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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	Fadil Vokrri Stadium
FIFA code	KVX
First international
	Kosovo 13–0 Georgia ; (Bascharage, Luxembourg; 24 September 2021)
Biggest win
	Kosovo 13–0 Georgia ; (Bascharage, Luxembourg; 24 September 2021)

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 edit

Permitting by FIFA to play friendlies edit

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 edit

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 edit

UEFA European Championship edit

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	Did not qualify									4th	6	2	0	4	16	14
2024	To be determined
2025	To be determined
Total	—	0/1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	1/1	6	3	1	1	35	18

Fixtures and results edit

2021 edit

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)

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)

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 edit

Current squad edit

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	1GK	Djellza Mehmeti	2007 (age 16–17)	3	0	unknown
1	1GK	Alma Demiri	2005 (age 18–19)	2	0	1. FC Köln

2	2DF	Esma Bytyqi	2005 (age 18–19)	3	0	Vizioni
3	2DF	Shyhrete Racaj (captain)	2005 (age 18–19)	3	0	Dukagjini
4	2DF	Elsa Raci	2005 (age 18–19)	3	0	Dukagjini
5	2DF	Kreshnike Ramaja	2005 (age 18–19)	3	0	Dukagjini
20	2DF	Dorinë Qorri	2005 (age 18–19)	2	0	16 Qershori

10	3MF	Eriola Delija	2005 (age 18–19)	3	2	Basel
22	3MF	Bardha Gjonbalaj	2005 (age 18–19)	3	1	Kosova VR Prishtinë
6	3MF	Vesa Paqarizi	2005 (age 18–19)	3	0	Malisheva
8	3MF	Albina Berisha	2005 (age 18–19)	2	0	Malisheva

13	4FW	Aurona Racaj	2005 (age 18–19)	3	7	Dukagjini
7	4FW	Rreze Gashi	2005 (age 18–19)	3	4	Malisheva
9	4FW	Rinesa Alija	2005 (age 18–19)	3	3	SG 99 Andernach
19	4FW	Antigona Shabani	2005 (age 18–19)	3	1	Presingu
14	4FW	Olsa Musliu	2005 (age 18–19)	3	0	Kosova VR Prishtinë
21	4FW	Sahare Berisha	2006 (age 17–18)	1	0	Kosova VR Prishtinë
18	4FW	Shkurta Llumnica	2005 (age 18–19)	0	0	Kosova VR Prishtinë
23	4FW	Ariola Grainca	2005 (age 18–19)	0	0	Vizioni
15	4FW	Alba Shabani	2006 (age 17–18)	0	0	Presingu

Notes and references edit

Notes edit

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

References edit

^ 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.