1982: ALBANIA FIRST TIME IN A UEFA FINAL TOURNAMENT
CYPRUS "U18"-ALBANIA "U18" 1-0
XXXV UEFA Youth Tournament
Until 1980: European Juniores Tournament
Larnaka, April 7th, 1982, second leg: Cyprus-Albania 1-0 (first leg: Tiranė,
March 10th, Albania-Cyprus 4-0, S. Demollari 12'-14', Zacharias og 72', S. Kushta
75'). XXXV UEFA Youth Tournament, 14th eliminatory group; line-up not in photo
order: Sotir Shkurti (Besa), Josif Gjergji (Shkėndija) [Dashnor Dume (Naftėtari)
48'; he isn't in photo], Skėnder Gega (Shkėndija), Roland Iljadhi (Flamurtari),
Isak Pashaj (Vllaznia), Mirel Josa (17 Nėntori), Sulejman Demollari (Dinamo),
Gilbert Rrapo (Skėnderbeu), Sokol Kushta (Flamurtari), Safedin Raxhimi (Dinamo),
Eduard Zhupa (Shkėndija). Head coaches.: Bahri Ishka and Resul Ahmeti.
Final tournament in Finland, Kotka, May 21st: Scotland-Albania 3-0; Lovisa,
May 23rd: Holland-Albania 3-1 (Josa 17', 1-1); Kotka, May 25th: Albania-Turkey
1-1 (Kushta 40', 1-1). Final classification: 1. Scotland, 2. Czechoslovakia,
3. Soviet Union, 4. Poland, 5. Holland, 6. Portugal, 7. Austria, 8. Belgium,
9. Turkey, 10. Finland, 11. Federal Republic of Germany, 12. Bulgaria, 13.
Albania, 14. Hungary, 15. Ireland, 16. Spain