Kosovo national under-17 football team

National football team
Kosovo
Nickname(s)Dardanët (Dardanians)
AssociationFederata e Futbollit e Kosovës (FFK)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachArsim Abazi
CaptainRotation
FIFA codeKVX[1]
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
First international
  • As FIFA member
  •  Netherlands 3–1 Kosovo 
    (Budapest, Hungary; 10 October 2017)
Biggest win
  • As FIFA member
  •   Switzerland 0–1 Kosovo 
    (Paphos, Cyprus; 29 October 2018)
  •  Kosovo 1–0 Cyprus 
    (Pegeia, Cyprus; 1 November 2018)
Biggest defeat
Records of first international and biggest win/defeat are for competitive matches only

The Kosovo national under-17 football team (Albanian: Kombëtarja e futbollit të Kosovës nën 17 vjeç; Serbian: Фудбалска репрезентација Косова до 17. године, romanized: Fudbalska reprezentacija Kosova do 17. godine) is the national under-17 football team of Kosovo and is controlled by the Football Federation of Kosovo.

History

Permitting by FIFA to play friendlies

On 6 February 2013, FIFA gave the permission to play international friendly games against other member associations.[2] Whereas, on 13 January 2014, there was a change of this permit that forbade Kosovo to play against the national teams of the countries of the former Yugoslavia. Club teams were also allowed to play friendlies and this happened after a FIFA Emergency Committee meeting. However, it was stipulated that clubs and representative teams of the Football Federation of Kosovo may not display national symbols as flags, emblems, etc. or play national anthems. The go-ahead was given after meetings between the Football Association of Serbia and Sepp Blatter.

Membership in UEFA and FIFA

In September 2015 at an UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Malta was approved the request from the federation to the admission in UEFA to the next Ordinary Congress to be held in Budapest.[3] On 3 May 2016, at the Ordinary Congress. Kosovo were accepted into UEFA after members voted 28–24 in favor of Kosovo.[4][5] Ten days later, Kosovo was accepted in FIFA during their 66th congress in Mexico with 141 votes in favour and 23 against.[6]

Competition record

UEFA European Championship

On 26 January 2017, in Nyon, it was decided that Kosovo should be part in Group 9 of the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, together with Hungary, Netherlands and Wales.[7] On 10 October 2017, Kosovo made his debut on UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifications with a 3–1 away defeat in against Netherlands.[8]

UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
Era Year Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
U16 Italy 1982 to Czech Republic 1999 Part of  SFR Yugoslavia and  Yugoslavia —
Israel 2000 to England 2001 Not a UEFA member Not a UEFA member
U17 Denmark 2002 to Bulgaria 2015
Azerbaijan 2016 to Croatia 2017 Could not enter —
England 2018 did not qualify 3 0 0 3 2 8
Republic of Ireland 2019 6 2 0 4 3 7
Estonia 2020 3 0 1 2 2 7
Cyprus 2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic —
Israel 2022 did not qualify 3 2 0 1 2 1
Hungary 2023 3 0 1 2 3 11
Cyprus 2024 To be determined —
Total — 0/38 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 15 4 2 12 12 34

Fixtures and results

2022

Italy  v  Kosovo
5 October 2023 UEFA U-17 Q Italy  5–2  Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
16:00
Report
  • Gashijan 76'
  • Mulaj 84'
 Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium
Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)
Greece  v  Kosovo
8 October 2023 UEFA U-17 Q Greece  5–0  Kosovo Podujevo, Kosovo
13:00
  • Panikidis 7'
  • Tzimas 32', 73'
  • Politakis 85'
  • Mouzakitis 90'
 Report Stadium: Zahir Pajaziti Stadium
Referee: Luca Cibelli (Switzerland)
Kosovo  v  Finland
11 October 2023 UEFA U-17 Q Kosovo  1–1  Finland Pristina, Kosovo
13:00
  • Lleshi 6' (pen.)
 Report
  • Boström 87'
 Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium
Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)

Players

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Aruel Klinaku (2006-02-06) 6 February 2006 (age 18) 1 0 Switzerland St. Gallen
1GK Erion Salihu (2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 (age 18) 2 0 Kosovo Ferizaj
2DF Nart Ahmeti (2006-01-05) 5 January 2006 (age 18) 3 0 Netherlands De Graafschap
2DF Amar Demolli (2006-07-16) 16 July 2006 (age 17) 2 0 Kosovo KF Kurda
2DF Edi Haziri (2006-03-16) 16 March 2006 (age 18) 3 0 Germany FC Augsburg
2DF Idol Jashari (2006-01-30) 30 January 2006 (age 18) 2 0 Kosovo Shkolla Roni
2DF Amar Kashtanjeva (2006-04-15) 15 April 2006 (age 18) 2 0 Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
2DF Blendrit Krasniqi (2006-01-31) 31 January 2006 (age 18) 1 0 Kosovo Prishtina
2DF Luan Lleshi (2006-01-14) 14 January 2006 (age 18) 3 1 Albania KF Erzeni Shijak
2DF Leo Tafaj (2006-01-11) 11 January 2006 (age 18) 3 0 Switzerland Servette
3MF Elvir Gashijani (2006-08-05) 5 August 2006 (age 17) 3 1 Kosovo KF 2 Korriku
3MF Aurel Limani (2006-04-14) 14 April 2006 (age 18) 3 0 Kosovo KF Ulpiana
3MF Fatjon Mulaj (2006-01-23) 23 January 2006 (age 18) 3 1 Kosovo FC Phoenix Banjë
3MF Elvaris Suplja (2006-02-28) 28 February 2006 (age 18) 2 0 Italy Sassuolo
3MF Beart Zhubi (2006-05-27) 27 May 2006 (age 17) 2 0 Kosovo KF 2 Korriku
4FW Art Berisha (2006-04-24) 24 April 2006 (age 17) 2 0 Finland HJK
4FW Medin Gashi (2006-02-01) 1 February 2006 (age 18) 3 0 Kosovo KF Vushtrria
4FW Fanol Lutolli (2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 18) 3 0 Germany SSV Jahn Regensburg
4FW Granit Pllana (2006-09-28) 28 September 2006 (age 17) 1 0 Italy Ternana Calcio

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Kosovo Arsim Abazi
Assistant coach
Kosovo Fadil Berisha
Kosovo Fatos Vishi
Goalkeeping coach Kosovo Valmir Bytyqi
Physiotherapist Kosovo Gëzim Zogu
Doctor Kosovo Gëzim Murseli

Head-to-head records against other countries

As of 14 April 2021
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
 Bulgaria 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
 Cyprus 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
 Greece 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
 Hungary 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 000.00
 Netherlands 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 000.00
 Scotland 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
 Slovenia 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
 Spain 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
  Switzerland 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
 Ukraine 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
 Wales 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 000.00
11 Countries 13 2 2 9 7 22 −15 015.38

See also

Men's
Women's

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^
    The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the call-up.

References

  1. ^ Dryomin, Mark; Tabeira, Martin; Lozano, Carles; Jeffree, Iain (2 June 2016). "FIFA Country Codes". RSSSF. Kosovo (KVX)
  2. ^ "FIFA Circular no.1342" (PDF). FIFA. 6 February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2019.
  3. ^ "UEFA shqyrton në mars të vitit të ardhshëm anëtarësimin e Kosovës" [UEFA reviews in March next year Kosovo's membership] (in Albanian). Voice of America. 19 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Football Federation of Kosovo joins UEFA". UEFA. 3 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Kosovo accepted as member of Uefa after Congress vote". The Guardian. 3 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Zyrtare: Kosova pranohet në FIFA, jemi të barabartë me të gjitha vendet e botës" [Official: Kosovo is admitted to FIFA, we are equal to all countries in the world] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 13 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Kosova në grup me Holandën, Uellsin e Hungarinë" [Kosovo in group with Netherlands, Wales and Hungary] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 26 January 2017. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Kombëtarja U17 humbi nga Holanda" [National U17 team lost from the Netherlands] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 10 October 2017.
  9. ^ "FFK organizatore e turneut kualifikues U17 për Evropianin 2023" (in Albanian). Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

External links

  • Official website (in Albanian and English)
  • Kosovo U17 News about the team
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