The Albania national football team was first established in 1930 following the creation of Albanian Football Association on the same year. The first ever manager of the team was Ljubiša Broćić who guided Albania in the first international matches in 1946. Since then, 27 other managers have been in charge of Albania, with Gianni De Biasi being more successful, leading the team to their second ever UEFA European Championship participation in 2016 after the Euros in 1964. The current manager of the Albania national team is former Brazilian international Sylvinho, who assumed charge in 2023.

List of managers

Loro Boriçi has been the manager of the national team in four separate stints.

This is a chronological list of the managers who have guided Albania since 1946.[1]

No. Name From To Record Stint
G W D L Win %
1. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubiša Broćić 22 August 1946 (1946-08-22) 13 October 1946 (1946-10-13) 4 3 0 1 075.00 1st
2. Albania Adem Karapici 25 May 1947 (1947-05-25) 1 0 0 1 000.00
3. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubiša Broćić 15 June 1947 (1947-06-15) 20 August 1947 (1947-08-20) 2 0 0 2 000.00 2nd
4. Albania Adem Karapici 14 September 1947 (1947-09-14) 27 June 1948 (1948-06-27) 4 1 1 2 025.00
5. Albania Sllave Llambi 23 October 1949 (1949-10-23) 17 November 1949 (1949-11-17) 3 0 2 1 000.00 —
6. Albania Ludovik Jakova 29 October 1949 (1949-10-29) 8 October 1950 (1950-10-08) 6 1 1 4 016.67
7. Albania Myslym Alla 29 November 1952 (1952-11-29) 7 December 1952 (1952-12-07) 2 2 0 0 100.00 1st
8. Hungary Miklós Vadas 29 November 1953 (1953-11-29) 1 1 0 0 100.00 —
9. Soviet Union Nikolay Lyukshinov 1956 1957 — [2]
10. Albania Loro Boriçi 15 September 1957 (1957-09-15) 29 June 1963 (1963-06-29) 7 2 1 4 028.57 1st
11. Albania Zyber Konçi 30 October 1963 (1963-10-30) 7 May 1965 (1965-05-07) 7 1 1 5 014.29
12. Albania Loro Boriçi 24 November 1965 (1965-11-24) 21 June 1972 (1972-06-21) 14 1 3 10 007.14 2nd
13. Albania Myslym Alla 29 October 1972 (1972-10-29) 6 May 1973 (1973-05-06) 3 0 0 3 000.00
14. Albania Ilia Shuke 10 October 1973 (1973-10-10) 8 November 1973 (1973-11-08) 3 1 1 1 033.33 —
15. Albania Loro Boriçi 3 November 1976 (1976-11-03) 1 1 0 0 100.00 3rd
16. Albania Zyber Konçi 3 September 1980 (1980-09-03) 6 December 1980 (1980-12-06) 4 1 0 3 025.00 2nd
17. Albania Loro Boriçi 1 April 1981 (1981-04-01) 18 November 1981 (1981-11-18) 4 0 0 4 000.00 4th
18. Albania Shyqyri Rreli 22 September 1982 (1982-09-22) 30 May 1985 (1985-05-30) 14 1 4 9 007.14 1st
19. Albania Agron Sulaj 30 October 1985 (1985-10-30) 18 November 1987 (1987-11-18) 7 0 1 6 000.00
20. Albania Shyqyri Rreli 6 August 1988 (1988-08-06) 15 November 1989 (1989-11-15) 9 0 2 7 000.00 2nd
21. Albania Bejkush Birçe 30 May 1990 (1990-05-30) 1 0 0 1 000.00 1st
22. Albania Agron Sulaj 5 September 1990 (1990-09-05) 19 December 1990 (1990-12-19) 3 0 0 3 000.00 2nd
23. Albania Bejkush Birçe 30 March 1991 (1991-03-30) 14 May 1994 (1994-05-14) 19 3 2 14 015.79
24. Albania Neptun Bajko 7 September 1994 (1994-09-07) 14 December 1996 (1996-12-14) 17 3 4 10 017.65 —
25. Albania Astrit Hafizi 29 March 1997 (1997-03-29) 9 October 1999 (1999-10-09) 23 3 6 14 013.04
26. Albania Medin Zhega 6 February 2000 (2000-02-06) 6 June 2001 (2001-06-06) 13 5 1 7 038.46
27. Albania Sulejman Demollari 1 September 2001 (2001-09-01) 17 April 2002 (2002-04-17) 9 3 1 5 033.33
28. Italy Giuseppe Dossena 12 October 2002 (2002-10-12) 16 October 2002 (2002-10-16) 2 0 1 1 000.00
29. Germany Hans-Peter Briegel 12 February 2003 (2003-02-12) 22 March 2006 (2006-03-22) 31 10 3 18 032.26
30. CroatiaAustria Otto Barić 16 August 2006 (2006-08-16) 17 October 2007 (2007-10-17) 13 4 5 4 030.77
31. CroatiaAustria Slavko Kovačić 17 November 2007 (2007-11-17) 21 November 2007 (2007-11-21) 2 0 0 2 000.00 Caretaker
32. Netherlands Arie Haan 27 May 2008 (2008-05-27) 1 April 2009 (2009-04-01) 10 2 4 4 020.00 —
33. Croatia Josip Kuže 6 June 2009 (2009-06-06) 11 October 2011 (2011-10-11) 24 8 5 11 033.33
34. Bosnia and Herzegovina Džemal Mustedanagić 11 November 2011 (2011-11-11) 15 November 2011 (2011-11-15) 2 0 1 1 000.00 Caretaker
35. ItalyAlbania Gianni De Biasi 29 February 2012 (2012-02-29) 14 June 2017 (2017-06-14) 54 21 12 21 038.89 —
36. Italy Christian Panucci 19 July 2017 (2017-07-19) 23 March 2019 (2019-03-23) 15 4 2 9 026.67
37. Albania Ervin Bulku 23 March 2019 (2019-03-23) 17 April 2019 (2019-04-17) 1 1 0 0 100.00 Caretaker
38. ItalySlovenia Edoardo Reja 17 April 2019 (2019-04-17) 30 November 2022 (2022-11-30) 38 14 9 15 036.84 —
39. Brazil Sylvinho 1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) 8 5 2 1 062.50 —

References

  1. ^ "Albania national team managers". eu-football.info. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Nikolay Lyukshinov". FootballFacts (in Russian).

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