The Albania national under-15 football team is the national under-15

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team of

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and is controlled by the

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and was founded in 2009.

History

The Albania under-15 were founded in 2009 for participating in the

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(

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) and the head coach was appointed

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, former and last native coach of Albania senior side until 2002. Albania under-15 played their first match against

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in the semi-final qualification round on 17 October 2009 winning 2–0 with goals scored by Jurgen Vatnikaj and Enes Hoxha.U-15 / Shqiperi-Lihtenshtein 2-0
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on 19 October 2009. However, they lost 1–2, missing their participation in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics finals.U-15 / Shqiperi - Mali i Zi 1-2
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2010 Summer Youth Olympics (Football) qualification round

Squad

COACH:

The following players participated in the

(

) qualification round.

Refoundation

On 25 July 2016 the

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announced to have planned a "reborn" of the Albania under-15 starting with several selection in August, principally for youth talents in

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on 11 & 12 August and in

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on 13 August. On 28 September 2016 Albania U-15 had a gathering in the national team training center

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for two days. Alessandro Recenti coach, had accumulated nearly 35 players who were selected from collections made in

and Albania. Following the departure of Alessandro Recenti, on 27 January 2017

appointed Eqerem Memushi as the under-15 head coach to take the vacant place. Following a 3-months selection in some zones around Albania, on 28 April 2017 an under-15 squad was contoured with 20 players which participated in a 5 days gathering between 9–13 May 2017.Konturohet Kombëtarja U-15, ja lojtarët!
FSHF.org A week after, the under-15 team started another gathering in

Durrës Durrës ( , ; sq-definite, Durrësi) is the second most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is located on a flat plain along the Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast between the mouths of ...

, Albania between dates 17–19 May 2017 with a squad which contained 21 players.KOMBËTARJA U-15, TRAJNERI MEMUSHAJ NIS GRUMBULLIMIN
FSHF.org They made their first gathering to play their first matches since refoundation in September 2017 for the double

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es against Montenegro U15 on 28 & 30 September 2017. They lost the first match at Reshit Rusi Stadium,

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0–4.

Results and fixtures

2017

Players

Current squad

COACH: Eqerem Memushi The following players were called up for the double

es against Montenegro U15 on 28 & 30 September 2017.

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the last 12 months.

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff:Kombëtarja U-15 (Albania national under-15 team)
FSHF.org

Competitive record

Youth Olympic Games

''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on

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References

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