Albanian national futsal team

Albania
Shqipëria

Nickname (s)	Kuq e Zinjtë
Association	Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit
confederacy	UEFA
Trainer	Erind Resuli
captain	Roald Halimi
Record scorer	Roald Halimi (11 goals)
Record player	Roald Halimi (20 games)
Home stadium	Pallati Sportit
FIFA code	ALB
FIFA rank	74
Balance sheet
49 games 17 wins 3 draws 29 losses
statistics
First international match Albania 4:13 Greece ( Braga , Portugal ; November 7, 2003)
Biggest win Albania 11-0 San Marino ( Ciorescu , Moldova ; January 17, 2015)
Biggest defeat Albania 6:18 Portugal (Braga, Portugal; November 8, 2003)
(As of September 11, 2017)

The Albanian national futsal team is a representative selection of the Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit (FSHF), which has represented Albania in international matches in futsal , the only version of indoor football recognized by FIFA , since 2003 .

history

The Albanian team played their first international match on November 7, 2003 in Braga, Portugal, against Greece , which they lost 13: 4. One day later, Albania lost to Portugal 18: 6, which is the Albanians' biggest defeat to date. The Albanian selection achieved the highest victory on January 17, 2015 with an 11-0 win over San Marino in Ciorescu , Moldova .

Albania first took part in qualifying for a European Futsal Championship in 2005 . In the pre-qualification the team of Albania met among other things on the selection of England and Cyprus , against which a victory or a draw could be achieved. Despite the good results, Albania missed qualifying for the second round due to the worse goal difference. In qualifying for the European Futsal Championship in 2007 , Albania lost all three qualifying matches and, being the bottom of the group, again missed qualifying. The qualification for the tournaments in Hungary (2010), Croatia (2012), Belgium (2014), Serbia (2016) and Slovenia (2018) was missed, with Albania in qualifying for the Futsal European Championship 2018 in Slovenia for the first time the second qualifying round reached. In the pre-qualification, Albania was drawn in Group D to England, Malta and Bulgaria , which could be won with first place and three wins from three games. In the main qualifying Albania met in Group B on Azerbaijan , Hungary and Bosnia-Herzegovina . Against Hungary and Azerbaijan, Albania lost their games and only reached a 6-6 draw against Bosnia, so that the team missed qualifying for the finals as bottom of the group.

For the first time Albania took part in a qualification for the Futsal World Cup in 2008 . In the first qualifying round the team met at a tournament in Malta to Slovenia , Greece and Malta. There the Albanian selection finished second with two wins and one defeat, but was eliminated because only the group winners advanced to the second round. In the pre-qualification for the 2012 Futsal World Cup in Thailand , Albania met Turkey , Finland and Estonia in the first qualifying round . Albania drew 0-0 against Finland and even a 5-3 win against Estonia, so that the team had the opportunity to reach the second round for the first time against Turkey on the last matchday. However, Albania lost to Turkey 5-2 goals, so the group was again finished in second place and Albania missed reaching the second qualifying round. Also in the pre-qualification for the Futsal World Cup 2016 , Albania dropped out prematurely as second in the group. Against France Albania lost with 1: 0 against Malta and Lithuania were not enough games derived.

Personalities

Squad

goal	field	field
Fidan Gashi ( FC Feniks Drenas ) Klodian Rrapi ( KS Flamurtari )	Roald Halimi ( Kaos Futsal ) Ani Mullaj (FC Feniks Drenas) Azem Brahimi (Feniks Drenas FC) Gentian Beqaj ( Athina 90 ) Raldi Agolli ( FK Tirana ) Mentor Mejzini (FC Feniks Drenas) Narcis Alibegu (FC Feniks Drenas)	Endrit Kacaj ( FC Qormi ) Halim Selmanaj ( FC Liburni ) Arber Shkodra ( Bethune Futsal ) Taulant Shkodra ( Gayant Futsal ) Rej Karaja (Prato) Klajdi Qyranaj ( Calcio Lecco ) Blendi Gockaj (FK Tirana)

Coaching staff

function	Surname
Head coach	Erind Resuli
Assistant coach	Andrea Kola
Goalkeeping coach	Artur Andoni

Performing in tournaments

Futsal World Cup 1989 - 2004 - did not take part 2008 - did not qualify 2012 - did not qualify 2016 - did not qualify

European Futsal Championship 1996 - 2003 - did not take part 2005 - did not qualify 2007 - did not qualify 2010 - did not qualify 2012 - did not qualify 2014 - did not qualify 2016 - did not qualify 2018 - did not qualify

Web links

• Albanian national futsal team at FSHF.org
• Albanian national futsal team on UEFA.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World ranking: September 2018