The Albania national under-19 football team represents Albania in international football at this age level in the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship and the FIFA U-20 World Cup, as well as any other under-19 international football tournaments. It is controlled by Albanian Football Association, the governing body for football in Albania.
History
2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
All matches were played in France.
2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
All matches were played in Russia.
2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
All matches were played in Croatia.
2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
All matches were played in Denmark.
All matches were played in Serbia and Montenegro.
2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Albania were the hosts of all group 7 matches.
2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
The match was completed with a 2–1 scoreline before a 3–0 default victory was awarded to Austria due to Albania fielding an ineligible player.
The match was completed with a 0–1 scoreline before a 0–3 default victory was awarded to Georgia due to Albania fielding an ineligible player.
2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round would have taken place in autumn 2020, and Elite round, would have taken place in spring 2021, but, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, UEFA announced on 13 August 2020 that after consultation with the 55 member associations, the qualifying round was delayed to March 2021, and the elite round was abolished and replaced by play-offs, with the 13 qualifying round group winners joining the top seed by coefficient ranking, Portugal (which originally received a bye to the elite round), in the play-offs in May 2021 to determine the teams qualifying for the final tournament. Furthermore, on 23 February 2021, UEFA announced that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and its effect on staging competitions, the tournament was cancelled.
2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Recent results
2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the friendly matches.
Match dates: 20–22 March 2024
Opposition:Malta
Caps and goals correct as of: 21 November 2023, after the match against Slovenia
Players in bold have been called up or have played at least one full international match with national senior team.
Recent call-ups
Following are listed players called up in the previous 12 months that are still eligible to represent Under 19 team.
Notes
U21 = Was called up from national under-21 squad.
A = Was called up from national senior squad.
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff:
Competitive record
Before 2002, the event was classified as a U-18 tournament.
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.