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Kosovo women's national football team

Kosovo women's national football team

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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.

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

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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

2023

13 July Friendly Kosovo  4–0  Liechtenstein Hajvalia, Kosovo
16:30
Report Stadium: FFK National Educational Camp
Attendance: 150
Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)
16 July Friendly Kosovo  2–0  Liechtenstein Hajvalia, Kosovo
11:30
Report Stadium: FFK National Educational Camp
Attendance: 40
Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)
26 September 2023–24 Nations League Bulgaria  0–0  Kosovo Plovdiv, Bulgaria
17:00 Report Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv
Attendance: 223
Referee: Lovisa Johansson (Sweden)
27 October 2023–24 Nations League North Macedonia  0–2  Kosovo Skopje, North Macedonia
13:00 Report
Stadium: Petar Miloševski Training Centre
Attendance: 170
Referee: Michaela Pachtova (Czech Republic)
31 October 2023–24 Nations League Kosovo  3–1  North Macedonia Pristina, Kosovo
17:00
Report Cokleska 90' Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)
1 December 2023–24 Nations League Kosovo  5–1  Bulgaria Podujevo, Kosovo
13:00
Report Ivanova 26' Stadium: Zahir Pajaziti Stadium
Attendance: 120
Referee: Meliz Özçiğdem (Turkey)

2024

21 February 2024 Turkish Women's Cup Hong Kong  0–1  Kosovo Alanya, Turkey
16:30 Report Ejupi 78' Stadium: Gold City Sport Complex
Referee: Gamze Durmuş (Turkey)
24 February 2024 Turkish Women's Cup Kosovo  3–0  Estonia Alanya, Turkey
11:00
Report Stadium: Gold City Sport Complex
Referee: Cansu Tiryaki (Turkey)
27 February 2024 Turkish Women's Cup Kosovo  1–0  India Alanya, Turkey
11:00 Memeti 90+1' Report Stadium: Gold City Sport Complex
Referee: Gamze Durmuş (Turkey)
5 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Ukraine  2–0  Kosovo Antalya, Turkey
17:00
Report Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex
Referee: Karoline Wacker (Germany)
9 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Kosovo  0–6  Wales Podujevo, Kosovo
14:00 Report
Stadium: Zahir Pajaziti Stadium
Referee: Galiya Echeva (Bulgaria)
31 May UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Kosovo  v  Croatia Podujevo, Kosovo
Report Stadium: Zahir Pajaziti Stadium
4 June UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Croatia  v  Kosovo Croatia
Report
12 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Kosovo  v  Ukraine Podujevo, Kosovo
Report Stadium: Zahir Pajaziti Stadium
16 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Wales  v  Kosovo Wales
Report

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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Players

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

Current squad

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Recent call-ups

  • The following players have been called up for a squad within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.
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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.[13]

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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]

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UEFA Nations League

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On 2 May 2023, in Nyon, it was decided that Kosovo should be part of League C in Group 5 of the 2023–14 UEFA Nations League, together with Bulgaria and North Macedonia.[14]

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Other 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).

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Head-to-head record

As of 27 February 2023

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

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See also

Men's
Women's

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. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the call-up.

References

  1. [1]
    "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    "FIFA Circular no.1342" (PDF). FIFA. 6 February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2019.
  3. [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. [4]
    "Football Federation of Kosovo joins UEFA". UEFA. 3 May 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Kosovo accepted as member of Uefa after Congress vote". The Guardian. 3 May 2016.
  6. [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. [7]
    "Kosova në grup me Shqipërinë" [Kosovo in a group with Albania] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 19 January 2017.
  8. [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. [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. [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. [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. [12]
    "Dardanet gati për sfidat e para kualifikuese për Euro 2025, kjo është lista e futbollisteve" [Dardanets ready for the first qualifying challenges for Euro 2025, this is the list of footballers] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 1 April 2024.
  13. [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. [14]
    "Kosova mëson kundërshtarët në Ligën e Kombeve" [Kosovo learns the opponents in the Nations League] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 2 May 2023.
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