Kosovo v England may well provide a land mark game for both teams. It is the first time the two have met. England may get the bird.
Captain Kane may move up the England goal scorers list with 25 goals at the moment from 40 games.
Kane has Bryan Robson 26/90 caps, David Platt 27/62 caps and Frank Lampard 30/106 in his sights.
Top scorers are Michael Owen 40/89 caps, Jimmy Greaves 44/57, Gary Lineker 48/80,
Bobby Charlton 49/106, Shearer 30/63 and Wayne Rooney with 53/120.
and then Tom Finney 30/76, Nat Lofthouse 30/33, Vivian Woodward 29/23, Steve Bloomer 28/23.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/soccerengland/kosovo-manager-shouts-warning-to-england/ar-AAH22V2
Kosovo, population 1.7 million, as a national team, formed with the break up of Yugoslavia, played its first international on February 14th 1993 against Albania losing 3-1 away in Tirana, Albania. The team then was disrupted by the Kosovo war and only came together again in September 2002 playing Albania-a 0-1 loss, in Pristina, Kosovo.
Matches took place in the Cyprus-Turkey FF Cup against Northern Cyprus 0-1 and the Sampi 4-1.
* Sampi-remember them??
https://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-rebel-world-cup.html
https://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.com/2019/07/conifa-sportsbet-european-cup.html
In 2006 Kosovo beat Monaco 7-1, Saudi Arabia 1-0.
In March 2014 Kosovo played Haiti drawing 0-0 in a friendly to celebrate the nation being recognised by FIFA.
Other matches were then played against Turkey, Senegal, Oman, Equatorial Guinea and Albania.
In June 2016 as a member of UEFA and FIFA their first game was against Faroe Islands winning 2-0.
Since November 2017 Kosovo has not lost in 15 FIFA World Cup games, Friendlies, UEFA Nations League games, UEFA Euro qualifications.
The group with England and Kosovo also includes; Czech Republic, Montenegro, Bulgaria.
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