Kosovo national under-19 football team

The Kosovo national under-19 football team (Albanian: Kombëtarja e futbollit të Kosovës nën 19 vjeç, Serbian: Фудбалска репрезентација Косова до 19. године/Fudbalska reprezentacija Kosova do 19. godine) is the national under-19 football team of Kosovo and is controlled by the Football Federation of Kosovo.

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 stadiumOlympic Stadium Adem Jashari
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

History

On 6 February 2013. FIFA was given permission to play international friendly games against other member associations.[2]

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 1951 to 1954 Part of  Yugoslavia and  Serbia and Montenegro
UEFA Youth Tournament 1955 to 1980
Under-18 1981 to 1999
2000 to 2001 Not a UEFA member Not a UEFA member
Under-19 2002 to 2015
2016 to 2017 Could not enter
2018 Did not qualify 2018[lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] 6303711
2019 2019 4th302114
2020 To be determined 2020        
Total 0/18 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 9 3 2 4 8 15
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 the team's results page

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

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifications.[3]
All caps and goals as of 19 November 2019 after match against  Wales, only competitive matches are included.

  • Players in bold are call up or have played at least one full international match with national senior team.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Petrit Terziu (2001-12-03) 3 December 2001 3 0 Vitia
12 1GK Florent Demiri (2002-07-28) 28 July 2002 0 0 Signal FC Bernex-Confignon

5 2DF Leard Sadriu (Captain) (2001-04-22) 22 April 2001 6 0 Shkëndija
2 2DF Altin Bytyçi (2001-01-14) 14 January 2001 3 0 Kukësi
6 2DF Bujar Pllana (2001-10-29) 29 October 2001 3 0 Feronikeli
21 2DF Hajdin Salihu (2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 2 0 Lokomotiva
16 2DF Endrit Demolli (2001-05-04) 4 May 2001 1 0 Flamurtari
14 2DF Gentrit Halili (2001-12-14) 14 December 2001 1 0 Ferizaj
13 2DF Valon Zumberi (2002-11-24) 24 November 2002 0 0 Hamburger SV

10 3MF Albin Krasniqi (2001-06-03) 3 June 2001 4 0 Drita
17 3MF Granit Berisha (2001-05-22) 22 May 2001 3 1 Union Saint-Gilloise
8 3MF Qëndrim Zyba (2001-01-03) 3 January 2001 3 0 Prishtina
19 3MF Blendi Morina (2001-05-26) 26 May 2001 3 0 Slaven Belupo
4 3MF Kevin Halabaku (2001-11-29) 29 November 2001 3 0 Sion
15 3MF Arlind Shabani (2001-10-16) 16 October 2001 2 0 Struga

7 4FW Adonis Aliu (2001-03-01) 1 March 2001 3 1 Llapi
9 4FW Artan Asani (2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 3 0 Sion
11 4FW Albin Prapashtica (2001-09-08) 8 September 2001 3 0 Prishtina
24 4FW Veton Tusha (2002-12-29) 29 December 2002 3 0 Unattached
22 4FW Leonardo Uka (2001-01-26) 26 January 2001 2 0 Grasshoppers

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Ramiz Krasniqi
Assistant coach Nazmi Rama
Goalkeeping coach Xhelal Karabegu
Physiotherapist Isuf Maraj
Doctor Milazim Gjocaj
Device manager Esad Halimi
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. "Krasniqi publikon listën e futbollistëve për kualifikimet në Uells" [Krasniqi publishes the list of footballers for the qualifications in Wales] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 7 November 2019.
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