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Albania at the UEFA European Championship

{{Short description|Sporting delegation}}

Albania have qualified twice for the UEFA European Championship — in 2016 and 2024. On both occasions, they directly qualified after securing a top two spot in their qualifying group. Euro 2016 was the side's first ever appearance at a major tournament finals.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/news/0253-0d80b5aff89a-63838c0f470c-1000--albania-make-history-in-armenia/ |title=Albania make history in Armenia |publisher=UEFA |date=11 October 2015 |access-date=12 December 2015}} In both appearances so far, they failed to progress past the group stage. They also had an historical qualification attempt during the 1964 European Nations' Cup reaching their the round of 16 the reason being Albania got past the both leg's against Greece, for political reasons forfeited their two matches. In the Round of 16 Albania came on short against Denmark despite their second leg win At the end Albania ranked 9th in Europe.{{cite web | url=http://www.panorama.com.al/sport/shqiperia-ne-fazen-finale-nuk-eshte-hera-e-pare/#gsc.tab=0 | title=Shqipëria në fazën finale? Nuk është hera e parë! }} {{cite web | url=http://www.panorama.com.al/sport/dr-armillotta-ka-te-drejte/#gsc.tab=0 | title="Dr. Armillotta ka të drejtë" }} {{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/teams/2--albania/ | title=The official website for European football }}

Euro 2016

{{main|UEFA Euro 2016}}

{{Albania squad UEFA Euro 2016}}

=Group stage=

{{main|UEFA Euro 2016 Group A}}

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{{:UEFA Euro 2016 Group A|transcludesection=a2}}

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;Ranking of third-placed teams

{{:UEFA Euro 2016|transcludesection=third|showteam=GrA}}

Euro 2024

{{main|UEFA Euro 2024}}

{{Albania squad UEFA Euro 2024}}

=Group stage=

{{main|UEFA Euro 2024 Group B}}

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{{:UEFA Euro 2024 Group B|transcludesection=B2}}

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{{:UEFA Euro 2024 Group B|transcludesection=B5}}

Overall record

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!colspan=10|UEFA European Championship record

!rowspan=40|

!colspan=8|Qualification record

Year

!Round

!width=28|Position

!width=28|{{Tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}

!width=28|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!width=28|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!width=28|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!width=28|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=28|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width=28|Squad

!width=28|Campaign

!width=28|Position

!width=28|{{Tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}

!width=28|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!width=28|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!width=28|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!width=28|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=28|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

{{flagicon|FRA}} 1960

|colspan=9|Did not enter

|colspan=8|Did not enter

{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} 1964

|rowspan=3 colspan=9|Did not qualify

|1964

|Round of 16

430174
{{flagicon|ITA}} 1968

|1968

|3rd

4013012
{{flagicon|BEL}} 1972

|1972

|4th

611459
{{flagicon|YUG}} 1976

|rowspan=2 colspan=9|Did not enter

|rowspan=2 colspan=8|Did not enter

{{flagicon|ITA}} 1980
{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} 1984

|rowspan=8 colspan=9|Did not qualify

|1984

|5th

8026414
{{flagicon|FRG}} 1988

|1988

|4th

6006217
{{flagicon|SWE}} 1992

|1992

|5th

7106221
{{flagicon|ENG}} 1996

|1996

|6th

102261016
{{flagicon|BEL}} {{flagicon|NED}} 2000

|2000

|5th

10145814
{{flagicon|POR}} 2004

|2004

|4th

82241115
{{flagicon|AUT}} {{flagicon|SUI}} 2008

|2008

|5th

122551218
{{flagicon|POL}} {{flagicon|UKR}} 2012

|2012

|5th

10235714
{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} 2016

|Group stage

18th310213Squad

|2016

|2nd

8422105
{{flagicon|EUR}} 2020

|colspan=9|Did not qualify

|2020

|4th

104151614
{{flagicon|GER}} 2024Group stage21st301235Squad

|2024

|1st

8431124
{{flagicon|GBR}} {{flagicon|IRL}} 2028

|rowspan=2 colspan=9|To be determined

|rowspan=2 colspan=8|To be determined

{{flagicon|ITA}} {{flagicon|TUR}} 2032
Total

!Best: Group stage

!2/17

!6

!1

!1

!4

!4

!8

!—

!Total

!14/17

!111

!26

!26

!59

!100

!177

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colspan="2" style="background:#FF0000;color:#FFFFFF;|Albania's European Championship record
First match

|{{fb-rt|ALB}} 0–1 {{fb|SUI}}
(Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, France; 11 June 2016)

Biggest win

|{{fb-rt|ROU}} 0–1 {{fb|ALB}}
(Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon, France; 19 June 2016)

Biggest defeat

|{{fb-rt|FRA|1974}} 2–0 {{fb|ALB}}
(Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France; 15 June 2016)

Best result

|rowspan="2"|Group stage (2016, 2024)

Worst result

See also

{{Portal|Association football}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Albania national football team}}

{{UEFA Euro Countries}}

Category:Countries at the UEFA European Championship

Category:History of the Albania national football team

Head-to-head record

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Opponent

!{{abbr|Pld|Played}}

!{{abbr|W|Won}}

!{{abbr|D|Drawn}}

!{{abbr|L|Lost}}

!{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}

!{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}

!{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}

!Win %

align="left"|{{fb|Croatia}}

{{WDL|1|0|1|0|for=2|against=2|diff=yes}}

align="left"|{{fb|France}}

{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=2|diff=yes}}

align="left"|{{fb|Italy}}

{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=1|against=2|diff=yes}}

align="left"|{{fb|Romania}}

{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=1|against=0|diff=yes}}

align="left"|{{fb|Spain}}

{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=1|diff=yes}}

align="left"|{{fb|Switzerland}}

{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=0|against=1|diff=yes}}

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!Total

{{WDLtot|6|1|1|4|for=4|against=8|diff=yes}}