Inside Europe: Kosovo's football team and national identity
Politics
Guy De Launey
April 10, 2019
Kosovo's national football team have been taking part in their first-ever European
Championship qualifying match. Football's world and European governing bodies only
admitted Kosovo three years ago. And the team's made rapid progress. That's helping with the tricky matter of national identity. Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia 11 years ago — but loyalties to Albania still run deep.