Albania national under-19 football team

The Albania national under-19 football team represents Albania in international football at this age level in the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship and the FIFA U-20 World Cup, as well as any other under-19 international football tournaments. It is controlled by Albanian Football Association, the governing body for football in Albania.

Albania Under-19

Nickname(s)	Kuq e Zinjtë (The Red and Blacks) Shqiponjat (The Eagles)
Association	Albanian Football Association (Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit – FSHF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Armando Cungu
Most caps	Renato Arapi (11)
Top scorer	Ernest Muçi (6)
FIFA code	ALB
First colours Second colours Third colours
First international
Albania 1–8 Netherlands  (Capbreton, France; 10 November 2001)
Biggest win
Albania 4–0 Malta  (Seitenstetten, Austria; 10 October 2011)
Biggest defeat
France 9–0 Albania  (Moscow, Russia; 6 September 2002)
European U-19 Championship
Appearances	–
Best result	–

Recent results

2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium (H)	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Elite round
2	Iceland	3	2	0	1	9	7	+2	6
3	Greece	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
4	Albania	3	0	0	3	4	11	−7	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

13 November 2019

19:30

Greece	5–1	Albania
Tzimas  13' Vagiannidis  59' Vrakas  72' Liavas  85' Athanasakopoulos  88'	Report	Dobra  81'

Luminus Arena Stadium B, Genk

Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

16 November 2019

19:30

Belgium	2–1	Albania
Van Der Brempt  10' De Ketelaere  45+1'	Report	Broja  76'

Luminus Arena Stadium B, Genk

Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)

19 November 2019

14:30

Albania	2–4	Iceland
Cuni  23' Ndrecka  30'	Report	Barkarson  51' Þorvaldsson  68' Guðjohnsen  74' Gunnarsson  78'

Sportpark Tessenderlo, Tessenderlo

Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)

Players

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round matches against Iceland, Belgium and Greece, which were played on 13, 16 and 19 November 2019 respectively.[1]

All caps and goals as of 20 November 2019.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Livio Malaj	25 May 2001	4	0	Partizani
	GK	Ilir Dabjani	20 January 2001	3	0	Besa
	GK	Aldo Bushi	22 April 2001	0	0	Flamurtari
	DF	Cristian Shiba	31 January 2001	7	0	Sassuolo
	DF	Klajdi Pici	25 December 2001	6	0	Sanremese
	DF	Elird Mero	31 July 2002	6	0	Aris
	DF	Omar Hoxha	5 June 2001	5	0	Cremonese
	DF	Egzon Shimaj	27 February 2001	2	0	Besa
	DF	Angelo Ndrecka	24 September 2001	2	1	Lazio
	DF	Aleksandro Sadikaj	15 November 2001	1	0	Panathinaikos
	DF	Kledis Hida	26 March 2001	1	0	Kukësi
	MF	Bernard Karrica	7 January 2001	9	0	Dinamo Zagreb
	MF	Blerind Morina	1 January 2001	6	0	Oostende
	MF	Marvin Cuni	10 July 2001	6	2	Bayern Munich
	FW	Armando Dobra	14 April 2001	5	1	Ipswich Town
	MF	Arinaldo Rrapaj	9 August 2001	5	0	Flamurtari
	MF	Ledio Beqja	18 June 2001	4	0	Teuta
	MF	Ergi Ajazi	13 December 2001	1	0	Osijek
	FW	Ernest Muçi	19 March 2001	7	6	Tirana
	FW	Armando Broja	10 September 2001	4	5	Chelsea
	FW	Emiliano Bullari	6 April 2001	3	0	Olympiacos
	FW	Kleis Bozhanaj	1 March 2001	2	0	Napoli
	FW	Brijan Ibrahimi	22 September 2001	2	0	Torino

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff:[2]

Position	Name
Head Coach	Nevil Dede
Assistant Coach	Pietro Matafora
Goalkeeping Coach	Artur Lekbello
Team Doctor	Xhaferr Koci
Physiotherapists	Indrit Shkrela

Competitive record

Before 2002, the event was classified as a U-18 tournament.

UEFA European Under-19 Championship

UEFA European Under-19 Championship record								UEFA European Under-19 Championship Qualification/Elite record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
2002	Did Not Qualify							Qualifying round 3/4	3	0	1	2	2	14
2003								First qualifying round 4/4	3	0	0	3	1	16
2004								First qualifying round 3/4	3	0	1	2	1	3
2005								Elite qualification round 4/4	6	2	1	3	7	17
2006								Qualification round 4/4	3	0	0	3	2	8
2007								Qualification round 3/4	3	2	0	1	5	4
2008								Elite qualification round 4/4	6	1	2	3	4	9
2009								Qualification round 4/4	3	0	0	3	1	10
2010								Qualification round 3/4	3	1	0	2	4	8
2011								Qualification round 4/4	3	0	1	2	1	8
2012								Qualification round 3/4	3	1	1	1	4	1
2013								Qualification round 4/4	3	1	0	2	3	6
2014								Qualification round 4/4	3	0	2	1	2	3
2015								Qualification round 4/4	3	0	0	3	2	7
2016								Qualification round 3/4	3	1	0	2	3	8
2017								Qualification round 3/4	3	1	0	2	3	4
2018								Qualification round 4/4	3	0	0	3	1	9
2019								Qualification round 4/4	3	0	0	3	0	5
2020	Qualification round 4/4																3	0	0	3	4	11
Total: 0/15	Best: –	0	0	0	0	0	0	Total	60	10	9	41	50	146

*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-18 football team
• Albania national under-17 football team
• Albania national under-16 football team
• Albania national under-15 football team
• Albania national football team results
• Albania national youth football team
• Albanian Superliga
• Football in Albania
• List of Albania international footballers

References

1. "U-19/ Nevil Dede zbardh listën e futbollistëve për turneun zyrtar të UEFA-s në Belgjikë" (in Albanian). FSHF. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
2. Kombëtarja U-19 (Albania national under-19 team) FSHF.org

External links

• Albania under-19 football team at UEFA.com
• Albania under-19 at Soccerway