Albania national football team records and statistics

This article lists various football records of the Albania national football team.

Individual records

Appearances

As of 9 October 2017, the players with the most appearances for Albania are:[1]

  Players that are still active
  Part of the squad that won the 2000 Rothmans International Tournament

[2]

Lorik Cana is the most capped player in the history of Albania with 94 caps.
Rank Position Name Career Caps Goals
1 DF
Lorik Cana
 2003–2016 93 1
2 MF
Altin Lala
 1998–2011 79 3
3 MF
Klodian Duro
 2001–2011 77 6
4
MF
Ervin Skela
 2000–2011 75 13
5 FW
Erjon Bogdani
 1996–2013 74 18
6 GK
Foto Strakosha
 1990–2004 73 0
7 DF
Ansi Agolli
 2005– 73 3
8 MF
Altin Haxhi
 1995–2009 68 3
FW
Igli Tare
 1997–2007 68 10
10 FW
Alban Bushi
 1995–2007 67 14
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
Foto Strakosha, 39 years 10 month 17 days, 9 February 2005, 0–2 vs. Ukraine
Youngest player
Iljaz Çeço, 16 years 11 months 10 days, 11 October 1964, 1–0 vs. Algeria.[12]
Oldest debutant
Orges Shehi, 33 years 1 month 28 days, 17 November 2010, 0–0 vs. Macedonia.[13]
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]

Goalscorers

Hamdi Salihi is the fourth-top goalscorer in the history of Albania with 11 goals.

As of 9 October 2017, the players with the most goals for Albania are:

  Players that are still active
  Part of the squad that won the 1946 Balkan Cup
  Part of the squad that won the 2000 Rothmans International Tournament
Rank Position Name Career Goals Caps
1 FW
Erjon Bogdani
 1996–2013 18 74
2 FW
Alban Bushi
 1995–2007 14 67
3 MF
Ervin Skela
 2000–2011 13 75
4 FW
Altin Rraklli
 1992–2005 11 63
FW
Hamdi Salihi
 2006–2015 11 50
6 FW
Sokol Kushta
 1987–1996 10 31
FW
Igli Tare
 1997–2007 10 68
8 FW
Armando Sadiku
 2012– 9 31
9 DF
Adrian Aliaj
 2002–2006 8 29
10
FW
Loro Boriçi
 1946–1958 6 24
FW
Qamil Teliti
 1946–1952 6 13
MF
Bledar Kola
 1994–2002 6 39
MF
Klodian Duro
 2000–2011 6 77
FW
Edmond Kapllani
 2004–2014 6 41
First goal
Qamil Teliti, 22 August 1946, 5–0 vs. Montenegro
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.[14]
First goal in a UEFA European Championship match
Armando Sadiku, 19 June 2016, 1–0 vs. Romania.[15]
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.[16]
First goal in a FIFA World Cup qualifiers match
Robert Jashari, 7 May 1965, 1–4 vs. Northern Ireland.[17]
Most goals at the Balkan Cup
Loro Boriçi & Pal Mirashi, all at 3.[18][19]
Most goals at a single Balkan Cup
Loro Boriçi, Pal Mirashi & Qamil Teliti, all at 2.[20]
First goal in a Balkan Cup
Pal Mirashi, 7 October 1946, 1–1 vs. Yugoslavia.[21]
Most goals at the Malta (Rothmans) International Tournament
Bledar Kola 2.[22]
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.[23]
Most goals at the Football at the Summer Olympics qualifications
Medin Zhega & Panajot Pano, all at 1.[24]
First goal in a Football at the Summer Olympics qualifications match
Medin Zhega, 18 April 1971, 1–2 vs. Romania.[25]
Most goals at the Bahrain Shoot Soccer Tournament
Indrit Fortuzi 1.[26]
First goal in a Bahrain Shoot Soccer Tournament
Indrit Fortuzi, 7 January 2002, 1–1 vs. Finland.[27]
Fastest goal
Jahmir Hyka, 42 seconds, 20 August 2008, 2–0 vs. Liechtenstein[28]
Fastest goal by a substitute
Rey Manaj, 12 seconds, 13 November 2015, 2–2 vs. Kosovo.[29]
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.[30]
Most goals from a penalty kick in a single match
Ervin Skela & Bledar Kola, both at 2.[22]
Most goals by a substitute
Erjon Bogdani 4

Goalkeeping

Most clean sheets
Etrit Berisha, 19
Least number of goals conceded in a single UEFA European Championship by a starting goalkeeper
Etrit Berisha, 3
Most clean sheets in a single UEFA European Championship
Etrit Berisha, 1
Longest unbeaten streak
Arjan Beqaj, 552 minutes
Most consecutive clean sheets at the FIFA World Cup qualifiers
Arjan Beqaj & Etrit Berisha, both at 2
Most consecutive clean sheets at the UEFA European Championship qualifying
Arjan Beqaj, 4
Longest unbeaten streak at the UEFA European Championship
Etrit Berisha, 90 minutes
Longest unbeaten streak in UEFA European Championship qualifying matches
Arjan Beqaj, 451 minutes
Longest unbeaten streak in UEFA European Championship and UEFA European Championship qualifying matches
Etrit Berisha, 95 minutes
Longest unbeaten streak in FIFA World Cup qualifiers matches
Etrit Berisha, 267 minutes
Most penalty kicks saved
Samir Ujkani, 2
Most penalty kicks saved at the FIFA World Cup qualifying
Alban Hoxha, 1
Most penalty kicks saved in a single match
Samir Ujkani, 2, 29 February 2012, vs. Georgia

Coaching

Most manager appearances on the Albania bench
Gianni De Biasi, 52.[31]
Most UEFA European Championship appearances as a manager
Gianni De Biasi, 3

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

List of captaincy periods of the various captains throughout the years.[33]

Bookings

Most red cards
Edvin Murati, 3[34]
Most yellow cards
Lorik Cana, 26[35]
First player to be sent off at a UEFA European Championship
Lorik Cana, double-yellow, 11 June 2016, vs. Switzerland.[36]

Team records

Venue most played in
Qemal Stafa Stadium, 131.[37]
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[38] & 3 March 2010 vs. Northern Ireland – 11 August 2010 vs. Uzbekistan[39]
Most consecutive defeats
10, 8 March 1989 vs. England – 1 May 1991 vs. Czechoslovakia[40]
Most consecutive matches without victory
25, 27 February 1985 vs. Greece – 1 May 1991 vs. Czechoslovakia[41][40]
Most consecutive matches without defeat
8, 14 November 2009 vs. Estonia – 8 October 2010 vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina[39]
Most consecutive draws
3, achieved twice, 23 May 1948 vs. Hungary – 23 October 1948 vs. Romania[42] & 15 October 2008 vs. Portugal – 11 February 2009 vs. Malta[43]
Most consecutive matches without a draw
18, 8 March 1989 vs. England – 9 September 1992 vs. Northern Ireland[40]
Most consecutive matches with at least one Albanian goal scored
8, 10 September 2003 vs. Georgia – 3 September 2004 vs. Greece[44]
Most consecutive matches with no goals conceded on Albania
5, achieved twice, 24 March 2007 vs. Slovenia – 22 August 2007 vs. Malta[43] & 3 March 2010 vs. Northern Ireland – 11 August 2010 vs. Uzbekistan[39]

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.[32]

References

  1. ↑ Albania international footballers of all-time at EU-Football.info – National football teams of Europe
  2. ↑ Albania won Rothmans Football International Tournament 2000: a few words by Florent Hoxha Giovanni Armillotta on line
  3. ↑ Ervin Skela - national football team player EU-football.info
  4. 1 2 Lorik Cana - national football team player EU-football.info
  5. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 European international football youngest debutants EU-Football.info
  13. ↑ European international football youngest debutants, page 11 EU-Football.info
  14. ↑ Albania UEFA.com
  15. ↑ Romania vs. Albania - 19 June 2016 Soccerway
  16. ↑ Erjon Bogdani - national football team player EU-Football.info
  17. ↑ North. Ireland football team defeated Albania 4:1, 7 May 1965 EU-Football.info
  18. ↑ Loro Boriçi - national football team player EU-Football.info
  19. ↑ Pal Mirashi - national football team player EU-Football.info
  20. ↑ Qamil Teliti - national football team player EU-Football.info
  21. ↑ Albania football team lost to Yugoslavia 2:3, 7 October 1946 EU-Football.info
  22. 1 2 Bledar Kola - national football team player EU-Football.info
  23. ↑ Malta and Albania national football teams played to a 1:1 draw, 6 February 1998 EU-Football.info
  24. ↑ Medin Zhega - national football team player EU-Football.info
  25. ↑ Romania football team defeated Albania 2:1, 18 April 1971 EU-Football.info
  26. ↑ Indrit Fortuzi - national football team player EU-Football.info
  27. ↑ Albania and Finland national football teams played to a 1:1 draw, 7 January 2002 EU-Football.info
  28. ↑ Albania vs. Liechtenstein - 20 August 2008 - Soccerway
  29. ↑ Mediat Italiane për Manajn: Goli rekord dhe historia e rrallë Archived 2015-11-16 at the Wayback Machine. Gazeta Tema
  30. ↑ Ervin Skela - national football team player EU-Football.info
  31. ↑ Gianni De Biasi - national football team manager EU-Football.info
  32. ↑ UEFA EURO 2016 - Albania - Matches UEFA.com
  33. ↑ Albania national football team match results at EU-football.info
  34. ↑ Edwin Murati Football Player Statistics 11v11
  35. ↑ Lorik Cana at Soccerway
  36. ↑ UEFA EURO 2016 - Albania-Switzerland UEFA.com
  37. ↑ Stadiumi Kombëtar Qemal Stafa, Tiranë - international football match venue EU-Football.info
  38. ↑ Albania national football team match results, page 6 EU-Football.info
  39. 1 2 3 Albania national football team match results, page 9 EU-Football.info
  40. 1 2 3 Albania national football team match results, page 4 EU-Football.info
  41. ↑ Albania national football team match results, page 3 EU-Football.info
  42. ↑ Albania national football team match results EU-Football.info
  43. 1 2 Albania national football team match results, page 8 EU-Football.info
  44. ↑ Albania national football team match results, page 7 EU-Football.info
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