Macedonia national football team

Macedonia

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	Ljubinko Drulović
Asst coach	Igor Angelovski Luis Diogo Campos
Captain	Tome Pačovski
Most caps	Goce Sedloski (100)
Top scorer	Goran Pandev (26)
Home stadium	Philip II Arena
FIFA code	MKD
FIFA ranking	105 3 (9 April 2015)
Highest FIFA ranking	46 (October 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	147 (May 1994)
Elo ranking	97
Highest Elo ranking	55 (June 2010)
Lowest Elo ranking	104 (April 2003)
First colours Second colours
First international
Slovenia 1–4 Macedonia  (Kranj, Slovenia; 13 October 1993)
Biggest win
Liechtenstein 1–11 Macedonia  (Eschen–Mauren, Liechtenstein; 9 November 1996)
Biggest defeat
Macedonia 0–5 Belgium  (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia; 7 June 1995)  Macedonia 0–5 Slovakia  (Skopje, Republic of Macedonia; 7 October 2001)  Hungary 5–0 Macedonia  (Budapest, Hungary; 14 November 2001)  Czech Republic 6–1 Macedonia  (Teplice, Czech Republic; 8 June 2005)

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
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 2012	Did not qualify
2016	To be determined
2020
Total		0/14

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

In 1994, Macedonia became a member of FIFA and UEFA after the break-up of SFR 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 Champions League 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 5–0 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 side, and a week later, followed that up with a 1–0 win against Turkey. Macedonia opened their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign with a 1–0 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 1–0 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 when they picked up a 2–0 victory over eventual group winners Croatia on 17 November 2007 causing the biggest upset of Group A and it was a milestone as this was the first win for Macedonia over a side that was ranked in the top 10 of the FIFA rankings. Despite some surprising results, Macedonia once again failed to qualify for the Euro 2008 Finals after finishing 5th 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 Macedonia national football 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 in South Africa.

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 of them with 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 2 wins against the outsider Andorra and 2 draws - against Armenia and Slovakia, both at home in Skopje. Due to the poor results in the qualifications, manager Mirsad Jonuz was dismissed on 18 June 2011 and he was replaced by John Toshack who led the Macedonia national team in the last 4 matches where he collected 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses.

2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

Macedonia competed in Group A in the qualifications for 2014 FIFA World Cup, together with Croatia, Serbia, Belgium, Scotland, and Wales, and finished in the last place with 2 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses.

Euro 2016 qualifiers

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	5	5	0	0	11	2	+9	15	Advance to final tournament		—	2–1	8 Sep	9 Oct	14 Jun	3–0
2	Spain	5	4	0	1	14	3	+11	12			5 Sep	—	1–0	3–0	5–1	9 Oct
3	Ukraine	5	3	0	2	6	2	+4	9	Final tournament or play-offs		0–1	12 Oct	—	5 Sep	1–0	14 Jun
4	Belarus	5	1	1	3	4	10	−6	4			1–3	14 Jun	0–2	—	12 Oct	8 Sep
5	Macedonia	5	1	0	4	5	12	−7	3			0–2	8 Sep	9 Oct	1–2	—	3–2
6	Luxembourg	5	0	1	4	3	14	−11	1			12 Oct	0–4	0–3	1–1	5 Sep	—

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, Lotto and Gems.

Recent results and upcoming fixtures

2014

Friendly 5 March 2014	Macedonia	2 – 1	Latvia	Skopje, Macedonia
19:00 UTC +1	Jovan Kostovski  29' Agim Ibraimi  72' (pen.)	Report	Daniel Georgievski  65' (o.g.)	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Lorens Jemini

Friendly 26 May 2014	Cameroon	2 – 0	Macedonia	Kufstein, Austria
19:00 UTC +1	Pierre Webó  52' Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting  84'	Report		Stadium: Kufstein Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

Friendly 30 May 2014	Qatar	0 – 0	Macedonia	Rieti, Italy
19:00 UTC +1				Stadium: Stadio Centro d'Italia – Manlio Scopigno Attendance: 200 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Friendly 18 June 2014	China PR	2 – 0	Macedonia	Shenyang, China
13:45 UTC +1	Yu Hanchao  57' Gao Di  89'	Report		Stadium: Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium Attendance: 15,265 Referee: Tong Kui Sum

Friendly 22 June 2014	China PR	0 – 0	Macedonia	Jinan, China
				Stadium: Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium

UEFA Euro 2016 Q 8 September 2014	Spain	5 – 1	Macedonia	Valencia, Spain
19:45 GMT	Sergio Ramos  16' (pen.) Paco Alcácer  17' Sergio Busquets  45+3' David Silva  50' Pedro Rodríguez  90+1'	Report	Agim Ibraimi  28' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

UEFA Euro 2016 Q 9 October 2014	Macedonia	3 – 2	Luxembourg	Skopje, Macedonia
19:45 GMT	Aleksandar Trajkovski  20' Adis Jahović  66' (pen.) Besart Abdurahimi  90+2'	Report	Stefano Bensi  39' David Turpel  44'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

UEFA Euro 2016 Q 12 October 2014	Ukraine	1 – 0	Macedonia	Lviv, Ukraine
17:00 GMT	Serhiy Sydorchuk  45+2'	Report		Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Sébastien Delferiere

UEFA Euro 2016 Q 15 November 2014	Macedonia	0 – 2	Slovakia	Skopje, Macedonia
19:45 GMT		Report	Juraj Kucka  25' Adam Nemec  38'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Pedro Proença

2015

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

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

Friendly 9 June 2015	Macedonia	v	Equatorial Guinea	Skopje, Macedonia
				Stadium: Philip II Arena

UEFA Euro 2016 Q 14 June 2015	Slovakia	v	Macedonia	Žilina, Slovakia
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom

UEFA Euro 2016 Q 5 September 2015	Luxembourg	v	Macedonia	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
17:00 GMT				Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel

UEFA Euro 2016 Q 8 September 2015	Macedonia	v	Spain	Skopje, Macedonia
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Philip II Arena

UEFA Euro 2016 Q 9 October 2015	Macedonia	v	Ukraine	Skopje, Macedonia
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Philip II Arena

UEFA Euro 2016 Q 12 October 2015	Belarus	v	Macedonia
19:45 GMT

Squad

Current squad

Squad named for the Euro 2016 qualifying game against  Belarus on 27 March and the friendly against  Australia on 30 March 2015.
Caps and goals as of 30 March 2015.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Tome Pachovski (Captain) (1982-06-28) 28 June 1982 42 0 Vardar 12 1GK Martin Bogatinov (1986-04-26) 26 April 1986 16 0 Unattached 22 1GK Kristijan Naumovski (1988-09-17) 17 September 1988 6 0 Dinamo București 6 2DF Vanche Shikov (vice-captain) (1985-07-19) 19 July 1985 39 3 Austria Wien 2 2DF Daniel Georgievski (1988-02-17) 17 February 1988 22 0 Melbourne Victory 13 2DF Stefan Ristovski (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 17 0 Latina 3 2DF Kire Ristevski (1990-10-22) 22 October 1990 4 0 Tirana 18 2DF Darko Velkovski (1995-06-21) 21 June 1995 3 0 Rabotnichki 5 2DF Bojan Markoski (1983-08-08) 8 August 1983 1 0 Ayia Napa 10 3MF Agim Ibraimi (1988-08-29) 29 August 1988 31 7 Maribor 7 3MF Aleksandar Trajkovski (1992-09-05) 5 September 1992 22 4 Zulte Waregem 11 3MF Ferhan Hasani (1990-06-18) 18 June 1990 20 1 Brøndby 4 3MF Artim Položani (1982-06-25) 25 June 1982 14 0 Shkendija 17 3MF Marjan Radeski (1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 4 0 Metalurg 14 3MF Blagoja Todorovski (1985-06-11) 11 June 1985 4 0 Shkendija 20 3MF Enis Bardhi (1995-07-02) 2 July 1995 2 0 Újpest 15 3MF Dushko Trajchevski (1990-11-01) 1 November 1990 1 0 Rabotnichki 19 4FW Besart Abdurahimi (1990-07-31) 31 July 1990 8 1 Lokeren 9 4FW Krste Velkoski (1988-02-20) 20 February 1988 7 0 Sarajevo 8 4FW Dejan Blazhevski (1985-12-06) 6 December 1985 4 1 Vardar

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 Andreja Efremov (1992-09-02) 2 September 1992 2 0 Rabotnichki v.  Ukraine, 12 October 2014 GK Darko Tofiloski (1986-01-13) 13 January 1986 1 0 Košice v.  Ukraine, 12 October 2014 DF Daniel Mojsov (1987-12-25) 25 December 1987 27 0 Lierse v.  Slovakia, 15 November 2014 DF Ezgjan Alioski (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 6 0 Schaffhausen v.  Slovakia, 15 November 2014 DF Aleksandar Damčevski (1992-11-21) 21 November 1992 4 0 NAC Breda v.  Slovakia, 15 November 2014 DF Ardian Cuculi (1987-07-19) 19 July 1987 6 0 Partizani v.  Ukraine, 12 October 2014 DF Goran Siljanovski (1990-07-01) 1 July 1990 2 0 Rabotnichki v.  Ukraine, 12 October 2014 DF Aleksandar Todorovski (1984-02-26) 26 February 1984 15 0 Zagłębie Lubin v.  Spain, 8 September 2014 DF Darko Glišić (1991-09-23) 23 September 1991 2 0 Vardar v.  Spain, 8 September 2014 DF Xhelil Abdulla (1991-09-25) 25 September 1991 2 0 Shkendija v.  China PR, 22 June 2014 DF Vladica Brdarovski (1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 2 0 Győr v.  China PR, 22 June 2014 DF Boban Grncharov (1982-08-12) 12 August 1982 34 1 Vardar v.  Qatar, 30 May 2014 DF Goran Popov (1984-10-02) 2 October 1984 46 2 Vardar v.  Cameroon, 26 May 2014 MF Muhamed Demiri (1985-11-20) 20 November 1985 25 0 St. Gallen v.  Slovakia, 15 November 2014 MF Nikola Gligorov (1983-08-15) 15 August 1983 19 0 Vardar v.  Slovakia, 15 November 2014 MF David Babunski (1994-03-01) 1 March 1994 6 0 Barcelona B v.  Slovakia, 15 November 2014 MF Arijan Ademi (1991-05-29) 29 May 1991 3 0 Dinamo Zagreb v.  Slovakia, 15 November 2014 MF Stefan Spirovski (1990-08-23) 23 August 1990 8 0 Vardar v.  Ukraine, 12 October 2014 MF Muarem Muarem (1988-10-22) 22 October 1988 6 0 Qarabağ v.  Ukraine, 12 October 2014 MF Blagoja Ljamchevski (1987-04-07) 7 April 1987 3 0 Vardar v.  China PR, 22 June 2014 MF Daniel Avramovski (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 2 0 Red Star Belgrade v.  China PR, 22 June 2014 MF Besmir Bojku (1995-01-03) 3 January 1995 2 0 Shkendija v.  China PR, 22 June 2014 MF Nijaz Lena (1986-06-25) 25 June 1986 2 0 Flamurtari v.  China PR, 22 June 2014 MF Kire Markoski (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 2 0 Rabotnichki v.  China PR, 22 June 2014 MF Riste Markoski (1986-04-30) 30 April 1986 2 0 Velazerimi v.  China PR, 22 June 2014 MF Bojan Najdenov (1991-08-27) 27 August 1991 2 0 Horizont Turnovo v.  China PR, 22 June 2014 MF Tauljant Sulejmanov (1996-11-15) 15 November 1996 2 0 Young Boys v.  Qatar, 30 May 2014 FW Aco Stojkov (1983-04-29) 29 April 1983 43 5 Skënderbeu v.  Slovakia, 15 November 2014 FW Mirko Ivanovski (1989-10-31) 31 October 1989 23 1 Videoton v.  Slovakia, 15 November 2014 FW Jovan Kostovski (1987-04-19) 19 April 1987 11 2 OH Leuven v.  Slovakia, 15 November 2014 FW Adis Jahović (1987-03-18) 18 March 1987 12 3 Krylia Sovetov v.  Ukraine, 12 October 2014 FW Baže Ilijoski (1984-07-09) 9 July 1984 10 1 Rabotnichki v.  China PR, 22 June 2014 FW Marko Simonovski (1992-01-02) 2 January 1992 3 0 Amkar v.  China PR, 22 June 2014 FW Ivan Trichkovski (1987-04-18) 18 April 1987 34 4 Unattached v.  Qatar, 30 May 2014 FW Borče Manevski (1985-07-05) 5 July 1985 3 0 Chainat v.  Qatar, 30 May 2014

All-time team record

The following table shows Macedonia's all-time international record, correct as of 30 March 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 1 0 0 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 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3  Malta 6 5 1 0 15 2 +13  Moldova 3 0 3 0 3 3 0  Montenegro 2 1 0 1 3 3 0  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 7 0 2 5 2 14 −12  Slovenia 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6  Spain 4 0 0 4 3 13 −10  Sweden 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3  Turkey 7 1 1 5 9 14 −5  Ukraine 3 1 1 1 1 1 0  Wales 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 Total 164 50 39 75 194 233 −39

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 3 1 1 1 4 5 −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 2 8 8 11 20 −9 CAF Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD  Angola 1 0 1 0 0 0 0  Cameroon 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3  Egypt 1 0 1 0 2 2 0  Nigeria 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Total 5 0 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  Paraguay 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 Total 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 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 196 55 51 90 217 270 −53

Statistics

See all-time players list.

Most appearances Rank Name NT Career Caps 1 Goce Sedloski 1996–2010 100 2 Veliče Šumulikoski 2002–2013 84 3 Goran Pandev 2001–2013 75 4 Artim Šakiri 1996–2006 72 5 Igor Mitreski 2001–2011 70 6 Nikolče Noveski 2004–2013 64 7 Petar Miloševski 1998–2009 59 8 Vlatko Grozdanoski 2001–2011 50 9 Gjorgji Hristov 1995–2003 48 10 Ilčo Naumoski 2003–2012 46 Goran Popov 2004 –

Top goalscorers Rank Name NT Career Goals 1 Goran Pandev 2001–2013 26 2 Gjorgji Hristov 1995–2003 16 3 Artim Šakiri 1996–2006 15 4 Goran Maznov 2001–2009 10 5 Ilčo Naumoski 2003–2012 9 6 Saša Ćirić 1996–2003 8 Goce Sedloski 1996–2010 8 Agim Ibraimi 2009 – 7 9 Zoran Boškovski 1993–1998 5 Mitko Stojkovski 1994–2002 Aco Stojkov 2002 – Nikolče Noveski 2004–2013

Coaching history

Interim coaches

See also

• List of Macedonia international footballers
• Macedonia national football team results (2010–)
• Macedonia national football team results (2000–09)
• Macedonia national football team results (1993–99)
• Macedonia national under-21 football team
• Macedonia national under-19 football team
• Macedonia national under-17 football team
• Macedonia women's national football team

Notes

External links

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• Official website (Macedonian)
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• Fans forum (English) (Macedonian)
• Macedonia national football team on Facebook
• Macedonia – International Results 1993– RSSSF

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International association football FIFA World Cup Confederations Cup U-20 World Cup U-17 World Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year FIFA Ballon d'Or Geography Teams Debuts Competitions Federations Codes Asia AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Africa CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 North America, Central America and the Caribbean CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15 South America CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15 Oceania OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17 Europe UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17 Non-FIFA NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games Games All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games See also International women's football

National football teams of Europe (UEFA) Active Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Defunct Czechoslovakia East Germany Ireland (1882–1950) Saarland Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union (CIS) Yugoslavia

National sports teams of the Republic of Macedonia Basketball Cricket Football M W M U21 M U19 M U17 Futsal Handball M W Ice hockey Inline hockey Tennis M W Volleyball Water polo Olympics Paralympics European Games