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
  • UCL: Nine seasons (2017–)
  • UEL: Six seasons (2017–2020; 2024–)
  • UECL: Five seasons (2021–)
Top scorerList of top scorers
First entry
Latest entry

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, the UEFA Conference League since the 2021–22 season and the UEFA Europa League since the 2017–18 season, but with a three-season absence (2021–22 season, 2022–23 season and 2023–24 season) due to UEFA's change in the way it qualified for competitions based on country coefficients.

Competitions

Active

UEFA Champions League

Performances by clubs
Club Pld W D L Win %
Drita 10 5 0 5 050.00
Ballkani 6 2 1 3 033.33
Prishtina 4 2 0 2 050.00
Feronikeli 4 2 1 1 050.00
Trepça '89 2 0 0 2 000.00
Total 26 11 2 13 042.31
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
2024–25 1Q Andorra UE Santa Coloma 1–2 (a.e.t.) 2–1 3–3 (5–6 p)
2025–26 Drita 1Q Luxembourg Differdange 03 1–0 3–2 4–2
2Q Denmark Copenhagen 0–1 0–2 0–3

UEFA Europa League

Performances by clubs
Club Pld W D L Win %
Prishtina 11 2 4 5 018.18
Drita 6 1 1 4 016.67
Gjilani 2 1 0 1 050.00
Feronikeli 2 0 0 2 000.00
Llapi 2 0 0 2 000.00
Total 23 4 5 14 017.39
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
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24
did not qualify
2024–25 Llapi 1Q Poland Wisła Kraków 1–2 0–2 1−4
2025–26 Prishtina 1Q Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 2–1 0–4 2–5
Drita 3Q Romania FCSB 1–3 2–3 3–6

UEFA Conference League

Performances by clubs
Club Pld W D L Win %
Ballkani 32 16 5 11 050.00
Drita 16 6 3 7 037.50
Prishtina 6 2 1 3 033.33
Dukagjini 4 2 0 2 050.00
Gjilani 4 1 1 2 025.00
Llapi 6 0 3 3 000.00
Malisheva 4 1 0 3 025.00
Total 70 28 13 29 040.00
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 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
2024–25 Malisheva 1Q Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica 1–0 0–3 1–3
Llapi 2Q Denmark Brøndby 2–2 0–6 2–8
Ballkani Malta Ħamrun Spartans 0–0 2–0 2–0
3Q Northern Ireland Larne 0–1 1–0 (a.e.t.) 1–1 (1–4 p)
Drita 2Q Iceland Breiðablik 1–0 2–1 3–1
3Q Latvia Auda 3–1 (a.e.t.) 0–1 3–2
PO Poland Legia Warsaw 0–2 0–1 0–3
2025–26 Malisheva 1Q Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík 0–8 0–1 0–9
Prishtina 2Q Northern Ireland Larne 1–1 (a.e.t.) 0–0 1–1 (4–5 p)
Ballkani Malta Floriana 4–2 1–1 5–3
3Q Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 1–0 0–4 1–4
Drita PO Luxembourg Differdange 03

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 Austria Eisenstadt 3–3 2–4 Runners-up[3]
Hungary Vasas 4–2 1–1
Czechoslovakia Teplice 2–0 1–1

Cups and Finals

Mitropa Cup

Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Prishtina 1 1983–84

Records

Top goalscorers

  • Players in bold are active in the Kosovo Superleague.
  • Penalty shootout goals after 120 minutes of play are not included.

References

  1. ^ "Football Federation of Kosovo joins UEFA". UEFA. 3 May 2016. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017.
  2. ^ "Kosovo accepted as member of Uefa after Congress vote". The Guardian. 3 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Mitropa Cup 1983/84". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 March 2015.