Albania national under-16 football team

The Albania national under-16 football team represents Albania in international football at this age level and is controlled by Albanian Football Association, the governing body for football in Albania.

Albania Under-16

Nickname(s)	Kuq e Zinjtë (The Red and Blacks) Shqiponjat (The Eagles)
Association	Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit – FSHF (Albanian Football Association)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Agron Kërçova
Most caps	Orges Shehi (5)
Top scorer	Renato Kendezi (2)
Home stadium	Elbasan Arena Loro Boriçi Stadium
FIFA code	ALB
First colours Second colours Third colours

The Albania U16 football team is a feeder team of Albania U17.

The team competed in the UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship, but after the rule change in 2000s, the event had an age limit of 17.

14 Years after playing their last event, the Albania under-16 returned playing in football arena, at this time in a friendly tournament UEFA Development Tournament 2015 which took event exactly in Albania. The coach was appointed Alban Bushi, a former player and current Manager of the Albania national team. The Tournament took part from 2–5 May 2015.[1]

History

Group 5

[2]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	4
Albania	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2	0

6 March 1991	Albania	1–2	Bulgaria
20 March 1991	Bulgaria	1–0	Albania

Squad

The following players participated in the tournament.[3][4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK
	DF
	MF
	FW

1992 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

[5]

1993 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

[6]

1994 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

[7]

1994 UEFA European Under-16 Championship finals

[8]

1995 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

[9]

1996 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

[10]

1997 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

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1999 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

[12]

2000 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

[13]

2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

[14]

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2015

2 May 2015 UEFA Development Tournament 2015	Albania	3–1	Montenegro	Kamëz, Tiranë, Albania
10:00 (UTC+2)	Kendezi Balla	Report		Stadium: National Sports Centre (Albania)

3 May 2015 UEFA Development Tournament 2015	Albania	1–0	Armenia	Tiranë, Albania
10:00 (UTC+2)	Llanaj	Report		Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium

5 May 2015 UEFA Development Tournament 2015	Albania	1–0	Cyprus	Tiranë, Albania
10:00 (UTC+2)	Zenuni  40+1'	Report		Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium

2017

20 November 2017 2017 Mercedez Benz Aegean Cup International Youth Tournament	Albania	0–1	Azerbaijan	Turkey
		Report	Tanriverdiyev

21 November 2017 2017 Mercedez Benz Aegean Cup International Youth Tournament	Albania	0–0	Turkey	Aydın, Turkey
		Report		Stadium: Özer Türk Stadium

23 November 2017 2017 Mercedez Benz Aegean Cup International Youth Tournament	Albania	1–2	Kosovo	Turkey
	Salliu  80'+2'	Report	Tusha

Players

Current squad

COACH: Džemal Mustedanagić

The following players participated in the 2017 Mercedez Benz Aegean Cup International Youth Tournament in Turkey.[15][16]

Caps and goals as of 23 November 2017.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Fatmir Ceka	12 April 2002	2	0	CSKA Sofia
12	GK	Marco Molla	19 June 2002	0	0	Prato
5	DF	Nikolas Smajlaj	30 September 2002	2	0	Fiorentina
3	DF	Matteo Kacmoli	2002	2	0	Faenza
4	DF	Elio Zalli	2003	2	0	Internazionale
13	DF	Anxhelo Duka	6 March 2002	1	0	Teuta Durrës
2	DF	Marvin Salliu	3 April 2002	1	1	Durrësi 04
15	DF	Albert Ndreca		1	0	Panionios
6	MF	Elmando Gjini	28 August 2002	2	0	IF Brommapojkarna
7	MF	Kristian Gjini	2002	2	0	Empoli
17	MF	Kristian Paloku		2	0
18	MF	David Arkaxhiu		2	0	Chisola
8	MF	Rei Pecani	8 May 2002	2	0	Skënderbeu Korçë
11	MF	Mark Vata		1	0	Eendracht Aalst
	MF	Jetmir Ameti	22 February 2002	0	0	Hertha BSC
14	FW	Kerjol Dervishaj	20 January 2002	2	0	Skënderbeu Korçë
9	FW	Kristian Asllani	2002	2	0	Empoli
10	FW	Andrea Gjeçi		2	0
16	FW	Rinor Kqiku		0	0

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff:[17]

Position	Name
Head Coach	Džemal Mustedanagić
Assistant Coach	Elvin Beqiri
Goalkeeping Coach	Dritan Kristidhi
Physiotherapists	Adriatik Shahini
Team Doctor	Theodhor Mile

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-16 Championship Record

UEFA European Under-16 Championship record								UEFA European Under-16 Championship Qualification
Year	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1982	Did Not Participate
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991	Did Not Qualify							Qualifying round 2/2	2	0	0	2	1	3
1992								Qualifying round 2/2	1	0	0	1	1	8
1993								Qualifying round 2/2	2	0	0	2	2	3
1994	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	6	Qualifying round 1/3	2	2	0	0	3	0
1995	Did Not Qualify							Qualifying round 3/3	2	0	0	2	0	7
1996								Qualifying round 4/4	3	0	0	3	0	6
1997								Qualifying round 2/3	2	1	0	1	2	1
1998	Did Not Participate
1999	Did Not Qualify							Qualifying round 4/4	3	0	0	3	2	10
2000								Qualifying round 3/3	2	0	0	2	1	4
2001								Qualifying round 3/3	2	0	0	2	0	5
Total: 1/19	Best: Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	6	Total	21	3	0	18	12	47

*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-19 football team
• Albania national under-18 football team
• Albania national under-17 football team
• Albania national under-15 football team
• Albania national youth football team
• Albania national football team results
• Albanian Superliga
• Football in Albania
• List of Albania international footballers

References

1. UEFA development 2015 | Archived 2015-05-27 at the Wayback Machine shqiperia.ch
2. UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 1991 - Group 5 en.archive.uefa.com
3. Shqipëria 1-2 Bullgaria - Ndeshje Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
4. Bullgaria 1-0 Shqipëria - Ndeshje Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
5. UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 1992 en.archive.uefa.com
6. UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 1993 en.archive.uefa.com
7. UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 1994 - group 5 en.archive.uefa.com
8. UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 1994 en.archive.uefa.com
9. UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 1995 en.archive.uefa.com
10. UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 1996 en.archive.uefa.com
11. UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 1997 en.archive.uefa.com
12. UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 1999 en.archive.uefa.com
13. UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 2000 en.archive.uefa.com
14. UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 2001 en.archive.uefa.com
15. "TURKEY ALBANIA - National Team Matches Details" (in Turkish). TFF.org. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
16. "Shqipëria U-16 humbet ndaj përfaqësueses së Kosovës" [Albania U-16 loses to Kosovo's representatives] (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 23 November 2017. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
17. Kombëtarja U-17 (Albania national under-17 team) FSHF.org