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.
| Nickname(s) | Dardanët (Dardanians) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës (FFK) | |||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
| Head coach | Isa Sadriu Gazmend Haliti | |||
| Captain | Rotation | |||
| Top scorer | Elton Krasniqi (8) | |||
| FIFA code | KVX[1] | |||
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| 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 August 2019 | Winners | 1st | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| September 2019 | Winners | 1st | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Total | Winners | 2/2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
Fixtures and results
2018
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] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Erion Mala | 1 January 2005 | Feronikeli | |||
| GK | Altin Gjoka | 11 November 2005 | Drenica | |||
| DF | Bleron Hashani | 4 January 2005 | Urbano Raskovë | |||
| DF | Erblin Thaqi | 15 January 2005 |  Hannover 96 | |||
| DF | Alp Shahini | 9 February 2005 | Dinamo Ferizaj | |||
| DF | Erolind Rudari | 20 February 2005 | Rroni 19 | |||
| DF | Erion Zeka | 22 April 2005 | 2 Korriku | |||
| DF | Rigon Xhaferi | 4 May 2005 | 2 Korriku | |||
| DF | Nderim Avdullahu | 11 June 2005 | 2 Korriku | |||
| DF | Dren Dobruna | 29 July 2005 |  New York Red Bulls | |||
| MF | Lorent Talla | 1 January 2005 |  Queens Park Rangers | |||
| MF | Erion Ramushi | 8 January 2005 | Ardhmëria Ferizaj | |||
| MF | Emin Reçica | 17 January 2005 | 2 Korriku | |||
| MF | Ariol Bllaca | 20 February 2005 | 2 Korriku | |||
| MF | Leon Toska | 18 April 2005 |  Winterthur | |||
| MF | Leon Reçica | 5 September 2005 | Winterthur | |||
| FW | Elton Krasniqi | 27 February 2005 | 2 Korriku | |||
| FW | Armend Maroshi | 11 March 2005 |  Cibalia | |||
| FW | Igball Jashari | 14 July 2005 | Kurda | |||
| FW | Leart Halimi | 8 August 2005 | Hertha BSC | |||
Coaching staff
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach(es) | Isa Sadriu |
| Gazmend Haliti | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Xhelal Karabegu |
| Physiotherapist | Mentor Sfishta |
| Device manager | Sahit Salihu |
| Team manager | Rinor Havolli |
| Technical director |  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 | 50.00 |
 Estonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
 Montenegro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 |
| 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 | 62.50 |
See also
- Men's
- Women's
Notes and references
Notes
References
External links
- Official website (in Albanian and English)
- Kosovo U15 News about the team