Kosovo women's national football team

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This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Kosovo national football team.

Kosovo
Nickname(s)Dardanët (Dardanians)
AssociationFederata e Futbollit e Kosovës (FFK)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachAfërdita Fazlija
CaptainEdona Kryeziu
Most capsAs FIFA member
Blerta Shala (22)
Top scorerAs FIFA member
Besjana Reçica
Modesta Uka (5)
Home stadiumAdem Jashari Olympic Stadium
FIFA codeKVX[1]
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
FIFA ranking
CurrentNR (15 March 2024)[2]
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
 Greece 6–0 Kosovo 
(Tirana, Albania; 8 April 2017)
 France 6–0 Kosovo 
(Alanya, Turkey; 28 February 2018)
 Kosovo 0–6 Netherlands 
(Prishtina, Kosovo; 27 October 2020)
 Netherlands 6–0 Kosovo 
(Breda, Netherlands; 1 December 2020)

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

History

Main article: History of the Kosovo women's national football team

In 2010, the national team is established. On 6 February 2013, FIFA gave the permission to play international friendly games against other member associations.[3]

On 3 May 2016 at the UEFA Congress in Budapest, Kosovo were accepted into UEFA after members voted 28–24 in favor of Kosovo.[4]

Team image

Nicknames

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

Home stadium

The Kosovo women's national football team plays their home matches on the Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium.

Rivalries

Competitive record

On 1 March 2017. Kosovo played its first international match as FIFA member, in the framework of a tournament against Poland. The match ended in a 0–5 defeat.[5] On 9 January 2017, the national team for the first time was able to enter tournaments organized by FIFA and will play their first competitive matches in the qualification rounds for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[6]

FIFA Women's World Cup

Finals record Qualification record
Year Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1995 to 1999 Part of Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro —
2003 to 2007 Team did not exist —
2011 to 2015 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
France 2019 Did not qualify 3 0 0 3 3 12
Australia New Zealand 2023 To be determined — — — — — —
Total — 0/9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 12

UEFA Women's Championship

Finals record Qualification record
Year Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1993 to 1997 Part of Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro —
2001 to 2009 Team did not exist —
Sweden 2013 Not a UEFA member Not a UEFA member
Netherlands 2017 Could not enter —
England 2021 Did not qualify 10 3 1 6 6 29
Total — 0/13 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 1 6 6 29

Non-FIFA tournament

In 2017, Kosovo was invited for first time to the Turkish Women's Cup. They were sorted into a group with Poland, Romania and Turkey[7] and ended in last place with 3 defeats.[8]

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

Honours

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

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Florentina Kolgeci (vice-captain) (2000-10-30) 30 October 2000 (age 23) 15 0 Kosovo Mitrovica
12 1GK Erda Podvorica (2000-06-03) 3 June 2000 (age 23) 0 0 Kosovo Malisheva
16 1GK Lavdie Behramaj (1999-05-01) 1 May 1999 (age 25) 0 0 Albania Vllaznia Shkodër
2 2DF Edona Kastrati (1999-08-12) 12 August 1999 (age 24) 5 0 Italy Vicenza
3 2DF Viola Avduli (1999-11-22) 22 November 1999 (age 24) 3 0 Switzerland Zürich U21
5 2DF Liridona Syla (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 38) 20 1 Kosovo Mitrovica
11 2DF Edona Kryeziu (captain) (1995-10-03) 3 October 1995 (age 28) 22 0 Kosovo Mitrovica
19 2DF Albulena Fejza (2002-09-24) 24 September 2002 (age 21) 0 0 Kosovo Mitrovica
20 2DF Lumbardha Misini (2003-05-03) 3 May 2003 (age 21) 1 0 Kosovo Vizioni
4 3MF Fatlinda Ramaj (2000-10-01) 1 October 2000 (age 23) 1 0 Kosovo A&N
6 3MF Donjeta Halilaj (2000-03-12) 12 March 2000 (age 24) 9 0 Kosovo Mitrovica
7 3MF Qendresa Bajra (1992-05-11) 11 May 1992 (age 32) 13 2 Kosovo Mitrovica
8 3MF Blerta Shala (1998-12-03) 3 December 1998 (age 25) 25 1 Kosovo Mitrovica
10 3MF Argnesa Rexhepi (2000-11-23) 23 November 2000 (age 23) 1 0 Unknown
14 3MF Feride Kastrati (1993-05-23) 23 May 1993 (age 31) 12 0 Albania Apolonia Fier
15 3MF Donika Grajqevci (2002-11-14) 14 November 2002 (age 21) 2 0 Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
17 3MF Erëleta Memeti (1999-06-30) 30 June 1999 (age 24) 9 1 Germany SC Freiburg
18 3MF Loreta Lulaj (2003-06-24) 24 June 2003 (age 20) 2 0 Germany Bayern Munich
21 3MF Anjeza Rexhepi (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 22) 2 0 Kosovo A&N
22 3MF Verona Berisha (2000-04-05) 5 April 2000 (age 24) 4 0 Kosovo Mitrovica
23 3MF Modesta Uka (1999-05-23) 23 May 1999 (age 25) 11 5 Austria Sturm Graz
9 4FW Kaltrina Biqkaj (2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 (age 23) 23 3 Kosovo Mitrovica

Recent call-ups

  • The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Aleyna Agalar (2004-05-09) 9 May 2004 (age 20) 0 0 Kosovo Kosova VR Prishtinë v.  Netherlands, 27 October 2020
GK Delvina Durmishi (1996-11-28) 28 November 1996 (age 27) 0 0 Kosovo A&N v.  Estonia, 18 September 2020
GK Besarta Leci (1993-10-14) 14 October 1993 (age 30) 12 0 Germany VfL Sindelfingen v.  Slovenia, 10 March 2020 CLUB
DF Agnesa Gashi (1998-05-21) 21 May 1998 (age 26) 3 0 Kosovo A&N v.  Netherlands, 27 October 2020
DF Laureta Temaj (2002-06-13) 13 June 2002 (age 21) 1 0 Germany SV Alberweiler v.  Netherlands, 27 October 2020
DF Herolinda Zyba (1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 (age 28) 0 0 Kosovo A&N v.  Estonia, 18 September 2020
DF Fjolla Shala (1993-03-20) 20 March 1993 (age 31) 15 0 Iceland Breiðablik v.  Slovenia, 10 March 2020 CLUB
DF Flutura Agaj (1994-12-24) 24 December 1994 (age 29) 3 0 Switzerland Schlieren v.  Slovenia, 10 March 2020 CLUB
MF Erjona Emërllahu (2001-07-21) 21 July 2001 (age 22) 3 0 Kosovo A&N v.  Netherlands, 27 October 2020
MF Marigonë Tahiri (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 25) 9 0 Kosovo Mitrovica v.  Netherlands, 27 October 2020 INJ
MF Shkurte Zeqiri (2001-07-02) 2 July 2001 (age 22) 0 0 Kosovo A&N v.  Estonia, 18 September 2020
MF Fortesa Berisha (2003-06-20) 20 June 2003 (age 20) 0 0 Kosovo Malisheva v.  Estonia, 18 September 2020
MF Besarta Hisenaj (1998-10-21) 21 October 1998 (age 25) 6 0 Germany SG 99 Andernach v.  Slovenia, 10 March 2020 CLUB
MF Alberina Syla (1997-09-04) 4 September 1997 (age 26) 3 0 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt III v.  Slovenia, 10 March 2020 CLUB
FW Besjana Reçica (1996-04-13) 13 April 1996 (age 28) 10 5 Germany 1.FFC Recklinghausen 2003 v.  Netherlands, 27 October 2020
FW Fleta Musaj (2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 (age 24) 2 0 Kosovo A&N v.  Netherlands, 27 October 2020
FW Blerta Smaili (2002-05-08) 8 May 2002 (age 22) 2 0 Germany VfL Sindelfingen v.  Netherlands, 27 October 2020
FW Leonora Ejupi (2000-02-07) 7 February 2000 (age 24) 14 3 Germany Arminia Bielefeld v.  Slovenia, 10 March 2020 CLUB
FW Flaka Asllanaj (2001-05-14) 14 May 2001 (age 23) 2 1 Germany MSV Duisburg v.  Slovenia, 10 March 2020 EDU
FW Besijana Pireci (1999-10-18) 18 October 1999 (age 24) 0 0 Austria Austria Wien v.  Russia, 6 March 2020 PRE
Notes
  • PRE =Preliminary squad.
  • CLUB =It is not part of the current squad after the club has not allowed her to join.
  • SUSP =Is not available in the next game due to suspended.
  • INJ =It is not part of the current squad due to injury.
  • EDU =It is not part of the current squad due to school exam obligations.

Previous squads

Turkish Women's Cup

Records

Individual records

Main article: List of Kosovo women's international footballers
  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Manager history

Results and fixtures

Main article: Kosovo women's national football team results
  • The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixtures

2020

6 March[a] UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Kosovo  0–5  Russia Wiesbaden, Germany[a]
18:00 Report F. Shala 1' (o.g.)
Korovkina 33'
Smirnova 47', 53'
Fedorova 50'		 Stadium: Brita-Arena[a]
Referee: Henrikke Nervik (Norway)
10 March UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Kosovo  0–3  Slovenia Pristina, Kosovo
18:00 Report Begič 14'
Predanič 37'
Milović 90+3'		 Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium
Referee: Lois Otte (Belgium)
18 September UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Kosovo  2–0  Estonia Pristina, Kosovo
19:00 Himanen 8' (o.g.)
Biqkaj 28'		 Report Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Olivia Tschon (Austria)
23 October[b] UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Turkey  0–0  Kosovo Manavgat, Turkey
Report Stadium: Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex
Attendance: 0
Referee: Stacey Pearson (England)
27 October[b] UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Kosovo  0–6  Netherlands Pristina, Kosovo
Report Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sandra Braz Bastos (Portugal)
27 November[b] UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Russia  3–0  Kosovo Manavgat, Turkey
17:00 (19:00 TRT)
Report Stadium: Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)
30 November[b] UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Netherlands  6–0  Kosovo Breda, Netherlands
18.30
Report Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion
Attendance: 0

Head-to-head record

As of 19 November 2020
Head-to-head records are included only matches as FIFA member.
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
 Albania 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 000.00
 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 1 0 0 1 0 6 −6 000.00
 North Macedonia 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 066.67
 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
13 Countries 27 10 3 14 33 65 −32 037.04

See also

National teams
Men's
Women's

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^
    The Kosovo v Russia match, originally scheduled for 4 October 2019, 18:00 CEST, at the Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, was postponed on 28 September due to security issues.[10] The match was later rescheduled to 6 March 2020. On 18 October, UEFA announced that both matches between Kosovo and Russia will be played at neutral venues.[11]
  2. ^
    All matches originally scheduled to be played in April and June 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[12] These matches were subsequently rearranged to take place between September and December 2020.
  3. ^
    Caps of the friendly matches against Bulgaria (25 and 28 February 2019), North Macedonia (8 April 2019) and Luxembourg (9 November 2019) are missing.


References

  1. ^ Dryomin, Mark; Tabeira, Martin; Lozano, Carles; Jeffree, Iain (2 June 2016). "FIFA Country Codes". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2017. Kosovo (KVX)
  2. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  3. ^ "FIFA Circular no.1342" (PDF). FIFA.com. 6 February 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Kosovo accepted as member of UEFA after Congress vote". theguardian.com. The Guardian. 3 May 2016. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Kosova pësoi humbje nga Polonia". Football Federation of Kosovo. 1 March 2017. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  6. ^ "2019 Women's World Cup qualifying entries". UEFA. 9 January 2017. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Women's national team participates in "Alanya Cup". Football Federation of Kosovo. 21 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Vashat e Kosovës e përmbyllën pjesëmarrjen në turneun "Alanya Cup". Football Federation of Kosovo. 5 March 2017. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Dardanet filluan përgatitjet për ndeshjet me Turqinë dhe Holandën" [The Dardanians began preparations for the matches with Turkey and the Netherlands] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 20 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Shtyhet ndeshja mes Kosovës dhe Rusisë". Albinfo.ch. 2 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  11. ^ "UEFA Emergency Panel decision on Kosovo/Russia". UEFA.com. 18 October 2019. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  12. ^ "COVID-19: latest updates on UEFA competitions". UEFA. 17 March 2020.

External links

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