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)
Top goalscorer	Megi Doçi ; (728+ goals)
Website	Official website
	Current: 2024–25

Last updated November 27, 2024

Kategoria Superiore Femra, known officially 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 the most popular sport in Albania, women's football had 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, Shkodër, Korçë 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.^[2]

The first official competition was held in the form of a knockout tournament, played between January 23–28, 2009 at Selman Stërmasi Stadium in Tirana and at the FSHF Sports Center in Kamëz. The tournament featured eight teams: Tirana AS, Tropojë, Juban Danja, Olimpik Tirana, Tirana, Rubiku, Memaliaj Sport and The Door. The quarter-finals were held on the 23rd and the semi-finals on the 25th, with the final being held three days later, on January 28th, at Selman Stërmasi Stadium. The final saw Tirana AS, led by coach Altin Rraklli face off against Juban Danja. Tirana AS emerged victorious with a commanding 4–0 win, with goals from Aurora Seranaj, Ana Baro and a brace by Brisida Zaimaj, securing their place as the first-ever champions of Albania.^[3]

Clubs (2024–25)

Tirana

Teuta

Lushnja

Kukësi

Laçi

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

#	Club	Location
1	Apolonia	Fier
2	Egnatia	Rrogozhinë
3	Gramshi	Gramsh
4	Kinostudio	Tirana
5	Laçi	Laç
6	Lushnja	Lushnjë
7	Partizani	Tirana
8	Teuta	Durrës
9	Tirana	Tirana
10	Vllaznia	Shkodër

Champions and top goalscorers

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Top Scorer(s)	Goals
2009	Tirana AS	Juban Danja	Emanuela Jaku	8
2010–11	Ada	Tirana AS	Ana Baro	24
2011–12	Ada	Tirana AS	Advije Veliu	41
2012–13	Ada	Juban Danja	Ambra Gjergji	23
2013–14	Vllaznia *	FC Kinostudio ^[4]	Ambra Gjergji	43
2014–15 ^[5]	Vllaznia	Kukësi	Megi Doçi	57
2015–16 ^[6]	Vllaznia	Tirana AS	Mesuara Begallo	51
2016–17 ^[7]	Vllaznia	Apolonia	Megi Doçi	62
2017–18	Vllaznia	Tirana AS	Megi Doçi	70
2018–19	Vllaznia	Tirana AS	Megi Doçi	79
2019–20	Vllaznia	Apolonia	Megi Doçi	88
2020–21	Vllaznia	Apolonia	Megi Doçi	59
2021–22	Vllaznia	Apolonia	Megi Doçi	66
2022–23	Vllaznia	Tirana	Megi Doçi	84
2023–24	Vllaznia	Apolonia	Valentina Troka	65

By the end of 2013, Ada had been dissolved, merging with Vllaznia, while retaining the 3 previously won titles under its original name.

By titles

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

Records

All-time table

As of 24 November 2024

Rank	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vllaznia	224	219	4	1	1658	45	+1613	661
2	Kinostudio	265	164	17	84	1278	596	+682	509
3	Apolonia	222	150	20	52	1253	362	+891	470
4	Tirana AS	225	132	23	70	898	419	+479	419
5	Juban Danja	205	119	21	65	784	405	+379	375
6	Tirana	89	62	7	20	449	127	+322	193
7	Teuta	179	58	7	114	389	865	-476	181
8	Partizani	87	56	2	29	396	147	+249	170
9	The Door	124	47	12	65	270	442	-172	153
10	AAS	140	46	1	93	274	677	-403	139
11	Ada	44	37	7	0	206	32	+174	118
12	Skënderbeu	134	33	4	97	157	721	-564	94
13	Shkëndija Durrës	84	26	8	50	136	286	-150	86
14	Dajti	136	23	2	111	107	784	-677	68
15	Kukësi	40	19	2	19	147	113	-34	59
16	Laçi	42	16	5	21	99	163	-64	53
17	Murlani	20	13	1	6	81	48	+33	40
18	Gramshi	25	11	3	11	96	87	+9	36
19	Term	22	12	1	9	73	41	+32	34
20	Bilisht Sport	104	6	6	92	37	826	-789	24
21	Memaliaj Sport	17	7	2	8	22	32	-10	23
22	Atletik Klub	20	7	2	11	39	68	-29	23
23	Dardania Sport	62	7	2	53	32	285	-253	23
24	Elbasani	22	6	3	13	31	64	-33	21
25	Kamza	46	5	4	37	22	143	-121	19
26	Maliqi	40	6	1	33	40	262	-222	19
27	Pogradeci	42	4	0	38	30	315	-285	12
28	Lushnja	85	5	2	78	29	577	-548	11
29	Egnatia	7	2	1	4	12	36	-24	7
30	Albiks	16	1	0	15	10	65	-55	3
31	Olimpik Tirana	1	0	0	1	0	7	-7	0

Top goalscorers

As of 24 November 2024

#	Player	Goals	Apps
1	Megi Doçi	728+	236+
2	Kesjana Goro	251	170
3	Mesuare Begallo	248+	189+
4	Anela Vishkulli	237	175
5	Cyme Lulaj	236	237
6	Valentina Troka	183	73
7	Esi Lufo	138+	130+
8	Desantila Koldashi	136	188
9	Ambra Gjergji	123	106
10	Klaudia Rrotani	118	155
11	Marsela Djegsina	116	106
12	Ana Baro	112	89
13	Vanesa Levenaj	111	148
14	Iris Armoku	108	118
15	Luçije Gjini	106	235
16	Uendi Muja	99	91
17	Esmeralda Franja	95	235
18	Liridona Gashi	93	59
19	Paula Jaku	89	193
20	Denada Loci	76	77

Notes - Number of missing matches and goals +

Largest victories

As of 13 October 2024

Season	Date	Match	Result
2016–17	22.04.2017	Kinostudio–The Door	30–0
2017–18	11.11.2017	Kinostudio–Bilisht Sport	27–0
2023–24	09.03.2024	Partizani–Skënderbeu	24–0
2023–24	23.03.2024	Apolonia–Teuta	23–0
2023–24	18.11.2023	Skënderbeu–Tirana	0–23
2020–21	21.11.2020	Tirana AS–Bilisht Sport	23–0
2013–14	13.04.2014	Juban Danja–Apolonia	23–6
2018–19	06.04.2019	Kinostudio–Pogradeci	22–0
2016–17	29.10.2016	Kinostudio–Skënderbeu	22–0
2023–24	08.10.2023	Vllaznia–Teuta	21–0
2020–21	14.11.2020	Bilisht Sport–Apolonia	0–21
2019–20	24.06.2020	Dajti–Vllaznia	0–21
2018–19	24.11.2018	Bilisht Sport–Kinostudio	0–21
2012–13	23.03.2013	Shkëndija Durrës–Juban Danja	0–21
2021–22	26.02.2022	Apolonia–Skënderbeu	20–0
2016–17	17.12.2016	The Door–Vllaznia	0–20
2014–15	13.12.2014	Kinostudio–AAS	20–1
2013–14	29.03.2014	Apolonia–Kinostudio	0–20

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[2] Hapa seriozë të futbollit të femrave Shqiptare

[3] Albania 2009

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