| Date | Match | Result | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Mar 1989 | Albania v England | W | 0-2 | FIFA World Cup |
| 26 Apr 1989 | England v Albania | W | 5-0 | FIFA World Cup |
| 28 Mar 2001 | Albania v England | W | 1-3 | FIFA World Cup |
| 05 Sep 2001 | England v Albania | W | 2-0 | FIFA World Cup |
| 28 Mar 2021 | Albania v England | W | 0-2 | FIFA World Cup |
| 12 Nov 2021 | England v Albania | W | 5-0 | FIFA World Cup |
| 21 Mar 2025 | England v Albania | W | 2-0 | FIFA World Cup |
| 16 Nov 2025 | Albania v England | FIFA World Cup |
Although it never played any matches, the Albanian national football team existed before their Association was "created" on 6 June 1930.
Albania joined FIFA during a congress held between 12 and 16 June. Albania was invited to play in the 1934 World Cup, but did not take part due to logistical problems. Albania played its first international match against Yugoslavia in 1946, which ended in a 3–2 home defeat at Qemal Stafa Stadium. In 1946, Albania also participated for the first time in the Balkan Cup, in which Albania won by beating Romania 1–0 in the final.
In 1954, Albania was one of the founding members of UEFA. Albania waited until 1962 to compete in a Euro Cup competition, and the reason being Albania got past the first leg against Greece, for political reasons forfeited the game. At the end of the tournament Albania ranked 9th in Europe. Albania participated at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the Men's qualification tournament, and closely lost both matches against Bulgaria in the preliminary round. They would participate for the second and last time at the 1972 Summer Olympics in which they faced Romania at the European qualifiers in the playoffs. Albania would lose both matches narrowly, 2–1 in the first leg and at home in the second leg.
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Albania participated for the first time in a qualifying phase of the1966 World Cup. The team was drawn in the Group 5, finishing in the last position with only one point from six matches.
In the 1968 UEFA qualifier, Albania drew 0–0 against West Germany, denying the Germans a chance to participate in the finals. Albania did not participate in World Cup 1970, UEFA Euro 1976, World Cup 1978 and UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying for unknown political reasons.
After six years without playing any international matches, Albania entered the 1982 World Cup, finishing second-to-last in the qualifying stages. For qualifying for the World Cup four years later, Albania beat Belgium in Tirana 2–0 as well as drawing Poland in Mielec 2–2.
The football rivalry between Albania and Serbia is partly due to historic tensions between the two countries. It has been described as "one of the fiercest rivalries in the world". During the Euro 2016 qualifiers with Portugal, Denmark and Armenia, the Serbian crowd were chanting "kill, kill Albanians" and were throwing flares at Albania, after which there was a clash between the two teams.
Both countries were drawn in the same group for the 2026 FIFA Qualifiers with England, Latvia and Andorra. BY THE WAY...no new England manager has lost his first game since ALF RAMSEY lost to France in 1963; Wednesday 27th February 1963 2-5 at Parc de Princes EURO 64 Rd 1 2nd Leg...3-6 on aggregate....England did not progress!!! No trouble this time....!!
TODAY is the last match of the qualifying group.
1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 21 | ||
2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | ||
3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 10 | ||
4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 5 | ||
5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -13 | 1 |
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