[citation needed] Kosovo's application was discussed at the FIFA Congress in Zurich in October 2008.

[8] Three days later, permission was withdrawn by FIFA and a decision was delayed following pressure from the Football Association of Serbia and Michel Platini.

In September 2012, Albanian international Lorik Cana, along with Swiss internationals Xherdan Shaqiri, Granit Xhaka and Valon Behrami (all of whom are of Kosovar Albanian origin) wrote a declaration to the president of FIFA, Sepp Blatter, asking him to allow the Kosovo national team to be allowed to play friendly matches.

In a meeting held in May 2012, FIFA decided to allow friendly matches to be played, a decision it later revoked following a strong protest issued by Football Association of Serbia.

[13] In May 2016, FFK was approved to become a member of UEFA following a secret ballot at the 40th Ordinary Congress in Budapest.

The Football Federation of Kosovo also organises national football teams representing Kosovo at all age levels: The FFK National Educational Camp (Albanian: Kampi Edukativ Nacional i FFK-së), previously known as Hajvalia Stadium (Albanian: Stadiumi i Hajvalisë), is a stadium located in the village of Hajvalia, near Pristina, Kosovo.