Albania

FM18 Update

Nation
5550Reputation
1418Players
49Clubs
14800Average attendance

Identity

Short name
Albania
Three-letter name
ALB
National team nickname
Kuq e Zinjtë
Hashtag
—
Confederation
Europe
Capital city
Tirana
Languages
—
Currency
Albanian Lek
Colours
—
Stored exchange rate
1 GBP = 149.93699646 Lek

Standing and attendances

Reputation
5550
Youth rating
65
Game importance
1
State of development
2
Economic factor
12
Average attendance
14800
Minimum and maximum
9500 / 16500
Citizenship gain type
2
League standard
10 / 20
Top division
Albanian Superleague reputation 95
FIFA ranking
#37 739 points
Association coefficient (5-year)
6.625 #37 in Europe
Association coefficient (10-year)
7.5 #40 in Europe

Youth rating and game importance are decoded only in some versions and are blank in the rest rather than filled in.

National team

In the export
Team
Albania Nation's own team
Reputation
—
Last position
0
Continental competition
—
Youth teams
—
Current squad
0 registered

Honours

FMDB calculation

Competitions won by this nation's own team or one of its youth sides, counted from comp_history. Confirmed overall winners in every recorded season; abandoned, cancelled and no-data seasons are excluded and stage placings are counted separately.

Rules

Partial export
Foreign players
—
Work permits
—
Home-grown
—
Transfer windows
—
Youth contracts
—
Loans
—

Modern exports include foreign-player definitions, agreements and tax rules, which this panel has not integrated. Complete work-permit conditions, registration quotas and transfer windows remain separate gaps.

Player pool

FMDB calculation
1418Players
66Average ability
—Wonderkids
61.1%Playing abroad
26.4%In the top division

The 1,418 of this nation's 1,644 recorded people who carry a player row. This pool uses primary recorded nationality, not international eligibility. Modern exports also include additional nationalities and declared allegiance, which this calculation does not use. Playing abroad is measured against the 1,240 players whose club resolves; the top-division share against the 1,240 whose division records a level, where level 0 is the first tier. A wonderkid count needs an age, and an age needs the in-game date no database records.

Top players

FMDB calculation

Highest recorded player.current_ability among the people whose person.nation_uid points here. Age needs an in-game reference date the export does not carry, so that column stays blank rather than being computed against today.

League pyramid

FMDB calculation

Every active senior league division this nation records, read whole rather than from the page of competitions below: 5 divisions, beside 2 other active competitions and 0 extinct. Level 0 is the top division. No promotion or relegation link is inferred between levels; archive stage rules are not integrated into this panel.

Kits

Season and slots
  • Kit 0, style 14
  • Kit 0, style 1
  • Kit 0, style -1
  • Kit 0, style 0
  • Kit 0, style 1
  • Kit 1, style 0

Showing up to 6 of 15 loaded kit rows.

International records

Record Holder Value
Most international appearancesLorik Cana93 caps
Most international goalsErjon Bogdani18 goals

nation_record.record_type is a raw code; the two that occur are named here.

Across versions

Recorded
Albania reputation across versions05K10K CM0102 RFM06 RFM10 RFM13 RFM16 RFM19 RFM22 RFM26 UReputation, CM0102 Release: 6 Reputation, CM0203 Release: 6 Reputation, CM0304 Release: 8 Reputation, CM0304 Update: 8 Reputation, FM05 Release: 85 Reputation, FM05 Update: 90 Reputation, FM06 Release: 95 Reputation, FM07 Release: 91 Reputation, FM07 Update: 91 Reputation, FM08 Release: 91 Reputation, FM09 Release: 91 Reputation, FM09 Update: 91 Reputation, FM10 Release: 1,900 Reputation, FM10 Update: 91 Reputation, FM11 Release: 1,900 Reputation, FM11 Update: 91 Reputation, FM12 Release: 1,900 Reputation, FM12 Update: 1,900 Reputation, FM13 Release: 1,900 Reputation, FM14 Release: 4,550 Reputation, FM14 Update: 4,550 Reputation, FM15 Release: 4,550 Reputation, FM15 Update: 4,550 Reputation, FM16 Release: 4,750 Reputation, FM16 Update: 5,450 Reputation, FM17 Release: 5,450 Reputation, FM17 Update: 5,550 Reputation, FM18 Release: 111 Reputation, FM18 Update: 5,550 Reputation, FM19 Release: 111 Reputation, FM19 Update: 5,550 Reputation, FM20 Release: 111 Reputation, FM20 Update: 5,550 Reputation, FM21 Release: 111 Reputation, FM21 Update: 5,550 Reputation, FM22 Release: 5,550 Reputation, FM23 Release: 5,550 Reputation, FM24 Update: 5,550 Reputation, FM26 Release: 5,850 Reputation, FM26 Update: 5,850
Recorded reputation in each database where this uid resolves. Missing values remain gaps. Raw export scales may differ between versions.

Competitions

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Competitions of this nation, 25 per page
Name Type Level Reputation Extinct
Albanian SuperleagueTop division095No
Albanian First CategoryStandard division170No
Albanian CupMain cup—75No
Albanian Second CategoryStandard division232No
Albanian Super CupSuper cup—47No
Albanian First Category - Group AStandard division170No
Albanian First Category - Group BStandard division170No

Clubs

Cities

Cities of this nation, 25 per page
Name Local region Population band Attraction Altitude
Shkodër—8170
Lezhë—7130
Patos—6110
Laç—590
Krujë—7130
Tirana—10200
Durrës—8180
Kavajë—6120
Peqin—470
Lushnjë—7140
Fier—8160
Vlorë—8150
Ballsh—480
Gjirokastër—690
Berat—7130
Korçë—7140
Librazhd—6110
Elbasan—8170
Sarandë—590
Bajram Curri—460
Rrogozhinë—690
Dardania—000
Peshkopi—580
Tepelenë—480
Kuçovë—6100

Population band and attraction are raw source scales. Altitude is in metres. 40 cities and 50 stadiums are recorded for this nation, the stadiums counted through the stadium.city_uid join because stadium carries no nation of its own.

Raw source values

Source region index
6
Crowd tendencies
61

nation.source_region_index does not join to region; crowd_tendencies is an undecoded code. Both are printed as stored.

Data wishlist for this page

12 data pointsWhole site
  • person_nation_contract, club_team, club_squad_number National-team manager, captain and squad count Now liveThe nation page shows the manager, captain and registered squad count; linked team pages show recorded members. Missing identities stay missing.
  • comp_history, nation_cup_history National-team honours and tournament runs Partial exportConfirmed competition wins for recorded national teams are counted. Tournament stage/result rows are now exported separately but are not rendered here; winning a stage tie does not mean winning the competition.
  • nation_fifa_ranking, nation_coefficient FIFA points and association coefficients Exported; UI pendingThe schema records points and coefficient slots with documented context. It stores neither a world-rank position nor a ranking date.
  • nation_foreign_rule, nation_agreement, nation_tax_rule Foreign-player definitions, agreements and tax rules Exported; UI pendingModern exports contain these rows. Competition quotas, work permits and dated transfer windows are separate gaps.
  • work permits, registration quotas and transfer windows Complete employment and registration rules Needs source dataThe existing nation definitions do not establish all conditions, exemptions, quotas or windows.
  • person.nation_uid and player Player pool, ability, players abroad and leading players Now liveThe pool uses primary recorded nationality, not international eligibility. Youth counts still need a reference date; a full position breakdown is not implemented.
  • club_team for the nation Other national teams Now liveRecorded teams are linked without guessing their age group or substituting a youth team for the senior side.
  • competition.nation_uid and LeaguePyramid League pyramid and competitions Now liveThe pyramid reads up to 1,000 competitions independently of pagination and reports truncation. It does not infer promotion or relegation links.
  • person, player, club, city, stadium Recorded population and place counts Now liveCounts use the nation relationship; stadiums resolve through city. A staff-subtype count is not a count of all working coaches or managers.
  • nation_standing across versions, export_value_scale Reputation across versions Now liveCharts show raw recorded reputation. Era-aware normalization still needs scale-metadata integration.
  • nation.hashtag, city.local_region_uid Hashtag and city regions; national languages Partial exportHashtag and city-region information are displayed. The catalog has no direct nation-language relation, and source_region_index is not a region uid.
  • nation_rival Rivalries between nations Exported; UI pendingModern exports include rival nation, level and flags. No effective date is stored; the nation page has not integrated these rows.

Reviewed 30 September 2026 against the current schema and page implementation. “Now live” means implemented where data is recorded; “Exported; UI pending” means the schema has data this page does not yet use. Tables and coverage vary by version. Missing values stay blank.