Croatia-Albania, statistics and facts you need to know about the Group B match

The next match for the Albanian national football team will be against Croatia tomorrow starting at 15:00 at the "Volksparkstadion" in Hamburg.

It is the match of the second round of Group B matches in "Euro 2024".

Albania and Croatia start their match with zero points as losers in the first round, where Croatia was defeated 3:0 by Spain and Albania 2:1 by the reigning European champions, Italy.

Croatia has 5 participations more than Albania in European championships, where they have participated 6 times in a row, from "Euro 2004" and after. It has reached the quarterfinals twice, in its debut in 1996 and most recently in 2008.

* Under coach Zlatko Dalic, who has been in charge of the team since 2017, Croatia finished second behind England in Group D at Euro 2020, before losing 5-3 after extra time to Spain in the fourth round 1/16th.
* Croatia qualified for Euro 2024 as the second place in Group D, behind Turkey, finishing with 16 points: 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. This is Croatia's first match at Volksparkstadion.

* This is Albania's second European participation, after its debut in "Euro 2016", where it lost 1-0 against Switzerland and 2-0 against France and won 1-0 against Romania, with a goal by Armando Sadik. De Biaz's team finished third in Group A.

* Albania ranked 4th in the "Euro 2020" qualifiers, with 13 points, after France (25 points), Turkey (23) and Iceland (19).

* With Sylvinho on the bench, who replaced Edoardo Reja on 1 January 2023, Albania started the 2024 qualifying campaign with a 1-0 defeat in Poland, but then managed 4 wins and 3 draws, finishing Group E with 15 points.

* Like Croatia, Albania has never played in the "Volksparkstadion" before.

They played in Croatia:

Ardian Ismajli (Hajduk Split 2016–2020)

Mirlind Daku (Osijek 2018–23)

They played together:

Marin Pongracic-Ylber Ramadani (Leçe 2023–)

Mario Pashalic-Berat Gjimshiti (Atalanta 2018–)

Mario Pashalic-Etrit Berisha (Atalanta 2018/19)

Nikola Vlasic-Etrit Berisha (Torino 2022/23)

Josip Juranović-Ardian Ismajli (Hajduk Split 2016–20)

Josip Juranovic-Ernest Muçi (Legia Warsaw 2021)

Marcelo Brozovic-Kristjan Asllani (Inter 2022-2023)

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