The 2025–26 Kosovar Cup was the football knockout competition of Kosovo in the 2025–26 season. KF Dukagjini won his first title and qualified for the 2026–27 UEFA Conference League second qualifying round.
Format Clubs from the lower leagues (Second League and Third League of Kosovo) will enter the preliminary rounds, competing 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 the First League. From this point onwards, the competition will follow a straight knockout format. RoundDateMatchesClubsRound of 323–5 December 20251632 → 16Round of 1610–18 February 2026816 → 8Quarterfinals4–5 March 202648 → 4Semifinals8 April 2026 (first leg)22 April 2026 (second leg)44 → 2Final21 May 202612 → 1
Bracket
Participating clubs The following teams participated in the competition: Superliga(the 10 clubs of the Superleague)Liga e Parë(the 18 clubs of the First League)Liga e Dytë(the 3 clubs of the Second League)Liga e Tretë(the club of the Third League) Ballkani Drenica Drita Dukagjini Ferizaj Gjilani Llapi Malisheva Prishtina Prishtina e Re 2 Korriku Besa Peja Dinamo Ferizaj Feronikeli 74 Istogu KEK-u Kika Liria Prizreni Ramiz Sadiku Rilindja 1974 Suhareka Tefik Çanga Trepça Trepça '89 Vëllaznimi Vjosa Vushtrria Flamurtari Lepenci TOP Football Istogu 03
Preliminary rounds
Round of 32 The draw for the Round of 32 took place on 26 November 2025 at 13:00 CET. Teams from the Superleague and the First League were automatically qualified for the Round of 32.
Seeding SeededUnseeded A total of 32 teams participated in this round. All clubs from the Superleague, along with the top six clubs from the First League, were seeded for this round.
Summary This round contained 16 single-legged ties. The matches will be played from 3 to 5 December 2025, with all matches kicking off at 12:30 CET. Matches3 December Dukagjini3–1Ramiz Sadiku Ballkani1–0Rilindja 1974 Drenica1–0Prizreni Prishtina e Re4–1Lepenci Gjilani2–1IstoguBesa Peja0–3 Drita Llapi4–1VjosaTrepça1–2 Malisheva Ferizaj2–0Tefik Çanga4 December2 Korriku0–3 Dinamo FerizajFlamurtari0–2 VushtrriaKEK-u0–2 Vëllaznimi Liria2–1 SuharekaIstogu 030–2 Feronikeli 74TOP Football0–2 Prishtina5 DecemberKika2–4 Trepça '89
Round of 16 The draw for the Round of 16 took place on 10 December 2025.
Summary This round contained 8 single-legged ties. Matches were held from 10 to 18 February 2026. Matches10 February 2026 Drenica0–0 Ferizaj Drita1–2 Llapi11 February 2026 Dukagjini1–0 Prishtina e Re Prishtina3–3 Ballkani12 February 2026 Gjilani2–1 Liria Trepça '890–4 Malisheva Vushtrria2–0 Vëllaznimi18 February 2026 Feronikeli 74 2–1 Dinamo Ferizaj
Quarterfinals The draw for the quarterfinals took place on 20 February 2026. Eight tie winners from the previous round joined the quarterfinals, with no seeding applied.
Summary Matches of this round were played on 4 and 5 March 2026. Matches4 March 2026 Ballkani2–1Gjilani Dukagjini3–0Feronikeli 74 Ferizaj2–0VushtrriaMarch 2026 Llapi2–2 Malisheva
Semifinals The four winners from the quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals, with no seeding applied. The semifinals will be two-legged. Draw took place on 10 March 2026.
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 Ferizaj and Dukagjini advance into the final.
Final The final is scheduled for 21 May 2026. According to the Kosovar Cup regulations, the final will be played in the capital city of Prishtina.
Summary Dukagjini are set to play the fourth cup final in their history, meanwhile the third one for Ferizaj in this competition.
Details Ferizaj was determined as he "home" team (for administrative purposes) by the competition committee.
GK45 Kai McKenzie-LyleCB18 Mexhit NeziriCB42 Kosovar SadikiCB4 Ardit Iljazi LW11 Jakup Berisha CM6 Alban Shabani CM34 Kushtrim Shabani RW20 Filip Gligorov AM49 Ruben Silva-RichardsCF70 Ade OgunsCF22 Betim Haxhimusa (c) Substitutes:GK1 Petrit TerziuLB21 Qlirim Avdulli DM88 Plarent Fejzaj LW7 Ergys Peposhi LW19 Erion Sadriu LW32 Arlind SejdiuCM8 Donart LlabjaniCM26 Gentrit RamusaCM77 Planet VeseliRW16 Artin KurtajRW33 Leon MiftariAM44 Dior GërbovciManager: Arsim Abazi GK1 Egzon LekajLB44 Tun BardhokuCB4 Besir Iseni CB5 Elton Basriu (c)RB2 Albion PllanaDM77 Vitor Hugo DM6 Erlis Xhemajli LW10 Altin Mërlaku AM47 Dienit Isufi RW8 Dardan Morina CF29 Hekuran Berisha Substitutes:GK99 Dimal IsufiLB13 Donart SylaCB3 Melos Zenunaj CB15 Alpi ShahiniRB93 Eldonit ShaqiriLW7 Granit ElezajCM17 Mërgim Pefqeli CM27 Valentin HotiCM88 Kushtrim Gashi RW23 Iljasa Zulfiu RW98 Meris MaliqiCF20 Basit Abdul KhalidManager: Arsim Thaqi Assistant referees:
Fatlum Berisha Bujar Selimaj
Fourth official:
Bardh Ajeti
Video assistant referee:
Burim Jahmurati
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 Altin MërlakuDukagjini4 Kushtrim ShabaniFerizajLlapi2 Mërgim PefqeliDukagjini3 Bleart TolajBallkani3 Erion SadriuFerizaj2 Besar MusolliLlapi Muhamet Hyseni Assane DiattaMalisheva~65 other players
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