Albanian national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Kuq e Zinjtë (The Red and Blacks) Shqiponjat (The Eagles) |
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| Association | Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit (FSHF) |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Gianni De Biasi |
| Captain | Ansi Agolli |
| Most caps | Lorik Cana (93) |
| Top scorer | Erjon Bogdani (18) |
| Home stadium | Loro Boriçi Stadium |
| FIFA code | ALB |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 66  12 (6 April 2017)
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| Highest | 22 (August 2015) |
| Lowest | 124 (August 1997) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 69 (29 March 2017) |
| Highest | 55 (29 May 2016, 19 June 2016 ) |
| Lowest | 127 (14 & 18 December 1994 ) |
| First international | |
 Albania 2–3 Yugoslavia  (Tirana, Albania; 7 October 1946) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Albania 5–0 Vietnam  (Bastia Umbra, Italy; 12 February 2003) Albania 6–1 Cyprus  (Tirana, Albania; 12 August 2009) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Hungary 12–0 Albania (Budapest, Hungary; 24 September 1950) |
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| European Championship | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2016) |
| Best result | Group Stage, 2016 |
The Albania national football team (Albanian: Kombëtarja Shqiptare e Futbollit) is the men's football team that has represented Albania in international competition since 1946. It is controlled by the Albanian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country.
Albania was the winner of the 1946 Balkan Cup and the 2000 Malta Rothmans International Tournament, but had never participated in any major UEFA or FIFA tournament until 2016.
At the UEFA Euro 2016, Albania made its first debut at a major men's football tournament. Albania scored their first ever goal in a major tournament and secured first ever win in European Championship, when they beat Romania on June 19, 2016.
The National Arena (Albanian: Arena Kombëtare) will be after its completion in 2018, the home ground of the national team. Albania's highest FIFA World Rankings was 22nd in August 2015.
Although it never played any matches, the Albanian national football team existed before the Albanian Football Association was created in 1930. FSHF was founded on 6 June 1930, and in, Albania joined FIFA (during the congress 12 June – 16 June). Albania played its first international match against Yugoslavia in 1946 which ended in a 3–2 home defeat at Qemal Stafa Stadium. In 1946, Albania also participated for the first time in Balkan Cup in which Albania won by beating Romania 1–0 in the final. In 1954, Albania was one of the founding members of UEFA. Albania waited until 1962 to compete in a Euro Cup competition and the only time Albania was between the best 16 teams of the Continent, the reason being Albania got past the first leg as Greece, for political reasons forfeited the game. At the end of the tournament Albania ranked 9th in Europe.
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