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Association">Yugoslav Football Association</a>. <a href="/wiki/FC_Prishtina" title="FC Prishtina">Prishtina</a>, is the club from Kosovo with most participations in the <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_First_League" title="Yugoslav First League">Yugoslav First League</a>. Football is the most popular sport in Kosovo. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Football_Superleague_of_Kosovo" title="Football Superleague of Kosovo">Football Superleague of Kosovo</a> is the top division of football in Kosovo. The division was set up in 1945 as a regional league within the <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_football_league_system" title="Yugoslav football league system">Yugoslav football league system</a>. </p><p>In 2008, <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a> declared its independence from <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a>. Until 2016, membership in <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> and <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> had been denied due to Kosovo's disputed recognition as an independent state. However, Kosovo was also not a member of the <a href="/wiki/NF_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="NF Board">NF Board</a>, which represents non-FIFA territories, including unrepresented cultural groups and unrecognized states. Some football clubs, especially from <a href="/wiki/North_Kosovo" title="North Kosovo">North Kosovo</a>, refuse to enter the Republic of Kosovo's institutions and continue to be part of the <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Serbia" title="Football Association of Serbia">Football Association of Serbia</a>. On 3 May 2016, Kosovo became the 55th member of UEFA after a 28-24 vote in their favour, and on 13 May 2016, Kosovo gained FIFA membership after a 141-23 vote in their favour. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_in_Kosovo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first football match ever played in Kosovo took place in <a href="/wiki/Prizren" title="Prizren">Prizren</a> in 1912 between two Austro-Hungarian teams.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first football clubs in Kosovo were formed after the First World War and they competed in the <a href="/wiki/Belgrade_Football_Subassociation" title="Belgrade Football Subassociation">Belgrade Football Subassociation</a> provincial leagues within the Yugoslav football league system. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, Yugoslavia was invaded by <a href="/wiki/Axis_powers" title="Axis powers">Axis powers</a>, and most of Kosovo became part of German- Italian-dominated <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Kingdom_(1939%E2%80%9343)" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian Kingdom (1939–43)">Albanian Kingdom</a>. Several city teams from Kosovo played during the war in the <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Superliga" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian Superliga">Albanian championship</a>. Two Kosovar Albanian players made headlines in Italian Serie A, <a href="/wiki/Riza_Lushta" title="Riza Lushta">Riza Lushta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Naim_Kryeziu" title="Naim Kryeziu">Naim Kryeziu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1945, Kosovo was reintegrated into Serbia and Yugoslavia. Football Federation of Kosovo was founded in 1946 and in 1948 was co-founder of ex-FF of Yugoslavia with equal rights and duties until 1991. <a href="/wiki/FC_Prishtina" title="FC Prishtina">FC Prishtina</a> and <a href="/wiki/KF_Trep%C3%A7a" title="KF Trepça">KF Trepça</a> made it to the <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_First_League" title="Yugoslav First League">Yugoslav First League</a>. In 1992 SFR Yugoslavia became <a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Serbia and Montenegro">FR Yugoslavia</a>. In that period, all Albanian football players abandoned the Yugoslavian league and were part of the Independent League of Kosovo (1991) and first played match was Flamurtari - Prishtina(13 September 1991). First goal of Independent league was scored by Eroll Salihu, actually General Secretary of FFK. </p><p>During this Yugoslav period most of the best players from Kosovo, regardless if Serb or Albanian, usually continued their career in stronger Yugoslav clubs. Examples are Gorani <a href="/wiki/Fahrudin_Jusufi" title="Fahrudin Jusufi">Fahrudin Jusufi</a> (European vice-champion in 1966 with <a href="/wiki/FK_Partizan" title="FK Partizan">Partizan</a>), Albanians <a href="/wiki/Xhevat_Prekazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Xhevat Prekazi">Xhevat Prekazi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fadil_Vokrri" title="Fadil Vokrri">Fadil Vokrri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isa_Sadriu" title="Isa Sadriu">Isa Sadriu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agim_Cana" title="Agim Cana">Agim Cana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ardian_Kozniku" title="Ardian Kozniku">Ardian Kozniku</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kujtim_Shala" title="Kujtim Shala">Kujtim Shala</a>, Serbs <a href="/wiki/Stevan_Stojanovi%C4%87" title="Stevan Stojanović">Stevan Stojanović</a> (goalkeeper of <a href="/wiki/Red_Star_Belgrade" title="Red Star Belgrade">Red Star Belgrade</a> when they won the European and world club title in 1991), <a href="/wiki/Goran_%C4%90orovi%C4%87" title="Goran Đorović">Goran Đorović</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marko_Perovi%C4%87_(footballer_born_1984)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marko Perović (footballer born 1984)">Marko Perović</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darko_Spalevi%C4%87" title="Darko Spalević">Darko Spalević</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nenad_Vani%C4%87" title="Nenad Vanić">Nenad Vanić</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milan_Bi%C5%A1evac" title="Milan Biševac">Milan Biševac</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milo%C5%A1_Krasi%C4%87" title="Miloš Krasić">Miloš Krasić</a> and others. While all Kosovar Serbian and most Kosovar Albanian players represented Yugoslavia internationally, some opted to represent <a href="/wiki/Albania_national_football_team" title="Albania national football team">Albania</a>, like <a href="/wiki/Besnik_Hasi" title="Besnik Hasi">Besnik Hasi</a> or <a href="/wiki/Mehmet_Dragusha" title="Mehmet Dragusha">Mehmet Dragusha</a>. </p><p>Three football players that were born in Kosovo (<a href="/wiki/Milutin_%C5%A0o%C5%A1ki%C4%87" title="Milutin Šoškić">Milutin Šoškić</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fahrudin_Jusufi" title="Fahrudin Jusufi">Fahrudin Jusufi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Durkovi%C4%87" title="Vladimir Durković">Vladimir Durković</a>) were part of the <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_national_football_team" title="Yugoslavia national football team">Yugoslavia national football team</a>, who won the gold medal at the <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics">1960 Summer Olympics</a> and the silver medal at the <a href="/wiki/1960_European_Nations%27_Cup" title="1960 European Nations' Cup">1960 European Championship</a> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War</a> in 1999, most Kosovar Albanian players opted for emigration and represented either the countries they emigrated in, or Albania. Some of them are <a href="/wiki/Arjan_Beqaj" title="Arjan Beqaj">Arjan Beqaj</a>, <a href="/wiki/Etrit_Berisha" title="Etrit Berisha">Etrit Berisha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lorik_Cana" title="Lorik Cana">Lorik Cana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Debatik_Curri" title="Debatik Curri">Debatik Curri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armend_Dallku" title="Armend Dallku">Armend Dallku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Besnik_Hasi" title="Besnik Hasi">Besnik Hasi</a> for Albania, <a href="/wiki/Mehmet_Hetemaj" title="Mehmet Hetemaj">Mehmet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Perparim_Hetemaj" class="mw-redirect" title="Perparim Hetemaj">Perparim Hetemaj</a>, <a href="/wiki/Njazi_Kuqi" title="Njazi Kuqi">Njazi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shefki_Kuqi" title="Shefki Kuqi">Shefki Kuqi</a> for Finland, <a href="/wiki/Fatos_Beqiraj" class="mw-redirect" title="Fatos Beqiraj">Fatos Beqiraj</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jovan_Tanasijevi%C4%87" title="Jovan Tanasijević">Jovan Tanasijević</a> for Montenegro, <a href="/wiki/Ardian_Gashi" title="Ardian Gashi">Ardian Gashi</a> for Norway, <a href="/wiki/Emir_Bajrami" title="Emir Bajrami">Emir Bajrami</a> and <a href="/wiki/Erton_Fejzullahu" title="Erton Fejzullahu">Erton Fejzullahu</a> for Sweden, <a href="/wiki/Valon_Behrami" title="Valon Behrami">Valon Behrami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albert_Bunjaku" title="Albert Bunjaku">Albert Bunjaku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milaim_Rama" title="Milaim Rama">Milaim Rama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xherdan_Shaqiri" title="Xherdan Shaqiri">Xherdan Shaqiri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka">Granit Xhaka</a> for Switzerland </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_national_football_team" title="Kosovo national football team">Kosovo national football team</a> was formed in the early 1990s and has played a number of friendly games. From 2014 to 2016, they played a number of matches recognised by FIFA, and from 2016 on, official FIFA matches. Their first competitive game was a 1-1 draw away to <a href="/wiki/Finland_national_football_team" title="Finland national football team">Finland</a> in a <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_-_UEFA_Group_I" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group I">World Cup qualifier</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="League_system_(2020–21)"><span id="League_system_.282020.E2.80.9321.29"></span>League system (2020–21)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_in_Kosovo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: League system (2020–21)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's"><span id="Men.27s"></span>Men's</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_in_Kosovo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Men's"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Level </th> <th colspan="4" width="96%">Leagues/Divisions </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" width="4%">1 </td> <td colspan="7" width="96%"><b><a href="/wiki/Football_Superleague_of_Kosovo" title="Football Superleague of Kosovo">Kosovo Superleague</a></b><br />(10 clubs) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" width="4%">2 </td> <td colspan="2" width="60%"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Football_League_of_Kosovo" title="First Football League of Kosovo">Kosovo First League</a> – Group A</b><br />(10 clubs) </td> <td colspan="2" width="36%"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Football_League_of_Kosovo" title="First Football League of Kosovo">Kosovo First League</a> – Group B</b><br />(10 clubs) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" width="4%">3 </td> <td colspan="7" width="96%"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Football_League_of_Kosovo" title="Second Football League of Kosovo">Kosovo Second League</a></b><br />(16 clubs) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" width="4%">4 </td> <td colspan="2" width="60%"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Football_League_of_Kosovo" title="Third Football League of Kosovo">Kosovo Third League</a> – Group A</b><br />(16 clubs) </td> <td colspan="2" width="60%"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Football_League_of_Kosovo" title="Third Football League of Kosovo">Kosovo Third League</a> – Group B</b><br />(18 clubs) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%"><b>Dukagjini Plain's Group A</b><br />(8 clubs) </td> <td colspan="1" width="12%"><b>Kosovo Plain's Group A</b><br />(8 clubs) </td> <td colspan="1" width="12%"><b>Dukagjini Plain's Group B</b><br />(10 clubs) </td> <td colspan="1" width="12%"><b>Kosovo Plain's Group B</b><br />(8 clubs) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's"><span id="Women.27s"></span>Women's</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_in_Kosovo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Women's"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Level </th> <th colspan="2" width="96%">Leagues/Divisions </th></tr> <tr> <td width="4%">1 </td> <td colspan="2" width="96%"><b><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Football_Superleague_of_Kosovo" title="Women's Football Superleague of Kosovo">Kosovo Superleague</a></b><br />(Various by season, currently 8) </td></tr> <tr> <td width="4%">2 </td> <td colspan="2" width="96%"><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_First_Football_League_of_Kosovo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Women's First Football League of Kosovo (page does not exist)">Kosovo First League</a></b><br />(Various by season, currently 5) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kosovar_footballers">Kosovar footballers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_in_Kosovo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Kosovar footballers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stadium_%E2%80%9CFadil_Vokrri%E2%80%9D_Prishtin%C3%AB.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Stadium_%E2%80%9CFadil_Vokrri%E2%80%9D_Prishtin%C3%AB.jpg/220px-Stadium_%E2%80%9CFadil_Vokrri%E2%80%9D_Prishtin%C3%AB.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Stadium_%E2%80%9CFadil_Vokrri%E2%80%9D_Prishtin%C3%AB.jpg/330px-Stadium_%E2%80%9CFadil_Vokrri%E2%80%9D_Prishtin%C3%AB.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Stadium_%E2%80%9CFadil_Vokrri%E2%80%9D_Prishtin%C3%AB.jpg/440px-Stadium_%E2%80%9CFadil_Vokrri%E2%80%9D_Prishtin%C3%AB.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>The "Fadil Vokrri" Stadium, the biggest stadium in Pristina </figcaption></figure> <p>There are several ethnic <a href="/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians">Albanians</a> from Kosovo who have played, or are playing, football for other national teams. <a href="/wiki/Lorik_Cana" title="Lorik Cana">Lorik Cana</a>, who last played for French side <a href="/wiki/FC_Nantes" title="FC Nantes">Nantes</a>, and represented the <a href="/wiki/Albanian_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian national football team">Albanian national football team</a>. <a href="/wiki/Valon_Behrami" title="Valon Behrami">Valon Behrami</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a>-born <a href="/wiki/Swiss_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss national football team">Swiss international</a> who played for <a href="/wiki/Udinese_Calcio" title="Udinese Calcio">Udinese Calcio</a>. <a href="/wiki/Shefki_Kuqi" title="Shefki Kuqi">Shefki Kuqi</a>, who last played for <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> side <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a>, is a naturalized citizen of <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a>. <a href="/wiki/Xhevat_Prekazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Xhevat Prekazi">Xhevat Prekazi</a>, best known for his career with Turkish side <a href="/wiki/Galatasaray_S.K._(football_team)" class="mw-redirect" title="Galatasaray S.K. (football team)">Galatasaray S.K.</a>, is a naturalized citizen of <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>. <a href="/wiki/Xherdan_Shaqiri" title="Xherdan Shaqiri">Xherdan Shaqiri</a> is an ethnic <a href="/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians">Albanian</a> born in <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a> who plays for the Swiss national team and played for Premier League side <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a>, <a href="/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka">Granit Xhaka</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Swiss</a>-born footballer who plays for the Swiss national team and Bundesliga side <a href="/wiki/Bayer_Leverkusen" class="mw-redirect" title="Bayer Leverkusen">Bayer Leverkusen</a>, originally from <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a> of <a href="/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians">Albanian</a> descent. </p><p>The most famous player in women's football from Kosovo is the former <a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team">German international</a> <a href="/wiki/Fatmire_Alushi" title="Fatmire Alushi">Fatmire Alushi</a>, who last played for French side <a href="/wiki/Paris_Saint-Germain_F%C3%A9minines" class="mw-redirect" title="Paris Saint-Germain Féminines">Paris Saint-Germain</a>, she is married to <a href="/wiki/Enis_Alushi" title="Enis Alushi">Enis Alushi</a>, a former <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_national_football_team" title="Kosovo national football team">Kosovo international</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_in_Kosovo&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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under-19 football team">U-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_women%27s_national_under-17_football_team" title="Kosovo women's national under-17 football team">U-17</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#League_System">Football league system</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_Superleague_of_Kosovo" title="Football Superleague of Kosovo">Superleague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Football_League_of_Kosovo" title="First Football League of Kosovo">First League</a></li> <li><a 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title="Dardani">Dardani</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Dardania" title="Kingdom of Dardania">Kingdom of Dardania</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_heritage_in_Kosovo" title="Roman heritage in Kosovo">Roman period</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dardania_(Roman_province)" title="Dardania (Roman province)">Dardania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Praevalitana" title="Praevalitana">Praevalitana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Late_Antiquity_and_Medieval_sites_in_Kosovo" title="Late Antiquity and Medieval sites in Kosovo">Late Antiquity and Medieval sites</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Medieval_Kosovo" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Medieval Kosovo">Medieval period</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Serbia_(medieval)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)">Kingdom of Serbia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Empire" title="Serbian Empire">Serbian Empire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Despotate" title="Serbian Despotate">Serbian Despotate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kosovo" title="Battle of Kosovo">Battle of Kosovo</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bal%C5%A1i%C4%87_noble_family" title="Balšić noble family">Balšić noble family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brankovi%C4%87_dynasty" title="Branković dynasty">Branković dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dukagjini_family" title="Dukagjini family">Dukagjini family</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Kosovo" title="Ottoman Kosovo">Ottoman period</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rumelia_Eyalet" title="Rumelia Eyalet">Rumelia Eyalet</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Prizren" title="Sanjak of Prizren">Sanjak of Prizren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Dukagjin" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanjak of Dukagjin">Sanjak of Dukagjin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Vi%C3%A7itrina" title="Sanjak of Viçitrina">Sanjak of Viçitrina</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosovo Vilayet">Vilayet of Kosovo</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Modern history</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Balkan_War" title="First Balkan War">First Balkan War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Serbia" title="Kingdom of Serbia">Kingdom of Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia" title="Kingdom of Yugoslavia">Kingdom of Yugoslavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Kingdom_(1939%E2%80%931943)" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian Kingdom (1939–1943)">Albanian Kingdom <span style="font-size:85%;">(1939–1943</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Kingdom_(1943%E2%80%931944)" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian Kingdom (1943–1944)"><span style="font-size:85%;">1943–1944)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Autonomous_Province_of_Kosovo" title="Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo">Socialist Autonomous Province <span style="font-size:85%;">(1946–90)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Province_of_Kosovo_and_Metohija" title="Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija">Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija <span style="font-size:85%;">(1990–present)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Kosova" title="Republic of Kosova">Republic of Kosova <span style="font-size:85%;">(1990–1999)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Kosovo_(1995%E2%80%931998)" title="Insurgency in Kosovo (1995–1998)">Insurgency in Kosovo <span style="font-size:85%;">(1995–98)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War <span style="font-size:85%;">(1998–99)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Administered_Kosovo" title="United Nations Administered Kosovo">UN administration</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Administration_Mission_in_Kosovo" title="United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo">UNMIK</a>) <span style="font-size:85%;">(1999–2008)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo <span style="font-size:85%;">(2008–present)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Kosovo" title="Geography of Kosovo">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Environment_of_Kosovo" class="mw-redirect" title="Environment of Kosovo">Environment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biodiversity_of_Kosovo" title="Biodiversity of Kosovo">Biodiversity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_Kosovo" class="mw-redirect" title="List of protected areas of Kosovo">Protected areas</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Kosovo" title="Climate of Kosovo">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forests_of_Kosovo" title="Forests of Kosovo">Forests</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Landscapes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Kosovo" title="List of lakes of Kosovo">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Kosovo" title="List of mountains in Kosovo">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Kosovo" title="List of rivers of Kosovo">Rivers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Regions of Kosovo</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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Justice advisory opinion on Kosovo's declaration of independence">ICJ opinion on Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgrade%E2%80%93Pristina_negotiations" title="Belgrade–Pristina negotiations">Belgrade–Pristina negotiations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brussels_Agreement_(2013)" title="Brussels Agreement (2013)">Brussels Agreement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Kosovo" title="Economy of Kosovo">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_banks_in_Kosovo" title="List of banks in Kosovo">Banks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Kosovo" title="Central 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