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Albania

Nickname(s)	Kuq e Zinjtë (The Red and Blacks)
Association	Albanian Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vioresin Sinani
Captain	Albina Rrahmani
Most caps	Luçije Gjini (39)
Top scorer	Megi Doçi (11)
Home stadium	Elbasan Arena
FIFA code	ALB
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	73 2 (13 October 2022)[1]
Highest	40 (April 2015)
Lowest	136 (December 2011)
First international
Albania 1–0 Macedonia  (Pogradec, Albania; 5 May 2011)[2]
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 Femrave) 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.[3] The match ended 1–0 with Albania's first win and midfielder Aurora Seranaj scoring the first goal for Albania.[3]

Towards the end of 2011, the national team strengthened its squad with the arrival of football players from the Albanian diaspora communities, notably Furtuna Velaj, Dafina Memedov, Ellvana Curo, Elizabeta Ejupi, Arjeta Krasniqi and Arbnora Robelli. The national team ended the year with their second win against Macedonia FYR away in Struga. [4] The second victory against Macedonia FYR is currently the national team's biggest win.

On 15 May 2012, Albania faced Montenegro in Bar and won 4–2. [5] Three days later, the Albanian team won again with a rematch against Montenegro, winning 4–3 at the Loro Boriçi Stadium in Shkodër. [6] On 22 May, Albania encountered Macedonia FYR again, winning 2–0 with 2 goals from Suada Jashari. [7] The national team had so far been undefeated in 5 games, with 15 goals scored, and 6 goals conceded. On 29 August, The Albanian national team participated in an unofficial football tournament held in Drama. The national team drew 1–1 with Amazons Drama[8] and lost 0–3 to Greece.[9]

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.[3] 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.[10] 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

2021

2022

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Vioresin Sinani

Manager history

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• Altin Rraklli (5 May 2011 – 22 April 2016)
• Armir Grimaj (22 April 2016–present)[11]

Players

Current squad

The following players were named to the squad for the matches against  Norway and  Kosovo on 25 and 30 November 2021.[12]

Caps and goals accurate up to and including 27 November 2020^{[citation needed]}.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Viona Rexhepi	(1996-07-24) 24 July 1996 (age 26)	7	0	Mitrovica
12	1GK	Antigona Hyska	(2003-06-23) 23 June 2003 (age 19)	1	0	Apolonia
5	2DF	Arbiona Bajraktari	(1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 26)	23	1	Vllaznia
6	2DF	Sara Maliqi	(1995-10-09) 9 October 1995 (age 27)	19	0	Vllaznia
8	2DF	Endrina Elezaj	(1997-01-12) 12 January 1997 (age 25)	10	0	Mitrovica
3	2DF	Arbenita Curraj	(1996-07-28) 28 July 1996 (age 26)	8	0	Vllaznia
	2DF	Matilda Gjergji	(2003-05-21) 21 May 2003 (age 19)			Vllaznia
	2DF	Aglia Iliadhi	(2004-11-30) 30 November 2004 (age 17)			Apolonia
16	3MF	Luçije Gjini	(1994-05-02) 2 May 1994 (age 28)	39	2	Vllaznia
11	3MF	Megi Doçi	(1996-10-14) 14 October 1996 (age 26)	32	11	Vllaznia
10	3MF	Qëndresa Krasniqi	(1994-06-28) 28 June 1994 (age 28)	18	1	EP-COM Hajvalia
2	3MF	Alma Hila	(2000-02-02) 2 February 2000 (age 22)	5	0	Como
20	3MF	Vanesa Levenaj	(2001-08-10) 10 August 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Vllaznia
4	3MF	Mikaela Metalla	(2002-10-22) 22 October 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Tirana AS
	3MF	Luana Zajmi	(2002-06-14) 14 June 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Pomurje
	3MF	Gresa Berisha	(1998-04-26) 26 April 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Vllaznia
18	3MF	Ezmiralda Franja	(1997-02-04) 4 February 1997 (age 25)			Vllaznia
17	4FW	Kristina Maksuti	(1993-02-06) 6 February 1993 (age 29)	13	1	SV Meppen
7	4FW	Mimoza Hamidi	(1998-04-28) 28 April 1998 (age 24)	1	0	Basel
9	4FW	Esi Lufo	(2001-09-10) 10 September 2001 (age 21)			Vllaznia
13	4FW	Mesuare Begallo	(2000-03-01) 1 March 2000 (age 22)			Partizani
	4FW	Gleona Taullai		0	0

Recent call ups

The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Ardiola Raxhimi	(1998-09-12) 12 September 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Vllaznia	v.  Poland, 26 October 2021
DF	Xhulia Xhindole	(1999-01-24) 24 January 1999 (age 23)			Tirana AS	v.  Poland, 26 October 2021
DF	Rabie Tota	(1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 28)	0	0	Tirana AS	v.  Poland, 26 October 2021
MF	Ilarja Zarka	(2001-10-01) 1 October 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Vllaznia	v.  Poland, 26 October 2021

Records

Individual

As of 5 August 2021

*Active players in bold.

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	Did not enter								Did not enter
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									To be determined
Total	0/9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Total	24	6	3	15	17	81	−64

*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
1984	Did not enter								Did not enter
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
2001
2005
2009
2013
2017	Did not qualify								5/5	8	0	0	8	3	31	−28
2021	Did not qualify								4/5	8	2	0	6	7	21	−14
Total	0/11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Total	16	2	0	14	10	52	−42

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

References

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile

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