Overview

• Kosovo’s football federation sent a formal protest to UEFA, asking for an immediate reaction, a public rectification and an official acknowledgment from the RFEF that its wording breached UEFA principles.
• The RFEF promoted the match by referring to the opponent as “Territorio de Kosovo,” later deleting the posts from X, Instagram and Facebook as Kosovo’s English account mocked Spain as “ex Al-Ándalus.”
• The FFK described the wording as a repeated pattern of disrespect rather than an isolated social media mistake.
• Kosovo has been a full UEFA member since 2016, while Spain is among EU states that do not recognize Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence.
• The U21 qualifier in Pristina proceeded with Spain winning 3-1, and UEFA had not issued a response in the coverage provided.