Kosovo national football team results (unofficial matches)

The Kosovo national football team has played several matches dating back to 1992, which according to various sources and Football Federation of Kosovo are not counted as International "A" Matches and is reported that there were 13 such matches, most of them was played before membership in UEFA and FIFA.[1]

Kosovo national football team results (unofficial matches)
Supporters' Shield
  • Dardanët (Dardanians)
  • Ekipi i Kosovës (Team Kosovo)[a]
Home stadium
Matches played14
Wins6
Draws3
Losses5
Goals scored28 (2 per match)
Goals against25
Biggest home winKosovo 5–0 Macedonian Albanians (30 November 2003)
Biggest away winShkëndija 0–4 Kosovo
(5 February 1992)
Longest winning run3
Longest unbeaten run4
Longest winless run3
Longest losing run3
Highest attendance38,000; Kosovo 3–3 Albanian All-Stars (28 November 2006)
Lowest attendance2,000; Halmstad 3–3 Kosovo (10 June 2010)

History

Pre-independence

In the space of one year, Kosovo played two unofficial friendlies against teams such as against Macedonian Albanian club Shkëndija (5 February 1992), which it defeated 4–0 and against Albanian club Albpetrol Patos (16 February 1993), which it defeated 3–2, two days after the official friendly against Albania.[1] Also, on 28 November 2006, Kosovo for second time after Kosovo War played a unofficial friendly as part of the celebrations for 94th Anniversary of the Independence of Albania against Albanian All-Stars and the match ended with a 3–3 home draw.[2] The starting line-up of that match was Kushtrim Mushica (GK), Ahmed Januzi, Alban Dragusha, Arben Zhjeqi, Deniz Krasniqi, Hysni Gashi, Ilir Nallbani, Kristian Nushi, Mensur Duraku, Shaqir Halili and Uliks Emra.[2]

After independence

On 28 March 2009, Kosovo for the first time since the declaration of independence under the alternative name Team Kosovo,[a] played a unofficial friendly against Swedish club Malmö and the match ended with a 5–0 away deep defeat.[3] After the match against Malmö,[3] five more matches were held as against Kalmar (2–1),[4] Neuchâtel Xamax (0–2),[5] Halmstad (4–4),[6] Wil (0–1),[7] Eintracht Frankfurt (0–0),[8] and in the end with Werder Bremen (2–0).[9] The first win in these unofficial friendlies was against Swiss club Neuchâtel Xamax with a 0–2 away win.[5]

Fixtures and results
5 February 1992 (1992-02-05) Friendly Shkëndija 0–4  Kosovo Tetovo, Macedonia
Stadium: Tetovo City Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Shinasi Berisha (Kosovo)
16 February 1993 (1993-02-16) Friendly Albpetrol Patos 2–3  Kosovo Patos, Albania
Hasa 12'
Belba 60'		 Aliu 17'
Sahiti 55'
Ejupi 62'		 Stadium: Alush Noga Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Zeqir Kongjini (Albania)
November 1999 Friendly Kosovo  4–3 Kosovan Diaspora Mitrovica, Kosovo
K. Munishi 5', 16'
Shala 34' (pen.)
Fetahu 82'		 Report I. Munishi 17', 22'
Kelmendi 80'		 Stadium: Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium
30 November 2003 (2003-11-30) Friendly Kosovo  5–0 Macedonian Albanians Pristina, Kosovo
Fetahu ?', ?'
Gjonbalaj ?'
Hasani ?'
Jashari ?'		 Report Stadium: Pristina City Stadium
29 November 2005 (2005-11-29) Friendly Rosenborg Canceled  Kosovo Trondheim, Norway
28 November 2006 (2006-11-28) Friendly Kosovo  3–3 Albanian All-Stars Pristina, Kosovo
Januzi 30'
Nallbani 41'
Hyseni 84'		 Report Kasapi 6'
Kuqi 28'
Curri 90'		 Stadium: Pristina City Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Përparim Hasani (Kosovo)
15 March 2007 (2007-03-15) Friendly KEK 3–0  Kosovo Obilić, Kosovo
Bajrami 16'
Muja 30'
Kodraliu 35'		 Report Stadium: Agron Rama Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Përparim Hasani (Kosovo)
6 June 2007 (2007-06-06) Friendly Kosovo  5–1  Kosovo U21 Pristina, Kosovo
Hashani 16'
Iseni 37'
Ramushi 71', 82', 90'		 Report Hyseni 19' Stadium: Xhemail Ibishi Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Përparim Hasani (Kosovo)
14 June 2008 (2008-06-14) Friendly Kosovo  0–3 Albanian All-Stars Pristina, Kosovo
Report Kuqi 24', 83'
Kastrati 45'		 Stadium: Pristina City Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Përparim Hasani (Kosovo)
28 March 2009 (2009-03-28) Friendly Malmö 5–0  Kosovo Malmö, Sweden
13:00 Larsson 23'
Ofere 36', 72'
Harbuzi 84'
Kruys 87'		 Report Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 3,000
26 June 2009 (2009-06-26) Friendly Kalmar 2–1  Kosovo Kalmar, Sweden
Mendes 20'
Marcelo 75'		 Report Gashi 7' Stadium: Fredriksskans
9 October 2010 (2010-10-09) Friendly Neuchâtel Xamax 0–2  Kosovo Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Report Rama 59'
Kukaj 72'		 Stadium: Stade de la Maladière
Attendance: 4,000
10 June 2010 (2010-06-10) Friendly Halmstad 4–4  Kosovo Halmstad, Sweden
Anselmo 23'
Miller 48'
Salomonsson 82', 86'		 Report Rama 4'
Gashi 35'
Bektashi 39'
Bala 71'		 Stadium: Örjans Vall
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mattias Nyman (Sweden)
14 October 2014 (2014-10-14) Friendly Wil 0–1  Kosovo Wil, Switzerland
Report Lushtaku 77' Stadium: IGP Arena
24 March 2015 (2015-03-24) Friendly Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0  Kosovo Frankfurt, Germany
19:00 Report Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang
Attendance: 4,000
27 March 2015 (2015-03-27) Friendly Werder Bremen 2–0  Kosovo Braunschweig, Germany
18:30 Ayçiçek 27'
Makiadi 88'		 Report Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 5,000

Head-to-head record
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Albanian All-Stars 2 0 1 1 3 6 −3 000.00
Albpetrol Patos 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 100.00
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
Halmstad 1 0 1 0 4 4 +0 000.00
Kalmar 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
KEK 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5 000.00
 Kosovo U21 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 100.00
Macedonian Albanians 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 100.00
Malmö 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5 000.00
Neuchâtel Xamax 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
Shkëndija 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00
Werder Bremen 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
Wil 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
13 Teams 14 6 3 5 28 25 +3 042.86

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ^
    Kosovo during the 2009–10 period was introduced with its alternative name as Ekipi i Kosovës (Team Kosovo), in order to avoid possible sanctions by UEFA and FIFA against Kosovo and the opponents that Kosovo played. After Kosovo was allowed on 6 February 2013 by FIFA to play against FIFA member associations in international friendlies,[10] this alternative name was no longer used.

References
  1. "Futbolli 1991–2011, 20 vjet mëvetësim" [Football 1991–2019, 20 years independence] (PDF) (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 2011. pp. Respectively on pages 62, 65, 67, 68 and 69, contain information about these matches.
  2. 2 me 1 - Ndeshje miqesore (Kosova - Yjet) 28.11.2006 on YouTube
  3. "MFFtv: Fyra mål" [MFFtv: Four goals] (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 28 March 2009.
  4. "Seger mot Team Kosovo" [Victory against Team Kosovo] (in Swedish). Kalmar FF. 26 June 2009.
  5. "Kosova e fortë për Xamax-in" [Strong Kosovo for Xamax] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 9 October 2010.
  6. "Målrik vänskapsmatch mot Kosovo" [Target friendly match against Kosovo] (in Swedish). Halmstads BK. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on 13 August 2010.
  7. "Kosova e fitoi ndeshjen testuese kundër FC Wil" [Kosovo won the test match against FC Wil] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 14 October 2014.
  8. "Kosova barazon pa gola me Eintracht Frankfurtin" [Kosovo draws goalless with Eintracht Frankfurt] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 24 March 2015.
  9. "Përfaqësuesja pësoi humbje në miqësoren me Werderin" [The national team suffered a loss in the friendly with Werder] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 27 March 2015.
  10. "FIFA Circular no.1342" (PDF). FIFA. 6 February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2019.
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