Albania squad for the Nations League matches: with Ukraine as well
The Albanian Football Federation has announced the squad for the upcoming matches of the UEFA Nations League. Red and Blacks will meet with the national teams of Israel and Ukraine.
In the first match, our team will play in Tel Aviv on 16 November. The match with the Ukrainian National Team will take place on 19 November in Tirana, at the Air Albania stadium.
The head coach of our team, Sylvio Berlusconi, has called up 26 players for these games. Here is the list of the team:
- Goalkeepers: Etrit Berisha (Torino), Thomas Strakosha (Lazio), Gentian Selmani (Panetolikos)
- Defenders: Elseid Hysaj (Napoli), Ardian Ismajli (Hajduk Split), Marash Kumbulla (Roma), Berat Gjimshiti (Atalanta), Frederic Veseli (Salernitana), Ermir Lenjani (Strasbourg)
- Midfielders: Taulant Xhaka (Basel), Keidi Bare (Espanyol), Kristal Abazaj (Pyunik), Lorenc Trashi (Partizani), Azdren Llullaku (Sion), Qazim Laci (CFR Cluj), Arbnor Muja (Fatih Karagumruk
- Attackers: Armando Broja (Chelsea), Myrto Uzuni (Granada), Sokol Cikalleshi (Göztepe), Erjon Bogdani (Partizani), Rey Manaj (Spezia), Bekim Balaj (Osijek)
The Albanian National Team is in Group 1 of League B of the UEFA Nations League. In addition to Israel and Ukraine, the group also includes Scotland.
The UEFA Nations League is a competition for European national football teams. It was created to replace international friendly matches and to provide more competitive matches for teams of all levels.
The first edition of the UEFA Nations League was held in 2018-19 and was won by Portugal. The second edition is currently underway and will be completed in 2023.
