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, Gorani and other non-Albanians, 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]

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.[8]

The following is the Kosovo roster called up for the EuroBasket 2025 Pre-Qualifiers matches against  Norway and  Denmark, on 25 and 28 November 2021.[10]

Kosovo men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. C 0 Dion Sheqiri 18 – (2003-08-25)25 August 2003 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Trieste SG 1 Arti Hajdari 28 – (1993-05-12)12 May 1993 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Prizreni-16 SG 5 Erjon Kastrati 26 – (1994-12-30)30 December 1994 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Ylli PF 6 Gëzim Morina 28 – (1992-12-12)12 December 1992 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Ylli F/C 7 Fisnik Rugova 32 – (1989-08-26)26 August 1989 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Rahoveci SG 11 Dardan Berisha (C) 33 – (1988-11-15)15 November 1988 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Peja F 12 Drilon Hajrizi 30 – (1991-01-17)17 January 1991 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Trepça F 21 Samir Zekiqi 26 – (1995-01-23)23 January 1995 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Trepça SF 22 Meriton Ismaili 21 – (2000-04-03)3 April 2000 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Prishtina F 23 Muhamedali Janjeva 23 – (1998-01-28)28 January 1998 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Prishtina PG 66 Valon Bunjaku 23 – (1998-02-02)2 February 1998 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Bashkimi Prizren SG 72 Denis Zenelaj 19 – (2002-09-11)11 September 2002 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Wolmirstedt	Head coach Christos Marmarinos Assistant coach(es) Bujar Loci Gyltekin Selimi Dritëro Sefaja Illmen Bajra Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 18 November 2021

• Arben Krasniqi – (2016–2017)
• Brad Greenberg – (2017–2018)
• Damir Mulaomerović – (2018–2019)
• Christos Marmarinos – (2020–present)