Kosovar national football team (U-21 men)

This article is about the Kosovar national soccer team U-21 men. For the national team, see Kosovar national football team .

Kosovo U-21
Kosova U-21

Nickname (s)	"Dardanët" (Dardans)
Association	Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	14fourteen (since 2018)
Head coach	Rafet Prekazi
captain	Ardian Ismajli
Record scorer	Enis Bytyqi
Home stadium	Adem Jashari Stadium , Mitrovica
FIFA code	KOS (note)
home Away
Balance sheet
8 games 3 wins 2 draws 3 losses
statistics
First international Ireland 1-0 Kosovo ( Dublin , Ireland ; March 25, 2017 )
Biggest win Kosovo 2-0 Azerbaijan ( Mitrovica , Kosovo ; March 22, 2018 )
Biggest defeat Kosovo 4-0 Israel (Mitrovica, Kosovo; November 9, 2017 )
(As of March 22, 2018)

The Kosovar U-21 national football team is the national team of Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës (FFK) and represents it internationally at the U-21 level , for example in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations or at the European championships of the UEFA continental association . The data covers since the first official international match against Ireland on March 25, 2017.

history

On February 6, 2013, the FIFA Executive Committee decided to allow the Kosovar U-21s to play friendly matches against other national teams.

The UEFA decided on 3 May 2016 in Budapest, Kosovo receive officially the 55th member. He was accepted as the 210th member of FIFA on May 13, 2016.

The first official international match as a FIFA member was lost 1-0 to Ireland on 25 March 2017 in Dublin at Tallaght Stadium as part of the U-21 qualifying phase .

Tournament balances at U-21 European Championships

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result
2019	Italy / San Marino	Qualification phase	Israel	0: 3

Trainer

No.	Surname	time
		from	to
1	Rafet Prekazi	2017

Current

International matches

The matches of the last 24 months as well as future international matches are listed.

• green background color = victory of the Kosovar team
• yellow background color = tie
• red background color = defeat of the Kosovar team

date	Venue	opponent	Type of game	Result	Goal scorers
25th Mar 2017	Dublin ( IRL )	Ireland	European Championship qualification 2019	0: 1 (0: 0)	0: 1 Shodipo (56th)
June 12, 2017	Drammen ( NOR )	Norway	European Championship qualification 2019	3: 0 (valuation) 1	0: 1 Thorsby (3rd), 0: 2 Ajer (23rd), 0: 3 Risa (66th), 0: 4 Reitan (83rd), 0: 5 Hanche-Olsen (87th)
0Sep 1 2017	Mitrovica ( KOS )	Norway	European Championship qualification 2019	3: 2 (2: 2)	0: 1 Bjordal (5th), 0: 2 Ødegaard (36th), 1: 2 Bytyqi (41st), 2: 2 Hasani (42nd), 3: 2 Bytyqi (87th)
05th Sep 2017	Osnabrück ( GER )	Germany	European Championship qualification 2019	0: 1 (0: 1)	0: 1 Eggestein (45th + 1)
0Nov 9, 2017	Mitrovica ( KOS )	Israel	European Championship qualification 2019	0: 4 (0: 2)	0: 1 Nachmias (15th), 0: 2 Weissman (44th), 0: 3 Dasa (58th), 0: 4 Plakuschenko (90th + 2)
Nov 14, 2017	Baku ( AZE )	Azerbaijan	European Championship qualification 2019	0-0
22 Mar 2018	Mitrovica ( KOS )	Azerbaijan	European Championship qualification 2019	2: 0 (0: 0)	1-0 Hasani (54th), 2-0 Kolgeci (60th)
27 Mar 2018	Mitrovica ( KOS )	Germany	European Championship qualification 2019	0-0
0Sep 7 2018	Mitrovica ( KOS )	Ireland	European Championship qualification 2019	1: 1
Oct 18, 2018	( ISR )	Israel	European Championship qualification 2019	0: 3

¹Originally the match ended 5-0 for Norway, but it was subsequently scored 3-0 for Kosovo after UEFA determined that Norwegian defender Kristoffer Ajer was not eligible because he was yellow-red in the U-19 match Had seen Spain.

See also

• List of international matches for the Kosovar national football team (A team)

Web links

• Kosovar Football Association website (Albanian and English)

Individual evidence

^(Annotation)The code for Kosovo officially issued by FIFA is KVX. However, since he was accepted as a member, KOS is officially used in the games.

1. ↑ Kosovar Football Association becomes a UEFA member. In: de.uefa.org. UEFA, May 3, 2016, accessed May 22, 2016 . 
2. ↑ FIFA Congress moves football forward, first Secretary General appointed. In: de.fifa.com. FIFA, May 13, 2016, accessed May 22, 2016 . 
3. ↑ punishment? Breakdown at Norway's U21s. In: sport1.de. Sport1 , June 15, 2017, accessed October 5, 2017 . 
4. ↑ UEFA confirms: Kosovo wins three points on table against Norway. In: ffk-kosova.com. FFK , July 29, 2017, accessed October 5, 2017 .