- Football Association of Albania
National football association
Founded = 1930
FIFA affiliation = 1932
Region =UEFA
Region affiliation = 1954
President =Armand Duka
Coach =Arie Haan The Football Association of Albania (F.SH.F.) ( _sq. Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit) is the governing body of football in
Albania . It organizes the football's the leagueAlbanian Superliga ,Albania national football team , andAlbania national under-21 football team . It is based inTirana .The Football Association of Albania was established on
6 June 1930 , joinedFIFA in 1932, and was one of the founding members ofUEFA in 1954.On the 14th of March, 2008, the FSF were suspended by FIFA for "heavy political interference." This means their national teams were banned from playing official matches, representitives banned from official events and referees unable to officiate FIFA-sanctioned matches. [http://www.uefa.com/uefa/keytopics/kind=64/newsid=673894.html] . The ban was subsequently lifted as the political interferences were clarified, and in May 27, 2008 Albania played a friendly against the
Poland national football team .External links
* [http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/AssociationWeeks/Association=2/newsid=133392.html/ A UEFA.com article about the history of Albania football]
* [http://www.fshf.org/ National Football Association]
* [http://www.fifa.com/en/organisation/confederations/associationdetails/0,1483,ALB,00.html?countrycode=ALB/ FIFA]
* [http://www.albaniasoccer.com/en/index.php/ Albaniasoccer]
* [http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/countries/association=2/index.html/ UEFA]
* [http://www.freewebs.com/albsoccer/ Albanian Soccer News]
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/country.php?id=2/ National football teams]
* [http://www.eufo.de/football/nat/2005/alb.htm/ EUFO]
* [http://www.weltfussball.de/teams.php?m_id=1/ Weltfussball]
* [http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/nationalmannschaft/3561/albanien/kader/transferdaten.html/ Transfermarkt]
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