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Albania 1-0 Northern Ireland - September 10, 1997 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1998

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1998 - Group 9

Hardturm - Zürich - Switzerland

September 10, 1997

2 650

1 - 0

Northern Ireland

Altin Haxhi

65'

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46' - Substitution Keith Rowlandis substituted by Philip Mulryne

65' - Goal Altin Haxhi65

66' - Substitution Arjan Peçois substituted by Mahir Halili66

76' - Substitution James Quinnis substituted by Gerry McMahon

83' - Substitution Altin Haxhiis substituted by Alpin Gallo83

83' - Substitution Neil Lennonis substituted by Danny Sonner

90' - Substitution Alban Bushiis substituted by Ardian Mema90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Albania

1 - 0

Northern Ireland

Albania Northern Ireland

Team line-ups

Albania

Strakosha

Foto Strakosha

Albania

B.date28/03/1965

Age32 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Vata

Rudi Vata

Albania

B.date13/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Fakaj

Ervin Fakaj

Albania

B.date15/06/1976

Age21 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Shulku

Ilir Shulku

Albania

B.date20/01/1971

Age26 years

positionRight central defender

Xhumba

Arian Xhumba

Albania

B.date07/09/1968

Age29 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Haxhi6583

Altin Haxhi

Albania

B.date17/06/1975

Age22 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Peço66

Arjan Peço

Albania

B.date26/04/1975

Age22 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Tole

Afrim Tole

Albania

B.date10/04/1970

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Kola

Bledar Kola

Albania

B.date01/08/1972

Age25 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Bushi90

Alban Bushi

Albania

B.date20/08/1973

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Tare

Igli Tare

Albania

B.date25/08/1973

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Foto Strakosha		32	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rudi Vata		28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ervin Fakaj		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ilir Shulku		26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arian Xhumba		29	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Altin Haxhi	6583	22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arjan Peço	66	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Afrim Tole		27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bledar Kola		25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alban Bushi	90	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Igli Tare		24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Northern Ireland

Wright

Tommy Wright

Northern Ireland

B.date29/08/1963

Age34 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Rowland46

Keith Rowland

Northern Ireland

B.date01/09/1971

Age26 years

positionDefender

McGibbon

Pat McGibbon

Northern Ireland

B.date06/09/1973

Age24 years

positionDefender

Griffin

Danny Griffin

Northern Ireland

B.date10/08/1977

Age20 years

positionDefender

Hill

Colin Hill

Northern Ireland

B.date12/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Horlock

Kevin Horlock

Northern Ireland

B.date01/11/1972

Age24 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

Lennon83

Neil Lennon

Northern Ireland

B.date25/06/1971

Age26 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Lomas

Steve Lomas

Northern Ireland

B.date18/01/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Gillespie

Keith Gillespie

Northern Ireland

B.date18/02/1975

Age22 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Quinn76

James Quinn

Northern Ireland

B.date15/12/1974

Age22 years

H1m87

positionStriker

Dowie

Iain Dowie

Northern Ireland

B.date09/01/1965

Age32 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tommy Wright		34	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Keith Rowland	46	26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat McGibbon		24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Griffin		20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Hill		33	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Horlock		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Lennon	83	26	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Lomas		23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Gillespie		22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	James Quinn	76	22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Iain Dowie		32	45	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	Alpin Gallo	83	23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ardian Mema	90	25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mahir Halili	66	22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Gerry McMahon	76	23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Sonner	83	25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Philip Mulryne	46	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alban Bushi

Altin Rraklli

OUT

Ervin Fakaj

Perparim Daiu

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Keith Rowland

Gerry Taggart

OUT

Steve Lomas

Jim Magilton

OUT

Pat McGibbon

Ian Nolan

OUT

Tommy Wright

Aidan Davison

OUT

Danny Griffin

Steve Morrow

OUT

Iain Dowie

Michael Hughes

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Astrit Hafizi

Success rate in this team:

13 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Hafizi vs Northern Ireland

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 1997

Hafizi vs Hamilton

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Bryan Hamilton

Success rate in this team:

27 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Hamilton vs Albania

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 1997

Hamilton vs Hafizi

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 1997

Referee

Roger Philippi

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Albania1 match	General total	Northern Ireland2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Albania1 match	Season total	Northern Ireland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 10, 1997					Latest figure on September 10, 1997

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Key figures

End of streak for Albania after 7 consecutive matches without a win vs Northern Ireland surterrainneutre (since 07/05/1965). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Albania after 17 consecutive matches without a win in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone (since 09/09/1992). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 26/05/1992 (11 matches)

End of streak for Albania after 3 matches with at least one goal conceded surterrainneutre (since 01/09/1950). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 31 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

LCzechoslovakia 3-0 Albania01/09/1950

LAlbania 0-1 Ukraine29/03/1997

LAlbania 2-3 Germany02/04/1997

Overall

LNorthern Ireland 2-0 Albania14/12/1996

LAlbania 0-1 Ukraine29/03/1997

LAlbania 2-3 Germany02/04/1997

LPortugal 2-0 Albania07/06/1997

LUkraine 1-0 Albania20/08/1997

LArmenia 3-0 Albania06/09/1997

Current form

Neutral ground

LNorthern Ireland 1-2 Spain07/06/1986

LNorthern Ireland 0-3 Brazil12/06/1986

VFaroe Islands 0-5 Northern Ireland11/09/1991

LColombia 2-0 Northern Ireland03/06/1994

LMexico 3-0 Northern Ireland11/06/1994

LChile 2-1 Northern Ireland25/05/1995

Overall

VNorthern Ireland 3-0 Belgium11/02/1997

DNorthern Ireland 0-0 Portugal29/03/1997

LUkraine 2-1 Northern Ireland02/04/1997

DArmenia 0-0 Northern Ireland30/04/1997

DThailand 0-0 Northern Ireland21/05/1997

LNorthern Ireland 1-3 Germany20/08/1997

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Loosing streak	3	6
Winless streak	3	10
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	3
Conceding streak	3	9

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Loosing streak	3	1
Winless streak	3	5
Drawless streak	6	1
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	8
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	4
7	Losses (Competition total)	3

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
0.38	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.75
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	8
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Bledar Kola	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Iain Dowie
Bledar Kola	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Bledar Kola	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Bledar Kola	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Bledar Kola	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Michael Hughes

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

0 v

2 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

1 gf

10 ga

Total

7 matches

0 v

2 d

5 l

3 gf

13 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

10 gf

1 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

2 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

7 matches

5 v

2 d

0 l

13 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 09, 1992
Neutral ground	No success yet

Latest head to head

December 14, 1996 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1998

Northern Ireland

2 - 0

Albania

February 17, 1993 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1994

Albania

1 - 2

Northern Ireland logo Northern Ireland

September 09, 1992 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1994

Northern Ireland

3 - 0

Albania

April 27, 1983 - Eliminatoires Euro 1984

Northern Ireland

1 - 0

Albania

December 15, 1982 - Eliminatoires Euro 1984

Albania

0 - 0

Northern Ireland logo Northern Ireland

Best historical scorers against Northern Ireland

Robert Jashari	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Altin Rraklli	1 goal	1993 - 1993
Medin Zhega	1 goal	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/05/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Albania

Johnny Crossan	3 goals	1965 - 1965
Iain Dowie	2 goals	1996 - 1996
Jim Magilton	2 goals	1992 - 1993
Colin Clarke	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Alan McDonald	1 goal	1993 - 1993
Willie Irvine	1 goal	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/05/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Northern Ireland

Altin Rraklli	3 matches	1992 - 1996
Rudi Vata	3 matches	1992 - 1996
Ramazan Rragami	2 matches	1965 - 1965
Hysen Zmijani	2 matches	1992 - 1993
Skënder Halili	2 matches	1965 - 1965
Artur Lekbello	2 matches	1992 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/05/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Albania

Mal Donaghy	4 matches	1982 - 1993
Tommy Wright	3 matches	1992 - 1996
Pat Jennings	3 matches	1965 - 1983
Gerry Taggart	3 matches	1992 - 1996
Iain Dowie	3 matches	1992 - 1996
Jimmy Nicholl	2 matches	1982 - 1983