North Macedonia national under-21 football team

Macedonia Under-21

Shirt badge/Association crest
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
North Macedonia 5–3 Denmark (Kočani, 7 September 1994)
Biggest win
North Macedonia 4–0 Armenia (Skopje, 18 August 2004)
Biggest defeat
Belgium 7-0 North Macedonia (Brussels,16 November 1994)

The Macedonian national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of the Macedonia and is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia.

UEFA U-21 Championship Record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record									UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1994	Did not enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
1996	Did not qualify								10	4	0	6	16	27
1998									8	1	1	6	3	17
2000									8	1	0	7	2	25
2002									10	1	2	7	6	18
2004									8	0	1	7	4	23
2006									12	2	3	5	9	18
2007									4	2	0	2	6	6
2009									8	2	3	3	5	6
2011									8	0	2	6	9	19
2013									8	3	3	2	14	15
2015									8	1	1	6	4	13
Total	0/11	0	0	0	0	0	0		92	17	16	57	78	187

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

2017 UEFA Under-21 Championship qualification

Group 3

Main article: 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3

Recent Results and Forthcoming Fixtures

Generation 1994+

Date	Venues	Opponents	Results	Type of Games
13 October 2014	Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia	Romania U21	2:1	Friendly
16 November 2014	FFM Training Centre, Skopje, Macedonia	Montenegro U21	1:0
9 December 2014	Gjorče Petrov Stadium, Skopje, Macedonia	FK Horizont Turnovo	2:0	Friendly (unofficial)
11 December 2014	Gjorče Petrov Stadium, Skopje, Macedonia	FK Pelister	2:1
30 March 2015	Celje, Slovenia	Slovenia U21	1:1	Friendly
11 June 2015	Hlíðarendi, Reykjavík, Iceland	Iceland U21	0:3	Euro U21 2017 Qualifications
5 September 2015	FFM Training Centre, Skopje, Macedonia	Ukraine U21	1:0
7 September 2015	FFM Training Centre, Skopje, Macedonia	Australia U23	3:1	Friendly
13 October 2015	Mourneview Park, Lurgan, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland U21	2:1	Euro U21 2017 Qualifications
15 November 2015	FFM Training Centre, Skopje, Macedonia	France U21	2:2
12 December 2015	Gradski Stadium, Veles, Macedonia	FK Horizont Turnovo	2:0	Friendly (unofficial)
14 December 2015	Gradski Stadium, Veles, Macedonia	Macedonia A	0:0
24 March 2016	FFM Training Centre, Skopje, Macedonia	Iceland U21	0:0	Euro U21 2017 Qualifications
28 March 2016	MMArena, Le Mans, France	France U21	1:1
27 May 2016	Valeriy Lobanovskyi Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine	Ukraine U21
1 June 2016	FFM Training Centre, Skopje, Macedonia	Belarus U21		Friendly
2 September 2016	TBA, Scotland	Scotland U21		Euro U21 2017 Qualifications
6 September 2016	Skopje, Macedonia	Northern Ireland U21
8 October 2016	Skopje, Macedonia	Scotland U21

• * Macedonia's scores are always listed first

Current Squad

Squad named for the 2017 European U21 Qualifiers against Iceland and France on 24 and 28 March 2016.

As of 28 March 2016

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Igor Aleksovski	(1995-02-24) 24 February 1995	6	0	Makedonija Gj. P.
12	1GK	Damjan Shishkovski	(1995-03-18) 18 March 1995	4	0	Rabotnichki
22	1GK	Filip Ilikj	(1997-01-26) 26 January 1997	0	0	Metalurg
5	2DF	Gjoko Zajkov (Captain)	(1995-02-10) 10 February 1995	16	1	Charleroi
14	2DF	Darko Velkovski	(1995-06-21) 21 June 1995	15	2	Vardar
19	2DF	Besir Demiri	(1994-08-01) 1 August 1994	10	0	Shkendija
4	2DF	Visar Musliu	(1994-11-13) 13 November 1994	7	0	Renova
21	2DF	Mevlan Murati	(1994-03-05) 5 March 1994	5	0	Shkupi
2	2DF	Egzon Bejtulai	(1994-01-07) 7 January 1994	3	0	Shkendija
3	2DF	Aleksa Amanović	(1996-10-24) 24 October 1996	1	0	Javor
10	3MF	David Babunski (Captain)	(1994-03-01) 1 March 1994	19	5	Red Star
8	3MF	Boban Nikolov	(1994-07-28) 28 July 1994	16	2	Vardar
11	3MF	Daniel Avramovski	(1995-02-20) 20 February 1995	9	0	OFK Beograd
7	3MF	Enis Bardhi	(1995-07-02) 2 July 1995	7	1	Újpest
23	3MF	Tihomir Kostadinov	(1996-03-04) 4 March 1996	5	0	Dukla Banská Bystrica
6	3MF	Kristijan Ivanov	(1995-05-21) 21 May 1995	1	0	Horizont Turnovo
15	3MF	Ennur Totre	(1996-10-20) 20 October 1996	0	0	Shkendija
9	4FW	Marjan Radeski	(1995-02-10) 10 February 1995	13	2	Shkendija
18	4FW	Viktor Angelov	(1994-03-27) 27 March 1994	9	3	Újpest
17	4FW	Filip Pivkovski	(1994-01-31) 31 January 1994	6	1	Landskrona

Recent call-ups

Players that have been called up within the past 12 months and are stll eligible for the 2017 European U21 Football Championship Qualifiers.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Dejan Iliev	(1995-02-25) 25 February 1995	5	0	Arsenal U-21
22	1GK	Davor Taleski	(1995-05-19) 19 May 1995	0	0	Bregalnica
2	2DF	Filip Ristovski	(1995-01-03) 3 January 1995	7	0	Borac Banja Luka
3	2DF	Angelche Timovski	(1994-11-13) 13 November 1994	4	0	Sileks
6	2DF	Leon Najdovski	(1994-10-17) 17 October 1994	1	0	Rabotnichki
17	3MF	Kire Markoski	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995	9	1	Rabotnichki
18	3MF	Burhan Mustafov	(1994-03-07) 7 March 1994	8	0	Pelister
16	3MF	Demir Imeri	(1995-10-27) 27 October 1995	7	1	Renova
9	3MF	Valmir Nafiu	(1994-04-23) 23 April 1994	6	0	Skënderbeu
	3MF	Jasir Asani	(1995-05-19) 19 May 1995	4	0	Vardar
	3MF	Besmir Bojku	(1995-01-03) 3 January 1995	4	0	Shkupi
	3MF	Hristijan Denkovski	(1994-04-15) 15 April 1994	3	0	Vardar
20	3MF	Petar Petkovski	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997	2	1	Vardar
	3MF	Philip Petreski	(1995-03-13) 13 March 1995	2	0	Melbourne City Youth
	3MF	Nicola Kuleski	(1996-05-07) 7 May 1996	1	0	Sydney Youth
	3MF	Davor Zdravkovski	(1998-03-20) 20 March 1998	1	0	Makedonija Gj. P.
	3MF	Hakan Redzep	(1994-03-02) 2 March 1994	0	0	Fremad Amager
	3MF	Gjorgji Stoilov	(1995-08-25) 25 August 1995	0	0	Horizont Turnovo
15	4FW	Dorian Babunski	(1996-08-29) 29 August 1996	6	0	Fuenlabrada
	4FW	Dimitar Ivanov	(1995-01-19) 19 January 1995	3	0	Teteks
	4FW	Stefan Mishev	(1996-03-11) 11 March 1996	0	0	Bregalnica

Current First Squad

Aleksovski

Velkovski

Zajkov

Murati

Demiri

Nikolov

Bardhi

Radeski

Babunski

Avramovski

Angelov

Current First Squad with the Club Leagues they play in

Statistics

Most appearances

Rank	Name	U21 Career	Caps
1	Goran Bogdanović	2009–2012	28
2	Nikola Gjoševski	1997–2000	25
3	Samir Fazli	2008–2012	22
	Kire Ristevski	2010–2012
	Yani Urdinov	2009–2012
6	Marjan Altiparmakovski	2010–2012	21
	Stefan Spirovski	2009–2012
8	Bojan Markoski	2003–2005	20
	Stefan Ristovski	2009–2014
	Antonio Stankov	2009–2012

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	U21 Career	Goals
1	Samir Fazli	2008–2012	7
2	David Babunski	2012 –	5
	Ilija Nestorovski	2009–2012
4	Muarem Muarem	2009–2010	4
	Aco Stojkov	2002–2005
6	Marjan Altiparmakovski	2010–2012	3
	Viktor Angelov	2013 –
	Dragan Gjorgiev	2009–2012
	Nikola Gjoševski	1997–2000
	Ferhan Hasani	2010–2012
	Aleksandar Trajkovski	2011–2014
	Zoran Zlatkovski	2007–2008

Coaches

• Čedomir Janevski (1997–1998)
• Perica Gruevski (1998–1999)
• Blagoja Kitanovski (1999–2000)
• Nikola Ilievski (2001–2002)
• Žarko Odžakov (2002–2003)
• Mirsad Jonuz (2003–2009)
• Boban Babunski (2009–2014)
• Vujadin Stanojković (interim) (2014)
• Blagoja Milevski (2014–)

See also

• Macedonia national football team
• Macedonia national under-19 football team
• Macedonia national under-17 football team
• European Under-21 Football Championship

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.