Football Superleague of Kosovo

Football Superleague of Kosovo
Organising body	FFK Competitions Commission
Founded	1945; 79 years ago; as Kosovo Province League; 1991; 33 years ago; as Independent League of Kosovo
First season	1945 as Kosovo Province League; 1991–92 as Independent League of Kosovo
Country	Kosovo
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	First Football League of Kosovo
Domestic cup(s)	Kosovar Cup; Kosovar Supercup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League; UEFA Conference League
Current champions	Ballkani (3rd title) ; (2023–24)
Most championships	Prishtina (11 titles)
Most appearances	Artan Latifi (493)
TV partners	ArtMotion, Klan Kosova
Website	Official website
	Current: 2024–25 Football Superleague of Kosovo

The Football Superleague of Kosovo (Albanian: Superliga e Futbollit të Kosovës), also known as the ALBI MALL Superleague of Kosovo (Albanian: ALBI MALL Superliga e Kosovës) for sponsorship reasons with Albi Mall, is the top level of the Kosovar football league system. The Superleague is organized by the Football Federation of Kosovo and the division currently has a 10-team format. The clubs play each other four times during the season for a 36-match schedule. At the end of the season, the bottom two teams in the division are relegated to the second tier, First Football League of Kosovo.

The Superleague ran outside FIFA and UEFA until Kosovo was admitted to both organizations, on 3 May 2016.^[1]

History

Prior to World War II, within Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Kosovan clubs competed in the provincial leagues of the Belgrade Football Subassociation. During World War II, between 1941 and 1944, when most of the region became part of the Albanian Kingdom, numerous Kosovan clubs played in the Albanian league system. In 1945, Kosovo was reincorporated to Serbia, and subsequently, into the SFR Yugoslavia. The league has its origins in 1945 when it became one of the subdivisions of the 5th level in the Yugoslav football league system. It gathered the best clubs from the SAP Kosovo except for those clubs competing in higher levels. In 1991, an unrecognised parallel league gathering ethnic Albanian pro-independence clubs was set, and was run till 1999. In the meantime, the best clubs competed in the leagues of FR Yugoslavia. In 1999, after the Kosovo War, a separate Kosovar league system was formed. It included most clubs from Kosovo except those from Serbian-dominated North Kosovo which remained in the Serbian football league system. Since 2000, the competition has been running continuously, and by 2017, after Kosovo gained membership in FIFA and UEFA, began acting as the national league of Kosovo, providing clubs for international tournaments.

Names

Name		Period	Notes
Albanian	English	Period	Notes
Liga e Provincës së Kosovës	Kosovo Province League	1945–1991	Part of the Yugoslav football league system.^[A]
Liga e Pavarur e Kosovës	Independent League of Kosovo	1991–1999	Unrecognised competition parallel to Serbian league system.
Superliga e Futbollit të Kosovës	Football Superleague of Kosovo	1999–present	The official name, even though from 2008 for sponsorship reasons the name changes.
Raiffeisen Superliga e Kosovës	Raiffeisen Superleague of Kosovo	2008–2016	Sponsored by Raiffeisen Bank Kosovo, a subsidiary of the Raiffeisen Bank International.
Vala Superliga e Kosovës	Vala Superleague of Kosovo	2016–2018	Sponsored by Kosovo Telecom.^[2]
IPKO Superliga e Kosovës	IPKO Superleague of Kosovo	2018–2020	Sponsored by IPKO.^[3]
BKT Superliga e Kosovës	BKT Superleague of Kosovo	2021–2022	Sponsored by Banka Kombëtare Tregtare.^[4]
ALBI MALL Superliga e Kosovës	ALBI MALL Superleague of Kosovo	2022–present	Sponsored by Albi Mall, a subsidiary of the Albi Commerce.^[5]

Previous winners

This is a list of winners of Football Superleague of Kosovo since 1945.^[6]

Season	Club	Location
Kosovo Province League^[A]
1945	Jedinstvo	Pristina
1946	Jedinstvo	Pristina
1947	Trepça	Mitrovica
1947–48	Proleteri	Pristina
1948–49	Trepça	Mitrovica
1950	Trepça	Mitrovica
1951	Kosova	Pristina
1952	Trepça	Mitrovica
1953	Not played due to change of league system
1953–54	Prishtina	Pristina
1954–55	Trepça	Mitrovica
1955–56	Rudari	Stantërg
1956–57	Rudniku	Hajvalia
1957–58	Rudari	Stantërg
1958–59	Prishtina	Pristina
1959–60	Rudari	Stantërg
1960–61	Prishtina	Pristina
1961–62	Budućnost	Peja
1962–63	Drita	Gjilan
1963–64	Slloga	Lipjan
1964–65	Slloga	Lipjan
1965–66	Budućnost	Peja
1966–67	Obiliq	Obiliq
1967–68	Vëllaznimi	Gjakova
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72	Obiliq	Obiliq
1972–73	Fushë Kosova	Kosovo Polje
1973–74	Vëllaznimi	Gjakova
1974–75	Liria	Prizren
1975–76	RHMK Obiliq	Obiliq
1976–77	Prishtina	Pristina
1977–78	Budućnost	Peja
1978–79	Prishtina	Pristina
1979–80	Vëllaznimi	Gjakova
1980–81	Liria	Prizren
1981–82	Vëllaznimi	Gjakova
1982–83	KNI Ramiz Sadiku	Pristina
1983–84	Liria	Prizren
1984–85	Crvena Zvezda	Gjilan
1985–86	Vëllaznimi	Gjakova
1986–87	Liria	Prizren
1987–88	Crvena Zvezda	Gjilan
1988–89	Budućnost	Peja
1989–90	Vëllaznimi	Gjakova
1990–91	Fushë Kosova	Kosovo Polje

Season	Club	Location
Independent League of Kosovo^[B]
1991–92	Prishtina	Pristina
1992–93	Trepça	Mitrovica
1993–94	Dukagjini	Klina
1994–95	Liria	Prizren
1995–96	Prishtina	Pristina
1996–97	Prishtina	Pristina
1997–98	Competition not held due to Kosovo War
1998–99	Competition not held due to Kosovo War
Football Superleague of Kosovo
1999–2000	Prishtina	Pristina
2000–01	Prishtina	Pristina
2001–02	Besiana	Podujevë
2002–03	Drita	Gjilan
2003–04	Prishtina	Pristina
2004–05	Besa	Peja
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08	Prishtina	Pristina
2008–09	Prishtina	Pristina
2009–10	Trepça	Mitrovica
2010–11	Hysi	Podujevë
2011–12	Prishtina	Pristina
2012–13	Prishtina	Pristina
2013–14	Vushtrria	Vushtrri
2014–15	Feronikeli	Drenas
2015–16	Feronikeli	Drenas
2016–17	Trepça'89	Mitrovica
2017–18	Drita	Gjilan
2018–19	Feronikeli	Drenas
2019–20	Drita	Gjilan
2020–21	Prishtina	Pristina
2021–22	Ballkani	Suva Reka
2022–23
2023–24

Clubs (2024–25)

The leаgue consisted of ten teams – the top eight teаms from the previous season and two teams promoted from the 2023–24 Kosovo First League.

The two directly promoted teаms were Suhareka and Ferizaj, winners of the 2023–24 Kosovo First League groups A and B, respectively.^[7] They replaced the 2023–24 Kosovo Superleague bottom two teams, Liria Prizren and Fushë Kosova.

Gjilan

Suharekë

Gjilan clubs:

Drita
Gjilani

Suharekë clubs:

Ballkani
Suhareka

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Locations of the 2024–25 Football Superleague of Kosovo teams

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Club	Town	Stadium and capacity
Ballkani	Suharekë	Suhareka City Stadium	1,500
Drita	Gjilan	Gjilan Synthetic Grass Stadium^[D]	1,500
Dukagjini	Klinë	18 June Stadium	3,000
Ferizaj	Ferizaj	Ferizaj Synthetic Grass Stadium	1,500
Feronikeli	Drenas	Rexhep Rexhepi Stadium	2,000
Gjilani	Gjilan	Gjilan Synthetic Grass Stadium^[D]	1,500
Llapi	Podujevë	Zahir Pajaziti Stadium	8,000
Malisheva	Malishevë	Liman Gegaj Stadium	2,000
Prishtina	Prishtinë	Fadil Vokrri Stadium	13,000
Suhareka	Suharekë	Suhareka City Stadium	1,500

Seasons in Football Superleague of Kosovo

There are 36 teams that have taken part in the Football Superleague of Kosovo since 1999. Prishtina is the only team that has played in every season since 1999. As of 2024/25 season; teams in bold are part of current season.

26 seasons: Prishtina
23 seasons: Drenica
22 seasons: Trepça '89, Drita
21 seasons: Besa
20 seasons: Gjilani
17 seasons: Ferizaj
16 seasons: Liria
15 seasons: Vëllaznimi, Flamurtari
14 seasons: Vushtrria, Llapi
12 seasons: Feronikeli

10 seasons: Trepça
9 seasons: Besiana, KEK, Ballkani
8 seasons: Hysi, Kosova Prishtinë
6 seasons: Dukagjini
5 seasons: Hajvalia
4 seasons: Malisheva
3 seasons: 2 Korriku, Istogu, Fushë Kosova
2 seasons: Shqiponja, Beselidhja
1 seasons: Lepenci, Ulpiana, Vllaznia Pozheran, Uniteti, Kika, Getoari, Vëllazëria, Rahoveci, Suhareka

Titles by club

Number of titles since Independent League of Kosovo became the first tier of Kosovar league system.

Club	Wins	Winning Years
Prishtina	11	1991–92, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2020–21
Ballkani	3	2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
Drita		2002–03, 2017–18, 2019–20
Feronikeli		2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19
Besa Pejë		2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
Trepça	2	1992–93, 2009–10
Trepça '89	1	2016–17
Vushtrria		2013–14
Hysi		2010–11
Besiana		2001–02
Liria Prizren		1994–95
Dukagjini		1993–94

Kosovo football clubs in European competitions

Active

UEFA Champions League

Performances by clubs
Club	Pld	W	D	L	Win %
Drita	6	3	0	3	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	22	9	2	11	040.91

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	1–2 (a.e.t.)	2–1	3–3 (5–6 p)

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	2	0	0	2	000.00
Total	19	3	4	12	015.79

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	1–2	0–2	1−4

UEFA Europa Conference League

Performances by clubs
Club	Pld	W	D	L	Win %
Ballkani	28	14	4	10	050.00
Drita	16	6	3	7	037.50
Prishtina	4	2	0	2	050.00
Dukagjini	4	2	0	2	050.00
Gjilani	4	1	1	2	025.00
Llapi	6	0	3	3	000.00
Malisheva	2	1	0	1	050.00
Total	62	26	11	25	041.94

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	1–0	0–3	1–3
	Llapi	2Q	Brøndby	2–2	0–6	2–8
	Ballkani	2Q	Ħamrun Spartans	0–0	2–0	2–0
	Ballkani	3Q	Larne	0–1	1–0 (a.e.t.)	1–1 (1–4 p)
	Drita	2Q	Breiðablik	1–0	2–1	3–1
		3Q	Auda	3–1 (a.e.t.)	0–1	3–2
		PO	Legia Warsaw	0–2	0–1	0–3

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^[10]
			Vasas	4–2	1–1
			Teplice	2–0	1–1

Notes and references

Notes

^ ^a ^b It was one of the leagues forming the 4th level of the Yugoslav football league system. The champion would gain promotion to Yugoslav Inter-Republic League East, one of Yugoslav 3rd tiers.
^ Unrecognised competition parallel to Serbian league system.
^ Drita and Gjilani use this stadium together and have named the stadium with different names. Drita and their fans named the stadium as Selami Osmani-Bezi Stadium, while Gjilan and their fans named the stadium as Agim Ramadani Stadium, but officially the stadium is named Gjilan City Stadium.^[9]
^ ^a ^b Drita and Gjilani will play their home matches at the Gjilan Synthetic Grass Stadium, instead of their regular stadium Gjilan City Stadium,^[C] which was under reconstruction.

References

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