North Macedonia women's national football team

North Macedonia
Nickname(s)	Црвени лавици; The Red Lionesses; Црвено-Жолти; Red-Yellows
Association	Football Federation of Macedonia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Kiril Izov
Captain	Nataša Andonova
Most caps	Violeta Spirovska (72)
Top scorer	Nataša Andonova (14)
Home stadium	Toše Proeski Arena
FIFA code	MKD
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	130 1 (24 March 2023)[1]
Highest	90 (December 2009)
Lowest	134 (August 2022)
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 football. The team is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia, the governing body for football in the country.

History

They are currently coached by Kiril Izov. The North Macedonia women's team find themselves ranked 129th out of 159 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]

Team image

Nicknames

The North Macedonia women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Црвени Лавови (The Red Lions)" or "Црвено-Жолти (Red-Yellows)".

Home stadium

The North Macedonia plays their home matches on the Toše Proeski Arena in Skopje, but they also use Petar Miloševski Training Centre as an alternative stadium. In the past, they also played some of the matches on Gradski Stadium in Kumanovo, Goce Delčev Stadium in Prilep and stadiums Blagoj Istatov and Kukuš in Strumica.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2022

12 April 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying	Luxembourg	2–1	North Macedonia	Esch-sur-Alzette
18:00	Thompson 28', 45+1'	Report	Rochi 1'	Stadium: Stade Émile Mayrisch Referee: Deborah Anex (Switzerland)

24 June Friendly	North Macedonia	3–1	Kosovo	Skopje, North Macedonia
17:30	Andreevska 19', 62' Mustafa 26'		Shala ?' (pen.)	Stadium: Petar Miloševski Training Centre

27 June Friendly	Kosovo	4–0	North Macedonia	Pristina, Kosovo
19:00	Metaj 2' Memeti 59', 74' Shala 87'			Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)

1 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D	North Macedonia	3–2	Latvia	Skopje
19:00	Andonova 13', 17' (pen.) Rochi 72'	Report	Ročāne 5' Ševcova 79'	Stadium: FFM Training Centre Referee: Michalina Diakow (Poland)

6 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying	Austria	10–0	North Macedonia	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
20:30	Billa 7', 34' (pen.), 66' Zadrazil 28' Wenninger 43' Dunst 47' Höbinger 50' Feiersinger 61', 78' Naschenweng 71'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt Attendance: 1,750 Referee: Frederikke Lydia Søkjær (Denmark)

2023

12 February Unnoficial Friendly	FK Ljuboten	2–2	North Macedonia
		Report

15 February 2023 (2023-02-15) Friendly	Zambia	1–0	North Macedonia	Alanya, Turkey
	Chanda 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Miracle Sport Complex

15 February 2023 (2023-02-15) 2023 Turkish Women's Cup GS	North Macedonia	v	Jordan	Alanya, Turkey
11:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Gold City Sport Complex

18 February 2023 (2023-02-18) 2023 Turkish Women's Cup	Bulgaria	2–1	North Macedonia	Alanya, Turkey
15:00	Yaneva 14' Popadinova 86'		Rochi 9'	Stadium: Gold City Sport Complex

21 February 2023 2023 Turkish Women's Cup	Estonia	1–1	North Macedonia	Alanya, Turkey
14:00 (UTC+3)				Stadium: Goldcity Sport Complex

7 April 2023 (2023-04-07) Friendly	Albania	3–1	North Macedonia	Elbasan, Albania
--:-- UTC+1				Stadium: Elbasan Arena

10 April 2023 Friendly

Montenegro

3–1

North Macedonia

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of November 2020

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Kiril Izov
Assistant coaches	Ferdi Ismaili Aleksandar Andov Tanja Krstevska

Manager history

Dobre Dimovski (?–2012)
Toshe Nacev and Blagoja Filipovski (interim) (2012)
Gorazd Mihajlov (2012–2013)
Dobre Dimovski (2013–2014)
Vancho Balevski (2014–2016)
Kiril Izov (2016–)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for a friendly match against Montenegro on 21 February 2021.[4]
Caps and goals updated after the match against Kazakhstan on 27 November 2020.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Viktorija Panchurova	(1999-12-25) 25 December 1999	10	0	Tiverija
22	1GK	Magdalena Lekovska	(1999-07-20) 20 July 1999	2	0	Ljuboten

2	2DF	Daniela Veleska	(1997-03-09) 9 March 1997	4	0	Despina
3	2DF	Ane Bošeska	(1997-07-13) 13 July 1997	6	0	Tiverija
4	2DF	Katerina Mileska	(1989-02-24) 24 February 1989	41	0	Despina
5	2DF	Jasmina Jovanovska	(2001-01-25) 25 January 2001	0	0	Unknown
13	2DF	Julija Zivikj	(2000-10-29) 29 October 2000	7	0	Ljuboten
14	2DF	Angela Stojkovska	(1997-09-03) 3 September 1997	0	0	Unknown
18	2DF	Hristina Joshevska	(2000-12-27) 27 December 2000	2	0	Ljuboten

6	3MF	Elma Shemsovikj	(1999-02-04) 4 February 1999	8	1	Skopje
8	3MF	Aleksandra Markovska	(1997-05-04) 4 May 1997	10	0	Ljuboten
9	3MF	Hava Mustafa	(1997-09-20) 20 September 1997	7	0	Shkëndija
15	3MF	Dragana Gegova	(2000-06-18) 18 June 2000	1	0	Skopje
16	3MF	Sara Husein	(1998-12-16) 16 December 1998	1	0	Ljuboten
21	3MF	Aleksandra Ristovska	(1995-08-21) 21 August 1995	13	0	Tiverija

7	4FW	Ulza Maksuti	(1999-07-08) 8 July 1999	7	0	ASS Junajted
10	4FW	Nataša Andonova (captain)	(1993-12-04) 4 December 1993	33	14	Levante
11	4FW	Afrodita Salihi	(1989-04-11) 11 April 1989	32	4	Skopje
17	4FW	Teodora Dimoska	(2000-09-29) 29 September 2000	6	0	Tiverija
19	4FW	Elena Petrovska	(1998-03-13) 13 March 1998	1	0	Ljuboten
20	4FW	Kristina Petrushevska	(2000-09-23) 23 September 2000	0	0	Istatov
23	4FW	Eli Jakovska	(1995-05-16) 16 May 1995	15	2	Lokomotiv Stara Zagora

Recent call ups

The following players have been called up to the North Macedonia squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Records

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Most capped players

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps
1	Violeta Spirovska	?	72

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps
1	Nataša Andonova	2008–present	14	33

Scorers by year

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	2013	2017	2022
Nataša Andonova	6	4		2
Shireta Brahimi	1	1
Eli Jakovska	2		2
Simona Krstanovska	1		1
Gentjana Rochi	8	2	1	5
Afrodita Salihi	2	2
Elma Shemsovikj	1			1

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Edition	Finals record								Qualification record
Edition	Result	Pos.	Pld.	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Result	Pld.	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter								Declined participation
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011	Did not qualify								Main stage	8	0	0	8	3	68
2015	Did not qualify								Main stage	10	0	1	9	6	74
2019	Did not enter								Declined participation
2023	Did not qualify
Total	0 / 9	—								18	0	1	17	9	142

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2000	Did not enter
2004
2008
2012	Did not qualify
2016	Did not qualify
2020	Did not enter
Total	0/6	—	–	–	–	–	–	–

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Euro record
Edition	Finals record								Qualification record
Edition	Result	Pos.	Pld.	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Result	Pld.	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter								Declined participation
1993
1995
1997
2001
2005
2009	Did not qualify								Prel. stage	3	0	0	3	0	14
2013									Main stage	13	2	3	8	12	51
2017										8	0	0	8	4	51
2021										8	2	0	6	8	39
Total	0/10	—								32	4	3	25	24	155

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

References

"The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
"FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking: Women's Ranking". FIFA. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
"FIFA Live Scores: FYR Macedonia". FIFA. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
"Match Report of Montenegro vs North Macedonia - 2021-02-21 - FIFA Friendlies - Women - Global Sports Archive".

External links

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[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[2] "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking: Women's Ranking". FIFA. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[3] "FIFA Live Scores: FYR Macedonia". FIFA. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[4] "Match Report of Montenegro vs North Macedonia - 2021-02-21 - FIFA Friendlies - Women - Global Sports Archive".

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

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