Kosovo women's national under-19 football team

Kosovo Women's Under-19
Nickname(s)	Dardanët (Dardanians)
Association	Federata e Futbollit të Kosovës (FFK)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Albina Rrahmani
Captain	Rotation
Most caps	As FIFA member Diellza Hyseni; Kaltrina Biqkaj; Leonora Ejupi; Aulona Xhema; Verona Berisha (6);
Top scorer	As FIFA member;
Home stadium	FFK National Educational Camp
FIFA code	KVX
First international
	Germany 3–0 Kosovo ; (Duisburg, Germany; 12 September 2017)
Biggest win
	Kosovo 7–0 Gibraltar ; (Pristina, Kosovo; 8 November 2022)
Biggest defeat
	Germany 6–0 Kosovo ; (Dungannon, Northern Ireland; 2 October 2018)

The Kosovo women's national under-19 football team (Albanian: Kombëtarja e futbollit të femrave të Kosovës nën 19 vjeç; Serbian: Женска фудбалска репрезентација Косова до 19. године, romanized: Ženska fudbalska reprezentacija Kosova do 19. godine) is the national under-19 women's 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]

Competitive record

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record											Qualification record
Era	Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Year	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Under-18	1998 to 1999	Part of Serbia and Montenegro									—
Under-18	2000 to 2001	Not a UEFA member
Under-19	2002 to 2015	Not a UEFA member
	2016 to 2017	Could not enter
	2018	Did not qualify									2018	3rd	3	0	1	2	1	6
	2019	Did not qualify									2019	3rd	3	1	1	1	5	7
	~~2020~~	Cancelled									2020	4th	3	0	1	2	3	16
	~~2021~~	Cancelled									~~2021~~	Cancelled
	2022	Did not qualify									2022	2nd	6	4	0	2	11	7
	2023	Did not qualify									2023	2nd	2	1	0	1	7	1
	2024	Did not qualify									2024	1st (B)	6	5	0	1	19	6
	2025	TBD									2025	TBD
Total		0/26		0	0	0	0	0	0	Total		7/7	23	11	3	9	46	43

Fixtures and results

2018

4 April Friendly	Albania	1–0	Kosovo	Shkodër, Albania
12:00	Lufo 45'	Report		Stadium: Loro Boriçi Stadium Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)

2 October 2019 UEFA W U-19 Q	Germany	6–0	Kosovo	Dungannon, Northern Ireland
15:00 (14:00 BST)	Krumbiegel 34' Kössler 47', 61' Nüsken 48' Wieder 55' Cennet Cal 71'	Report		Stadium: Stangmore Park Referee: Andromachi Tsiofliki (Greece)

5 October 2019 UEFA W U-19 Q	Northern Ireland	0–0	Kosovo	Dungannon, Northern Ireland
20:00 (19:00 BST)		Report		Stadium: Stangmore Park Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)

8 October 2019 UEFA W U-19 Q	Kosovo	5–1	Estonia	Coleraine, Northern Ireland
14:00 (13:00 BST)	Asllanaj 12', 66' Talts 24' (o.g.) Musaj 42' Biqkaj 76'	Report	Satsi 18'	Stadium: The Showgrounds Referee: Andromachi Tsiofliki (Greece)

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifications.^[7]
All caps and goals as of 8 October 2018 after match against Estonia, only competitive matches are included.
Players in bold are call up or have played at least one full international match with national A team.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club^[a] West Ham United
1	1GK	Florentina Kolgeci	(2000-10-30) 30 October 2000 (age 24)	5	0	Mitrovica
12	1GK	Erda Podvorica	(2000-06-03) 3 June 2000 (age 24)	2	0	Bazeli 2015

4	2DF	Valentina Tërnava	(2001-01-06) 6 January 2001 (age 23)	6	0	Kosova (P)
3	2DF	Diellza Hyseni	(2001-10-11) 11 October 2001 (age 23)	6	0	Bazeli 2015
5	2DF	Gjenifer Pjetri	(2001-04-22) 22 April 2001 (age 23)	5	0	Dukagjini
2	2DF	Bleona Zhabari	(2001-03-10) 10 March 2001 (age 23)	4	0	Mitrovica
13	2DF	Albulena Fejza	(2002-09-05) 5 September 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Dukagjini

10	3MF	Verona Berisha (Captain)	(2000-04-05) 5 April 2000 (age 24)	6	0	Kosova (P)
6	3MF	Erjona Emërllahu	(2001-07-20) 20 July 2001 (age 23)	3	0	unknown
18	3MF	Rrezona Ramadani	(2002-09-05) 5 September 2002 (age 22)	3	0	AFF TSC Kosova
19	3MF	Anjeza Rexhepi	(2001-08-07) 7 August 2001 (age 23)	2	0	Vejle
20	3MF	Argnesa Rexhepi	(2000-11-23) 23 November 2000 (age 24)	1	0	unknown
21	3MF	Liridona Leka	(2002-10-09) 9 October 2002 (age 22)	1	0	unknown
8	3MF	Aulona Xhema	(2004-08-17) 17 August 2004 (age 20)	4	0	West Ham United
15	3MF	Sabrije Krasniqi	(2001-05-27) 27 May 2001 (age 23)	0	0	MSV Duisburg

7	4FW	Leonora Ejupi	(2000-02-07) 7 February 2000 (age 24)	6	0	Warendorf
14	4FW	Jehona Shala	(2001-05-28) 28 May 2001 (age 23)	5	1	Vllaznia Shkodër
17	4FW	Flaka Asllanaj	(2001-05-14) 14 May 2001 (age 23)	3	2	Borussia Mönchengladbach
16	4FW	Fleta Musaj	(2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 (age 24)	3	1	Liria

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Albina Rrahmani
Assistant coach	Megzon Visoka
Goalkeeping coach	Labinot Qosa
Physiotherapists	Mentor Sfishta
Doctor	Milazim Gjoci

Notes and references

Notes

^
The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the call-up.

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.
^ "Emërorja e futbollisteve të Kombëtares U19 për kualifikimet e Evropianit në Irlandën e Veriut" [Substantival of national U19 team footballers for European qualifications in Northern Ireland] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 27 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.

External links

Official website (in Albanian and English)
Kosovo (women's under-19) News about Women's U19 team

[cnote_a] 
The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the call-up.

[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] "Emërorja e futbollisteve të Kombëtares U19 për kualifikimet e Evropianit në Irlandën e Veriut" [Substantival of national U19 team footballers for European qualifications in Northern Ireland] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 27 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.

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