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North Macedonia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Црвени Лавови
The Red Lions

Црвено-Жолти
Red-Yellows
AssociationFootball Federation of North Macedonia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachVančo Balevski
CaptainKaterina Mileska
Most capsVioleta Spirovska (72)
Top scorerNataša Andonova (12)
Home stadiumStadion Mladost
FIFA codeMKD
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 131 Decrease 8 (16 August 2024)[1]
Highest90 (December 2009)
Lowest129 (September 2019)
First international
 Croatia 4–0 Macedonia 
(Đakovo, Croatia; 7 May 2005)
Biggest win
 Macedonia 5–1 Luxembourg 
(Strumica, Macedonia; 5 March 2011)
Biggest defeat
 Italy 15–0 Macedonia 
(Vercelli, Italy, 17 September 2014)

The North Macedonia women's national football team represents North Macedonia in international women's association football. The team is controlled by the Football Federation of North Macedonia, the governing body for football in the country.

Overview

They are currently coached by Gorazd Mihajlov. The Macedonian women's team find themselves ranked 104th out of 122 active women's footballing nations registered with FIFA.[2]

The women's team played their first official game on 7 May 2005, in which they were beaten 4–0 by Croatia. Two weeks later, on 21 May 2005, Macedonia scored their first ever goal in a 7–1 loss to Slovenia.[3]

Competitive record

World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Edition Final tournament record Qualification record
Result Pos. Pld. W D * L GF GA Result Pld. W D L GF GA
China 1991 Did not enter
Sweden 1995 Did not enter
United States 1999 Did not enter
United States 2003 Did not enter
China 2007 Did not enter
Germany 2011 Did not qualify Main Stage 8 0 0 8 3 68
Canada 2015 Did not qualify Main Stage 10 0 1 9 6 74
France 2019 Did not enter
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 To be determined
Overall 0 / 9 18 0 1 17 9 142
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

European Championship

UEFA Euro record
Edition Final tournament record Qualification record
Result Pos. Pld. W D * L GF GA Result Pld. W D L GF GA
Denmark 1991 Did not enter
Italy 1993 Did not enter
Germany 1995 Did not enter
Norway Sweden 1997 Did not enter
Germany 2001 Did not enter
England 2005 Did not enter
Finland 2009 Did not qualify Prel. Stage 3 0 0 3 0 14
Sweden 2013 Did not qualify Main Stage 13 2 3 8 12 51
Netherlands 2017 Did not qualify Main Stage 8 0 0 8 4 51
Overall 0 / 9 24 2 3 19 16 116
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Australia 2000 Did not enter - - - - - - -
Greece 2004 Did not enter - - - - - - -
China 2008 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
United Kingdom 2012 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Brazil 2016 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Japan 2021 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Total 0/6 - - - - - - -

Scorers

FIFA World Cup, including qualifiers
Players Overall 2011 2015
Nataša Andonova 5 1 4
Gentjana Rochi 1 1
Afrodita Salihi 2 1 1
Violeta Spirovska 1 1
UEFA Euro, qualifiers included
Scorers Overall 2009 2013 2017
Nataša Andonova 4 4
Shireta Brahimi 1 1
Eli Jakovska 2 2
Simona Krstanovska 1 1
Gentjana Rochi 3 2 1
Afrodita Salihi 2 2

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Euro 2021 qualification fixture against  Serbia on 6 March 2020.[4]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Viktorija Panchurova (1999-12-25) 25 December 1999 (age 24) 8 0 North Macedonia Tiverija
12 1GK Magdalena Lekovska (1999-07-20) 20 July 1999 (age 25) 0 0 North Macedonia Istatov
23 1GK Suarta Rechi (2000-11-09) 9 November 2000 (age 24) 0 0 North Macedonia ACT Junajted

3 2DF Ane Bošeska (1997-07-13) 13 July 1997 (age 27) 4 0 North Macedonia Tiverija
4 2DF Katerina Mileska (1989-02-24) 24 February 1989 (age 35) 39 0 North Macedonia Despina
5 2DF Pavlina Nikolovska (1998-04-03) 3 April 1998 (age 26) 9 0 North Macedonia Kamenica
13 2DF Julija Zivikj (2000-10-29) 29 October 2000 (age 24) 4 0 Cyprus Nea Salamina

6 3MF Elma Shemsovikj (1999-02-04) 4 February 1999 (age 25) 5 0 North Macedonia Dragon
8 3MF Romana Trajkovska (1993-05-06) 6 May 1993 (age 31) 3 0 Switzerland Rapperswil-Jona
11 3MF Marjana Naceva (1994-01-16) 16 January 1994 (age 30) 12 0 North Macedonia Kamenica
14 3MF Ivana Nikolova (2001-06-19) 19 June 2001 (age 23) 0 0 North Macedonia Tiverija
16 3MF Hristina Joshevska (2000-12-27) 27 December 2000 (age 23) 0 0 North Macedonia Kamenica
17 3MF Rabija Dervishi (2000-03-20) 20 March 2000 (age 24) 1 0 North Macedonia Kamenica
20 3MF Jana Chubrinovska (1999-02-12) 12 February 1999 (age 25) 10 0 North Macedonia Despina
21 3MF Aleksandra Ristovska (1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 29) 11 0 North Macedonia Tiverija

7 4FW Gentjana Rochi (1994-09-17) 17 September 1994 (age 30) 33 10 Finland KuPS
9 4FW Ulza Maksuti (1999-07-08) 8 July 1999 (age 25) 5 0 North Macedonia ACT Junajted
10 4FW Nataša Andonova (C) (1993-12-04) 4 December 1993 (age 30) 32 11 Spain Levante
18 4FW Hava Mustafa (1997-09-20) 20 September 1997 (age 27) 4 0 North Macedonia Shkëndija
19 4FW Teodora Dimoska (2000-09-29) 29 September 2000 (age 24) 5 0 North Macedonia Tiverija

Recent call ups

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Dragana Kostova (1991-01-02) 2 January 1991 (age 33) 17 0 North Macedonia Dragon v.  Austria, 8 November 2019
DF Maja Angelovska (1994-02-12) 12 February 1994 (age 30) 14 0 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana v.  Austria, 8 November 2019
DF Jovana Gjorjioska (2000-12-10) 10 December 2000 (age 23) 1 0 North Macedonia Despina v.  Austria, 8 November 2019

FW Simona Krstanovska (1997-08-10) 10 August 1997 (age 27) 8 1 Montenegro Breznica v.  Austria, 3 September 2019

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking: Women's Ranking". FIFA. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  3. ^ "FIFA Live Scores: FYR Macedonia". FIFA. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  4. ^ [1]