Albania national under-18 football team

Albania Under-18

Nickname(s)	Kuq e Zinjtë (The Red and Blacks) Shqiponjat (The Eagles)
Association	Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit (FSHF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Most caps	Renato Arapi (13)
Top scorer	Ervin Bulku (1)
FIFA code	ALB
First colours Second colours

The Albania national under-18 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.

History

1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying

Group 2

All matches were played in the Czech Republic.

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Armenia	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7
Slovakia	3	1	2	0	11	6	+5	5
Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	4
Albania	3	0	0	3	3	13	–10	0

	Armenia	4–0	Albania
	Slovakia	7–2	Albania
	Czech Republic	2–1	Albania

Squad

COACH: Bujar Kasmi

The following players participated in the tournament.^[1]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Arjon Mustafa (1980-01-29)29 January 1980 (aged 17) 2 0 Vllaznia Shkodër 1GK Ilion Lika (1980-05-17)17 May 1980 (aged 17) 1 0 Dinamo Tirana 2DF Rezart Dabulla (1979-10-24)24 October 1979 (aged 17) 3 1 Tirana 2DF Ervin Bardhi 1 0 Besa Kavajë 2DF Stavrion Lako (1980-03-24)24 March 1980 (aged 17) 3 0 Skënderbeu Korçë 2DF Ulian Ahmeti 3 0 2DF Erion Stavre 3 0 3MF Justin Bespalla (1979-07-08)8 July 1979 (aged 18) 3 0 Teuta Durrës 3MF Bledar Çerri 3 0 3MF Gentian Gjondeda (1980-06-23)23 June 1980 (aged 17) 2 0 Dinamo Tirana 3MF Sokol Ishka (1979-07-14)14 July 1979 (aged 18) 2 1 Vllaznia Shkodër 3MF Fatjon Malaj 3 0 3MF Habib Rexhepi[2] (1979-04-12)12 April 1979 (aged 18) 3 1 Teuta Durrës 4FW Klodian Arbëri (1979-10-10)10 October 1979 (aged 17) 3 0 Tomori Berat 4FW Erjon Rizvanolli (1981-08-14)14 August 1981 (aged 16) 3 0 Tirana 4FW Ramiz Kollcaku 3 0 Besa Kavajë

1999 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying

Group 6

All matches were played in Italy.

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9
Liechtenstein	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	6
Albania	3	0	1	2	2	5	–3	1
Macedonia	3	0	1	2	2	7	–5	1

	Albania	0–1	Liechtenstein
	Albania	2–2	Macedonia
	Italy	2–0	Albania

Squad

COACH: Bujar Kasmi

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

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Arjon Mustafa (1980-01-29)29 January 1980 (aged 18) 3 0 Vllaznia Shkodër 2DF Julian Kapaj 3 0 Tirana 2DF Stavrion Lako (1980-03-24)24 March 1980 (aged 18) 3 0 Skënderbeu Korçë 2DF Kreshnik Mance[4] (1980-01-05)5 January 1980 (aged 18) 3 0 Teuta Durrës 2DF Dritan Mehmeti (1980-01-09)9 January 1980 (aged 18) 2 0 Dinamo Tirana 2DF Endri Yzeiri 1 0 3MF Dritan Babamusta (1981-09-06)6 September 1981 (aged 17) 3 0 Teuta Durrës 3MF Ervin Bulku (1981-03-03)3 March 1981 (aged 17) 3 0 Tirana 3MF Dorian Bylykbashi (1980-08-08)8 August 1980 (aged 18) 3 1 Elbasani 3MF Taulant Çerçizi (1981-03-26)26 March 1981 (aged 17) 2 0 Flamurtari Vlorë 3MF Gentian Gjondeda (1980-06-23)23 June 1980 (aged 18) 3 1 Dinamo Tirana 3MF Andi Shtrepi 1 0 4FW Erjon Rizvanolli (1981-08-14)14 August 1981 (aged 17) 1 0 Tirana 4FW Ramiz Kollcaku 3 0 Besa Kavajë 4FW Artur Abdullai 3 0

2000 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying

Group 6

All matches were played in Finland.

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Finland	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	9
Hungary	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6
Albania	3	1	0	2	4	5	–1	3
Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3	3	10	–7	0

	Albania	3–1	Faroe Islands
	Finland	2–1	Albania
	Hungary	2–0	Albania

Squad

COACH: Petrit Haxhia

The following players participated in the tournament.^[5]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Erjon Dine (1981-04-10)10 April 1981 (aged 18) 1 0 Flamurtari Vlorë 2DF Amarildo Belisha (1981-07-11)11 July 1981 (aged 18) 3 0 Vllaznia Shkodër 2DF Arjan Sheta (1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (aged 18) 3 0 Partizani Tirana 2DF Julian Kapaj 3 0 Tirana 2DF Sokol Toma 3 0 2DF Ermal Lamaj (Vasiljevsk Lamaj)[6] (1983-03-20)20 March 1983 (aged 16) 1 0 Teuta Durrës 2DF Fatjon Leka 1 0 3MF Dritan Babamusta (1981-09-06)6 September 1981 (aged 17) 3 1 Teuta Durrës 3MF Ervin Bulku (1981-03-03)3 March 1981 (aged 18) 3 1 Tirana 3MF Taulant Çerçizi (1981-03-26)26 March 1981 (aged 18) 3 0 Flamurtari Vlorë 3MF Albert Kaçi (1981-06-11)11 June 1981 (aged 18) 3 0 Vllaznia Shkodër 2DF Endri Dalipi (1983-05-02)2 May 1983 (aged 16) 3 0 Elbasani 3MF Oert Kotja (1981-01-09)9 January 1981 (aged 18) 3 0 Teuta Durrës 3MF Klevi Lluka 2 0 3MF Gledis Shkrela 2 0 4FW Erjon Rizvanolli (1981-08-14)14 August 1981 (aged 18) 3 2 Tirana 4FW Gasper Ndoja 1 0

2001 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying

Group 4

All matches were played in Turkey.

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
Turkey	3	2	0	1	12	1	+11	6
Albania	3	1	0	2	2	7	–5	3
San Marino	3	0	0	3	0	13	–13	0

	Albania	1–0	San Marino
	Turkey	4–0	Albania
	Albania	1–3	Israel

Squad

COACH: Petrit Haxhia

The following players participated in the tournament.^[7]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Ervis Agolli[8] (1982-08-15)15 August 1982 (aged 18) 3 0 Partizani Tiranë 2DF Henri Ndreka (1983-03-27)27 March 1983 (aged 17) 3 0 Partizani Tiranë 2DF Rigels Gjoni[9] (1983-03-11)11 March 1983 (aged 17) 2 0 Flamurtari Vlorë 2DF Robert Grishaj[10] (1982-03-10)10 March 1982 (aged 18) 3 0 Besëlidhja Lezhë 2DF Mardjan Kacollja[11] (1983-05-29)29 May 1983 (aged 17) 1 0 Elbasani 2DF Renaldo Tabaku[12] 3 0 Tomori Berat 2DF Fatjon Tafaj[13] (1982-03-19)19 March 1982 (aged 18) 3 0 Partizani Tiranë 3MF Endrit Agushi (1982-09-24)24 September 1982 (aged 18) 3 0 Erzeni Shijak 3MF Edmond Kapllani (1982-07-31)31 July 1982 (aged 18) 2 0 Teuta Durrës 3MF Endrit Vrapi (1982-03-23)23 March 1982 (aged 18) 2 0 Partizani Tiranë 3MF Vasjan Ballco[14] (1982-01-06)6 January 1982 (aged 18) 1 0 Skënderbeu Korçë 3MF Erald Deliallisi[15] (1982-03-12)12 March 1982 (aged 18) 3 0 Lushnja 3MF Edmond Lala[16] 3 0 Tomori Berat 4FW Roland Dervishi (1982-02-16)16 February 1982 (aged 18) 3 0 Shkumbini Peqin 4FW Bekim Kuli (1982-09-19)19 September 1982 (aged 18) 3 2 Besa Kavajë 4FW Bledar Mançaku (1982-01-05)5 January 1982 (aged 18) 3 0 Teuta Durrës

Competitive Record

UEFA Youth Tournament Under-18 Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1955	Did Not Participate
1956
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967	Qualifying round	w.o. vs. Yugoslavia
1968	Did Not Participate
1969	Qualifying round	DSQ vs. Bulgaria
1970	Did Not Participate
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
Total	0/25	0	0	0	0	0	0

UEFA European Under-18 Championship Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1981	Did Not Participate
1982	Second round	5	1	1	3	6	9
1983	First round	2	1	0	1	1	4
1984	Did Not Participate
1986
1988
1990
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997	Round 1	2	0	1	1	1	4
1998	Round 1	3	0	0	3	3	13
1999	Round 1	3	0	1	2	2	5
2000	Round 1	3	1	0	2	4	5
2001	Round 1	3	1	0	2	2	7
Total	1/17	21	4	3	14	19	47

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Squad

The following players were named in the last squad for the friendly match against Italy on 19 May 2011 (When they last played a match).

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Arianit Lazraj (1993-03-28)28 March 1993 (aged 18) 1 0 St. Gallen 1GK Mikel Kaloshi (Played for the U19's) (1993-06-16)16 June 1993 (aged 17) 1 0 Lushnja 2DF Shkodran Nuredini (Played for the U21's) (1993-02-21)21 February 1993 (aged 18) 2 0 Zürich 2DF Altin Abazaj (Played for the U19's) (1993-08-18)18 August 1993 (aged 17) 1 0 Teuta Durres 2DF Harallamb Qaqi (Played for U19 & U21's) (1993-09-17)17 September 1993 (aged 17) 2 0 AEK Athens 2DF Mërgim Bajraktari (Played for U19 & U21's) (1993-05-27)27 May 1993 (aged 17) 2 0 Thun 2DF Bruno Dita (Played for U19 & U21's) (1993-02-18)18 February 1993 (aged 18) 2 0 Dinamo Tirana 3MF Dorian Kërçiku (Played for the U21's) (1993-08-30)30 August 1993 (aged 17) 2 0 Tirana 3MF Teki Premci (1993-03-23)23 March 1993 (aged 18) 2 0 Unattached 3MF Mateos Toçi (Played for the U19's) (1993-05-16)16 May 1993 (aged 18) 2 0 Elbasani 3MF Alfred Deliallisi (Played for U19 & U21's) (1993-03-28)28 March 1993 (aged 18) 1 0 Teuta Durres 3MF Bekim Dema (Played for U19 & U21's) (1993-03-30)30 March 1993 (aged 18) 2 0 Vllaznia Shkoder 3MF Amir Tafa (Played for the U19's) (1993-03-03)3 March 1993 (aged 18) 2 1 Vllaznia Shkodër 4FW Arbër Çyrbja (Played for the U21's) (1993-09-18)18 September 1993 (aged 17) 2 0 Teuta Durrës 4FW Sidrit Guri (Played for U19 & U21's) (1993-10-23)23 October 1993 (aged 17) 2 0 Vllaznia Shkoder 4FW Fabio Hoxha (Played for U19 & U21's) (1993-05-07)7 May 1993 (aged 18) 2 0 Inter 4FW Mateo Hasa (Played for U19 & U21's) (1993-05-23)23 May 1993 (aged 17) 1 0 Besa Kavaje 4FW Enio Petro (Played for U19 & U21's) (1993-08-01)1 August 1993 (aged 17) 1 0 Teuta Durrës

Players in italics have played internationally at a higher level.

See also

• Albania national football team
• Albania national under-21 football team
• Albania national under-19 football team
• Albania national under-17 football team
• Albania national under-20 football team
• Albania national football team results
• Albanian Superliga
• Football in Albania
• List of Albania international footballers

References

External links

• UEFA European U-19 C'ship - UEFA.com
• Albania National Football Team
• FutbolliShqiptar.net
• Fan Website
• AlbaniaSoccer.com
• AIFR archive of results: 1946-2000/01
• Tifozat Kuq e Zi / Red and Black Fan Club
• Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation – Albania
• Albania Sport
• Albanian Soccer News
• Frasheri, Dash (11 August 2010). "Albania, modest victory against Uzbekistan" (in Albanian). Albania Sport. Retrieved 16 August 2010. 
• Sauku, Endrit (21 January 2010). "History of the Qemal Stafa Temple". Albania Sport (in Albanian) (Dash Frasheri). Retrieved 3 August 2010. 
• Worldstadiums. "Stadia in Albania". Retrieved 3 August 2010. 

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