Macedonia national football team

Macedonia
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Црвени Рисови; Crveni Risovi (Red Lynxes); Црвени Лавови; Crveni Lavovi (Red Lions);
Association	Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија – Fudbalska Federacija na Makedonija (ФФМ/FFM)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Igor Angelovski
Captain	Vanče Šikov
Most caps	Goce Sedloski (100)
Top scorer	Goran Pandev (26)
Home stadium	Philip II Arena
FIFA code	MKD
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	139 7 (5 November 2015)
Highest	46 (October 2008)
Lowest	147 (May 1994)
First international
	Slovenia 1–4 Macedonia ; (Kranj, Slovenia; 13 October 1993)

The Macedonia national football team (Macedonian: Фудбалска репрезентација на Македонија, Fudbalska reprezentacija na Makedonija) is the national football team of the Republic of Macedonia and is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia. The venue for home games is the Philip II Arena in Skopje.

On 12 August 2009, as part of the 100-year anniversary of football in Macedonia, the national team played a friendly match against the current European champions Spain. Star player Goran Pandev scored two goals in the first half to give Macedonia a 2–0 lead before Spain scored three goals in the second half to record the 3–2 victory in front of a record crowd of 30,000 at the renovated Philip II Arena.^[1]

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1990	Was part of Yugoslavia
1994 to 2014	Did not qualify
2018	To be determined
2022	To be determined
Total		0/20

The Macedonia national football team has yet to qualify for a World Cup Finals tournament. In their attempt at qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, they finished fourth in Group 9 with seven points. Surprisingly, due to the closeness of the group throughout the campaign (only five teams in the group), Macedonia remained in contention to qualify until the final group game, which Macedonia lost 2–1 away to Norway.

European Championship record

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960 to 1988	Was part of Yugoslavia
1992 to 2016	Did not qualify
2020	To be determined
Total		0/15

As with their World Cup campaigns, Macedonia has yet to qualify for a European Championship after three qualifying campaigns. They beat Estonia 1–0 on 16 August 2006 in the first game of the qualification campaign for Euro 2008. They drew 0–0 with England on 7 October 2006, marking one of their best results to date. Another surprising game was a 2–0 win over a strong Croatian side on 17 November 2007.

Summer Olympics record

Barcelona 1992 - London 2012: Did not Qualify

History

The beginning

Z. Micevski

The squad on the first official international match against Slovenia on 13 October 1993

In 1994, Macedonia became a member of FIFA and UEFA after the break-up of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The team began its football journey with a 4–1 win against Slovenia in a friendly on 13 October 1993 under coach Andon Dončevski.

They went on to win their next two friendlies against Slovenia and Estonia before suffering their first loss against Turkey on 31 August 1994 (before this they lost to Club Atlético Peñarol 0–4 in Montevideo in February 1994). The inaugural Macedonian side featured Darko Pančev, who won the European Cup with Red Star Belgrade in 1991 and also played for Internazionale in Italy.

Euro 1996 qualifiers

The Euro 96 Qualifiers was the first major qualifying tournament that Macedonia participated in as an independent nation and they were grouped with Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Cyprus and Armenia. In their opening game, which was also their first ever official match, Macedonia was drawn against the reigning European Champions Denmark.

The game was played in Skopje on 7 September 1994 and it finished 1–1 with Macedonia leading for most of the game after scoring in the fourth minute. In this qualifying stage, Macedonia suffered one of its worst defeats when they lost 0–5 to Belgium at home on 7 June 1995. They failed to qualify for Euro 96, finishing fourth in the group with seven points.

1998 World Cup qualifiers

Macedonia's first qualifying attempt for the World Cup saw them grouped with Romania, Ireland, Lithuania, Iceland, and Liechtenstein.

The tournament began on 24 April 1996 with a 3–0 win at home against Liechtenstein. On 9 November 1996, Macedonia recorded their biggest win ever, an 11–1 thrashing of Liechtenstein. Half of the goals Macedonia scored in the entire campaign were scored in this match alone. Macedonia failed again to qualify for the 1998 World Cup in France, finishing fourth in the group on 13 points.

Euro 2000 qualifiers

Macedonia's journey to qualify for the Euro 2000 tournament in the Netherlands and Belgium saw them grouped with SR Yugoslavia, Ireland, Croatia, and Malta. They once again opened their qualifying campaign with a win after beating Malta 4–0 at home on 6 September 1998. However, they failed to qualify again, finishing fourth in the group with eight points.

2002 World Cup qualifiers

Macedonia's 2002 World Cup qualifying campaign saw them grouped with Sweden, Turkey, Slovakia, Moldova, and Azerbaijan. They were unsuccessful in their opening match, going down to Slovakia 2–0 in Slovakia on 3 September 2000. The Macedonians once again failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup, which was held in Japan and South Korea, as they finished fourth in the group with seven points.

Euro 2004 qualifiers

The Euro 2004 Qualifiers saw Macedonia grouped alongside England, Turkey, Slovakia, and Liechtenstein. Despite Macedonia failing to win its first four games of the campaign, they managed to record one of its most memorable results of its short history.

On 16 October 2002, Macedonia played former world champions England in Southampton, which was England's first home game in Southampton in almost 100 years. Macedonia grabbed the lead early in the first half after Artim Šakiri scored directly from a corner kick, leaving English goalkeeper David Seaman stunned. England soon leveled the game, but not before Macedonia managed to take the lead once again.

However, the game ended 2–2 after England managed to score a second equalizer in the second half. Macedonia lost to England 2–1 at home in the return leg, which took place in September 2003. Macedonia's only win of the campaign came on 7 June 2003, when they beat Liechtenstein 3–1 at home. Macedonia did not qualify for the Euro 2004 tournament, which was held in Portugal, finishing fourth in the group with six points, their worst final points tally to date.

2006 World Cup qualifiers

Macedonia was drawn in Group 1 and was grouped with the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Romania, Finland, Armenia, and Andorra. They managed to open their campaign with a comfortable 3–0 win at home against Armenia on 18 August 2004. Macedonia did not win another home game for more than three years.

On 9 October 2004, Macedonia managed to hold the Netherlands to a surprise 2–2 draw in Skopje in front of a crowd of 17,000 at the Skopje City Stadium, but in their next game, just four days later, they suffered one of its most embarrassing defeats, a 1–0 loss away to Andorra, one of the world's weakest teams. Also in this tournament, Macedonia set a new team record for most goals conceded in a game when they lost 6–1 away to Czech Republic on 8 June 2005.

Macedonia went on to concede a further eight goals in the next two qualifying games, both against Finland. On 23 August 2005, coach Slobodan Santrač resigned as coach of Macedonia after just five months on the job due to personal problems, with former player Boban Babunski temporarily taking over as coach. The resignation came just days after they were beaten 3–0 by Finland in Skopje. Despite their poor performance during the 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign, Macedonia managed to end the campaign on a high with a 0–0 draw against the Netherlands in Amsterdam.

This result meant that Macedonia, with the two draws against the Netherlands, was the only team in the group not to have been defeated by the Netherlands. The Netherlands won 10 of their 12 games in the 2006 World Cup campaign. Macedonia failed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, finishing fifth in the group with nine points.

Iran tournament

Following the completion of the 2006 World Cup qualifying tournament, in November 2005, Macedonia took part in a friendly tournament in Iran consisting of four teams, each team from a different continent. The teams were Macedonia, Iran, Paraguay, and Togo. In their opening match, they won 2–1 against host nation Iran, booking a spot in the final against Paraguay. They won the final against Paraguay 1–0. Macedonia was the only nation in this friendly tournament not to have qualified for the 2006 World Cup.

Euro 2008 qualifiers

On 27 January 2006 in Switzerland, Macedonia was placed in Group E for the Euro 2008 qualifiers alongside England, Croatia, Russia, Israel, Estonia, and Andorra. On 17 February 2006, former Slovenian national team coach Srečko Katanec was appointed as the head coach and was given a two-year contract.

In the lead-up to the beginning of the qualifiers for Euro 2008, Macedonia managed two results against sides in friendly matches. They beat Ecuador 2–1 in Madrid, their first ever win against a South American nation, and a week later, followed that up with a 1–0 win against Turkey.

Macedonia opened their UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying campaign with a 0–1 win away to Estonia on 16 August 2006. Goce Sedloski scored for Macedonia in the 73rd minute, which meant that Macedonia was the first team to score a goal in the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign. Macedonia hosted England on 6 September 2006 in their second game of the qualifiers. England went on to win 0–1 after Peter Crouch scored for the away side in the 46th minute. This was the first time that Macedonia failed to score against England.

A month later, on 7 October 2006, the two teams met once again in Manchester, where England was held to a 0–0 draw in front of 72,062 people. On 17 October 2007, Macedonia recorded their first win on home soil since August 2004 when they easily defeated Andorra 3–0 in Skopje in an emotional game as it was the day after the death of pop icon Toše Proeski.

Macedonia then recorded one of their most impressive wins to date^{[citation needed]} when they picked up a 2–0 victory over eventual group winners Croatia on 17 November 2007, causing the biggest upset of Group A^{[citation needed]}; it was also a first win for Macedonia over a side that was ranked in the top ten of the FIFA World Rankings. Despite some surprising^{[citation needed]} results, Macedonia once again failed to qualify for the Euro 2008 Finals after finishing fifth in the group with 14 points.

2010 World Cup qualifiers

On 25 November 2007, just days after Macedonia completed its qualifying campaign for Euro 2008, the groups for European qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup were held in Durban, South Africa, where Macedonia was seeded in Pot 4 and grouped along with the Netherlands, Scotland, Norway and Iceland. Manager Srečko Katanec received a two-year extension on 21 December 2007, which meant he would be under contract through the end of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers. In the lead up to the campaign, Macedonia played three friendlies against Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Poland, which all ended in draws.

Macedonia opened their campaign with a 1–0 home win against Scotland on 6 September 2008 when Ilčo Naumoski scored on a rebound after a well taken free kick by Goce Sedloski. Following these impressive results, Macedonia moved up 10 places to 46 in the FIFA World Rankings list for October 2008 which was their highest ever position on the rankings list. Srečko Katanec left the team following a 4–0 loss to the Netherlands in Amsterdam in April 2009 for allegedly getting into an argument with star player Goran Pandev.

Soon afterwards, the manager of the under-21 squad, Mirsad Jonuz, became the new coach of the Macedonian senior team and was signed until the end of the World Cup qualifying campaign. On 5 September, Macedonia lost 2–0 to Scotland and then suffered another loss to Norway, which meant that Macedonia once again did not qualify for the World Cup.

Euro 2012 qualifiers

On 7 February 2010, Macedonia was placed in Group B for the Euro 2012 qualifiers alongside Russia, Slovakia, Republic of Ireland, Armenia and Andorra. In the lead up to the qualifiers, an under-strength Macedonia side played friendlies against Azerbaijan, Romania and Malta, winning the first two 3–1 and 1–0 respectively, and tied 1–1 against Malta later the summer.

However, the qualifications did not go as well. Instead, Macedonia finished in a disappointing fifth position in the group with only two wins against minnows Andorra and two draws, against Armenia and Slovakia, both at home. Due to the poor results in the qualifications, manager Mirsad Jonuz was dismissed on 18 June 2011 and replaced by John Toshack, who led the Macedonia in the last four matches to one win, one draw and two losses.

2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

File:Macedonian Football Federation logo (used until 2014).png

Macedonia logo until 2014

Macedonia's 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign saw them grouped with Croatia, Serbia, Belgium, Scotland and Wales. Before that qualifications in August 2012, Toshack was leaved the manager place and then was replaced by Čedomir Janevski. The national team was lose in the beginning by Croatia in Zagreb and was drawn with Scotland in Glasgow. Then was again lost by Croatia at the home and was win against Serbia in Skopje after the taken penalty kick by Agim Ibraimi. In March 2013, the national team was lose twice to the eventually group winners Belgium.

They win against Wales and lost against Scotland at the home. After that matches, in the end of September 2013 Janevski was left to Belgian club R.A.E.C. Mons and was replaced by caretaker Zoran Stratev for the last two matches. The national team was haven the disastrous finish of the qualification that seemed to be foreshadowed how it will look in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying. By the losses away against Wales and against Serbia in Jagodina, Macedonia was finished at the last place.

After the end of unsuccessful qualifications, Goran Pandev, Nikolče Noveski, Veliče Šumulikoski and the other players retired from the national team due to disrupted relations with the Football Federation of Macedonia. In November 2013, the former Red Star Belgrade player and manager Boško Gjurovski was appointed the new national team manager.

Euro 2016 qualifiers

On 23 February 2014, Macedonia was placed in Group C for the Euro 2016 qualifiers alongside Spain, Ukraine, Slovakia, Belarus and Luxembourg. However, the national team had a disastrous start against Spain in Valencia with a 1–5 loss. The only win they collected was against Luxembourg in Skopje.

After that match, Macedonia was brought into disastrous run of a four losses. Due to the poor results in the qualifications, manager Boško Gjurovski was dismissed on 7 April 2015 and replaced by Ljubinko Drulović. The miserable run, however, continued with the losses against Slovakia and surprisingly Luxembourg. Their disappointing performances was continued against Spain in Skopje, beside their good game, and against, Ukraine also home.

In the last match against Belarus in Barysaw, Macedonia played a draw which broke the black streak of seven losses. But beside that, the Macedonia national team still ended the qualifications at the last place of the group with a worse head-to-head scoring with Luxembourg.

2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

On 25 July 2015, at the middle of the Euro 2016 qualifying, the groups for European qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup were held in Saint Petersburg, where Macedonia was seeded in Pot 5 and grouped along again with the Spain, for the first time with Italy, with a rival Albania and the other with Israel and Liechtenstein.

In October 2015, Drulović left to Serbian club Partizan and the manager place took the manager of Rabotnički and former assistant coach of the national team Igor Angelovski. In the same month, the Macedonian football superstar Goran Pandev was back to the national team after the two years. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Kit

Kit providers

The official kit provider is currently manufactured by German sports apparel company Jako, which has signed a deal with the FFM since the starting of August 2014. Previous kit providers include Puma, Adidas and Gems.

Recent results and upcoming fixtures

2015

27 March 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Macedonia	1 – 2	Belarus	Skopje, Macedonia
19:45 GMT	Trajkovski 9'	Report	Kalachev 44' Kornilenko 82'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Anthony Taylor

30 March 2015 Friendly	Macedonia	0 – 0	Australia	Skopje, Macedonia
20:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Edin Jakupović

14 June 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Slovakia	2 – 1	Macedonia	Žilina, Slovakia
19:45 GMT	Saláta 8' Hamšík 39'	Report	Ademi 69'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 10,765 Referee: Ken Hansen

5 September 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Luxembourg	1 – 0	Macedonia	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
17:00 GMT	Thill 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel Referee: Simon Lee Evans

8 September 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Macedonia	0 – 1	Spain	Skopje, Macedonia
19:45 GMT		Report	Pachovski (o.g.)	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 31,657 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

9 October 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Macedonia	0 – 2	Ukraine	Skopje, Macedonia
19:45 GMT		Report	Seleznyov 59' (pen.) Kravets 87'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

12 October 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Belarus	0 – 0	Macedonia	Barysaw, Belarus
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 1,545 Referee: Christian Dingert

12 November 2015 Friendly	Macedonia	4 – 1	Montenegro	Skopje, Macedonia
17:00 GMT	Shikov 35' Trajkovski 38' (pen.), 40', 64'	Report	Jovetić 88'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

17 November 2015 Friendly	Macedonia	0 – 1	Lebanon	Skopje, Macedonia
12:00 GMT		Report	Oumari 47'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Referee: Damir Skomina

2016

23 March 2016 Friendly	Slovenia	v	Macedonia	Koper, Slovenia
				Stadium: Bonifika Stadium

2 June 2016 Friendly	Macedonia	v	Iran	Austria
				Stadium: TBD

5 September 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Albania	v	Macedonia	Albania
19:45 GMT		Report

6 October 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Macedonia	v	Israel	Macedonia
19:45 GMT		Report

9 October 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Macedonia	v	Italy	Skopje, Macedonia
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena

12 November 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Spain	v	Macedonia	Spain
19:45 GMT		Report

2017

24 March 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Liechtenstein	v	Macedonia	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion

11 June 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Macedonia	v	Spain	Skopje, Macedonia
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena

2 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Israel	v	Macedonia	Israel
19:45 GMT		Report

5 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Macedonia	v	Albania	Macedonia
19:45 GMT		Report

6 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Italy	v	Macedonia	Italy
19:45 GMT		Report

9 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Macedonia	v	Liechtenstein	Macedonia
19:45 GMT		Report

Squad

Current squad (unofficial friendlies)

Squad consisted only of players from the First Macedonian Football League named for the unofficial friendly games against a team made of the best foreign players from the First Macedonian Football League, and against Macedonia U21 on 12 and 14 December 2015
Caps and goals as of 17 November 2015 after the game against Lebanon.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Igor Aleksovski	(1995-02-24) 24 February 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Makedonija Gj. P.
1	1GK	Marko Jovanovski	(1988-07-24) 24 July 1988 (age 36)	0	0	Shkendija

5	2DF	Kire Ristevski	(1990-10-22) 22 October 1990 (age 34)	7	0	Rabotnichki
3	2DF	Darko Glišić	(1991-09-23) 23 September 1991 (age 33)	2	0	Vardar
2	2DF	Goran Siljanovski	(1990-07-01) 1 July 1990 (age 34)	2	0	Rabotnichki
14	2DF	Mite Cikarski	(1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 31)	1	0	Rabotnichki
13	2DF	Mevlan Murati	(1994-03-05) 5 March 1994 (age 30)	0	0	Shkupi
4	2DF	Darko Stojanov	(1990-02-11) 11 February 1990 (age 34)	0	0	Bregalnica

8	3MF	Armend Alimi	(1987-12-11) 11 December 1987 (age 37)	11	0	Shkendija
11	3MF	Marjan Radeski	(1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 (age 29)	5	0	Shkendija
10	3MF	Dejan Blazhevski	(1985-12-06) 6 December 1985 (age 39)	4	1	Vardar
6	3MF	Bojan Najdenov	(1991-08-27) 27 August 1991 (age 33)	2	0	Rabotnichki
16	3MF	Gligor Gligorov	(1987-03-05) 5 March 1987 (age 37)	1	0	Sileks
17	3MF	Izair Emini	(1985-10-04) 4 October 1985 (age 39)	0	0	Kukësi
15	3MF	Boban Nikolov	(1994-07-28) 28 July 1994 (age 30)	0	0	Vardar

9	4FW	Filip Ivanovski	(1985-05-01) 1 May 1985 (age 39)	8	1	Vardar
7	4FW	Besart Ibraimi	(1986-12-17) 17 December 1986 (age 38)	8	0	Shkendija
18	4FW	Marjan Altiparmakovski	(1991-07-18) 18 July 1991 (age 33)	0	0	Rabotnichki

Current squad

Squad named for the friendly games against Montenegro and Lebanon on 12 and 17 November 2015
Caps and goals as of 17 November 2015 after the game against Lebanon.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Stole Dimitrievski	(1993-12-25) 25 December 1993 (age 31)	2	0	Granada B
	1GK	David Mitov Nilsson	(1991-01-12) 12 January 1991 (age 33)	1	0	Norrköping
22	1GK	Igor Aleksovski	(1995-02-24) 24 February 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Makedonija Gj. P.
12	1GK	Marko Jovanovski	(1988-07-24) 24 July 1988 (age 36)	0	0	Shkendija

6	2DF	Vanche Shikov (Captain)	(1985-07-19) 19 July 1985 (age 39)	45	4	Austria Wien
5	2DF	Daniel Mojsov	(1987-12-25) 25 December 1987 (age 37)	32	0	Unattached
13	2DF	Stefan Ristovski	(1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 (age 32)	21	0	Rijeka
2	2DF	Vladica Brdarovski	(1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 (age 34)	7	0	Vardar
3	2DF	Leonard Zuta	(1992-08-09) 9 August 1992 (age 32)	7	0	Rijeka
4	2DF	Gjoko Zajkov	(1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Charleroi

10	3MF	Agim Ibraimi *	(1988-08-29) 29 August 1988 (age 36)	37	7	Maribor
7	3MF	Ivan Trichkovski (vice-captain)	(1987-04-18) 18 April 1987 (age 37)	37	4	Legia Warsaw
9	3MF	Aleksandar Trajkovski	(1992-09-05) 5 September 1992 (age 32)	28	7	Palermo
16	3MF	Nikola Gligorov	(1983-08-15) 15 August 1983 (age 41)	23	0	Vardar
17	3MF	Ostoja Stjepanović	(1985-02-17) 17 February 1985 (age 39)	12	0	AEL Limassol
23	3MF	Milovan Petrovikj	(1990-01-23) 23 January 1990 (age 34)	6	0	Rabotnichki
18	3MF	Enis Bardhi	(1995-07-02) 2 July 1995 (age 29)	4	0	Újpest

20	4FW	Bazhe Ilijoski	(1984-07-09) 9 July 1984 (age 40)	14	1	Rabotnichki
8	4FW	Krste Velkoski	(1988-02-20) 20 February 1988 (age 36)	10	0	Sarajevo
15	4FW	Ilija Nestorovski	(1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 (age 34)	4	0	Inter Zaprešić
19	4FW	Viktor Angelov	(1994-03-27) 27 March 1994 (age 30)	1	0	Metalurg

Note: Agim Ibraimi was released after the game against Montenegro. Igor Aleksovski, Gjoko Zajkov, Enis Bardhi and Viktor Angelov were called on 15 November.

Recent call-ups

The following players are also eligible for the Macedonian squad and have received a call up within the past 12 months:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Tome Pachovski ^RET	(1982-06-28) 28 June 1982 (age 42)	46	0	Vardar	v. Belarus, 12 October 2015
GK	Daniel Bozhinovski	(1989-07-08) 8 July 1989 (age 35)	0	0	Rabotnichki	v. Spain, 8 September 2015
GK	Filip Gachevski	(1990-08-17) 17 August 1990 (age 34)	0	0	Vardar	v. Slovakia, 14 June 2015
GK	Martin Bogatinov	(1986-04-26) 26 April 1986 (age 38)	16	0	Ethnikos Achna	v. Australia, 30 March 2015
GK	Kristijan Naumovski	(1988-09-17) 17 September 1988 (age 36)	6	0	Pegasus	v. Australia, 30 March 2015

DF	Kire Ristevski	(1990-10-22) 22 October 1990 (age 34)	7	0	Rabotnichki	v. Belarus, 12 October 2015
DF	Mite Cikarski	(1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 31)	1	0	Rabotnichki	v. Belarus, 12 October 2015
DF	Ezgjan Alioski	(1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 (age 32)	6	0	Schaffhausen	v. Spain, 8 September 2015
DF	Vladimir Dimitrovski	(1988-11-30) 30 November 1988 (age 36)	4	0	Teplice	v. Spain, 8 September 2015
DF	Goran Siljanovski	(1990-07-01) 1 July 1990 (age 34)	2	0	Rabotnichki	v. Spain, 8 September 2015
DF	Aleksandar Todorovski	(1984-02-26) 26 February 1984 (age 40)	16	0	Zagłębie Lubin	v. Slovakia, 14 June 2015
DF	Darko Velkovski	(1995-06-21) 21 June 1995 (age 29)	3	0	Vardar	v. Slovakia, 14 June 2015
DF	Daniel Georgievski	(1988-02-17) 17 February 1988 (age 36)	22	0	Melbourne Victory	v. Australia, 30 March 2015
DF	Bojan Markoski	(1983-08-08) 8 August 1983 (age 41)	1	0	Unattached	v. Australia, 30 March 2015

MF	Ferhan Hasani	(1990-06-18) 18 June 1990 (age 34)	23	1	Shkendija	v. Belarus, 12 October 2015
MF	Besart Abdurahimi	(1990-07-31) 31 July 1990 (age 34)	12	1	Lokeren	v. Belarus, 12 October 2015
MF	Armend Alimi	(1987-12-11) 11 December 1987 (age 37)	11	0	Shkendija	v. Belarus, 12 October 2015
MF	Arijan Ademi ^SUS	(1991-05-29) 29 May 1991 (age 33)	4	1	Dinamo Zagreb	v. Belarus, 12 October 2015
MF	Stefan Ashkovski	(1992-02-24) 24 February 1992 (age 32)	3	0	Novi Pazar	v. Belarus, 12 October 2015
MF	Muarem Muarem	(1988-10-22) 22 October 1988 (age 36)	7	0	Qarabağ	v. Spain, 8 September 2015
MF	Marjan Radeski	(1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 (age 29)	5	0	Shkendija	v. Spain, 8 September 2015
MF	Boban Nikolov	(1994-07-28) 28 July 1994 (age 30)	0	0	Vardar	v. Spain, 8 September 2015
MF	Stefan Spirovski	(1990-08-23) 23 August 1990 (age 34)	8	0	Vardar	v. Slovakia, 14 June 2015
MF	Dushko Trajchevski	(1990-11-01) 1 November 1990 (age 34)	2	0	Rabotnichki	v. Slovakia, 14 June 2015
MF	Artim Polozhani	(1982-06-25) 25 June 1982 (age 42)	14	0	Shkendija	v. Australia, 30 March 2015
MF	Blagoja Todorovski	(1985-06-11) 11 June 1985 (age 39)	4	0	Shkendija	v. Australia, 30 March 2015

FW	Mirko Ivanovski	(1989-10-31) 31 October 1989 (age 35)	27	1	Unattached	v. Belarus, 12 October 2015
FW	Jovan Kostovski	(1987-04-19) 19 April 1987 (age 37)	11	2	OH Leuven	v. Spain, 8 September 2015
FW	Dejan Blazhevski	(1985-12-06) 6 December 1985 (age 39)	4	1	Vardar	v. Australia, 30 March 2015

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All-time team record

The following table shows Macedonia's all-time international record, correct as of 17 November 2015.

UEFA
Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Albania	8	4	3	1	10	4	+6
Andorra	6	4	1	1	9	1	+8
Armenia	6	2	2	2	11	11	0
Azerbaijan	5	4	1	0	10	3	+7
Belarus	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Belgium	4	0	1	3	1	9	−8
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	1	3	1	8	8	0
Bulgaria	6	2	1	3	3	5	−2
Croatia	8	1	2	5	9	12	−3
Cyprus	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7
Denmark	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2
England	4	0	2	2	3	5	−2
Estonia	4	3	1	0	8	3	+5
Finland	4	1	0	3	2	11	−9
Hungary	2	0	1	1	0	5	−5
Iceland	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2
Republic of Ireland	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6
Israel	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3
Latvia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Liechtenstein	5	4	1	0	20	4	+16
Lithuania	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2
Luxembourg	4	2	0	2	8	6	+2
Malta	6	5	1	0	15	2	+13
Moldova	3	0	3	0	3	3	0
Montenegro	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3
Netherlands	4	0	2	2	3	8	−5
Norway	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3
Poland	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6
Portugal	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1
Romania	5	1	0	4	5	11	−6
Russia	4	0	0	4	0	7	−7
Scotland	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2
Serbia	3	1	1	1	3	6	-3
Slovakia	8	0	2	6	3	16	−13
Slovenia	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6
Spain	5	0	0	5	3	14	−11
Sweden	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3
Turkey	7	1	1	5	9	14	−5
Ukraine	4	1	1	2	1	3	−2
Wales	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Total	168	51	40	79	199	240	−41

AFC
Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Australia	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1
Bahrain	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
China PR	5	0	2	3	0	4	−4
Iran	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2
Lebanon	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
South Korea	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1
Oman	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Qatar	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Total	18	1	8	9	9	20	−11

CAF
Against	Played	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Angola	1	1	0	0	0	0
Cameroon	2	0	2	0	3	−3
Egypt	1	1	0	2	2	0
Nigeria	1	1	0	0	0	0
Total	5	3	2	2	5	−3

CONCACAF
Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Canada	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Jamaica	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
United States	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3

CONMEBOL
Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Ecuador	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Total	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1

OFC
Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Matches against defunct national teams
Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Serbia and Montenegro	3	0	0	3	4	9	−5
Total	3	0	0	3	4	9	−5

All Confederations
All Games	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Total	201	55	52	94	220	276	−56

Memorable matches

Date	Tournament	Place	Opponents	Score
7 September 1994	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying	Skopje, Macedonia	Denmark	1 – 1
16 November 1994	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying	Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	1 – 1
9 November 1996	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	Eschen, Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	11 – 1
2 April 1997	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	Skopje, Macedonia	Republic of Ireland	3 – 2
5 June 1999	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying	Skopje, Macedonia	Croatia	1 – 1
6 June 2001	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	Bursa, Turkey	Turkey	3 – 3
16 October 2002	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying	Southampton, England	England	2 – 2
9 October 2004	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Skopje, Macedonia	Netherlands	2 – 2
12 October 2005	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	0 – 0
4 June 2006	Friendly match	Krefeld, Germany	Turkey	1 – 0
7 October 2006	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying	Manchester, England	England	0 – 0
17 November 2007	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying	Skopje, Macedonia	Croatia	2 – 0
6 September 2008	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	Skopje, Macedonia	Scotland	1 – 0
26 May 2012	Friendly match	Leiria, Portugal	Portugal	0 – 0
11 September 2012	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	1 – 1
16 October 2012	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	Skopje, Macedonia	Serbia	1 – 0
6 February 2013	Friendly match	Skopje, Macedonia	Denmark	3 – 0
12 November 2015	Friendly match	Skopje, Macedonia	Montenegro	4 – 1

Statistics

See all-time players list.
Updated as for 12 November 2015

Most appearances

Rank	Name	NT Career	Caps
1	Goce Sedloski	1996–2010	100
2	Veliche Shumulikoski	2002–2013	84
3	Goran Pandev	2001–	75
4	Artim Shakiri	1996–2006	72
5	Igor Mitreski	2001–2011	70
6	Nikolche Noveski	2004–2013	64
7	Petar Miloshevski	1998–2009	59
8	Vlatko Grozdanoski	2001–2011	50
9	Gjorgji Hristov	1995–2003	48
10	Ilcho Naumoski	2003–2012	46
	Goran Popov	2004–2014
	Tome Pachovski	2006–2015

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	NT Career	Goals
1	Goran Pandev	2001–	26
2	Gjorgji Hristov	1995–2003	16
3	Artim Shakiri	1996–2006	15
4	Goran Maznov	2001–2009	10
5	Ilcho Naumoski	2003–2012	9
6	Saša Ćirić	1996–2003	8
6	Goce Sedloski	1996–2010	8
8	Agim Ibraimi	2009 –	7
8	Aleksandar Trajkovski	2011 –	7
10	Zoran Boshkovski	1993–1998	5
	Mitko Stojkovski	1994–2002
	Aco Stojkov	2002–2014
	Nikolche Noveski	2004–2013

Captains

This is a list of Macedonian captains for five or more official and friendly matches. Vanče Šikov is the current captain of the Macedonian National Team.

Player	Period	Games as captain (Total caps)
Darko Pančev	1993–1995	6 (6)
Toni Micevski	1996–2001	12 (44)
Artim Šakiri	2002–2005	10 (72)
Goce Sedloski	2004–2009	43 (100)
Veliče Šumulikoski	2009–2012	11 (84)
Goran Pandev	2010–2013	22 (75)
Tome Pačovski	2014–2015	10 (46)
Vanče Šikov	2015–	4 (45)

Note: Some of the other players to have captained the team include: Dragi Kanatlarovski (1 cap) 1993, Ilija Najdoski (3) 1994, Dančo Celeski (2) 1995, Ljupčo Markovski (4) 1995 to 1997, Mitko Stojkovski (2) 1998, Boban Babunski (2) 1996 and 1999, Gjorgji Hristov (2) 2002 to 2003, Petar Miloševski (2) 2004 and 2008, Ilčo Naumoski (1) 2008, Igor Mitreski (4) 2007 to 2010, Aleksandar Lazevski (1) 2010, Nikolče Noveski (4) 2011 to 2013, Daniel Mojsov (1) 2012, Boban Grnčarov (3) 2012 to 2014, Baže Ilijoski (1) 2014 and Blaže Todorovski (1) 2014.

Coaching history

Name	First game	Last game	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Andon Dončevski	13 October 1993	15 November 1995	17	3	5	7	23	24	−1	23.88%
Gjoko Hadžievski	27 March 1996	9 June 1999	28	10	7	11	42	37	+5	35.71%
Dragi Kanatlarovski	5 September 1999	28 March 2001	18	3	3	11	15	26	−11	16.67%
Gjore Jovanovski	2 June 2001	10 January 2002	13	0	6	7	9	26	−17	0%
Nikola Ilievski	27 March 2002	11 June 2003	15	3	6	6	26	26	0	20.00%
Dragi Kanatlarovski	20 August 2003	9 February 2005	16	5	5	6	17	15	+2	31.25%
Slobodan Santrač	30 March 2005	17 August 2005	4	1	0	3	4	12	−8	25.00%
Boban Babunski (caretaker)	7 September 2005	12 November 2005	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	33.33%
Srečko Katanec	1 March 2006	1 April 2009	27	9	7	11	28	29	−1	33.33%
Mirsad Jonuz	6 June 2009	4 June 2011	20	7	4	9	22	20	+2	35.00%
Vlatko Kostov (caretaker)	7 September 2010	7 September 2010	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0%
Boban Babunski (caretaker)	10 August 2011	10 August 2011	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.0%
John Toshack	2 September 2011	29 May 2012	7	1	3	3	4	8	−4	14.29%
Goce Sedloski (caretaker)	15 August 2012	15 August 2012	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.0%
Čedomir Janevski	7 September 2012	10 September 2013	14	5	1	8	15	18	−3	35.71%
Zoran Stratev (caretaker)	11 October 2013	15 October 2013	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0%
Boško Gjurovski	5 March 2014	30 March 2015	12	2	3	7	5	17	−12	8.33%
Ljubinko Drulović	14 June 2015	12 October 2015	5	0	1	4	1	6	−5	0%
Igor Angelovski	12 November 2015		2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	50.00%

Notes

↑ FFM withdraws tickets for football match with Spain, to replace them with new ones MIA – Macedonian Information Agency, 7 August 2009

External links

Official website (Macedonian)
Macedonian Football (English)
Fans forum (English) (Macedonian)
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[1] FFM withdraws tickets for football match with Spain, to replace them with new ones MIA – Macedonian Information Agency, 7 August 2009

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