The Kosovo women's national team has scored a very important victory on the road against Croatia, triumphing 1:0 in Karlovac, in the Group 2 match of League C in the 2027 World Cup qualifiers.
After two losses to Croatia in the 2024 matches within the framework of the "Euro 2025" qualifiers, the Dardanelles this time managed to triumph over the team that is considered the favorite of the group.
The only and winning goal for Kosovo was scored by Modesta Uka in the 13th minute, giving the team led by coach Sami Sermaxhaj three very important points on the way to fulfilling the objective of this edition.
With this victory, Kosovo climbs to the top of the table with 6 points, three more than Croatia. In the first match of this qualifying cycle, which took place on Tuesday at the “Fadil Vokrri” stadium, Kosovo scored a convincing victory over Gibraltar, with a score of 6:0.
Continuing the qualifiers, Kosovo will face Bulgaria on April 14th, while on April 18th they will host this opponent at home.
The qualifying cycle will conclude in June, when on June 5 Kosovo will host Croatia in Pristina, while on June 9 they will play away against Gibraltar.
League C does not guarantee direct qualification to the final stage of the World Cup, but the teams that finish in first place in their groups, as well as the two best second places, advance to the play-off stage.
At this stage, they face national teams from the top leagues in two rounds of play-offs to aim for a spot in the World Championship.
Meanwhile, first place in the group also allows Kosovo to advance to League B for the next qualifying cycle.
