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Albania 0-2 Finland - September 01, 2001 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2002

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2002 - Group 9

Qemal Stafa Stadium - Tirana - Albania

September 01, 2001

6 400

Albania

0 - 2

Finland

55'

Teemu Tainio

90+3'

Shefki Kuqi

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55' - Goal Teemu Tainio

59' - Substitution Devis Mukajis substituted by Rudi Vata59

64' - Substitution Altin Rraklliis substituted by Indrit Fortuzi photo Erjon Bogdani

64' - Substitution Igli Tareis substituted by Erjon Bogdani64

66' - Substitution Mikael Forssellis substituted by Jonatan Johansson

77' - Substitution Mika Nurmelais substituted by Shefki Kuqi

86' - Substitution Jari Litmanenis substituted by Jari Ilola

93' - Goal Shefki Kuqi

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Albania

0 - 2

Finland

Albania Finland

Team line-ups

Albania

Beqaj

Arjan Beqaj

Albania

B.date20/08/1975

Age26 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

Cipi

Geri Cipi

Albania

B.date28/02/1976

Age25 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Xhumba

Arian Xhumba

Albania

B.date07/09/1968

Age32 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Bellai

Arian Bellai

Albania

B.date01/02/1971

Age30 years

positionDefender

Haxhi

Altin Haxhi

Albania

B.date17/06/1975

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Lala

Altin Lala

Albania

B.date18/11/1975

Age25 years

H1m72

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mukaj59

Devis Mukaj

Albania

B.date21/12/1976

Age24 years

H1m76

positionPlaymaker

Vata

Fatmir Vata

Albania

B.date20/09/1971

Age29 years

H1m70

positionOffensive Midfielder

Rraklli64

Altin Rraklli

Albania

B.date17/07/1970

Age31 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Tare64

Igli Tare

Albania

B.date25/08/1973

Age28 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Bushi

Alban Bushi

Albania

B.date20/08/1973

Age28 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Arjan Beqaj		26	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geri Cipi		25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arian Xhumba		32	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arian Bellai		30	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Altin Haxhi		26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Altin Lala		25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Devis Mukaj	59	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fatmir Vata		29	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Altin Rraklli	64	31	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Igli Tare	64	28	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alban Bushi		28	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Finland

Niemi

Antti Niemi

Finland

B.date31/05/1972

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Helin

Petri Helin

Finland

B.date13/12/1969

Age31 years

positionDefender

Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age27 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

Kuivasto

Toni Kuivasto

Finland

B.date31/12/1975

Age25 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Saarinen

Janne Saarinen

Finland

B.date28/02/1977

Age24 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

Riihilahti

Aki Riihilahti

Finland

B.date09/09/1976

Age24 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Tainio55

Teemu Tainio

Finland

B.date27/11/1979

Age21 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

Nurmela77

Mika Nurmela

Finland

B.date26/12/1971

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Kolkka

Joonas Kolkka

Finland

B.date28/09/1974

Age26 years

H1m74

positionLeft Midfielder

Litmanen86

Jari Litmanen

Finland

B.date20/02/1971

Age30 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Forssell66

Mikael Forssell

Finland

B.date15/03/1981

Age20 years

H1m84

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Antti Niemi		29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Petri Helin		31	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sami Hyypiä		27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Toni Kuivasto		25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Janne Saarinen		24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aki Riihilahti		24	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Teemu Tainio	55	21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mika Nurmela	77	29	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joonas Kolkka		26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jari Litmanen	86	30	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mikael Forssell	66	20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Rudi Vata	59	32	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Indrit Fortuzi	64	27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Erjon Bogdani	64	24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Jari Ilola	86	22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jonatan Johansson	66	26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shefki Kuqi	9377	24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Devis Mukaj

Edvin Murati

OUT

Arian Bellai

Rudi Vata

OUT

Arjan Beqaj

Foto Strakosha

OUT

Altin Rraklli

Besnik Hasi

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Petri Helin

Juha Reini

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sulejman Demollari

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

0 %

Demollari vs Finland

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 01, 2001

Demollari vs Muurinen

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 01, 2001

Manager

Age

Match num

Antti Muurinen

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Muurinen vs Albania

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 01, 2001

Muurinen vs Demollari

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 01, 2001

Referee

Erol Ersoy

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Albania1 match	General total	Finland1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Albania1 match	Season total	Finland1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on September 01, 2001					Latest figure on September 01, 2001

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Key figures

Albania keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals conceded vs Finland running (since 02/09/1981). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Teemu Tainio scores 1 goal in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone

Finland keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 09/05/2001).

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAlbania 2-1 Georgia09/10/1999

DAlbania 0-0 Cyprus15/08/2000

VAlbania 2-0 Greece11/10/2000

VAlbania 3-0 Malta15/11/2000

LAlbania 1-3 England28/03/2001

LAlbania 0-2 Germany06/06/2001

Overall

VAlbania 3-0 Malta15/11/2000

LGermany 2-1 Albania24/03/2001

LAlbania 1-3 England28/03/2001

VTurkey 0-2 Albania25/04/2001

LGreece 1-0 Albania02/06/2001

LAlbania 0-2 Germany06/06/2001

Current form

Away

VOman 1-2 Finland18/02/2001

VOman 0-2 Finland20/02/2001

VLuxembourg 0-1 Finland28/02/2001

LEngland 2-1 Finland24/03/2001

DHungary 0-0 Finland25/04/2001

DEstonia 1-1 Finland09/05/2001

Overall

VLuxembourg 0-1 Finland28/02/2001

LEngland 2-1 Finland24/03/2001

DHungary 0-0 Finland25/04/2001

DEstonia 1-1 Finland09/05/2001

DFinland 2-2 Germany02/06/2001

VFinland 4-1 Belgium15/08/2001

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	2	2
Drawless streak	4	8
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	5
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
5	Losses (Competition total)	2
2	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
0.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.2
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (1 times)

Bookings

16	Yellow cards (Competition total)	9
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Edvin Murati	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Mikael Forssell
Ervin Fakaj	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Aki Riihilahti
Altin Rraklli	1 goal during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Mikael Forssell

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

2 gf

5 ga

Total

5 matches

2 v

0 d

3 l

5 gf

5 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

2 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

5 matches

3 v

0 d

2 l

5 gf

5 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	September 03, 1980
Home	2 - 0	September 03, 1980

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	September 02, 2000
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 02, 2000 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2002

Finland

2 - 1

Albania

September 02, 1981 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1982

Finland

2 - 1

Albania

September 03, 1980 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1982

Albania

2 - 0

Finland

October 10, 1973 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1974

Albania

1 - 0

Finland

June 21, 1972 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1974

Finland

1 - 0

Albania

Best historical scorers against Finland

Edvin Murati	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Millan Baçi	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Ramazan Rragami	1 goal	1973 - 1973
Sefedin Braho	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Muhedin Targaj	1 goal	1981 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/10/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Albania

	Jari Litmanen	1 goal	2000 - 2000
	Aki Riihilahti	1 goal	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/10/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Finland

Safet Berisha	4 matches	1972 - 1981
Ilir Përnaska	3 matches	1972 - 1981
Muhedin Targaj	2 matches	1980 - 1981
Kastriot Hysi	2 matches	1980 - 1981
Ferdinand Lleshi	2 matches	1980 - 1981
Arbën Minga	2 matches	1980 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/06/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Albania

Janne Saarinen	1 match	2000 - 2000
Simo Valakari	1 match	2000 - 2000
Aki Riihilahti	1 match	2000 - 2000
Aarno Turpeinen	1 match	2000 - 2000
Jussi Jaaskelainen	1 match	2000 - 2000
Sami Hyypiä	1 match	2000 - 2000