Albania women's national football team

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)[1]
Top scorer	Megi Doçi (12)
Home stadium	Arena Kombëtare
FIFA code	ALB
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	73 (16 August 2024)[2]
Highest	59 (December 2013)
Lowest	81 (December 2015)
First international
Albania 1–0 Macedonia  (Pogradec, Albania; 5 May 2011)[3]
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.