The 2023–24 Kosovar Cup is the football knockout competition of Kosovo in the 2023–24 season. The winners qualify for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.

Format Clubs from the lower leagues (Second League and Third League of Kosovo) will enter the preliminary rounds. Participating clubs will compete in a knockout format until only two teams remain.

The two qualified clubs will then advance to the Round of 32, where they will join the clubs from the Superleague and First League of Kosovo. From this point onwards, the competition will follow a straight knock-out round system. RoundDateMatchesClubsFirst Round22 November 2023234 → 32Round of 325–8 December 20231632 → 16Round of 163–4 February 2024816 → 8Quarterfinals6–7 March 202448 → 4Semifinals3–17 April 202444 → 2Final22 May 202412 → 1

Participating clubs The following teams participated in the competition: Superliga the 10 clubs of the 2023–24 SuperleagueLiga e Parë the 20 clubs of the First LeagueLiga e Dytë the 3 clubs of the Second LeagueLiga e Tretë the club of the Third League Ballkani Drita Dukagjini Feronikeli 74 Fushë Kosova Gjilani Liria Llapi Malisheva Prishtina 2 Korriku Dinamo Ferizaj Drenica Ferizaj Flamurtari Istogu Kika Phoenix Prishtina e Re Rahoveci Ramiz Sadiku Rilindja 1974 Suhareka Trepça Trepça '89 Ulpiana Vëllaznimi Vjosa Vllaznia Pozheran Vushtrria Behar Dardania KEK-u Istogu 03

Preliminary rounds

First round The draw for the First Round was held on 17 November 2023 in the offices of the Football Federation of Kosovo. Only 4 teams from the Second League and the Third League of Kosovo participated in this round. The winners of each tie qualified automatically for the Round of 32. +NoDateMatches122.11.2023Istogu 03 (IV)0–4Behar (III)222.11.2023KEK-u (III)Dardania (III)

Round of 32 The draw for the Round of 32 took place on 1 December 2023, 11:00 CET. Teams from Kosovo Superleague and First League of Kosovo were automatically qualified for the Round of 32, alongside the two teams previously qualified from the first round.

This round contained 16 single-legged ties. All matches kicked-off at 12:00 CET. NoDateMatches105.12.2023Llapi (I)4–1Phoenix (II)2Malisheva (I)3–2Kika (II)306.12.2023Flamurtari (II)0–3Dukagjini (I)4Rahoveci (II)0–2Prishtina (I)5Fushë Kosova (I)1–32 Korriku (II)6Vllaznia Pozheran (II)2–4Trepça '89 (II)7Ramiz Sadiku (II)1–3Gjilani (I)8Feronikeli 74 (I)2–0Istogu (II)9Dardania (III)0–9Drita (I)10Liria (I)2–2 Rilindja 1974 (II)11Vëllaznimi (II)2–1Ferizaj (II)12Drenica (II)0–2Ballkani (I)1307.12.2023Prishtina e Re (II)7–1Behar (III)14Suhareka (II)2–0Trepça (II)15Ulpiana (II)1–2Vjosa (II)1608.12.2023Dinamo Ferizaj (II)1–0Vushtrria (II)

Round of 16 The draw for the Round of 16 took place on 12 December 2023, 11:00 CET. This round contained 8 single-legged ties with matches scheduled for early February 2024, with all matches kicking-off at 13:00 CET.

Summary NoDateMatches103.02.2024Gjilani (I)0–0 Prishtina (I)2Vjosa (II)4–12 Korriku (II)3Feronikeli 74 (I)1–3Malisheva (I)4Suhareka (II)3–1Prishtina e Re (II)504.02.2024Trepça '89 (II)4–3 Llapi (I)6Drita (I)3–0Rilindja 1974 (II)7Ballkani (I)1–0Vëllaznimi (II)8Dukagjini (I)1–0Dinamo Ferizaj (II)

Quarterfinals The draw for the quarterfinals took place on 14 February 2024. The quarterfinals had 4 pairs of single-legged ties. Matches took place on 6 and 7 March 2024.

Summary NoDateStadiumRefereeMatches106.03.2024Sami Kelmendi StadiumGenc NuzaPrishtina (I)5–1Trepça '89 (II)218 June StadiumMervan BejtullahuDukagjini (I)0–0 Drita (I)307.03.2024Shtime City StadiumIlir MehmetiVjosa (II)0–1Suhareka (II)4Liman Gegaj StadiumAlban ShalaMalisheva (I)0–3Ballkani (I)

Semifinals The draw for the semifinals took place on 15 March 2024 at the Football Federation offices. Four teams will get drawn in two pairs playing each other twice, home and away.

Summary The first legs will be played on 3 April, and the returning legs will be played on 24 April 2024. Firstly, scheduled for 17 April the returning matches were postponed after April 17 got declared a day of mourning from the President of Kosovo.

Matches

First leg

Second leg Some of the information might be subject of change in the future.

Final The final will be played on May 22 2024.

Summary According to the Kosovar Cup regulations, the final shall be played in the capital city of Prishtina. However, due to pitch construction at Fadil Vokrri Stadium at that time, the final was decided to be played at Rexhep Rexhepi Stadium in Drenas.

Details The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by the semi-final draw order.

GK1 Enea KoliçiLB3 Arbër Potoku CB5 Lumbardh DellovaCB32 Bajram JashanicaRB2 Armend ThaqiDM6 Lindon EmërllahuCM7 Meriton Korenica CM20 Edvin Kuč (c) LW98 Almir Kryeziu RW11 Walid Hamidi CF10 Nazmi GripshiSubstitutes:GK92 Damir LjuljanovićLB14 Marsel Ismailgeci LB19 Lorenc TrashiCB4 Gentrit HaliliDM28 Arjol BllacaCM33 Bangaly DiawaraCM8 Vesel LimajCM88 QuevenLW25 Bernard KarricaRW99 Bleart Tolaj CF22 Krenar DulajManager: Ilir DajaGK12 Ardit NikaLB11 Ardian MujaCB14 Egzon Sinani CB22 Muhamed Useini RB4 Ardian LimaniDM5 Drilon IslamiDM8 Kushtrim Gashi LW7 Hasan HyseniAM21 Genc Hamiti RW77 Mërgim Pefqeli (c) CF9 Leotrim KryeziuSubstitutes:GK50 Agron KolajLB13 Dion Gallapeni CB2 Andi VeliqiRB20 Ramiz Bytyqi DM19 Ylber MurturiDM17 Rilind Nimani CM25 Donart LlabjaniLW23 Sinan KadiriLW29 Igball JashariLW70 Yoan Marc-OlivierRW30 Amar DemolliSS10 Albin Krasniqi Manager: Ndubuisi Egbo Assistant referees: Granit Hyseni Arbnor Bullatofci

Fourth official: Ilir Mehmeti

Video assistant referee: Alban Shala

Assistant video assistant referee: Besnik MorinaMatch rules

90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time

Statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Nazmi GripshiBallkani62 Blendi BaftiuDrita3 Drilon HazrollajMalisheva Toni SalihuPrishtina e Re88 other players

References