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Albania have qualified twice for the UEFA European Championship — in 2016 and 2024. On both occasions, they directly qualified after securing a top two spot in their qualifying group. Euro 2016 was the side's first ever appearance at a major tournament finals. [1] In both appearances so far, they failed to progress past the group stage.
The team's nickname is commonly known as "Kuqezinjtë" ("The Red and Blacks") During the period before 2016, the national teams of Albania and Kosovo exchanged players with each other due to the complexities of descent brought on by Kosovo's independence, leading supporters to refer to each team as the other team's "reserve" side.
Group E of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying was one of the ten groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2024 final tournament in Germany. Group E consisted of five teams: Albania, the Czech Republic, Faroe Islands, Moldova and Poland. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. [1]
Serbia and Albania are set to co-host the men’s Under-21 European Championship in 2027 in a soccer project that aims to overcome political tensions. UEFA said Thursday only the Serbia-Albania ...
Group B of UEFA Euro 2024 took place from 15 to 24 June 2024. [1] The group contained Spain, Croatia, defending champions Italy, and Albania.Spain, Italy, and Croatia were drawn together in Group C of the UEFA Euro 2012, and just like 2012, Croatia would go out in the group stage while Spain would go on to win the tournament.
Beyond being record-breaking, the Albanian goal was a big underdog blow to the Italians. For context, in the current FIFA rankings, Italy is ranked ninth, while Albania is 66th.. The two teams ...
Partizani Tirana are the first Albanian club to participate and also won a tie in a European competition UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1970-71. KF Tirana have the most wins for an Albanian team (18). Biggest home win: KF Tirana - Sliema Wanderers 5-0; Biggest away win: Sant Julià - KF Skënderbeu Korçë 0-5; Biggest home loss: KS Besa - Olympiacos F ...
The 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship will be the 22nd edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (41st edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe. Albania, which were selected by UEFA on 26 September 2023 ...