TIRANA, October 9/ATA/ The former head coach of the national team Arie Haan and the former Dutch footballer Ruud Krol are on a visit in Albania and today visited the Albanian national team gathered for the routine training session by the current Head Coach Sylvinho.

Haan and Krol met with Coach Sylvinho, the technical staff of the national team, as well as some of the red and black footballers.

During the conversation, Ari Haan and Ruud Krol wished Head Coach Sylvinho and the players success in the October challenges and in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. They also had the opportunity to visit the premises of the Football House and get acquainted with the football museum.

Ari Haan and Ruud Krol are in Tirana to participate in the activity at the “Air Albania” stadium, organized in cooperation between the Albanian Football Association and the Embassy of the Netherlands to Albania at the opening of the Dutch Cultural Week in Albania and coinciding with the 55th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The activity will also focus on a legendary football match. In 1970, Dutch club Ajax played versus “17 Nëntori” and the match ended in a historic 2-2 draw in what is remembered as one of the most famous football matches in the country's communist era. /k.s/j.p/p.s./