Kosovo women's national football team

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Kosovo
Nickname(s)Dardanet (Dardanians)
AssociationFederata e Futbollit e Kosovës (FFK)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachAfërdita Fazlija
CaptainEdona Kryeziu
Most capsBlerta Shala (27)
Top scorer
Home stadiumFadil Vokrri Stadium
FIFA codeKVX[a]
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current 110 Increase 5 (10 December 2021)[1]
Highest97 (December 2017)
Lowest126 (July 2019)
First international
 Kosovo 0–5 Poland 
(Alanya, Turkey; 1 March 2017)
Biggest win
 Luxembourg 0–5 Kosovo 
(Bissen, Luxembourg; 9 November 2019)
Biggest defeat
 Belgium 7–0 Kosovo 
(Leuven, Belgium; 21 October 2021)

The Kosovo women's national football team (Albanian: Kombëtarja e futbollit të femrave të Kosovës; Serbian: Женска фудбалска репрезентација Косова, romanized: Ženska fudbalska reprezentacija Kosova) represents Kosovo in international women's football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Kosovo.

History[]

Permitting by FIFA to play friendlies[]

On 6 February 2013, FIFA gave the permission to play international friendly games against other member associations.[2] Whereas, on 13 January 2014, there was a change of this permit that forbade Kosovo to play against the national teams of the countries of the former Yugoslavia. Club teams were also allowed to play friendlies and this happened after a FIFA Emergency Committee meeting. However, it was stipulated that clubs and representative teams of the Football Federation of Kosovo may not display national symbols as flags, emblems, etc. or play national anthems. The go-ahead was given after meetings between the Football Association of Serbia and Sepp Blatter.

Membership in UEFA and FIFA[]

See also: Membership of Kosovo in international sports federations

In September 2015 at an UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Malta was approved the request from the federation to the admission in UEFA to the next Ordinary Congress to be held in Budapest.[3] On 3 May 2016, at the Ordinary Congress. Kosovo were accepted into UEFA after members voted 28–24 in favor of Kosovo.[4][5] Ten days later, Kosovo was accepted in FIFA during their 66th congress in Mexico with 141 votes in favour and 23 against.[6]

First tournament[]

Debut in World Cup and Euro qualifications[]

Kosovo began to make their debut in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, where Kosovo was drawn with Albania, Greece and Malta.[7] The Kosovars despite the efforts failed to qualify and finished last in the group with three losses.

After failing to qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, Kosovo participated in the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying, together with Estonia, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey and 2019 World Cup runners-up finisher Netherlands,[8] the Kosovars created their first big surprise, defeating Turkey in a 2–0 home win, which was also the team's first-ever competitive win,[9] victory which increased the enthusiasm which unfortunately did not last long and after the positive results began to experience a decline which resulted in disqualification.

Team image[]

Nicknames[]

The Kosovo women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Dardanet (Dardanians)".

Kits and crest[]

The Kosovan women's national football team wears blue jersey at home matches, white jersey at away matches, black jersey at neutral matches, but mostly this jersey is used as an alternative jersey, following the tradition of the Kosovo men's team. On 5 October 2016, Kosovo signed with Spanish sportswear company Kelme to a four-year contract and was the first official kit suppliers of Kosovo after membership in UEFA and FIFA.[10] On 16 June 2018, Kosovo signed with Swiss sportswear company Fourteen to a four-year contract and becomes the current kit suppliers of Kosovo.[11][12]

Fadil Vokrri Stadium
Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium
Kit supplier Period Contract
Announcement Duration
Kelme 2016–2018 5 October 2016 2016–2020 (4 years)
Fourteen 2018–present 16 June 2018 2018–2022 (4 years)

Home stadium[]

Kosovo's home stadium is the Fadil Vokrri Stadium. The stadium capacity is 13,500, which makes it the second largest national stadium in Kosovo. Kosovo's previous national stadium was the Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium which is currently under renovation.

Kosovo national football team home stadiums
Stadium Capacity Location Pld W D L Win % First match Last match UEFA
category
Opponent Date Opponent Date
Fadil Vokrri Stadium 13,500 Pristina, Kosovo 6 2 1 3 033.33  North Macedonia 8 April 2019  Norway 21 September 2021 4/4 stars
Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium 18,500 Mitrovica, Kosovo 1 1 0 0 100.00  Montenegro, 26 November 2017 2/4 stars
Gjakova City Stadium 6,000 Gjakova, Kosovo 1 1 0 0 100.00  North Macedonia, 5 April 2019 1/4 stars

Results and fixtures[]

Further information: Kosovo women's national football team results (2020–present)
  • The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Void or postponed   Fixture

2021[]

8 April Friendly North Macedonia  1–3  Kosovo Skopje, North Macedonia
15:00
  • Maksuti Goal 60'
 Report
Stadium: Petar Miloševski Training Centre
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ivana Pajkovska (North Macedonia)
11 April Friendly North Macedonia  0–1  Kosovo Skopje, North Macedonia
13:00 Report
Stadium: Petar Miloševski Training Centre
Attendance: 0
Referee: Irena Velevackovska (North Macedonia)
16 September 2023 FIFA Women's World
Cup qualification		 Albania  1–1  Kosovo Elbasan, Albania
19:00 Doci Goal 43' (pen.) Report Limani Goal 72' Stadium: Elbasan Arena
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)
21 September 2023 FIFA Women's World
Cup qualification		 Kosovo  0–3  Norway Pristina, Kosovo
19:00 Report
Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium
Referee: Reelika Turi (Estonia)
21 October 2023 FIFA Women's World
Cup qualification		 Belgium  7–0  Kosovo Leuven, Belgium
20:00
Report Stadium: Den Dreef
Referee: Jelena Kumer (Croatia)
26 October 2023 FIFA Women's World
Cup qualification		 Armenia  0–1  Kosovo Yerevan, Armenia
16:00 (19:00 AMT) Report
Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
Referee: Viola Raudziņa (Latvia)
25 November 2023 FIFA Women's World
Cup qualification		 Kosovo  1–2  Poland Pristina, Kosovo
16:00
Report
Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium
Referee: Galiya Echeva (Bulgaria)
30 November 2023 FIFA Women's World
Cup qualification		 Kosovo  1–3  Albania Pristina, Kosovo
16:00
Report
Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium
Referee: Lovisa Johansson (Sweden)

2022[]

7 April 2023 FIFA Women's World
Cup qualification		 Norway  v  Kosovo Norway
Report
12 April 2023 FIFA Women's World
Cup qualification		 Kosovo  v  Belgium Pristina, Kosovo
Report Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium
1 September 2023 FIFA Women's World
Cup qualification		 Kosovo  v  Armenia Pristina, Kosovo
Report Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium
6 September 2023 FIFA Women's World
Cup qualification		 Poland  v  Kosovo Poland
Report

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

Position Name
Head coach Kosovo Afërdita Fazlija
Assistant coach(es)
Kosovo Sanije Krasniqi
Kosovo Veton Çitaku
Goalkeeping coach Kosovo Besart Ismajli
Physiotherapist(s)
Kosovo Filloretë Berisha
Kosovo Sabit Hajra
Doctor Kosovo Enver Hoxha
Device manager Kosovo Taulant Ahmetaj

Players[]

Main article: List of Kosovo women's international footballers
See also: Category:Kosovo women's international footballers

Current squad[]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club[c]
1 1GK Florentina Kolgeci (2000-10-30) 30 October 2000 (age 21) 24 0 Kosovo Mitrovica
12 1GK Lavdije Behramaj (1999-05-01) 1 May 1999 (age 22) 0 0 Kosovo Kosova VR Prishtinë
16 1GK Erda Podvorica (2000-06-03) 3 June 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Kosovo Malisheva
5 2DF Liridona Syla (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 35) 29 4 Kosovo Mitrovica
15 2DF Lumbardha Misini (2003-05-03) 3 May 2003 (age 18) 9 0 Kosovo EP-COM Hajvalia
3 2DF Viola Avduli (1999-11-22) 22 November 1999 (age 22) 8 0 Switzerland Zürich U21
21 2DF Agnesa Gashi (1998-05-21) 21 May 1998 (age 23) 7 0 Kosovo Mitrovica
14 2DF Drita Çelaj (1994-05-07) 7 May 1994 (age 27) 0 0 Netherlands Rijnvogels
22 2DF Albulena Fejza (2002-09-24) 24 September 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Kosovo Mitrovica
8 3MF Blerta Shala (1998-12-03) 3 December 1998 (age 23) 31 1 Kosovo Mitrovica
4 3MF Donjeta Halilaj (3rd captain) (2000-03-12) 12 March 2000 (age 21) 18 1 Kosovo Mitrovica
17 3MF Erëleta Memeti (vice-captain) (1999-06-30) 30 June 1999 (age 22) 15 1 Germany SC Freiburg
19 3MF Marigonë Tahiri (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 22) 13 0 Kosovo Mitrovica
6 3MF Besarta Hisenaj (1998-10-21) 21 October 1998 (age 23) 12 0 Germany SG 99 Andernach
7 3MF Donika Grajqevci (2002-11-14) 14 November 2002 (age 19) 10 0 Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
2 3MF Verona Berisha (2000-04-05) 5 April 2000 (age 21) 8 0 Kosovo A&N
10 3MF Erjona Emërllahu (2001-07-21) 21 July 2001 (age 20) 5 0 Kosovo Mitrovica
9 4FW Kaltrina Biqkaj (2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 (age 21) 32 4 Kosovo Mitrovica
11 4FW Edona Kryeziu (captain) (1995-10-03) 3 October 1995 (age 26) 31 0 Kosovo Mitrovica
13 4FW Besjana Reçica (1996-04-13) 13 April 1996 (age 25) 16 5 Germany 1. FFC Recklinghausen
20 4FW Fleta Musaj (2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 (age 21) 7 1 Kosovo Mitrovica
18 4FW Blerta Smaili (2002-05-08) 8 May 2002 (age 19) 7 0 Germany VfB Obertürkheim
23 4FW Fatlinda Ramaj (2000-10-01) 1 October 2000 (age 21) 5 0 Kosovo EP-COM Hajvalia

Recent call-ups[]

  • The following players have been called up for a squad within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club[c] Latest call-up
GK Elmedina Avdili (2003-06-04) 4 June 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Unattached Training Camp, 11–15 June 2021
GK Ilfete Kryeziu (1998-10-18) 18 October 1998 (age 23) 1 0 Kosovo Kosova VR Prishtinë v.  North Macedonia, 11 April 2021
DF Edona Kastrati (1999-08-12) 12 August 1999 (age 22) 7 0 Italy Vicenza v.  Norway, 21 September 2021
DF Majlinda Kadolli (1997-04-07) 7 April 1997 (age 24) 1 0 Kosovo Kosova VR Prishtinë v.  North Macedonia, 11 April 2021
DF Anjeza Berisha (2003-04-02) 2 April 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Kosovo Jakova v.  North Macedonia, 11 April 2021
MF Argnesa Rexhepi (2000-11-23) 23 November 2000 (age 21) 3 0 Switzerland Zürich U21 v.  Armenia, 26 October 2021
MF Modesta Uka (1999-05-23) 23 May 1999 (age 22) 13 5 Austria Sturm Graz v.  Norway, 21 September 2021
MF Rita Olluri (2001-04-24) 24 April 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Kosovo Kosova VR Prishtinë v.  Albania, 16 September 2021PRE
MF Feride Kastrati (1993-05-23) 23 May 1993 (age 28) 15 1 Albania Apolonia Fier Training Camp, 11–15 June 2021
MF Fortesa Berisha (2003-06-20) 20 June 2003 (age 18) 1 0 Kosovo Malisheva Training Camp, 11–15 June 2021
MF Venera Rexhi (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 25) 0 0 Sweden Mallbackens IF Training Camp, 11–15 June 2021DOC
MF Albulena Gashi (2000-05-28) 28 May 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Italy Portogruaro Training Camp, 11–15 June 2021
MF Anjeza Rexhepi (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 20) 4 0 Kosovo A&N v.  North Macedonia, 11 April 2021
FW Valentina Limani (1997-02-02) 2 February 1997 (age 24) 26 3 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt III v.  Albania, 30 November 2021
FW Leonora Ejupi (2000-02-07) 7 February 2000 (age 21) 16 3 Germany Arminia Bielefeld v.  Armenia, 26 October 2021
FW Elizabeta Ejupi (1994-04-21) 21 April 1994 (age 27) 0 0 England London City Lionesses Training Camp, 11–15 June 2021DOC
FW Alketa Rama (2003-12-30) 30 December 2003 (age 17) 0 0 Switzerland Zürich U19 Training Camp, 11–15 June 2021
FW Loreta Lulaj (2003-06-24) 24 June 2003 (age 18) 5 0 Germany Ingolstadt v.  North Macedonia, 11 April 2021
FW Rrezona Ramadani (2002-09-05) 5 September 2002 (age 19) 2 0 Albania Vllaznia Shkodër v.  North Macedonia, 11 April 2021
Notes
  • DOC = Is not available due to problems with documentations.
  • PRE = Preliminary squad/standby.

Competitive record[]

FIFA Women's World Cup[]

On 19 January 2017, in Nyon, it was decided that Kosovo should be part in Group 2 of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, together with Albania, Greece and Malta.[7] On 6 April 2017, Kosovo made their debut on 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifications with a 3–2 away defeat against Albania.[13]

FIFA Women's World Cup record FIFA Women's World Cup qualification record
Year Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
Sweden 1995 Part of  FR Yugoslavia
United States 1999
United States 2003 Team did not exist
China 2007
Germany 2011 Not a FIFA member
Canada 2015
France 2019 Did not qualify 3 0 0 3 3 12
Australia New Zealand 2023 To be determined 4 1 1 2 2 11
Total — 0/9 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 7 1 1 5 5 23

UEFA Women's Championship[]

On 21 February 2019, in Nyon, it was decided that Kosovo should be part in Group A of the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying, together with Estonia, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey and 2019 World Cup runners-up finisher Netherlands.[8] On 30 August 2019, Kosovo made their debut on UEFA Women's Championship qualifying with a 2–0 home win against Turkey, which was also the team's first-ever competitive win.[9]

UEFA Women's Championship record UEFA Women's Championship qualification record
Year Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
Italy 1993 Part of  FR Yugoslavia
Norway Sweden 1997
Germany 2001 Team did not exist
England 2005
Finland 2009
Sweden 2013 Not a UEFA member
Netherlands 2017 Could not enter
England 2022 Did not qualify 10 3 1 6 6 29
Total — 0/13 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 10 3 1 6 6 29

Minor tournaments[]

Kosovo has so far participated in two editions of the Turkish Women's Cup, the first time was in the 2017 edition, when Kosovo lost in all three matches of this tournament against Poland (0–5), which was also her first international match as a FIFA member, against Romania (0–3) and against the host Turkey (2–4). A year later, Kosovo again participated in the 2018 edition, when they lost against France (0–6), Ukraine (0–2), draw against Kazakhstan (1–1) and win against Northern Ireland (1–0).

Year Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Turkey 2017 Turkish Women's Cup Group stage 4th 3 0 0 3 2 12 Squad
Turkey 2018 Turkish Women's Cup 5th 4 1 1 2 2 9 Squad
Total Group stage 2/2 7 1 1 5 4 21 —

Head-to-head record[]

As of 30 October 2021

Head-to-head records are included only matches as FIFA member.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
 Albania 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 000.00
 Armenia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
 Belgium 1 0 0 1 0 7 −7 000.00
 Bulgaria 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 100.00
 Estonia 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
 France 1 0 0 1 0 6 −6 000.00
 Greece 1 0 0 1 0 6 −6 000.00
 Kazakhstan 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
 Luxembourg 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 100.00
 Malta 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 000.00
 Montenegro 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 100.00
 Netherlands 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 000.00
 Norway 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 000.00
 North Macedonia 5 4 1 0 9 2 +7 080.00
 Northern Ireland 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
 Poland 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5 000.00
 Russia 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8 000.00
 Romania 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 000.00
 Slovenia 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8 000.00
 Turkey 3 1 1 1 4 4 +0 033.33
 Ukraine 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 000.00
18 Countries 34 13 4 17 39 83 −44 038.24

See also[]

Men's
Women's

Notes and references[]

Notes[]

  1. ^
    The international governing body of football, FIFA uses the trigramme 'KVX' for Kosovo,[14] while the European governing body of football, UEFA uses the trigramme 'KOS' for Kosovo.[15]
  2. ^
    Caps of the friendly matches against Bulgaria (25 and 28 February 2019), North Macedonia (8 April 2019) and Luxembourg (9 November 2019) are missing.
  3. ^
    The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the call-up.

References[]

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. ^ "FIFA Circular no.1342" (PDF). FIFA. 6 February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2019.
  3. ^ "UEFA shqyrton në mars të vitit të ardhshëm anëtarësimin e Kosovës" [UEFA reviews in March next year Kosovo's membership] (in Albanian). Voice of America. 19 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Football Federation of Kosovo joins UEFA". UEFA. 3 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Kosovo accepted as member of Uefa after Congress vote". The Guardian. 3 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Zyrtare: Kosova pranohet në FIFA, jemi të barabartë me të gjitha vendet e botës" [Official: Kosovo is admitted to FIFA, we are equal to all countries in the world] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 13 May 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Kosova në grup me Shqipërinë" [Kosovo in a group with Albania] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 19 January 2017.
  8. ^ a b "U hodh shorti për Evropianin e femrave" [The lot was drawn for the European women] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 21 February 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Kosova e mrekullueshme kundër Turqisë, i nis kualifikimet me fitore" [Wonderful Kosovo against Turkey, starts the qualifications with a victory] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 30 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Nënshkruhet marrëveshja mes FFK-së dhe 'Kelme' për fanellat e Përfaqësueses së Kosovës (Foto/Video)" [Signed the agreement between FFK and 'Kelme' for the kits of Kosovo national football team (Photo/Video)] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 5 October 2016.
  11. ^ "FFK-ja promovoi logon e re dhe sponsorin e ri teknik" [FFK promoted the new logo and the new technical sponsor] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 16 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Zbulohen fanellat e reja të Kosovës për Ligën e Kombeve dhe logo e re e FFK-së" [Revealed the new jersey of Kosovo for the Nations League and the new logo of FFK] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 16 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Kosova pëson humbje kundër Shqipërisë me autogol në minutat shtesë" [Kosovo suffers losses against Albania with an own goal in extra minutes] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 6 April 2017.
  14. ^ Dryomin, Mark; Tabeira, Martin; Lozano, Carles; Jeffree, Iain (2 June 2016). "FIFA Country Codes". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Kosovo (KVX)
  15. ^ "Football Federation of Kosovo (KOS)". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

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