The 2024–25 Kosovar Cup was the football knockout competition of Kosovo in the 2024–25 season. The winners qualified for the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.
Prishtina won the cup (their ninth Kosovar Cup win) on 22 May 2025, defeating Llapi 1–0 in the final.
Format Clubs from the lower leagues (Second League and Third League) entered the preliminary rounds, competing in a knockout format until only two teams remained.
The two qualified clubs then advanced to the Round of 32, where they joined the clubs from the Superleague and the First League. From this point onwards, the competition followed a straight knockout format. RoundDateMatchesClubsFirst Round26 November 2024134 → 32Round of 323–4 December 20241632 → 16Round of 1611–13 February 2025816 → 8Quarterfinals26–27 February 202548 → 4Semifinals8–9 April 2025 (first leg)23 April 2025 (second leg)44 → 2Final22 May 202512 → 1
Bracket
Participating clubs The following teams participated in the competition: Superliga the 10 clubs of the SuperleagueLiga e Parë the 20 clubs of the First LeagueLiga e Dytë the club of the Second LeagueLiga e Tretë the clubs of the Third League Ballkani Drita Dukagjini Ferizaj Feronikeli 74 Gjilani Llapi Malisheva Prishtina Suhareka 2 Korriku Besa Peja Dinamo Ferizaj Drenica Flamurtari Fushë Kosova Istogu Kika KEK-u Liria Mitrovica Prishtina e Re Rahoveci Ramiz Sadiku Rilindja 1974 Trepça Trepça '89 Vëllaznimi Vjosa Vushtrria Dardania Istogu 03 TOP Football
Preliminary rounds
First round The first-round match took place on 26 November 2024, ahead of the Round of 32 draw. Only two clubs from the Third League confirmed participation in this round. The winner of this match, along with Dardania (the only club from the Second League), advanced to the Round of 32. Matches26 November 2024Istogu 03 (IV)3–3 TOP Football (IV)
Round of 32 The draw for the Round of 32 took place on 29 November 2024 at 13:00 CET. Teams from the Superleague and the First League were automatically qualified for the Round of 32, alongside the two teams previously qualified from the first round.
Seeding A total of 32 teams participated in this round. All clubs from the Superleague, along with the top three clubs from each group of the First League, were seeded for this round. SeededUnseeded
Summary This round contained 16 single-legged ties. The matches were played on 3 and 4 December 2024, with all matches kicking off at 12:00 CET. Matches3 December 2024Rahoveci (II)0–3Drita (I)4 December 2024Vjosa (II)0–5Drenica (II)Vushtrria (II)1–0KEK-u (II)Flamurtari (II)0–5Llapi (I)Ferizaj (I)4–0Ramiz Sadiku (II)Mitrovica (II)3–4Vëllaznimi (II)Gjilani (I)4–1Liria (II)TOP Football (IV)1–5Prishtina (I)Dukagjini (I)6–2Dardania (III)Rilindja 1974 (II)1–1 Ballkani (I)Besa Peja (II)1–2Prishtina e Re (II)Istogu (II)1–2Feronikeli 74 (I)2 Korriku (II)1–1 Dinamo Ferizaj (II)Trepça '89 (II)1–3 Suhareka (I)Fushë Kosova (II)0–5Malisheva (I)Kika (II)2–6Trepça (II)
Round of 16 The draw for the Round of 16 took place on 11 December 2024, 14:00 CET. No seeding was applied in this round.
Summary This round contained 8 single-legged ties. Matches were held on 11, 12, and 13 February 2025. Matches11 February 2025Trepça (II)0–0 Drenica (II)12 February 2025Vëllaznimi (II)2–1Gjilani (I)Llapi (I)2–0Vushtrria (II)Drita (I)0–0 Dukagjini (I)Prishtina (I)4–0Suhareka (I)Dinamo Ferizaj (II)0–2Malisheva (I)13 February 2025Feronikeli 74 (I)0–2Prishtina e Re (II)Ferizaj (I)1–0Rilindja 1974 (II)
Quarterfinals The draw for the quarterfinals took place on 19 February 2025, 13:00 CET. Eight tie winners from the previous round joined the quarterfinals, with no seeding applied.
Summary This round contained 4 single-legged ties. Matches were held on 26 and 27 February 2025. Matches26 February 2025Drenica (II)1–0Ferizaj (I)Malisheva (I)0–1Llapi (I)27 February 2025Vëllaznimi (II)0–4 Prishtina (I)Prishtina e Re (II)0–4Drita (I)
Semifinals Four tie winners from the previous round joined the semifinals, with no seeding applied.
Summary Four teams were drawn in two pairs playing each other twice, home and away. The first legs were held on 9 and 10 April 2025, followed by the second legs on 23 April 2025.
Matches
First leg
Second leg
Final Originally scheduled for 14 May 2025, the final was first moved to 21 May because of a request from both club finalists and then rescheduled again to 22 May due to a conflict with the UEFA Europa League final.
Summary According to the Kosovar Cup regulations, the final was played in the capital city of Prishtina.
Details The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by a draw.
GK50 Agron KolajCB21 Ron RaçiCB22 Philippe BoueyeCB3 Leonat VitijaLM13 Dion GallapeniCM5 Drilon Islami (c)CM4 Ardian LimaniRM20 Ramiz BytyqiLW10 Albin KrasniqiRW29 Axel GnapiCF9 Leotrim KryeziuSubstitutes:GK12 Ardit NikaDM6 Gentrit SalihuDM7 Rilind NimaniLB11 Ardian MujaCB15 Diar HaliliCF17 Alban ShillovaCB18 Ardi AjdiniLW19 Sinan KadiriRW25 Paul Junior NgattaRW27 Rin AhmetiCF90 Ronald SobowaleCF97 Dashmir EleziManager: Arsim Thaqi GK1 Marijan ĆorićLB18 Ilir BlakçoriCB15 Landrit RamaCB22 Muhamed UseiniRB6 Diar VokrriCM7 Hamdi Namani (c)DM23 Besar MusolliCM10 Arbnor RamadaniLW70 Valmir VeliuRW24 Arianit HasaniCF99 Ardit TahiriSubstitutes:GK12 Vokli LaroshiCB3 Eris AvdullahuDM4 Gentrit TallaRB8 Benjamin EminiCM16 Gentrit LimaniAM17 Ergyn AhmetiLB19 Arbër BytyqiCM20 Lulzim PeciCF27 Ahmed JanuziLW29 Erijon KonjufcaAM66 Se-yoon CheonRW77 Elvir GashijanManager: Tahir Batatina
Assistant referees:
Dominik Schaal (Germany) Marco Achmüller (Germany)
Fourth official:
Florian Exner (Germany)
Video assistant referee:
Johann Pfeifer (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Tobias Reichel (Germany)Match 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 Fatjon BunjakuMalisheva4 Norik KrasniqiVëllaznimi Ardian MujaPrishtina3 Sunday Akinbule3 Dion Gallapeni Kamohelo HoalaTrepça~85 other players
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