Kosovo men's national basketball team

The Basketball Federation of Kosovo was founded in 1991. During the Yugoslavian era, Kosovo had its own Superleague and lower divisions, in both genders. In the 1990s, Kosovo declared political and sports independence from the Yugoslav system, organising its own league, based on different teams from seven major cities of Kosovo. Some basketball players from Kosovo, especially Kosovo Serbs and Gorani, participated as part of the Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia national teams.

Kosovo were not allowed to play international matches, not even friendlies by FIBA, until 2015, when the Basketball Federation of Kosovo became an official member of FIBA and FIBA Europe. Kosovo took part in EuroBasket qualification for the first time in 2017.[3] On 31 August 2016, Kosovo played their first official international match against Slovenia during the EuroBasket 2017 qualifiers.[4]

A year later, the national team achieved their first ever win on 2 August 2017 by defeating Macedonia 72–68 in their first match during the 2019 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers.[5] After the win, Kosovo would pick up one more victory during the Pre-Qualifiers, against Estonia 75–69 to finish with a (2–2) record to advance to the first round of World Cup qualifying.[6] In the next round, Kosovo would eventually see their World Cup hopes vanish, as the team went winless before being eliminated.[7] Despite all of that they maintain to reach the second qualifying round in their debut participation, reaching the round of 32 best Basketball teams in Europe.[8]

After missing out on reaching the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Kosovo went through pre-qualifiers in order to reach EuroBasket 2022. However, the team would only compile a (2–8) record during the pre-qualifying process to be unable to advance.[9]

The following is the Kosovo roster called up for the EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers third round matches against Switzerland and Denmark, held from 19 July–5 August 2023.[10]

Kosovo men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 0 Dominic Artis 30 – (1993-07-07)7 July 1993 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Çağdaş Bodrumspor G 1 Valon Bunjaku 25 – (1998-02-02)2 February 1998 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Ylli C 3 Dardan Kapiti 23 – (2000-03-22)22 March 2000 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) EKU G 4 Musab Malaj 26 – (1996-11-17)17 November 1996 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Prizreni-16 C 5 Shendrit Llapi 20 – (2002-10-17)17 October 2002 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Vëllaznimi C 6 Gëzim Morina 30 – (1992-12-12)12 December 1992 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Ylli C 7 Fisnik Rugova 33 – (1989-08-26)26 August 1989 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Bashkimi Prizren F 9 Rron Ukaj 22 – (2000-09-10)10 September 2000 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) UVA Wise F 10 Arian Qallaku 31 – (1992-07-09)9 July 1992 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Peja G 11 Dardan Berisha (C) 34 – (1988-11-15)15 November 1988 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Prishtina F 12 Drilon Hajrizi 32 – (1991-01-17)17 January 1991 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Trepça G 18 Mikaile Tmušić 30 – (1993-01-06)6 January 1993 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Trepça F 22 Meriton Ismaili 23 – (2000-04-03)3 April 2000 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Prizreni-16 F 23 Muhamedali Janjeva 25 – (1998-01-28)28 January 1998 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Prizreni-16 C 24 Lis Shoshi 29 – (1994-06-29)29 June 1994 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Free agent F 28 Erjon Kastrati 28 – (1994-12-30)30 December 1994 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Trepça G 59 Altin Morina 31 – (1992-06-19)19 June 1992 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Bashkimi Prizren	Head coach Rami Hadar Assistant coach(es) Andin Rashica Bujar Loci Ilir Selmani Dritëro Sefaja Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age, on 26 July 2023

As of 30 June 2022