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UEFA is the organiser of two of the most prestigious competitions in international football: The UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League. The main competition for men's national teams is the UEFA European Championship (also known as the Euro), which started in 1958, with the first finals in 1960 , and was known as the European ...
The Albanian Football Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë), which is the country's main knockout cup competition, was established in 1939.The winners are entitled to compete in the UEFA Europa League, at the First qualifying round stage.
SuperSport is an Albanian group of television sports channels operated by terrestrial television platform DigitAlb.The channels broadcast a range of different sports such as the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, German Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2, Dutch Eredivisie, French Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Euro, UEFA Europa Conference League, Copa América, ATP 500, ATP 1000 ...
Football association: Albanian Football Association Top-level league: Kategoria Superiore (transl. Superior Category) UEFA ranking: 46th [6]; Soccerway profile: here The top division of Albanian football was formed in 1930, and the inaugural title was won by SK Tirana (now known as KF Tirana).
[citation needed] Football is played by children at school and by grown-ups on the many indoor and outdoor fields located throughout the country. The sport is governed by the Football Association of Albania (Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit). The first recorded match was between students at a Christian mission in Shkodër. Other towns and cities ...
Albanian football clubs have competed in European football tournaments since the 1962-63 season when Partizani Tirana played in the European Cup.Clubs took part in the UEFA Champions League (formerly the European Cup), UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League and UEFA Intertoto Cup.
Albania began UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group I with an emphatic 1–0 away win against Portugal, [26] [27] followed by a 1–1 draw against Denmark at the newly renovated Elbasan Arena. [28] They then beat Serbia 3–0 in a match full of incidents. They finally qualified for a Euro, its first appearance at a major men's football tournament. [29]
The Albanian Football Federation (Albanian: Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit; FSHF) is the governing body of football in Albania.Headquartered in Tirana, it organizes the national football leagues of Kategoria Superiore, Kategoria e Parë, Kategoria e Dytë, Kategoria e Tretë, Albanian Cup, Supercup, Kategoria Superiore Femra and the Albanian Women's Cup.