The Balkan nation only became Fifa members in 2016, but win over Turkey would secure first World Cup finals place The Balkan nation only became Fifa members in 2016, but win over Turkey would secure first World Cup finals place “W e didn’t even know each other.” Samir Ujkani is thinking back to March 2014 when a makeshift Kosovo squad, largely thrown together from unglamorous corners of central Europe and Scandinavia, convened to face Haiti for the country’s first official game. He was a rarity: