Kategoria Superiore Femra

Kategoria Superiore Femra

Founded	2009
Country	Albania
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Albanian Women's Cup
International cup(s)	Champions League
Current champions	Vllaznia (11th title) (2023–24)
Most championships	Vllaznia (11 titles)
Website	Official website
Current: 2023–24

Kategoria Superiore Femra, referred to as Abissnet Superiore Femra, is the highest division of women's football in Albania. The league is the female equivalent to the men's Kategoria Superiore. The current season is contested by 10 clubs.

History

Although football is considered one of the most popular sports in Albania, women's football has historically been non-evident in the country until 2007, when the first ever national tournament was held in Sarandë from 15 to 18 August as a promotional event for women's football. The teams who participated were amateur sides made up of a selection of players from Tirana, Shkodra, Korça, and Rubik. ^[1] Six more friendly tournaments were held in the following two years in order to raise the profile of the sport and to receive the backing of the Albanian Football Federation to start an official competition. ^[2]

Two years after the first unofficial tournament in Albania, the first official competition was held in the form of a knockout tournament played between the 23rd and 28 January 2009 at the Selman Stërmasi Stadium in Tiranë and the Albanian Football Association Sports Centre in Kamëz. The tournament featured eight teams which were Tirana AS, FC Tropoja, Juban Danja, Olimpik Tirana, Tirana, KF Rubiku, KF Memaliaj and KF The Door Shkodra. The quarter finals were held on 23 January and the semi-finals were held on 28 January with the final being held three days later on 28 January at the Selman Stërmasi Stadium. The final was contested between Tirana AS, coached by Altin Rraklli and Juban Danja and ended in a 4–0 win for Tirana AS following goals from Aurora Seranaj, Ana Baro and two goals from Brisida Zaimaj to crown the club the inaugural champions of Albania. ^[3]

Clubs (2022–23)

Apolonia

Tirana

Kinostudio

Skënderbeu

Teuta

Vllaznia

Partizani

Lushnja

Kukësi

Laçi

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Locations of the 2022–23 Albanian Women's National Championship teams

#	Club	Location
1.	Apolonia	Fier
2.	FC Kinostudio	Tirana
3.	Kukësi	Kukës
4.	Laçi	Laç
5.	Lushnja	Lushnjë
6.	Partizani	Tirana
7.	Skënderbeu	Korçë
8.	Teuta	Durrës
9.	Tirana	Tirana
10.	Vllaznia	Shkodër

Previous winners

Season	Winner	Runner-up
2009	Tirana AS	Juban Danja
2010–11	Ada	Tirana AS
2011–12	Ada	Tirana AS
2012–13	Ada	Juban Danja
2013–14	Vllaznia *	FC Kinostudio [4]
2014–15 [5]	Vllaznia	Kukësi
2015–16 [6]	Vllaznia	Tirana AS
2016–17 [7]	Vllaznia	Apolonia
2017–18	Vllaznia	Tirana AS
2018–19	Vllaznia	Tirana AS
2019–20	Vllaznia	Apolonia
2020–21	Vllaznia	Apolonia
2021–22	Vllaznia	Apolonia
2022–23	Vllaznia	Tirana
2023–24	Vllaznia	Apolonia

• By end of 2013 Ada of Velipojë reorganized and merged with players from Shkodër to play from that moment on under the name of Vllaznia. Since Velipojë and Shkodër are two different cities, Ada retains the 3 previously won titles.

By titles

Team	Home city	Championships
Vllaznia	Shkodër	11
Ada	Velipojë	3
Tirana AS	Tirana	1

See also

• Albanian Women's Cup
• List of football clubs in Albania

References

1. Albania 2007
2. Hapa seriozë të futbollit të femrave Shqiptare
3. Albania 2009
4. "Vllaznia (new name for Ada) wins the 1st title". sport ekspres.com. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
5. "VLLAZNIA PER FEMRA, SHPALLET KAMPIONE E VENDIT" (in Albanian). rozafa.tv. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
7. "Vllaznia privatizon titullin për femra (Vllaznia wins title)" (in Albanian). supersport.al. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

External links

• Standings at Federation website
• League at uefa.com