Kosovo national under-19 football team

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Kosovo Under-19
Nickname(s)Dardanët (Dardanians)
AssociationFederata e Futbollit e Kosovës (FFK)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachRamiz Krasniqi
CaptainRotation
Most capsAs FIFA member
Flamur Gashi
Gentrit Limani (9)
Top scorerAs FIFA member
Leotrim Kryeziu (3)
Home stadiumAdem Jashari Olympic Stadium
FIFA codeKVX[1]
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
First international
As FIFA member
 Austria 1–0 Kosovo 
(Mittersill, Austria; 3 October 2017)
Biggest win
As FIFA member
 Kosovo 3–0 Lithuania 
(Saalfelden, Austria; 9 October 2017)
Biggest defeat
As FIFA member
 Portugal 5–0 Kosovo 
(Porto, Portugal; 21 March 2018)
Records of biggest win/defeat are for competitive matches only

The Kosovo national under-19 football team (Albanian: Kombëtarja e futbollit të Kosovës nën 19 vjeç; Serbian: Фудбалска репрезентација Косова до 19. године, romanized: Fudbalska reprezentacija Kosova do 19. godine) is the national under-19 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[]

See also: Membership of Kosovo in international sports federations

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 records[]

UEFA European Championship[]

UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
Era Year Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad Year Pos Pld W D L GF GA
FIFA Youth Tournament France 1951 to West Germany 1954 Part of  Yugoslavia and  Serbia and Montenegro —
UEFA Youth Tournament Italy 1955 to East Germany 1980 —
Under-18 West Germany 1981 to Sweden 1999 —
Germany 2000 to Finland 2001 Not a UEFA member Not a UEFA member
Under-19 Norway 2002 to Greece 2015
Germany 2016 to Georgia (country) 2017 Could not enter —
Finland 2018 Did not qualify Finland 2018[a] [b] 6 3 0 3 7 11
Armenia 2019 Armenia 2019 4th 3 0 2 1 1 4
Northern Ireland 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic Northern Ireland 2020  —  —  —  —  —  —  —
Romania 2021 Romania 2021  —  —  —  —  —  —  —
Slovakia 2022 Did not qualify Slovakia 2022 4th 3 0 0 3 0 7
Total — 0/18 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Total 12 3 2 7 8 22
Notes
  1. ^ Kosovo U19 has participated in qualifying round and elite round.
  2. ^ Kosovo U19 during the qualifying round was ranked the 2nd and during te elite round was ranked the 4th.

Fixtures and results[]

For all past match results of the national team, see single-season articles and .

2019[]

13 November 2020 UEFA U-19 Q Russia  1–1  Kosovo Cardiff, Wales
14:00 Shkolik 12' Report Aliu 11' Stadium: Cardiff Athletics Stadium
Referee: Volen Chinkov (Bulgaria)
16 November 2020 UEFA U-19 Q Poland  4–1  Kosovo Cardiff, Wales
14:00 Nawrocki 40', 42'
Białek 45+2'
Bida 90+3'		 Report Berisha 88' Stadium: Cardiff Athletics Stadium
Referee: Volen Chinkov (Bulgaria)
19 November 2020 UEFA U-19 Q Kosovo  0–2  Wales Newport, Wales
Report Pinchard 45+1'
Williams 76'		 Stadium: Rodney Parade
Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)

2020[]

11 November 2021 UEFA U-19 Q Italy  Cancelled  Kosovo Slovakia
Report
14 November 2021 UEFA U-19 Q Slovakia  Cancelled  Kosovo Slovakia
Report
17 November 2021 UEFA U-19 Q Kosovo  Cancelled  Cyprus Slovakia
Report

2021[]

6 October 2022 UEFA U-19 Q Norway  3–0  Kosovo Sandefjord, Norway
13:00 Fiabema 44' (pen.), 66', 75' Report Stadium: Sandefjord Arena
Referee: Amine Kourgheli (Belarus)
9 October 2022 UEFA U-19 Q Georgia  1–0  Kosovo Larvik, Norway
16:00 O. Mamageishvili 52' Report Stadium: Fram Stadion
Referee: Amine Kourgheli (Belarus)
12 October 2022 UEFA U-19 Q Kosovo  0–3  Wales Sandefjord, Norway
15:00 Report Hughes 16' (pen.), 57'
Harris 45+3'		 Stadium: Bugårdsparken
Referee: Michal Ocenáš (Slovakia)
16 December Hybrid friendly North Macedonia  1–0  Kosovo Skopje, North Macedonia
Abazi 63' Report Stadium: Petar Miloševski Training Centre
18 December Hybrid friendly North Macedonia  3–3  Kosovo Skopje, North Macedonia
Trpcevski ?'
Krstevski 74' (pen.)
Todorovski 78'		 Report Sjarina 57', 72'
Kadriu 70'		 Stadium: Petar Miloševski Training Centre

Players[]

Current squad[]

  • The following players have been called up for the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifications.[7]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club[a]
12 1GK Arnis Ajeti (2003-07-09) 9 July 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Kosovo 2 Korriku
1 1GK Laurence Shala (2004-09-11) 11 September 2004 (age 17) 0 0 England West Ham United
13 2DF Andi Namoni (2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 19) 0 0 Kosovo Prishtina
15 2DF Rigon Spahiu (2003-02-18) 18 February 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Germany 1. FC Heidenheim
19 2DF Valton Ibrahimi (2003-02-22) 22 February 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Kosovo Besa Pejë
3 2DF Ardi Morina (2003-03-03) 3 March 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Switzerland Zürich U21
6 2DF Aulon Shabani (2003-06-27) 27 June 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Kosovo Llapi
5 2DF Diar Halili (2003-07-02) 2 July 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Portugal Porto
2 2DF Adhurim Mjekiqi (2004-10-09) 9 October 2004 (age 17) 0 0 Norway Sarpsborg 08
10 3MF Behar Neziri (2003-01-06) 6 January 2003 (age 19) 0 0 Germany Bayern Munich
4 3MF Art Smakaj (2003-02-04) 4 February 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Croatia Lokomotiva
20 3MF Dienit Isufi (2003-02-05) 5 February 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Kosovo Drita
17 3MF Bleron Ademi (2003-03-24) 24 March 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Germany St. Pauli
8 3MF Leonard Shala (captain) (2003-05-31) 31 May 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Kosovo Ballkani
7 3MF Dion Ajvazi (2004-02-10) 10 February 2004 (age 17) 0 0 Germany Hertha BSC
16 3MF Erlis Xhemajli unknown 0 0 Kosovo Gjilani
11 4FW Eduart Ibrahimi (2003-01-20) 20 January 2003 (age 19) 0 0 Germany Arminia Bielefeld
14 4FW Florent Hyseni (2003-03-23) 23 March 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Kosovo Trepça
18 4FW Egzon Fazliu (2003-05-30) 30 May 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Kosovo Drenica
9 4FW Fatjon Bunjaku (2003-10-14) 14 October 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Kosovo Trepça

Coaching staff[]

Position Name
Head coach Kosovo Ramiz Krasniqi
Assistant coach Kosovo Nazmi Rama
Goalkeeping coach Kosovo Xhelal Karabegu
Physiotherapist Kosovo Isuf Maraj
Doctor Kosovo Milazim Gjocaj
Device manager Kosovo Esad Halimi
Technical director Slovenia Primož Gliha

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.com. 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. ^ "Lista e futbollistëve të Kombëtares U19 për kualifikimet e Evropianit" [List of footballers of the national U19 team for the European qualifications] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 30 September 2021.

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