Kosovo national under-15 football team

The Kosovo national under-15 football team (Albanian: Kombëtarja e futbollit të Kosovës nën 15 vjeç; Serbian: Фудбалска репрезентација Косова до 15. године, romanized: Fudbalska reprezentacija Kosova do 15. godine) is the national under-15 football team of Kosovo and is controlled by the Football Federation of Kosovo.

Kosovo
Nickname(s)Dardanët (Dardanians)
AssociationFederata e Futbollit e Kosovës (FFK)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachIsa Sadriu
Gazmend Haliti
CaptainRotation
Top scorerElton Krasniqi (8)
FIFA codeKVX[1]
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
First international
 Albania 1–1 Kosovo 
(Elbasan, Albania; 3 May 2018)
Biggest win
 Kosovo 8–0 Tajikistan 
(Kamëz, Albania; 19 September 2019)

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]

First match

Kosovo in most of the time has organized training camps in Kosovo and Europe with different players from the local championship and diaspora. On 3 May 2018, Kosovo for first time in its history played a friendly match against Albania and the match ended with a 1–1 away draw and the starting line-up of that match was Rijad Bytyqi (GK), Albert Raçi, Albin Nishori, Arian Hetemi, Dardan Ibishi, Diar Halili, Dion Berisha, Eduard Ibrahimi, Elion Mahmuti, Ilhan Majić and Sadri Pacolli.[7]

Competitive record

UEFA U15 Development Tournament

Kosovo participated in the UEFA U15 Development Tournament for the first time in August 2019, where took first place after winning two matches against Albania (2–1) and North Macedonia (0–1) and drew without goals against Montenegro.[8] One month later, Kosovo again participated in the UEFA U15 Development Tournament, where again took first place after winning all three matches against Tajikistan (8–0), Estonia (3–0) and Albania (0–1).[9]

Year Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA
North Macedonia August 2019 Winners 1st 321031
Albania September 2019 Winners 1st 3300120
Total Winners 2/2 6 5 1 0 15 1

Fixtures and results

2018
3 May Friendly Albania  1–1  Kosovo Elbasan, Albania
12:00 Sulaj 46' Report Tahiri 61' Stadium: Elbasan Arena
Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)
5 May Friendly Albania  1–1  Kosovo Shkodër, Albania
12:00 Mezani 35' Report Mahmuti 15' Stadium: Loro Boriçi Stadium
Referee: Suada Tushaj (Albania)

Players

Current squad
  • The following players have been called up for the 2019 UEFA U15 Development Tournament.[10]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club[a]
1GK Erion Mala (2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 Kosovo Feronikeli
1GK Altin Gjoka (2005-11-11) 11 November 2005 Kosovo Drenica
2DF Bleron Hashani (2005-01-04) 4 January 2005 Kosovo Urbano Raskovë
2DF Erblin Thaqi (2005-01-15) 15 January 2005 Germany Hannover 96
2DF Alp Shahini (2005-02-09) 9 February 2005 Kosovo Dinamo Ferizaj
2DF Erolind Rudari (2005-02-20) 20 February 2005 Kosovo Rroni 19
2DF Erion Zeka (2005-04-22) 22 April 2005 Kosovo 2 Korriku
2DF Rigon Xhaferi (2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 Kosovo 2 Korriku
2DF Nderim Avdullahu (2005-06-11) 11 June 2005 Kosovo 2 Korriku
2DF Dren Dobruna (2005-07-29) 29 July 2005 United States New York Red Bulls
3MF Lorent Talla (2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 England Queens Park Rangers
3MF Erion Ramushi (2005-01-08) 8 January 2005 Kosovo Ardhmëria Ferizaj
3MF Emin Reçica (2005-01-17) 17 January 2005 Kosovo 2 Korriku
3MF Ariol Bllaca (2005-02-20) 20 February 2005 Kosovo 2 Korriku
3MF Leon Toska (2005-04-18) 18 April 2005 Switzerland Winterthur
3MF Leon Reçica (2005-09-05) 5 September 2005 Switzerland Winterthur
4FW Elton Krasniqi (2005-02-27) 27 February 2005 Kosovo 2 Korriku
4FW Armend Maroshi (2005-03-11) 11 March 2005 Croatia Cibalia
4FW Igball Jashari (2005-07-14) 14 July 2005 Kosovo Kurda
4FW Leart Halimi (2005-08-08) 8 August 2005 Germany Hertha BSC

Coaching staff
Position Name
Head coach(es) Kosovo Isa Sadriu
Kosovo Gazmend Haliti
Goalkeeping coach Kosovo Xhelal Karabegu
Physiotherapist Kosovo Mentor Sfishta
Device manager Kosovo Sahit Salihu
Team manager Kosovo Rinor Havolli
Technical director Slovenia Primož Gliha

Head-to-head records against other countries
As of 23 September 2019
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
 Albania 4 2 2 0 5 3 +2 050.00
 Estonia 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00
 Montenegro 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
 North Macedonia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
 Tajikistan 1 1 0 0 8 0 +8 100.00
5 Countries 8 5 3 0 17 3 +14 062.50

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 tournament.

References
  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. "Kosova U15 barazoi me Shqipërinë në miqësoren e parë" [Kosovo U15 drew with Albania in the first friendly] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 3 May 2018.
  8. "Kosova U15 triumfoi në turneun e mbajtur në Shkup" [Kosovo U15 triumphed in the tournament held in Skopje] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 30 August 2019.
  9. "Kosova U15 triumfon në "UEFA Development Tournament" në Kamëz" [Kosovo U15 triumphs in the "UEFA Development Tournament" in Kamëz] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 23 September 2019.
  10. "Kombëtarja U15 merr pjesë në turneun zhvillimor të UEFA-s në Kamëz" [The national U15 team participates in the UEFA Development Tournament in Kamëz] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 18 September 2019.
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