Kosovo women's national football team

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.

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
CaptainValentina Limani
Most capsAs FIFA member
Blerta Shala
Valentina Limani (21)
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
Current 125 3 (27 March 2020)[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)

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 UEFA Congress in Budapest, 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 memberNot a FIFA member
2019 Did not qualify3003312
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 memberNot a UEFA member
2017 Could not enter—
2021 To be determined 320146
Total — 0/13 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 4 6

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 the last with 3 defeats.[8]

Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Squad
2017 Group stage 3003212N/A
2018 411229Squad
Total 2/2 7 1 1 5 4 21 —

Fixtures and results
Further information: Kosovo women's national football team results

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

2019
30 August UEFA Women's Euro
2021 qualifying		Kosovo 2–0 TurkeyPristina, 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 KosovoDravograd, Slovenia
Prašnikar  14', 62'
Zver  41', 56'
Kolbl  48'		 Report Stadium: Dravograd Sports Centre
Referee: Rasa Imanalijeva (Lithuania)
8 October UEFA Women's Euro
2021 qualifying		Estonia 1–2 KosovoTartu, Estonia
18:15 (19:15 EEST) Loo  22' (pen.) Report Uka  41', 56' Stadium: Tamme Stadium
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)
9 November FriendlyLuxembourg 0–5 KosovoBissen, Luxembourg
16:00 Report Reçica
Memeti
unknown  o.g.'
Ejupi 		Stadium: Terrain ZAC Klengbousbierg
Attendance: 384

2020
6 March[a] UEFA Women's Euro
2021 qualifying		Kosovo 0–5 RussiaWiesbaden, 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 SloveniaPristina, 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 v EstoniaPristina, Kosovo
Report Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium
23 October[b] UEFA Women's Euro
2021 qualifying		Turkey v KosovoMalatya, Turkey
Report Stadium: Malatya Arena
27 October[b] UEFA Women's Euro
2021 qualifying		Kosovo v NetherlandsPristina, Kosovo
Report Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium
27 November[b] UEFA Women's Euro
2021 qualifying		Russia v KosovoNeutral location[a]
Report
1 December[b] UEFA Women's Euro
2021 qualifying		Netherlands v KosovoNetherlands
Report

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying matches against  Russia and  Slovenia, on 6 and 10 March 2020.[9]
All caps and goals as of 10 March 2020 after match against  Slovenia, only matches as FIFA member are included.[c]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Besarta Leci (1993-10-14) 14 October 1993 12 0 VfL Sindelfingen
12 1GK Florentina Kolgeci (2000-10-30) 30 October 2000 11 0 Mitrovica
16 1GK Lavdie Behramaj (1999-05-01) 1 May 1999 0 0 Feronikeli
5 2DF Liridona Syla (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 17 1 Mitrovica
2 2DF Fjolla Shala (1993-03-20) 20 March 1993 15 0 Breiðablik
21 2DF Fluter Agaj (1994-12-24) 24 December 1994 3 0 Schlieren
3 2DF Edona Kastrati (1999-08-12) 12 August 1999 1 0 Cittadella
8 3MF Blerta Shala (1998-12-03) 3 December 1998 21 1 Mitrovica
11 3MF Edona Kryeziu (Vice-captain) (1995-10-03) 3 October 1995 18 0 Mitrovica
14 3MF Feride Kastrati (1993-05-23) 23 May 1993 11 0 Feronikeli
17 3MF Erëleta Memeti (1999-06-30) 30 June 1999 6 1 VfL Wolfsburg
6 3MF Besarta Hisenaj (1998-10-21) 21 October 1998 6 0 Hessen Wetzlar
19 3MF Alberina Syla (1997-09-04) 4 September 1997 3 0 1. FFC Frankfurt
10 4FW Valentina Limani (Captain) (1997-02-02) 2 February 1997 21 2 1. FFC Frankfurt
9 4FW Kaltrina Biqkaj (2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 19 2 Mitrovica
7 4FW Leonora Ejupi (2000-02-07) 7 February 2000 14 3 Arminia Bielefeld
23 4FW Modesta Uka (1999-05-23) 23 May 1999 10 5 Sturm Graz
4 4FW Donjeta Halilaj (2000-03-12) 12 March 2000 5 0 Mitrovica
18 4FW Fleta Musaj (2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 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
MF Qendresa Bajra (1992-05-11) 11 May 1992 13 2 Mitrovica v.  Estonia, 8 October 2019
MF Marigone Tahiri (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 7 0 Mitrovica v.  Estonia, 8 October 2019
MF Verona Berisha (2000-04-05) 5 April 2000 6 0 Mitrovica v.  Estonia, 8 October 2019
MF Egzona Zeka (1997-04-25) 25 April 1997 2 0 Mitrovica v.  Estonia, 8 October 2019
FW Besjana Reçica (1996-04-13) 13 April 1996 10 5 1.FFC Recklinghausen 2003 v.  Slovenia, 10 March 2020EDU
FW Flaka Aslanaj (2001-05-14) 14 May 2001 2 1 MSV Duisburg v.  Slovenia, 10 March 2020EDU
FW Besijana Pireci (1999-10-18) 18 October 1999 0 0 Austria Wien v.  Russia, 6 March 2020PRE
FW Blerta Smaili (2002-05-08) 8 May 2002 0 0 VfL Sindelfingen v.  Russia, 6 March 2020PRE
Notes
  • EDU = Not part of the current squad due to school exam obligations.
  • PRE = Preliminary squad.

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

See also
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. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  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 nisen për në Wiesbaden" [The Dardanians depart for Wiesbaden] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 3 March 2020. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 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.
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