The Albania Squad for the matches against Germany and England  March 2001
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Bellai, Arian	1 February 1970	30	M	PAS Giannina FC, Greece	14	1
Beqaj, Arjan Nexhat	20 August 1975 born in Yugoslavia	25	G	Omilos Filathlon Irakleiou, Greece	8	0
Bushi, Alban	20 August 1973	27	F	İstanbulspor AŞ, Turkey	27	7
Cipi, Geri	28 February 1976	25	D	KAA Gent, Belgium	10	0
Dede, Nevil Thanas	10 January 1975	26	D	KF Tirana	0	0
Duro, Klodian	21 December 1977	23	M	KS Vllaznia	0	0
Fakaj, Ervin Pellumb	15 June 1976	24	D	Enosis Neon Paralimni, Cyprus	18	1
Fortuzi, Indrit Shaban	23 November 1973	27	F	KF Tirana	1	0
Hasi, Besnik	29 December 1971 born in Yugoslavia	29	M	RSC Anderlecht, Belgium	0	0
Kola, Bledar	1 August 1972	28	M	Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos FC, Greece	33	6
Lala, Altin	18 November 1975	25	D	Hannoverscher SV von 1896 eV, Germany	15	0
Mukaj, Devis	21 December 1976	24	M	NK Varazdin, Croatia	11	1
Murati, Edwin	12 November 1975	25	M	Lille OSC, France	11	2
	Edvin Murati is suspended for the match against England.
Poci, Artion	23 July 1977	23	M	KF Apolonia	0	0
Rraklli, Altin	17 August 1970	30	F	SpVgg Unterhaching eV, Germany	43	7
Sinani, Vioresin	4 November 1977	23	F	KF Vllaznia	3	1
Skela, Ervin	17 November 1976	24	M	SV Waldhof Mannheim eV, Germany	3	0
Strakosha, Fotaq	28 March 1965	35	G	PAE Ionikos Nikeas FC, Greece	45	0
Tare, Igli	25 July 1973	27	F	Brescia Calcio SpA, Italy	27	3
Vata, Fatmir	19 September 1971	29	M	SV Waldhof Mannheim eV, Germany	2	0
Vata, Rudi	13 February 1970	31	D	FC Energie Cottbus eV, Germany	56	5
	Rudi Vata is suspended for the match against England.
Xhumba, Arian	9 July 1967	33	D	PAS Giannina FC, Greece	34	0

Squad details correct up to and including Albania's match against Germany on 24 March 2001.

Diary

Monday, 19 March 2001 - Albania coach Mehdin Zhega called together a 22-man squad for the World Cup 2002 qualifying matches against Germany and England.  The most notable omission was forward Erion Bogdani of Reggina in Italy's Serie A.  In his place, Zhega summoned Ingrid Fortuzi, the KF Tirana forward who is top scorer in the Albanian first division with 24 goals.

Saturday, 24 March 2001 - Defender Rudi Vata, Albania's captain, and midfielder Edvin Murata incurred yellow card cautions in the 2-1 World Cup qualification loss to Germany in Leverkusen and will be suspended for Albania's qualification match against England on Wednesday because they have each drawn two cautions in the preliminary competition.

Albania Form: last six games
L D L W W L   f 7:a 5 success: 43%
156	26 April 2000 - FYR Macedonia 1 Albania 0 [1-0] Goce Delcev Stadium, Prilep	Serafimovski	Fr	AL
157	15 August 2000 - Albania 0 Cyprus 0 [0-0] Stadiumi Kombetar, Tiranë			HD
158	2 September 2000 - Finland 2 Albania 1 [1-0] Olympiastadion, Helsinki	Litmanen, Riihilahti Murati	WCP	AL
		Saarinen
159	11 October 2000 - Albania 2 Greece 0 [0-0] Stadiumi Kombetar, Tiranë	Karagounis OG, Fakaj		HW
160	15 November 2000 - Albania 3 Malta 0 [1-0] Stadiumi Kombetar, Tiranë	R.Vata, Bogdani (2)	Fr	HW
161	24 March 2001 - Germany 2 Albania 1 [0-0] BayArena, Leverkusen	Deisler, Scholl Kola	WCP	AL

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