Macedonia women's national football team

Macedonia

Nickname(s)	Црвени Лавови The Red Lions Црвено-Жолти Red-Yellows
Association	Football Federation of Macedonia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vančo Balevski
Captain	Katerina Mileska
Most caps	Violeta Spirovska (72)
Top scorer	Nataša Andonova (12)
Home stadium	Stadion Mladost
FIFA code	MKD
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	115 26 (28 September 2018)
Highest	90 (December 2009)
Lowest	124 (September 2006)
First international
Croatia 4–0 Macedonia  (Đakovo, Croatia; May 7, 2005)
Biggest win
Macedonia 5–1 Luxembourg  (Strumica, Macedonia; March 5, 2011)
Biggest defeat
Italy 15–0 Macedonia  (Vercelli, Italy, September 17, 2014)

The Macedonia women's national football team represents the Republic of Macedonia in international football. The team is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia, the governing body for football in the country.

Overview

They are currently coached by Gorazd Mihajlov. The Macedonian women's team find themselves ranked 104th out of 122 active women's footballing nations registered with FIFA.^[1]

The women's team played their first official game on 7 May 2005, in which they were beaten 4–0 by Croatia. Two weeks later, on 21 May 2005, Macedonia scored their first ever goal in a 7–1 loss to Slovenia.^[2]

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Edition	Final tournament record									Qualification record
	Result	Pos.	Pld.	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Result	Pld.	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1995	Did not enter
1999	Did not enter
2003	Did not enter
2007	Did not enter
2011	Did not qualify									Main Stage	8	0	0	8	3	68
2015	Did not qualify									Main Stage	10	0	1	9	6	74
2019	Did not enter
Overall	0 / 8	—									18	0	1	17	9	142

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

European Championship record

UEFA Euro record
Edition	Final tournament record									Qualification record
	Result	Pos.	Pld.	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Result	Pld.	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1993	Did not enter
1995	Did not enter
1997	Did not enter
2001	Did not enter
2005	Did not enter
2009	Did not qualify									Prel. Stage	3	0	0	3	0	14
2013	Did not qualify									Main Stage	13	2	3	8	12	51
2017	Did not qualify									Main Stage	8	0	0	8	4	51
Overall	0 / 9	—									24	2	3	19	16	116

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2000	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	To Be Determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Scorers

Current squad

Squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying round.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Froska Kostova	(1988-05-11) 11 May 1988			ZFK Naše Taksi
12	1GK	Elena Cakmakoska	(1990-07-16) 16 July 1990
22	1GK	Viktorija Panchurova	(1999-12-25) 25 December 1999
2	2DF	Martina Smilkovska	(1993-10-22) 22 October 1993
3	2DF	Daniela Veleska	(1997-10-03) 3 October 1997
4	2DF	Katerina Mileska	(1989-02-24) 24 February 1989
6	2DF	Simona Taseva	(1994-09-14) 14 September 1994
5	3MF	Pavlina Nikolovska	(1998-04-03) 3 April 1998
8	3MF	Emilija Stoliovska	(1994-01-29) 29 January 1994
13	3MF	Saska Kokalovska	(1996-12-08) 8 December 1996
14	3MF	Ivana Binevska	(2000-03-06) 6 March 2000
7	4FW	Simona Krstanovska	(1997-08-10) 10 August 1997		1
9	4FW	Eli Jakovska	(1995-05-16) 16 May 1995		2	FK Spartak Subotica
10	4FW	Aleksandra Ristovska	(1995-08-21) 21 August 1995
11	4FW	Afrodita Salihi	(1989-04-11) 11 April 1989
15	4FW	Elma Shemsovijk	(1999-02-04) 4 February 1999
16	4FW	Jana Chubrinovska	(1999-02-12) 12 February 1999
17	4FW	Ulza Maksuti	(1999-07-08) 8 July 1999

References

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile