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The game proved popular with the locals and quickly spread throughout the country. [1] Vllaznia was the first football club to be established in 1920, [2] and on 6 June 1930 the Football Association of Albania (FSHF) was founded. [1] Skenderbeu is the oldest football club in Albania and it was funded at the year 1909.
The Albania national football team ( Albanian: Ekipi kombëtar i futbollit të Shqipërisë) represents Albania in men's international football. It is governed by the Albanian Football Federation (FSHF), the governing body for football in Albania. It is a member of UEFA in Europe and FIFA in global competitions.
History of football in Albania. Football arrived in Albania at the beginning of the 20th century. The first recorded match was between students at a Christian mission in Shkodër. The game increased in popularity and by 1919 the first club, KS Vllaznia Shkodër, had been founded. In 1920 SK Tirana was founded.
Although it never played any matches, the Albania national football team existed before the Albanian Football Association (FSHF) was created in 1930. This is evinced by the registration of the Albanian team in the 1929–31 Balkan Cup a year before the creation of the FSHF. [1] The FSHF was founded on 6 June 1930, and two years later, Albania ...
Caucasian Albania. Caucasian Albania is a modern exonym for a former state located in ancient times in the Caucasus, mostly in what is now Azerbaijan (where both of its capitals were located). The modern endonyms for the area are Aghwank and Aluank, among the Udi people, who regard themselves as descended from the inhabitants of Caucasian Albania.
Historical military flags of Albania. Flag of the 6th Detached Regiment (1916) The flag used by the 6th detached regiment (c.1916) during World War I is made of a red woolen cloth, with a black eagle in the center. Below the eagle is the number 6. Three sides of the flag are outlined by a row of triangles.
Flag of Albania. A red field with a black two-headed eagle in the center. [2] A horizontal tricolour with red on the top and bottom stripes, and black in the middle. A double-headed eagle on a white background with a red stripe at the bottom. Vertical version of the flag used when being hung as a banner.
Lorik Cana is the most capped player in the history of Albania with 93 caps. The Albania national football team has represented Albania in international association football since 1946. The Albanian Football Association (Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit; FSHF) [1] was founded in 1930 and became a member of the Fédération Internationale de ...