2020–21 Kosovar Cup

2020–21 Kosovar Cup

Tournament details
Country	Kosovo
Teams	40
Defending champions	Prishtina
Final positions
Champions	Llapi
Runner-up	Dukagjini
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	138 (3.45 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Ahmed Januzi (4 goals)
All statistics correct as of 12 May 2021.

The 2020–21 Kosovar Cup is the football knockout competition of Kosovo in the 2020–21 season.

First round

The draw for the first round was held on 26 October 2020. In this round 10 teams from Second League and Third League of Kosovo are involved.^[1]

No	Date	Matches
1	28.10.2020	Sharri	5–2	Opoja
2	28.10.2020	Lidhja e Prizrenit	1–1 (1–4 p)	Mati
3	28.10.2020	Australia	5–1	Tefik Çanga
4	28.10.2020	Kosova VR	1–0	Vjosa
5	28.10.2020	Korenica	0–2	Prizreni

Second round

Five teams previously qualified from First round took part in Second round. Two winners of both paths advanced into Round of 16, all matches were played in November.

	Second round					Third round					Qualified
						1	Kosova VR	6
	1	Mati	1			2	Sharri	3
	2	Kosova VR	4								1	Kosova VR
											2	Prizreni
						3	Prizreni (p)	3 (5)
						4	Australia	3 (4)

Round of 32

The draw for the Round of 32 was firstly scheduled on 27 November 2020 but later was canceled and postponed until 8 December, so the autumn season will finished and the teams could be seeded into pots using their actual positions. According to the new rules of the competition, from this round the team must be separated into pots.^[2]

Seeding

In this round 32 teams are involved. Two winners from the last round, 10 teams from Superleague and 20 teams from First League of Kosovo are involved.^[3]

Seeded	Unseeded
Drita Ballkani Prishtina Gjilani Feronikeli Arbëria Trepça ‘89 Drenica Llapi Besa Dukagjini Flamurtari Malisheva Ulpiania A&N Vitia	Istogu Ferizaj Onix Kika Liria Dardana Trepça Ramiz Sadiku Vëllaznimi 2 Korriku Drenasi Vllaznia Vushtrria KEK-u Kosova VR Prizreni

Summary

The draw for the Round of 32 was held on 8 December 2020, 13:00 CET. The matches were played from 12 December to 17 December 2020. All matches started at 12:30 CET.^[4]

No	Date	Matches
1	12.12.2020	Vitia	2–3	Ferizaj
2	13.12.2020	Vllaznia Pozheran	1–4	Dukagjini Klinë
3	13.12.2020	Malisheva	1–1 (2–3 a.e.t.)	KF 2 Korriku
4	13.12.2020	Ulpiana	2–0	Liria Prizren
5	15.12.2020	Gjilani	5–0	KEK-u
6	16.12.2020	Flamurtari	1–1 (2–1 a.e.t.)	Drenasi
7	16.12.2020	A&N	5–1	Kika Hogosht
8	16.12.2020	Besa	0–2	Istogu
9	16.12.2020	Onix Banjë	2–4	Llapi
10	16.12.2020	Kosova VR	2–6	Prishtina
11	16.12.2020	Dardana	0–1	Ballkani
12	17.12.2020	Prizreni	0–4	Feronikeli
13	17.12.2020	Vëllaznimi	1–3	Trepça '89
14	17.12.2020	Drita	2–1	Trepça
15	17.12.2020	Vushtrria	0–1	Drenica
16	17.12.2020	Ramiz Sadiku	1–2	Arbëria

Round of 16

The draw for the Round of 16 was held on 11 January 2021, 13:00 CET.^[5] The matches were played from 9 to 11 February 2021. All matches started at 13:00 CET.^[6]

Summary

No	Date	Matches
1	09.02.2021	Llapi	0–0 (4–3 p)	Ballkani
2	09.02.2021	Prishtina	0–0 (1–0 a.e.t.)	Drita
3	09.02.2021	Drenica	4–0	Ulpiana
4	10.02.2021	A&N	1–0	Flamurtari
5	10.02.2021	Trepça '89	4–0	Ferizaj
6	10.02.2021	Istogu	2–0	Gjilani
7	10.02.2021	Arbëria	0–1	Feronikeli
8	11.02.2021	Dukagjini Klinë	3–1	KF 2 Korriku

Quarter-finals

The draw for Quarter-finals was held on 18 February 2021.^[7] The matches were played on 17 and 18 March 2021.^[8]

Summary

No	Date	Matches
1	17.03.2021	Feronikeli	0–0 (2–4 p)	Prishtina
2	17.03.2021	Dukagjini Klinë	1–0	Drenica
3	18.03.2021	Trepça '89	1–2	Llapi
4	18.03.2021	Istogu	1–1 (7–6 p)	A&N

Semi-finals

The draw for the Semifinals was held on 23 March 2021 at 13:00 CET, after FFK presented its new brand.^[9] The first semifinal matches take place on April 7, while the return matches on April 21.

First leg

Istogu v Dukagjini

7 April 2021	Istogu	0–3 Awarded[note 1]	Dukagjini	Istog
13:00 (UTC+2)	Mazrekaj 75'	Report	Merlaku 28' Basriu 77'	Stadium: Demush Mavraj Stadium Referee: Genc Nuza

Prishtina v Llapi

7 April 2021	Prishtina	2–3	Llapi	Pristina
13:00 (UTC+2)	Prapashtica 66' Pefqeli 90+1'	Report	Januzi 6', 59' Shabani 62'	Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium Referee: Shpëtim Murtezi

Second leg

Dukagjini v Istogu

21 April 2021	Dukagjini	Bye	Istogu	Klina
15:00 (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: 18 June Stadium

Llapi v Prishtina

21 April 2021	Llapi	2–2 (5–4 agg.)	Prishtina	Podujevë
15:00 (UTC+2)	Januzi 16' Hyseni 88'	Report	Gavazaj 6' Pefqeli 63'	Stadium: Zahir Pajaziti Stadium

Final

12 May 2021

20:45 (UTC+2)

Dukagjini	1-1 (a.e.t.)	Llapi
Altin Merlaku 113'	Report	Elvis Prençi 120'
Penalties
V. Kerimi E. Basiru F. Gashi I. Syla A. Merlaku	3-4	A. Ramadani S. Gardasevic B. Idrizi A. Januzi M. Hyseni

Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina

Attendance: 0

Referee: Genc Nuza

Statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 12 May 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ahmed Januzi	Llapi	4
2	Naim Daci	Sharri	3
	Abedin Merlaku	Dukagjini
	Mërgim Pefqeli	Prishtina
	Fatlum Shala	Kosova VR
6	Marko Simonovski	Feronikeli	2
	Kastriot Selmani	Llapi
	Hasan Hyseni	A&N
	Leotrim Gashi

Notes

1. http://www.ffk-kosova.com/vendim-i-komisionit-te-garave-4/

References

1. "U hodh shorti për rrethin e parë të Kupës së Kosovës". Football Federation of Kosovo. 26 October 2020.
2. "Shtyhet shorti i 1/16 së finales së Kupës" (in Albanian). Retrieved 2020-12-04.
3. "Të premten tërheqja e shortit për Kupën e Kosovës" (in Albanian). Retrieved 2020-11-26.
4. "Orari i ndeshjeve të 1/16 së Kupës së Kosovës" (in Albanian). Retrieved 2020-12-17.
5. "U hodh shorti për 1/8 e finales së Kupës së Kosovës" (in Albanian). Retrieved 2021-01-11.
6. "Orari i ndeshjeve të 1/8 së finales së Kupës së Kosovës" (in Albanian). Retrieved 2021-02-08.
7. "U hodh shorti për çerekfinalen e Kupës së Kosovës" (in Albanian). Retrieved 2021-02-18.
8. "Zyrtarët e ndeshjeve çerekfinale të Kupës së Kosovës" (in Albanian). Retrieved 2021-03-17.
9. "Mësohen çiftet e gjysmëfinales së Kupës së Kosovës" (in Albanian). Retrieved 2021-03-25.