Referees from Albania
Enea Jorgji
| Intl. since: | 2011 |
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Started as a UEFA category 3 referee in 2011
Bardhyl Pashaj
| Intl. since: | 2011 |
| Hometown: | Tirana |
Albanian referee Bardhyl Pashaj started as a UEFA category 3 referee in 2011
Bujar Pregja
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Albanian referee Brujar Pregja retired internationally in 2001.
Lorenc Jemini
| Intl. since: | 2010 |
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Promoted to the UEFA 2nd category in 2011.
Sokol Jareci
| Intl. since: | 2000 |
| Hometown: | Tirana |
Sokol Jareci once stated that : "Kryebashkiaku Gjika pas ndeshjes me tha.."
This could be a shocking statement or a really lame one, we don't have a clue what it means.
Albano Janku
| Intl. since: | 2002 |
| Hometown: | Tirana |
Active on a lower level, qualifiers and such. See his palmares for the interna
Eldorjan Hamiti
| Intl. since: | 2018 |
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Juxhin Xhaja
| Intl. since: | 2018 |
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Plarent Kotherja
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Born in Sofia form an Albanian father and an Italian mother, Plarent Kotherja was an international referee in the early 1990s, he is considered one of the best Albanian refs ever.
Arseni Hoxha
| Intl. since: | 1973 |
| Hometown: | Fier |
Sitting at home in Cleveland must have made him a little sentimental, because he told an interviewer he often listened to tapes (!) of Albanian and Italian music of the 1970s. Ital
Hiqmet Kuka
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Yevi Kollari
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Andi Koci
| Intl. since: | 2017 |
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Luan Zylfo
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May 13, 2000, Luan Zylfo was sitiing in an outside cafe together with his assistants and Adrian Cobo, the president of the team Tomorri Berat, when a man in a tracksuit fired five
Qazim Dervishi
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Shkoder born Qazim Dervishi (1908-1994) was a multiple sportsman (football, baseball, basketball, athletics) and - for a short time - a football referee.
Faik Bajrami
| Intl. since: | 1971 |
| Hometown: | Vlore |
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Besnik Kaimi
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Tirana |
After the match Naftëtari-Dinamo on June the 5th 1988 in Kucova a revolt broke out. The Stalinist government had to find someone to blame and who is better to blame than the ref
Ramiz Prelja
| Intl. since: | 1962 |
| Hometown: | Tirana |
Ramiz Prelja's claim to fame is the qualifier Turkey - Romania for the 1966 World Cup. Prelja was a FIFA referee for a long time, from 1962 until at least 1980.
Dhori Prifti
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Korce |
Prifti himself says he was the best referee n Albania during the 1980s, and he liked the competition between him and Koterja and Hoxha (the referee not the dictator).
Mehmet Myshku
| Intl. since: | 1973 |
| Hometown: | Durres |
FIFA referee from 1973 until 1976.
Astrit Canaj
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Mihal Petraq Doko
| Intl. since: | 1976 |
| Hometown: | Vlore |
A FIFA referee in 1976 only or from 1976 until 1979.
Agim Lika
| Intl. since: | 1968 |
| Hometown: | Tirana |
Agim Lika was a FIFA referee in the year 1968.
Lulzim Konci
| Intl. since: | 1978 |
| Hometown: | Tirana |
A FIFA referee from around 1978 until at least 1980.
Tahir Kalaci
| Intl. since: | 1970 |
| Hometown: | Shkodra |
FIFA referee from 1970 (or a year earlier) until 1976.
Shefqet Caslli
| Intl. since: | 1970 |
| Hometown: | Tirana |
Shefqet Caslli was a FIFA referee from 1970 (or a year earlier) until at least 1980.
Jorgji Godari
| Intl. since: | 1958 |
| Hometown: | Tirana |
Godari (sometimes: Kodari) was a FIFA referee from 1958 until 1965. He was a member of Dinamo Tirana.
Agim Nikshiqi
| Intl. since: | 1970 |
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Nikshiqi was an international referee from possibly 1970 (or a year earlier) until 1971.
Shahzivar Gruda
| Intl. since: | 1958 |
| Hometown: | Durres |
Gruda was a FIFA referee from 1958 (first mention of Albania on the FIFA lists) until 1972. He worked for the Ports department in Durres.
Aristidh Papadhopuli
| Intl. since: | 1970 |
| Hometown: | Tirana |
A FIFA referee from probably 1970 until 1972.
Luigj Shala
| Intl. since: | 1937 |
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There is a Shala Prize in Albania for refs named after Luigj Shala (1908- 1967), the first ever international Alabnian ref. International from 1937.
Aristidh Dode
| Intl. since: | 1958 |
| Hometown: | Berat |
Possibly the first time that Albania appeared on a FIFA list after WWII was in 1958. Aristidh Dode was an international referee until 1961.
Fidai Pupa
| Intl. since: | 1971 |
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Fidai Pupa must have been a FIFA referee for about ten years or even more, but we haven't found any matches he took charge of. In 2005 he received the Luigj Shala prize in Shkoder.
Eqrem Stërmasi
| Intl. since: | 1937 |
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One of the three first ever Albanian FIFA referees.
Besim Hamdiu
| Intl. since: | 1958 |
| Hometown: | Tirana |
A FIFA referee from1958 until 1961. Hamdiu posthumously received the Luigj Shala prize in 2005 (An Albanian prize for referees).
Haxhi Pellumbi
| Intl. since: | 1972 |
| Hometown: | Tirana |
Pëllumbi was a FIFA referee in 1973 and 1974.
Llazar Mima
| Intl. since: | 1937 |
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One of the first three Albanian international referees.
Ramazan Kuka
| Intl. since: | 1960 |
| Hometown: | Tirana |
FIFA referee from 1960 until 1968.
Xhavit Fagu
| Intl. since: | 1973 |
| Hometown: | Tirana |
Fagu was an international referee from 1973 until 1976. He received a referee's prize in Albania in 2005.
Sami Kotherja
| Intl. since: | 1961 |
| Hometown: | Tirana |
In 1962 Sami Kotherja published a book called "Njohuri mbi rregulloren e futbollit" (knowledge of the football rules).
Hysen Hysenaj
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Tirana |
A FIFA referee from 1961 until 1965.
Tomson Neviri
| Intl. since: | 1973 |
| Hometown: | Tirana |
Tomson Neviri was a FIFA referee in 1973. His first name doesn't sound Albanian, maybe it is or maybe someone called T(h)omson was some hero of the proletariat.
Besim Selimi
| Intl. since: | 1962 |
| Hometown: | Tirana |
Information is scant, but we found Besim Selmi on the FIFA list in 1962. He was from Tirana.