ALBANIAN
FOOTBALL
CHRONOLOGICAL PHOTO GALLERY
Official
RSSSF Site covering
the history of Albanian Football
from 1913 until the present
edited by Dr. Besnik
Dizdari,
the Doyen of “France Football” Ballon d’Or International
Jury
Kombëtarja
won Rothmans Football
International Tournament 2000
The Lexicon of All Time Albanian Football Clubs
PHOTO
The first international
match (1913)
Indipendenca Shkodër-Austro
Hungarian Imperial Navy 1-2
Sportklub Tiranë
won six Albanian Championships (1930-1937)
A 30s Sportklub team
The first non-Tiranë
Champion of Albania (1933)
Skënderbeu
Korçë, Champion of Albania
Albanian Winners
in Italy during 1941-42 Football Season
Naim Krieziu (Winner
of Italian National Championship with AS Roma)
Riza
Lushta (Winner of Italy Cup with FC Juventus)
Riza Lushta and
his three goals against Milan (1942)
Juventus Torino-Milan
4-1 (replay of the final of Italy Cup)
first final: Milan-Juventus 1-1
The first Albanian
Championship after the Second World War (1945)
Vllaznia Shkodër,
Champion of Albania
Albania "National
Representative" (Kombëtarja)
won Balkan Championship (1946)
Albania-Bulgaria 3-1
(Kombëtarja)
Albania-Bulgaria 3-1
(Loro Boriçi, 65th, 2-1)
Albania-Romania 1-0
(Kombëtarja)
Albania-Romania 1-0
(Qamil Teliti, 55th)
Loro Boriçi
(1922-1984)
Vllaznia twice
(1946)
Prof. Anton Mazreku
and the Captain of Vllaznia Shkodër
Friendly match
against "disguised" Great Hungary (1948)
XI of Tirana-XI of
Budapest 3-1
Balkan and Central
Europe Championship (1948)
The first away victory of Albania
Romania-Albania 0-1
(Kombëtarja)
Romania-Albania 0-1
(Loro Boriçi in action)
Romania-Albania 0-1
(the two National Representatives)
Balkan and Central
Europe Championship (1948)
Albania against Puskas & Co. (1948)
Albania-Great
Hungary 0-0 (Hungarian goalkeeper Toth while saves 0-0)
Friendly matches
Albania-Poland 0-0
(1950: Kombëtarja)
Albania-Poland 2-0
(1953: Hamdi Bakalli and Simon Deda)
Albania-German Democratic
Republic 1-1 (1958)
Partizani home
début in European Cups (1961)
First edition of Balkan Clubs Cup:
Partizani-Levski Sofia 2-0
The
finals of Leipzig Army (1958) and Hanoi (1963) "Spartakiadas",
Champion Clubs' Cups of Communist States
Début round
in European Championship (1963)
Albania-Denmark 1-0
Début in
World Cup (1964)
Holland (The Netherlands)-Albania
2-0 (Kombëtarja)
Partizani in Champion
Clubs Cup (1964)
Partizani Tiranë-1.
FC Köln 0-0 (first leg: Panajot Pano in action)
second leg: 1. FC Köln-Partizani 2-0
Albania eliminates
Northern Ireland
from World Cup (1965)
Albania-Northern Ireland
1-1 (Bashkim Rudi, Pat Jennings and Mexhid Haxhiu)
17 Nëntori in
Balkan Clubs Cup (1966)
17 Nëntori Tiranë-Rapid
Bucharest (Romania) 1-2 (Group 2)
Albania eliminates
world vice-champions of Federal Republic of Germany
from European Champhionship (1967)
Albania-Federal Republic
of Germany 0-0 (Kombëtarja)
Albania-Federal Republic
of Germany 0-0 (Referee doesn't see Albanian goal)
Albania-Federal Republic
of Germany 0-0 (Panajot Pano in action)
Albanian début
in Cup Winners Cup (1968)
Partizani Tiranë-Torino
Calcio 1-0 (first leg)
second leg: Torino Calcio-Partizani 3-1
17 Nëntori
in Champion Clubs Cup (1969)
17 Nëntori Tiranë-Standard
Liège 1-1 (second leg: Skënder Hyka in action)
first leg: Standard Liège-17 Nëntori 3-0
17 Nëntori
in Champion Clubs Cup against great Ajax (1970)
17 Nëntori Tiranë-Ajax
Amsterdam 2-2 (first leg: Medin Zhega in action)
second leg: Ajax-17 Nëntori 2-0
Some matches in
European Championship (1971)
Albania-Poland 1-1
(Kombëtarja)
Albania-Turkey 3-0
(Ilir Përnaska in action)
In
1974-75 Labinoti
(today Klubi Sportiv Elbasani) broke 1938-1974 Tiranë-Shkodër axis
in Albanian Cup
Republic (1975)
Albania "Under
21" (Shpresa)
wins "Under 21" Balkan Championship (1978)
Albania-Romania 7-1,
final (Shpresa)
Albania-Romania 7-1
(Dashnor Bajaziti, 80th, 5-0)
Albania-Romania 7-1
(Loro Boriçi and Shyqyri Ballgjini)
Albania-Romania 7-1
(Triumphal round)
Vllaznia début
in Champion Clubs Cup (1978)
Vllaznia Shkodër-Austria
Wien 2-0 (first leg: Medin Zhega, 8th, 1-0)
Vllaznia Shkodër-Austria
Wien 2-0 (first leg: Shyqyri Balgjini, 57th, 2-0)
second leg: Austria-Vllaznia 4-1
Partizani in Champion
Clubs Cup (1979)
Partizani Tiranë-Celtic
Glasgow 1-0 (first leg: Agim Murati's goal)
second leg: Celtic-Partizani 4-1
Kombëtarja
return in an official match after 7 years, for World Cup (1980)
Albania-Finland 2-0
(Kombëtarja)
Partizani in Cup
Winners Cup (1980)
Partizani-Malmö
FF 0-0 (second leg)
first leg: Malmö FF-Partizani 1-0
Albania "Under
21" (Shpresa)
wins again "Under 21" Balkan Championship (1981)
Albania-Bulgaria 2-1,
final (Shpresa)
Albania-Bulgaria 2-1
(Albania in action)
Partizani in Champion
Clubs Cup (1981)
Partizani Tiranë-Austria
Wien 1-0 (second leg)
first leg: Austria-Partizani 3-1
Dinamo début
in UEFA Cup (1981)
Dinamo Tiranë-Carl
Zeiss Jena 1-0 (first leg)
second leg: Carl Zeiss-Dinamo 4-0
The semifinal (second
leg) of Balkan Cup (1982)
17 Nëntori Tiranë-Larisa
3-0 (the two Captains)
17 Nëntori Tiranë-Larisa
3-0 (an Agustin Kola's goal)
first leg: Larisa-17 Nëntori Tiranë 3-1
17 Nëntori
in Champion Clubs Cup (1982)
in eighth final Albanians refused to play with Soviet Dinamo
Kiev
17 Nëntori Tiranë-Linfield
Belfast 1-0 (first leg: first half)
17 Nëntori Tiranë-Linfield
Belfast 1-0 (first leg: Agustin Kola's goal, 74th)
Linfield Belfast-17
Nëntori Tiranë 2-1 (second leg, 17 Nëntori qualifies)
Dinamo in Cup Winners
Cup (1982)
Dinamo Tiranë-Aberdeen
0-0 (second leg)
first leg: Aberdeen-Dinamo 1-0
Albania "Under
18" (e Rinisë)
qualified in Finnish Final UEFA
Youth Tournament (1982)
Cyprus-Albania
1-0 (all eleven; second leg)
first leg: Albania-Cyprus 4-0
Albania in European
Championship (1982-1983)
Albania-Northern Ireland
0-0 (1982: an Agustin Kola's attack)
Albania-F.R. of Germany
1-2 (1983: Kombëtarja)
17 Nëntori
in Cup Winners Cup (1983)
17 Nëntori Tiranë-Hammarby
(Sweden) 2-1 (second leg)
first leg: Hammarby-17 Nëntori 4-0
Albania "Under
21" (Shpresa) qualifies to quarter-finals
of "Under 21" European Championship (1983)
Albania-Austria 3-0
(Arben Vila's goal, 75th)
Federal Republic of
Germany-Albania 1-1 (first half, Mirel Josa's goal, 41th)
Federal Republic of
Germany-Albania 1-1 (after Mirel Josa's goal)
Federal Republic of
Germany-Albania 1-1 (second half, Sulejman Demollari's action)
Another... F.R.
of Germany-Albania 2-1
from European Championship (1983)
Federal Republic of
Germany-Albania 2-1 (Kombëtarja)
Federal Republic of
Germany-Albania 2-1 (0-1, Genc Tomori's goal, 22nd)
Federal Republic of
Germany-Albania 2-1 (Luan Vukatana, Arjan Hametaj and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge)
Federal Republic of
Germany-Albania 2-1 (Kristaq Eksarko, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Luan Vukatana and
Ferid Ragami)
Federal Republic of
Germany-Albania 2-1 (Arjan Hametaj and Rudolf Völler)
In 1983-84 Labinoti
(today Klubi Sportiv Elbasani) breaks 1934-1983 Tiranë-Shkodër axis
in Albanian Championship
Labinoti Elbasani,
Champion of Albania
Albania beat Belgium
2-0 in World Cup (1984)
Albania-Belgium 2-0
(Kombëtarja)
Albania-Belgium 2-0
(Mirel Josa's goal, 69th)
Albania-Belgium 2-0
(Mirel Josa after his goal and Adnan Ocelli)
Albania-Belgium 2-0
(Vincenzo Scifo and Mirel Josa)
Albania-Belgium 2-0
(Shqëlqim Muça and Sulejman Demollari)
Albania-Belgium 2-0
(Agustin Kola)
For the fist time
Flamurtari won the Cup of Albanian (1985)
Flamurtari Vlorë,
winners of Cup of Republic
Albania against
Boniek's Poland in World Cup (1985)
Albania-Poland 0-1
(Kombëtarja)
Albania-Poland 0-1
(the two Captains: Muhedin Targaj and Zbigniew Boniek)
Dinamo in UEFA
Cup (1985)
Dinamo Tiranë-Hamrun
Spartans (Malta) 1-0 (first leg: the two Captains: Muhedin Targaj and George
Xuereb)
Dinamo Tiranë-Hamrun
Spartans (Malta) 1-0 (first leg: the 11 Albanian kickers; Dinamo qualifies in
second leg)
second leg: Hamrun Spartans-Dinamo 0-0
Dinamo Tiranë-Sporting
Lisboa 0-0 (first leg: Venancio and Eduard Abazi)
Sporting Lisboa-Dinamo
Tiranë 1-0 (second leg: Sulejman Demollari and Pacheco)
17 Nëntori
in Cup Winners Cup (1986)
17 Nëntori Tiranë-Dinamo
Bucuresti 1-0 (first leg)
second leg: Dinamo-17 Nëntori 1-2
Malmö FF-17 Nëntori
Tiranë 0-0 (second leg: M. Baçi, Larsson and A. Bimo)
first leg: 17 Nëntori Tiranë-Malmö FF 0-3
Flamurtari début
in UEFA Cup (1986)
Flamurtari Vlorë-Barcelona
1-1 (first leg: Vasil Ruci)
second leg: Barcelona-Flamurtari 0-0
Flamurtari in UEFA
Cup (1987)
Flamurtari Vlorë-Partizan
Beograd 2-0 (first leg: Vasil Ruci)
second leg: Partizan-Flamurtari 2-1
Flamurtari-Wismut Aue
(German Democratic Republic) 2-0 (second leg)
first leg: Wismut-Flamurtari 1-0
Flamurtari Vlorë-Barcelona
1-0 (second leg: Caldera, Solok Kushta, Schuster and Manolo)
first leg: Barcelona-Flamurtari 4-1
Albania "Under
18" (e Rinisë) in UEFA Youth Tournament (1988)
Albania-Bulgaria 1-0
(E Rinisë)
Albania-Bulgaria 1-0
(Alibali and Riza)
17 Nëntori
in Champion Clubs Cup (1988)
17 Nëntori Tiranë
at Valletta airport (three photos taken by Giovanni Nappi)
Friendly match
(1989)
Albania-Greece 1-1
(the two Captains: Arben Minga and Mavridis)
Albania-Greece 1-1
(Lefter Millo)
17 Nëntori
in Champion Clubs Cup (1989)
17 Nëntori Tiranë-Sliema
Wanderers (Malta) 5-0 (Sinan Bardhi)
first leg: Sliema Wanderers-17 Nëntori 1-0
Dinamo in Cup Winners
Cup (1989)
Dinamo Tiranë-Cernomorec
Burgas (Bulgaria) 4-0 (second leg; the four bombers: Sulejman Demollari, Adrian
Jançe, Eduard Abazi and Agim Canaj)
first leg: Cernomorec-Dinamo 3-1
Dinamo Tiranë-Dinamo
Bucuresti 1-0 (first leg: after Agim Canaj's goal)
second leg: Dinamo B.-Dinamo T. 2-0
For the second
time Albania "Under 18" (e Rinisë)
won silver medal to "Under 18" Balkan Championship (1990)
All "Shqipëria
e Rinisë"
Dinamo in Champion
Clubs Cup (1990)
Dinamo Tiranë-Olympique
Marseille 0-0 (second leg: Arben Milori, Vercruysse and Ilir Sillo)
first leg: Olympique-Dinamo 5-1
Albania in European
Championship (1991)
Albania-Iceland 1-0
(Kombëtarja)
For the fist time
Flamurtari won the Albanian Championship (1991)
Flamurtari Vlorë,
Champion of Albania
Flamurtari début
in Champion Clubs Cup...
...another home goal elimination! (1991)
IFG Göteborg-Flamurtari
0-0 (first leg: the goalkeeper Refat Naço)
second leg: Flamurtari-IFK Göteborg 1-1 (Viktor Daullja
26th, Johnny Ekström 67th)
Albania in World
Cup (1992)
Albania-Lithuania
1-0 (Kombëtarja)
MISCELLANY
The first match
of National Representative of Republic of Kosova (1993)
Selection of Albania-Kosova
3-1 (Kombëtarja of Kosova)
A Legendary match:
F.R. of Germany-Albania 4-3 (1997)
Albania
lost after regular time!
55' 0-1, 64' 1-1, 73' 2-1, 80'
2-2, 86' 3-2, 88' 3-3, 91' 4-3
"La Gazzetta dello Sport" (Milan), October 12th, 1997
Kombëtarja won Rothmans Football International Tournament in Malta (2000)