Coach Armir Grima announced today the list of players gathered, inviting 22 players for these two matches.

Lavdije Begolli, Klea Hamonikaj, Ilarja Zarka and Jehona Coka are back to the team, while a new addition to the list is the rather skilled player Stacey Qosja, who received her first invitation to the national team A. The rest of the team consists of players who have previously been part of the Albanian national team.

The team will gather in Tirana and will begin preparations on Sunday at the “House of Football”. Albania will face Ukraine on February 21 at the “Niko Dovana” stadium, a challenge set to start at 18:00. Meanwhile, on February 25, the red and blacks’ women will play away against the Czech Republic, a match scheduled to be played at 5:30 PM./p.s./

Coach Sylvinho and his technical staff worked today with a part of the team on the field of the Football House.

The players present in today’s training session were: Thomas Strakosha, Alen Sherri, Simon Simoni, Andi Hadroj, Berat Gjimshiti, Elseid Hysaj, Ivan Balliu, Marash Kumbulla, Ardian Ismajli, Ylber Ramadani, Sebastjan Spahiu, Amir Abrashi, Kristjan Asllani, Medon Berisha , Qazim Laçi, Nedim Bajrami, Arbër Hoxha, Rey Manaj, Taulant Seferi and Agim Zeka.

In the beginning, the players worked in the gym and later went on the field, where they worked more with the ball. The team also played a friendly test with the U-21 team. In the following days, it is expected that the intensity of training will gradually increase.

As coach Sylvinho announced at today’s media conference, the National Team’s roster has undergone a change. Armando Broja will not be part of the team for these two challenges due to a physical problem, and striker Myrto Uzuni will join the team tonight. Jasir Asani, Mario Mitaj and Enea Mihaj will also join the team on Tuesday.

Albania will play the first match versus Ukraine on September 7, 2024, at 20:45 at the “Epet Arena” stadium in the Czech Republic, while three days later it will host the representative of Georgia at home, a match that is scheduled to start at 20:45 on September 10. /r.e/p.s./

President of the Albanian Football Federation Armand Duka reacted immediately after the draw of the Nations League in Nyon, Switzerland.

President Duka appreciated the draw is satisfactory, except for the geographical distance between the countries and the short time between the matches.

“The team should train for a much more difficult competition than the previous one in Group C. Now, we are at another level of difficulty, at another level and it requires even more quality and commitment,” said Duka.

Fixture of Albania’s matches in group B2 of the Nations League 2022-23.

GROUP B2

02 June 2022

Albania – Russia at 20:45

06 June 2022

Iceland – Albania at 20:45

June 10, 2022

Albania – Israel at 20:45

June 13, 2022

Russia – Albania at 20:45

September 24, 2022

Israel – Albania at 20:45

September 27, 2022

Albania – Iceland at 20:45

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