Albania national under-16 football team

Albania Under-16

Nickname(s)	Kuq e Zinjtë (The Red and Blacks) Shqiponjat (The Eagles)
Association	Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit – FSHF (Albanian Football Association)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach
Most caps	Orges Shehi (5)
Top scorer	(2)
Home stadium	Elbasan Arena Loro Boriçi Stadium
FIFA code	ALB
First colours Second colours Third colours

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 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[]

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Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	4
Albania	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2	0

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[]

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1993 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying[]

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1994 UEFA European Under-16 Championship[]

1994 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying[]

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1994 UEFA European Under-16 Championship finals[]

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1995 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying[]

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1996 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying[]

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1997 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying[]

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1999 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying[]

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2000 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying[]

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2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying[]

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Recent results and forthcoming fixtures[]

2015[]

2017[]

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		(2002-04-12) 12 April 2002 (age 19)	2	0	CSKA Sofia
12	1GK		(2002-06-19) 19 June 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Prato
5	2DF		(2002-09-30) 30 September 2002 (age 18)	2	0	Fiorentina
3	2DF		2002	2	0	Faenza
4	2DF		2003	2	0	Internazionale
13	2DF		(2002-03-06) 6 March 2002 (age 19)	1	0	Teuta Durrës
2	2DF		(2002-04-03) 3 April 2002 (age 19)	1	1	Durrësi 04
15	2DF			1	0	Panionios
6	3MF		(2002-08-28) 28 August 2002 (age 19)	2	0	IF Brommapojkarna
7	3MF		2002	2	0	Empoli
17	3MF			2	0
18	3MF			2	0	Chisola
8	3MF		(2002-05-08) 8 May 2002 (age 19)	2	0	Skënderbeu Korçë
11	3MF			1	0	Eendracht Aalst
	3MF		(2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Hertha BSC
14	4FW		(2002-01-20) 20 January 2002 (age 19)	2	0	Skënderbeu Korçë
9	4FW		2002	2	0	Empoli
10	4FW			2	0
16	4FW			0	0

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff:^[17]

Position	Name
Head Coach	Džemal Mustedanagić
Assistant Coach	Elvin Beqiri
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
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 Qualify							2/2	2	0	0	2	1	3
1992								2/2	1	0	0	1	1	8
1993								2/2	2	0	0	2	2	3
1994	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	6	1/3	2	2	0	0	3	0
1995	Did Not Qualify							3/3	2	0	0	2	0	7
1996								4/4	3	0	0	3	0	6
1997								2/3	2	1	0	1	2	1
1998	Did Not Participate
1999	Did Not Qualify							Qualifying round 4/4	3	0	0	3	2	10
2000								3/3	2	0	0	2	1	4
2001								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[]