North Macedonia national under-21 football team

North Macedonia Under-21
Nickname(s)	The Red Lions (Црвени лавови)
Association	Football Federation of Macedonia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Dragi Kanatlarovski
Captain	Mario Ilievski; Dimitar Todorovski
Most caps	Goran Bogdanović (28)
Top scorer	Samir Fazli (7); Dimitar Mitrovski (7);
Home stadium	Petar Miloshevski TC
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 FR 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
2009									8	2	3	3	5	6	−1
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									10	5	3	2	20	12	+8	Blagoja Milevski
2023									10	2	3	5	8	15	−7	Blagoja Milevski, Dragan Kanatlarovski
Total	1/15	3	0	1	2	4	11	−7	132	32	26	74	136	245	−109

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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

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

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Pos	Team	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

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	10	8	2	0	31	5	+26	26	Final tournament	—	5–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	7–0
2	Ukraine	10	7	2	1	20	11	+9	23	Play-offs	3–3	—	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–1
3	Serbia	10	3	3	4	10	11	−1	12		0–3	0–1	—	0–0	2–1	2–0
4	Faroe Islands	10	2	4	4	6	12	−6	10		1–1	0–4	1–1	—	1–1	2–0
5	North Macedonia	10	2	3	5	8	15	−7	9		0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	—	3–1
6	Armenia	10	1	0	9	7	28	−21	3		1–4	0–2	1–4	2–0	1–2	—

Source: UEFA

Recent results and fixtures

Generation 2002+

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Macedonia scorer(s)	Report
Friendly matches
16 December 2021	Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedonia	Kosovo	1–0	Abazi 63'	ffm.mk
18 December 2021		Kosovo	3–3	Trpchevski 12', Abazi 74', Todorovski 78'	ffm.mk
10 June 2022		Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	Abazi 47'	ffm.mk
12 June 2022		Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–1	Kurtulan 24', 34'	ffm.mk
23 September 2022	Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia	Albania	3–1	Kalkan 10', Ilievski 47', 55'	ffm.mk
26 September 2022	Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia	Saudi Arabia	1–1	Ilievski 60'	ffm.mk
17 November 2022	Makario Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Cyprus	1–1	Ilievski 66'	ffm.mk
22 November 2022	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus	Serbia	1–1	Kalkan 20'	ffs.rs
22 March 2023	Antalya, Turkey	Latvia	0–3		ffm.mk
25 March 2023	Belek, Turkey	Finland	1–1	Kalkan 32' (pen.)	ffm.mk
28 March 2023	Antalya, Turkey	Slovakia	0–1

* Macedonia's scores are always listed first

Squad

Current squad

Squad named for the friendly games against Latvia, Finland and Slovakia on 23, 25 and 28 March 2023.[1]
Caps and goals as of 28 March 2023, after the match against Slovakia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Marko Alchevski	(2002-04-16) 16 April 2002	7	0	Akademija Pandev
12	1GK	Ivan Nikoloski	(2002-12-23) 23 December 2002	4	0	Belasica
22	1GK	Vasko Vasilev	(2004-04-16) 16 April 2004	1	0	Rio Ave U23

16	2DF	Viktor Krstevski	(2002-04-04) 4 April 2002	14	0	Gostivar
4	2DF	Andrej Stojchevski	(2003-05-26) 26 May 2003	12	0	Žilina
6	2DF	Stefan Despotovski	(2003-01-23) 23 January 2003	9	0	Rabotnichki
5	2DF	Reshat Ramadani	(2003-06-30) 30 June 2003	9	0	Dynamo
15	2DF	Imran Fetai	(2002-08-02) 2 August 2002	7	0	Besa
2	2DF	Mihail Dimitrievski	(2002-07-11) 11 July 2002	3	0	Bregalnica
3	2DF	Mario Richkov	(2004-05-04) 4 May 2004	3	0	Shkupi

8	3MF	Dimitar Todorovski	(2002-03-07) 7 March 2002	19	1	Rabotnichki
10	3MF	Luka Stankovski	(2002-09-02) 2 September 2002	16	0	Gorica
17	3MF	Ivan Nikolov	(2002-02-17) 17 February 2002	10	0	Bregalnica
18	3MF	Vane Krstevski	(2003-04-28) 28 April 2003	8	0	Akademija Pandev
21	3MF	Hamza Ramani	(2002-09-17) 17 September 2002	7	0	Sileks
20	3MF	Leonid Ignatov	(2002-01-04) 4 January 2002	5	0	Skopje
14	3MF	Matej Angelov	(2004-07-11) 11 July 2004	2	0	Rabotnichki
11	3MF	Martin Talakov	(2003-03-09) 9 March 2003	2	0	Železiarne Podbrezová

9	4FW	Mario Ilievski (captain)	(2002-02-24) 24 February 2002	23	6	Kisvárda
7	4FW	Berat Kalkan	(2003-03-02) 2 March 2003	12	4	Kasımpaşa
19	4FW	Behar Feta	(2003-04-07) 7 April 2003	11	0	Voska Sport
23	4FW	Hristijan Maleski	(2002-05-04) 4 May 2002	7	0	Struga

Recent call-ups

Players that have been called up within the past 12 months and are eligible for the 2023 European U21 Football Championship Qualifiers.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Aleksandar Angjelkovski	(2002-05-25) 25 May 2002	1	0	Teteks	v. Serbia, 22 November 2022
GK	Stefan Mitrev	(2003-02-14) 14 February 2003	0	0	Shkupi	v. Serbia, 22 November 2022

DF	Aleksandar Gjurkovski ^INJ	(2002-02-11) 11 February 2002	8	0	Tikvesh	v. Serbia, 22 November 2022
DF	Antonio Jankulovski	(2003-09-16) 16 September 2003	6	0	Vélez	v. Serbia, 22 November 2022
DF	Kristijan Tasevski ^INJ	(2003-10-11) 11 October 2003	5	0	Augsburg U19	v. Cyprus, 17 November 2022 ^WD
DF	Martin Radulovikj Velichkovikj	(2002-02-07) 7 February 2002	7	1	Vardar	v. Saudi Arabia, 26 September 2022
DF	Anatolij Petejchuk ^INJ	(2002-10-22) 22 October 2002	4	0	Pobeda	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 25 June 2022

MF	Metodi Maksimov ^INJ	(2002-08-20) 20 August 2002	18	4	Shkëndija	v. Latvia, 23 March 2023 ^WD
MF	Aleks Zlatkov	(2002-03-19) 19 March 2002	10	0	Shkupi	v. Serbia, 22 November 2022
MF	Aleksandar Kocev	(2003-04-27) 27 April 2003	2	0	Belasica	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 25 June 2022

FW	Luan Abazi	(2002-01-19) 19 January 2002	9	3	Wil	v. Serbia, 22 November 2022
FW	Dashmir Elezi ^INJ	(2004-11-21) 21 November 2004	3	0	Shkëndija	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 25 June 2022
FW	Danail Tasev	(2002-04-26) 26 April 2002	2	0	Tikvesh	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 25 June 2022

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

Current First Squad

Alchevski

Ramadani

Tasevski

Todorovski

Current First Squad (2002+) with the Club Leagues they play in

Past squads

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squad

Statistics

As of 28 March 2023

Most appearances

Rank	Name	U21 Career	Caps
1	Goran Bogdanovikj	2009–2012	28
2	David Babunski	2012–2017	27
2	Davor Zdravkovski	2015–2020	27
4	Boban Nikolov	2013–2017	24
4	Gjoko Zajkov	2013–2017	24
6	Filip Antovski	2019–2022	23
6	Mario Ilievski	2020 –	23
8	Samir Fazli	2008–2012	22
	Kire Ristevski	2010–2012
	Yani Urdinov	2009–2012
	Darko Velkovski	2013–2017

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	U21 Career	Goals	Caps	Ratio
1	Dimitar Mitrovski	2018–2020	7	18	0.39
1	Samir Fazli	2008–2012	7	22	0.32
3	Kire Markoski	2013–2017	6	16	0.38
	Jani Atanasov	2018–2020		18	0.33
	Mario Ilievski	2020 –		23	0.26
6	Darko Churlinov	2018–2021	5	16	0.31
	Ilija Nestorovski	2009–2012		19	0.26
	David Babunski	2012–2017		27	0.19
9	Miroslav Gjokikj	1994–1995	4	5+	0.8
	Artim Shaqiri	1994–1995		9+	0.44
	Muarem Muarem	2009–2010		11	0.36
	Berat Kalkan	2021 –		12	0.33
	Aco Stojkov	2002–2005		13	0.31
	Enis Bardhi	2014–2017		14	0.29
	Tihomir Kostadinov	2015–2018		18	0.22
	Metodi Maksimov	2021 –		18	0.22
	Marjan Radeski	2013–2017		21	0.19

References

Македонија У21 ќе тестира во Турција, четворица дебитанти во списокот на Канатларовски

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.

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[1] Македонија У21 ќе тестира во Турција, четворица дебитанти во списокот на Канатларовски

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

North Macedonia national under-21 football team

UEFA U-21 Championship Record

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Final tournament

Group stage

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Recent results and fixtures

Generation 2002+

Squad

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Current First Squad

Past squads

Statistics

Most appearances

Top goalscorers

See also

References

External links