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)
AssociationFederata Shqiptare e Futbollit – FSHF
(Albanian Football Association)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachDžemal Mustedanagić
Most capsOrges Shehi (5)
Top scorerRenato Kendezi (2)
Home stadiumElbasan Arena
Loro Boriçi Stadium
FIFA codeALB
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

1991 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

Group 5

[2]

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bulgaria 220031+24
 Albania 200213-20


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
1GK
2DF
3MF
4FW

1992 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

[5]

1993 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

[6]

1994 UEFA European Under-16 Championship

1994 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

[7]

1994 UEFA European Under-16 Championship finals
Main article: 1994 UEFA European Under-16 Championship

[8]

1995 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

[9]

1996 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

[10]

1997 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying

[11]

1999 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying
Main article: 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 2015Albania 3–1 MontenegroKamëz, Tiranë, Albania
10:00 (UTC+2) Kendezi
Balla 		Report Stadium: National Sports Centre (Albania)
3 May 2015 UEFA Development Tournament 2015Albania 1–0 ArmeniaTiranë, Albania
10:00 (UTC+2) Llanaj Report Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium
5 May 2015 UEFA Development Tournament 2015Albania 1–0 CyprusTiranë, Albania
10:00 (UTC+2) Zenuni  40+1' Report Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium

2017
20 November 2017 2017 Mercedez Benz Aegean Cup International Youth TournamentAlbania 0–1 AzerbaijanTurkey
Report Tanriverdiyev
21 November 2017 2017 Mercedez Benz Aegean Cup International Youth TournamentAlbania 0–0 TurkeyAydın, Turkey
Report Stadium: Özer Türk Stadium
23 November 2017 2017 Mercedez Benz Aegean Cup International Youth TournamentAlbania 1–2 KosovoTurkey
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 1GK Fatmir Ceka (2002-04-12) 12 April 2002 2 0 CSKA Sofia
12 1GK Marco Molla (2002-06-19) 19 June 2002 0 0 Prato
5 2DF Nikolas Smajlaj (2002-09-30) 30 September 2002 2 0 Fiorentina
3 2DF Matteo Kacmoli 2002 2 0 Faenza
4 2DF Elio Zalli 2003 2 0 Internazionale
13 2DF Anxhelo Duka (2002-03-06) 6 March 2002 1 0 Teuta Durrës
2 2DF Marvin Salliu (2002-04-03) 3 April 2002 1 1 Durrësi 04
15 2DF Albert Ndreca 1 0 Panionios
6 3MF Elmando Gjini (2002-08-28) 28 August 2002 2 0 IF Brommapojkarna
7 3MF Kristian Gjini 2002 2 0 Empoli
17 3MF Kristian Paloku 2 0
18 3MF David Arkaxhiu 2 0 Chisola
8 3MF Rei Pecani (2002-05-08) 8 May 2002 2 0 Skënderbeu Korçë
11 3MF Mark Vata 1 0 Eendracht Aalst
3MF Jetmir Ameti (2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 0 0 Hertha BSC
14 4FW Kerjol Dervishaj (2002-01-20) 20 January 2002 2 0 Skënderbeu Korçë
9 4FW Kristian Asllani 2002 2 0 Empoli
10 4FW Andrea Gjeçi 2 0
16 4FW 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 QualifyQualifying round 2/2200213
1992Qualifying round 2/2100118
1993Qualifying round 2/2200223
1994Group stage301216Qualifying round 1/3220030
1995 Did Not QualifyQualifying round 3/3200207
1996Qualifying round 4/4300306
1997Qualifying round 2/3210121
1998 Did Not Participate
1999 Did Not QualifyQualifying round 4/43003210
2000Qualifying round 3/3200214
2001Qualifying round 3/3200205
Total: 1/19Best: Group stage301216Total2130181247

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also

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


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