North Macedonia national under-21 football team

The North Macedonia national under-21 football team is a youth association football national team which represents North Macedonia at this age level and is a feeder team for the North Macedonia national football team. It was formerly known as the Macedonia national under-21 football team.

North Macedonia Under-21
Nickname(s)The Red Lions (Црвени лавови)
AssociationFootball Federation of North Macedonia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachBlagoja Milevski
CaptainJani Atanasov
Milan Ristovski
Agron Rufati
Davor Zdravkovski
Most capsGoran Bogdanović (28)
Top scorerSamir Fazli (7)
FIFA codeMKD
First colours
Second colours
First international
Unofficial
 Macedonia 7–0  Estonia
(Skopje, 31 May 1994)
Official
 Macedonia 5–3  Denmark
(Kočani, 7 September 1994)
Biggest win
Unofficial
 Macedonia 7–0  Estonia
(Skopje, 31 May 1994)
Official
 North Macedonia 7–1  Faroe Islands
(Skopje, 10 September 2019)
Biggest defeat
 Macedonia 0–8  FR Yugoslavia
(Skopje, 7 September 1999)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2017)
Best resultGroup stage, 2017

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 North 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. Four months later, Macedonia also had their first competitive match which ended in a 5–3 win against Denmark.

So far, the team has qualified for one final tournament, the one being the 2017 Euro U21 held in Poland for players born 1994 or later. They ended the tournament on the 11th position with 1 draw and 2 losses over the group stage.

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 104061627−11 Jovo Nikushev
1998 8116317−14 Zoran Smileski
2000 8107225−23 Perica Gruevski, Blagoja Kitanovski
2002 10127618−12 Blagoja Kitanovski, Nikola Ilievski
2004 8017423−19 Zharko Odjakov, Mirsad Jonuz
2006 12235918−9 Mirsad Jonuz
2007 4202660 Mirsad Jonuz
2009 823356−1 Mirsad Jonuz
2011 8026919−10 Mirsad Jonuz, Boban Babunski
2013 83321415−1 Boban Babunski
2015 8116413−13 Boban Babunski, Vujadin Stanojković
2017 Group stage3012411−7 10631137+6 Blagoja Milevski
2019 Did not qualify 102171724−7 Blagoja Milevski, Dobrinko Ilievski
2021 To be determined 4211106+4 Blagoja Milevski
Total 1/13 3 0 1 2 4 11 −7 116 27 21 68 118 224 −106

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
Main article: 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification
Main article: 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 5 4 1 0 9 1 +8 13 Final tournament — 13 Oct TBD 3–0 2–0 8 Oct
2  Israel 4 2 2 0 6 3 +3 8 Final tournament if best runners-up
(Play-offs otherwise)		 1–1 — 8 Sep TBD 0–0 3–1
3  Kazakhstan 5 2 1 2 7 6 +1 7[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 1–2 — 8 Oct 3 Sep 13 Oct
4  North Macedonia 4 2 1 1 10 6 +4 7[lower-alpha 1] 8 Sep TBD 1–1 — 13 Oct 7–1
5  Montenegro 6 1 1 4 5 8 −3 4 0–2 8 Oct 1–2 1–2 — 3–0
6  Faroe Islands 4 0 0 4 3 16 −13 0 TBD 2 Sep 1–3 TBD TBD —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2019. Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head points (1), goal difference (0), goals scored (1). Ranked on head-to-head away goals: Kazakhstan 1, North Macedonia 0.

Recent results and fixtures

Generation 1998+
Date Venue Opponents Score Macedonia scorer(s) Report
2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
10 September 2019 Petar Miloshevski TC, Skopje, North Macedonia  Faroe Islands 7–1 Mitrovski  26', 45+3', 85', Churlinov  32', 88', Daci  59', Lichina  62' uefa.com
10 October 2019 DG Arena, Podgorica, Montenegro  Montenegro 2–1 Atanasov  14', 33' (pen) uefa.com
15 October 2019 Petar Miloshevski TC, Skopje, North Macedonia  Kazakhstan 1–1 Ristovski  20' uefa.com
14 November 2019 Estadio Municipal de Santo Domingo, Alcorcón, Spain  Spain 0–3 uefa.com
3 September 2020 Petar Miloshevski TC, Skopje, North Macedonia  Spain
8 September 2020 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands  Faroe Islands
8 October 2020 TBA, TBA, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan
13 October 2020 Petar Miloshevski TC, Skopje, North Macedonia  Montenegro
12 November 2020 Sala Stadium, Ashkelon, Israel  Israel
17 November 2020 Petar Miloshevski TC, Skopje, North Macedonia  Israel
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
16 November 2018 Camp FSCG, Podgorica, Montenegro  Serbia 0–1 fss.rs
19 November 2018 Camp FSCG, Podgorica, Montenegro  Montenegro 2–0 Abaz  21', 50' fscg.me
22 March 2019 Bellis SC, Belek, Turkey  Ukraine 1–3 Krstovski  85' ffm.mk
24 March 2019 Limak Arcadia SC, Belek, Turkey  Latvia 0–1 lff.lv
26 March 2019 Limak Arcadia SC, Belek, Turkey  Estonia 1–1 Ristovski  26' jalgpall.ee
6 June 2019 Červeník Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia  Finland 1–0 Jovanov  4' ffm.mk
  • * Macedonia's scores are always listed first

Squad

Current squad

Squad named for the 2021 UEFA European U21 qualifying match against  Spain and  Faroe Islands on 14 and 19 November 2019.[1] The match against Faroe Islands was eventually postponed for 4 June 2020.
Caps and goals as of 14 November 2019, after the game against Spain.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Risto Jankov (1998-09-05) 5 September 1998 13 0 Rabotnichki
12 1GK Tomás Bozhinoski (1999-04-10) 10 April 1999 4 0 Feirense U23
22 1GK David Denkovski (2000-08-17) 17 August 2000 0 0 Kit-Go
2 2DF Vane Jovanov (1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 15 1 Akademija Pandev
4 2DF Todor Todoroski (1999-02-26) 26 February 1999 13 0 Osijek
5 2DF Agron Rufati (C) (1999-04-06) 6 April 1999 12 1 Istra 1961
6 2DF Esmin Lichina (1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 9 1 Makedonija GP
3 2DF Filip Antovski (2000-11-24) 24 November 2000 6 0 Dinamo II
13 2DF Nikola Serafimov (1999-08-11) 11 August 1999 3 0 Vysočina B
14 2DF Adrian Hajdari (2000-05-31) 31 May 2000 0 0 Rapid
10 3MF Davor Zdravkovski (C) (1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 22 2 AEL
18 3MF Emil Abaz (1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 15 2 Unattached
8 3MF Jani Atanasov (C) (1999-10-31) 31 October 1999 14 3 Bursaspor
21 3MF Dimitar Mitrovski (1999-01-28) 28 January 1999 13 6 Sporting U23
11 3MF Kristijan Trapanovski (1999-08-14) 14 August 1999 11 0 Železiarne Podbrezová
9 3MF Darko Churlinov (2000-07-11) 11 July 2000 8 3 Stuttgart
16 3MF Kristijan Ackovski (1999-02-15) 15 February 1999 7 0 Bregalnica
17 3MF Enis Fazlagikj (2000-03-27) 27 March 2000 3 0 Žilina
20 3MF Tomche Grozdanovski (2000-03-14) 14 March 2000 1 0 ViOn
15 3MF Sefer Emini (2000-07-15) 15 July 2000 0 0 Makedonija GP
7 4FW Milan Ristovski (C) (1998-04-08) 8 April 1998 16 2 Nitra
19 4FW Erdon Daci (1998-07-04) 4 July 1998 5 1 Konyaspor
23 4FW Marko Gjorgjievski (2000-04-18) 18 April 2000 1 0 Voždovac

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 Daniel Kotevski (1999-08-16) 16 August 1999 1 0 Pobeda v.  Faroe Islands, 10 September 2019
DF Denis Stoshikj (1999-02-27) 27 February 1999 1 0 Unattached v.  Kazakhstan, 15 October 2019
MF Milosh Tosheski (1998-02-24) 24 February 1998 8 0 Rabotnichki v.  Kazakhstan, 15 October 2019
MF Kristian Trajcheski (1998-11-15) 15 November 1998 5 0 Oliveira do Hospital v.  Faroe Islands, 10 September 2019
MF Ensar Luma (2000-06-17) 17 June 2000 1 0 Shkëndija v.  Faroe Islands, 10 September 2019
FW Mario Krstovski (1998-04-03) 3 April 1998 12 2 Akademija Pandev v.  Kazakhstan, 15 October 2019
  • A: Called up by the Macedonia A National Team
  • U19: Called up by the Macedonia U19 National Team
  • INJ: Injured
  • WD: Withdrew
  • PRE: Preliminary squad

Current First Squad

Jankov
Lichina
Antovski
Mitrovski
Current First Squad (98+) with the Club Leagues they play in

Past squads

Statistics

See also
  • Macedonia national football team
  • Macedonia national under-19 football team
  • Macedonia national under-17 football team
  • European Under-21 Football Championship

References
  1. Селекторот на Македонија до 21 година го објави списокот на Шпанија и Фарски Острови
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