Kosovo women's national football team

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

Kosovo

Nickname(s)	Dardanet (Dardanets)
Association	Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës (FFK)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Sami Sermaxhaj
Captain	Ereleta Memeti
Most caps	Kaltrina Biqkaj (55) [a]
Top scorer	Erëleta Memeti (13) [a]
Home stadium	Fadil Vokrri Stadium
FIFA code	KOS
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	94 1 (13 December 2024) [1]
Highest	91 (March 2024)
Lowest	126 (July – September 2019)
First international
Kosovo 0–5 Poland   (Alanya, Turkey; 1 March 2017)
Biggest win
Kosovo 8–0 Estonia   (Pristina, Kosovo; 29 November 2024)
Biggest defeat
Belgium 7–0 Kosovo   (Leuven, Belgium; 21 October 2021)   Poland 7–0 Kosovo   (Lublin, Poland; 6 September 2022)

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 Kosovo the permission to play international friendly games against other member associations. ^[2] 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 (Dardanets)".

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 23 February 2022, Kosovo signed with Italian sportswear company Erreà to a three-year contract for it to the kit suppliers of Kosovo. ^[11]

Fadil Vokrri Stadium

Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium

Kit supplier	Period	Contract
		Announcement	Duration
Kelme	2016–2018	5 October 2016	2016–2020 (4 years)
Fourteen	2018–2023	16 June 2018	2018–2022 (4 years)
Erreà	2023–present	23 February 2023	2023–2026 (3 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	15	6	1	8	040.00	North Macedonia	8 April 2019	Estonia	2 December 2024
Zahir Pajaziti Stadium	9,000	Podujevë, Kosovo	3	1	0	2	033.33	Bulgaria	1 December 2023	Croatia	31 May 2024
FFK National Educational Camp	4,000	Hajvalia, Kosovo	2	2	0	0	100.00	Liechtenstein	13 July 2023	Liechtenstein	13 July 2023
Gjakova City Stadium	6,000	Gjakova, Kosovo	1	1	0	0	100.00	North Macedonia, 5 April 2019
Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium	18,500	Mitrovica, Kosovo	1	1	0	0	100.00	Montenegro, 26 November 2017

Results and fixtures

Further information: Kosovo women's national football team results (2020–present)

See also: 2024 in association football, 2024 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

• 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

2024

Ukraine   v   Kosovo

5 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Ukraine	2–0	Kosovo	Antalya, Turkey
17:00	Petryk 28' (pen.) Khimich 34'	Report		Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex Attendance: 45 Referee: Karoline Wacker (Germany)

Kosovo   v   Wales

9 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Kosovo	0–6	Wales	Podujevë, Kosovo
14:00		Report	Rowe 30', 60' Barton 44' Morgan 62' Hughes 85', 90+3'	Stadium: Zahir Pajaziti Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Galiya Echeva (Bulgaria)

Kosovo   v   Croatia

31 May UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Kosovo	0–1	Croatia	Podujevë, Kosovo
17:00		Report	Rudelić 58'	Stadium: Zahir Pajaziti Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Kristina Georgieva (Bulgaria)

Croatia   v   Kosovo

4 June UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Croatia	2–0	Kosovo	Karlovac, Croatia
20:00	Rudelić 15' Marković 74'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek Attendance: 348 Referee: Michaela Pachtová (Czech Republic)

Kosovo   v   Ukraine

12 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Kosovo	0–4	Ukraine	Pristina, Kosovo
18:00		Report	Apanashchenko 3' Khimich 8' Basanska 21' Kravchuk 27'	Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium Attendance: 347 Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)

Wales   v   Kosovo

16 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Wales	2–0	Kosovo	Llanelli, Wales
19:00		Report		Stadium: Parc y Scarlets Referee: Deborah Anex (Switzerland)

Kosovo   v   Estonia

29 November Friendly	Kosovo	8–0	Estonia	Pristina, Kosovo
14:00  UTC+2	Biqkaj 6' Memeti 15', 32', 50' Fetaj 41' Uka 68', 71', 82' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium Referee: Florian Lata (Albania)

Kosovo   v   Estonia

2 December Friendly	Kosovo	1–2	Estonia	Pristina, Kosovo
14:00  UTC+2	Halilaj (pen.)	Report	Kubassova 23' Teern 35'	Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium Referee: Florian Lata (Albania)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Sami Sermaxhaj
Assistant coach(es)
	Sanije Krasniqi
	Xhemile Berisha
Fitness coach	Fitim Shabani
Goalkeeping coach	Diellza Musa
Physiotherapist(s)
	Florentina Lahu
	Qendresa Ajvazi
Doctor	Vlora Podvorica
Kit manager	Liburn Rama
Team manager	Valbona Gashi Uka

Players

Main article: List of Kosovo women's international footballers

See also: Category:Kosovo women's international footballers

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Estonia, on 29 November and 2 December 2024.
• All caps and goals as of 2 December 2024 after match against Estonia, only matches as FIFA member are included. ^[b]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals
1	1 GK	Alma Demiri	(2005-06-27) 27 June 2005 (age 19)	12	0
12	1 GK	Florentina Kolgeci	(2000-10-30) 30 October 2000 (age 24)	20	0
16	1 GK	Ema Kastrati	(2004-06-28) 28 June 2004 (age 20)	0	0
2	2 DF	Rrezona Ramadani	(2002-09-05) 5 September 2002 (age 22)	17	1
3	2 DF	Fatlinda Ramaj	(2000-10-01) 1 October 2000 (age 24)	24	0
5	2 DF	Blerta Smaili	(2002-05-08) 8 May 2002 (age 22)	24	0
11	2 DF	Edona Kryeziu	(1995-10-03) 3 October 1995 (age 29)	51	0
18	2 DF	Laureta Crnaveri	(2005-05-09) 9 May 2005 (age 19)	2	0
20	2 DF	Viola Avduli	(1999-11-22) 22 November 1999 (age 25)	22	0
21	2 DF	Albulena Fejza	(2002-09-24) 24 September 2002 (age 22)	2	0
24	2 DF	Laureta Temaj	(2002-06-13) 13 June 2002 (age 22)	2	0
4	3 MF	Donjeta Halilaj	(2000-03-12) 12 March 2000 (age 24)	40	8
6	3 MF	Lumbardha Misini	(2003-05-03) 3 May 2003 (age 21)	27	0
8	3 MF	Blerta Shala	(1998-12-03) 3 December 1998 (age 26)	47	1
14	3 MF	Valentina Metaj	(2004-10-03) 3 October 2004 (age 20)	19	6
15	3 MF	Marigonë Tahiri	(1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 25)	16	0
17	3 MF	Venera Rexhi	(1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 28)	4	0
19	3 MF	Gentiana Fetaj	(2002-08-04) 4 August 2002 (age 22)	2	1
22	3 MF	Erjona Zani	(2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 19)	1	0
7	4 FW	Erëleta Memeti (captain)	(1999-06-30) 30 June 1999 (age 25)	35	13
9	4 FW	Kaltrina Biqkaj	(2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 (age 24)	55	9
10	4 FW	Valentina Limani	(1997-02-02) 2 February 1997 (age 27)	43	4
13	4 FW	Ylleza Kabashi	(2005-08-23) 23 August 2005 (age 19)	1	0
23	4 FW	Modesta Uka	(1999-05-23) 23 May 1999 (age 25)	27	10

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		Latest call-up
GK	Besarta Leci	(1993-10-14) 14 October 1993 (age 31)	17	0		v.   Wales, 16 July 2024
GK	Djellza Mehmeti	(2006-10-27) 27 October 2006 (age 18)	0	0		v.   Wales, 16 July 2024
DF	Feride Kastrati	(1993-05-23) 23 May 1993 (age 31)	25	1		v.   Wales, 16 July 2024
DF	Agnesa Gashi	(1998-05-21) 21 May 1998 (age 26)	15	0		v.   Wales, 16 July 2024
DF	Gresa Berisha	(1998-04-26) 26 April 1998 (age 26)	2	0		v.   Wales, 9 April 2024
MF	Besarta Hisenaj	(1998-10-21) 21 October 1998 (age 26)	19	0		v.   Wales, 16 July 2024
MF	Elizabeta Ejupi	(1994-04-21) 21 April 1994 (age 30)	12	3		v.   Wales, 16 July 2024
MF	Vanesa Hoti	(1998-08-03) 3 August 1998 (age 26)	5	0		v.   Wales, 16 July 2024
MF	Loreta Lulaj	(2003-06-24) 24 June 2003 (age 21)	15	0		v.   Croatia, 4 June 2024
FW	Egzonë Zeka	(1997-04-25) 25 April 1997 (age 27)	7	0		v.   Wales, 16 July 2024
FW	Aurona Racaj	(2005-06-14) 14 June 2005 (age 19)	0	0		v.   Ukraine, 12 June 2024PRE
FW	Alba Shabani	(2006-07-24) 24 July 2006 (age 18)	0	0		v.   Ukraine, 12 June 2024PRE
Notes PRE = Preliminary squad/standby.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

On 19 January 2017, in Nyon, it was decided that Kosovo should be part in Group 2 of the 2019 FIFA World Cup qualification, together with Albania, Greece and Malta. ^[7] On 6 April 2017, Kosovo made their debut on 2019 FIFA World Cup qualifications with a 3–2 away defeat against Albania. ^[12]

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1995	Part of   FR Yugoslavia
1999
2003	Team did not exist
2007
2011	Not a FIFA member
2015
2019	Did not qualify										3	0	0	3	3	12
2023											10	2	1	7	8	35
2027	To be determined										To be determined
Total	—	0/9	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		13	2	1	10	11	47

UEFA European Championship

On 21 February 2019, in Nyon, it was decided that Kosovo should be part in Group A of the UEFA 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 European Championship qualifying with a 2–0 home win against Turkey, which was also the team's first-ever competitive win. ^[9]

UEFA European Championship record											Qualifying record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	Rnk
1993	Part of   FR Yugoslavia
1997
2001	Team did not exist
2005
2009
2013	Not a UEFA member
2017	Could not enter
2022	Did not qualify										10	3	1	6	6	29	–
2025											6	0	0	6	0	17	[c]	32nd
2029	To be determined										To be determined
Total	—	0/2	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		16	3	1	12	6	46	32nd

UEFA Nations League

Kosovo's Nations League record
First match	Bulgaria 0–0 Kosovo   (Plovdiv, Bulgaria; 26 September 2023)
Biggest win	Kosovo 5–1 Bulgaria   (Podujevë, Kosovo; 1 December 2023)
Best result	1st in 2023–24

On 2 May 2023, in Nyon, it was decided that Kosovo should be part of League C in Group 5 of the 2023–24 UEFA Nations League, together with Bulgaria and North Macedonia. ^[13]

UEFA Nations League record
League phase													Finals
Year	Lg	Gp	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	Rnk		Year	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
2023–24	C	5	1st	4	3	1	0	10	2		36th		2024	Could not qualify
2025	C	6	To be determined										2025
Total				4	3	1	0	10	2	36th			Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	—

	Promoted at end of season
	No movement at end of season
	Relegated at end of season
*	Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs

Other tournaments

Kosovo has so far participated in four 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).

Turkish Women's Cup Year Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad 2017 Group stage 4th 3 0 0 3 2 12 Squad 2018 5th 4 1 1 2 2 9 Squad 2019 to 2022 Not invited 2023 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 11 2 Squad 2024 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 5 0 Squad Total Champions 4/4 13 7 1 5 20 23 —

BFU International Women's Cup Year Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad 2023 Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 2 0 — Total Champions 1/1 2 2 0 0 2 0 —

Head-to-head record

As of 14 July 2024

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Albania	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	000.00
Armenia	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Belgium	2	0	0	2	1	13	−12	000.00
Bulgaria	6	5	1	0	14	4	+10	083.33
Croatia	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	000.00
Estonia	6	5	0	1	18	4	+14	083.33
France	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	000.00
Greece	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	000.00
Hong Kong	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	100.00
India	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Kazakhstan	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Latvia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Liechtenstein	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
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	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	000.00
North Macedonia	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	083.33
Northern Ireland	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Poland	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	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	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	000.00
Wales	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	000.00
18 Countries	58	26	5	27	86	126	−40	044.83

See also

• Sport in Kosovo
  • Football in Kosovo
    • Women's football in Kosovo

Men's

• Senior
• Under-21
• Under-19
• Under-17
• Under-15
• Futsal

Women's

• Under-19
• Under-17

Notes and references

Notes

1. There may be more matches or goals because some match data is missing.
2. Caps and goals of the friendly matches against Bulgaria (25 and 28 February 2019, 10 April 2023), North Macedonia (8 April 2019, 24 and 27 June 2022), Luxembourg (9 November 2019) and India (27 February 2024) are missing.
3. From Euro 2025 onwards a new qualifying format was introduced, linked to the Women's Nations League where teams are divided into leagues with promotion/relegation between the leagues at the end of each cycle.

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
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. "Kosova në grup me Shqipërinë" [Kosovo in a group with Albania] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 19 January 2017.
8. "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. "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 lidh marrëveshje me kompaninë e veshjeve sportive 'ERREA'" [FFK signs an agreement with the sportswear company 'ERREA'] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 23 February 2022.
12. "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.
13. "Kosova mëson kundërshtarët në Ligën e Kombeve" [Kosovo learns the opponents in the Nations League] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 2 May 2023.

External links

• Official website (in Albanian and English)
• Kosovo (women) News about the team
• Kosovo (women) on Instagram