Macedonia national handball team

Macedonia national handball team
Information
Nickname	Red-Yellow Lions
Association	Macedonian Handball Federation
Coach	Raúl González
Assistant coach	Aleksandar Carchev; Roberto García
Captain	Kiril Lazarov
Most caps	Stevče Aluševski (245)
Most goals	Kiril Lazarov (1603)
Colours
Home	Away
Results
World Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 1999)
Best result	9th (2015)
European Championship
Appearances	5 (First in 1998)
Best result	5th (2012)
	Last updated on Unknown.

The Macedonia national handball team is the national handball team of the Republic of Macedonia. The team is run by the Macedonian Handball Federation, the governing body of handball in Macedonia. Prior to joining the International Handball Federation in 1993 as an independent country, Macedonia was represented within the Yugoslavia national handball team.

Accomplishments within Federation

Olympics:	World Championship:	Mediterranean Games:
1936 - did not participate 1972 - Champion 1976 - 5th place 1980 - 6th place 1984 - Champion 1988 - 3rd place 1992 - The separation of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia led to United Nations sanctions, athletes were not allowed to participate with their own team. However, some individual athletes competed under the Olympic flag as Independent Olympic Participants.	1938 - did not participate 1954 - did not participate 1958 - 8th place 1961 - 9th place 1964 - 6th place 1967 - 7th place 1970 - 3rd place 1974 - 3rd place 1978 - 5th place 1982 - Runner-up 1986 - Champion 1990 - 4th place 1993 - The separation of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia led to United Nations sanctions, athletes were not allowed to participate with their own team.	1967 - Champion 1971 - Cancelled 1975 - Champion 1979 - Champion 1983 - Champion 1987 - 1991 - Champion

Accomplishments

Olympics Qualification

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1996–2016	Did not qualify

World Championships

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1995	Did not qualify
1997	Did not qualify
1999	Preliminary round	18th	5	1	0	4	122	149	−27
2001	Did not qualify
2003
2005
2007
2009	Main Round	11th	11	5	0	6	309	322	−13
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Round of 16	14th	6	2	1	3	165	171	−6
2015	Round of 16	9th	6	4	0	2	181	168	+13
2017	Round of 16	15th	6	2	1	3	163	171	−8
2019	Qualified
Total	6/13	—	34	14	2	18	940	981	−41

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Did not participated
1996	Did not qualify
1998	Preliminary Round	12th	6	0	1	5	130	174
2000	Did not qualify
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012	5th / 6th Place	5th	7	4	1	2	185	175
2014	Main Round	10th	6	1	1	4	141	167
2016	Main Round	11th	6	0	2	4	157	176
2018	Main Round	11th	6	2	1	3	143	164
Total	5/12	—	31	7	6	18	756	857

Mediterranean Games

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L
1995–2009	Did not participate in MG
2013	Group stage	8th	5	2	0	3
2018
Total	1/6	—	5	2	0	3

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification against Romania.^[1]

Head coach: Raúl González

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Nikola Mitrevski	(1985-10-03) 3 October 1985	1.88 m	56	0	HC Dobrogea Sud
3	LW	Dejan Manaskov	(1992-08-26) 26 August 1992	1.80 m	38	117	Telekom Veszprém
4	RB	Martin Velkovski	(1997-03-10) 10 March 1997	1.91 m	3	6	RK Metalurg Skopje
5	P	Stojanče Stoilov	(1987-04-30) 30 April 1987	1.92 m	32	51	RK Vardar
7	RB	Kiril Lazarov	(1980-05-10) 10 May 1980	1.93 m	230	1603	HBC Nantes
8	CB	Nemanja Pribak	(1984-03-26) 26 March 1984	1.90 m	13	17	Beşiktaş
11	LB	Filip Taleski	(1996-03-28) 28 March 1996	2.00 m	19	48	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
12	GK	Martin Tomovski	(1997-07-10) 10 July 1997	1.92 m	0	0	RK Metalurg Skopje
13	CB	Filip Mirkulovski	(1983-09-14) 14 September 1983	1.89 m	126	315	HSG Wetzlar
14	LB	Velko Markoski	(1986-04-05) 5 April 1986	1.94 m	44	8	HC Dobrogea Sud
16	GK	Borko Ristovski	(1982-11-02) 2 November 1982	1.90 m	118	3	FC Barcelona
17	P	Nikola Markoski	(1990-05-22) 22 May 1990	1.96 m	10	10	RK Eurofarm Rabotnik
18	LB	Filip Kuzmanovski	(1996-07-03) 3 July 1996	1.98 m	11	31	RK Metalurg Skopje
22	RW	Goce Georgievski	(1987-02-12) 12 February 1987	1.85 m	64	170	CSM București
23	LB	Filip Lazarov	(1985-04-21) 21 April 1985	1.97 m	47	133	Beşiktaş
24	GK	Zlatko Daskalovski	(1984-12-08) 8 December 1984	1.95 m	0	0	Poli Timişoara
25	CB	Goran Krstevski	(1996-03-29) 29 March 1996	1.96 m	0	0	RK Eurofarm Rabotnik
26	LW	Goce Ojleski	(1989-10-10) 10 October 1989	1.88 m	27	21	RK Eurofarm Rabotnik
28	RW	Martin Popovski	(1994-08-26) 26 August 1994	1.77 m	4	2	RK Vardar
33	P	Žarko Peševski	(1991-04-11) 11 April 1991	1.95 m	11	17	HC Motor Zaporizhia

Squad for the 2018 Mediterranean Games.^[2]

Head coach: Roberto García Parrondo

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
3	P	Kostadin Petrov	(1992-03-30) 30 March 1992	1.90 m	0	0	RK Pelister
6	LW	Bojan Madzovski	(1994-08-05) 5 August 1994	1.84 m	0	0	RK Metalurg Skopje
8	CB	Filip Čurlevski	(1992-02-22) 22 February 1992	1.77 m	0	0	RK Eurofarm Rabotnik
9	RW	Martin Popovski	(1994-08-26) 26 August 1994	1.77 m	4	2	RK Vardar
10	CB	Martin Manaskov	(1994-06-07) 7 June 1994	1.90 m	0	0	RK Tineks Prolet
12	GK	Martin Tomovski	(1997-07-10) 10 July 1997	1.92 m	0	0	RK Metalurg Skopje
14	CB	Lasko Andonovski	(1991-06-15) 15 June 1991	1.83 m	0	0	RK Tineks Prolet
18	LB	Filip Kuzmanovski	(1996-07-03) 3 July 1996	1.98 m	11	31	RK Metalurg Skopje
20	GK	Nikola Danilovski	(1997-02-01) 1 February 1997	1.84 m	0	0	RK Metalurg Skopje
25	CB	Goran Krstevski	(1996-03-29) 29 March 1996	1.96 m	0	0	RK Eurofarm Rabotnik
26	LW	Goce Ojleski	(1989-10-10) 10 October 1989	1.88 m	27	21	RK Eurofarm Rabotnik
30	RB	Martin Velkovski	(1997-03-10) 10 March 1997	1.91 m	3	6	RK Metalurg Skopje
44	P	Žarko Peševski	(1991-04-11) 11 April 1991	1.95 m	11	17	HC Motor Zaporizhia
55	RW	Nikola Kosteski	(1992-08-22) 22 August 1992	1.83 m	2	1	Selka Eskişehir
88	LB	Darko Dimitrievski	(1993-05-16) 16 May 1993	1.94 m	0	0	Balonmano Sinfín
97	P	Milan Lazarevski	(1997-02-09) 9 February 1997	1.97 m	0	0	RK Metalurg Skopje
	LB	Darko Georgievski	(1992-02-03) 3 February 1992	1.97 m	0	0	RK Ohrid 2013

Recent call ups

These are players that have also received a call for the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship, the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification against Romania or 2018 Mediterranean Games.

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
29	LB	Marko Neloski	(1996-06-06) 6 June 1996	2.00 m	2	5	RK Struga
71	LW	Davor Palevski	(1997-02-26) 26 February 1997	1.82 m	0	0	RK Metalurg Skopje
	LB	Risto Arnaudovski	(1981-07-09) 9 July 1981	1.96 m	0	0	Alpla HC Hard
	CB	Aco Jonovski	(1980-12-29) 29 December 1980	1.97 m	70	68	SG Ratingen
	LB	Stefan Drogrishki	(1994-09-09) 9 September 1994	1.93 m	2	0	RK Eurofarm Rabotnik
	GK	Blagojče Trajkovski	(1986-10-06) 6 October 1986	1.84 m	0	0	RK Eurofarm Rabotnik
	LB	Jovica Mladenovski	(1987-05-20) 20 May 1987	1.90 m	0	0	RK Butel Skopje
	GK	Kiril Kolev	(1978-07-18) 18 July 1978	1.96 m	0	0	KH Kastrioti
	LW	Vlado Nedanovski	(1985-06-23) 23 June 1985	1.87 m	4	7	RK Vardar
	P	Ivan Taseski	(1993-07-14) 14 July 1993	1.82 m	0	0	RK Ohrid 2013
	LB	Mario Tankoski	(1998-08-28) 28 August 1998	1.92 m	0	0	RK Metalurg Skopje
	GK	Jane Cvetkovski	(1987-08-29) 29 August 1987	1.91 m	0	0	Ystads IF
	GK	Daniel Gjorgjeski	(1993-12-08) 8 December 1993	1.85 m	0	0	RK Vardar
	LW	Dimitar Dimitrioski	(1998-02-16) 16 February 1998	1.82 m	0	0	RK Metalurg Skopje
	LB	Milorad Kukoski	(1987-12-07) 7 December 1987	1.94 m	33	165	RK Eurofarm Rabotnik
	RB	Martin Serafimov	(2000-03-03) 3 March 2000	1.90 m	0	0	RK Metalurg Skopje
	RW	Tomislav Jagurinovski	(1998-08-19) 19 August 1998	1.88 m	0	0	RK Metalurg Skopje
	P	Filip Arsenovski	(1998-07-30) 30 July 1998	1.93 m	0	0	RK Metalurg Skopje

Notable players

Statistics

Most appearances

#	Name	Matches
1	Stevče Aluševski	243
2	Kiril Lazarov	171
3	Branislav Angelovski	159
4	Vancho Dimovski	119
5	Filip Mirkulovski	118
6	Borko Ristovski	111
7	Naumče Mojsovski	108

Top scorers

#	Name	Goals
1	Kiril Lazarov	1289
2	Stevče Aluševski	967
3	Branislav Angelovski	392
4	Filip Mirkulovski	296
5	Pepi Manaskov	264
6	Vladimir Temelkov	243
7	Vancho Dimovski	226
8	Naumče Mojsovski	163
9	Milorad Kukoski	165

Supporters

Macedonian fans
Macedonian fans

Macedonian handball supporters are known as Makedonska Falanga or Macedonian Phalanx. They are one of the best national handball supporters in the world and travel everywhere with the team. In 2009, at the World Handball Championship they supported the team in large numbers especially in Varaždin where they helped Macedonia defeat Poland and Russia, to reach the Main Round of the tournament.^[3] They followed that up with an even bigger showing at the European Handball Championship in Serbia. The massive show of support by the Makedonska Falanga helped the Macedonian team achieve its highest placing to date, when they finished in 5th place.^[4] The team started as one of the biggest outsiders, playing with heart and never giving up, supported by thousands of Macedonian fans it was able to upset a lot of opponents and missed a chance for semi-finals by only losing 2 games by 1 point in the last seconds.^[5] In April 2012, the head of the IHF sent out a letter to the Macedonian handball federation to applaud the fans' support during the Olympic qualification matches in Sweden. Although Macedonia didn't qualify for the Olympics, its fans are widely acknowledged as the best handball fans in the world.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Record against other teams

As of 28 Jan 2018, after 2018 ECh

**Key**
	Positive total balance (more wins)
	Neutral total balance (equal W/L ratio)
	Negative total balance (more losses)

National team	Total				Olympic Games				World Championship				European Championship				Mediterranean Games				Qualifications
National team	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L
Algeria	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angola	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Austria	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	0	1
Belarus	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	2	1	0	1
Belgium	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	10	10	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	2	2
Brazil	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1
Bulgaria	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	6	6	0	0
Chile	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0
Croatia	5	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1
Cuba	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Cyprus	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Czech Republic	14	5	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	10	4	2	4
Denmark	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	3	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Egypt	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Estonia	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	6	4	2	0
Finland	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	0
France	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Germany	5	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Greece	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	1
Hungary	12	2	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	11	2	0	9
Iceland	15	3	1	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	12	3	0	9
Iran	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Israel	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	4	3	0	1
Italy	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0
Latvia	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0
Lithuania	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	3	0	1	2
Luxemburg	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0
Montenegro	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	0	1
Norway	5	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	0	1
Poland	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1
Portugal	8	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	8	4	0	4
Qatar	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Romania	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	0	1
Russia	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Serbia	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	0	1
Slovenia	6	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
South Korea	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Spain	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Sweden	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1
Switzerland	9	3	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	8	2	0	6
Tunisia	5	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
Turkey	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	0	0
Ukraine	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	4	1	2	1
Total (47)	209	91	20	98

References

↑
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↑ "Macedonia defeats Russia, qualifies for next round". MINA. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
↑ "Macedonia beats Slovenia for the 5th place". Borjan Zafirovski. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
↑ "EHF Euro 2012 – The Macedonians Are In Town". D Hero. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
↑ "IHF recognizes Macedonian Phalanx". MINA. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
↑ ""Falangata" nema ramni na sebe". Zoran Misevski. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
↑ ""Македонската фаланга" доби признание од ИХФ". IDIVIDI. Retrieved 2012-04-18.

External links

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[2] ↑

[3] "Macedonia defeats Russia, qualifies for next round". MINA. Retrieved 2009-01-22.

[4] "Macedonia beats Slovenia for the 5th place". Borjan Zafirovski. Retrieved 2012-01-27.

[5] "EHF Euro 2012 – The Macedonians Are In Town". D Hero. Retrieved 2012-01-29.

[6] "IHF recognizes Macedonian Phalanx". MINA. Retrieved 2012-04-18.

[7] ""Falangata" nema ramni na sebe". Zoran Misevski. Retrieved 2012-04-18.

[8] ""Македонската фаланга" доби признание од ИХФ". IDIVIDI. Retrieved 2012-04-18.

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