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	Agron Kërçova
Most caps	Orges Shehi (5)
Top scorer	Renato Kendezi (2)
Home stadium	Elbasan Arena; Loro Boriçi Stadium
FIFA code	ALB

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 1997, 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 UEFA Development Tournament 2015 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[edit]

1991 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying[edit]

Group 5[edit]

^[2]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^[5]

1993 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying[edit]

^[6]

1994 UEFA European Under-16 Championship[edit]

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures[edit]

2015[edit]

2 May 2015 UEFA Development Tournament 2015	Albania	3–1	Montenegro	Kamëz, Tiranë, Albania
10:00 (UTC+2)	Kendezi Balla	Report		Stadium: National Sports Centre (Albania)

3 May 2015 UEFA Development Tournament 2015	Albania	1–0	Armenia	Tiranë, Albania
10:00 (UTC+2)	Llanaj	Report		Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium

5 May 2015 UEFA Development Tournament 2015	Albania	1–0	Cyprus	Tiranë, Albania
10:00 (UTC+2)	Zenuni 40+1'	Report		Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium

2017[edit]

20 November 2017 2017 Mercedez Benz Aegean Cup International Youth Tournament	Albania	0–1	Azerbaijan	Turkey
		Report	Tanriverdiyev

21 November 2017 2017 Mercedez Benz Aegean Cup International Youth Tournament	Albania	0–0	Turkey	Aydın, Turkey
		Report		Stadium: Özer Türk Stadium

23 November 2017 2017 Mercedez Benz Aegean Cup International Youth Tournament	Albania	1–2	Kosovo	Turkey
	Salliu 80'+2'	Report	Tusha

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

COACH: Ervin Bulku

The following players participated in the 2022 UEFA Development Tournament against North Ireland Luxembourg and Peru on April 9, 2022, to April 14, 2022, and is being held in Albania.^[15]

Caps and goals as of 9 May 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Mark Topollaj	(2007-11-25) 25 November 2007 (age 16)	0	0	Hellas Verona
2	1GK	Kristian Jashari	(2006-07-06) 6 July 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Sassuolo
3	1GK	Alain Taho	(2007-01-01) 1 January 2007 (age 17)	0	0	Inter

4	2DF	Davide Avdullari	(2008-01-13) 13 January 2008 (age 16)	0	0	Hellas Verona
5	2DF	Adi Kurti	(2006-01-17) 17 January 2006 (age 18)	4	0	Pepa
6	2DF	Ergi Çela	(2006-03-14) 14 March 2006 (age 18)	4	0	Teuta
7	2DF	Egert Selmani	(2006-01-28) 28 January 2006 (age 18)	3	0	Vllaznia
8	2DF	Ergi Bastari	(2006-07-23) 23 July 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Internacional
9	2DF	Ernesto Bakiu	(2006-01-15) 15 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Teuta
10	2DF	Jetmir Laze	(2007-07-22) 22 July 2007 (age 16)	3	0	Skënderbeu
11	2DF	Alion Damini	(2006-01-21) 21 January 2006 (age 18)	4	0	Teuta

12	3MF	Matteo Dashi	(2007-01-22) 22 January 2007 (age 17)	0	0	Crsytal Palace
13	3MF	Andri Frashëri	(2006-01-10) 10 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Cedar Stars
14	3MF	Klaus Kashari	(2006-10-11) 11 October 2006 (age 17)	3	0	Pepa
15	3MF	Jordi Jaku	(2006-03-27) 27 March 2006 (age 18)	4	0	Shënkolli
16	3MF	Glenis Belloj	(2006-05-30) 30 May 2006 (age 17)	4	0	Internacional
17	3MF	Dean Vraniçi	(2006-01-02) 2 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Südtirol

18	4FW	Dejvi Metaj	(2006-09-27) 27 September 2006 (age 17)	4	1	Dinamo
19	4FW	Ariel Krajka	(2006-09-27) 27 September 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Tirana
20	4FW	John Jaku	(2006-11-06) 6 November 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Columbus Crew
21	4FW	Ersi Bode	(2006-02-14) 14 February 2006 (age 18)	4	1	ADO Den Haag
22	4FW	Matias Gici	(2007-05-18) 18 May 2007 (age 16)	0	0	Venezia
23	4FW	Flavio Sulejmani	(2006-03-20) 20 March 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Perugia

Coaching staff[edit]

Current coaching staff:^[16]

Position	Name
Head coach	Ervin Bulku
Assistant coach	Agron Kërçova
Goalkeeping coach	Elvis Kotorri
Physiotherapist	Sabri Nurçe
Team doctor	Adriatik Shahini
Athletic trainer	Ardi Bekteshi
Video analyst	Edon Beliu
Team manager	Eno Xhaferraj

Competitive record[edit]

UEFA European Under-16 Championship Record[edit]

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							Qualifying round 2/2	2	0	0	2	1	3
1992								Qualifying round 2/2	1	0	0	1	1	8
1993								Qualifying round 2/2	2	0	0	2	2	3
1994	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	6	Qualifying round 1/3	2	2	0	0	3	0
1995	Did not qualify							Qualifying round 3/3	2	0	0	2	0	7
1996								Qualifying round 4/4	3	0	0	3	0	6
1997								Qualifying round 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								Qualifying round 3/3	2	0	0	2	1	4
2001								Qualifying round 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