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Finland 2-1 Albania - September 02, 2000 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2002

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2002 - Group 9

Finnair Stadion - Helsinki - Finland

September 02, 2000

10 770

Finland

2 - 1

Albania

Jari Litmanen

45'

Aki Riihilahti

68'

64'

Edvin Murati

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45' - Goal Jari Litmanen45

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46' - Substitution Miika Koppinenis substituted by Aki Riihilahti46

46' - Substitution Devis Mukajis substituted by Ervin Skela

58' - Substitution Mika Nurmelais substituted by Jonatan Johansson58

64' - Goal Edvin Murati

68' - Goal Aki Riihilahti68

73' - Red card Janne Saarinen73

76' - Substitution Edvin Muratiis substituted by Alban Bushi

78' - Substitution Mikael Forssellis substituted by Harri Ylönen78

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Finland

2 - 1

Albania

Finland Albania

Team line-ups

Finland

Jaaskelainen

Jussi Jaaskelainen

Finland

B.date19/04/1975

Age25 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Koppinen46

Miika Koppinen

Finland

B.date05/07/1978

Age22 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Tihinen

Hannu Tihinen

Finland

B.date01/07/1976

Age24 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age26 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

Saarinen73

Janne Saarinen

Finland

B.date28/02/1977

Age23 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

Turpeinen

Aarno Turpeinen

Finland

B.date21/03/1971

Age29 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Nurmela58

Mika Nurmela

Finland

B.date26/12/1971

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Kolkka

Joonas Kolkka

Finland

B.date28/09/1974

Age25 years

H1m74

positionLeft Midfielder

Valakari

Simo Valakari

Finland

B.date28/04/1973

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Litmanen45

Jari Litmanen

Finland

B.date20/02/1971

Age29 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Forssell78

Mikael Forssell

Finland

B.date15/03/1981

Age19 years

H1m84

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jussi Jaaskelainen		25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Miika Koppinen	46	22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hannu Tihinen		24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sami Hyypiä		26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Janne Saarinen	73	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Aarno Turpeinen		29	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mika Nurmela	58	28	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joonas Kolkka		25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simo Valakari		27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jari Litmanen	45	29	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mikael Forssell	78	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Albania

Strakosha

Foto Strakosha

Albania

B.date28/03/1965

Age35 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Vata

Rudi Vata

Albania

B.date13/02/1969

Age31 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Cipi

Geri Cipi

Albania

B.date28/02/1976

Age24 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Xhumba

Arian Xhumba

Albania

B.date07/09/1968

Age31 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Haxhi

Altin Haxhi

Albania

B.date17/06/1975

Age25 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Lala

Altin Lala

Albania

B.date18/11/1975

Age24 years

H1m72

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mukaj46

Devis Mukaj

Albania

B.date21/12/1976

Age23 years

H1m76

positionPlaymaker

Murati6476

Edvin Murati

Albania

B.date12/11/1975

Age24 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Kola

Bledar Kola

Albania

B.date01/08/1972

Age28 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Rraklli

Altin Rraklli

Albania

B.date17/07/1970

Age30 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Tare

Igli Tare

Albania

B.date25/08/1973

Age27 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Foto Strakosha		35	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rudi Vata		31	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geri Cipi		24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arian Xhumba		31	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Altin Haxhi		25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Altin Lala		24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Devis Mukaj	46	23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Edvin Murati	6476	24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bledar Kola		28	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Altin Rraklli		30	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Igli Tare		27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Harri Ylönen	78	28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aki Riihilahti	6846	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jonatan Johansson	58	25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ervin Skela	46	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Alban Bushi	76	27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Miika Koppinen

Harri Ylönen

OUT

Janne Saarinen

Jarkko Wiss

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Altin Rraklli

Alban Bushi

OUT

Altin Lala

Altin Rrica

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Antti Muurinen

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Muurinen vs Albania

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 02, 2000

Muurinen vs Zhega

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 02, 2000

Manager

Age

Match num

Medin Zhega

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Zhega vs Finland

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 02, 2000

Zhega vs Muurinen

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 02, 2000

Referee

René Temmink

1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Finland2 matches	General total	Albania1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Finland1 match	Season total	Albania1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 02, 2000					Latest figure on September 02, 2000

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Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Edvin Murati scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

It's the first time Jari Litmanen scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Finland keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw vs Albania running (since 21/06/1972). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFinland 3-2 Moldova05/09/1998

LFinland 2-4 Turkey05/06/1999

LFinland 1-2 Germany04/09/1999

VFinland 4-1 Northern Ireland09/10/1999

LFinland 0-1 Iceland02/02/2000

VFinland 3-1 Norway16/08/2000

Overall

VFinland 4-2 Estonia23/02/2000

LThailand 5-1 Finland27/02/2000

VWales 1-2 Finland29/03/2000

DPoland 0-0 Finland26/04/2000

LLatvia 1-0 Finland04/06/2000

VFinland 3-1 Norway16/08/2000

Current form

Away

DNorway 2-2 Albania14/10/1998

DLatvia 0-0 Albania28/04/1999

LSlovenia 2-0 Albania18/08/1999

LGreece 2-0 Albania06/10/1999

VMalta 0-1 Albania10/02/2000

LNorth Macedonia 1-0 Albania26/04/2000

Overall

VAlbania 2-1 Georgia09/10/1999

VAlbania 3-0 Andorra06/02/2000

VAlbania 1-0 Azerbaijan08/02/2000

VMalta 0-1 Albania10/02/2000

LNorth Macedonia 1-0 Albania26/04/2000

DAlbania 0-0 Cyprus15/08/2000

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	7	2
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	7	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	4	0
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

0	Number of games (Competition total)	0
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

4 matches

2 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

4 matches

2 v

0 d

2 l

4 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	September 02, 1981
Home	2 - 1	September 02, 1981

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	September 03, 1980
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

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 Albania

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 Finland

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

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 Albania

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 Finland

Safet Berisha	4 matches	1972 - 1981
Ilir Përnaska	3 matches	1972 - 1981
Faruk Sejdini	2 matches	1972 - 1973
Ferid Rragami	2 matches	1980 - 1981
Sefedin Braho	2 matches	1973 - 1980
Ramazan Rragami	2 matches	1972 - 1973