Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit

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Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit
New logo
founding June 6, 1930
FIFA accession 1932
UEFA accession 1954
president Armand Duka
Secretary General Roland Mici
National teams A-men , U-21 ,
U-19 , U-17 , A-women
Homepage www.fshf.org

Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit , or FSHF for short , is the Albanian Football Association .

The association, headquartered in the provincial capital Tirana, organizes the Superiore category , the national cup competition Kupa e Shqipërisë and the SuperKupa , the game of the winners of the two aforementioned competitions. Next the cup and which are from the Football Federation Women's Championship , various championships for children and Futsal -Competitions aligned. The national soccer team's games are also organized.

history

The association was founded on June 6, 1930. In the same year, the Kampionati Shqiptar started with six teams: Skënderbeu Korça , Teuta Durrës , Urani Elbasan , SK Vlorë , SK Tirana and Bashkimi Shkodër . The association joined FIFA in 1932 .

When Albania replaced Greece in the Balkan Cup , the first international match came on October 7, 1946 in Tirana . They lost 3-2 to Yugoslavia . Nevertheless, the title was won - so far the only international title in the national selection.

In 1954 the FSHF was one of the founding members of UEFA . The first participation in a major tournament was the qualification for the European Championship in 1964 , in which Albania failed after a first-round bye in the 2nd round after a 1-0 win in the first leg with a 0-4 defeat in the second leg to Denmark .

From March to April 2008, the Albanian Football Association's membership of FIFA and UEFA was suspended because the government interfered in the association's affairs.

The women's national football team had their first game on May 5, 2011, a friendly game against Macedonia , which was won 1-0.

successes

National team

The greatest success so far has been participation in the EURO 2016 in France, the first qualification for a major tournament. In August 2015, Albania achieved its best-ever position in the official FIFA world rankings with 22nd place , thanks to a 1-0 win in a friendly against France and the rating of the abandoned game against Serbia .

Furthermore, the national selection was able to draw attention to itself several times through individual games. In December 1967, in qualifying for the 1968 European Championship, the 0-0 draw against the German national football team, known in Germany as the shame of Tirana, prevented them from participating in the final round. In qualifying for the 1986 World Cup , there were even two surprising results: the big favorites from Belgium were beaten 2-0, and Poland drew 2-2. Albania won against the newly crowned European champions Greece in 2004 at home.

The U-21 national team qualified for the European Championship in 1984 , the U-16 national team also qualified for the European Championship in 1994 .

Club soccer

Major international successes of club teams have so far failed to materialize. In the 1980s, several clubs reached the round of 16 of the European Cup . KF Tirana , also record champions with 24 national championships (as of 2016), failed, for example, in the European Cup of National Champions in 1988/89 to IFK Göteborg in that round . KS Flamurtari Vlora also played in the 1987/88 UEFA Cup against FC Barcelona . In 2015, KF Skënderbeu Korça qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League , which can be considered the greatest success in Albanian club football.

Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, numerous players have moved abroad and some have enjoyed success there. Record national player Lorik Cana was French cup winner with Paris Saint-Germain and Italian cup winner with Lazio Rome , for example Foto Strakosha was Greek champion with Olympiacos Piraeus . In Germany especially players like Altin Rraklli , Igli Tare or Altin Lala have become known.

UEFA five-year ranking

Placement in the UEFA five-year ranking ( previous year's ranking in brackets ). The abbreviations CL and EL after the country coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2019/20 season of the Champions League and the Europa League .

Status: end of the European Cup season 2018/19

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ UEFA Declaration on Albania. In: UEFA. March 19, 2008, accessed December 29, 2015 .
  2. ↑ UEFA: UEFA lifts suspension of the Football Association of Albania (Media Release). In: UEFA. April 29, 2008, accessed September 6, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Seranaj scores as Albania women make their debut. In: uefa.com. May 5, 2011, accessed May 6, 2011 .
  4. ↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .