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Albania national under-15 football team

Albania national under-15 football team

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The Albania national under-15 football team is the national under-15 football team of Albania and is controlled by the Football Association of Albania and was founded in 2009.

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History

The Albania under-15 were founded in 2009 for participating in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics (Football) and the head coach was appointed Sulejman Demollari, former and last native coach of Albania senior side until 2002.[1] Albania under-15 played their first match against Liechtenstein in the semi-final qualification round on 17 October 2009 winning 2–0 with goals scored by Jurgen Vatnikaj and Enes Hoxha.[2] Albania under-15 advanced to the final where they faced Montenegro on 19 October 2009. However, they lost 1–2, missing their participation in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics finals.[3]

2010 Summer Youth Olympics (Football) qualification round

17 October 2009 2010 Summer Youth Olympics (Football) qualification Albania  2–0  Liechtenstein
15:00 (UTC+2) Vatnikaj 46'
E.Hoxha 		Report
19 October 2009 2010 Summer Youth Olympics (Football) qualification Albania  1–2  Montenegro Nyon, Switzerland
17:00 (UTC+2) Ymeralilaj 68' Report Stadium: USB Arena
Referee: Artyom Kuchin (Kazakhstan)

Squad

COACH: Albania Sulejman Demollari

The following players participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics (Football) qualification round.[3][2][4]

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Refoundation

On 25 July 2016 the Albanian Football Association announced to have planned a "reborn" of the Albania under-15 starting with several selection in August, principally for youth talents in Italy on 11 & 12 August and in Greece on 13 August.[5] On 28 September 2016 Albania U-15 had a gathering in the national team training center Kamëz, Tirana, Albania for two days. Alessandro Recenti coach, had accumulated nearly 35 players who were selected from collections made in Greece and Albania.[6] Following the departure of Alessandro Recenti, on 27 January 2017 Albanian Football Association appointed Eqerem Memushi as the under-15 head coach to take the vacant place.[7] Following a 3-months selection in some zones around Albania, on 28 April 2017 an under-15 squad was contoured with 20 players which participated in a 5 days gathering between 9–13 May 2017.[8] A week after, the under-15 team started another gathering in Durrës, Albania between dates 17–19 May 2017 with a squad which contained 21 players.[9] They made their first gathering to play their first matches since refoundation in September 2017 for the double friendly matches against Montenegro U15 on 28 & 30 September 2017.[10] They lost the first match at Reshit Rusi Stadium, Shkodër, Albania 0–4.[11]

Results and fixtures

2017

28 September Friendly match Albania  3–4  Montenegro Shkodër, Albania
Report Stadium: Reshit Rusi Stadium
30 September Friendly match Montenegro  v  Albania Montenegro

Players

Current squad

COACH: Albania Eqerem Memushi

The following players were called up for the double friendly matches against Montenegro U15 on 28 & 30 September 2017.[10]

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Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the last 12 months.

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Coaching staff

Current coaching staff:[12]

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Competitive record

Youth Olympic Games

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*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    FSHF krijon kombetaren U15 - Lajme Archived 2016-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Top Channel
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    U-15 / Shqiperi-Lihtenshtein 2-0 albaniasoccer.com
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    U-15 / Shqiperi - Mali i Zi 1-2 albaniasoccer.com
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    Lajme: Kombetarja U-15 ne Zvicer per Lojrat Olimpike FutbolliShqiptar.net
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    Itali dhe Greqi, gati seleksionimet për U-15 Archived 2016-07-28 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
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    U-15 national team, gathering in Kamëz Archived 2016-10-24 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
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    FSHF EMERON TRAJNERIN E KOMBETARES U-15 Archived 2017-02-18 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
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    Konturohet Kombëtarja U-15, ja lojtarët! Archived 2017-12-05 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
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    KOMBËTARJA U-15, TRAJNERI MEMUSHAJ NIS GRUMBULLIMIN Archived 2017-12-05 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
  10. [10]
    "KOMBËTARJA U-15 NIS GRUMBULLIMIN, TRAJNERI MEMUSHAJ: KAMPIONATI, NJË FURNIZUES I MIRË" [NATIONAL U-15 TEAM BEGINS THE GATHERING, COACH MEMUSHAJ: THE NATIVE CHAMPIONSHIP, A GOOD SUPPLIER] (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 25 September 2018. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  11. [11]
    "U15 humbet në miqësoren e luajtur në Shkodër ndaj Malit të Zi" [U15 lost in the friendly match played in Shkodër against Montenegro] (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 28 September 2017. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  12. [12]
    Kombëtarja U-15 (Albania national under-15 team) FSHF.org
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