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	Dior Gerbovci (13)
Top scorer	Eliot Bujupi; 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

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

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	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

2023

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	0-4	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

20 March UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Kosovo	1–0	Austria	Gornja Radgona, Slovenia
16:00	Schöller 49' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Gornja Radgona Stadium Referee: Andreas Argyrou (Cyprus)

23 March UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Spain	2–1	Kosovo	Gornja Radgona, Slovenia
16:00	Muñoz 34' Fortuny 51'	Report	Bujupi 77'	Stadium: Gornja Radgona Stadium Referee: Andreas Argyrou (Cyprus)

26 March UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Slovenia	2–0	Kosovo	Lendava, Slovenia
12:00	Čuber Potočnik 40' Jevšenak 87'	Report		Stadium: Lendava Sports Park Referee: Dominik Stary (Czech Republic)

6 June Friendly	Albania	2–0	Kosovo	Rrogozhinë, Albania
		Report	Sulejmani 6', 9'	Stadium: Egnatia Arena

8 June Friendly	Albania	2–5	Kosovo	Rrogozhinë, Albania
	Sulejmani 45' Tosku 77'	Report	Selishta 10', 27' Hoti 12' Suplja ??' Gashi ??'	Stadium: Egnatia Arena

4 September Friendly	Kosovo	2–2	Latvia	Esslingen am Neckar, Germany
17:00	Cena 20', 34'		Ivulāns 2' Radzenieks 45+1'	Stadium: Sportpark Esslingen

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying matches against Austria, Spain and Faroe Islands, on 13, 16 and 19 November 2024.^[7]
Caps and goals are correct as of 19 November 2024^[update], after the match against Faroe Islands, only matches as FIFA member are included.
Players in bold have been called 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	Lindsay Gutaj	(2007-02-15) 15 February 2007 (age 17)	0	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
12	1GK	Miran Qela	(2006-12-13) 13 December 2006 (age 18)	8	0	1860 Munich

2	3MF	Jerin Hadergjonaj	(2006-05-30) 30 May 2006 (age 18)	4	0	Malisheva
3	2DF	Leon Parduzi	(2006-12-10) 10 December 2006 (age 18)	5	0	Karlsruher SC
4	2DF	Andi Demiri	(2006-11-10) 10 November 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Lille
5	2DF	Indrit Mavraj	(2006-01-23) 23 January 2006 (age 18)	6	0	Genoa
19	2DF	Drin Lakna	(2007-08-18) 18 August 2007 (age 17)	3	0	Grasshopper

6	3MF	Elvaris Suplja	(2006-02-28) 28 February 2006 (age 18)	5	1	Terranuova
8	3MF	Edion Gashi	(2006-01-22) 22 January 2006 (age 18)	9	1	Schalke 04
10	3MF	Dior Gerbovci	(2006-02-22) 22 February 2006 (age 18)	13	3	Grasshoppers
13	3MF	Endi Halili	(2006-07-12) 12 July 2006 (age 18)	2	0	AF Elbasani
15	3MF	Luan Lleshi	(2006-01-14) 14 January 2006 (age 18)	8	0	Feronikeli
21	3MF	Dardan Destani	(2006-10-15) 15 October 2006 (age 18)	4	0	Basel

7	4FW	Elvir Gashijan	(2006-08-05) 5 August 2006 (age 18)	10	3	Llapi
9	4FW	Eliot Bujupi (captain)	(2006-07-03) 3 July 2006 (age 18)	8	5	VfB Stuttgart II
11	4FW	Deli Hajdini	(2006-10-02) 2 October 2006 (age 18)	3	0	VfB Stuttgart
14	4FW	Adam Hasani	(2008-09-05) 5 September 2008 (age 16)	3	0	Sampdoria
17	4FW	Amar Demolli	(2006-07-16) 16 July 2006 (age 18)	4	0	Prishtina
20	4FW	Lirim Jashari	(2006-04-21) 21 April 2006 (age 18)	7	0	VfL Bochum
22	4FW	Leart Hoti	(2006-07-16) 16 July 2006 (age 18)	4	1	Eintracht Frankfurt

Recent call-ups

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
DF	Nuredin Rexhepi	(2006-01-19) 19 January 2006 (age 18)	3	0	FC Ingolstadt	v. Latvia, 4 September 2024
DF	Erion Rexhepi	(2006-01-24) 24 January 2006 (age 18)	3	0	Bayern Munich	v. Latvia, 4 September 2024
DF	Luis Karaqi	(2006-06-29) 29 June 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Hannover 96	v. Latvia, 4 September 2024
DF	Dejvid Kabashi	(2006-08-06) 6 August 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Luzern	v. Latvia, 4 September 2024
DF	Valon Cena	(2007-05-23) 23 May 2007 (age 17)	1	2	Borussia Dortmund	v. Latvia, 4 September 2024

MF	Faton Ademi	(2006-05-19) 19 May 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Alemannia Aachen	v. Austria, 13 November 2024
MF	Denis Suka	(2006-02-14) 14 February 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Sturm Graz	v. Latvia, 4 September 2024
MF	Leon Dusi	(2006-04-16) 16 April 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Västra Frölunda	v. Latvia, 4 September 2024
MF	Artan Latifi	(2007-05-09) 9 May 2007 (age 17)	0	0	Mainz 05	v. Latvia, 4 September 2024

FW	Baton Hajrizaj	(2006-01-31) 31 January 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Astoria Walldorf	v. Latvia, 4 September 2024
FW	Alisan Morina	(2006-11-02) 2 November 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Winterthur	v. Latvia, 4 September 2024
FW	Florent Aliqki	(2006-06-18) 18 June 2006 (age 18)	0	0	1. FC Heidenheim	v. Latvia, 4 September 2024

References

^ 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 e Kosovës gati për ndeshjet kualifikuese për Evropianin 2025" [Kosovo national U19 team ready for Euro 2025 qualifying matches] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 1 November 2024.

External links

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 e Kosovës gati për ndeshjet kualifikuese për Evropianin 2025" [Kosovo national U19 team ready for Euro 2025 qualifying matches] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 1 November 2024.

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