

References
  1. Jahmir Hyka at Soccerway
  2. "Iljaz Çeço: Ja se si u ndërtua nga të burgosurit kompleksi sportiv "Dinamo"" [Iljaz Çeço: Here's how the "Dinamo" sports complex was build by the prisoners] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. Ervin Skela - national football team player EU-football.info
  4. Lorik Cana - national football team player EU-football.info
  5. Albania - Albania - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news Soccerway
  6. Foto Strakosha - national football team player EU-football.info
  7. Altin Lala - national football team player EU-football.info
  8. Rudi Vata - national football team player EU-Football.info
  9. Panajot Pano - national football team player EU-Football.info
  10. Jahmir Hyka at Soccerway
  11. Odise Roshi at Soccerway
  12. European international football youngest debutants EU-Football.info
  13. Albania UEFA.com
  14. Romania vs. Albania - 19 June 2016 Soccerway
  15. Erjon Bogdani - national football team player EU-Football.info
  16. North. Ireland football team defeated Albania 4:1, 7 May 1965 EU-Football.info
  17. Loro Boriçi - national football team player EU-Football.info
  18. Pal Mirashi - national football team player EU-Football.info
  19. Qamil Teliti - national football team player EU-Football.info
  20. Albania football team lost to Yugoslavia 2:3, 7 October 1946 EU-Football.info
  21. Bledar Kola - national football team player EU-Football.info
  22. Malta and Albania national football teams played to a 1:1 draw, 6 February 1998 EU-Football.info
  23. Medin Zhega - national football team player EU-Football.info
  24. Romania football team defeated Albania 2:1, 18 April 1971 EU-Football.info
  25. Indrit Fortuzi - national football team player EU-Football.info
  26. Albania and Finland national football teams played to a 1:1 draw, 7 January 2002 EU-Football.info
  27. Albania vs. Liechtenstein - 20 August 2008 - Soccerway
  28. Mediat Italiane për Manajn: Goli rekord dhe historia e rrallë Archived 2015-11-16 at the Wayback Machine Gazeta Tema
  29. Ervin Skela - national football team player EU-Football.info
  30. UEFA EURO 2016 - Albania - Matches UEFA.com
  31. Lorik Cana at Soccerway
  32. Edwin Murati Football Player Statistics 11v11
  33. UEFA EURO 2016 - Albania-Switzerland UEFA.com
  34. Stadiumi Kombëtar Qemal Stafa, Tiranë - international football match venue EU-Football.info
  35. Albania national football team match results, page 6 EU-Football.info
  36. Albania national football team match results, page 9 EU-Football.info
  37. Albania national football team match results, page 4 EU-Football.info
  38. Albania national football team match results, page 3 EU-Football.info
  39. Albania national football team match results EU-Football.info
  40. Albania national football team match results, page 8 EU-Football.info
  41. Albania national football team match results, page 7 EU-Football.info
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