North Macedonia national under-21 football team

North Macedonia Under-21
Nickname(s)	The Red Lions (Црвени лавови)
Association	Football Federation of North Macedonia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Blagoja Milevski
Captain	Jani Atanasov; Milan Ristovski; Agron Rufati; Davor Zdravkovski
Most caps	Goran Bogdanović (28)
Top scorer	Samir Fazli (7)
FIFA code	MKD
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Unofficial; Macedonia 7–0 Estonia; (Skopje, 31 May 1994); Official; Macedonia 5–3 Denmark; (Kočani, 7 September 1994)
Biggest win
	Unofficial; Macedonia 7–0 Estonia; (Skopje, 31 May 1994); Official; North Macedonia 7–1 Faroe Islands; (Skopje, 10 September 2019)
Biggest defeat
	Macedonia 0–8 Yugoslavia; (Skopje, 7 September 1999)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2017)
Best result	Group stage, 2017

The North Macedonia national under-21 football team is a youth association football national team which represents North Macedonia at this age level and is a feeder team for the North Macedonia national football team. It was formerly known as the Macedonia national under-21 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 North 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. Four months later, Macedonia also had their first competitive match which ended in a 5–3 win against Denmark.

So far, the team has qualified for one final tournament, the one being the 2017 Euro U21 held in Poland for players born 1994 or later. They ended the tournament on the 11th position with 1 draw and 2 losses over the group stage.

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 Nikushev
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	Zharko Odjakov, 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	Did not qualify								10	2	1	7	17	24	−7	Blagoja Milevski, Dobrinko Ilievski
2021	To be determined								4	2	1	1	10	6	+4	Blagoja Milevski
Total	1/13	3	0	1	2	4	11	−7	116	27	21	68	118	224	−106

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Final tournament

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	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

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	10	9	1	0	20	1	+19	28	Final tournament	—	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–0
2	North Macedonia	10	5	3	2	20	12	+8	18		0–1	—	1–1	1–1	7–1	2–1
3	Israel	10	3	4	3	12	14	−2	13		1–1	1–1	—	1–2	3–1	0–0
4	Kazakhstan	10	3	1	6	12	21	−9	10		0–1	1–4	1–2	—	2–3	0–4
5	Faroe Islands	10	3	0	7	11	25	−14	9		0–2	1–2	3–1	1–3	—	1–0
6	Montenegro	10	2	1	7	11	13	−2	7		0–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	—

Source: UEFA

Recent results and fixtures

Generation 1998+

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Macedonia scorer(s)	Report
2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
10 September 2019	Petar Miloshevski TC, Skopje, North Macedonia	Faroe Islands	7–1	Mitrovski 26', 45+3', 85', Churlinov 32', 88', Daci 59', Lichina 62'	uefa.com
10 October 2019	DG Arena, Podgorica, Montenegro	Montenegro	2–1	Atanasov 14', 33' (pen)	uefa.com
15 October 2019	Petar Miloshevski TC, Skopje, North Macedonia	Kazakhstan	1–1	Ristovski 20'	uefa.com
14 November 2019	Estadio Municipal de Santo Domingo, Alcorcón, Spain	Spain	0–3		uefa.com
3 September 2020	Petar Miloshevski TC, Skopje, North Macedonia	Spain
8 September 2020	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands
8 October 2020	TBA, TBA, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan
13 October 2020	Petar Miloshevski TC, Skopje, North Macedonia	Montenegro
12 November 2020	Sala Stadium, Ashkelon, Israel	Israel
17 November 2020	Petar Miloshevski TC, Skopje, North Macedonia	Israel
Friendly matches
24 May 2018	Dalga Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	1–1	Trajanovski 87'	affa.az
27 May 2018	Dalga Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	1–0	Krivotsyuk 24' (o.g.)	affa.az
16 November 2018	Camp FSCG, Podgorica, Montenegro	Serbia	0–1		fss.rs
19 November 2018	Camp FSCG, Podgorica, Montenegro	Montenegro	2–0	Abaz 21', 50'	fscg.me
22 March 2019	Bellis SC, Belek, Turkey	Ukraine	1–3	Krstovski 85'	ffm.mk
24 March 2019	Limak Arcadia SC, Belek, Turkey	Latvia	0–1		lff.lv
26 March 2019	Limak Arcadia SC, Belek, Turkey	Estonia	1–1	Ristovski 26'	jalgpall.ee
6 June 2019	Červeník Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia	Finland	1–0	Jovanov 4'	ffm.mk

* Macedonia's scores are always listed first

Squad

Current squad

Squad named for the 2021 UEFA European U21 qualifying match against Spain and Faroe Islands on 14 and 19 November 2019.^[1] The match against Faroe Islands was eventually postponed for 4 June 2020.
Caps and goals as of 14 November 2019, after the game against Spain.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Risto Jankov	(1998-09-05) 5 September 1998 (age 25)	13	0	Rabotnichki
12	1GK	Tomás Bozhinoski	(1999-04-10) 10 April 1999 (age 25)	4	0	Feirense U23
22	1GK	David Denkovski	(2000-08-17) 17 August 2000 (age 23)	0	0	Bregalnica

2	2DF	Vane Jovanov	(1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 (age 25)	15	1	Akademija Pandev
4	2DF	Todor Todoroski	(1999-02-26) 26 February 1999 (age 25)	13	0	Osijek
5	2DF	Agron Rufati (C)	(1999-04-06) 6 April 1999 (age 25)	12	1	Istra 1961
6	2DF	Esmin Lichina	(1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 (age 26)	9	1	Makedonija GjP
3	2DF	Filip Antovski	(2000-11-24) 24 November 2000 (age 23)	6	0	Dinamo II
13	2DF	Nikola Serafimov	(1999-08-11) 11 August 1999 (age 24)	3	0	Akademija Pandev
14	2DF	Adrian Hajdari	(2000-05-31) 31 May 2000 (age 23)	0	0	Rapid

10	3MF	Davor Zdravkovski (C)	(1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 (age 26)	22	2	AEL
18	3MF	Emil Abaz	(1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 26)	15	2	Unattached
8	3MF	Jani Atanasov (C)	(1999-10-31) 31 October 1999 (age 24)	14	3	Unattached
21	3MF	Dimitar Mitrovski	(1999-01-28) 28 January 1999 (age 25)	13	6	Sporting U23
11	3MF	Kristijan Trapanovski	(1999-08-14) 14 August 1999 (age 24)	11	0	Akademija Pandev
9	3MF	Darko Churlinov	(2000-07-11) 11 July 2000 (age 23)	8	3	Stuttgart
16	3MF	Kristijan Ackovski	(1999-02-15) 15 February 1999 (age 25)	7	0	Bregalnica
17	3MF	Enis Fazlagikj	(2000-03-27) 27 March 2000 (age 24)	3	0	Žilina
20	3MF	Tomche Grozdanovski	(2000-03-14) 14 March 2000 (age 24)	1	0	ViOn
15	3MF	Sefer Emini	(2000-07-15) 15 July 2000 (age 23)	0	0	Makedonija GP

7	4FW	Milan Ristovski (C)	(1998-04-08) 8 April 1998 (age 26)	16	2	Rijeka
19	4FW	Erdon Daci	(1998-07-04) 4 July 1998 (age 25)	5	1	Konyaspor
23	4FW	Marko Gjorgjievski	(2000-04-18) 18 April 2000 (age 24)	1	0	Voždovac

Recent call-ups

Players that have been called up within the past 12 months and are eligible for the 2021 European U21 Football Championship Qualifiers.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Daniel Kotevski	(1999-08-16) 16 August 1999 (age 24)	1	0	Pobeda	v. Faroe Islands, 10 September 2019

DF	Denis Stoshikj	(1999-02-27) 27 February 1999 (age 25)	1	0	Makedonija GjP	v. Kazakhstan, 15 October 2019

MF	Milosh Tosheski	(1998-02-24) 24 February 1998 (age 26)	8	0	Rabotnichki	v. Kazakhstan, 15 October 2019
MF	Kristian Trajcheski	(1998-11-15) 15 November 1998 (age 25)	5	0	Oliveira do Hospital	v. Faroe Islands, 10 September 2019
MF	Ensar Luma	(2000-06-17) 17 June 2000 (age 23)	1	0	Shkëndija	v. Faroe Islands, 10 September 2019

FW	Mario Krstovski	(1998-04-03) 3 April 1998 (age 26)	12	2	Akademija Pandev	v. Kazakhstan, 15 October 2019

A: Called up by the Macedonia A National Team
U19: Called up by the Macedonia U19 National Team
INJ: Injured
WD: Withdrew
PRE: Preliminary squad

Current First Squad

Jankov

Lichina

Antovski

Mitrovski

Current First Squad (98+) with the Club Leagues they play in

Past squads

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squad

Statistics

Most appearances

Rank	Name	U21 Career	Caps
1	Goran Bogdanovikj	2009–2012	28
2	David Babunski	2012–2017	27
3	Boban Nikolov	2013–2017	24
3	Gjoko Zajkov	2013–2017	24
5	Samir Fazli	2008–2012	22
	Kire Ristevski	2010–2012
	Yani Urdinov	2009–2012
	Darko Velkovski	2013–2017
	Davor Zdravkovski	2015 –
10	Marjan Altiparmakovski	2010–2012	21
	Marjan Radeski	2014–2017
	Stefan Spirovski	2009–2012

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	U21 Career	Goals
1	Samir Fazli	2008–2012	7
2	Kire Markoski	2013–2017	6
2	Dimitar Mitrovski	2018 –	6
4	David Babunski	2012–2017	5
4	Ilija Nestorovski	2009–2012	5
6	Enis Bardhi	2014–2017	4
	Miroslav Gjokikj	1994–1995
	Tihomir Kostadinov	2015–2018
	Muarem Muarem	2009–2010
	Marjan Radeski	2013–2017
	Artim Shaqiri	1994–1995
	Aco Stojkov	2002–2005

References

^ Селекторот на Македонија до 21 година го објави списокот на Шпанија и Фарски Острови

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.

[1] Селекторот на Македонија до 21 година го објави списокот на Шпанија и Фарски Острови

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v t e North Macedonia national football team
General	Football Federation of North Macedonia History Managers
Venues	Home venues Toše Proeski Arena Stadion Goce Delčev Stadion Mladost Petar Miloševski Training Centre
Results	Men's 1993–2018 2019–present Under-21
Players	Player records North Macedonia national football team players
UEFA Euro Finals	Summary 2020
Other men's teams	Under-21 Under-19 Under-17
Women's teams	Women

UEFA U-21 Championship Record

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Final tournament

Group stage

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Recent results and fixtures

Generation 1998+

Squad

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Current First Squad

Past squads

Statistics

Most appearances

Top goalscorers

See also

References

External links