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

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

and is controlled by the

Football Federation of Kosovo The Football Federation of Kosovo ( sq, Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës; FFK) is the governing body of football in Kosovo, with headquarters in Pristina. The Football Federation of Kosovo was established in 1946 as a branch of the Football Associa ...

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

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Membership in UEFA and FIFA

In September 2015 at an

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Executive Committee meeting in

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was approved the request from the federation to the admission in UEFA to the next Ordinary Congress to be held in

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. 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

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during their 66th congress in

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with 141 votes in favour and 23 against.

Competitive record

UEFA European Championship

Fixtures and results

2021

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 , only competitive matches are included.''

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

* {{UEFA under-17 women's teams U Women's national under-17 association football teams