Play and Rebuild Together Tournament

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Play and Rebuild Together Tournament
Turneu "Luajmë dhe Rindërtojmë së Bashku"
Tournament details
CountryAlbania
Venue(s)Arena Kombëtare
Date10 January 2020 (2020-01-10)
Teams4
Final positions
ChampionsItaly Italy (veterans)
Runner-upGreece Greece (veterans)
Semifinalists
  • Albania Albania (veterans)
  • Turkey Turkey (veterans)
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Goals scored4 (1.33 per match)
Attendance6,100 (2,033 per match)

The Play and Rebuild Together Tournament (Albanian: Turneu "Luajmë dhe Rindërtojmë së Bashku") was a charity international football tournament contested by the men's national veterans' teams. It took place in Albania on 10 January 2020 and the profits gathered from these meetings went to those affected by 2019 Albania earthquake.[1]

Squads

The four men's national veterans' teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of over 11 players, including one or two goalkeepers.[2]

Albania (veterans)

Albania Albania (veterans)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Albania 
ALB
Foto Strakosha
4 DF Albania 
ALB
Armend Dallku
6 MF Kosovo KOS Besnik Hasi
7 MF Albania 
ALB
Edvin Murati
8 FW Albania 
ALB
Alban Bushi
9 DF Albania 
ALB
Ervin Bulku
10 FW Albania 
ALB
Altin Rraklli
11 DF Albania 
ALB
Adrian Aliaj
12 GK Albania 
ALB
Arjan Beqaj
13 MF Albania 
ALB
Ervin Skela
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Albania 
ALB
Altin Lala
15 MF Albania 
ALB
Redi Jupi
16 MF North Macedonia MKD Artim Shaqiri
17 FW Albania 
ALB
Igli Tare
18 MF Albania 
ALB
Klodian Duro
21 MF North Macedonia MKD Nderim Nexhipi
22 FW Albania 
ALB
Erjon Bogdani
24 DF Albania 
ALB
Debatik Curri
28 DF Albania 
ALB
Nevil Dede

Greece (veterans)

Greece Greece (veterans)
  • Coach: Greece Charalampos Zelenitsas
  • Reference:[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Greece GRE Fanis Katergiannakis
GK Greece GRE Georgios Bantis
DF Greece GRE Ilias Kotsios
DF Greece GRE Leonidas Vokolos
DF Greece GRE Nikos Goulis
DF Greece GRE Stratos Apostolakis
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Greece GRE Giannis Skopelitis
MF Greece GRE Giorgos Karagounis
MF Germany GER
Kostas Ipirotis
MF Greece GRE Kostas Kiassos
FW Greece GRE
Dimitris Papadopoulos
FW Greece GRE Theofanis Gekas

Italy (veterans)

Italy Italy (veterans)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Antonio Chimenti
2 DF Italy ITA Cristian Zaccardo
3 DF Italy ITA Max Tonetto
4 MF Italy ITA Luigi Di Biagio
5 DF Italy ITA Francesco Colonnese
6 MF Italy ITA Dario Marcolin
7 FW Italy ITA Mauro Esposito
8 MF Italy ITA Giampiero Maini
No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW Italy ITA Massimo Agostini
10 FW Italy ITA Benito Carbone
11 MF Italy ITA Massimo Bonanni
14 DF Italy ITA Gabriele Grossi
17 MF Italy ITA Damiano Tommasi
19 DF Italy ITA Massimo Paganin
20 MF Italy ITA Simone Perrotta

Turkey (veterans)

Turkey Turkey (veterans)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Turkey TUR Serdar Kulbilge
DF Turkey TUR Bülent Korkmaz
DF Turkey TUR Emre Aşık
DF Turkey TUR Faruk Atalay
DF Turkey TUR Omer Bulut
MF Turkey TUR Cihan Haspolatlı
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Turkey TUR Mehmet Aurélio
MF Turkey TUR Tuncay Şanlı
MF Turkey TUR Volkan Arslan
FW Turkey TUR Hasan Kabze
FW Turkey TUR Mehmet Yılmaz
FW Turkey TUR Ümit Karan

Results

10 January 2020 (2020-01-10) First semi-final Albania (veterans) Albania 1–1
(2–3 p)
Italy Italy (veterans) Tirana, Albania
18:10 Bogdani 34' Report Esposito 10' Stadium:
Albania)
Penalties
10 January 2020 (2020-01-10) Second semi-final Greece (veterans) Greece 1–0 Turkey Turkey (veterans) Tirana, Albania
19:00 Karagounis 32' (pen.) Report Stadium: Arena Kombëtare
10 January 2020 (2020-01-10) Final Italy (veterans) Italy 1–0 Greece Greece (veterans) Tirana, Albania
19:35 Kotsios 23' (o.g.) Report Stadium:
Albania
)

Goalscorers

Rank Player Goals scored
1 Albania Erjon Bogdani 1
Greece Giorgos Karagounis
Greece Ilias Kotsios (own goal)
Italy Mauro Esposito
By penalty shoot-out
1 Albania Adrian Aliaj 1
Italy Benito Carbone
Italy Dario Marcolin
Albania Ervin Skela
Italy Massimo Bonanni

References

  1. Albanian Football Association
    . 10 January 2020.
  2. Albanian Football Association
    . 29 December 2019.
  3. SuperSport Albania
    . 5 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Turneu i bamirësisë/Shqipëria nuk ia del, Italia shkon në finale pas triumfit me penallti (VIDEO)" [Charity tournament/Albania fails, Italy goes to finals after penalties (VIDEO)] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 10 January 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Formacionet" [Line-ups] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 10 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Δίπλα στους πληγέντες του σεισμού στην Αλβανία ο ΠΣΑΠ" [PSAP next to the victims of the earthquake in Albania]. A-Sports.gr (in Greek). 14 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Türkiye dönüşüme örnek olacak" [Turkey will set an example for transformation] (in Turkish). Milliyet. 12 January 2020.