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, also known as Macedonia under-21(s) or Macedonia U21(s), is a youth association football national team which represents Macedonia at this age level and is a feeder team for the Macedonia national football team.

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 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.

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		Jovo Nikušev
1998										8	1	1	6	3	17	−14		Zoran Smileski
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	3	0	1	2	4	11	−7		10	6	3	1	13	7	+6		Blagoja Milevski
2019	To be decided									0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Blagoja Milevski
Total	1/12	3	0	1	2	4	11	−7		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	—

Final tournament

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

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Armenia	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3	Final tournament		—	10 Oct '17	14 Nov '17	10 Nov '17	5 Sep '17	2 Oct '17
2	Austria	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3	Play-offs if among four best runners-up		7 Sep '18	—	10 Nov '17	16 Oct '18	27 Mar '18	3–0
3	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			16 Oct '18	12 Oct '18	—	10 Oct '17	7 Sep '18	1 Sep '17
4	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			31 Aug '17	6 Oct '17	11 Sep '18	—	12 Oct '18	5 Sep '17
5	Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			11 Sep '18	14 Nov '17	6 Oct '17	23 Mar '18	—	16 Oct '18
6	Gibraltar	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0			0–3	11 Sep '18	23 Mar '18	27 Mar '18	10 Oct '17	—

Recent results and fixtures

Generation 1994+

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Macedonia scorer(s)	Report
2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
17 June 2017	Stadion GOSiR, Gdynia, Poland	Spain	0–5		UEFA.com
20 June 2017	Kompleks Sportowy Zawisza, Bydgoszcz, Poland	Serbia	2–2	Bardhi  64' (pen.), Gjorgjev  83'	UEFA.com
23 June 2017	Stadion GOSiR, Gdynia, Poland	Portugal	2–4	Bardhi  40', Markoski  80'	UEFA.com

Generation 1996+

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Macedonia scorer(s)	Report
2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
5 September 2017	FFA Academy Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Armenia	–
6 October 2017	TC Petar Miloshevski, Skopje, Macedonia	Serbia	–
10 October 2017	Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal	Gibraltar	–
14 November 2017	TBD, Skopje, Macedonia	Austria	–
23 March 2018	TBD, Skopje, Macedonia	Russia	–
27 March 2018	TBD, TBD, Austria	Austria	–
7 September 2018	TBD, TBD, Serbia	Serbia	–
11 September 2018	TBD, Skopje, Macedonia	Armenia	–
12 October 2018	TBD, TBD, Russia	Russia	–
16 October 2018	TBD, Skopje, Macedonia	Gibraltar	–
Friendly matches
1 June 2016	TC Petar Miloshevski, Skopje, Macedonia	Belarus	1–1	Markoski  50'	FFM.mk
24 March 2017	TC Petar Miloshevski, Skopje, Macedonia	Montenegro	2–0	Elmas  31', Cheshmedjiev  74' (pen.)	FFM.mk

• * Macedonia's scores are always listed first

Squad

Current Squad

Squad named for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in June 2017.^[1]
Caps and goals as of 23 June 2017, after the game against Portugal.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Igor Aleksovski	(1995-02-24) 24 February 1995	13	0	Vardar
12	1GK	Damjan Shishkovski	(1995-03-18) 18 March 1995	7	0	Rabotnichki
13	1GK	Filip Ilikj	(1997-01-26) 26 January 1997	0	0	Gandzasar
5	2DF	Gjoko Zajkov (C)	(1995-02-10) 10 February 1995	24	1	Charleroi
14	2DF	Darko Velkovski	(1995-06-21) 21 June 1995	22	2	Vardar
19	2DF	Besir Demiri	(1994-08-01) 1 August 1994	16	1	Vardar
4	2DF	Visar Musliu	(1994-11-13) 13 November 1994	12	0	Vardar
21	2DF	Mevlan Murati	(1994-03-05) 5 March 1994	12	0	Shkendija
15	2DF	Egzon Bejtullai	(1994-01-07) 7 January 1994	8	0	Shkendija
3	2DF	Jovan Popzlatanov	(1996-07-06) 6 July 1996	4	0	Pelister
6	2DF	Aleksa Amanović	(1996-10-24) 24 October 1996	3	0	Javor
10	3MF	David Babunski (C)	(1994-03-01) 1 March 1994	27	5	Yokohama F. Marinos
8	3MF	Boban Nikolov (C)	(1994-07-28) 28 July 1994	24	2	Vardar
17	3MF	Kire Markoski	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995	16	6	Rabotnichki
11	3MF	Daniel Avramovski	(1995-02-20) 20 February 1995	15	0	Olimpija
7	3MF	Enis Bardhi	(1995-07-02) 2 July 1995	14	4	Levante
20	3MF	Tihomir Kostadinov	(1996-03-04) 4 March 1996	11	0	Ružomberok
2	3MF	Elif Elmas	(1999-09-27) 27 September 1999	6	1	Fenerbahçe
22	3MF	Nikola Gjorgjev	(1997-08-22) 22 August 1997	5	1	Twente
	3MF	Davor Zdravkovski	(1998-03-20) 20 March 1998	2	0	AEL
9	4FW	Marjan Radeski	(1995-02-10) 10 February 1995	21	4	Shkendija
18	4FW	Viktor Angelov	(1994-03-27) 27 March 1994	15	3	Újpest
23	4FW	Filip Pivkovski	(1994-01-31) 31 January 1994	11	1	Landskrona
16	4FW	Petar Petkovski	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997	5	1	Vardar

Recent call-ups

Players that have been called up within the past 12 months and are eligible for the 2019 European U21 Football Championship Qualifiers.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Senad Mujovikj	(1997-05-26) 26 May 1997	1	0	Baden	v.  Montenegro, 24 March 2017
GK	Bekim Rexhepi	(1996-10-27) 27 October 1996	0	0	Shkendija	v.  Montenegro, 24 March 2017
DF	Konstantin Cheshmedjiev	(1996-01-29) 29 January 1996	2	1	Akademija Pandev	v.  Montenegro, 24 March 2017
DF	Din Alomerovikj	(1997-06-29) 29 June 1997	2	0	Fuenlabrada	v.  Montenegro, 24 March 2017
DF	Alex Simovski	(1996-02-22) 22 February 1996	2	0	Akropolis	v.  Montenegro, 24 March 2017
DF	David Atanaskoski	(1996-10-21) 21 October 1996	1	0	Akademija Pandev	v.  Montenegro, 24 March 2017
DF	Filip Stojanovski	(1996-12-01) 1 December 1996	1	0	Apolonia	v.  Montenegro, 24 March 2017
DF	Stefan Kostov	(1996-10-31) 31 October 1996	0	0	Renova	v.  Montenegro, 24 March 2017
DF	Besart Krivanjeva	(1996-02-28) 28 February 1996	0	0	Shkupi	v.  Montenegro, 24 March 2017
MF	Nicola Kuleski	(1996-05-07) 7 May 1996	3	0	Sydney Youth	v.  Bulgaria, 28 March 2017
MF	Benjamin Demir	(1996-05-16) 16 May 1996	2	0	Skopje	v.  Montenegro, 24 March 2017
MF	Ennur Totre	(1996-10-20) 20 October 1996	2	0	Shkendija	v.  Montenegro, 24 March 2017
MF	Stefan Jevtoski	(1997-09-02) 2 September 1997	1	0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	v.  Montenegro, 24 March 2017
MF	Kristijan Filipovski	(1996-10-02) 2 October 1996	1	0	Sileks	v.  Scotland, 11 October 2016
FW	Dorian Babunski	(1996-08-29) 29 August 1996	7	0	Kagoshima United	v.  Montenegro, 24 March 2017
FW	Emil Abaz	(1998-01-17) 17 January 1998	1	0	Spartak Subotica	v.  Montenegro, 24 March 2017
FW	Remzifaik Selmani	(1997-05-05) 5 May 1997	1	0	Renova	v.  Montenegro, 24 March 2017

• A: Called up by the Macedonia A National Team
• U19: Called up by the Macedonia U19 National Team
• INJ: Injured

Current First Squad

Mujovikj

Cheshmedjiev

Amanović

Popzlatanov

Simovski

Totre

Zdravkovski

Kostadinov

Gjorgjev

Elmas

Petkovski

Current First Squad (96+) with the Club Leagues they play in

Past squads

• 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squad

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

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.