Albania national under-23 football team

Albania Under-23

Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit (FSHF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Most caps	Millan Vaso (15)
Top scorer	Ilir Përnaska (9)
FIFA code	ALB
First colours Second colours
First international
Turkey  (Bucharest, Romania; 28 June 1969)
Biggest defeat
Bulgaria 1–0 Albania  (Athens, Greece; 7 July 1971)

Medal record
Balkan Youth Championship U23
	1969	Team
	1970	Team
	1974	Team
	1976	Team

The Albania national under-23 football team represents

, but after the rule change in 1975s, the event had an age limit of 21.

History

Balkan Youth Championship

Albania Under-23 participated in the

UEFA European Under-23 Championship

Albania U23 participated in 2 out 3 UEFA European Under-23 Championship in 1972 & 1974 where they were eliminated in both cases in the qualifying stages.^[2][3]

1991 Mediterranean Games

Group stage – Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Greece	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	4
Albania	2	1	0	1	2	6	−4	2
Algeria	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

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1997 Mediterranean Games

Group stage – Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	4
Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Albania	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

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Players individual records

Top appearances

Rank	Position	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	MF	Millan Vaso	1970–1974	15	0
2	FW	Agim Janku	1970–1971	13	3
	FW	Ilir Përnaska	1970–1972	13	9
4	MF	Iljaz Çeço	1969–1971	12	5
	MF	Naim Allaj	1970–1974	12	0
6	MF	Sabah Bizi	1969–1971	11	2
	MF	Faruk Sejdini	1970–1971	11	0
	MF	Gjergji Thaka	1970–1971	11	0
9	DF	Perikli Dhales	1969–1971	10	0
	GK	Bashkim Muhedini	1969–1971	10	0
	DF	Safet Berisha	1969–1971	10	0
	DF	Mihal Gjika	1969–1970	10	0

Top goalscorers

Rank	Position	Name	Career	Goals	Caps
1	FW	Ilir Përnaska	1970–1972	9	13
2	MF	Iljaz Çeço	1969–1971	5	12
3	FW	Agim Janku	1970–1971	3	13
	MF	Muharrem Karriqi	1970–1971	3	13
5	MF	Sabah Bizi	1969–1971	2	11
	FW	Ramazan Rragami	1969	2	3
	MF	Bali	1969–1971	2	7
	FW	Luan Metani	1976	2	1
	MF	Ardian Arra	1976	2	3
	FW	Shyqyri Ballgjini	1974–1976	2	6

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-23 Championship Record

UEFA European Under-23 Championship record
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1972	Qualifying Stage	6	0	3	3	2	7
1974	Qualifying Stage	4	1	1	2	3	9
1976	Did Not Enter
Total	0/2	10	1	4	5	5	16

Balkan Youth Championship Record

Balkan Youth Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1968	Did Not Enter
1969	Group Ch.	3rd	4	2	0	2	9	4
1970	Group Ch.	3rd	4	2	1	1	3	2
1971	Group Ch.	4th	4	0	2	2	8	11
1972	Semi-final	4th	3	1	0	2	3	5
1973	Group Ch.	Withdrew
1974	Runners-Up	2nd	3	1	1	1	3	3
1975	Did Not Enter
1976	Third Place	3rd	3	1	1	1	5	5
Total	Best:Runners-Up	6/8	21	7	4	9	31	30

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty shoot-out.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

Mediterranean Games - Football

Football at the Mediterranean Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1991	Group stage	6th	2	1	0	1	2	6
1997	Group stage	11th	2	0	0	2	1	7
Total	0/2	Best: 6th	4	1	0	3	3	13

See also

• Albania national football team
• Albania national under-21 football team
• Albania national under-20 football team
• Albania national under-19 football team
• Albania national under-18 football team
• Albania national under-17 football team
• Albania national under-16 football team
• Albania national under-15 football team
• Albania national football team results
• Albania national youth football team
• Albanian Superliga
• Football in Albania
• List of Albania international footballers

References

External links

• Tournament archive at UEFA.com
• UEFA U-23 European Championship at RSSSF.com