Macedonia national under-21 football team

Macedonia Under-21

Nickname(s)

The Red Lions (Црвени лавови)

Association

Football Federation of Macedonia

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Blagoja Milevski

Captain

David Babunski
Boban Nikolov
Gjoko Zajkov

Most caps

Goran Bogdanović (28)

Top scorer

Samir Fazli (7)

FIFA code

MKD

First colours

Second colours

First international

Macedonia 5–3

Denmark
(Kočani, 7 September 1994)

Biggest win

Macedonia 4–0

Armenia
(Skopje, 18 August 2004)

Biggest defeat

Macedonia 0–8 Yugoslavia
(Skopje, 7 September 1999)

Records for competitive matches only.

UEFA U-21 Championship

Appearances

1 (first in 2017)

Best result

Group stage, 2017

The Macedonian national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of the Macedonia and is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia.

UEFA U-21 Championship Record

UEFA U-21 Championship record									UEFA U-21 Championship Qualification record							Manager(s)
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1996	Did not qualify								10	4	0	6	16	27	−11	Unknown
1998									8	1	1	6	3	17	−14	Unknown; Čedomir Janevski
2000									8	1	0	7	2	25	−23	Perica Gruevski; Blagoja Kitanovski
2002									10	1	2	7	6	18	−12	Blagoja Kitanovski; Nikola Ilievski
2004									8	0	1	7	4	23	−19	Žarko Odžakov; Mirsad Jonuz
2006									12	2	3	5	9	18	−9	Mirsad Jonuz
2007									4	2	0	2	6	6	0	Mirsad Jonuz
2009									8	2	3	3	5	6	−1	Mirsad Jonuz
2011									8	0	2	6	9	19	−10	Mirsad Jonuz; Boban Babunski
2013									8	3	3	2	14	15	−1	Boban Babunski
2015									8	1	1	6	4	13	−13	Boban Babunski; Vujadin Stanojković
2017	Group stage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	6	3	1	13	7	+6	Blagoja Milevski
Total	1/12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	102	23	19	60	91	194	−103

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Main article: 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Macedonia	10	6	3	1	13	7	+6	21	Final tournament	—	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0
2	France	10	6	2	2	17	8	+9	20		1–1	—	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0
3	Iceland	10	5	3	2	13	9	+4	18		3–0	3–2	—	2–4	2–0	1–1
4	Ukraine	10	4	2	4	14	12	+2	14		0–2	1–0	0–1	—	4–0	1–1
5	Scotland	10	2	2	6	8	17	−9	8		0–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	—	3–1
6	Northern Ireland	10	0	2	8	6	18	−12	2		1–2	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Final tournament

Group stage

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Macedonia	Knockout stage
2	Spain	Possible qualification based on ranking
3	Portugal
4	Serbia

First match(es) will be played on 17 June 2017. Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Recent results and fixtures

Generation 1994+

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Macedonia scorer(s)	Report
2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
11 June 2015	Hlíðarendi, Reykjavík, Iceland	Iceland	0–3		UEFA.com
5 September 2015	TC Petar Miloshevski, Skopje, Macedonia	Ukraine	1–0	Radeski 90+3'	UEFA.com
13 October 2015	Mourneview Park, Lurgan, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	2–1	Babunski 46', Markoski 85'	UEFA.com
15 November 2015	TC Petar Miloshevski, Skopje, Macedonia	France	2–2	Angelov 19', Radeski 40'	UEFA.com
24 March 2016	TC Petar Miloshevski, Skopje, Macedonia	Iceland	0–0		UEFA.com
28 March 2016	MMArena, Le Mans, France	France	1–1	Angelov 15'	UEFA.com
27 May 2016	Valeriy Lobanovskyi Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine	Ukraine	2–0	Radeski 18', Demiri 56'	UEFA.com
2 September 2016	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland	Scotland	1–0	Markoski 18'	UEFA.com
6 September 2016	Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia	Northern Ireland	2–0	Doherty 37' (o.g.), Markoski 85'	UEFA.com
11 October 2016	Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia	Scotland	2–0	Markoski 18', Bardhi 22'	UEFA.com
2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
17 June 2017	Kompleks Sportowy Zawisza, Bydgoszcz, Poland	Spain	–
20 June 2017	Kompleks Sportowy Zawisza, Bydgoszcz, Poland	Serbia	–
23 June 2017	Kompleks Sportowy Zawisza, Bydgoszcz, Poland	Portugal	–
Friendly matches
13 October 2014	Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia	Romania	2–1	Babunski 30', Bardhi 62'	FFM.mk
16 November 2014	TC Petar Miloshevski, Skopje, Macedonia	Montenegro	1–0	Zajkov 38'	FFM.mk
30 March 2015	Arena Petrol, Celje, Slovenia	Slovenia	1–1	Pivkovski 42'	FFM.mk
5 September 2015	TC Petar Miloshevski, Skopje, Macedonia	Australia U23	3–1	Imeri 3', Angelov 41', Petkovski 63'	FFM.mk
1 June 2016	TC Petar Miloshevski, Skopje, Macedonia	Belarus	1–1	Markoski 50'	FFM.mk

* Macedonia's scores are always listed first

Current Squad

Squad named for the U21 Euro qualifier against Scotland on 11 October 2016.

As of 11 October 2016^[1]

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Igor Aleksovski	(1995-02-24) 24 February 1995	10	0	Vardar
12	1GK	Damjan Shishkovski	(1995-03-18) 18 March 1995	5	0	Rabotnichki

5	2DF	Gjoko Zajkov	(1995-02-10) 10 February 1995	20	1	Charleroi
14	2DF	Darko Velkovski	(1995-06-21) 21 June 1995	19	2	Vardar
19	2DF	Besir Demiri	(1994-08-01) 1 August 1994	13	1	Shkendija
4	2DF	Visar Musliu	(1994-11-13) 13 November 1994	10	0	Renova
21	2DF	Mevlan Murati	(1994-03-05) 5 March 1994	9	0	Shkendija
15	2DF	Egzon Bejtulai	(1994-01-07) 7 January 1994	6	0	Shkendija
2	2DF	Kristijan Toshevski	(1994-05-06) 6 May 1994	3	0	Pelister
13	2DF	Konstantin Cheshmedjiev	(1996-01-29) 29 January 1996	1	0	Makedonija Gj. P.

10	3MF	David Babunski	(1994-03-01) 1 March 1994	23	5	Crvena Zvezda
8	3MF	Boban Nikolov	(1994-07-28) 28 July 1994	20	2	Vardar
17	3MF	Kire Markoski	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995	13	5	Rabotnichki
22	3MF	Daniel Avramovski	(1995-02-20) 20 February 1995	13	0	Crvena Zvezda
7	3MF	Enis Bardhi	(1995-07-02) 2 July 1995	11	2	Újpest
20	3MF	Tihomir Kostadinov	(1996-03-04) 4 March 1996	8	0	ViOn
16	3MF	Petar Petkovski	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997	3	1	Vardar
3	3MF	Kristijan Filipovski	(1996-10-02) 2 October 1996	1	0	Sileks
11	3MF	Nikola Gjorgjev	(1997-08-22) 22 August 1997	1	0	Grasshopper
6	3MF	Jovan Popzlatanov	(1996-07-06) 6 July 1996	1	0	Pelister

9	4FW	Marjan Radeski	(1995-02-10) 10 February 1995	17	3	Shkendija
18	4FW	Viktor Angelov	(1994-03-27) 27 March 1994	12	3	Újpest
23	4FW	Remzifaik Selmani	(1997-05-05) 5 May 1997	0	0	Renova

Recent call-ups

Players that have been called up within the past 12 months and are stll eligible for the 2017 European U21 Football Championship Qualifiers.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Filip Ilikj	(1997-01-26) 26 January 1997	0	0	Metalurg	v. Belarus, 1 June 2016

DF	Aleksa Amanović ^INJ	(1996-10-24) 24 October 1996	2	0	Javor	v. Scotland, 11 October 2016 (withdrew)
DF	Sabahudin Alomerovikj	(1997-06-29) 29 June 1997	1	0	Makedonija Gj. P.	v. Belarus, 1 June 2016
DF	Alex Simovski	(1996-02-22) 22 February 1996	1	0	Akropolis	v. Belarus, 1 June 2016
DF	Stefan Kostov	(1996-10-31) 31 October 1996	0	0	Bregalnica	v. Belarus, 1 June 2016

MF	Elif Elmas ^U19	(1999-09-27) 27 September 1999	1	0	Rabotnichki	v. Northern Ireland, 6 September 2016
MF	Benjamin Demir	(1996-05-16) 16 May 1996	1	0	Unattached	v. Belarus, 1 June 2016
MF	Liridon Ilazi	(1996-07-13) 13 July 1996	1	0	Sileks	v. Belarus, 1 June 2016
MF	Petar Krstić	(1997-09-03) 3 September 1997	1	0	Radnički Niš	v. Belarus, 1 June 2016
MF	Ennur Totre	(1996-10-20) 20 October 1996	1	0	Shkendija	v. Belarus, 1 June 2016
MF	Gjorgji Stoilov	(1995-08-25) 25 August 1995	1	0	Akademija Pandev	v. Belarus, 1 June 2016
MF	Kristijan Ivanov	(1995-05-21) 21 May 1995	1	0	Horizont Turnovo	v. France, 28 March 2016

FW	Filip Pivkovski ^INJ	(1994-01-31) 31 January 1994	9	1	Landskrona	v. Northern Ireland, 6 September 2016
FW	Rok Taneski	(1996-07-18) 18 July 1996	1	0	Dayton Flyers	v. Belarus, 1 June 2016

A: Called up by the Macedonia A National Team
U19: Called up by the Macedonia U19 National Team
INJ: Injured

Current First Squad

Aleksovski

Bejtullai

Current First Squad with the Club Leagues they play in

Statistics

Most appearances

Rank	Name	U21 Career	Caps
1	Goran Bogdanovikj	2009–2012	28
2	Nikola Gjoshevski	1997–2000	25
3	David Babunski	2012 –	23
4	Samir Fazli	2008–2012	22
	Kire Ristevski	2010–2012
	Yani Urdinov	2009–2012
7	Marjan Altiparmakovski	2010–2012	21
7	Stefan Spirovski	2009–2012	21
9	Bojan Markoski	2003–2005	20
	Boban Nikolov	2013 –
	Stefan Ristovski	2009–2014
	Antonio Stankov	2009–2012
	Gjoko Zajkov	2013 –

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	U21 Career	Goals
1	Samir Fazli	2008–2012	7
2	David Babunski	2012 –	5
	Kire Markoski	2013 –
	Ilija Nestorovski	2009–2012
5	Muarem Muarem	2009–2010	4
5	Aco Stojkov	2002–2005	4
7	Marjan Altiparmakovski	2010–2012	3
	Viktor Angelov	2013 –
	Dragan Gjorgiev	2009–2012
	Nikola Gjoshevski	1997–2000
	Ferhan Hasani	2010–2012
	Marjan Radeski	2013 –
	Aleksandar Trajkovski	2011–2014
	Zoran Zlatkovski	2007–2008

References

↑ FFM official website

External links

MacedonianFootball Contains news and information about the Macedonian U-21 National Football Team.
UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.

Macedonia national football team

General	Football Federation of Macedonia History Managers

Venues	Telekom Arena Stadion Goce Delčev SRC Biljanini Izvori

Training centre	Training Centre Petar Miloševski

Results	1990s 2000s 2010s

Players	Player records Macedonia national football team players

Other teams	Women Under-21 Under-19 Under-17

Football in the Macedonia

Football Federation of Macedonia

National teams

League system

men:	First League Second League Third League (N, E, S, W, SW) Regional Leagues Reserves

women:	Macedonian women's football championship

Domestic cups

Defunct competitions

Republic League (1944–1992)

National under-21 football teams of Europe (UEFA)

Active	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany USSR Yugoslavia

UEFA European U-21 and U-23 Championship

Under-23 Championship

Without host	1970–1972 1972–1974 1974–1976

Under-21 Championship

Without host	1976–1978 1978–1980 1980–1982 1982–1984 1984–1986 1986–1988 1988–1990 1990–1992

With host	France 1994 Spain 1996 Romania 1998 Slovakia 2000 Switzerland 2002 Germany 2004 Portugal 2006 Netherlands 2007 Sweden 2009 Denmark 2011 Israel 2013 Czech Republic 2015 Poland 2017 TBA 2019

Qualification	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Finals	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Squads	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

National sports teams of the Republic of Macedonia

Basketball M W Cricket Football M W M U21 M U19 M U17 Futsal Handball M W Ice hockey Inline hockey Tennis M W Volleyball Water polo

Olympics Paralympics European Games

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