The Albania national under-20 football team 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.Peskara 2009, Shqipëria zbardh listën e futbollistëve - 2009-06-17 Gazeta Start
COACH: Artan Bushati
2013 Mediterranean Games
Preliminary round - Group A
Classification stage - 5–8 matches
Classification stage - 7th place match
Players
Current squad The following players were called up for the friendly match. Match date: 12 June 2021 Opposition:
Recent call-ups The following players have been called up for Albania U20 squad within the past 12 months.
Notes INJ Withdrew due to injury PRE Preliminary squad / standby RET Retired from international football SUS Suspended from national team
Coaching staff Current coaching staff:Kombëtarja U-21 (Albania national under-21 team) FSHF.org 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 YearRoundGPWD*LGSGA 1977did not qualify 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021Cancelled 2023did not qualify 2025 2027To be determinedTotal0/25000000
Mediterranean Games - Football Football at the Mediterranean Games recordYearRoundPositionGPWDLGSGA 2009Group stage10th200215 2013Group stage8th5014511Total0/2Best: 8th7016616
See also Albania national football team Albania national under-23 football team Albania national under-21 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 FIFA U-20 World Cup website Official FA Albania site