Macedonia national handball team

Macedonia

Information

Nickname

Црвено-жолти (The Red-Yellows)

Association

Macedonian Handball Federation

Coach

Ivica Obrvan

Most caps

Stevče Aluševski (243)

Most goals

Kiril Lazarov (1203)

Colours

Home

Away

Results

World Championship

Appearances

4 (First in 1999)

Best result

9th (2015)

European Championship

Appearances

4 (First in 1998)

Best result

5th (2012)

Last updated on Unknown.

The Macedonia national handball team is the national handball team of the Republic of Macedonia. The team is run by the Macedonian Handball Federation, the governing body of handball in Macedonia. Prior to joining the International Handball Federation in 1993 as a single republic, Macedonia was represented by the Federal team.

Accomplishments with the Federation

Olympics record

1936 - did not participate
1972 - Champion
1976 - 5th place
1980 - 6th place
1984 - Champion
1988 - 3rd place

World Championship record

1938 - did not participate
1954 - did not participate
1958 - 8th place
1961 - 9th place
1964 - 6th place
1967 - 7th place
1970 - 3rd place
1974 - 3rd place
1978 - 5th place
1982 - 2nd place
1986 - Champion
1990 - 4th place

Accomplishments

Olympics Record

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1992 - 2008	Did not qualify
London 2012	Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Rio de Janeiro 2016	Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	78	67	+11	6
Hungary	3	2	1	81	79	+2	4
Brazil	3	1	2	75	81	−6	2
Macedonia	3	0	3	76	83	−7	0

6 April 2012 14:45	Hungary	28 − 26	Macedonia	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 5,004 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Pérez, Császár 6	(15–13)	Lazarov 7
	8× 3×	Report	4× 3×

6 April 2012 17:05	Sweden	25 − 20	Brazil	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,124 Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Larholm 5	(12–10)	Ribeiro 5
	4× 3×	Report	5× 3×

7 April 2012 13:45	Brazil	27 − 29	Hungary	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,976 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Pacheco 7	(15–16)	Császár, Iváncsik 6
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×

7 April 2012 16:05	Macedonia	23 – 27	Sweden	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 8,333 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
	Lazarov, Mirkulovski 5	(12–14)	Andersson 8
	2× 3×	Report	5× 3×

8 April 2012 14:45	Brazil	28 – 27	Macedonia	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 4,235 Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Pires 7	(15–13)	Lazarov 6
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3×

8 April 2012 17:05	Sweden	26 – 23	Hungary	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,289 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
	Petersen 6	(11–12)	Harsányi 8
	4× 3×	Report	4× 3×

World Championships

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1993	Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999	Preliminary round	18th	5	1	0	4	122	149	−27
2001	Did not qualify
2003
2005
2007
2009	Main Round	11th	11	5	0	6	309	322	−13
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Round of 16	14th	6	2	1	3	165	171	−6
2015	Round of 16	9th	6	4	0	2	181	168	+13
Total	4/12	-	28	12	1	15	777	810	−33

European Championship record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Did not qualify
1996	Did not qualify
1998	Preliminary Round	12th	6	0	1	5	130	174
2000	Did not qualify
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012	5th/6th Place	5th	7	4	1	2	185	175
2014	Main Round	10th	6	1	1	4	141	167
2016	Main Round	11th	6	0	2	4	157	176
Total	4/12	-	25	5	5	15	613	693

Mediterranean Games record

Year	Round	Position	W	D	L
1993-2009	Did not participate in MG
2013	Group stage	8th	2	0	3
2017	Decision on participating is still to be made

Team

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.^[1]

Head coach: Ivica Obrvan

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
3	LW	Dejan Manaskov	(1992-08-26) 26 August 1992	1.80 m	32	85	Vardar
5	P	Stojanče Stoilov	(1987-04-30) 30 April 1987	1.92 m	26	48	Vardar
7	RB	Kiril Lazarov (c)	(1980-05-10) 10 May 1980	1.93 m	114	935	Barcelona
8	RB	Vlatko Mitkov	(1981-08-16) 16 August 1981	1.92 m	85	73	UHK Krems
9	LB	Aco Jonovski	(1980-12-29) 29 December 1980	1.97 m	70	68	Bergischer HC
10	GK	Daniel Dupjačanec	(1983-07-15) 15 July 1983	1.89 m	2	0	Metalurg Skopje
13	CB	Filip Mirkulovski	(1983-09-14) 14 September 1983	1.89 m	120	301	HSG Wetzlar
14	LB	Velko Markoski	(1986-04-05) 5 April 1986	1.94 m	38	47	RK Zagreb
16	GK	Borko Ristovski	(1982-11-02) 2 November 1982	1.90 m	118	3	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
17	P	Nikola Markoski	(1990-05-22) 22 May 1990	1.96 m	17	10	Rabotnički
18	CB	Naumče Mojsovski	(1980-06-17) 17 June 1980	1.87 m	101	130	CSM București
21	CB	Nemanja Pribak	(1984-03-26) 26 March 1984	1.90 m	13	17	Beşiktaş
22	RW	Goce Georgievski	(1987-02-12) 12 February 1987	1.85 m	37	59	Fenix Toulouse
23	LB	Filip Lazarov	(1985-04-21) 21 April 1985	1.97 m	42	110	Vardar
26	LW	Goce Ojleski	(1989-10-10) 10 October 1989	1.88 m	21	17	HC Odorheiu
27	LB	Filip Kuzmanovski	(1996-07-03) 3 July 1996	1.98 m	4	2	Metalurg Skopje
33	P	Žarko Peševski	(1991-04-11) 11 April 1991	1.95 m	6	14	Metalurg Skopje

Recent call ups

These are players that have also received a call up in the last 12 months and are on the preliminary roster for the 2016 Euro Handball Championship in Poland starting January 2016.

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Nikola Mitrevski	(1985-03-10) 10 March 1985	1.88 m	12	0	Benfica
6	LB	Milorad Kukoski	(1987-12-07) 7 December 1987	1.95 m	33	165	Metalurg Skopje
11	LB	Filip Taleski	(1996-03-28) 28 March 1996	2.01 m	3	2	Metalurg Skopje
20	GK	Petar Angelov	(1977-03-08) 8 March 1977	1.92 m	43	0	Vardar
	GK	Zlatko Daskalovski	(1984-12-08) 8 December 1984	1.95 m	0	0	Poli Timişoara
	GK	Stefan Kimevski	(1990-12-31) 31 December 1990	1.93 m	0	0	Prolet
	LW	Bojan Madzovski	(1994-05-08) 8 May 1994	1.84 m	36	83	Metalurg Skopje
29	CB	Darko Dimitrievski	(1993-05-16) 16 May 1993	1.92 m	0	0	Csurgói KK
10	LB	Stefan Drogrishki	(1994-09-09) 9 September 1994	1.93 m	0	0	Pelister
19	P	Vasko Dimitrovski	(1982-10-09) 9 October 1982	1.93 m	0	0	Pelister
25	CB	Nikola Stojcevski	(1984-08-09) 9 August 1984	1.96 m	24	33	HK Drott
	CB	Goran Krstevski	(1996-03-29) 29 March 1996	1.96 m	30	112	Metalurg Skopje
	CB	Martin Manaskov	(1994-06-07) 7 June 1994	1.92 m	25	108	Vardar Junior
31	CB	Goran Kuzmanoski	(1982-11-30) 30 November 1982	1.90 m	25	45	HC Odorheiu
55	RW	Nikola Kosteski	(1992-08-22) 22 August 1992	1.83 m	2	1	Metalurg Skopje
	RB	Martin Velkovski	(1997-03-10) 10 March 1997	1.90 m	0	0	Metalurg Skopje

Notable players

Player statistics

Most appearances

#	Name	Matches
1	Stevče Aluševski	243
2	Kiril Lazarov	171
3	Branislav Angelovski	159
4	Vancho Dimovski	119
5	Filip Mirkulovski	118
6	Borko Ristovski	111
7	Naumče Mojsovski	108

Top scorers

#	Name	Goals
1	Kiril Lazarov	1289
2	Branislav Angelovski	392
3	Stevče Aluševski	361
4	Filip Mirkulovski	296
5	Pepi Manaskov	264
6	Vladimir Temelkov	243
7	Vancho Dimovski	226
8	Naumče Mojsovski	163
9	Milorad Kukoski	165

Supporters

Macedonian fans
Macedonian fans
Play media

Macedonian fans

Macedonian handball supporters are known as Makedonska Falanga or Macedonian Phalanx. They are one of the best national handball supporters in the world and travel everywhere with the team. In 2009, at the World Handball Championship they supported the team in large numbers especially in Varaždin where they helped Macedonia defeat Poland and Russia, to reach the Main Round of the tournament.^[2] They followed that up with an even bigger showing at the European Handball Championship in Serbia. The massive show of support by the Makedonska Falanga helped the Macedonian team achieve its highest placing to date, when they finished in 5th place.^[3] The team started as one of the biggest outsiders, playing with heart and never giving up, supported by thousands of Macedonian fans it was able to upset a lot of opponents and missed a chance for semi-finals by only losing 2 games by 1 point in the last seconds.^[4] In April 2012, the head of the IHF sent out a letter to the Macedonian handball federation to applaud the fans' support during the Olympic qualification matches in Sweden. Although Macedonia didn't qualify for the Olympics, its fans are widely acknowledged as the best handball fans in the world.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Record against other teams

As of Jan 28 2016

National team	Total				Olympic Games				World Championship				European Championship				Mediterranean Games				Qualifications
National team	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L
Algeria	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Austria	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	0	1
Belarus	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	2	1	0	1
Belgium	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	10	10	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	2	2
Brazil	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1
Bulgaria	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	6	6	0	0
Chile	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Croatia	5	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1
Cuba	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Cyprus	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Czech Republic	9	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	6	2	2	2
Denmark	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Egypt	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Estonia	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	6	4	2	0
Finland	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	0
France	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Germany	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Greece	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	1
Hungary	12	2	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	11	2	0	9
Iceland	12	2	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	10	2	0	8
Iran	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Israel	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	4	3	0	1
Italy	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0
Latvia	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0
Lithuania	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	3	0	1	2
Luxemburg	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0
Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morocco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	0	1
Norway	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	0	1
Poland	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Portugal	8	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	8	4	0	4
Qatar	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Romania	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	0	1
Russia	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	0	1
Slovenia	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
South Korea	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Spain	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Sweden	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1
Switzerland	7	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	6	0	0	6
Tunisia	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Turkey	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	0	0
Ukraine	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	0	1	1
Total (48)	183	81	16	86

References

↑ 2016 European Championship roster
↑ "Macedonia defeats Russia, qualifies for next round". MINA. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
↑ "Macedonia beats Slovenia for the 5th place". Borjan Zafirovski. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
↑ "EHF Euro 2012 – The Macedonians Are In Town". D Hero. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
↑ "IHF recognizes Macedonian Phalanx". MINA. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
↑ ""Falangata" nema ramni na sebe". Zoran Misevski. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
↑ ""Македонската фаланга" доби признание од ИХФ". IDIVIDI. Retrieved 2012-04-18.

External links

Men's national handball teams of Europe (EHF)

Current teams	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Defunct teams	Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia

National sports teams of the Republic of Macedonia

Basketball M W 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

Macedonia squad – 2012 European Championship – 5th place

3 Manaskov 5 Stoilov 6 Aluševski 7 K. Lazarov 8 Mitkov 9 Jonovski 10 Angelovski 11 Temelkov 13 Mirkulovski 14 Markoski 15 Z. Mojsovski 16 Ristovski 18 N. Mojsovski 19 Dimovski 20 Angelov 23 F. Lazarov Head Coach: Šundovski

Macedonia squad – 2014 European Championship – 10th place

3 Manaskov 5 Stoilov 7 Lazarov 8 Mitkov 9 Jonovski 10 Angelovski 13 Mirkulovski 14 V. Markoski 15 Mojsoski 16 Ristovski 17 N. Markoski 19 Dimovski 20 Angelov 21 Pribak 22 Georgievski 25 Stojčevski 26 Ojleski 28 Pecakovski Coach: Obrvan

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