Kosovo secures a friendly for the June matches

The president of the Football Federation of Kosovo, Agim Ademi, confirmed to KOHA on Thursday that Andorra could be one of the national teams to play against Kosovo in the June friendlies.
Kosovo and Andorra are expected to play on the evening of June 7 at the “Fadil Vokrri” Stadium.
Early elections will be held in Kosovo on June 7, but this will not prevent the “Dardanians” from playing the friendly match.

“We don’t have it fully confirmed, but we are in contact with officials from the Andorran Football Federation. I believe they could be one of the opponents in the friendly matches. There is no need to change the date if we play on June 7, because the FIFA dates are set aside for us and there is no need, since the elections will be over by the time the match starts,” Agim Ademi said.

The head of the FFK added that they are also in talks with 5-6 other national teams about friendlies, but did not mention who Kosovo’s other opponent might be. He added that everything will be finalized on Friday or early next week. 

“We have selected 5-6 national teams. There are 5-6 national teams that are interested and want to play a friendly, but we have not yet decided. They will be officially announced tomorrow or, at the latest, on Monday,” the FFK president stressed.

Kosovo came close to qualifying for the 2026 World Cup in March. It won the playoff semifinal against Slovakia 4-3 in Bratislava on March 26, but was defeated by Turkey in Pristina on March 31, 1-0. 

After the June friendlies, Kosovo will begin its new Nations League campaign in September.

Kosovo, led by coach Franco Foda, was promoted to League B of the Nations League for the first time and is in a group with Austria, Ireland and Israel.
It will play its first match at home against Ireland on September 24.