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Revision as of 11:25, 24 August 2016

Macedonia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)
  • Црвени Рисови
    Crveni Risovi (Red Lynxes)
  • Црвени Лавови
    Crveni Lavovi (Red Lions)
AssociationФудбалска Федерација на Македонија – Fudbalska Federacija na Makedonija (ФФМ/FFM)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachIgor Angelovski
CaptainGoran Pandev
Most capsGoce Sedloski (100)
Top scorerGoran Pandev (27)
Home stadiumPhilip II Arena
FIFA codeMKD
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current138 Increase 1 (11 August 2016)[1]
Highest46 (October 2008)
Lowest141 (April–May 2016)
First international
 Slovenia 1–4 North Macedonia 
(Kranj, Slovenia; 13 October 1993)
Biggest win
 Liechtenstein 1–11 North Macedonia 
(Eschen–Mauren, Liechtenstein; 9 November 1996)
Biggest defeat
 North Macedonia 0–5 Belgium 
(Skopje, Republic of Macedonia; 7 June 1995)
 North Macedonia 0–5 Slovakia 
(Skopje, Republic of Macedonia; 7 October 2001)
 Hungary 5–0 North Macedonia 
(Budapest, Hungary; 14 November 2001)
 Czech Republic 6–1 North Macedonia 
(Teplice, Czech Republic; 8 June 2005)

The Macedonia national football team (Template:Lang-mk, Fudbalska reprezentacija na Makedonija) is the national football team of the Republic of Macedonia and is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia. The venue for home games is the Philip II Arena in Skopje.

On 12 August 2009, as part of the 100-year anniversary of football in Macedonia, the national team played a friendly match against the current European champions Spain. Star player Goran Pandev scored two goals in the first half to give Macedonia a 2–0 lead before Spain scored three goals in the second half to record the 3–2 victory in front of a record crowd of 30,000 at the renovated Philip II Arena.[2]

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1930 to 1990 Was part of Yugoslavia
1994 to 2014 Did not qualify
Russia 2018 To be determined
Qatar 2022
Total 0/20

The Macedonia national football team has yet to qualify for a World Cup Finals tournament. In their attempt at qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, they finished fourth in Group 9 with seven points. Surprisingly, due to the closeness of the group throughout the campaign (only five teams in the group), Macedonia remained in contention to qualify until the final group game, which Macedonia lost 2–1 away to Norway.

European Championship record

European Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1960 to 1988 Was part of Yugoslavia
1992 to 2016 Did not qualify
European Union 2020 To be determined
Total 0/15

Summer Olympics record

Macedonia was part of the Yugoslavia until Seoul 1988. After that, they never managed to qualify from Barcelona 1992 to London 2012.

History

The beginning

The squad on the first official international match against Slovenia on 13 October 1993[3]

In 1994, Macedonia became a member of FIFA and UEFA after the break-up of Yugoslavia. The team began its football journey with a 4–1 win against Slovenia in a friendly on 13 October 1993 under coach Andon Dončevski.[3]

They went on to win their next two friendlies against Slovenia and Estonia before suffering their first loss against Turkey on 31 August 1994 (before this they lost to Club Atlético Peñarol 0–4 in Montevideo in February 1994). The inaugural Macedonian side featured Darko Pančev, who won the European Cup with Red Star Belgrade in 1991 and also played for Internazionale in Italy.

Euro 1996 qualifiers

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 2

The Euro 96 Qualifiers was the first major qualifying tournament that Macedonia participated in as an independent nation and they were grouped with Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Cyprus and Armenia. In their opening game, which was also their first ever official match, Macedonia was drawn against the reigning European Champions Denmark.

The game was played in Skopje on 7 September 1994 and it finished 1–1 with Macedonia leading for most of the game after scoring in the fourth minute.[4] In this qualifying stage, Macedonia suffered one of its worst defeats when they lost 0–5 to Belgium at home on 7 June 1995.[5] They failed to qualify for Euro 96, finishing fourth in the group with seven points.[6]

1998 World Cup qualifiers

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

Macedonia's first qualifying attempt for the World Cup saw them grouped with Romania, Ireland, Lithuania, Iceland, and Liechtenstein.

The tournament began on 24 April 1996 with a 3–0 win at home against Liechtenstein. On 9 November 1996, Macedonia recorded their biggest win ever, an 11–1 thrashing of Liechtenstein.[7] Half of the goals Macedonia scored in the entire campaign were scored in this match alone. Macedonia failed again to qualify for the 1998 World Cup in France, finishing fourth in the group on 13 points.[8]

Euro 2000 qualifiers

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 8

Macedonia's journey to qualify for the Euro 2000 tournament in the Netherlands and Belgium saw them grouped with FR Yugoslavia, Ireland, Croatia, and Malta. They once again opened their qualifying campaign with a win after beating Malta 4–0 at home on 6 September 1998. However, they failed to qualify again, finishing fourth in the group with eight points.[9]

2002 World Cup qualifiers

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

Macedonia's 2002 World Cup qualifying campaign saw them grouped with Sweden, Turkey, Slovakia, Moldova, and Azerbaijan. They were unsuccessful in their opening match, going down to Slovakia 2–0 in Slovakia on 3 September 2000. The Macedonians once again failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup, which was held in Japan and South Korea, as they finished fourth in the group with seven points.[10]

Euro 2004 qualifiers

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 7

The Euro 2004 Qualifiers saw Macedonia grouped alongside England, Turkey, Slovakia, and Liechtenstein. Despite Macedonia failing to win its first four games of the campaign, they managed to record one of its most memorable results of its short history.

On 16 October 2002, Macedonia played former world champions England in Southampton, which was England's first home game in Southampton in almost 100 years. Macedonia grabbed the lead early in the first half after Artim Šakiri scored directly from a corner kick, leaving English goalkeeper David Seaman stunned. England soon leveled the game, but not before Macedonia managed to take the lead once again.

However, the game ended 2–2 after England managed to score a second equalizer in the second half.[11] Macedonia lost to England 2–1 at home in the return leg, which took place in September 2003.[12] Macedonia's only win of the campaign came on 7 June 2003, when they beat Liechtenstein 3–1 at home. Macedonia did not qualify for the Euro 2004 tournament, which was held in Portugal, finishing fourth in the group with six points.[13]

2006 World Cup qualifiers

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

Macedonia was drawn in Group 1 and was grouped with the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Romania, Finland, Armenia, and Andorra. They managed to open their campaign with a comfortable 3–0 win at home against Armenia on 18 August 2004. Macedonia did not win another home game for more than three years.

On 9 October 2004, Macedonia managed to hold the Netherlands to a surprise 2–2 draw in Skopje in front of a crowd of 17,000 at the Skopje City Stadium,[14] but in their next game, just four days later, they suffered one of its most embarrassing defeats, a 1–0 loss away to Andorra, one of the world's weakest teams.[15] Also in this tournament, Macedonia set a new team record for most goals conceded in a game when they lost 6–1 away to Czech Republic on 8 June 2005.

Macedonia went on to concede a further eight goals in the next two qualifying games, both against Finland. On 23 August 2005, coach Slobodan Santrač resigned as coach of Macedonia after just five months on the job due to personal problems, with former player Boban Babunski temporarily taking over as coach. The resignation came just days after they were beaten 3–0 by Finland in Skopje. Despite their poor performance during the 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign, Macedonia managed to end the campaign on a high with a 0–0 draw against the Netherlands in Amsterdam.[16]

This result meant that Macedonia, with the two draws against the Netherlands, was the only team in the group not to have been defeated by the Netherlands. The Netherlands won 10 of their 12 games in the 2006 World Cup campaign. Macedonia failed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, finishing fifth in the group with nine points.[17]

Iran tournament

Following the completion of the 2006 World Cup qualifying tournament, in November 2005, Macedonia took part in a friendly tournament in Iran consisting of four teams, each team from a different continent. The teams were Macedonia, Iran, Paraguay, and Togo. In their opening match, they won 2–1 against host nation Iran, booking a spot in the final against Paraguay. They won the final against Paraguay 1–0. Macedonia was the only nation in this friendly tournament not to have qualified for the 2006 World Cup.

Euro 2008 qualifiers

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E

On 27 January 2006 in Switzerland, Macedonia was placed in Group E for the Euro 2008 qualifiers alongside England, Croatia, Russia, Israel, Estonia, and Andorra. On 17 February 2006, former Slovenian national team coach Srečko Katanec was appointed as the head coach and was given a two-year contract.

In the lead-up to the beginning of the qualifiers for Euro 2008, Macedonia managed two results against sides in friendly matches. They beat Ecuador 2–1 in Madrid, their first ever win against a South American nation, and a week later, followed that up with a 1–0 win against Turkey.

Macedonia opened their UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying campaign with a 0–1 win away to Estonia on 16 August 2006. Goce Sedloski scored for Macedonia in the 73rd minute, which meant that Macedonia was the first team to score a goal in the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign. Macedonia hosted England on 6 September 2006 in their second game of the qualifiers. England went on to win 0–1 after Peter Crouch scored for the away side in the 46th minute. This was the first time that Macedonia failed to score against England.[18]

A month later, on 7 October 2006, the two teams met once again in Manchester, where England was held to a 0–0 draw in front of 72,062 people.[19] On 17 October 2007, Macedonia recorded their first win on home soil since August 2004 when they easily defeated Andorra 3–0 in Skopje in an emotional game as it was the day after the death of pop icon Toše Proeski.[20]

Macedonia then recorded one of their most impressive wins to date when they picked up a 2–0 victory over eventual group winners Croatia on 17 November 2007, causing the biggest upset of Group A; it was also a first win for Macedonia over a side that was ranked in the top ten of the FIFA World Rankings.[21] Despite some surprising results, Macedonia once again failed to qualify for the Euro 2008 Finals after finishing fifth in the group with 14 points.[22]

2010 World Cup qualifiers

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9

On 25 November 2007, just days after Macedonia completed its qualifying campaign for Euro 2008, the groups for European qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup were held in Durban, South Africa, where Macedonia was seeded in Pot 4 and grouped along with the Netherlands, Scotland, Norway and Iceland.[23] Manager Srečko Katanec received a two-year extension on 21 December 2007, which meant he would be under contract through the end of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.[24] In the lead up to the campaign, Macedonia played three friendlies against Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Poland, which all ended in draws.

Macedonia opened their campaign with a 1–0 home win against Scotland on 6 September 2008 when Ilčo Naumoski scored on a rebound after a well taken free kick by Goce Sedloski. Following these impressive results, Macedonia moved up 10 places to 46 in the FIFA World Rankings list for October 2008 which was their highest ever position on the rankings list. Srečko Katanec left the team following a 4–0 loss to the Netherlands in Amsterdam in April 2009 for allegedly getting into an argument with star player Goran Pandev.[25]

Soon afterwards, the manager of the under-21 squad, Mirsad Jonuz, became the new coach of the Macedonian senior team and was signed until the end of the World Cup qualifying campaign.[26] On 5 September, Macedonia lost 2–0 to Scotland and then suffered another loss to Norway, which meant that Macedonia once again did not qualify for the World Cup.

Euro 2012 qualifiers

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group B

On 7 February 2010, Macedonia was placed in Group B for the Euro 2012 qualifiers alongside Russia, Slovakia, Republic of Ireland, Armenia and Andorra.[27] In the lead up to the qualifiers, an under-strength Macedonia side played friendlies against Azerbaijan, Romania and Malta, winning the first two 3–1 and 1–0 respectively, and tied 1–1 against Malta later the summer.

However, the qualifications did not go as well. Instead, Macedonia finished in a disappointing fifth position in the group with only two wins against minnows Andorra and two draws, against Armenia and Slovakia, both at home. Due to the poor results in the qualifications, manager Mirsad Jonuz was dismissed on 18 June 2011[28] and replaced by John Toshack,[29] who led the Macedonia in the last four matches to one win, one draw and two losses.

2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A
Macedonia logo until 2014

Macedonia's 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign saw them grouped with Croatia, Serbia, Belgium, Scotland and Wales.[30] Before that qualifications in August 2012, Toshack was leaved the manager place[31] and then was replaced by Čedomir Janevski.[32] The national team was lose in the beginning by Croatia in Zagreb and was drawn with Scotland in Glasgow. Then was again lost by Croatia at the home and was win against Serbia in Skopje after the taken penalty kick by Agim Ibraimi.[33] In March 2013, the national team was lose twice to the eventually group winners Belgium.

They win against Wales and lost against Scotland at the home. After that matches, in the end of September 2013 Janevski was left to Belgian club R.A.E.C. Mons[34] and was replaced by caretaker Zoran Stratev for the last two matches.[35] The national team was haven the disastrous finish of the qualification that seemed to be foreshadowed how it will look in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying. By the losses away against Wales and against Serbia in Jagodina, Macedonia was finished at the last place.

After the end of unsuccessful qualifications, Goran Pandev, Nikolče Noveski, Veliče Šumulikoski and the other players retired from the national team due to disrupted relations with the Football Federation of Macedonia.[36] In November 2013, the manager Boško Gjurovski was appointed the new national team manager.[37]

Euro 2016 qualifiers

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group C

On 23 February 2014, Macedonia was placed in Group C for the Euro 2016 qualifiers alongside Spain, Ukraine, Slovakia, Belarus and Luxembourg.[38] However, the national team had a disastrous start against Spain in Valencia with a 1–5 loss. The only win they collected was against Luxembourg in Skopje.

After that match, Macedonia was brought into disastrous run of a four losses. Due to the poor results in the qualifications, manager Boško Gjurovski was dismissed on 7 April 2015[39] and replaced by Ljubinko Drulović.[40] The miserable run, however, continued with the losses against Slovakia and surprisingly Luxembourg by late goal of Sébastien Thill, after a missed penalty kick of Besart Abdurahimi. Their disappointing performances was continued against Spain in Skopje, beside their good game, and against, Ukraine also home.

In the last match against Belarus in Barysaw, Macedonia played a draw which broke the black streak of seven losses. The team still ended the qualifications at the last place of the group with a worse head-to-head scoring with Luxembourg.

2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

Main articles: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G

On 25 July 2015, at the middle of the Euro 2016 qualifying, the groups for European qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup were held in Saint Petersburg, where Macedonia was seeded in Pot 5 and grouped along again with the Spain, for the first time with Italy, with a rival Albania and the other with Israel and Liechtenstein.[41]

In October 2015, Drulović left to Serbian club Partizan[42] and the manager place took the manager of Rabotnički and former assistant coach of the national team Igor Angelovski.[43] In the same month, the Macedonian football superstar Goran Pandev was back to the national team after the two years.[44] Template:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G table

Recent results and upcoming fixtures

Main article: Macedonia national football team results

2015

27 March 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q North Macedonia  1–2  Belarus Skopje, Macedonia
19:45 GMT Trajkovski 9' Report Kalachev 44'
Kornilenko 82'		 Stadium: Gradski Stadion Kratovo
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: England Anthony Taylor
30 March 2015 Friendly North Macedonia  0–0  Australia Skopje, Macedonia
20:00 GMT Report Stadium: Philip II Arena
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Jakupović
14 June 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q Slovakia  2–1  North Macedonia Žilina, Slovakia
19:45 GMT Saláta 8'
Hamšík 39'		 Report Ademi 69' Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 10,765
Referee: Denmark Kenn Hansen
5 September 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q Luxembourg  1–0  North Macedonia Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
17:00 GMT Thill 90+2' Report Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel
Referee: Wales Simon Lee Evans
8 September 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q North Macedonia  0–1  Spain Skopje, Macedonia
19:45 GMT Report Pachovski 8' (o.g.) Stadium: Philip II Arena
Attendance: 31,657
Referee: Italy Paolo Tagliavento
9 October 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q North Macedonia  0–2  Ukraine Skopje, Macedonia
19:45 GMT Report Seleznyov 59' (pen.)
Kravets 87'		 Stadium: Philip II Arena
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Romania Ovidiu Hațegan
12 October 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q Belarus  0–0  North Macedonia Barysaw, Belarus
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Borisov Arena
Attendance: 1,545
Referee: Germany Christian Dingert
12 November 2015 Friendly North Macedonia  4–1  Montenegro Skopje, Macedonia
17:00 GMT Shikov 35'
Trajkovski 38' (pen.), 40', 64'		 Report Jovetić 88' Stadium: Philip II Arena
Attendance: 500
Referee: Bulgaria Ivaylo Stoyanov
17 November 2015 Friendly North Macedonia  0–1  Lebanon Skopje, Macedonia
12:00 GMT Report Oumari 47' Stadium: Philip II Arena
Attendance: 400
Referee: Slovenia Damir Skomina

2016

23 March 2016 Friendly Slovenia  1–0  North Macedonia Koper, Slovenia
Bezjak 58' Report Stadium: Bonifika Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Serbia Milorad Mažić
29 March 2016 Friendly North Macedonia  0–2  Bulgaria Skopje, Macedonia
19:00 CEST Report Rangelov 65'
Tonev 87'		 Stadium: Philip II Arena
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Albania Enea Jorgji
29 May 2016 Friendly Azerbaijan  1–3  North Macedonia Bad Erlach, Austria
17:00 CEST Ismayilov 73' (pen.) Report Radeski 20'
Pandev 33'
Nestorovski 90+2'		 Stadium: Sportplatz Bad Erlach
Attendance: 200
Referee: Austria Markus Hameter
2 June 2016 Friendly North Macedonia  1–3  Iran Skopje, Macedonia
19:00 CEST Trajkovski 10' Report Azmoun 8', 20', 60' Stadium: Philip II Arena
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Republic of Ireland Neil Doyle
5 September 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Q Albania  v  North Macedonia Shkodër, Albania
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Loro Boriçi Stadium
6 October 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Q North Macedonia  v  Israel Skopje, Macedonia
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Philip II Arena
9 October 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Q North Macedonia  v  Italy Skopje, Macedonia
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Philip II Arena
12 November 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Q Spain  v  North Macedonia Granada, Spain
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Estadio Los Cármenes

2017

24 March 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q Liechtenstein  v  North Macedonia Vaduz, Liechtenstein
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
11 June 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q North Macedonia  v  Spain Skopje, Macedonia
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Philip II Arena
2 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q Israel  v  North Macedonia Israel
19:45 GMT Report
5 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q North Macedonia  v  Albania Skopje, Macedonia
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Philip II Arena
6 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q Italy  v  North Macedonia Italy
19:45 GMT Report
9 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q North Macedonia  v  Liechtenstein Skopje, Macedonia
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Philip II Arena

Squad

Current squad

Squad named for the 2018 World Cup qualifier against  Albania on 5 September 2016
Caps and goals as of 2 June 2016 after the game against Iran.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Stole Dimitrievski (1993-12-25) 25 December 1993 (age 30) 6 0 Spain Gimnàstic
1GK Kostadin Zahov (1987-11-08) 8 November 1987 (age 37) 0 0 North Macedonia Shkendija
6 2DF Vanche Shikov (vice-captain) (1985-07-19) 19 July 1985 (age 39) 49 4 Azerbaijan Neftçi
5 2DF Daniel Mojsov (1987-12-25) 25 December 1987 (age 36) 32 0 Cyprus AEK Larnaca
13 2DF Stefan Ristovski (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 (age 32) 25 0 Croatia Rijeka
3 2DF Leonard Zhuta (1992-08-09) 9 August 1992 (age 32) 11 0 Croatia Rijeka
14 2DF Kire Ristevski (1990-10-22) 22 October 1990 (age 34) 11 0 Hungary Vasas
7 3MF Ivan Trichkovski (1987-04-18) 18 April 1987 (age 37) 41 4 Cyprus AEK Larnaca
19 3MF Agim Ibraimi (1988-08-29) 29 August 1988 (age 36) 39 7 Kazakhstan Astana
11 3MF Ferhan Hasani (1990-06-18) 18 June 1990 (age 34) 23 1 North Macedonia Shkendija
17 3MF Ostoja Stjepanovikj (1985-02-17) 17 February 1985 (age 39) 14 0 Poland Śląsk Wrocław
3MF Stefan Spirovski (1990-08-23) 23 August 1990 (age 34) 8 0 North Macedonia Vardar
3MF Milovan Petrovikj (1990-01-23) 23 January 1990 (age 34) 6 0 Croatia Osijek
3MF Ezgjan Alioski (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 (age 32) 6 0 Switzerland Lugano
3MF Nikola Gjorgjev (1997-08-22) 22 August 1997 (age 27) 2 0 Switzerland Grasshopper
10 4FW Goran Pandev (Captain) (1983-07-27) 27 July 1983 (age 41) 79 27 Italy Genoa
15 4FW Ilija Nestorovski (1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 (age 34) 8 1 Italy Palermo
4FW Besart Ibraimi (1986-12-17) 17 December 1986 (age 37) 8 0 North Macedonia Shkendija

Recent call-ups

The following players are also eligible for the Macedonian squad and have received a call up within the past 12 months:

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Igor Aleksovski U21 (1995-02-24) 24 February 1995 (age 29) 0 0 North Macedonia Vardar v.  Iran, 2 June 2015
GK Martin Bogatinov (1986-04-26) 26 April 1986 (age 38) 16 0 Cyprus Ethnikos Achna v.  Bulgaria, 29 March 2016
GK David Mitov Nilsson Injured (1991-01-12) 12 January 1991 (age 33) 1 0 Sweden Norrköping v.  Lebanon, 17 November 2015
GK Marko Jovanovski (1988-07-24) 24 July 1988 (age 36) 0 0 North Macedonia Shkendija v.  Lebanon, 17 November 2015
DF Darko Velkovski U21 (1995-06-21) 21 June 1995 (age 29) 3 0 North Macedonia Vardar v.  Iran, 2 June 2015
DF Gjoko Zajkov U21 (1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Belgium Charleroi v.  Iran, 2 June 2015
DF Egzon Bejtulai U21 (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 (age 30) 0 0 North Macedonia Shkendija v.  Iran, 2 June 2015
DF Goran Siljanovski (1990-07-01) 1 July 1990 (age 34) 4 0 North Macedonia Rabotnichki v.  Bulgaria, 29 March 2016
DF Mite Cikarski (1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 31) 3 0 Cyprus Ethnikos Achna v.  Bulgaria, 29 March 2016
DF Vladica Brdarovski (1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 (age 34) 7 0 North Macedonia Vardar v.  Lebanon, 17 November 2015
DF Stefan Ashkovski (1992-02-24) 24 February 1992 (age 32) 3 0 Netherlands Fortuna Sittard v.  Belarus, 12 October 2015
MF David Babunski U21 (1994-03-01) 1 March 1994 (age 30) 8 0 Serbia Red Star Belgrade v.  Iran, 2 June 2015
MF Enis Bardhi U21 (1995-07-02) 2 July 1995 (age 29) 5 0 Hungary Újpest v.  Iran, 2 June 2015
MF Bojan Najdenov (1991-08-27) 27 August 1991 (age 33) 4 0 North Macedonia Rabotnichki v.  Iran, 2 June 2015
MF Besir Demiri U21 (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994 (age 30) 2 0 North Macedonia Shkendija v.  Iran, 2 June 2015
MF Boban Nikolov U21 (1994-07-28) 28 July 1994 (age 30) 2 0 North Macedonia Vardar v.  Iran, 2 June 2015
MF Dejan Peshevski (1993-08-05) 5 August 1993 (age 31) 2 0 Slovakia Podbrezová v.  Iran, 2 June 2015
MF Nikola Gligorov (1983-08-15) 15 August 1983 (age 41) 25 0 North Macedonia Vardar v.  Bulgaria, 29 March 2016
MF Armend Alimi (1987-12-11) 11 December 1987 (age 36) 13 0 North Macedonia Shkendija v.  Bulgaria, 29 March 2016
MF Besart Abdurahimi (1990-07-31) 31 July 1990 (age 34) 12 1 Japan Cerezo v.  Belarus, 12 October 2015
FW Aleksandar Trajkovski Injured (1992-09-05) 5 September 1992 (age 32) 31 8 Italy Palermo v.  Iran, 2 June 2015
FW Marjan Radeski U21 (1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 (age 29) 7 1 North Macedonia Shkendija v.  Iran, 2 June 2015
FW Adis Jahovikj (1987-03-18) 18 March 1987 (age 37) 14 3 Russia Krylia Sovetov v.  Bulgaria, 29 March 2016
FW Jovan Kostovski (1987-04-19) 19 April 1987 (age 37) 13 2 Belgium OH Leuven v.  Bulgaria, 29 March 2016
FW Bazhe Ilijoski (1984-07-09) 9 July 1984 (age 40) 14 1 Malaysia Kelantan v.  Lebanon, 17 November 2015
FW Krste Velkoski (1988-02-20) 20 February 1988 (age 36) 10 0 South Korea Incheon United v.  Lebanon, 17 November 2015
FW Viktor Angelov Injured (1994-03-27) 27 March 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Hungary Újpest v.  Lebanon, 17 November 2015
FW Mirko Ivanovski (1989-10-31) 31 October 1989 (age 35) 27 1 Croatia Slaven Belupo v.  Belarus, 12 October 2015

All-time team record

The following table shows Macedonia's all-time international record, correct as of 2 June 2016.[45]

Statistics

See all-time players list.
Updated as for 2 June 2016

Captains

This is a list of Macedonian captains for five or more official and friendly matches. Goran Pandev is the current captain of the Macedonian National Team.

Player Period Games as captain (Total caps) Major tournaments as captain (Games)
Darko Pančev 1993–1995 6 (6)
Toni Micevski 1996–2001 12 (44)
Artim Šakiri 2002–2005 10 (72)
Goce Sedloski 2004–2009 43 (100)
Veliče Šumulikoski 2009–2012 11 (84)
Goran Pandev 2010–2013 22 (75)
Tome Pačovski 2014–2015 10 (46)
Goran Pandev 2016 – 26 (79)

Note: Some of the other players to have captained the team include: Dragi Kanatlarovski (1 cap) 1993, Ilija Najdoski (3) 1994, Dančo Celeski (2) 1995, Ljupčo Markovski (4) 1995 to 1997, Mitko Stojkovski (2) 1998, Boban Babunski (2) 1996 and 1999, Gjorgji Hristov (2) 2002 to 2003, Petar Miloševski (2) 2004 and 2008, Ilčo Naumoski (1) 2008, Igor Mitreski (4) 2007 to 2010, Aleksandar Lazevski (1) 2010, Nikolče Noveski (4) 2011 to 2013, Daniel Mojsov (1) 2012, Boban Grnčarov (3) 2012 to 2014, Baže Ilijoski (1) 2014, Blaže Todorovski (1) 2014 and Vance Sikov (4) 2015.

Coaching history

Updated on 2 June 2016 [46]

Name First game Last game Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
North Macedonia North Macedonia Andon Dončevski 13 October 1993 15 November 1995 17 5 5 7 23 24 −1 29.41%
North Macedonia Gjoko Hadžievski 27 March 1996 9 June 1999 28 10 7 11 42 37 +5 35.71%
North Macedonia Dragi Kanatlarovski 5 September 1999 28 March 2001 18 3 3 11 15 26 −11 16.67%
North Macedonia Gjore Jovanovski 2 June 2001 10 January 2002 13 0 6 7 9 26 −17 0%
North Macedonia Nikola Ilievski 27 March 2002 11 June 2003 15 3 6 6 26 26 0 20%
North Macedonia Dragi Kanatlarovski 20 August 2003 9 February 2005 16 5 5 6 17 15 +2 31.25%
Serbia and Montenegro Slobodan Santrač 30 March 2005 17 August 2005 4 1 0 3 4 12 −8 25%
North Macedonia Boban Babunski (caretaker) 7 September 2005 12 November 2005 3 1 1 1 3 6 −3 33.33%
Slovenia Srečko Katanec 1 March 2006 1 April 2009 27 9 7 11 28 29 −1 33.33%
North Macedonia Mirsad Jonuz 6 June 2009 4 June 2011 20 7 4 9 22 20 +2 35%
North Macedonia Vlatko Kostov (caretaker) 7 September 2010 7 September 2010 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0%
North Macedonia Boban Babunski (caretaker) 10 August 2011 10 August 2011 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100%
Wales John Toshack 2 September 2011 29 May 2012 7 1 3 3 4 8 −4 14.29%
North Macedonia Goce Sedloski (caretaker) 15 August 2012 15 August 2012 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100%
North Macedonia Čedomir Janevski 7 September 2012 10 September 2013 14 5 1 8 15 18 −3 35.71%
North Macedonia Zoran Stratev (caretaker) 11 October 2013 15 October 2013 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0%
North Macedonia Boško Gjurovski 5 March 2014 30 March 2015 12 2 3 7 5 17 −12 16.67%
Serbia Ljubinko Drulović 14 June 2015 12 October 2015 5 0 1 4 1 6 −5 0%
North Macedonia Igor Angelovski 12 November 2015 6 2 0 4 8 9 −1 33.33%

FIFA ranking history

FIFA-ranking yearly averages for Macedonia.[47]

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
90 94 86 92 59 68 76 89 85 92 92 87 54 58 56 65 76 103 81 83 100 136

See also

Notes

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  2. ^ FFM withdraws tickets for football match with Spain, to replace them with new ones MIA – Macedonian Information Agency, 7 August 2009
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  4. ^ "MKD - DEN match report". MacedonianFootball.com. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  5. ^ "MKD - BEL match report". MacedonianFootball.com. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  6. ^ "EURO 1996 Qual's". MacedonianFootball.com. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  7. ^ "LIE - MKD match report". MacedonianFootball.com. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  8. ^ "WC 1998 Qual's". MacedonianFootball.com. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  9. ^ "EURO 2000 Qual's". MacedonianFootball.com. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  10. ^ "WC 2002 Qual's". MacedonianFootball.com. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
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  17. ^ "WC 2006 Qual's". MacedonianFootball.com. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
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  21. ^ "Macedonia - Croatia 2:0". MacedonianFootball.com. 17 November 2007. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
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  23. ^ "2010 World Cup draw". MacedonianFootball.com. 25 November 2007. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
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  40. ^ "Љубинко Друловиќ е нов селектор на Македонија!" (in Macedonian). Ekipa.mk. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  41. ^ "Spain, Italy drawn in Macedonia's group". MacedonianFootball.com. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
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  47. ^ FIFA-ranking yearly averages FYR Macedonia
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