Albania national under-20 football team

Albania under-20

Nickname(s)

Kuq e Zinjtë (The Red and Blacks)
Shqiponjat (The Eagles)

Association

Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit (FSHF)

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Skënder Gega

Captain

Aldo Teqja

Most caps

Amir Rrahmani (5)
Aldo Teqja
Marvin Turtulli
Klaudio Hyseni
Ilir Kastrati
Enis Gavazaj
Maldin Ymeraj
Valon Ahmedi
Erion Hoxhallari
Arben Muskaj

Top scorer

Ardit Shehaj (1)
Amir Rrahmani
Marvin Turtulli
Klaudio Hyseni
Ilir Kastrati
Klodian Gino

Home stadium

Elbasan Arena
Loro Boriçi Stadium

FIFA code

ALB

First colours

Second colours

Third colours

The Albania national under-20 football team, also known as Albania U20(s), is the national under-20 football team of Albania and are controlled by the Football Association of Albania.

The under-20 squad is often cited as a feeder squad to the under-21 squad. Most of the player picked for this team are U-21 internationals already.

Because there is no under-20 competition at UEFA level, Albania's under-20 side has generally only competed when it has qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every 2 years. Qualification for this competition is achieved in view of performance at the preceding summer's UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.

Albania have never played a game with the U-20 squad and the team was only formed after an invitation to play in 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy. Then Albania under-20 participated in the next tournament 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey.

History

2009 Mediterranean Games

Main article: Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
Albania	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4	0

27 June 2009 2009 Mediterranean Games	Albania	1 – 2	Tunisia	Pescara, Italy
17:00 CET	Shehaj 23'	Report	Ben Messaoud 27' Ayari 35'	Stadium: Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al Mare Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)

29 June 2009 2009 Mediterranean Games	Spain	3 – 0	Albania	Pescara, Italy
17:00 CET	Kike 11' Aarón 12' Botía 77'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Valle Anzuca, Francavilla al Mare Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Squad

The following players were called up and participated in the 2009 Mediterranean Games football tournament, which began on 25 June in Pescara, Italy.^[1]

COACH: Artan Bushati

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Shpëtim Moçka	(1989-10-20)20 October 1989 (aged 19)	2	0	Flamurtari Vlorë
12	1GK	Ibrahim Bejte	(1989-09-15)15 September 1989 (aged 19)	0	0	Lushnja

4	2DF	Klodian Samina	(1989-01-19)19 January 1989 (aged 20)	2	0	Belasitsa Petrich
2	2DF	Indrit Hithi	(1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 19)	2	0	Partizani Tirana
3	2DF	Ditmar Bicaj	(1989-02-26)26 February 1989 (aged 20)	1	0	Belasitsa Petrich
13	2DF	Renato Malota	(1989-06-24)24 June 1989 (aged 20)	2	0	Partizani Tirana
11	2DF	Arsen Sykaj	(1990-04-11)11 April 1990 (aged 19)	1	0	Vllaznia Shkodër

7	3MF	Sokol Cikalleshi	(1990-07-27)27 July 1990 (aged 18)	2	0	Besa Kavajë
5	3MF	Ganiol Kaçuli	(1989-09-22)22 September 1989 (aged 19)	2	0	Elbasani
18	3MF	Orgest Gava	(1990-03-29)29 March 1990 (aged 19)	2	0	Elbasani
14	3MF	Erjon Vuçaj	(1990-12-25)25 December 1990 (aged 18)	2	0	Vllaznia Shkodër
8	3MF	Sabien Lilaj	(1989-02-10)10 February 1989 (aged 20)	2	0	Skënderbeu Korçë
6	3MF	Elham Galica	(1989-01-30)30 January 1989 (aged 20)	0	0	Flamurtari Vlorë
16	3MF	Orjan Xhemalaj	(1989-06-07)7 June 1989 (aged 20)	0	0	Teuta Durrës

17	4FW	Bekim Balaj	(1991-01-11)11 January 1991 (aged 18)	0	0	Vllaznia Shkodër
10	4FW	Vilfor Hysa	(1989-09-09)9 September 1989 (aged 19)	2	0	Teuta Durrës
9	4FW	Ardit Shehaj	(1990-09-23)23 September 1990 (aged 18)	2	1	Flamurtari Vlorë
15	4FW	Alban Dashi	(1989-09-25)25 September 1989 (aged 19)	2	0	Partizani Tirana

2013 Mediterranean Games

Main article: Football at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's tournament

Preliminary round - Group A

Nation	PLD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9
Turkey	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
Albania	3	0	1	2	3	6	–3	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	1	2	4	10	–6	1

19 June 2013 2013 Mediterranean Games	Turkey	2–0	Albania	Mersin, Turkey
21:45 CET	Aydın 10' Sazdağı 86'	Report		Stadium: Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium Referee: Andrea De Marco (Italy)

21 June 2013 2013 Mediterranean Games	Albania	2–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mersin, Turkey
18:00 CET	Turtulli 61' Rrahmani 73'	Report	Bajić 44' 52'	Stadium: Tarsus Şehir Stadı, Tarsus Referee: Baris Simsek (Turkey)

23 June 2013 2013 Mediterranean Games	Morocco	2–1	Albania	Mersin, Turkey
21:45 CET	Khaloua 33' (pen.) El Hassouni 58'	Report	Gino 47'	Stadium: Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)

Classification stage - 5–8 matches

25 June 2013 2013 Mediterranean Games	Albania	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Macedonia	Mersin, Turkey
21:00 CET	Kastrati 85' (pen.)	Report	Kostovski 50' Imeri 6' (extra time)	Stadium: Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

Classification stage - 7th place match

26 June 2013 2013 Mediterranean Games	Albania	1–3	Italy	Mersin, Turkey
18:00 CET	Hyseni 82'	Report	Canotto 20' Bollino 47' Gomez 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Tarsus Şehir Stadı, Tarsus Referee: Khalid Ennouni (Morocco)

Albania under-20 squad

COACH: Skënder Gega

The following players were called up and participated in the 2013 Mediterranean Games football tournament, which began on 19 June in Mersin, Turkey.^[2]

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Aldo Teqja (Captain)	(1995-05-04) 4 May 1995	5	0	Anorthosis Famagusta
12	1GK	Marsel Çaka	(1995-03-31) 31 March 1995	1	0	Tirana
	1GK	Thomas Strakosha	(1995-03-19) 19 March 1995	-	-	Lazio

4	2DF	Amir Rrahmani	(1994-02-24) 24 February 1994	5	1	Partizani Tirana
5	2DF	Marvin Turtulli	(1994-10-17) 17 October 1994	5	1	Dinamo Tirana
3	2DF	Erion Hoxhallari	(1995-10-15) 15 October 1995	5	0	Tirana
2	2DF	Arben Muskaj	(1994-06-27) 27 June 1994	5	0	PAS Giannina
6	2DF	Amir Bilali	(1994-04-15) 15 April 1994	4	0	Lazio
13	2DF	Kristi Marku	(1995-04-13) 13 April 1995	2	0	Teuta Durrës
14	2DF	Rexhep Memini	(1994-04-10) 10 April 1994	2	0	Teuta Durrës
15	2DF	Melsen Shkreta	(1994-04-16) 16 April 1994	2	0	Dinamo Tirana

16	3MF	Klaudio Hyseni	(1994-07-15) 15 July 1994	5	1	Teuta Durrës
17	3MF	Ilir Kastrati	(1994-07-20) 20 July 1994	5	1	Panathinaikos
7	3MF	Enis Gavazaj	(1995-03-21) 21 March 1995	5	0	Gent
10	3MF	Maldin Ymeraj	(1995-03-06) 6 March 1995	5	0	Panathinaikos
8	3MF	Klodian Gino	(1994-02-13) 13 February 1994	3	1	Olympiacos
	3MF	Liridon Latifi	(1994-02-06) 6 February 1994	-	-	Prishtina

18	4FW	Valon Ahmedi	(1994-10-07) 7 October 1994	5	0	Südtirol
11	4FW	Arlind Ferhati	(1994-01-20) 20 January 1994	3	0	Dinamo Tirana
9	4FW	Mateus Shkreta	(1994-04-16) 16 April 1994	2	0	Teplice

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff:

Head Coach	Skënder Gega
Assistant Coach	Genti Mahmutaj
Athletic Coach	Fatos Kadena
Goalkeeping Coach	Gut Tafaj
Fitness Coach	Xhaferr Koçi
Physiotherapists	Perli Rusi
Team Doctor	Alban Merepeza

Tournament history

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011^[3]
2013
2015
Total^[4]	0/19	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

↑ Peskara 2009, Shqipëria zbardh listën e futbollistëve - 2009-06-17 Gazeta Start
↑ Lojërat Mesdhetare: Shqipëria merr pjesë me 75 sportistë (Lista e plotë) aSport.al
↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup - Previous Tournaments". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup". FIFA.com.

External links

Albania national football team

General	History Head coaches

Venues	Elbasan Arena Qemal Stafa Stadium Loro Boriçi Stadium

Matches / Results	Results and Fixtures Albania v Yugoslavia (1946) Serbia v Albania (2014)

Players	List of Albania international footballers International footballers

Balkan Cup	Summary Final tournaments 1946 1947 1948

FIFA World Cup	Summary Final tournaments

UEFA Euro	Summary Final tournaments 2016

Other tournaments	2000 Rothmans International Tournament

Other Albania teams	Men Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-17 Women Under-19

Football in Albania

Albanian Football Association

National teams

men:	Albania U23 U21 U20 U19 U18 U17 U16 U15

women:	Albania U19

League system

men:	Albanian Superliga First Division Second Division Third Division

women:	National Championship

Domestic cups

men:	Albanian Cup Albanian Supercup Independence Cup (pre-season) SuperSport Trophy (pre-season)

women:	Women's Cup

Awards

Lists

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National under-20 football teams of Europe (UEFA)

Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Former nations: Soviet Union Yugoslavia

National sports teams of Albania

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Olympics Paralympics Mediterranean Games

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Tournaments	Tunisia 1977 Japan 1979 Australia 1981 Mexico 1983 USSR 1985 Chile 1987 Saudi Arabia 1989 Portugal 1991 Australia 1993 Qatar 1995 Malaysia 1997 Nigeria 1999 Argentina 2001 UAE 2003 Netherlands 2005 Canada 2007 Egypt 2009 Colombia 2011 Turkey 2013 New Zealand 2015 South Korea 2017 TBA 2019

Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA

Squads	1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Book Team appearances

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