Kosovo football clubs in European competitions

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On 3 May 2016, Kosovo became a full member of UEFA, the governing body of association football in Europe.[1][2] Kosovo football clubs can qualify for UEFA's two of the three main continental competitions, the UEFA Champions League since the 2017–18 season and the UEFA Europa Conference League since the 2021–22 season.

Kosovo football clubs has also been able to qualify for the UEFA Europa League from 2017–18 season to 2020–21 season, but due to the change by UEFA of the way of qualifying in competitions based on the country coefficient, then Kosovo football clubs are not able to participate in this competition due to the low country coefficient.

UEFA rankings

Country coefficient

As of 19 July 2023[3][4]
Ranking Member association
(L: League, C: Cup) 		Coefficient Teams[A] Places in 2025–26 season
2024 2023 Mvmt 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 Total UCL[B] UEL UECL Total
34 35 1 +1  Latvia (L, C) 2.250 1.375 2.625 2.750 0.500 9.500 4 1 0 3 4
35 34 1 +1  Liechtenstein (C) 2.500 0.500 0.000 6.500 0.000 9.500 1 0 0 1 1
36 33 3 +3  Kosovo (L, C) 1.500 1.833 2.333 2.875 0.625 9.166 4 1 0 3 4
37 39 2 +2  Armenia (L, C) 2.750 1.375 1.875 2.375 0.750 9.125
38 30 8 +8  Kazakhstan (L, C) 3.375 1.000 2.875 1.125 0.625 9.000

Club coefficient

As of 28 August 2022[5][6]
Ranking Club Coefficient
Nat'l UEFA
2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 Total Country Part
1 192 Drita —[C] DNQ 1.500 DNQ 2.000 1.500 1.500 6.500 2.058
2 298 Prishtina 0.250 1.000 0.500 0.500 2.000 DNQ 4.000 2.058
3 353 Ballkani DNQ 2.500 2.500 2.058
4 370 Llapi DNQ 1.000 1.000 2.000 2.058
5 371 Gjilani DNQ 1.000 DNQ 1.000 2.000 2.058
6 372 Feronikeli DNQ 1.500 DNQ 1.500 2.058
7 NR[D] Trepça '89 0.500 DNQ 0.500 2.058

Competitions

Active

UEFA Champions League

Season Team Round Opponent Home Away Agg.
2017–18 Trepça '89 1Q Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta 1–4 1–2 2–6
2018–19 Drita PR Andorra FC Santa Coloma 2–0 (a.e.t.)
Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 4–1 (a.e.t.)
1Q Sweden Malmö 0–3 0–2 0–5
2019–20 Feronikeli PR Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 1–0
Andorra FC Santa Coloma 2–1
1Q Wales The New Saints 0–1 2–2 2–3
2020–21 Drita PR Andorra Inter d'Escaldes 2–1
Northern Ireland Linfield 0–3 (awarded)
2021–22 Prishtina PR San Marino Folgore 2–0
Andorra Inter d'Escaldes 2–0
1Q Hungary Ferencváros 1–3 0–3 1–6
2022–23 Ballkani 1Q Lithuania Žalgiris 1–1 0–1 (a.e.t.) 1–2
2023–24 1Q Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 2–0 0–4 2–4

UEFA Europa League

Season Team Round Opponent Home Away Agg.
2017–18 Prishtina 1Q Sweden Norrköping 0–1 0–5 0–6
2018–19 PR Gibraltar Europa 5–0 1–1 6–1
1Q Luxembourg Fola Esch 0–0 (4–5 p) 0–0 0–0 (4–5 p)
Drita 2Q Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 1–1 1–2 2–3
2019–20 Prishtina PR Gibraltar St Joseph's 1–1 0–2 1–3
Feronikeli 2Q Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 0−2 1−2 1−4
2020–21 Prishtina PR Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 0–3 (awarded)
Gjilani San Marino Tre Penne 3–1
1Q Cyprus APOEL 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Drita 2Q North Macedonia Sileks 2–0
3Q Poland Legia Warsaw 0–2

UEFA Europa Conference League

Season Team Round Opponent Home Away Agg.
2021–22 Llapi 1Q North Macedonia Shkupi 1–1 0–2 1–3
Drita Montenegro Dečić 2–1 1–0 3–1
2Q Netherlands Feyenoord 0–0 2–3 2–3
Prishtina Wales Connah's Quay Nomads 4–1 2–4 6–5
3Q Norway Bodø/Glimt 2–1 0–2 2–3
2022–23 Gjilani 1Q Latvia Liepāja 1–0 1–3 2–3
Llapi Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica 2–2 0–2 2–4
Drita Finland Inter Turku 3–0 0–1 3–1
2Q Belgium Antwerp 0–2 0–0 0–2
Ballkani San Marino La Fiorita 6–0 4–0 10–0
3Q Faroe Islands KÍ 3–2 1–2 (a.e.t.) 4–4 (4–3 p)
PO North Macedonia Shkupi 1–0 2–1 3–1
GS Czech Republic Slavia Prague 0–1 2–3 4th
Romania CFR Cluj 1–1 0–1
Turkey Sivasspor 1–2 4–3
2023–24 Gjilani 1Q Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn 0–2 2–2 2-4
Dukagjini Gibraltar Europa 2–1 3–2 5–3
2Q Croatia Rijeka 0–1 1–6 1–7
Drita Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 1–2 0–0 1–2
Ballkani Northern Ireland Larne 3–0 4–1 7–1
3Q Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 2–0 3–1 5–1
PO Belarus BATE Borisov 4–1 0–1 4–2
GS Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 0–3 4th
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 0–1 0–1
Kazakhstan Astana 1–2 0–0

Defunct

Mitropa Cup

Season Team Round Opponent Home Away Agg.
1983–84 Prishtina RR Austria Eisenstadt 3–3 2–4 Runners-up[8]
Hungary Vasas 4–2 1–1
Czechoslovakia Teplice 2–0 1–1

Records

Performances by clubs in UEFA competitions

As of 9 November 2023
Club Champions League Europa League Conference League Mitropa Cup Total
Pld W D L Win % Pld W D L Win % Pld W D L Win % Pld W D L Win % Pld W D L Win %
Ballkani 4 1 1 2 025.00 Did not participate 22 12 3 7 054.55 Did not participate 26 13 4 9 050.00
Prishtina 4 2 0 2 050.00 9 1 3 5 011.11 4 2 0 2 050.00 6 2 3 1 033.33 23 7 6 10 030.43
Drita 6 3 0 3 050.00 4 1 1 2 025.00 10 3 3 4 030.00 Did not participate 20 7 4 9 035.00
Feronikeli 4 2 1 1 050.00 2 0 0 2 000.00 Did not participate 6 2 1 3 033.33
Gjilani Did not participate 2 1 0 1 050.00 4 1 1 2 025.00 6 2 1 3 033.33
Dukagjini Did not participate 4 2 0 2 050.00 4 2 0 2 050.00
Llapi 4 0 2 2 000.00 4 0 2 2 000.00
Trepça '89 2 0 0 2 000.00 Did not participate 2 0 0 2 000.00
Total 20 8 2 10 40.00 17 3 4 10 17.65 47 20 8 19 42.55 6 2 3 1 33.33 91 33 18 40 36.26

Top goalscorers

  • Players in bold are active in the Kosovo Superleague.
  • Penalty shootout goals after 120 minutes of play are not included.
UEFA Champions League
As of 11 July 2023
Rank Name (Club) Goals
1 Kosovo Endrit Krasniqi (Prishtina) 3
Kosovo Mendurim Hoti (Feronikeli/Prishtina)
Kosovo Xhevdet Shabani (Drita)
2 Kosovo Liridon Leci (Drita) 2
Kosovo Mevlan Zeka (Feronikeli)
3
10 players
 1
UEFA Europa League
As of 24 September 2020
Rank Name (Club) Goals
1 Albania Armend Dallku (Prishtina) 3
2 Kosovo Ardian Limani (Drita) 2
3
10 players
 1
UEFA Europa Conference League
As of 26 October 2023
Rank Name (Club) Goals
1 Kosovo Albion Rrahmani (Ballkani) 9
2 Kosovo Meriton Korenica (Ballkani) 8
3 Kosovo Endrit Krasniqi (Prishtina) 5
4 Kosovo Armend Thaqi (Ballkani) 4
Serbia Iljasa Zulfiu (Dukagjini)
Albania Nazmi Gripshi (Ballkani)
5 Kosovo Almir Kryeziu (Ballkani) 3
North Macedonia Marko Simonovski (Drita)
5
8 players
 2
6
16 players
 1

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ The number of teams from the association that can qualify in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League or UEFA Europa Conference League.
  2. ^ Beginning in the 2024–25 season, 1 additional team from each of the 2 associations with the highest 1-year association coefficient will be awarded a berth in the Champions League group stage.
  3. ^ Kosovo was not a UEFA member until 3 May 2016.[1][2]
  4. ^ In the last UEFA 5-year Club Ranking, it was in the 400th place.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Football Federation of Kosovo joins UEFA". UEFA. 3 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Kosovo accepted as member of Uefa after Congress vote". The Guardian. 3 May 2016.
  3. ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 2024". kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Member associations – UEFA rankings – Country coefficients". UEFA. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  5. ^ "UEFA 5-year Club Ranking 2023". kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Member associations - UEFA rankings - Club coefficients". UEFA. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  7. ^ "UEFA 5-year Club Ranking 2022". kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Mitropa Cup 1983/84". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 March 2015.

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