Kosovo national under-17 football team

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.

This article is about the men's under-17 team. For the women's under-17 team, see Kosovo women's national under-17 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
Biggest win
Biggest defeat
Records of first international and biggest win/defeat are for competitive matches only

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 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 1982 to 1999 Part of  SFR Yugoslavia and  FR Yugoslavia —
2000 to 2001 Not a UEFA member Not a UEFA member
U17 2002 to 2015
2016 to 2017 Could not enter —
2018 Did not qualify 300328
2019 620437
2020 301227
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic —
2022 To be determined 320121
2023 To be determined
Total — 0/38 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 12 4 1 10 9 23

Fixtures and results

2021
14 April Friendly Bulgaria  0–0  Kosovo Sofia, Bulgaria
17:00 Report Stadium: Boyana National Football Base
16 April Friendly Bulgaria  0–0  Kosovo Sofia, Bulgaria
11:00 Report Stadium: Boyana National Football Base
22 September Friendly Kosovo  0–2  Albania Pristina, Kosovo
Report Tresa 18'
Agea 26'		 Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium
6 October 2022 UEFA U-17 Q Austria  0–1  Kosovo Traiskirchen, Austria
18:30 Report Krasniqi 53' Stadium: Sport und Freizeitzentrum Traiskirchen
Referee: Viktor Kopiievskyi (Ukraine)
9 October 2022 UEFA U-17 Q Slovenia  1–0  Kosovo Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn, Austria
11:00 Ristić 68' Report Stadium: Lindabrunn Stadium
Referee: Viktor Kopiievskyi (Ukraine)
12 October 2022 UEFA U-17 Q Kosovo  1–0  Faroe Islands Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn, Austria
Bllaca 59' Report Referee: Irakli Kvirikashvili (Georgia)

Players

Current squad
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club[a]
1 1GK Erion Avdija (2005-03-13) 13 March 2005 2 0 1860 Munich
12 1GK Altin Gjokaj (2005-11-11) 11 November 2005 0 0 Besa Pejë
8 2DF Andi Bashota (2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 2 0 Eintracht Frankfurt
5 2DF Adonis Milaj (2005-01-07) 7 January 2005 2 0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
4 2DF Alp Shahini (2005-02-09) 9 February 2005 2 0 2 Korriku
2 2DF David Marku (2005-04-12) 12 April 2005 2 0 Aarau
20 2DF Dorentin Gashi (2005-07-13) 13 July 2005 2 0 Winterthur
22 2DF Merlind Kodra (2005-06-06) 6 June 2005 1 0 Grasshoppers
11 3MF Elton Krasniqi (2005-02-27) 27 February 2005 2 1 Hannover 96
17 3MF Arjanit Fazlija (2005-02-05) 5 February 2005 2 0 Hennef 05
3 3MF Drin Bajraktari unknown 2 0 Ferizaj
18 3MF Lindon Qorrolli (2005-02-28) 28 February 2005 1 0 Hennef 05
14 3MF Pren Gjini (2005-07-29) 29 July 2005 1 0 Aarau
6 3MF Arjol Bllaca unknown 1 0 2 Korriku
21 3MF Erion Kajtazi unknown 1 0 Trepça '89
16 3MF Korab Luma (2005-03-12) 12 March 2005 0 0 Ulpiana
10 4FW Armos Merlaku (2005-01-20) 20 January 2005 2 0 1. FC Nürnberg
19 4FW Arjanit Muji (2005-05-02) 2 May 2005 2 0 Aarau
7 4FW Igball Jashari (captain) (2005-07-14) 14 July 2005 2 0 Kurda
9 4FW Aridon Racaj (2005-03-12) 12 March 2005 1 0 Sarpsborg 08

Coaching staff
Position Name
Head coach Arsim Abazi
Assistant coach
Fadil Berisha
Fatos Vishi
Goalkeeping coach Valmir Bytyqi
Physiotherapist Gëzim Zogu
Doctor 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.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. "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. "Kjo është lista e Kombëtares U17 për ndeshjet kualifikuese në Austri" [This is the list of the national U17 team for the qualifying matches in Austria] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 2 October 2021.
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