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, 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.

This article is about the men's under-19 team. For the women's under-19 team, see Kosovo women's national under-19 football team.
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

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 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 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2020  — — — — — — —
2021 2021  — — — — — — —
2022 Did not qualify 2022 4th300307
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 Kosovo national under-19 football team results (2017–2019).

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
October–November 2022 UEFA
U-19 Q		 Norway  v  Kosovo Norway
October–November 2022 UEFA
U-19 Q		 Georgia  v  Kosovo Norway
October–November 2022 UEFA
U-19 Q		 Kosovo  v  Wales Norway

Players

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

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 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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