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/Fudbalska reprezentacija Kosova do 17. godine) is the national under-17 football team of Kosovo and is controlled by the Football Federation of Kosovo.
Nickname(s) | Dardanët (Dardanians) | |||
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Association | Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës (FFK) | |||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
Head coach | Besnik Kollari | |||
Captain | Valon Zumberi | |||
Most caps | As FIFA member Valon Zumberi (6) | |||
Top scorer | As FIFA member
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Home stadium | Olympic Stadium Adem Jashari | |||
FIFA code | KVX[1] | |||
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First international | ||||
As FIFA member (Budapest, Hungary; 10 October 2017) | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
As FIFA member (Paphos, Cyprus; 29 October 2018) (Pegeia, Cyprus; 1 November 2018) | ||||
Biggest defeat | ||||
As FIFA member (Budapest, Hungary; 10 October 2017) (Budapest, Hungary; 16 October 2017) |
History
On 6 February 2013, FIFA was given permission to play international friendly games against other member associations.[2]
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.[3] On 10 October 2017, Kosovo made his debut on UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifications with a 3–1 away defeat in against Netherlands.[4]
UEFA European Championship record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||||||
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Era | Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Year | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
Under-16 | Part of Yugoslavia Under-16 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Not a UEFA member | Not a UEFA member | |||||||||||||||||||
Under-17 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Could not enter | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Did not qualify | 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||
Did not qualify | [lower-alpha 2] | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Did not qualify | 4th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||
Total | — | 0/38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Total | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
- Notes
- Kosovo U17 has participated in qualifying round and elite round.
- Kosovo U17 during the qualifying round was ranked the 1st.
Fixtures and results
- For all past match results of the national team, see single-season articles and the team's results page
2018
26 October 2019 UEFA U-17 Q | Scotland | 2–1 | Paphos, Cyprus | |
14:00 (15:00 EEST) | Fiorini Winter |
Report | Limanii |
Stadium: Stelios Kyriakides Stadium Referee: Alexandru Tean (Moldova) |
29 October 2019 UEFA U-17 Q | Switzerland | 0–1 | Paphos, Cyprus | |
14:00 (15:00 EET) | Report | Zumberi |
Stadium: Stelios Kyriakides Stadium Referee: Alexandru Tean (Moldova) |
1 November 2019 UEFA U-17 Q | Kosovo | 1–0 | Pegeia, Cyprus | |
14:00 (15:00 EET) | Avdyli |
Report | Stadium: Peyia Municipal Stadium Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary) |
2019
25 March 2019 UEFA U-17 Q | Kosovo | 0-2 | Nyon, Switzerland | |
11:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Colovray Sports Centre Referee: Gal Leibovitz (Israel) |
28 March 2019 UEFA U-17 Q | Spain | 1-0 | Nyon, Switzerland | |
14:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Colovray Sports Centre Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria) |
31 March 2019 UEFA U-17 Q | Greece | 2-0 | Nyon, Switzerland | |
14:00 | Report | Stadium: Colovray Sports Centre Referee: Gal Leibovitz (Israel) |
Players
Current squad
The following players have been called up for the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifications.[5]
All caps and goals as of 1 November 2018 after match against
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | David Nreca-Bisinger | 18 January 2002 | 3 | 0 | |
1 | GK | Rijad Bytyqi | 28 January 2003 | 3 | 0 | |
2 | DF | Bekim Limanii | 28 July 2002 | 4 | 3 | |
15 | DF | Leuart Avdyli | 14 April 2002 | 3 | 0 | |
6 | DF | Altin Maliqi | 14 September 2002 | 3 | 0 | |
14 | DF | Erdin Dushi | 7 October 2002 | 3 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Ardi Ajdini | 4 November 2002 | 1 | 0 | |
4 | MF | Valon Zumberi (Captain) | 24 November 2002 | 6 | 1 | |
20 | MF | Edin Huseini | 7 January 2002 | 3 | 0 | |
16 | MF | Florind Lokaj | 8 June 2002 | 3 | 0 | |
19 | MF | Leorant Marmullaku | 24 September 2002 | 3 | 0 | |
21 | MF | Rigon Spahiu | 18 February 2003 | 3 | 0 | |
7 | MF | Mohamed Bekaj | 25 April 2002 | 2 | 0 | |
17 | MF | Diar Halili | 2 July 2003 | 2 | 0 | |
10 | FW | Milot Avdyli | 28 July 2002 | 3 | 1 | |
8 | FW | Taulant Kiçmari | 23 March 2003 | 3 | 0 | |
9 | FW | Oltion Bilalli | 3 January 2002 | 2 | 1 | |
11 | FW | Veton Tusha | 29 December 2002 | 2 | 0 | |
19 | FW | Lirim Hoxha | 4 March 2002 | 1 | 0 |
Coaching staff
Position | Name |
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Head coach | |
Assistant coach | |
Goalkeeping coach | |
Physiotherapist | |
Doctor |
References
- Dryomin, Mark; Tabeira, Martin; Lozano, Carles; Jeffree, Iain (2 June 2016). "FIFA Country Codes". rsssf.com. RSSSF.
Kosovo (KVX)
- "FIFA Circular no.1342" (PDF). FIFA.com. 6 February 2013.
- "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.
- "Kombëtarja U17 humbi nga Holanda" [National U17 team lost from the Netherlands] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 10 October 2017.
- "Kombëtarja U17 zhvilloi stërvitjen e fundit para nisjes për Qipro" [National U17 team held the latest exercise before departing for Cyprus] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 24 November 2018.
External links
- Official website (in Albanian and English)
- Kosovo U17 News about the team