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Albania

Nickname(s)	Kuqezinjtë (The Red and Blacks)
Association	Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit (FSHF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Armir Grima
Captain	Albina Rrahmani
Most caps	Sara Maliqi (58)
Top scorer	Megi Doçi (12)
Home stadium	Arena Kombëtare
FIFA code	ALB
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	73 (13 December 2024)
Highest	59 (December 2013)
Lowest	81 (December 2015)
First international
Albania 1–0 Macedonia  (Pogradec, Albania; 5 May 2011)
Biggest win
Albania 5–0 Armenia  (Tirana, Albania; 21 October 2021)
Biggest defeat
Albania 0–11 Norway  (Durrës, Albania; 13 September 2014)

The Albania women's national football team (Albanian: Kombëtarja e futbollit të femrave të Shqipërisë) represents the country of Albania in international football and is controlled by the Albanian Football Association which is headquartered in the city of Tirana. The team is affiliated with UEFA and competes in the two major professional tournaments, the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship.

Women's football was long met with skepticism in Albania, and the first recorded tournament took place as late as 2007, before the FSHF formed the Albanian Women's National Championship in 2009, which is the only women's league in the country. The rise in popularity of the sport among women led to the formation of the Albania national team in 2011, and they made their debut in a friendly match against Macedonia that ended in a 1–0 win. The current head coach is Armir Grimaj, replacing Altin Rraklli who was in charge from the formation in 2011 until 2016.

History

The Albanian women's national football team was formed in 2011 and made their debut in a friendly against Macedonia FYR on 5 May 2011 at the Gjorgji Kyçyku Stadium. The match ended 1–0 with Albania's first win and midfielder Aurora Seranaj scoring the first goal for Albania. The national team ended the year with their second win against Macedonia FYR away in Struga.

On 15 May 2012, Albania faced Montenegro in Bar and won 4–2. Three days later, the Albanian team won again with a rematch against Montenegro, winning 4–3 at the Loro Boriçi Stadium in Shkodër. On 22 May, Albania encountered Macedonia FYR again, winning 2–0 with 2 goals from Suada Jashari. The national team had so far been undefeated in 5 games, with 15 goals scored, and 6 goals conceded. On 29 August, The Albania national team participated in an unofficial football tournament held in Drama. The national team drew 1–1 with Amazons Drama and lost 0–3 to Greece.

Team image

Kits and crest

Kit suppliers

Kit provider	Period
Legea	2011
Adidas	2011–2016
Macron	2016–present

Home stadium

The Elbasan Arena is currently the national stadium of the Albania women's national football team. The first home match in the country was played in the Gjorgji Kyçyku Stadium of Pogradec in May 2011. Following the completion, the National Arena in Tirana will be the home venue of both the men's and women's national team.

In November 2013, Qemal Stafa Stadium was shut down by FIFA for not fulfilling international standards. During the period of friendly games and the Euro qualifier with Greece in 2015, the women's team used the Loni Papuçiu Stadium in Fier to hold their matches. The Qemal Stafa Stadium held the match between France and Albania on 27 November 2015.

Results and fixtures

This Is the schedule of past & upcoming games for the Albania women's football team.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2024

22 February Visit Malta Women's Tournament 2024	Albania	0–3	Belarus	Paola, Malta
		Report	Maliqi 35' (o.g) Pilipienka 62', 85'	Stadium: Tony Bezzina Stadium

25 February Visit Malta Women's Tournament 2024	Albania	3–0	Faroe Islands	Paola, Malta
	Berisha 9' Istrefaj 60' Tukaj 65'	Report		Stadium: Tony Bezzina Stadium

5 April UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying	Luxembourg	2–1	Albania	Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
--:-- UTC±0	C. Schmit 68' Thompson 87'	Report	Gjini 43'	Stadium: Stade Emile Mayrisch Referee: Marina Zechner (Austria)

9 April UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying	Albania	2–0	Estonia	Tirana
--:-- UTC±0		Report		Stadium: Arena Kombëtare Referee: Anastasiya Romanyuk (Ukraine)

31 May UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying	Estonia	1–2	Albania	Tallinn
17:00 (18:00 UTC+3)	Himanen 17'	Report	F. Berisha 7' Krasniqi 90+2'	Stadium: Lilleküla Stadium Attendance: 934 Referee: Tatyana Sorokopudova (Kazakhstan)

4 June UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying	Albania	3–1	Luxembourg	Elbasan, Albania
--:-- UTC±0	Doçi 29' (pen.) Krasniqi 45+2' Berisha 46'	Report	Kremer 90+1'	Stadium: Elbasan Arena Referee: Melek Dakan (Turkey)

25 October UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs	Albania	0–5	Norway	Shkodër, Albania
16:00 UTC+2		Report	Maanum 9' Bergsvand 23', 44' Hegerberg 62' Hoxhaj 74' (o.g.)	Stadium: Loro Boriçi Stadium Attendance: 2,185 Referee: Ana Maria Terteleac (Romania)

29 October UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs	Norway	9–0	Albania	Oslo, Norway
19:00 UTC+2	Maanum 18', 52', 62', 65' Naalsund 29' Hegerberg 44' Gaupset 75' Reiten 81' (pen.) Bøe Risa 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion

3rd December Friendly	Romania	1-2	Albania	Târgoviște, Romania
18:00	Carp 43'		Troka 10' Dogi 90+2'	Stadium: Eugen Popescu Stadium

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Armir Grima

Manager history

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• Altin Rraklli (5 May 2011 – 22 April 2016)
• Armir Grimaj (22 April 2016–present)

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying matches against Norway, in October 2024.
• Caps and goals are correct as of 4 June 2024, after the match against Estonia.

Recent call-ups

• The following players have been called up for a squad within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals		Latest call-up
GK	Klesjana Spaho	(2004-05-10) 10 May 2004 (age 20)	0	0		v.  Northern Ireland, 26 September 2023
DF	Bora Fucia	(2004-04-08) 8 April 2004 (age 20)	0	0		v.  Northern Ireland, 26 September 2023
DF	Arbiona Bajraktari	(1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 28)	21	0		v.  Luxembourg, 4 June 2024
DF	Sara Maliqi	(1995-10-09) 9 October 1995 (age 29)	38	0		v.  Luxembourg, 4 June 2024
DF	Luçije Gjini	(1994-05-02) 2 May 1994 (age 30)	46	4		v.  Luxembourg, 4 June 2024
DF	Matilda Gjergji	(2003-05-21) 21 May 2003 (age 21)	12	0		v.  Luxembourg, 4 June 2024
MF	Markela Bejleri	(2001-05-28) 28 May 2001 (age 23)	3	0		v.  Estonia, 9 April 2024
MF	Valentina Troka	(2002-11-15) 15 November 2002 (age 22)	8	0		2024 Visit Malta Tournament
MF	Stella Toma	(2004-12-03) 3 December 2004 (age 20)	0	0		v.  Republic of Ireland, 31 October 2023
MF	Jehona Coka	(2005-03-05) 5 March 2005 (age 19)	0	0		v.  Northern Ireland, 26 September 2023
MF	Vesa Paqarizi	(2005-03-02) 2 March 2005 (age 19)	1	0		v.  Luxembourg, 4 June 2024
FW	Mimoza Hamidi	(1998-04-28) 28 April 1998 (age 26)	17	3		v.  Estonia, 9 April 2024
FW	Klaudia Borci	(2005-12-19) 19 December 2005 (age 19)	3	0		2024 Visit Malta Tournament
FW	Maria Baska	(2000-11-02) 2 November 2000 (age 24)	3	0		v.  Hungary, 5 December 2023
FW	Esi Lufo	(2001-09-10) 10 September 2001 (age 23)	9	1		v.  Luxembourg, 4 June 2024
FW	Klesta Ago	(2007-04-21) 21 April 2007 (age 17)	0	0		v.  Luxembourg, 4 June 2024

Records

Individual

As of 5 August 2021

*Active players in bold.

Most capped players This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2020) Statistics correct as of 2020. # Player Year(s) Caps

Top goalscorers This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2020) # Player Year(s) Goals Caps

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record									Qualification record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	GD	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Team did not exist								Team did not exist
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015	Did not qualify								6/6	13	3	1	9	8	56	−48
2019									4/5	11	3	2	6	9	25	−16
2023									4/6	10	3	1	6	14	30	−16
2027	To be determined								To be determined
Total	0/4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Total	24	9	4	21	31	101	−70

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD	P/R	Rnk
1984	Team did not exist									Team did not exist
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
2001
2005
2009
2013	Did not enter									Did not enter
2017	Did not qualify									5/5	8	0	0	8	3	31	−28	–
2021										4/5	8	2	0	6	7	21	−14
2025										1/4	6	3	0	3	8	18	−10		37th
2029	To be determined									To be determined
Total	0/5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		Total	22	5	0	17	18	70	−52	37th

UEFA Women's Nations League

UEFA Women's Nations League record
Year	League	Group	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	Rnk
2023–24	B	1	4th	6	0	1	5	2	18		32nd
2025	B	4	To be determined
Total				6	0	1	5	2	18	32nd

	Promoted at end of season
	No movement at end of season
	Relegated at end of season
*	Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs

Head-to-head record

As of 5 August 2021

Opponent	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Differential
Belgium	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8
Croatia	2	0	0	2	2	10	−8
Finland	2	0	0	2	1	11	−11
France	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12
Greece	5	2	0	3	6	12	−6
Hungary	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6
Kosovo	1	1	0	0	3	2	−1
Latvia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Luxembourg	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
North Macedonia	4	3	0	1	10	5	+5
Malta	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Montenegro	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2
Netherlands	2	0	0	2	1	14	−13
Norway	2	0	0	2	0	18	−18
Portugal	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10
Poland	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3
Romania	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6
Turkey	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Ukraine	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6
19 Countries	41	11	3	27	39	134	−95

See also

• Sport in Albania
  • Football in Albania
    • Women's football in Albania
• Albania women's national football team
  • Albania women's national football team results
  • List of Albania women's international footballers
• Albania women's national under-19 football team
• Albania women's national under-17 football team

Notes

1. From Euro 2025 onwards a new qualifying format was introduced, linked to the Women's Nations League where teams are divided into leagues with promotion/relegation between the leagues at the end of each cycle.

References

1. "Mbrojtësja e Kombëtares Sara Maliqi tërhiqet nga futbolli i luajtur. FSHF e falënderon për kontributin në futbollin e vajzave". fshf.org (in Albanian). Albanian Football Association. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
3. "Albania matches". Kirill. 16 August 2010. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
4. ^ Fatjon Pandovski – Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) (6 May 2011). "Seranaj scores as Albania women make their debut". uefa.com.
5. Sue Prior. "Winning International debut for Liz". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
6. "Montenegro vs. Albania 2 – 4". Retrieved 30 December 2012.
7. "Albania vs. Montenegro 4 – 3". Retrieved 30 December 2012.
8. "Albania vs. Macedonia FYR 2 – 0". Retrieved 30 December 2012.
9. "Δράμα -Αλβανία μέσα απο το φακό". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
10. "Αυλαία στο τουρνουά της Δράμας (+photos)- Κόγγουλη "Καλό τεστ το τουρουά για την Εθνική"". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
11. "Sport.albeu.com – UEFA "djeg" edhe "Ruzhdi Bizhutën" e "Niko Dovanën"". Archived from the original on 26 May 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
12. Rraklli largohet nga stoli i Kombëtares së femrave, ja kush e zëvendëson
13. "EURO 2025 për vajza/ Trajneri Grima fton 23 futbolliste për sfidat me Norvegjinë, dy emra të rinj në skuadër & 7 rikthime" [-] (in Albanian). Albanian Football Association. 20 October 2024.

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