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 edit
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. |  Ljubiša Broćić
|
22 August 1946 | 13 October 1946 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00 | 1st |
| 2. |  Adem Karapici
|
25 May 1947 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| 3. | Ljubiša Broćić
|
15 June 1947 | 20 August 1947 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 2nd |
| 4. | Adem Karapici
|
14 September 1947 | 27 June 1948 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25.00 | |
| 5. | Sllave Llambi
|
23 October 1949 | 17 November 1949 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | — |
| 6. | Ludovik Jakova
|
29 October 1949 | 8 October 1950 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16.67 | |
| 7. | Myslym Alla
|
29 November 1952 | 7 December 1952 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 1st |
| 8. |  Miklós Vadas
|
29 November 1953 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | — | |
| 9. |  Nikolay Lyukshinov
|
1956 | 1957 | — | [2] | ||||
| 10. | Loro Boriçi
|
15 September 1957 | 29 June 1963 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 28.57 | 1st |
| 11. | Zyber Konçi
|
30 October 1963 | 7 May 1965 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14.29 | |
| 12. | Loro Boriçi
|
24 November 1965 | 21 June 1972 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7.14 | 2nd |
| 13. | Myslym Alla
|
29 October 1972 | 6 May 1973 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | |
| 14. | Ilia Shuke
|
10 October 1973 | 8 November 1973 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33 | — |
| 15. | Loro Boriçi
|
3 November 1976 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 3rd | |
| 16. | Zyber Konçi
|
3 September 1980 | 6 December 1980 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25.00 | 2nd |
| 17. | Loro Boriçi
|
1 April 1981 | 18 November 1981 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 4th |
| 18. | Shyqyri Rreli
|
22 September 1982 | 30 May 1985 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7.14 | 1st |
| 19. | Agron Sulaj
|
30 October 1985 | 18 November 1987 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.00 | |
| 20. | Shyqyri Rreli
|
6 August 1988 | 15 November 1989 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0.00 | 2nd |
| 21. | Bejkush Birçe
|
30 May 1990 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1st | |
| 22. | Agron Sulaj
|
5 September 1990 | 19 December 1990 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 2nd |
| 23. |  Bejkush Birçe
|
30 March 1991 | 14 May 1994 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 15.79 | |
| 24. | Neptun Bajko
|
7 September 1994 | 14 December 1996 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17.65 | — |
| 25. | Astrit Hafizi
|
29 March 1997 | 9 October 1999 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 13.04 | |
| 26. | Medin Zhega
|
6 February 2000 | 6 June 2001 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 38.46 | |
| 27. |  Sulejman Demollari
|
1 September 2001 | 17 April 2002 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 33.33 | |
| 28. |  Giuseppe Dossena
|
12 October 2002 | 16 October 2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| 29. |  Hans-Peter Briegel
|
12 February 2003 | 22 March 2006 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 32.26 | |
| 30. |   Otto Barić
|
16 August 2006 | 17 October 2007 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 30.77 | |
| 31. | Slavko Kovačić
|
17 November 2007 | 21 November 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | Caretaker |
| 32. |  Arie Haan
|
27 May 2008 | 1 April 2009 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 20.00 | — |
| 33. | Josip Kuže
|
6 June 2009 | 11 October 2011 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 33.33 | |
| 34. |  Džemal Mustedanagić
|
11 November 2011 | 15 November 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | Caretaker |
| 35. | Gianni De Biasi
|
29 February 2012 | 14 June 2017 | 54 | 21 | 12 | 21 | 38.89 | — |
| 36. | Christian Panucci
|
19 July 2017 | 23 March 2019 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 26.67 | |
| 37. | Ervin Bulku
|
23 March 2019 | 17 April 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | Caretaker |
| 38. |  Edoardo Reja
|
17 April 2019 | 30 November 2022 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 36.84 | — |
| 39. |  Sylvinho
|
1 January 2023 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 45.45 | — | |
References edit
- ^ "Albania national team managers". eu-football.info. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "Nikolay Lyukshinov". FootballFacts (in Russian).