Kosovo women's national football team

Kosovo
Nickname(s)	Dardanët (Dardanians)
Association	Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës (FFK)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Afërdita Fazlija
Most caps	As FIFA member; Blerta Shala; Edona Kryeziu; Valentina Limani (16)
Top scorer	As FIFA member; Besjana Reçica (5)
Home stadium	Olympic Stadium Adem Jashari
FIFA code	KVX
FIFA ranking
Current	NR (16 August 2024)
Highest	97 (December 2017)
Lowest	126 (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)

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

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 Ordinary Congress, Kosovo were accepted into UEFA after members voted 28–24 in favor of Kosovo.^[4]

Match 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

FIFA Women's World Cup 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
2019	Did not qualify								3	0	0	3	3	12
2023	To be determined								—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	—	0/9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	12

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship 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								—
2013	Not a UEFA member								Not a UEFA member
2017	Could not enter								—
2021	To be determined								—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	—	0/13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Turkish Women's Cup

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 the last with 3 defeats.^[8]

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
2017	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	12	—
2018	Group stage	4	1	1	2	2	9	Squad
2019	Did not invited
Total	2/3	7	1	1	5	4	21	—

Fixtures and results

The following is a list of matches in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2019

25 February Friendly	Bulgaria	1–2	Kosovo	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Georgieva 35'	Report	Reçica 10' Bajra 85'	Stadium: Boyana National Football Center

28 February Friendly	Bulgaria	1–4	Kosovo	Sofia, Bulgaria
	unknown 8'	Report	Asllanaj 49' Biqkaj 60' Reçica 71' Ejupi 78'	Stadium: Boyana National Football Center

5 April Friendly	Kosovo	3–1	North Macedonia	Gjakova, Kosovo
15:00	Uka 21' Limani 30' Reçica 90+1'	Report	Dimovska 78'	Stadium: Gjakova City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Kreshnik Vula (Kosovo)

8 April Friendly	Kosovo	3–3	North Macedonia	Pristina, Kosovo
15:00	Uka 41' Reçica 54' Memeti 90+4'	Report	Krstanovska 69' Ristovska 71' (pen.) Nikolovska 90+3'	Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium

30 August UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Kosovo	2–0	Turkey	Pristina, Kosovo
20:00	Uka 33' L. Syla 39'	Report		Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium Referee: Emilie Dokset (Norway)

3 September UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Slovenia	5–0	Kosovo	Dravograd, Slovenia
	Prašnikar 14', 62' Zver 41', 56' Kolbl 48'	Report		Stadium: Dravograd Sports Centre Referee: Rasa Imanalijeva (Lithuania)

4 October UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Kosovo	Postponed	Russia	Pristina, Kosovo
		Report		Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium

8 October UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Estonia	1–2	Kosovo	Tartu, Estonia
18:15 (19:15 EEST)	Loo 22' (pen.)	Report	Uka 41', 56'	Stadium: Tamme Stadium Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

9 November Friendly	Luxembourg	0–5	Kosovo	Bissen, Luxembourg
16:00		Report	Reçica Memeti unknown o.g.' Ejupi	Stadium: Terrain ZAC Klengbousbierg Attendance: 384

2020

10 March UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Kosovo	v	Slovenia	Kosovo
		Report

10 April UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Kosovo	v	Netherlands	Kosovo
		Report

14 April UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Turkey	v	Kosovo	Turkey
		Report

9 June UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Russia	v	Kosovo	Russia
		Report

18 September UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Kosovo	v	Estonia	Kosovo
		Report

22 September UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Netherlands	v	Kosovo	Netherlands
		Report

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying match against Estonia, on 8 October 2019.^[9]
All caps and goals as of 8 October 2019 after match against Estonia, only matches as FIFA member are included.^[a]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Besarta Leci	(1993-10-14) 14 October 1993 (age 30)	10	0	VfL Sindelfingen
12	1GK	Florentina Kolgeci	(2000-10-30) 30 October 2000 (age 23)	10	0	Mitrovica
16	1GK	Lavdie Behramaj	(1999-05-01) 1 May 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Feronikeli

5	2DF	Liridona Syla	(1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 38)	15	1	Mitrovica
2	2DF	Fjolla Shala	(1993-03-20) 20 March 1993 (age 31)	13	0	Breiðablik
21	2DF	Flutura Agaj	(1994-12-24) 24 December 1994 (age 29)	2	0	Schlieren

8	3MF	Blerta Shala	(1998-12-03) 3 December 1998 (age 25)	19	1	Mitrovica
15	3MF	Qendresa Bajra	(1992-05-11) 11 May 1992 (age 32)	13	2	Mitrovica
14	3MF	Feride Kastrati	(1993-05-23) 23 May 1993 (age 31)	11	0	Feronikeli
20	3MF	Marigona Tahiri	(1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 25)	7	0	Mitrovica
22	3MF	Verona Berisha	(2000-04-05) 5 April 2000 (age 24)	6	0	Mitrovica
17	3MF	Erëleta Memeti	(1999-06-30) 30 June 1999 (age 25)	4	1	VfL Wolfsburg
6	3MF	Besarta Hisenaj	(1998-10-21) 21 October 1998 (age 25)	4	0	Hessen Wetzlar
19	3MF	Alberina Syla	(1997-09-04) 4 September 1997 (age 26)	3	0	Eintracht Frankfurt
3	3MF	Egzona Zeka	(1997-04-25) 25 April 1997 (age 27)	2	0	Mitrovica

10	4FW	Valentina Limani (Captain)	(1997-02-02) 2 February 1997 (age 27)	19	2	1. FFC Frankfurt
9	4FW	Kaltrina Biqkaj	(2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 (age 24)	18	2	Mitrovica
7	4FW	Leonora Ejupi	(2000-02-07) 7 February 2000 (age 24)	12	3	Arminia Bielefeld
13	4FW	Besjana Reçica	(1996-04-13) 13 April 1996 (age 28)	9	5	1.FFC Recklinghausen 2003
23	4FW	Modesta Uka	(1999-05-23) 23 May 1999 (age 25)	8	5	Sturm Graz
4	4FW	Donjeta Halilaj	(2000-03-12) 12 March 2000 (age 24)	3	0	Mitrovica
18	4FW	Fleta Musaj	(2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 (age 24)	0	0	A&N

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	Malsore Halili	(1995-10-08) 8 October 1995 (age 28)	0	0	Feronikeli	v. North Macedonia, 8 April 2019
GK	Erda Podvorica	(2000-06-03) 3 June 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Malisheva	v. North Macedonia, 8 April 2019
GK	Ilfete Kryeziu	(1998-10-18) 18 October 1998 (age 25)	0	0	Llapi	v. Ukraine, 12 November 2018

DF	Arbesa Kastrati	unknown	0	0	Malisheva	v. North Macedonia, 8 April 2019
DF	Gjenifer Pjetri	(2001-04-22) 22 April 2001 (age 23)	2	0	Dukagjini	v. Bulgaria, 28 February 2019
DF	Donjeta Haxha	(1996-05-14) 14 May 1996 (age 28)	5	0	Feronikeli	v. Ukraine, 12 November 2018

MF	Edona Kryeziu	(1995-10-03) 3 October 1995 (age 28)	16	0	Mitrovica	v. North Macedonia, 8 April 2019
MF	Anjeza Rexhepi	(2001-08-07) 7 August 2001 (age 23)	2	0	Vizioni	v. North Macedonia, 8 April 2019
MF	Aurora Behluli	(1999-08-16) 16 August 1999 (age 25)	2	0	Zürich	v. Bulgaria, 28 February 2019
MF	Anita Racaj	(2000-01-29) 29 January 2000 (age 24)	2	0	Basel	v. Ukraine, 12 November 2018

FW	Flaka Asllanaj	(2001-05-14) 14 May 2001 (age 23)	2	1	MSV Duisburg	v. Slovenia, 3 September 2019
FW	Agnesa Rexha	(1994-10-04) 4 October 1994 (age 29)	11	2	Mitrovica	v. Ukraine, 12 November 2018

Coaching staff

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

Head-to-head records against other countries

As of 9 November 2018
Head-to-head records are included only matches as FIFA member.

Opponent	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	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	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
Malta	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Montenegro	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
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
Romania	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Slovenia	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	000.00
Turkey	2	1	0	1	4	4	+0	050.00
Ukraine	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	000.00
13 Countries	21	8	2	11	26	48	−22	038.10

Notes and references

Notes

^
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

^ Dryomin, Mark; Tabeira, Martin; Lozano, Carles; Jeffree, Iain (2 June 2016). "FIFA Country Codes". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Kosovo (KVX)
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ "FIFA Circular no.1342" (PDF). FIFA.com. 6 February 2013.
^ "Kosovo accepted as member of UEFA after Congress vote". theguardian.com. The Guardian. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
^ "Kosova pësoi humbje nga Polonia". Football Federation of Kosovo. 1 March 2017.
^ "2019 Women's World Cup qualifying entries". UEFA. 9 January 2017.
^ "Women's national team participates in "Alanya Cup". Football Federation of Kosovo. 21 February 2017.
^ "Vashat e Kosovës e përmbyllën pjesëmarrjen në turneun "Alanya Cup". Football Federation of Kosovo. 5 March 2017.
^ "Kombëtarja e Kosovës (femrat) nesër nis përgatitjet për dy ndeshjet e para kualifikuese" [Kosovo national team (women's) tomorrow begins preparations for the first two qualifying matches] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 26 August 2019.

External links

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Kosovo (women) News about the team

[cnote_a] 
Caps of the friendly matches against Bulgaria (25 and 28 February 2019), North Macedonia (8 April 2019) and Luxembourg (9 November 2019) are missing.

[1] Dryomin, Mark; Tabeira, Martin; Lozano, Carles; Jeffree, Iain (2 June 2016). "FIFA Country Codes". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Kosovo (KVX)

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-2] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

[3] "FIFA Circular no.1342" (PDF). FIFA.com. 6 February 2013.

[4] "Kosovo accepted as member of UEFA after Congress vote". theguardian.com. The Guardian. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

[5] "Kosova pësoi humbje nga Polonia". Football Federation of Kosovo. 1 March 2017.

[6] "2019 Women's World Cup qualifying entries". UEFA. 9 January 2017.

[7] "Women's national team participates in "Alanya Cup". Football Federation of Kosovo. 21 February 2017.

[8] "Vashat e Kosovës e përmbyllën pjesëmarrjen në turneun "Alanya Cup". Football Federation of Kosovo. 5 March 2017.

[9] "Kombëtarja e Kosovës (femrat) nesër nis përgatitjet për dy ndeshjet e para kualifikuese" [Kosovo national team (women's) tomorrow begins preparations for the first two qualifying matches] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 26 August 2019.

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