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 Dobrinko Ilievski
Captain Davor Zdravkovski
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, also known as Macedonia under-21(s) or Macedonia U21(s), is a youth association football national team which represents Macedonia at this age level and is a feeder team for the Macedonia national football team.

This team is for Macedonian players aged 21 or under at the start of a two-year European Under-21 Football Championship campaign, so players can be, and often are, up to 23 years old. Also in existence are teams for Under-20s (for non-UEFA tournaments), Under-19s and Under 17s. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, making it possible to play for the U21s, senior side and again for the U21s. It is also possible to play for one country at youth level and another at senior level (providing the player is eligible)

The under-21 age category came into existence with the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976. The Macedonia U21 team was formed following Macedonia's independence from SFR Yugoslavia in 1991 and is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia (from 1976 to 1992 Macedonian players played for Yugoslavia U21). A 7–0 win in a friendly against Estonia played on 31 May 1994 was Macedonia U21s' first result.

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
Spain 1996 Did not qualify 104061627−11 Jovo Nikushev
Romania 1998 8116317−14 Zoran Smileski
Slovakia 2000 8107225−23 Perica Gruevski; Blagoja Kitanovski
Switzerland 2002 10127618−12 Blagoja Kitanovski; Nikola Ilievski
Germany 2004 8017423−19 Zharko Odzhakov; Mirsad Jonuz
Portugal 2006 12235918−9 Mirsad Jonuz
Netherlands 2007 4202660 Mirsad Jonuz
Sweden 2009 823356−1 Mirsad Jonuz
Denmark 2011 8026919−10 Mirsad Jonuz; Boban Babunski
Israel 2013 83321415−1 Boban Babunski
Czech Republic 2015 8116413−13 Boban Babunski; Vujadin Stanojković
Poland 2017 Group stage3012411−7 10631137+6 Blagoja Milevski
Italy 2019 Did not qualify 81161018−8 Blagoja Milevski; Dobrinko Ilievski
Total 1/13 3 0 1 2 4 11 −7 110 24 20 66 101 212 −111

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Knockout stage
2  Portugal 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
3  Serbia 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
4  Macedonia 3 0 1 2 4 11 −7 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 10 8 2 0 23 5 +18 26 Final tournament — 0–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 4–0
2  Austria 10 7 1 2 25 7 +18 22 Play-offs 1–3 — 3–2 2–1 2–0 3–0
3  Russia 10 6 1 3 25 13 +12 19 1–2 1–0 — 0–0 5–1 3–0
4  Armenia 10 2 3 5 9 16 −7 9 0–1 0–5 1–2 — 0–3 1–0
5  Macedonia 10 2 1 7 17 24 −7 7 0–2 0–4 3–4 3–3 — 6–1
6  Gibraltar 10 1 0 9 2 36 −34 3 0–6 0–5 0–5 0–3 1–0 —
Source: UEFA

Recent results and fixtures

Generation 1994+

Date Venue Opponents Score Macedonia scorer(s) Report
2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
17 June 2017 Stadion GOSiR, Gdynia, Poland  Spain 0–5 UEFA.com
20 June 2017 Kompleks Sportowy Zawisza, Bydgoszcz, Poland  Serbia 2–2 Bardhi  64' (pen.), Gjorgjev  83' UEFA.com
23 June 2017 Stadion GOSiR, Gdynia, Poland  Portugal 2–4 Bardhi  40', Markoski  80' UEFA.com

Generation 1996+

Date Venue Opponents Score Macedonia scorer(s) Report
2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
5 September 2017 FFA Academy Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia  Armenia 3–0 Kostadinov  8', 26', 72' UEFA.com
6 October 2017 TC Petar Miloshevski, Skopje, Macedonia  Serbia 0–2 UEFA.com
10 October 2017 Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal  Gibraltar 0–1 UEFA.com
14 November 2017 Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia  Austria 0–4 UEFA.com
23 March 2018 TC Petar Miloshevski, Skopje, Macedonia  Russia 3–4 Amanović  41' (pen.), 86', Petkovski  64' UEFA.com
27 March 2018 BSFZ Arena, Südstadt, Austria  Austria 0–2 UEFA.com
7 September 2018 Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad, Serbia  Serbia 1–2 Kostadinov  64' UEFA.com
11 September 2018 TC Petar Miloshevski, Skopje, Macedonia  Armenia 3–3 Atanasov  26', Zdravkovski  73' (pen.), Churlinov  89' UEFA.com
12 October 2018 Arsenal Stadium, Tula, Russia  Russia 1–5 Krstovski  74' UEFA.com
16 October 2018 TC Petar Miloshevski, Skopje, Macedonia  Gibraltar –
Friendly matches
1 June 2016 TC Petar Miloshevski, Skopje, Macedonia  Belarus 1–1 Markoski  50' FFM.mk
24 March 2017 TC Petar Miloshevski, Skopje, Macedonia  Montenegro 2–0 Elmas  31', Cheshmedjiev  74' (pen.) FFM.mk
  • * Macedonia's scores are always listed first

Generation 1998+

Date Venue Opponents Score Macedonia scorer(s) Report
Friendly matches
24 May 2018 Dalga Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan  Azerbaijan 1–1 Trajanovski  87' affa.az
27 May 2018 Dalga Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan  Azerbaijan 1–0 Krivotsyuk  24' (o.g.) affa.az
  • * Macedonia's scores are always listed first

Squad

Current Squad

Squad named for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification games against  Russia and  Gibraltar on 12 and 16 October 2018.[1]
Caps and goals as of 12 October 2018, after the game against Russia.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Risto Jankov (1998-09-05) 5 September 1998 6 0 Republic of Macedonia Rabotnichki
12 1GK Hristijan Stevkovski (1999-02-27) 27 February 1999 2 0 Republic of Macedonia Skopje
23 1GK Tomas Bozhinoski (1999-04-10) 10 April 1999 0 0 Portugal Paços de Ferreira U19
3 2DF Mihail Manevski (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 5 0 Republic of Macedonia Akademija Pandev
5 2DF Filip Trajanovski (1999-03-21) 21 March 1999 4 1 Sweden Oddevold
2 2DF Vane Jovanov (1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 4 0 Republic of Macedonia Akademija Pandev
11 2DF Todor Todoroski (1999-02-26) 26 February 1999 3 0 Republic of Macedonia Vardar
6 2DF Agron Rufati (1999-04-06) 6 April 1999 2 0 Croatia Istra
15 2DF Oliver Stoimenovski (1999-03-26) 26 March 1999 2 0 Republic of Macedonia Rabotnichki
20 3MF Tihomir Kostadinov (1996-03-04) 4 March 1996 17 4 Slovakia Ružomberok
22 3MF Nikola Gjorgjev (1997-08-22) 22 August 1997 11 1 Switzerland Grasshopper
10 3MF Davor Zdravkovski (C) (1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 11 1 Cyprus AEL
18 3MF Ennur Totre (1996-10-20) 20 October 1996 6 0 Republic of Macedonia Shkëndija
8 3MF Jani Atanasov (1999-10-31) 31 October 1999 5 1 Turkey Bursaspor
4 3MF Stefan Jevtoski (1997-09-02) 2 September 1997 4 0 Ukraine Arsenal Kyiv
7 3MF Kristian Trajcheski (1998-11-15) 15 November 1998 3 0 Portugal Oliveira do Hospital
21 3MF Dimitar Mitrovski (1999-01-28) 28 January 1999 2 0 Portugal Sporting U23
19 3MF Kristijan Trapanovski (1999-08-14) 14 August 1999 2 0 Czech Republic Viktoria Žižkov
9 4FW Milan Ristovski (1998-04-08) 8 April 1998 5 0 Slovenia Krško
17 4FW Mario Krstovski (1998-04-03) 3 April 1998 3 1 Republic of Macedonia Akademija Pandev

Recent call-ups

Players that have been called up within the past 12 months and are eligible for the 2021 European U21 Football Championship Qualifiers.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Filip Trajchevski (1998-09-08) 8 September 1998 0 0 Republic of Macedonia Struga v.  Armenia, 11 September 2018
DF Nehar Sadiki (1998-03-16) 16 March 1998 5 0 Unattached v.  Azerbaijan, 27 May 2018
DF Filip Antovski U19 (2000-11-24) 24 November 2000 0 0 Republic of Macedonia Vardar v.  Azerbaijan, 27 May 2018
DF Esmin Lichina (1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 1 0 Republic of Macedonia Skopje v.  Austria, 27 March 2018
MF Darko Churlinov U19 (2000-07-11) 11 July 2000 4 1 Germany Köln II v.  Armenia, 11 September 2018
MF Enis Fazlagić U19 (2000-03-27) 27 March 2000 2 0 Slovakia Žilina v.  Armenia, 11 September 2018
MF Agon Hani (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 0 0 Czech Republic Jablonec U21 v.  Armenia, 11 September 2018
MF Marco Ferukoski (1999-05-26) 26 May 1999 2 0 Germany Kickers Offenbach v.  Azerbaijan, 27 May 2018
MF Daniel Milovanovikj (1998-08-10) 10 August 1998 2 0 Republic of Macedonia Akademija Pandev v.  Azerbaijan, 27 May 2018
MF Mile Todorov (1999-08-20) 20 August 1999 2 0 Croatia Novigrad v.  Azerbaijan, 27 May 2018
MF Elif Elmas A (1999-09-27) 27 September 1999 9 1 Turkey Fenerbahçe v.  Austria, 14 November 2017
FW Stefan Bogdanovski (1999-03-15) 15 March 1999 2 0 Slovakia Sereď v.  Azerbaijan, 27 May 2018
FW Emil Abaz (1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 7 0 Belgium Beerschot Wilrijk v.  Austria, 27 March 2018

Current First Squad

Republic of Macedonia
Jankov
Sweden
Trajanovski
Republic of Macedonia
Jovanov
Republic of Macedonia
Manevski
Current First Squad (96+) with the Club Leagues they play in

Past squads

Statistics

See also

References

  1. ↑ У21 список: Македонија со неколку промени за Русија и Гибралтар
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