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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.
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 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.
After the Serbia–Albania match, the national team of Albania was given awards of honor and city recognition by the cities of Tirana, Vlore, Kamëz, and Bajram Curri for protecting the national symbols. [59] Albania lost 0–1 to Switzerland and 0–2 to hosts France. While they beat Romania 1–0 (their first win against Romania since 1947 ...
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 15, 2024 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 ...
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]
To this day the team that qualified for 1984 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship are still regarded as the most successful team in Albanian football history. Albania U21 managed to qualify without losing a single game and managing two very good draws against one of the biggest and best footballing nations, West Germany.
The Team *"Die Mannschaft" is mainly used outside of Germany. Locally, it generically means "the (male) team". [17] [18] Gibraltar: Team 54 Gibraltar was the 54th nation to join UEFA. [19] Greece: Η Εθνική The National Team Η ΕθνικήI Ethnikí means the National team in English. [20] Το Πειρατικό The Pirate Ship