Kosovo football clubs in European competitions

Kosovo football clubs in European competitions
	Kosovo football clubs that participate in European competitions play their home matches at the Fadil Vokrri Stadium in Pristina
Seasons played	CL; Eight seasons (2017–); EL; Five seasons (2017–2020; 2024–); ECL; Four seasons (2021–);
Top scorer	List of top scorers
First entry	CL; 2017–18; EL; 2017–18; ECL; 2021–22;
Latest entry	CL; 2023–24; EL; 2020–21; ECL; 2023–24;

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	Member association (L: League, C: Cup)	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	Total	Teams^[A]	UCL^[B]	UEL	UECL	Total
34	35	+1	Latvia (L, C)	2.250	1.375	2.625	2.750	0.500	9.500	4	1	0	3	4
35	34	+1	Liechtenstein (C)	2.500	0.500	0.000	6.500	0.000	9.500	1	0	0	1	1
36	33	+3	Kosovo (L, C)	1.500	1.833	2.333	2.875	0.625	9.166	4	1	0	3	4
37	39	+2	Armenia (L, C)	2.750	1.375	1.875	2.375	0.750	9.125
38	30	+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		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

Performances by clubs
Club	Pld	W	D	L	Win %
Drita	6	3	0	3	050.00
Prishtina	4	2	0	2	050.00
Feronikeli	4	2	1	1	050.00
Ballkani	4	1	1	2	025.00
Trepça '89	2	0	0	2	000.00
Total	20	8	2	10	040.00

Season	Team	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
2017–18	Trepça '89	1Q	Víkingur Gøta	1–4	1–2	2–6
2018–19	Drita	PR	FC Santa Coloma	2–0 (a.e.t.)
		PR	Lincoln Red Imps	4–1 (a.e.t.)
		1Q	Malmö	0–3	0–2	0–5
2019–20	Feronikeli	PR	Lincoln Red Imps	1–0
		PR	FC Santa Coloma	2–1
		1Q	The New Saints	0–1	2–2	2–3
2020–21	Drita	PR	Inter d'Escaldes	2–1
2020–21	Drita	PR	Linfield	0–3 (awarded)
2021–22	Prishtina	PR	Folgore	2–0
		PR	Inter d'Escaldes	2–0
		1Q	Ferencváros	1–3	0–3	1–6
2022–23	Ballkani	1Q	Žalgiris	1–1	0–1 (a.e.t.)	1–2
2023–24		1Q	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–0	0–4	2–4
2024–25		1Q	UE Santa Coloma	—	—	—

UEFA Europa League

Performances by clubs
Club	Pld	W	D	L	Win %
Prishtina	9	1	3	5	011.11
Drita	4	1	1	2	025.00
Gjilani	2	1	0	1	050.00
Feronikeli	2	0	0	2	000.00
Llapi	0	0	0	0	!—
Total	17	3	4	10	017.65

Season	Team	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
2017–18	Prishtina	1Q	Norrköping	0–1	0–5	0–6
2018–19		PR	Europa	5–0	1–1	6–1
		1Q	Fola Esch	0–0 (4–5 p)	0–0	0–0 (4–5 p)
	Drita	2Q	F91 Dudelange	1–1	1–2	2–3
2019–20	Prishtina	PR	St Joseph's	1–1	0–2	1–3
2019–20	Feronikeli	2Q	Slovan Bratislava	0−2	1−2	1−4
2020–21	Prishtina	PR	Lincoln Red Imps	0–3 (awarded)
	Gjilani	PR	Tre Penne	3–1
	Gjilani	1Q	APOEL	0–2 (a.e.t.)
	Drita	2Q	Sileks	2–0
	Drita	3Q	Legia Warsaw	0–2
2021–22 2022–23 2023–24	did not qualify
2024–25	Llapi	1Q	Wisła Kraków	—	—	—

UEFA Europa Conference League

Performances by clubs
Club	Pld	W	D	L	Win %
Ballkani	24	12	3	9	050.00
Drita	10	3	3	4	030.00
Prishtina	4	2	0	2	050.00
Dukagjini	4	2	0	2	050.00
Gjilani	4	1	1	2	025.00
Llapi	4	0	2	2	000.00
Malisheva	0	0	0	0	!—
Total	50	20	9	21	040.00

Season	Team	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
2021–22	Llapi	1Q	Shkupi	1–1	0–2	1–3
	Drita	1Q	Dečić	2–1	1–0	3–1
	Drita	2Q	Feyenoord	0–0	2–3	2–3
	Prishtina	2Q	Connah's Quay Nomads	4–1	2–4	6–5
	Prishtina	3Q	Bodø/Glimt	2–1	0–2	2–3
2022–23	Gjilani	1Q	Liepāja	1–0	1–3	2–3
	Llapi		Budućnost Podgorica	2–2	0–2	2–4
	Drita		Inter Turku	3–0	0–1	3–1
	Drita	2Q	Antwerp	0–2	0–0	0–2
	Ballkani	2Q	La Fiorita	6–0	4–0	10–0
		3Q	KÍ	3–2	1–2 (a.e.t.)	4–4 (4–3 p)
		PO	Shkupi	1–0	2–1	3–1
		GS	Slavia Prague	0–1	2–3	4th
			CFR Cluj	1–1	0–1
			Sivasspor	1–2	4–3
2023–24	Gjilani	1Q	Progrès Niederkorn	0–2	2–2	2-4
	Dukagjini	1Q	Europa	2–1	3–2	5–3
	Dukagjini	2Q	Rijeka	0–1	1–6	1–7
	Drita		Viktoria Plzeň	1–2	0–0	1–2
	Ballkani		Larne	3–0	4–1	7–1
		3Q	Lincoln Red Imps	2–0	3–1	5–1
		PO	BATE Borisov	4–1	0–1	4–2
		GS	Dinamo Zagreb	2–0	0–3	4th
			Viktoria Plzeň	0–1	0–1
			Astana	1–2	0–0
2024–25	Malisheva	1Q	Budućnost Podgorica	—	—	—
2024–25	Drita	2Q	—	—	—	—

Defunct

Mitropa Cup

Performances by clubs
Club	Pld	W	D	L	Win %
Prishtina	6	2	1	3	033.33
Total	6	2	3	1	033.33

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

Records

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	Endrit Krasniqi (Prishtina)	3
	Mendurim Hoti (Feronikeli/Prishtina)
	Xhevdet Shabani (Drita)
2	Liridon Leci (Drita)	2
2	Mevlan Zeka (Feronikeli)	2
3	10 players Astrit Fazliu (Feronikeli) Fidan Gërbeshi (Drita) Fiton Hajdari (Trepça '89) Florent Hasani (Trepça '89) Hamdi Namani (Drita) Haxhi Neziraj (Drita) Kastriot Rexha (Feronikeli) Meriton Korenica (Ballkani) Nazmi Gripshi (Ballkani) Qëndrim Zyba (Ballkani)	1

UEFA Europa League: As of 24 September 2020

Rank	Name (Club)	Goals
1	Armend Dallku (Prishtina)	3
2	Ardian Limani (Drita)	2
3	10 players Ahmed Januzi (Prishtina) Ardit Hila (Gjilani) Darko Nikač (Gjilani) Fidan Gërbeshi (Drita) Fiton Hajdari (Gjilani) Gauthier Mankenda (Prishtina) Mendurim Hoti (Feronikeli) Meriton Korenica (Prishtina) Mërgim Pefqeli (Prishtina) Xhevdet Shabani (Drita)	1

UEFA Europa Conference League: As of 26 October 2023

Rank	Name (Club)	Goals
1	Albion Rrahmani (Ballkani)	9
2	Meriton Korenica (Ballkani)	8
3	Endrit Krasniqi (Prishtina)	5
4	Armend Thaqi (Ballkani)	4
	Iljasa Zulfiu (Dukagjini)
	Nazmi Gripshi (Ballkani)
5	Almir Kryeziu (Ballkani)	3
5	Marko Simonovski (Drita)	3
5	8 players Arbnor Muja (Drita) Arbnor Ramadani (Gjilani) Bleart Tolaj (Ballkani) Blerim Krasniqi (Gjilani/Drita) Edvin Kuč (Ballkani) Ermal Krasniqi (Ballkani) Leonit Abazi (Ballkani) Otto John (Prishtina)	2
6	16 players Albert Dabiqaj (Gjilani) Albin Berisha (Ballkani) Albion Kurtaj (Llapi) Alef Firmino (Llapi) Almir Ajzeraj (Drita) Arbër Potoku (Ballkani) Arbër Shala (Dukagjini) Ardian Cuculi (Drita) Astrit Fazliu (Drita) Bajram Jashanica (Ballkani) Bujar Shabani (Dukagjini) Drilon Fazliu (Llapi) Leotrim Bekteshi (Prishtina) Lorenc Trashi (Ballkani) Qëndrim Zyba (Ballkani) Walid Hamidi (Ballkani)	1

Notes and references

Notes

^ The number of teams from the association that can qualify in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League or UEFA Europa Conference League.
^ 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.
^ Kosovo was not a UEFA member until 3 May 2016.^[1]^[2]
^ In the last UEFA 5-year Club Ranking, it was in the 400th place.^[7]

References

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

External links

Official website (in Albanian and English)

[5] The number of teams from the association that can qualify in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League or UEFA Europa Conference League.

[6] 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.

[9] Kosovo was not a UEFA member until 3 May 2016.^[1]^[2]

[11] In the last UEFA 5-year Club Ranking, it was in the 400th place.^[7]

[UEFA-1] "Football Federation of Kosovo joins UEFA". UEFA. 3 May 2016.

[TheGuardian-2] "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.

[7] "UEFA 5-year Club Ranking 2023". kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl. Retrieved 28 August 2022.

[8] "Member associations - UEFA rankings - Club coefficients". UEFA. Retrieved 28 August 2022.

[10] "UEFA 5-year Club Ranking 2022". kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl. Retrieved 28 August 2022.

[12] "Mitropa Cup 1983/84". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 March 2015.

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Kosovo football clubs that participate in European competitions play their home matches at the Fadil Vokrri Stadium in Pristina
Seasons played	CL; Eight seasons (2017–) EL; Five seasons (2017–2020; 2024–) ECL; Four seasons (2021–)
Top scorer	List of top scorers
First entry	CL; 2017–18 EL; 2017–18 ECL; 2021–22
Latest entry	CL; 2023–24 EL; 2020–21 ECL; 2023–24