The Kosovo national under-17 football team (; ) is the national under-17 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. 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. On 3 May 2016, at the Ordinary Congress. Kosovo were accepted into UEFA after members voted 28–24 in favor of Kosovo. Ten days later, Kosovo was accepted in FIFA during their 66th congress in Mexico with 141 votes in favour and 23 against.
Competition record UEFA European Championship On 26 January 2017, in Nyon, it was decided that Kosovo should be part in Group 9 of the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, together with Hungary, Netherlands and Wales. On 10 October 2017, Kosovo made his debut on UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifications with a 3–1 away defeat in against Netherlands. UEFA European Championship recordQualification recordEraYearRoundSquadU16 1982 to 1999Part of and — 2000 to 2001Not a UEFA memberNot a UEFA memberU17 2002 to 2015 2016 to 2017Could not enter— 2018did not qualify300328 2019620437 2020301227 2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic— 2022did not qualify320121 20233012311 20243102310 20253012710Total—0/38000000—2153162254
Fixtures and results 2022
2024
Players Current Squad
The following players were called up for the most recent 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches.
Coaching staff PositionNameHead coach Assistant coach Goalkeeping coach Physiotherapist Doctor
Head-to-head records against other countries
Opponent11 Countries
See also Men's National team Under-21 Under-19 Under-15 Futsal Women's National team Under-19 Under-17
Notes and references Notes
References
External links
Kosovo U17 News about the team