Albania national under-16 football team
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Nickname(s) |
Kuq e Zinjtë (The Red and Blacks) Shqiponjat (The Eagles) | |||
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Association |
Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit – FSHF (Albanian Football Association) | |||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
Head coach | Džemal Mustedanagić | |||
Most caps | Orges Shehi (5) | |||
Top scorer | Renato Kendezi (2) | |||
Home stadium |
Elbasan Arena Loro Boriçi Stadium | |||
FIFA code | ALB | |||
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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.
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
1991 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying
Group 5
Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
6 March 1991 | Albania |
1–2 | |
20 March 1991 | Bulgaria |
1–0 |
Squad
The following players participated in the tournament.[3][4]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | ||||||
DF | ||||||
MF | ||||||
FW |
1992 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying
1993 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying
1994 UEFA European Under-16 Championship
1994 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying
1994 UEFA European Under-16 Championship finals
1995 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying
1996 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying
1997 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying
1999 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying
2000 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying
2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying
Recent results and forthcoming fixtures
2015
2 May 2015 UEFA Development Tournament 2015 | Albania |
3–1 | Kamëz, Tiranë, Albania | |
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10:00 (UTC+2) | Kendezi Balla |
Report | Stadium: National Sports Centre (Albania) |
2017
20 November 2017 2017 Mercedez Benz Aegean Cup International Youth Tournament | Albania |
0–1 | Turkey | |
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Report | Tanriverdiyev |
Players
Current squad
COACH:
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 |
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1 | GK | Fatmir Ceka | 12 April 2002 | 2 | 0 | |
12 | GK | Marco Molla | 19 June 2002 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Nikolas Smajlaj | 30 September 2002 | 2 | 0 | |
3 | DF | Matteo Kacmoli | 2002 | 2 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Elio Zalli | 2003 | 2 | 0 | |
13 | DF | Anxhelo Duka | 6 March 2002 | 1 | 0 | |
2 | DF | Marvin Salliu | 3 April 2002 | 1 | 1 | |
15 | DF | Albert Ndreca | 1 | 0 | ||
6 | MF | Elmando Gjini | 28 August 2002 | 2 | 0 | |
7 | MF | Kristian Gjini | 2002 | 2 | 0 | |
17 | MF | Kristian Paloku | 2 | 0 | ||
18 | MF | David Arkaxhiu | 2 | 0 | ||
8 | MF | Rei Pecani | 8 May 2002 | 2 | 0 | |
11 | MF | Mark Vata | 1 | 0 | ||
MF | Jetmir Ameti | 22 February 2002 | 0 | 0 | ||
14 | FW | Kerjol Dervishaj | 20 January 2002 | 2 | 0 | |
9 | FW | Kristian Asllani | 2002 | 2 | 0 | |
10 | FW | Andrea Gjeçi | 2 | 0 | ||
16 | FW | Rinor Kqiku | 0 | 0 |
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff:[17]
Position | Name |
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Head Coach | |
Assistant Coach | |
Goalkeeping Coach | |
Physiotherapists | |
Team Doctor | |
Competitive record
UEFA European Under-16 Championship Record
UEFA European Under-16 Championship record | UEFA European Under-16 Championship Qualification | |||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
Did Not Participate | ||||||||||||||
Did Not Qualify | Qualifying round 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
Qualifying round 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
Qualifying round 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Qualifying round 1/3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Did Not Qualify | Qualifying round 3/3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||||||
Qualifying round 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Qualifying round 2/3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
Did Not Participate | ||||||||||||||
Did Not Qualify | Qualifying round 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |||||||
Qualifying round 3/3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
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
- ↑ UEFA development 2015 | Archived 2015-05-27 at the Wayback Machine. shqiperia.ch
- ↑ UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 1991 - Group 5 en.archive.uefa.com
- ↑ Shqipëria 1-2 Bullgaria - Ndeshje FSHF.org
- ↑ Bullgaria 1-0 Shqipëria - Ndeshje FSHF.org
- ↑ UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 1992 en.archive.uefa.com
- ↑ UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 1993 en.archive.uefa.com
- ↑ UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 1994 - group 5 en.archive.uefa.com
- ↑ UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 1994 en.archive.uefa.com
- ↑ UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 1995 en.archive.uefa.com
- ↑ UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 1996 en.archive.uefa.com
- ↑ UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 1997 en.archive.uefa.com
- ↑ UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 1999 en.archive.uefa.com
- ↑ UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 2000 en.archive.uefa.com
- ↑ UEFA European U-16 C'ship - 2001 en.archive.uefa.com
- ↑ "TURKEY ALBANIA - National Team Matches Details" (in Turkish). TFF.org. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ↑ "Shqipëria U-16 humbet ndaj përfaqësueses së Kosovës" [Albania U-16 loses to Kosovo's representatives] (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ↑ Kombëtarja U-17 (Albania national under-17 team) FSHF.org