Kategoria Superiore Femra Explained

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)

	Club	Location
1		Fier
2		Rrogozhinë
3		Gramsh
4		Tirana
5		Laç
6		Lushnjë
7		Tirana
8		Durrës
9		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]		Kukësi	Megi Doçi	57
2015–16[6]	Vllaznia	Tirana AS	Mesuara Begallo	51
2016–17[7]	Vllaznia	Apolonia	Megi Doçi	62
	Vllaznia	Tirana AS	Megi Doçi	70
	Vllaznia	Tirana AS	Megi Doçi	79
	Vllaznia	Apolonia	Megi Doçi	88
	Vllaznia	Apolonia	Megi Doçi	59
	Vllaznia	Apolonia	Megi Doçi	66
	Vllaznia	Tirana	Megi Doçi	84
	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
	Shkodër	11
		3
		1

Records

All-time table

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

Top goalscorers

	Player	Goals	Apps
1		728+	236+
2		251	170
3		248+	189+
4		237	175
5		236	237
6		183	73
7		138+	130+
8		136	188
9		123	106
10		118	155
11		116	106
12		112	89
13		111	148
14		108	118
15		106	235
16		99	91
17		95	235
18		93	59
19		89	193
20		76	77

Notes - Number of missing matches and goals +

Largest victories

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

See also

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/alba-wom07.html Albania 2007
2. http://www.dw.de/hapa-seriozë-të-futbollit-të-femrave-shqiptare/a-4046462 Hapa seriozë të futbollit të femrave Shqiptare
3. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/alba-wom09.html Albania 2009
4. Web site: Vllaznia (new name for Ada) wins the 1st title. sport ekspres.com. 30 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140330232107/http://sportekspres.com/vllaznia-shpallet-kampione-e-vendit/. 30 March 2014. dead. dmy-all.
5. Web site: VLLAZNIA PER FEMRA, SHPALLET KAMPIONE E VENDIT . rozafa.tv . 12 April 2015 . 21 April 2015 . sq.
6. Web site: Archived copy . 8 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190324070717/https://telesport.al/vllaznia-per-femra-neser-ceremonia-e-shpalljes-kampione-2/ . 24 March 2019 . dead .
7. Web site: Vllaznia privatizon titullin për femra (Vllaznia wins title) . supersport.al . 22 April 2017 . 23 April 2017 . sq.