Kosovo national under-19 football team

Kosovo Under-19
Nickname(s)	Dardanët (Dardanians)
Association	Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës (FFK)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Adil Maliqi
Captain	Rotation
Most caps	Flamur Gashi; Gentrit Limani (11)
Top scorer	Leotrim Kryeziu (5)
Home stadium	FFK National Educational Camp
FIFA code	KVX
First international
	Austria 1–0 Kosovo ; (Mittersill, Austria; 3 October 2017)
Biggest win
	Ukraine 0–4 Kosovo ; (Ta Qali, Malta; 18 November 2023)
Biggest defeat
	Portugal 5–0 Kosovo ; (Porto, Portugal; 21 March 2018)

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.

History[edit]

Permitting by FIFA to play friendlies[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

UEFA European Championship[edit]

UEFA European Championship record											Qualification record
Era	Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
FIFA	1951 to 1954	Part of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro									—
UEFA	1955 to 1980
U18	1981 to 1999
U18	2000 to 2001	Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member
U19	2002 to 2015	Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member
	2016 to 2017	Could not enter									—
	2018	Did not qualify									6	3	0	3	7	11
	2019	Did not qualify									3	0	2	1	1	4
	2020	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic									—
	2021	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic									—
	2022	Did not qualify									3	0	0	3	0	7
	2023	Did not qualify									3	0	1	2	0	4
	2024	To be determined									To be determined
	2025	To be determined									To be determined
Total		—	0/18	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	15	3	3	9	8	26

Fixtures and results[edit]

2022[edit]

17 November 2023 UEFA U-19 Q	Ukraine	1–0	Kosovo	Norrköping, Sweden
13:00	Yarmolyuk 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Nya Parken Referee: Ishmael Barbara (Malta)

20 November 2023 UEFA U-19 Q	Sweden	3–0	Kosovo	Norrköping, Sweden
13:00	Swedberg 39' Ahmed 67', 73'	Report		Stadium: Nya Parken Referee: Ishmael Barbara (Malta)

23 November 2023 UEFA U-19 Q	Kosovo	0–0	Cyprus	Linköping, Sweden
18:00		Report		Stadium: Linköping Arena Referee: Ion Orlic (Moldova)

2023[edit]

14 June Friendly	Albania	1–0	Kosovo	Kukës, Albania
	Kurti 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Kukës Arena

16 June Friendly	Albania	0–0	Kosovo	Kukës, Albania
		Report		Stadium: Kukës Arena

23 September Friendly	Kosovo	2–0	Liechtenstein	Hajvalia, Kosovo
				Stadium: FFK National Educational Camp

15 November UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Kosovo	1–1	Slovakia	Ta' Qali, Malta
14:30	Bujupi 48' (pen.)	Report	Hájovský 22'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium Referee: Robert Schröder (Germany)

18 November UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Ukraine	4–0	Kosovo	Ta' Qali, Malta
10:30	Gashijan 22', 79' Bujupi 64' Rama 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Centenary Stadium Referee: Chrysovalantis Theouli (Cyprus)

21 November UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Malta	2–2	Kosovo	Ta' Qali, Malta
14:30	Fenech 6' Caruana 82' (pen.)	Report	Bujupi 39' (pen.) Gerbovci 42'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium Referee: Vassilis Fotias (Greece)

2024[edit]

20 March UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Kosovo	v	Austria	Gornja Radgona, Slovenia
16:00		Report		Stadium: Gornja Radgona Stadium

23 March UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Spain	v	Kosovo	Gornja Radgona, Slovenia
16:00		Report		Stadium: Gornja Radgona Stadium

26 March UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Slovenia	v	Kosovo	Lendava, Slovenia
12:00		Report		Stadium: Lendava Sports Park

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following players were called up for a three-day training camp in Nuremberg, Germany.^[7]
All caps and goals as of 16 June 2023 after match against Albania, only matches as FIFA member are included.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Salih Hoxhaj	(2006-08-22) 22 August 2006 (age 17)	0	0	1. FC Heidenheim
1GK	Miran Qela	(2006-12-13) 13 December 2006 (age 17)	0	0	1860 Munich

2DF	Leon Zeqiraj	(2005-07-02) 2 July 2005 (age 18)	2	0	Werder Bremen
2DF	Davud Syla	(2005-08-07) 7 August 2005 (age 18)	2	0	Grasshoppers
2DF	Arlind Bardhaj	(2005-07-21) 21 July 2005 (age 18)	0	0	TSG Sprockhövel
2DF	Rron Kryeziu	(2006-01-07) 7 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Lugano

3MF	Diamant Lokaj	(2005-01-24) 24 January 2005 (age 19)	2	0	SV Sandhausen
3MF	Arjanit Fazlija	(2005-02-05) 5 February 2005 (age 19)	1	0	Bayer Leverkusen
3MF	Dior Gerbovci	(2006-02-22) 22 February 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Grasshoppers
3MF	Lorent Talla	(2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Queens Park Rangers
3MF	Adonis Milaj	(2005-01-07) 7 January 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
3MF	Erion Salihu	(2005-07-11) 11 July 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Servette
3MF	Arbnor Hoti	(2005-09-25) 25 September 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Preußen Münster
3MF	Baton Hajrizaj	(2006-01-31) 31 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	SV Sandhausen
3MF	Adem Imeri	(2006-02-13) 13 February 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Greuther Fürth
3MF	Ermal Bojaxhiu	(2006-02-18) 18 February 2006 (age 18)	0	0	FC Augsburg
3MF	Valon Zhushi	(2005-04-09) 9 April 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Wuppertaler SV
3MF	Leonit Ibrahimi	(2005-04-14) 14 April 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Union Berlin

4FW	Elton Krasniqi	(2005-02-27) 27 February 2005 (age 19)	2	0	VfB Stuttgart
4FW	Larson Ferati	(2007-01-25) 25 January 2007 (age 17)	2	0	Bayer Leverkusen
4FW	Ilir Gjonbalaj	(2005-02-15) 15 February 2005 (age 19)	0	0	West Chester United
4FW	Fanol Lutolli	(2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Karlsruher SC
4FW	Lirim Jashari	(2006-04-21) 21 April 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Alemannia Aachen
4FW	Eliot Bujupi	(2006-07-03) 3 July 2006 (age 17)	0	0	VfB Stuttgart
4FW	Alisan Morina	(2006-11-02) 2 November 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Winterthur

Recent call-ups[edit]

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Art Miftari	unknown	2	0	Ramiz Sadiku	v. Albania, 16 June 2023
GK	Zigur Biqkaj	unknown	2	0	Shkëndija Tiranë	v. Albania, 16 June 2023
GK	Eurolind Avdimetaj	unknown	1	0	Istogu	v. Albania, 16 June 2023
GK	Laurence Shala	(2004-09-11) 11 September 2004 (age 19)	7	0	Crystal Palace	2023 UEFA U-19 Q
GK	Altin Gjokaj	(2005-11-11) 11 November 2005 (age 18)	1	0	Drenica	2023 UEFA U-19 Q

DF	Leart Prapashtica	(2005-02-23) 23 February 2005 (age 19)	2	0	Fushë Kosova	v. Albania, 16 June 2023
DF	Sead Ahmeti	(2005-04-25) 25 April 2005 (age 18)	2	0	Grasshoppers	v. Albania, 16 June 2023
DF	Merlind Kodra	(2005-06-06) 6 June 2005 (age 18)	2	0	Grasshoppers	v. Albania, 16 June 2023
DF	Dren Dobruna	(2005-07-29) 29 July 2005 (age 18)	2	0	Hartford Academy	v. Albania, 16 June 2023
DF	Indrit Mavraj	(2006-01-23) 23 January 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Schaffhausen	v. Albania, 16 June 2023
DF	Luis Karaqi	(2006-06-29) 29 June 2006 (age 17)	1	0	Hannover 96	v. Albania, 16 June 2023
DF	Blerjon Avdimetaj	(2004-03-30) 30 March 2004 (age 20)	4	0	Istogu	2023 UEFA U-19 Q
DF	Gent Rexhepi	(2004-10-14) 14 October 2004 (age 19)	4	0	Bavois	2023 UEFA U-19 Q
DF	Ledjan Sahitaj	(2004-01-12) 12 January 2004 (age 20)	3	0	Parma	2023 UEFA U-19 Q
DF	Drin Miftari	(2004-03-01) 1 March 2004 (age 20)	3	0	1. FC Kaiserslautern II	2023 UEFA U-19 Q
DF	Altin Mehaj	(2004-01-01) 1 January 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Besa Pejë	2023 UEFA U-19 Q
DF	Riad Jashari	(2004-01-29) 29 January 2004 (age 20)	2	0	2 Korriku	2023 UEFA U-19 Q
DF	Andi Kadriu	(2004-01-29) 29 January 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Trepça '89	2023 UEFA U-19 Q

MF	Luan Dobra	(2005-01-20) 20 January 2005 (age 19)	2	0	Drenica	v. Albania, 16 June 2023
MF	Arjol Bllaca	(2005-02-20) 20 February 2005 (age 19)	2	0	2 Korriku	v. Albania, 16 June 2023
MF	Igball Jashari	(2005-07-14) 14 July 2005 (age 18)	2	0	Prishtina	v. Albania, 16 June 2023
MF	Pren Gjini	(2005-07-29) 29 July 2005 (age 18)	2	0	Black Stars Basel	v. Albania, 16 June 2023
MF	Edonis Hajdini	unknown	1	0	Ramiz Sadiku	v. Albania, 16 June 2023
MF	Dion Ajvazi	(2004-02-10) 10 February 2004 (age 20)	7	0	Hertha BSC II	2023 UEFA U-19 Q
MF	Arianit Hasani	(2004-02-24) 24 February 2004 (age 20)	4	0	Llapi	2023 UEFA U-19 Q
MF	Etnik Brruti	(2004-03-04) 4 March 2004 (age 20)	4	0	Malisheva	2023 UEFA U-19 Q
MF	Arlind Maloku	(2004-06-01) 1 June 2004 (age 19)	4	0	Ballkani	2023 UEFA U-19 Q
MF	Milot Ajeti	(2004-01-29) 29 January 2004 (age 20)	3	0	Drenica	2023 UEFA U-19 Q
MF	Rion Selimi	(2005-11-24) 24 November 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Dukagjini	2023 UEFA U-19 Q

FW	Elmedin Rama	(2005-03-25) 25 March 2005 (age 19)	2	0	Slavia Prague B	v. Albania, 16 June 2023
FW	Ermir Rashica	(2004-03-24) 24 March 2004 (age 20)	5	1	Skënderbeu Korçë	2023 UEFA U-19 Q
FW	Eridon Maloku	(2004-01-21) 21 January 2004 (age 20)	4	1	Shkëndija Hajvali	2023 UEFA U-19 Q
FW	Drilon Hazrollaj	(2004-02-19) 19 February 2004 (age 20)	3	0	Malisheva	2023 UEFA U-19 Q

References[edit]

^ Dryomin, Mark; Tabeira, Martin; Lozano, Carles; Jeffree, Iain (2 June 2016). "FIFA Country Codes". RSSSF. Kosovo (KVX)
^ "FIFA Circular no.1342" (PDF). FIFA. 6 February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2019.
^ "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.
^ "Football Federation of Kosovo joins UEFA". UEFA. 3 May 2016.
^ "Kosovo accepted as member of Uefa after Congress vote". The Guardian. 3 May 2016.
^ "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.
^ "Kombëtarja U19 zhvillon kamp katërditor në Nurnberg" [The national U19 team holds a four-day camp in Nuremberg] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 1 September 2023.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Albanian and English)
Kosovo U19 News about the team

[1] Dryomin, Mark; Tabeira, Martin; Lozano, Carles; Jeffree, Iain (2 June 2016). "FIFA Country Codes". 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] "Kombëtarja U19 zhvillon kamp katërditor në Nurnberg" [The national U19 team holds a four-day camp in Nuremberg] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 1 September 2023.

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