OFFICIAL RSSSF SITE COVERING
THE HISTORY OF ALBANIAN FOOTBALL
FROM 1913 UNTIL THE PRESENT
Since November 28th, 1998

All researches of mine regarding Albanian Soccer they belong to ALBANIAN PEOPLE

My special acknowledgments for their help to, first of all,
BESNIK DIZDARI (Albania), GIUSEPPE MONTAGNA (Italy)
and Dr. Avv. GIOVANNI NAPPI (Italy)

then Dinant Abbink (Ned), Luís Batista (Por), Arlind Ciri (Alb), Fatjon Dautaj (Alb),
Florent Hoxha (Alb-USA), Edmond Mino (Alb), Dr. Admir Mulaj (Alb), Isuf Myrtaj (Alb), Dr. Fatjon Pandovski (Alb), Markus Schaal (Ger), Dr. Ing. Alessandro Salvatore Vergine (Ita), and Shkëlzen Xheladini (Alb-Swi)

I want to thank the tens of thousands of Albanians who turned and are turning over the web pages of mine: that’s the best honour to my life wholly devoted to dear Albania

I listened first time an Albanian match when the great radio-journalist Ismet Bellova, on September 16th, 1970, he broadcasted 17 Nëntori-Ajax 2-2 in Champion Clubs Cup 1970-71, first round

FEDERATA SHQIPTARE E FUTBOLLIT
Founded June 6th, 1930
It entered FIFA during its Congress on June 12th-16th, 1932

Rruga “Labinoti” – Tiranë - ALBANIA
tel.: ++355 43 36 738; fax: ++355 43 46 609
e-mail: fshf@albaniaonline.net
website: www.fshf.org

Albania had been invited to play in II World Cup 1934, but owing to organizing difficulties it didn’t take part. Albania is one of founding members of UEFA in 1954: it took part for first time in European Championships in 1963, for edition 1964.
First participations – 1946, Balkan Cup for National Representatives; 1961, Balkan Clubs Cup; 1963, Olympic Games eliminatory round: for Tokio 1964; 1962-63, Champion Clubs Cup; 1968-69, Cup Winners Cup; 1971-72 (forfaited), 1981-82 (played), UEFA Cup; 1999, UEFA Intertoto Cup; never in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

ROLL OF HONOURS OF ALBANIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION

NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Winners of VIII Balkan Championships (Tiranë, October 1946): the first official international tournament played in Europe after Second World War
Winners of Rothmans Football International Tournament (Valletta, February 2000)

CLUBS
Partizani Tiranë, Winners of Balkan Champion Clubs Cup in 1970

YOUTH NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES

ALBANIA “U-23” (Shpresa nën 23)
3rd place: Balkan Championship 1969 in Romania
3rd place: Balkan Championship 1970 in Bulgaria
2nd place: Balkan Championship 1974 in Romania

ALBANIA “U-21” (Shpresa nën 21)
3rd place: Balkan Championship 1976 in Greece
Winners of the Balkan Championship 1978 (home-away matches)
Winners of the Balkan Championship 1981 in Greece

Qualified among Eight best “Under 21” Teams in European Championships 1984 (Absolute Invincibility from December 7th, 1978 to March 13th, 1984 – Home Invincibility from 1973 to 1984): Authoritative English monthly “World Soccer” in December 1983 proclaimed Albania "Under 21” among best eight world teams:

ALBANIA “U-18” (e Rinisë nën 18)
Albanian Leonard Liti proclaimed the best kicker of Balkan Championship 1978 in Turkey
2nd place: Balkan Championship 1979 in Bulgaria (Agim Maliqati and Leonard Liti of Albania best goalkeeper and defender of BC)
Qualified to Final Tournament of European Championship 1982 in Finland
3rd place: Balkan Championship 1985 in Greece
3rd place: Balkan Championship 1987 in Turkey
2nd place: “Adriatic” Tournament 1990 in Italy
2nd place: Balkan Championship 1990 in Greece
3rd place: Balkan Championship 1995 in Turkey

ALBANIA “U-17” (e Paratërinisë nën 17)
2nd place: “Rijeka” Tournament 1996 in Croatia
Qualified to Second Round of European Championship 2002-03

ALBANIA “U-16” (e Paratërinisë nën 16)
Qualified to Final Tournament of European Championship 1994 in Ireland
2nd place: “Nereo Rocco” Tournament 1996 in Italy

ALBANIA “U-15” (e Paratërinisë nën 15)
Winners of “Beato Annibale Maria di Francia” Tournament 1996 in Italy
3rd place: Balkan Championship 2001 in Albania

ALBANIA “U-14” (e Paratërinisë nën 14)
2nd place: “Primavera” Tournament 1995 in Italy

1937: Luigj Shala, Eqrem Stërmasi and Llazar Mima,
the first Albanian FIFA Referees

1946: Qazim Dervishi, the first Albanian Referee in an International Tournament
best Referee in VIII Balkan Championship

1954: Ramazan Kuka, the first FIFA Referee of Albania after the Second World War

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THE “KOMBËTARJA” PROJECT
Albanian Football National Representative
For its history and statistical data
go to Dr. Besnik Dizdari’s new book

Besnik Dizdari
Buoni i rapporti sportivi italo-albanesi. Alcuni italiani nel passato e nel presente dello sport d'Oltreadriatico
(1995)

Statistics sections of RSSSF Albania

ALBANIAN CLUBS IN MOTHERLAND

Mbi Benfica–Partizani Tiranë 1987

Championship Winnigs Team
by Florent Hoxha and Dr. Fatjon Pandovski

Albanian National Championships
Albanian Second, Third and Fourth Level Championships
Albanian Republic Cup, Supercup, National Spartakiada and “Under 18” Championship

Albanian Clubs Statistics in National Championships, Republic Cups and Super Cup

First edition of National Championship of First Division (Kategoria Superiore/Premier League): 1930 (traditional level 1: Kategoria e Parë)

First edition of Second Division: 1930 (traditional Second Level: Kategoria e Dytë)

First edition of Third Division: 1960 (traditional third level: Kategoria e Tretë)

First edition of Fourth Division: 2003-04 (new fourth level: Kategoria e Katërt)

First edition of National Cup: 1938-39

First edition of National Spartakiada: 1959

ALBANIAN CLUBS IN EUROPE

Champion Clubs Cup (UEFA Champions League from 1991-92)
Cup Winners Cup
Inter–Cities Fairs Cup
UEFA Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
Balkan Clubs Cup

Other links to the sections of RSSSF Albania

Giovanni Nappi’s Works Devoted to Albanian Soccer

Clubs list

The world most complete collection of Albanian present time Football Clubs logos:
Albania+Macedonia+Switzerland+England+Usa

Albanian old football logos

Kombëtarja won Rothmans Football
International Tournament 2000

Two legendary International Tournaments of Partizani Tiranë:
Leipzig (1958) and Hanoi (1963) Spartakiadas

All Albanian kickers, winners of foreign
National Championships and National Cups

The Lexicon of All Time Albanian Football Clubs, Premier Division

The World Most Complete Collection
of Albanian Football Clubs Logos

The Friendly International Matches of Albanian Football Clubs

Kosova Football: the list of National Championships and Cups winners

Links to world most important Albanian soccer and sports web sites

Giovanni Nappi (RSSSF Member): “Albanian Football Yearbook” 2003-2004
Fatjon Pandovski (RSSSF member): Albaniasoccer.com
Albanian American Soccer League
Apolonia Fier
Besa KS 1925
Partizani Online by Eni Zejnati (I)
Partizani Tiranë (II)
Prishtina - Vice-Champion of Central Europa Cup 1984 (Mitropa Cup)
SportAlbania.com
Teuta Durrës
Sportklub Tiranë (I)
Sportklub Tiranë (II)
Sportklub Tiranë (III)
Vllaznia Shkodër
Giovanni Armillotta (RSSSF Member): Albanian Sports History web site

Giovanni Armillotta’s selected articles on Albanian Football

Albania, Città Stalin: una partita di calcio e la fine di un’era. Da Naftëtari Qyteti Stalin-Dinamo Tiranë 0-1 alla caduta dell’ultimo regime stalinista al mondo (“Rinascita”, quotidiano di Roma, IX, 11 giugno 2006)

Nga Kyeziu te Igli Tare: histori e shkurtër e shqiptarëve në Serie A (“Shqiptari i Italisë”, Roma, II, N. 8, Shtator 2005, ff. 8-11); this article has been published also in: “Sporti Shqiptar”, 30 Tetor 2005

Përfaqësuesja shqiptare ka ekzistuar para themelimit të Federatës Kombëtare të Futbollit? (“Shqiptari i Italisë”, Roma, II, N. 8, Shtator 2005, f. 11)

Curiosità dal calcio albanese (“Bota Shqiptare”, Roma, VI, N. 109, 10-23 giugno 2004)

Kërshëri të pabuesueshme të futbollit shqiptar midis legjendës dhe së vërtetës (“Futbolli Shqiptar Magazine”, Tiranë, VI, Nr. 131, 5 Maj 2004)

About the officiality of some international friendly matches of Albanian Soccer National Representative, and generally on officiality of international friendly matches between National Representatives (Only Web, 14 March 2004)

Shtrembërimi i emrit Myrtaj (“Bota Shqiptare”, Roma, VI, N. 103, 11-24 marzo 2004)

Drejt njohjes së tre Kampionate Kombëtare të Luftës: 1939, 1940 dhe 1942 (“Futbolli Shqiptar Magazine”, Tiranë, IV, N. 112, 4 Tetor 2002) (con traduzione italiana)

Diplomaci në sportin, futboll. Një thirrje për UEFA-n (“Sporti”, LVII, Tiranë, N. 43, 31 Korrik 1992) (con traduzione italiana)

Statistike për skuadrat shqiptare në kampionate e Kupa Republike (“Futbolli”, Tiranë, I, N. 19, 5-11 korrik 1992)

Të huajt për vendin dhe sportin tonë – Një intervistë e veçantë (“Sporti”, Tiranë, LVI, N. 87, 1 Nëntor 1991) (con traduzione italiana)

17 Nëntori: Hadu isimhom minn Jum il-Liberazzjoni ta' Tirana (“in-Nazzjon Taghna”, Pieta’, Malta, 10 August 1988) (con traduzione italiana)

Un Paese bussa alla porta del grande calcio. Com'è cresciuta l'Albania! (“La Gazzetta dello Sport”, Milano, 7 ottobre 1986)

Under 21. Un primato dei nostri avversari. I campioncini di Tirana non perdono da cinque anni (“La Gazzetta dello Sport”, Milano, 14 marzo 1984)