Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës

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Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës
founding 1946
FIFA accession May 13, 2016
UEFA accession May 3, 2016
president Agim Ademi
Secretary General Eroll Salihu
National teams Men's
national team ,
U-21 , U-19 , U-17 , U-16 , U-15
women's
national team
Members (approx.) 9020
Homepage ffk-kosova.com

The Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës ( FFK ) ( Serbian Фудбалски савез Косова Fudbalski savez Kosova ( FSK ), German  Football Association of Kosovo ) is the governing body of football in Kosovo , based in Pristina . He organizes the football leagues in Kosovo and the Kosovar national football team . The young history of the association is shaped by the Kosovo war of 1999 and its consequences. It is currently headed by Eroll Salihu.

On May 22, 2012, FIFA's member associations were given permission to play friendly matches against the FFK's national teams.

The FFK was accepted as the 55th member of UEFA on May 3, 2016 at the 40th Ordinary UEFA Congress in Budapest . At the FIFA Congress on May 13, 2016 in Mexico City , the company was accepted as the 210th member of FIFA .

history

History of football in Kosovo before the association was founded

According to the Kosovar Football Association, a student from Grenoble said a football was rolled for the first time in Kosovo in 1919 , but there are also indications that football was introduced from Austria-Hungary to Kosovo as early as 1914 , which at the time belonged to the Kingdom of Serbia ( 1882–1918) belonged. In 1922, the first football clubs were finally founded in Đakovica and FK Priština , but due to the unstable situation in Kosovo, now part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes or Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918-1941), they could not play regular games at the beginning .

After World War II until 1991

After the Second World War , football developed very quickly in what was now Socialist Yugoslavia (1945-1992), so in 1948 the Fudbalski savez Kosova i Metohije , the football association of Kosovo and Metochien, was founded as one of the associations of the Fudbalski savez Yugoslavije , the Yugoslav football -Bundes. Previously, the Kosovo region including Metohija belonged to the Fudbalski savez Beograda . Overall, some sports officials, referees and numerous workers from Kosovo were deployed in the highest positions in Yugoslav football.

Since the FK Priština in the 1980s and the late 1990s mixed in the 1st Yugoslav League or in the 1st League of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2003), the Prva liga SR Jugoslavije / Srbije i Crne Gore , he is considered to be the most successful football club in Kosovo in the former Yugoslavia (1918–1992). Another important club from Kosovo is FK Trepča , which played in the top Yugoslav league in the 1977/78 season.

In the 2nd Yugoslav League 3 to 4 football clubs from Kosovo were continuously represented. Kosovo also had its own first division, a regional division within the Yugoslav football system, the champions of which were promoted to the second Yugoslav division, and there was also a second and third division in Kosovo. After the death of President Josip Broz Tito in 1980, ethnic tensions in the country increased, with the result that in 1981 and 1989 the championships in Kosovo had to be terminated prematurely due to protests by the Kosovar Albanians against the Yugoslav state. Due to the interruption, the regional championship title in 1981 and 1989 was awarded to the team at the Green Table at the time of the league interruption .

From 1991 until the war in Kosovo

The ethnic tensions in the country grew over time, with the result that in the early 1990s the state began to fall apart and the war in Yugoslavia broke out. The deterioration in the overall political situation also had an impact on sport in the whole of Yugoslavia, including Kosovo. In the national soccer competitions, the clubs from Croatia and Slovenia left the leagues after the 1990/91 season, as well as the clubs from Macedonia after the 1991/92 season, after these countries had declared their unilateral independence from Yugoslavia. Almost all teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina could not finish the 1991/92 season because war broke out there in April. After Yugoslavia broke up into its individual states, Serbia and Montenegro came to terms and in April 1992 formed the common state of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .

The United Nations imposed UN sanctions on the country at the end of May . This led to the economic decline of Yugoslavia and the hyperinflation of the Yugoslav dinar . At the time of the break-up of Yugoslavia, however, there were 4–5 clubs from Kosovo in the two highest Yugoslav leagues. During this period, the sport of football was conducted under difficult conditions. Between 1998 and 1999 the situation in Kosovo worsened due to the ongoing clashes between the Yugoslav security forces and the Albanian paramilitary organization UÇK, which ultimately led to the Kosovo war .

Continuation since 1999

After the end of the Kosovo war in 1999, the association was restructured or re-established, since de facto the Yugoslav football association or Fudbalski savez Kosova i Metohije could no longer fully exercise its function in Kosovo since the end of the war. Since then, the association has been organized and managed by Albanian sports officials. A first Kosovar league and an independent Kosovar football system were founded, and numerous clubs and stadiums were renamed. On February 26, 2010, Fadil Vokrri was elected as the new President of the FFK after the resignation of ex-President Sabri Hashani.

The Fudbalski savez Kosova i Metohije, on the other hand, the de jure umbrella organization of all football associations and thus also all football clubs in Kosovo, including Metochien , based in Kosovska Mitrovica , is directly subordinate to the Fudbalski savez Srbije , the Serbian Football Association, and recognized by FIFA . De facto , the football association of Kosovo and Metohija, which is currently based in North Mitrovica , only exercises its function in the region of North Kosovo , which is predominantly inhabited by Serbs and is not controlled by the Albanian-dominated government of Kosovo.

Competitions

The following competitions are held under the umbrella of the FFK:

  • Kupa e Kosovës (Kosovocup)
  • Vala Superliga (Superliga) with 12 clubs
  • Liga e Parë (First League) with 16 clubs
  • Liga e Dytë (Second League) with 2 groups of 12 clubs each
  • possibly play-off or play-out to complete the first division
  • Liga e Femrave (women's league) with 8 clubs
  • Superliga - Futsal ( Futsal Super League)
  • Superliga e Juniorëve (Junior Superliga)
  • Liga e Parë e Juniorëve (First League of Juniors)
  • Garat përfundimtare të Grupmoshave të reja (( Finals of the boys' games) The boys play in a league according to age and region, the team that gets 1st place in the regional league enters the final round phase)

National team

The FFK also organizes the Kosovar national soccer team, which is supervised by trainer Bernard Challandes .

Members and structure

Members

Members of the Kosovar Football Association are:

  • the 7 regional associations:
    • Regional Association of Pristina (Lidhja Rajonale e Futbollit e Prishtinës)
    • Regional Association of Peja (LRF e Pejës)
    • Regional Association of Mitrovica (LRF e Mitrovicës)
    • Regional Association of Prizren (LRF e Prizrenit)
    • Regional Association of Gjakova (LRF e Gjakovës)
    • Regional Association of Gjilan (LRF e Gjilanit)
    • Regional Association of Ferizaj (LRF e Ferizajit)
  • indirectly every club that belongs to one of the 7 regional associations.
  • the Pristina- based Association for Referees (SHGJK) and the Pristina-based Association for Trainers (SHTK).

Boards or committees of the FFK

  • houses of Parliament
  • Executive Committee
  • Urgent Affairs Council
  • Bureau
  • Legal Committee
  • Secretary General
  • Standing Committee
  • Central administration

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Historiku. In: ffk-kosova.com. Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës, accessed August 19, 2015 (Albanian).
  2. ↑ FIFA Executive Committee continues reform process. In: de.fifa.com. FIFA, May 22, 2012, accessed May 23, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Kosovar Football Association becomes a UEFA member. In: de.uefa.org. UEFA, May 3, 2016, accessed May 5, 2016 .
  4. ↑ FIFA Congress moves football forward, first Secretary General appointed. In: de.fifa.com. FIFA, May 13, 2016, accessed May 20, 2016 .