Albania says it will reward its national footballers with diplomatic passports for having beaten Romania 1-0 at the Euro 2016 tournament.

The country has never played before in a major football competition. But it is not yet clear whether Albania will qualify for the next round in France.

The team will get $1.1m in extra funding as well as the new passports, the government said.

Albania lost their other two matches, coming third in their Euro 2016 group.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama captured the nation's excitement on Sunday by tweeting "Goooooooooool...." when Armando Sadiku headed the winning goal against Romania in the first half.

The award of diplomatic passports is mainly symbolic, as many of the Albanian players are already with clubs elsewhere in Europe and Albanians enjoy visa-free travel to the EU.

They will not enjoy diplomatic immunity, as that is reserved for official diplomats, but they will benefit from easier international travel.