Albania in Euro 2016
The European Championship is the main football competition of men led by UEFA. This competition is held every four years since its establishment in 1960. Its original name was “UEFA European Nations’ Cup”, while in 1968 it was named “UEFA European Football Championship”. Since 1996 the championships are appointed as European – briefly “Euro” plus the year (e.g. Euro 2012).
Until 1980, only four representatives have played in the final phase, meanwhile after this year eight teams started to compete.