TIRANA, March 9 – Albania’s women’s national team lost 1–5 to the Czech Republic in the 2027 Women’s World Cup qualifiers. The match took place at “Loro Boriçi” Stadium in Shkodër.

The Czech Republic opened the scoring in the 14th minute through K. Cvrčková. Albania responded three minutes later when F. Berisha scored in the 17th minute after an assist from K. Hamonikaj.

However, the visitors regained the lead before the break. M. Khýrová scored in the 37th minute to give the Czech Republic a 2–1 advantage at half-time.
The Czech team increased the lead in the second half. F. Černá scored in the 50th minute. Khýrová added another goal in the 62nd minute, while Cvrčková completed her brace in the 67th minute.

Earlier, Albania had started the qualifying campaign with a 2–1 away win against Montenegro.

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