Kosovo women's national under-17 football team

This article is about the women's under-17 team. For the men's under-17 team, see Kosovo national under-17 football team.

Kosovo Women's U-17

Nickname(s)	Dardanet (Dardanians)
Association	Federata e Futbollit të Kosovës (FFK)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Kushtrim Munishi
Captain	Rotation
Top scorer	Aurona Racaj (7)
Home stadium	FFK National Educational Camp
FIFA code	KVX [1]
First colours Second colours Third colours
First international
Kosovo 13–0 Georgia   (Bascharage, Luxembourg; 24 September 2021)
Biggest win
Kosovo 13–0 Georgia   (Bascharage, Luxembourg; 24 September 2021)
Biggest defeat
Germany 10–0 Kosovo   (Frankfurt, Germany; 19 March 2025)

The Kosovo women's national under-17 football team (Albanian : Kombëtarja e futbollit të femrave të Kosovës nën 17 vjeç; Serbian : Женска фудбалска репрезентација Косова до 17. године, romanized: Ženska fudbalska reprezentacija Kosova do 17. godine) is the national under-17 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

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]

Competitive record

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record											UEFA European Championship qualifying
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2008 to 2021	Team did not exist
2022	Did not qualify										4th	6	2	1	3	19	16
2023											4th	6	2	0	4	16	14
2024											4th	6	2	1	3	4	11
2025
2026	To be determined
2027
Total	—	0/1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		3/3	18	6	2	10	39	41

Fixtures and results

2021

Kosovo   v   Georgia

24 September 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification	Kosovo	13–0	Georgia	Bascharage, Luxembourg
18:00	Delija 19', 35' Gjonbalaj 21' Alija 45+1', 50', 66' Gashi 55', 82', 85' A. Racaj 62', 70', 88' An. Shabani 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Kaerjenger Dribbel Referee: Gamze Durmuş (Turkey)

Belarus   v   Kosovo

27 September 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification	Belarus	1–1	Kosovo	Bissen, Luxembourg
18:00	Siniauskaya 8'	Report	A. Racaj 71'	Stadium: Terrain Bousbierg Referee: Cristina Trandafir (Romania)

Luxembourg   v   Kosovo

30 September 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification	Luxembourg	2–4	Kosovo	Bissen, Luxembourg
18:00	Barbosa Trigo 12' Oliveira Bras 53'	Report	Gashi 17' A. Racaj 26', 63', 81'	Stadium: Terrain Bousbierg Referee: Jelena Kumer (Croatia)

Players

Current squad

• The following players have been called up for the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifications.
• All caps and goals as of 30 September 2021 after match against   Luxembourg, only competitive matches are included.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club [a]
12	1 GK	Djellza Mehmeti	2007 (age 17–18)	3	0	unknown
1	1 GK	Alma Demiri	2005 (age 19–20)	2	0	1. FC Köln
2	2 DF	Esma Bytyqi	2005 (age 19–20)	3	0	Vizioni
3	2 DF	Shyhrete Racaj (captain)	2005 (age 19–20)	3	0	Dukagjini
4	2 DF	Elsa Raci	2005 (age 19–20)	3	0	Dukagjini
5	2 DF	Kreshnike Ramaja	2005 (age 19–20)	3	0	Dukagjini
20	2 DF	Dorinë Qorri	2005 (age 19–20)	2	0	16 Qershori
10	3 MF	Eriola Delija	2005 (age 19–20)	3	2	Basel
22	3 MF	Bardha Gjonbalaj	2005 (age 19–20)	3	1	Kosova VR Prishtinë
6	3 MF	Vesa Paqarizi	2005 (age 19–20)	3	0	Malisheva
8	3 MF	Albina Berisha	2005 (age 19–20)	2	0	Malisheva
13	4 FW	Aurona Racaj	2005 (age 19–20)	3	7	Dukagjini
7	4 FW	Rreze Gashi	2005 (age 19–20)	3	4	Malisheva
9	4 FW	Rinesa Alija	2005 (age 19–20)	3	3	SG 99 Andernach
19	4 FW	Antigona Shabani	2005 (age 19–20)	3	1	Presingu
14	4 FW	Olsa Musliu	2005 (age 19–20)	3	0	Kosova VR Prishtinë
21	4 FW	Sahare Berisha	2006 (age 18–19)	1	0	Kosova VR Prishtinë
18	4 FW	Shkurta Llumnica	2005 (age 19–20)	0	0	Kosova VR Prishtinë
23	4 FW	Ariola Grainca	2005 (age 19–20)	0	0	Vizioni
15	4 FW	Alba Shabani	2006 (age 18–19)	0	0	Presingu

See also

Women's

• National team
• Under-19

Men's

• National team
• Under-21
• Under-19
• Under-17
• Futsal

Notes and references

Notes

1. ^
   The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the call-up.

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. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017.
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.

External links

• Official website (in Albanian and English)