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Fifa Trigramme: | ALB |
Fifa Rank: | [1] |
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Association: | Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit (FSHF) |
Confederation: | UEFA (Europe) |
Coach: | Erind Resuli |
Captain: | Roald Halimi |
Most Caps: | Roald Halimi (20) |
Top Scorer: | Roald Halimi (11) |
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First Game: | Albania 4 - 13 Greece (Braga, Portugal; 7 November 2003) |
Largest Win: | San Marino 0 - 11 Albania (Ciorescu, Moldova; 17 January 2015) |
Largest Loss: | Portugal 18 - 6 Albania (Braga, Portugal; 8 November 2003) |
World Cup Apps: | 0 |
Regional Name: | European Championship |
Regional Cup Apps: | 0 |
The Albanian national futsal team represents Albania in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Albanian Football Association. The team debuted in the 2005 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifiers. They won the first match 8–6 against England, and then they drew to Cyprus, but failed to qualify because of goal difference. In the 2007 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifiers, Albania performed badly, losing all of its matches and finishing last in its group. In the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifiers, Albania was drawn against Slovenia, Greece, and Malta. They ended up in second place, winning two matches and losing only one. In the end, Slovenia topped the group and advanced to the two-legged play-offs.
See also: FIFA Futsal World Cup.
FIFA Futsal World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | Squad | Year | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | ||||||||||||||
2004 | Did not qualify | 2004 | 3rd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Did not qualify | 2008 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Did not qualify | 2012 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Did not qualify | 2016 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Did not qualify | 2020 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Did not qualify | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | — | 0/6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Total | 5/5 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 54 | 70 |
See also: UEFA Futsal Championship.
UEFA Futsal Championship record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | Squad | Year | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | ||||||||||||||
2005 | Did not qualify | 2005 | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2007 | Did not qualify | 2007 | 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Did not qualify | 2010 | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Did not qualify | 2012 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Did not qualify | 2014 | 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Did not qualify | 2016 | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Did not qualify | 2018 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Did not qualify | 2022 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2026 | To be determined | 2026 | To be determined | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | — | 0/9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Total | 8/9 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 86 | 96 |
See also: Mediterranean Futsal Cup.
Albania's only participation in a major tournament in futsal came at the 2010 Mediterranean Futsal Cup held in Libya.
In this tournament, the Albanians secured 11th place after a poor start in their group, losing all of their matches. They were able to beat Cyprus 3–4 despite being 3–0 down on the result in the Classification 9th–16th round. After a close loss to rivals Greece (1–2), they beat Algeria in their rematch for 11th place (1–3), securing their second and final win at this tournament. This represents Albania's last participation in a major or regional futsal tournament to date.
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Libya 2010 | Classification 9th–16th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 22 | -10 | |||||||||
Total | 0/1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 22 | -10 |
The following players were called up for the UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 qualifying.[2]
All caps and goals as of 1 February 2020 after match against, only competitive matches are included.