2014 Kosovo v Haiti football match

Kosovo v Haiti Olympisches Stadium "Adem Jashari" Mitrovicë.jpg 250 View of stadium during the friendly match Friendly match Kosovo KOS 30px 0 Haiti HAI 30px 0 2014 3 5 y Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium Mitrovica, Kosovo Stephan Klossner (Switzerland) 17,000Kosovo draw with Haiti on international bow https://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/friendlies/news/newsid/229/315/0/index.html?cid=twitter_fifacom https://web.archive.org/web/20140306003451/http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/friendlies/news/newsid/229/315/0/index.html?cid=twitter_fifacom dead March 6, 2014 FIFA.com 5 March 2014 5 March 2014 1993 (unofficial) Kosovo v Haiti was the first international match involving the Kosovar national football team to be recognised by FIFA, and the first to take place within Kosovo. The match was an international friendly between representative teams from Kosovo and Haiti. Background FIFA were lobbied by several prominent Kosovar football personalities including Albania captain Lorik Cana to allow the national team to play against FIFA member associations. Initially, FIFA only allowed Kosovo to play games against FIFA member associations at youth and amateur level, as well as ladies football.https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/01/19/65/circularno.1342-friendlygameswithteamsofthefootballfederationofkosovo.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20130513025859/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/01/19/65/circularno.1342-friendlygameswithteamsofthefootballfederationofkosovo.pdf dead May 13, 2013 FIFA Circular no.1342 FIFA.com 6 February 2013 In January 2014, later allowed Kosovo to play games against FIFA member associations at full international.https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/news/newsid=2260043/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140114034932/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/news/newsid=2260043/index.html dead January 14, 2014 FIFA Emergency Committee confirms friendly matches involving clubs and representative teams of Kosovo FIFA.com 13 January 2014 Kosovo organised a friendly against Haiti for March 2014. At the time of the game, Haiti were ranked 79th by FIFA in the FIFA Ranking System. Kosovo were not ranked as they were not a member association of FIFA.Kosovo footballers draw with Haiti in Mitrovica debut https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26451936 BBC 5 March 2014 5 March 2014 Kosovo's President Atifete Jahjaga and Prime Minister Hashim Thaci were both in attendance.Le Kosovo fait match nul avec Haïti pour son premier match officiel http://www.rtbf.be/sport/football/international/detail_le-kosovo-fait-match-nul-avec-haiti-pour-son-premier-match-officiel?id=8215896 rtbf.be 5 March 2014 French 5 March 2014 The game was also Frenchman Marc Collat's first in charge of the Haiti national team. Several players who had played for other countries had chosen to represent the Kosovo national team. Albanian international goalkeeper Samir Ujkani chose to accept a call-up, as did Finnish international Lum Rexhepi, Norwegian international Ardian Gashi and Swiss international Albert Bunjaku. Match details 2014 3 5 y 15:00 (UTC+1) Kosovo Haiti 0–0 Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium 17,000 Stephan Klossner (Switzerland) http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=1435 _eslovaquia14h _niort1112a _eslovaquia14h _eslovaquia14h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Kosovo _esl10a _esl10a _esl10a _adidaswhite _3_stripes_white 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FF0000 0000FF Haiti Starting line-upStarting line-up Samir Ujkani Loret Sadiku Avni Pepa Fanol Perdedaj Kristian Nushi Shpëtim Hasani Enis Alushi Ardian Gashi Anel Rashkaj Ilir Azemi Albert Bunjaku Dominique Jean-Zéphirin Mechack Jérôme Wilde-Donald Guerrier Soni Mustivar Frantz Bertin Rénald Metelus Kervens Belfort Jean-Eudes Maurice Kevin Lafrance Gary Ambroise Duckens NazonSubstitute appearancesSubstitute appearances Lum Rexhepi Liridon Krasniqi Zymer Bytyqi Faton Toski Flamur Kastrati Jean-François James Jean Sony Alcénat Stéphane Lambese Fabien VorbeHead coachHead coachAlbert BunjakiMarc Collat Source:Vlerësimet e lojtarëve, Kosova-Haiti http://www.gazetatribuna.com/?FaqeID=4&LajmID=45789 gazetatribuna.com 6 March 2014 Albanian 5 March 2014 5 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181005152745/http://www.gazetatribuna.com/?FaqeID=4&LajmID=45789 deadInternational Friendly Matches 2014 Match OfficialsAuch Shaqiri und Xhaka unterschrieben diesen Kosovo-Brief http://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/auch-shaqiri-und-xhaka-unterschrieben-diesen-kosovo-brief-id2709256.html Blick 5 March 2014 German 2 March 2014 Referee: SUI Stephan Klossner Assistant Referee 1: SUI Vital Jobin Assistant Referee 2: SUI Stephane Almeida Fourth Official: SUI Fedayi San Aftermath Following the game, the Football Association of Kosovo announced that "Kosovo football has finally broken perennial isolation" and re-iterated their desire to join FIFA in the future.Kosova e dha provimin, barazon pa gola me Haitin http://www.ffk-kosova.com/?p=6842 ffk-kosova.com 6 March 2014 Albanian 5 March 2014 Following the game, the Football Association of Serbia (FSS) wrote to FIFA asking them to reverse their decision on allowing Kosovo to play international games.Serbia i kërkon FIFA-së të anulojë vendimin për Kosovën http://www.botasot.info/sporti/279381/serbia-i-kerkon-fifa-se-te-anuloje-vendimin-per-kosoven/ botasot.info 6 March 2014 Albanian 6 March 2014 The FSS complained that Kosovo's players were wearing national symbols on the shirts, that the crowd were chanting anti-Serb songs and that Serbian flags had been burned outside of the ground, and that football was being used political purposes to promote Kosovo as an independent state. References Haiti Kosovo Category:2014 in association football Category:Debut matches of association football national teams Haiti Kosovo Category:March 2014 sports events in Europe Category:Sport in Mitrovica, Kosovo 2014