page_title: List of Albania international footballers
section_title: Players
hierarchical_section_title: List of Albania international footballers / Players
caption_attribution_description: English: Panajot Pano in 1964.
context_page_description: The Albania national football team has represented Albania in international association football since 1946. The Albanian Football Association was founded in 1930 and became a member of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association two years later. However, the team did not play its first official international match until 7 October 1946, suffering a 3–2 defeat to Yugoslavia in the 1946 Balkan Cup. In 1954, Albania was one of the founding members of the Union of European Football Associations and continues to compete as a member of the organisation, which encompasses the countries of Europe and Israel. As of March 2019, Albania have played 328 international fixtures, winning 81, drawing 68 and losing 179. They have played more fixtures against Romania than any other national side, losing 13 of the 19 matches between the sides. In global and continental competitions, the team has competed in qualification groups for both the FIFA World Cup, since 1966, and the UEFA European Championship, since 1964. The team has qualified for one international tournament during its history, UEFA Euro 2016, where they were eliminated in the group stage.
context_section_description: Note: Albania played a friendly match against Kosovo on 13 November 2015. The match was played before Kosovo became a member of FIFA or UEFA and is not recognised as an official match by either organisation but is recognised by the FSHF. As such, the match is excluded from the totals in the table below and the notes column lists which players appeared in the match.
caption: Panajot Pano was selected by the Albanian Football Association as the most outstanding player of the past 50 years.
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