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.

Kosovo Under-17
Nickname(s)Dardanët (Dardanians)
AssociationFederata e Futbollit e Kosovës (FFK)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachBesnik Kollari
CaptainRotation
Most capsAs FIFA member
Valon Zumberi (6)
Top scorer
Home stadiumOlympic Stadium Adem Jashari
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
As FIFA member
 Netherlands 3–1 Kosovo 
(Budapest, Hungary; 10 October 2017)
 Kosovo 1–3 Hungary 
(Budapest, Hungary; 16 October 2017)
Records of first international and biggest win/defeat are for competitive matches only

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
Era Year Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad Year Pos Pld W D L GF GA
Under-16 1982 to 1999 Part of Yugoslavia Under-16 —
2000 to 2001 Not a UEFA member Not a UEFA member
Under-17 2002 to 2015
2016 to 2017 Could not enter —
2018 Did not qualify 2018 4th300328
2019 Did not qualify 2019[lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] 320132
2020 Did not qualify 2020 4th301227
Total — 0/38 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Total 9 2 1 6 7 17
Notes
  1. Kosovo U17 has participated in qualifying round and elite round.
  2. 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  Kosovo Paphos, Cyprus
14:00 (15:00 EEST) Fiorini  28'
Winter  77'		 Report Limanii  71' Stadium: Stelios Kyriakides Stadium
Referee: Alexandru Tean (Moldova)
29 October 2019 UEFA U-17 Q Switzerland   0–1  Kosovo Paphos, Cyprus
14:00 (15:00 EET) Report Zumberi  63' Stadium: Stelios Kyriakides Stadium
Referee: Alexandru Tean (Moldova)
1 November 2019 UEFA U-17 Q Kosovo  1–0  Cyprus Pegeia, Cyprus
14:00 (15:00 EET) Avdyli  63' Report Stadium: Peyia Municipal Stadium
Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)

2019
25 March 2019 UEFA U-17 Q Kosovo  0-2  Ukraine Nyon, Switzerland
11:00 Report
Stadium: Colovray Sports Centre
Referee: Gal Leibovitz (Israel)
28 March 2019 UEFA U-17 Q Spain  1-0  Kosovo Nyon, Switzerland
14:00
Report Stadium: Colovray Sports Centre
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)
31 March 2019 UEFA U-17 Q Greece  2-0  Kosovo Nyon, Switzerland
14:00
Report Stadium: Colovray Sports Centre
Referee: Gal Leibovitz (Israel)

2021
March 2021 UEFA U-17 Q Portugal  v  Kosovo Portugal
March 2021 UEFA U-17 Q Czech Republic  v  Kosovo Portugal
March 2021 UEFA U-17 Q Kosovo  v  Montenegro Portugal

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  Cyprus, only competitive matches are included.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK David Nreca-Bisinger (2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 3 0 Sonnenhof Großaspach
1 1GK Rijad Bytyqi (2003-01-28) 28 January 2003 3 0 Roni 19
2 2DF Bekim Limanii (2002-07-28) 28 July 2002 4 3 Milano
15 2DF Leuart Avdyli (2002-04-14) 14 April 2002 3 0 Kurda
6 2DF Altin Maliqi (2002-09-14) 14 September 2002 3 0 Karlsruher SC
14 2DF Erdin Dushi (2002-10-07) 7 October 2002 3 0 Vushtrria
5 2DF Ardi Ajdini (2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 1 0 2 Korriku
4 3MF Valon Zumberi (Captain) (2002-11-24) 24 November 2002 6 1 Hamburger SV
20 3MF Edin Huseini (2002-01-07) 7 January 2002 3 0 1860 Munich
16 3MF Florind Lokaj (2002-06-08) 8 June 2002 3 0 Vålerenga
19 3MF Leorant Marmullaku (2002-09-24) 24 September 2002 3 0 Dukagjini
21 3MF Rigon Spahiu (2003-02-18) 18 February 2003 3 0 Württemberg
7 3MF Mohamed Bekaj (2002-04-25) 25 April 2002 2 0 1860 Munich
17 3MF Diar Halili (2003-07-02) 2 July 2003 2 0 2 Korriku
10 4FW Milot Avdyli (2002-07-28) 28 July 2002 3 1 Kurda
8 4FW Taulant Kiçmari (2003-03-23) 23 March 2003 3 0 2 Korriku
9 4FW Oltion Bilalli (2002-01-03) 3 January 2002 2 1 Beselidhja
11 4FW Veton Tusha (2002-12-29) 29 December 2002 2 0 Vardar
19 4FW Lirim Hoxha (2002-03-04) 4 March 2002 1 0 Stuttgarter Kickers

Coaching staff
Position Name
Head coach Besnik Kollari
Assistant coach Fadil Berisha
Goalkeeping coach Bahri Berisha
Physiotherapist Gëzim Zogu
Doctor Gëzim Murseli
Technical director Michael Nees

See also
Men's
Women's

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.com. 6 February 2013.
  3. "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.
  4. "Kombëtarja U17 humbi nga Holanda" [National U17 team lost from the Netherlands] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 10 October 2017.
  5. "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.
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