Albania continues to make progress in European football, achieving a very positive result in UEFA’s final Fair Play ranking for the 2025/26 season. Our country ranks first in Europe for improvement in Fair Play indicators from one season to the next.
According to UEFA’s official report, Albania reached a score of 7.789 points for the 2025/26 season, significantly improving on last season’s result of 7.503 points. The positive difference of 0.286 points places Albania at the top of this category, ahead of Iceland, which ranks second with an improvement of 0.263 points, and Slovenia, in third place, with 0.250 points more than the previous season.
This result places Albania ahead of 50 other European federations included in the ranking. UEFA’s ranking is based on the Fair Play results recorded in all matches of European competitions, at club and national team level, played from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026. The assessment includes federations that have played at least 50 matches in UEFA competitions.
UEFA awards ratings in three categories: overall Fair Play, improvement in Fair Play results from one season to the next, and spectator behaviour. In the overall result category, Iceland secured first place with 8.533 points, while in the spectator behaviour category, Wales was rated with 9.125 points.
Albania’s improvement in this ranking represents a positive assessment at European level, placing Albanian football at the top of federations for the progress shown in Fair Play indicators during the 2025/26 season.