North Macedonia national under-21 football team explained

North Macedonia Under-21
Nickname:The Red Lions (Црвени лавови)
Association:Football Federation of Macedonia
Confederation:UEFA (Europe)
Coach:Dragi Kanatlarovski
Most Caps:Mario Ilievski (31)
Top Scorer:
Captain:Mario Ilievski
Home Stadium:Petar Miloshevski TC
Fifa Trigramme:MKD
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First Game:Unofficial
7–0
(Skopje, 31 May 1994)
Official
5–3
(Kočani, 7 September 1994)
Largest Win:Unofficial
7–0
(Skopje, 31 May 1994)
Official
7–1
(Skopje, 10 September 2019)
Largest Loss: 0–8
(Skopje, 7 September 1999)
Uefau21champ Apps:1
Uefau21champ First:2017
Uefau21champ Best: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 recordwidth=1% rowspan=18UEFA U-21 Championship Qualification recordwidth=1% rowspan=18Manager(s)
width=100Yearwidth=100Roundwidth=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25
1996Did not qualify10 4 0 6 16 27 -11Jovo Nikushev
19988 1 1 6 3 17 -14Zoran Smileski
20008 1 0 7 2 25 -23Perica Gruevski, Blagoja Kitanovski
200210 1 2 7 6 18 -12Blagoja Kitanovski, Nikola Ilievski
20048 0 1 7 4 23 -19Zharko Odjakov, Mirsad Jonuz
200612 2 3 5 9 18 -9Mirsad Jonuz
20074 2 0 2 6 6 0
20098 2 3 3 5 6 -1
20118 0 2 6 9 19 -10Mirsad Jonuz, Boban Babunski
20138 3 3 2 14 15 -1Boban Babunski
20158 1 1 6 4 13 -13Boban Babunski, Vujadin Stanojković
2017Group stage 3 0 1 2 4 11 -710 6 3 1 13 7 +6Blagoja Milevski
2019Did not qualify10 2 1 7 1724-7Blagoja Milevski, Dobrinko Ilievski
202110 5 3 2 2012+8Blagoja Milevski
202310 2 3 5 8 15-7Blagoja Milevski, Dragan Kanatlarovski
Total1/153012411-7132322674136245-109

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

See main article: 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3.

Final tournament

See main article: 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Group stage

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

See main article: 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6.

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

See main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group H.

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

See main article: 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group C.

Recent results and fixtures

See main article: Macedonia national under-21 football team results.

Generation 2002+

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Friendly matches
16 December 2021Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedoniaalign=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC1–0Abazi ffm.mk
18 December 2021align=center bgcolor=#FFFFCC3–3Trpchevski, Abazi, Todorovski ffm.mk
10 June 2022align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC1–0Abazi ffm.mk
12 June 2022align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC2–1ffm.mk
23 September 2022Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatiaalign=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC3–1ffm.mk
26 September 2022align=center bgcolor=#FFFFCC1–1ffm.mk
17 November 2022Makario Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprusalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFCC1–1ffm.mk
22 November 2022Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Limassol, Cyprusalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFCC1–1ffs.rs
22 March 2023Antalya, Turkeyalign=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC0–3ffm.mk
25 March 2023Belek, Turkeyalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFCC1–1ffm.mk
28 March 2023Antalya, Turkeyalign=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC0–1
15 June 2023Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedoniaalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFCC1–1Abazi ffm.mk
20 June 2023align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC4–0Ramani, Todorovski, Stojchevski, Abazi ffm.mk
21 November 2023Josko Arena, Ried im Innkreis, Austriaalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFCC0–0oefb.at
1 June 2024Czachor Brothers Stadium, Radom, Polandalign=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC2–1ffm.mk
5 June 2024Konjic City Stadium, Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovinaalign=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC1–2Ademi ffm.mk
2025 UEFA European U21 Championship qualification
8 September 2023Stadsparksvallen, Jönköping, Swedenalign=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC1–0uefa.com
12 September 2023Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedoniaalign=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC0–2uefa.com
17 October 2023Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldovaalign=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC1–2uefa.com
16 November 2023Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedoniaalign=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC0–1uefa.com
21 March 2024Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedoniaalign=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC1–0Abazi uefa.com
26 March 2024Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedoniaalign=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC0–2uefa.com
5 September 2024
9 September 2024
11 October 2024
14 October 2024

Squad

Current squad

Squad named for the friendly matches against Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina on 1 and 5 June 2024.[1]
Caps and goals as of 5 June 2024, after the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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.

Past squads

Statistics

Most appearances

RankNameU21 CareerCaps
1Mario Ilievski2020 –32
2Dimitar Todorovski2021 –29
3Goran Bogdanovikj2009–201228
Metodi Maksimov2021 –
5David Babunski2012–201727
Davor Zdravkovski2015–2020
7Luka Stankovski2021 –25
8Boban Nikolov2013–201724
Gjoko Zajkov2013–2017
10Filip Antovski2019–202223

Top goalscorers

RankNameU21 CareerGoalsCapsRatio
1Dimitar Mitrovski2018–2020718
Samir Fazli2008–201222
Mario Ilievski2020 –32
4Kire Markoski2013–2017616
Luan Abazi2021 –18
Jani Atanasov2018–2020
7Darko Churlinov2018–2021516
Ilija Nestorovski2009–201219
David Babunski2012–201727
10Miroslav Gjokikj1994–199545+
Artim Shaqiri1994–19959+
Muarem Muarem2009–201011
Aco Stojkov2002–200513
Enis Bardhi2014–201714
Berat Kalkan2021 –17
Tihomir Kostadinov2015–201818
Marjan Radeski2013–201721
Metodi Maksimov2021 –28

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://ffm.mk/makedonija-do-21-dragi-kanatlarovski-go-objavi-spisokot-na-fudbaleri-za-duelite-so-gibraltar-i-shvedska Драги Канатларовски го објави списокот на фудбалери за дуелите со Гибралтар и Шведска

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