Albania national under-20 football team


The Albania national under-20 football team, also known as Albania U20, is the national under-20 football team of Albania and is controlled by the Football Association of Albania.
The under-20 squad is often cited as a feeder squad to the under-21 squad. Most of the player picked for this team are U-21 internationals already.
Because there is no under-20 competition at UEFA level, Albania's under-20 side has generally only competed when it has qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every 2 years. Qualification for this competition is achieved in view of performance at the preceding summer's UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.
Albania have never played a game with the U-20 squad and the team was only formed after an invitation to play in 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy. Then Albania under-20 participated in the next tournament 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey.
In 2017 the Albanian Football Association decided to "reborn" the under-20 side by assigning a Friendly match against Georgia under-20 side on 14 November 2017 at David Petriashvili Stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia.

History

2009 Mediterranean Games

Group D

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Squad

The following players were called up and participated in the 2009 Mediterranean Games football tournament, which began on 25 June in Pescara, Italy.
COACH: Artan Bushati

2013 Mediterranean Games

Preliminary round - Group A

Classification stage - 5–8 matches

Classification stage - 7th place match

Players

Current squad

Manager: Ilir Biturku
The following players were called up for the friendly match against Croatia on 16 November 2019
Caps and goals as of 11 November 2019

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Albania U20 squad within the past 12 months.
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Current coaching staff:
PositionName
Head Coach Ilir Biturku
Assistant Coach Arjan Bellaj
Goalkeeping Coach Alfred Osmani
Athletic Coach Iris Selimi
Team Doctor Erald Derveni
Physiotherapists Gledi Rexha
Physiotherapists Edison Koçi
Base materials Roland Rarani

Tournament history

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Mediterranean Games - Football