History / The European age championship will be held in ALBANIA for the first time

The Albanian Football Federation has managed to bring the finals of a major international tournament for the ages to Albania for the first time.

UEFA has decided to entrust the AFL and Albania with hosting the finals of the 2025 European Championship for the U-17 age group.

The Albanian Federation was one of the federations that had run to host the final stage of the tournament, preparing a voluminous application that was prepared by the AFF administration and then submitted to UEFA.

Recently, the UEFA Executive Committee in the meeting held this Tuesday in Cyprus has voted in favor of the Albanian candidacy, with the finals of the continental tournament to be played in Albania in two years.

"Investments in infrastructure with new stadiums, which meet the appropriate criteria for international tournaments, or even the rich experience of the AFL administration in hosting and organizing international tournaments has again convinced UEFA to bring a major event to our country. ", announces the FFF.

In our country, in May 2022, the first final of the Conference League was organized, AS Roma - Feynoord, a historic event for Albania and Albanian football. Now is the moment for another important event, which will bring the strongest National Teams of the Continent to fight for the trophy of the European champion title.