Boxing team

Kosovo National Team

Club · XK · World Cup - Qualification Europe

«Dardanians»

67 Matches

27 wins

14 draws

26 losses

94–85 Goals

+9 Difference

1.4 Scored per game

Form W L L W W L

Vedat Muriqi has scored 32 goals in 68 caps for Kosovo. UEFA admitted Kosovo as its 55th member on 3 May 2016, and FIFA followed ten days later; the team's first sanctioned match came that June, a 2–0 win over the Faroe Islands in Frankfurt with goals from Albert Bunjaku and Elbasan Rashani.

What Kosovo has built since is modest in scope but not in shape: top spot in UEFA Nations League Group D in 2018–19, unbeaten through matches against Azerbaijan, the Faroe Islands and Malta, and a second promotion in 2024–25 after winning League C, which lifts the side into League B. Mërgim Vojvoda has made more appearances than anyone else in the shirt, and Edon Zhegrova has taken the name to Juventus, but it is Muriqi's scoring that has underwritten most of the promotions.

The fixture that draws the most attention is against Albania, played under the label of the "Brotherly derby" — a meeting between two sides that share a language and much of their support, complicated by the fact that several Kosovo players could just as easily have worn the Albanian shirt, and some of the Albanian public still reads that choice as a kind of betrayal.

The side plays out of the Fadil Vokrri Stadium in Pristina, a ground that holds under 14,000. A World Cup or a European Championship finals has never followed any of it — the promotions have come in the Nations League, not in the competitions that would put Kosovo on the biggest stage the sport has.

Latest results

Fixtures and results

27 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Austria A	1:3	L
24 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Republic of Ireland H	1:0	W
7 Jun	Friendlies	Andorra H	3:0	W
31 May	Friendlies	Czech Republic A	1:2	L
31 Mar	World Cup - Qualification Europe	Turkey H	0:1	L
26 Mar	World Cup - Qualification Europe	Slovakia A	4:3	W

Standing

UEFA Nations League

Group stage · Group 3

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Slovakia	1	1	0	0	2:0	3
2	Croatia	1	1	0	0	2:1	3
2	Kosovo National Team	2	1	0	1	2:3	3
2	Faroe Islands	1	0	1	0	1:1	1
3	England	1	0	0	1	2:3	0

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 67

67 Matches

27 wins

14 draws

26 losses

94–85 Goals

+9 Difference

1.4 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 67

27 14 26

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	67	35	32
Scored	94	56	38
Conceded	85	37	48
Scored per game	1.4	1.6	1.2
Conceded per game	1.3	1.1	1.5
Difference	+9	+19	−10

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Mërgim Vojvoda Midfielder 4 Matches

Visar Bekaj Goalkeeper 4 Matches

Veldin Hodža Midfielder 4 Matches

Dion Gallapeni Midfielder 4 Matches

Ermal Krasniqi Forward 4 Matches

Ilir Krasniqi Defender 4 Matches

Fisnik Asllani Forward 4 Matches

Albion Rrahmani Forward 4 Matches

Squad of Kosovo National Team

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
15	Mërgim Vojvoda	Midfielder		4
12	Visar Bekaj	Goalkeeper		4
20	Veldin Hodža	Midfielder	23	4
13	Dion Gallapeni	Midfielder		4
17	Ermal Krasniqi	Forward		4
4	Ilir Krasniqi	Defender	26	4
11	Fisnik Asllani	Forward		4
9	Albion Rrahmani	Forward		4
14	Baton Zabërgja	Forward	25	4
23	L. Avdullahu	Midfielder		3
2	Ron Ratsi	Defender	24	3
8	Valmir Matošić	Midfielder	23	3
5	Lumbardh Dellova	Defender		3
1	Arijanet Murić	Goalkeeper		3
10	Edon Zhegrova	Forward		3
7	Milot Rashica	Midfielder		3
18	Vedat Muriqi	Forward		3
16	Amir Saipi	Goalkeeper		3
21	Albian Hajdari	Defender		3
22	Vesel Demaku	Midfielder		2
19	Dion Kacuri	Midfielder	22	2
3	Milot Avdyli	Midfielder		2
22	Muharrem Jashari	Midfielder		2
6	Elvis Rexhbeçaj	Midfielder	28	2
19	Lindon Emërllahu	Midfielder	23	2
21	Leard Sadriu	Defender	25	1
14	Dardan Shabanhaxhaj	Forward		1
23	Betim Fazliji	Midfielder	27	1
16	Altin Gjokaj	Goalkeeper		1
13	Kreshnik Hajrizi	Defender		1
8	Florent Muslija	Midfielder		1
14	Valon Berisha	Midfielder	33	1
2	Florent Hadërgjonaj	Defender		1
3	Fidan Aliti	Defender		1