2020 �21 FC PRISHTINA SEASON

Prishtina
2020–21 season
President	Remzi Ejupi
Head coach	Zekirija Ramadani;
Stadium	Fadil Vokrri Stadium
Superleague	Pre-season
Cup	Pre-season
Supercup	Final
Europa League	Preliminary round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 21 August 2018.

The 2020–21 season was Football Club Prishtina's 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Kosovar football. In addition to the domestic league, Prishtina will participate in this season's editions of the Kosovar Cup, the Kosovar Supercup, and the UEFA Europa League. This season covers the period from July 2020 to June 2021.

Season overview

July and August

On 31 July 2020, Albanian midfielder Ardit Hila resigned.^[1]

On 5 August 2020, Pristina loaned only for European competition matches from Trepça'89, the former Kosovo U21 midfielder Muharrem Jashari.^[2]

On 6 August 2020, Prishtina announced the departure of Labinot Ibrahimi and Ergyn Ahmeti.^[3]

On 7 August 2020, Prishtina announced were three footballers and four members of the team staff tested positive for coronavirus.^[4]

On 8 August 2020, Prishtina announced the signing of Besnik Krasniqi from Ballkani.^[5]

On 9 August 2020, the draw for Europa League was held and Prishtina were drawn against Gibraltarian side Lincoln Red Imps.^[6]

On 10 August 2020, Prishtina announced the signing of Behar Maliqi from Llapi.^[7] The following day on 11 August, Prishtina announced the signing of Albin Prapashtica from 2 Korriku.^[8]

On 18 August 2020, On the day of the UEFA Europa League preliminary round match against Gibraltarian side Lincoln Red Imps confirmed eight infected with coronavirus,^[9] A few hours after the confirmation, the teams get ready to play and publish the formations, Prishtina published a half formation with many absences and only three substitutes,^[10] but the Gibraltarian authorities stopped the match and forced Prishtina to leave the country.^[11]^[12]

On 19 August 2020, Prishtina announced the signing of Mërgim Pefqeli from Llapi. In same day, UEFA decides on the continuation of the postponed match against Gibraltarian side Lincoln Red Imps, but on the condition that in the composition of the team are players who have not been to Gibraltar.^[13] A few hours later, Prishtina announced that with the approval of UEFA loaned 23 players from the Superleague and First League teams, these players would be part of replacement squad that will travel back to Gibraltar.^[14]^[15]

Squad information

Current squad

As of 11 September 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KOS	Alban Muqiqi
2	DF	KOS	Besnik Krasniqi
4	DF	KOS	Tun Bardhoku ( vice-captain)
5	DF	KOS	Lumbardh Dellova (on loan from Hajduk Split)
7	MF	KOS	Lorik Boshnjaku ( captain)
8	MF	KOS	Mërgim Pefqeli
9	FW	KOS	Leotrim Kryeziu (on loan from Lugano)
10	MF	KOS	Endrit Krasniqi
11	MF	KOS	Kreshnik Uka
13	MF	KOS	Behar Maliqi
15	MF	COD	Gauthier Mankenda
16	MF	KOS	Donat Hasanaj


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	KOS	Alban Shillova
18	DF	ALB	Gledi Mici
20	MF	KOS	Qëndrim Zyba
21	DF	KOS	Ermal Vitija
23	MF	KOS	Leonit Abazi
28	DF	KOS	Leotrim Bekteshi
33	MF	KOS	Jon Bajgora
34	FW	KOS	Albin Prapashtica
35	GK	ALB	Egland Haxho
36	GK	KOS	Adi Hyla
77	FW	NGA	Otto John
88	MF	ALB	Sabien Lilaj

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	CRO	Ivan Jelić
—	DF	TUN	Ahmed Raddaoui
—	DF	KOS	Art Maloku
—	DF	KOS	Erdin Dushi
—	MF	KOS	Ramush Ramadani


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	KOS	Trimron Selimi
—	FW	KOS	Dhurim Zhuri
—	FW	KOS	Lis Ahmeti
—	FW	KOS	Nikson Memaj

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Nation	Player	Transferred from	Type	Date	Source
13	DF	KVX	Art Maloku	Vëllaznimi	End of loan	1 August 2020	—
17	FW	KVX	Alban Shillova	Drenica	End of loan	1 August 2020	—
33	MF	KVX	Jon Bajgora	Ulpiana	End of loan	1 August 2020	—
—	DF	ALB	Agon Xhaka	Besa Pejë	End of loan	1 August 2020	—
—	MF	KVX	Ramush Ramadani	Ulpiana	End of loan	1 August 2020	—
—	MF	KVX	Trimron Selimi	Ulpiana	End of loan	1 August 2020	—
—	FW	KVX	Lis Ahmeti	2 Korriku	End of loan	1 August 2020	—
22	DF	KVX	Besnik Krasniqi	Ballkani	Free transfer	8 August 2020	^[5]
34	FW	KVX	Albin Prapashtica	2 Korriku	Free transfer	10 August 2020	^[8]
88	MF	KVX	Behar Maliqi	Llapi	Free transfer	10 August 2020	^[7]
—	MF	KVX	Mërgim Pefqeli	Llapi	Free transfer	19 August 2020	—

Out

No.	Pos	Nation	Player	Transferred from	Type	Date	Source
88	MF	ALB	Ardit Hila	Gjilani	Free transfer	31 July 2020	^[1]
—	GK	GER	Laurit Behluli	Kika	Loan	1 August 2020	—
18	MF	KVX	Ergyn Ahmeti	Drita	Free transfer	6 August 2020	^[3]
22	DF	KVX	Labinot Ibrahimi	Arbëria	Free transfer	6 August 2020	^[3]

Loan for European competition matches

No.	Pos	Nation	Player	Loaned from	Type	Date		Source
No.	Pos	Nation	Player	Loaned from	Type	In	Out	Source
18	MF	KVX	Muharrem Jashari	Trepça'89	Normal loan	5 August 2020	25 August 2020	^[2]
—	GK	KVX	Ardit Nika	Flamurtari	Urgent loan for replacement squad	19 August 2020	25 August 2020	^[14]^[15]
—	GK	KVX	Florian Smakiqi	Feronikeli			25 August 2020
—	GK	ITA	Giacomo Nava	Llapi			21 August 2020
—	DF	KVX	Bujar Idrizi	Llapi			25 August 2020
—	DF	ALB	Elvis Prençi	Llapi			25 August 2020
—	DF	KVX	Gentrit Dumani	Flamurtari			21 August 2020
—	DF	KVX	Ilir Berisha	Feronikeli			25 August 2020
—	DF	KVX	Lapidar Lladrovci	Feronikeli			21 August 2020
—	DF	KVX	Përparim Osmani	Drenica			25 August 2020
—	DF	KVX	Yll Hoxha	Feronikeli			25 August 2020
—	MF	KVX	Albert Dabiqaj	Feronikeli			25 August 2020
—	MF	KVX	Arbnor Muja	Trepça'89			25 August 2020
—	MF	KVX	Donat Hasanaj	Flamurtari			25 August 2020
—	MF	KVX	Kastriot Selmani	Llapi			21 August 2020
—	MF	KVX	Kushtrim Gashi	Ballkani			25 August 2020
—	MF	MLI	Lassine Traoré	Trepça'89			21 August 2020
—	MF	KVX	Mentor Zhdrella	Llapi			25 August 2020
—	MF	KVX	Mërgim Boshnjaku	Flamurtari			25 August 2020
—	FW	KVX	Adem Maliqi	Flamurtari			25 August 2020
—	FW	KVX	Ardian Muja	Trepça'89			25 August 2020
—	FW	KVX	Ermal Krasniqi	Ballkani			25 August 2020
—	FW	KVX	Leart Emini	Trepça'89			25 August 2020
—	FW	KVX	Mendurim Hoti	Feronikeli			21 August 2020
—	FW	KVX	Valmir Veliu	Llapi			25 August 2020

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Football Superleague of Kosovo	19 September 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Kosovar Cup	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Kosovar Supercup	September 2020		Final	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Europa League	22 August 2020		Preliminary	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Total				2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00

Source: Competitions

Football Superleague of Kosovo

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Prishtina (C)	36	24	6	6	65	27	+38	78	Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round
2	Drita	36	22	10	4	59	28	+31	76	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	Ballkani	36	23	5	8	79	43	+36	74
4	Gjilani	36	12	12	12	37	38	−1	48
5	Llapi	36	13	4	19	49	56	−7	43	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round^[a]

Source: Football Federation of Kosovo (in Albanian), TopSporti (in Albanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champions, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Llapi qualified for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round by winning the 2020–21 Kosovar Cup.

Matches

19 September 2020 (2020-09-19) 1	Prishtina	3–0	Drenica	Pristina, Kosovo
16:00	Bekteshi 31' E. Krasniqi 46' John 74'	Report		Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mervan Bejtullahu

22 September 2020 (2020-09-22) 2	Arbëria	v	Prishtina	Dobrajë e Madhe, Lipljan, Kosovo
				Stadium: Sami Kelmendi Stadium

30 September 2020 (2020-09-30) 3	Prishtina	v	Drita	Pristina, Kosovo
				Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium

4 October 2020 (2020-10-04) 4	Trepça'89	v	Prishtina	Mitrovica, Kosovo
				Stadium: Riza Lushta Stadium

5	Prishtina	v	Llapi	Pristina, Kosovo
				Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium

6	Prishtina	v	Besa Pejë	Pristina, Kosovo
				Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium

7	Feronikeli	v	Prishtina	Glogovac, Kosovo
				Stadium: Rexhep Rexhepi Stadium

8	Prishtina	v	Gjilani	Pristina, Kosovo
				Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium

9	Ballkani	v	Prishtina	Suva Reka, Kosovo
				Stadium: Suva Reka City Stadium

UEFA Europa League

22 August 2020 (2020-08-22) Preliminary round	Lincoln Red Imps	0–3 (awarded)	Prishtina	Gibraltar
18:00		Report		Stadium: Victoria Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: David Munro ( Scotland)

References

^ ^a ^b "E KONFIRMUAR: Ky është largimi i parë nga FC Prishtina!" [CONFIRMED: This is the first departure from FC Prishtina]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 31 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Prishtina realizon transferimin e parë" [Prishtina realizes the first transfer]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 5 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Faleminderit Labinot, Ergyn" [Thank you Labinot, Ergyn] (in Albanian). FC Prishtina. 6 August 2020.
^ "Prishtina konfirmon shtatë rastet me Covid-19 brenda klubit, shpresë për shërim për Evropë" [Prishtina confirms seven cases of Covid-19 within the club, hope for recovery for Europe]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 7 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Besniku kthehet në shtëpi" [Besniku returned home] (in Albanian). FC Prishtina. 8 August 2020.
^ "Hidhet shorti për ndeshjet parakualifikuese në Ligën e Evropës, Gjilani dhe Prishtina mësojnë kundërshtarët" [The lottery is drawn for pre-qualification matches in Europa League, Gjilan and Prishtina learn opponents] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 9 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Behar Maliqi rikthehet për ta ndihmuar Prishtinën" [Behar Maliqi returns to help Prishtina] (in Albanian). FC Prishtina. 10 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Albin Prapashtica nënshkruan me Prishtinën" [Albin Prapashtica signs with Prishtina] (in Albanian). FC Prishtina. 11 August 2020.
^ "Dy prej futbollistëve më të mirë të Prishtinës, rezultuan pozitivë!" [Two of the best football players in Prishtina, turned out to be positive!]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 18 August 2020.
^ "Publikohen formacionet zyrtare: Prishtinës i mungojnë katër futbollistët e njohur!" [Official formations are published: Prishtina lacks four famous football players!]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 18 August 2020.
^ "Autoritetet e Gjibraltarit pezullojnë ndeshjen Lincoln – Prishtina" [Gibraltar authorities suspend the match Lincoln – Prishtina]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 18 August 2020.
^ "Prishtina bëhet gati për t'u kthyer në Kosovë, tani pritet vendimi i UEFA-s" [Prishtina is getting ready to return to Kosovo, now the decision of UEFA is expected]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 18 August 2020.
^ "UEFA vendosë për zhvillimin e ndeshjes, Prishtina gjen shpëtimin skuadrat vendore" [UEFA decides on the continuation of the match, Prishtina finds salvation local teams]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 19 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Superliga shndërrohet në "super-market" për Prishtinën, formohet një skuadër me emra të frikshëm!" [The Superleague turns into a "super-market" for Prishtina, a team with scary names is formed!]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 19 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Prishtina kompleton listën, ja emrat e plotë" [Prishtina completes the list, here are the full names]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 19 August 2020.

External links

Official website (in Albanian and English)

[table_note_res_ECL1Qcup0.19927646089312-16] Llapi qualified for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round by winning the 2020–21 Kosovar Cup.

[Hila-1] "E KONFIRMUAR: Ky është largimi i parë nga FC Prishtina!" [CONFIRMED: This is the first departure from FC Prishtina]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 31 July 2020.

[Jashari-2] "Prishtina realizon transferimin e parë" [Prishtina realizes the first transfer]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 5 August 2020.

[Ibrahimi-Ahmeti-3] "Faleminderit Labinot, Ergyn" [Thank you Labinot, Ergyn] (in Albanian). FC Prishtina. 6 August 2020.

[4] "Prishtina konfirmon shtatë rastet me Covid-19 brenda klubit, shpresë për shërim për Evropë" [Prishtina confirms seven cases of Covid-19 within the club, hope for recovery for Europe]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 7 August 2020.

[Krasniqi-5] "Besniku kthehet në shtëpi" [Besniku returned home] (in Albanian). FC Prishtina. 8 August 2020.

[6] "Hidhet shorti për ndeshjet parakualifikuese në Ligën e Evropës, Gjilani dhe Prishtina mësojnë kundërshtarët" [The lottery is drawn for pre-qualification matches in Europa League, Gjilan and Prishtina learn opponents] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 9 August 2020.

[Maliqi-7] "Behar Maliqi rikthehet për ta ndihmuar Prishtinën" [Behar Maliqi returns to help Prishtina] (in Albanian). FC Prishtina. 10 August 2020.

[Prapashtica-8] "Albin Prapashtica nënshkruan me Prishtinën" [Albin Prapashtica signs with Prishtina] (in Albanian). FC Prishtina. 11 August 2020.

[9] "Dy prej futbollistëve më të mirë të Prishtinës, rezultuan pozitivë!" [Two of the best football players in Prishtina, turned out to be positive!]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 18 August 2020.

[10] "Publikohen formacionet zyrtare: Prishtinës i mungojnë katër futbollistët e njohur!" [Official formations are published: Prishtina lacks four famous football players!]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 18 August 2020.

[11] "Autoritetet e Gjibraltarit pezullojnë ndeshjen Lincoln – Prishtina" [Gibraltar authorities suspend the match Lincoln – Prishtina]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 18 August 2020.

[12] "Prishtina bëhet gati për t'u kthyer në Kosovë, tani pritet vendimi i UEFA-s" [Prishtina is getting ready to return to Kosovo, now the decision of UEFA is expected]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 18 August 2020.

[13] "UEFA vendosë për zhvillimin e ndeshjes, Prishtina gjen shpëtimin skuadrat vendore" [UEFA decides on the continuation of the match, Prishtina finds salvation local teams]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 19 August 2020.

[Loan-14] "Superliga shndërrohet në "super-market" për Prishtinën, formohet një skuadër me emra të frikshëm!" [The Superleague turns into a "super-market" for Prishtina, a team with scary names is formed!]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 19 August 2020.

[Loan2-15] "Prishtina kompleton listën, ja emrat e plotë" [Prishtina completes the list, here are the full names]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 19 August 2020.

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Season overview

July and August

Squad information

Current squad

Other players under contract

Transfers

In

Out

Loan for European competition matches

Competitions

Overview

Football Superleague of Kosovo

Standings

Matches

UEFA Europa League

References

External links

Season overview

July and August

Squad information

Current squad

Other players under contract

Transfers

In

Out

Loan for European competition matches

Competitions

Overview

Football Superleague of Kosovo

Standings

Matches

UEFA Europa League

References

External links

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