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

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	Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible qualification based on ranking
3	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	GK	Igor Aleksovski	24 February 1995	10	0	Vardar
12	GK	Damjan Shishkovski	18 March 1995	5	0	Rabotnichki
5	DF	Gjoko Zajkov	10 February 1995	20	1	Charleroi
14	DF	Darko Velkovski	21 June 1995	19	2	Vardar
19	DF	Besir Demiri	1 August 1994	13	1	Shkendija
4	DF	Visar Musliu	13 November 1994	10	0	Renova
21	DF	Mevlan Murati	5 March 1994	9	0	Shkendija
15	DF	Egzon Bejtulai	7 January 1994	6	0	Shkendija
2	DF	Kristijan Toshevski	6 May 1994	3	0	Pelister
13	DF	Konstantin Cheshmedjiev	29 January 1996	1	0	Makedonija Gj. P.
10	MF	David Babunski	1 March 1994	23	5	Crvena Zvezda
8	MF	Boban Nikolov	28 July 1994	20	2	Vardar
17	MF	Kire Markoski	20 May 1995	13	5	Rabotnichki
22	MF	Daniel Avramovski	20 February 1995	13	0	Crvena Zvezda
7	MF	Enis Bardhi	2 July 1995	11	2	Újpest
20	MF	Tihomir Kostadinov	4 March 1996	8	0	ViOn
16	MF	Petar Petkovski	3 January 1997	3	1	Vardar
3	MF	Kristijan Filipovski	2 October 1996	1	0	Sileks
11	MF	Nikola Gjorgjev	22 August 1997	1	0	Grasshopper
6	MF	Jovan Popzlatanov	6 July 1996	1	0	Pelister
9	FW	Marjan Radeski	10 February 1995	17	3	Shkendija
18	FW	Viktor Angelov	27 March 1994	12	3	Újpest
23	FW	Remzifaik Selmani	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	26 January 1997	0	0	Metalurg	v.  Belarus, 1 June 2016
DF	Aleksa Amanović ^INJ	24 October 1996	2	0	Javor	v.  Scotland, 11 October 2016 (withdrew)
DF	Sabahudin Alomerovikj	29 June 1997	1	0	Makedonija Gj. P.	v.  Belarus, 1 June 2016
DF	Alex Simovski	22 February 1996	1	0	Akropolis	v.  Belarus, 1 June 2016
DF	Stefan Kostov	31 October 1996	0	0	Bregalnica	v.  Belarus, 1 June 2016
MF	Elif Elmas ^U19	27 September 1999	1	0	Rabotnichki	v.  Northern Ireland, 6 September 2016
MF	Benjamin Demir	16 May 1996	1	0	Unattached	v.  Belarus, 1 June 2016
MF	Liridon Ilazi	13 July 1996	1	0	Sileks	v.  Belarus, 1 June 2016
MF	Petar Krstić	3 September 1997	1	0	Radnički Niš	v.  Belarus, 1 June 2016
MF	Ennur Totre	20 October 1996	1	0	Shkendija	v.  Belarus, 1 June 2016
MF	Gjorgji Stoilov	25 August 1995	1	0	Akademija Pandev	v.  Belarus, 1 June 2016
MF	Kristijan Ivanov	21 May 1995	1	0	Horizont Turnovo	v.  France, 28 March 2016
FW	Filip Pivkovski ^INJ	31 January 1994	9	1	Landskrona	v.  Northern Ireland, 6 September 2016
FW	Rok Taneski	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

Velkovski

Zajkov

Bejtullai

Demiri

Nikolov

Bardhi

Radeski

Markoski

Babunski

Angelov

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 Stefan Spirovski 2009–2012 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 Aco Stojkov 2002–2005 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

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. 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.