What you need to know about history-making Hong Kong footballer Wai Yuen Ting’s reigning Albanian champions Vllaznia Shkoder
- Shkoder-based Vllaznia secures Uefa Women’s Champions League qualifier spot once again over the weekend
- Hong Kong star Wai joins team towards end of 21-0-record and 166-goal-difference season
With a 4-1 victory over Tirana AS on Sunday, KFF Vllaznia Shkoder comfortably won this season’s Albanian Women's National Championship.
That was their seventh title in a row, and the trophy cabinet at the Reshit Rusi Stadium has also seen the Albanian Cup join the league title every year since 2014.
With this year’s Cup final yet to be decided it could be the sixth league and cup double on the spin for a women’s team that only started in earnest in 2013.
The club has a long history in other sports, dating back to its founding in 1919, making it the oldest sporting club in the country.
Like another dominant team in red and blue stripes, the club operates multiple sports teams including men’s football, futsal and basketball alongside both men’s and women’s volleyball. The men’s football team was the first of these and predates second club FK Tirana, the record 24-time champions, by a year.
The club’s women’s team changed dramatically ahead of the 2013-14 season when three-time champions KF Ada Velipoje disbanded and the playing staff moved to Vllaznia.