Albania national under-23 football team

Albania Under-23
First international

Nickname(s)	Kuq e Zinjtë (The Red and Blacks) Shqiponjat (The Eagles)
Association	Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit (FSHF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Most caps	Millan Vaso (15)
Top scorer	Ilir Përnaska (9)
FIFA code	ALB
Greece 1–0 Albania (Bucharest, Romania; 25 June 1969)
Biggest win
Albania 6–0 Turkey (Bucharest, Romania; 28 June 1969)
Biggest defeat
Bulgaria 1–0 Albania (Athens, Greece; 7 July 1971)

The Albania national under-23 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 team competed in the UEFA European Under-23 Championship & Balkan Youth Championship, but after the rule change in 1975s, the event had an age limit of 21.

History

Balkan Youth Championship

Main article: Balkan Youth Championship

Albania Under-23 participated in the Balkan Youth Championship tournaments from 1969 until 1975 when the age limit rule changed to the under-21 and where Albania partcipated with the Albania national under-21 football team. In two first tournament of 1969 & 1970 Albania U23 were ranked in 3rd place out of 5 national partcipations. Then in the 1971 & 1972 tournament they were ranked in the 4th place and they withdrew for the 1973 tournament. Then in the 1974 edition Albania U23 managed to be finalist where they lost 1–0 against Romania U23, after they win Group B against Turkey U23 & Greece U23.^[1]

UEFA European Under-23 Championship

Albania U23 participated in 2 out 3 UEFA European Under-23 Championship in 1972 & 1974 eliminating in both cases in qualifying stages.^[2]^[3]

Players individual records

Top appearances

Rank	Position	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	MF	Millan Vaso	1970–1974	15	0
2	FW	Agim Janku	1970–1971	13	3
2
FW	Ilir Përnaska	1970–1972	13	9
4	MF	Iljaz Çeço	1969–1971	12	5
4
MF	Naim Allaj	1970–1974	12	0
6	MF	Sabah Bizi	1969–1971	11	2

	MF	Faruk Sejdini	1970–1971	11	0
MF	Gjergji Thaka	1970–1971	11	0
9	DF	Perikli Dhales	1969–1971	10	0

	GK	Bashkim Muhedini	1969–1971	10	0

DF	Safet Berisha	1969–1971	10	0
DF	Mihal Gjika	1969–1970	10	0

Top goalscorers

Rank	Position	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	FW	Ilir Përnaska	1970–1972	9	13
2	MF	Iljaz Çeço	1969–1971	5	12
3	FW	Agim Janku	1970–1971	3	13
3
MF	Muharrem Karriqi	1970–1971	3	13
5	MF	Sabah Bizi	1969–1971	2	11

	FW	Ramazan Rragami	1969	2	3

	MF	Bali	1969–1971	2	7

FW	Luan Metani	1976	2	1
MF	Ardian Arra	1976	2	3
FW	Shyqyri Ballgjini	1974–1976	2	6

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-23 Championship Record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1972	Qualifying Stage	6	0	3	3	2	7
1974	Qualifying Stage	4	1	1	2	3	9
1976	Did Not Enter
Total	0/2	10	1	4	5	5	16

Balkan Youth Championship Record

Balkan Youth Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1968	Did Not Enter
1969	Group Ch.	3rd	4	2	0	2	9	4
1970	Group Ch.	3rd	4	2	1	1	3	2
1971	Group Ch.	4th	4	0	2	2	8	11
1972	Semi-final	4th	3	1	0	2	3	5
1973	Group Ch.	Withdrew
1974	Runners-Up	2nd	3	1	1	1	3	3
1975	Did Not Enter
1976	Third Place	3rd	3	1	1	1	5	5
Total	Best:Runners-Up	6/8	21	7	4	9	31	30

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty shoot-out.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

References

↑ Balkan Youth Championship 1968-1981 RSSSF
↑ Europe U-23 Championship 1972 RSSSF
↑ Europe U-23 Championship 1974 RSSSF

External links

Albania national football team

General	Albanian Football Association History Coaches Captains

Venues	Home venues Elbasan Arena Qemal Stafa Stadium Loro Boriçi Stadium

Statistics	All-time record Records Head to head European Championship record

Results	2010–present Albania v Yugoslavia (1946) Serbia v Albania (2014)

Players	All-time players World Cup and European Championship squads Other categories

European Championships	Summary 2016

Other tournaments	Balkan Cup 1946 1947 1948 Malta (Rothmans) International Tournament 1998 2000

Other FSHF teams	U23 team U21 team U20 team U19 team U18 team U17 team U16 team U15 team Women 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

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Male players
Female players
Expatriate footballers
Managers
Referees
Venues
Records

National under-23 football teams of Europe (UEFA)

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

Former nations: Czechoslovakia East Germany USSR Yugoslavia

National sports teams of Albania

Basketball M M U-20 W Football M W Youth M U-23 M U-21 M U-20 M U-19 M U-18 M U-17 M U-16 M U-15 W U-19 Futsal Tennis Volleyball M F Handball

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