Macedonia national football team

Macedonia
Nickname(s)
  • Црвени Рисови
    Crveni Risovi (Red Lynxes)
  • Црвени Лавови
    Crveni Lavovi (Red Lions)
Association Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија – Fudbalska Federacija na Makedonija (ФФМ/FFM)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Igor Angelovski
Captain Goran Pandev
Most caps Goce Sedloski (100)
Top scorer Goran Pandev (26)
Home stadium Philip II Arena
FIFA code MKD
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 141 Steady (May 2016)
Highest 46 (October 2008)
Lowest 147 (May 1994)
Elo ranking
Current 101 (February 2016)
Highest 55 (June 2010)
Lowest 105 (September 2015)
First international
 Slovenia 1–4 Macedonia 
(Kranj, Slovenia; 13 October 1993)
Biggest win
 Liechtenstein 1–11 Macedonia 
(Eschen–Mauren, Liechtenstein; 9 November 1996)
Biggest defeat
 Macedonia 0–5 Belgium 
(Skopje, Republic of Macedonia; 7 June 1995)

The Macedonia national football team (Macedonian: Фудбалска репрезентација на Македонија, 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.[1]

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1930 to 1990 Was part of Federal team
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 Federal team
1992 to 2016 Did not qualify
European Union 2020 To be determined
Total 0/15

As with their World Cup campaigns, Macedonia has yet to qualify for a European Championship after three qualifying campaigns. They beat Estonia 1–0 on 16 August 2006 in the first game of the qualification campaign for Euro 2008. They drew 0–0 with England on 7 October 2006, marking one of their best results to date. Another surprising game was a 2–0 win over a strong Croatian side on 17 November 2007.

Summer Olympics record

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

History

The beginning

Z. Micevski
The squad on the first official international match against Slovenia on 13 October 1993

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

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

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. In this qualifying stage, Macedonia suffered one of its worst defeats when they lost 0–5 to Belgium at home on 7 June 1995. They failed to qualify for Euro 96, finishing fourth in the group with seven points.

1998 World Cup qualifiers

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. 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.

Euro 2000 qualifiers

Macedonia's journey to qualify for the Euro 2000 tournament in the Netherlands and Belgium saw them grouped with SRJ, 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.

2002 World Cup qualifiers

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.

Euro 2004 qualifiers

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. Macedonia lost to England 2–1 at home in the return leg, which took place in September 2003. 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, their worst final points tally to date.

2006 World Cup qualifiers

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, 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. 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.

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.

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

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.

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. 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.

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. Despite some surprising results, Macedonia once again failed to qualify for the Euro 2008 Finals after finishing fifth in the group with 14 points.

2010 World Cup qualifiers

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. 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. 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.

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. 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

On 7 February 2010, Macedonia was placed in Group B for the Euro 2012 qualifiers alongside Russia, Slovakia, Republic of Ireland, Armenia and Andorra. 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 and replaced by John Toshack, who led the Macedonia in the last four matches to one win, one draw and two losses.

2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

Macedonia logo until 2014

Macedonia's 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign saw them grouped with Croatia, SRB, Belgium, Scotland and Wales. Before that qualifications in August 2012, Toshack was leaved the manager place and then was replaced by Čedomir Janevski. 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 SRB in Skopje after the taken penalty kick by Agim Ibraimi. 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 and was replaced by caretaker Zoran Stratev for the last two matches. 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 SRB 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. In November 2013, the manager Boško Gjurovski was appointed the new national team manager.

Euro 2016 qualifiers

On 23 February 2014, Macedonia was placed in Group C for the Euro 2016 qualifiers alongside Spain, Ukraine, Slovakia, Belarus and Luxembourg. 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 and replaced by Ljubinko Drulović. 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

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.

In October 2015, Drulović left to Serbian club Partizan and the manager place took the manager of Rabotnički and former assistant coach of the national team Igor Angelovski. In the same month, the Macedonian football superstar Goran Pandev was back to the national team after the two years.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup — 2 Sep '17 6 Oct '17 24 Mar '17 12 Nov '16 5 Sep '16
1  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible second round[lower-alpha 1] 6 Oct '16 — 24 Mar '17 5 Sep '17 6 Oct '17 11 Jun '17
1  Albania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Oct '16 9 Oct '17 — 12 Nov '16 5 Sep '16 2 Sep '17
1  Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Oct '17 5 Sep '16 11 Jun '17 — 2 Sep '17 9 Oct '16
1  Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Jun '17 9 Oct '16 5 Sep '17 6 Oct '16 — 9 Oct '17
1  Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Sep '17 12 Nov '16 6 Oct '16 6 Oct '17 24 Mar '17 —
First match(es) will be played on 5 September 2016. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ↑ The eight best runners-up across all groups will advance to the second round (play-offs). The ninth-ranked runners-up will be eliminated.

Kit

Kit providers

The official kit provider is currently manufactured by German sports apparel company Jako, which has signed a deal with the FFM since the starting of August 2014. Previous kit providers include Puma, Adidas and Gems.

Recent results and upcoming fixtures

2015

2016

2017

Squad

Current squad

Squad named for the friendly games against  Slovenia and  Bulgaria on 23 and 29 March 2016
Caps and goals as of 29 March 2016 after the game against Bulgaria.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Martin Bogatinov (1986-04-26) 26 April 1986 16 0 Cyprus Ethnikos Achna
12 1GK Stole Dimitrievski (1993-12-25) 25 December 1993 4 0 Spain Granada B
6 2DF Vanche Shikov (vice-captain) (1985-07-19) 19 July 1985 47 4 Austria Austria Wien
13 2DF Stefan Ristovski (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 23 0 Croatia Rijeka
5 2DF Kire Ristevski (1990-10-22) 22 October 1990 9 0 Hungary Vasas
3 2DF Leonard Zhuta (1992-08-09) 9 August 1992 9 0 Croatia Rijeka
2 2DF Goran Siljanovski (1990-07-01) 1 July 1990 4 0 Republic of Macedonia Rabotnichki
14 2DF Mite Cikarski (1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 3 0 Republic of Macedonia Rabotnichki
19 3MF Agim Ibraimi (1988-08-29) 29 August 1988 39 7 Slovenia Maribor
7 3MF Ivan Trichkovski (1987-04-18) 18 April 1987 39 4 Cyprus AEK Larnaca
9 3MF Aleksandar Trajkovski (1992-09-05) 5 September 1992 29 7 Italy Palermo
16 3MF Nikola Gligorov (1983-08-15) 15 August 1983 25 0 Republic of Macedonia Vardar
17 3MF Ostoja Stjepanovikj (1985-02-17) 17 February 1985 14 0 Cyprus AEL Limassol
8 3MF Armend Alimi (1987-12-11) 11 December 1987 13 0 Republic of Macedonia Shkendija
10 4FW Goran Pandev (Captain) (1983-07-27) 27 July 1983 77 26 Italy Genoa
18 4FW Adis Jahovikj (1987-03-18) 18 March 1987 14 3 Russia Krylia Sovetov
23 4FW Jovan Kostovski (1987-04-19) 19 April 1987 13 2 Belgium OH Leuven
15 4FW Ilija Nestorovski (1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 6 0 Croatia Inter Zaprešić

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 David Mitov Nilsson (1991-01-12) 12 January 1991 1 0 Sweden Norrköping v.  Lebanon, 17 November 2015
GK Igor Aleksovski U21 (1995-02-24) 24 February 1995 0 0 Republic of Macedonia Makedonija Gj. P. v.  Lebanon, 17 November 2015
GK Marko Jovanovski (1988-07-24) 24 July 1988 0 0 Republic of Macedonia Shkendija v.  Lebanon, 17 November 2015
GK Tome Pachovski RET (1982-06-28) 28 June 1982 46 0 Republic of Macedonia Vardar v.  Belarus, 12 October 2015
GK Daniel Bozhinovski (1989-07-08) 8 July 1989 0 0 Republic of Macedonia Rabotnichki v.  Spain, 8 September 2015
GK Filip Gachevski (1990-08-17) 17 August 1990 0 0 Republic of Macedonia Vardar v.  Slovakia, 14 June 2015
DF Daniel Mojsov (1987-12-25) 25 December 1987 32 0 Cyprus AEK Larnaca v.  Lebanon, 17 November 2015
DF Vladica Brdarovski (1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 7 0 Republic of Macedonia Vardar v.  Lebanon, 17 November 2015
DF Gjoko Zajkov U21 (1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 0 0 Belgium Charleroi v.  Lebanon, 17 November 2015
DF Stefan Ashkovski (1992-02-24) 24 February 1992 3 0 Turkey Erciyesspor v.  Belarus, 12 October 2015
DF Ezgjan Alioski (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 6 0 Switzerland Lugano v.  Spain, 8 September 2015
DF Vladimir Dimitrovski (1988-11-30) 30 November 1988 4 0 Czech Republic Teplice v.  Spain, 8 September 2015
DF Aleksandar Todorovski (1984-02-26) 26 February 1984 16 0 Poland Zagłębie Lubin v.  Slovakia, 14 June 2015
DF Darko Velkovski U21 (1995-06-21) 21 June 1995 3 0 Republic of Macedonia Vardar v.  Slovakia, 14 June 2015
MF Milovan Petrovikj (1990-01-23) 23 January 1990 6 0 Republic of Macedonia Rabotnichki v.  Lebanon, 17 November 2015
MF Enis Bardhi U21 (1995-07-02) 2 July 1995 4 0 Hungary Újpest v.  Lebanon, 17 November 2015
MF Ferhan Hasani (1990-06-18) 18 June 1990 23 1 Republic of Macedonia Shkendija v.  Belarus, 12 October 2015
MF Besart Abdurahimi (1990-07-31) 31 July 1990 12 1 Kazakhstan Astana v.  Belarus, 12 October 2015
MF Arijan Ademi SUS (1991-05-29) 29 May 1991 4 1 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb v.  Belarus, 12 October 2015
MF Muarem Muarem (1988-10-22) 22 October 1988 7 0 Azerbaijan Qarabağ v.  Spain, 8 September 2015
MF Marjan Radeski U21 (1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 5 0 Republic of Macedonia Shkendija v.  Spain, 8 September 2015
MF Boban Nikolov U21 (1994-07-28) 28 July 1994 0 0 Republic of Macedonia Vardar v.  Spain, 8 September 2015
MF Stefan Spirovski (1990-08-23) 23 August 1990 8 0 Republic of Macedonia Vardar v.  Slovakia, 14 June 2015
MF Dushko Trajchevski (1990-11-01) 1 November 1990 2 0 Republic of Macedonia Rabotnichki v.  Slovakia, 14 June 2015
FW Bazhe Ilijoski (1984-07-09) 9 July 1984 14 1 Malaysia Kelantan v.  Lebanon, 17 November 2015
FW Krste Velkoski (1988-02-20) 20 February 1988 10 0 South Korea Incheon United v.  Lebanon, 17 November 2015
FW Viktor Angelov U21 (1994-03-27) 27 March 1994 1 0 Hungary Újpest v.  Lebanon, 17 November 2015
FW Mirko Ivanovski (1989-10-31) 31 October 1989 27 1 Turkey Boluspor v.  Belarus, 12 October 2015

All-time team record

The following table shows Macedonia's all-time international record, correct as of 29 March 2016.

UEFA
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Albania 8 4 3 1 10 4 +6
 Andorra 6 4 1 1 9 1 +8
 Armenia 6 2 2 2 11 11 0
 Azerbaijan 5 4 1 0 10 3 +7
 Belarus 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1
 Belgium 4 0 1 3 1 9 −8
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 1 3 1 8 8 0
 Bulgaria 7 2 1 4 3 7 −4
 Croatia 8 1 2 5 9 12 −3
 Cyprus 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3
 Czech Republic 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7
 Denmark 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2
 England 4 0 2 2 3 5 −2
 Estonia 4 3 1 0 8 3 +5
 Finland 4 1 0 3 2 11 −9
 Hungary 2 0 1 1 0 5 −5
 Iceland 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2
 Republic of Ireland 6 1 1 4 5 11 −6
 Israel 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3
 Latvia 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
 Liechtenstein 5 4 1 0 20 4 +16
 Lithuania 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2
 Luxembourg 4 2 0 2 8 6 +2
 Malta 6 5 1 0 15 2 +13
 Moldova 3 0 3 0 3 3 0
 Montenegro 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3
 Netherlands 4 0 2 2 3 8 −5
 Norway 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3
 Poland 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6
 Portugal 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1
 Romania 5 1 0 4 5 11 −6
 Russia 4 0 0 4 0 7 −7
 Scotland 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2
 Serbia 3 1 1 1 3 6 -3
 Slovakia 8 0 2 6 3 16 −13
 Slovenia 4 3 0 1 9 4 +5
 Spain 5 0 0 5 3 14 −11
 Sweden 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3
 Turkey 7 1 1 5 9 14 −5
 Ukraine 4 1 1 2 1 3 −2
 Wales 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
Total 170 51 40 81 199243−44
AFC
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Australia 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1
 Bahrain 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 China PR 5 0 2 3 0 4 −4
 Iran 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2
 Lebanon 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
 South Korea 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1
 Oman 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
 Qatar 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
 Saudi Arabia 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Total 18 1 8 9 9 20 −11
CAF
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Angola 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Cameroon 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3
 Egypt 1 0 1 0 2 2 0
 Nigeria 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Total 5 0 3 2 25−3
CONCACAF
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Canada 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2
 Jamaica 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
 United States 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Total 4 2 1 1 52+3
CONMEBOL
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Ecuador 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
Total 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
OFC
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
Total 0 0 0 0 000
Matches against defunct national teams
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Serbia and Montenegro 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5
Total 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5
All Confederations
All Games Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
Total 203 55 52 96 220279−59

Memorable matches

Date Tournament Place Opponents Score
7 September 1994 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Skopje, Macedonia  Denmark 1 – 1
16 November 1994 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Brussels, Belgium  Belgium 1 – 1
9 November 1996 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification Eschen, Liechtenstein  Liechtenstein 11 – 1
2 April 1997 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification Skopje, Macedonia  Republic of Ireland 3 – 2
5 June 1999 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Skopje, Macedonia  Croatia 1 – 1
6 June 2001 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification Bursa, Turkey  Turkey 3 – 3
16 October 2002 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Southampton, England  England 2 – 2
9 October 2004 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification Skopje, Macedonia  Netherlands 2 – 2
12 October 2005 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification Amsterdam, Netherlands  Netherlands 0 – 0
4 June 2006 Friendly match Krefeld, Germany  Turkey 1 – 0
7 October 2006 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Manchester, England  England 0 – 0
17 November 2007 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Skopje, Macedonia  Croatia 2 – 0
6 September 2008 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Skopje, Macedonia  Scotland 1 – 0
26 May 2012 Friendly match Leiria, Portugal  Portugal 0 – 0
11 September 2012 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification Glasgow, Scotland  Scotland 1 – 1
16 October 2012 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification Skopje, Macedonia  Serbia 1 – 0
6 February 2013 Friendly match Skopje, Macedonia  Denmark 3 – 0
12 November 2015 Friendly match Skopje, Macedonia  Montenegro 4 – 1

Statistics

See all-time players list.
Updated as for 29 March 2016

Most appearances

Rank Name NT Career Caps
1 Goce Sedloski 1996–2010 100
2 Veliche Shumulikoski 2002–2013 84
3 Goran Pandev 2001 – 77
4 Artim Shakiri 1996–2006 72
5 Igor Mitreski 2001–2011 70
6 Nikolche Noveski 2004–2013 64
7 Petar Miloshevski 1998–2009 59
8 Vlatko Grozdanoski 2001–2011 50
9 Gjorgji Hristov 1995–2003 48
10 Vanche Shikov 2007 – 47

Top goalscorers

Rank Name NT Career Goals
1 Goran Pandev 2001– 26
2 Gjorgji Hristov 1995–2003 16
3 Artim Shakiri 1996–2006 15
4 Goran Maznov 2001–2009 10
5 Ilcho Naumoski 2003–2012 9
6 Saša Ćirić 1996–2003 8
Goce Sedloski 1996–2010
8 Agim Ibraimi 2009 – 7
Aleksandar Trajkovski 2011 –
10 Zoran Boshkovski 1993–1998 5
Nikolche Noveski 2004–2013
Aco Stojkov 2002–2014
Mitko Stojkovski 1994–2002

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 – 24 (77)

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

Name First game Last game Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Republic of Macedonia Republic of Macedonia Dončevski, AndonAndon Dončevski 13 October 1993 15 November 1995 17 3 5 7 23 24 −1 23.88%
Republic of Macedonia Hadžievski, GjokoGjoko Hadžievski 27 March 1996 9 June 1999 28 10 7 11 42 37 +5 35.71%
Republic of Macedonia Kanatlarovski, DragiDragi Kanatlarovski 5 September 1999 28 March 2001 18 3 3 11 15 26 −11 16.67%
Republic of Macedonia Jovanovski, GjoreGjore Jovanovski 2 June 2001 10 January 2002 13 0 6 7 9 26 −17 0%
Republic of Macedonia Ilievski, NikolaNikola Ilievski 27 March 2002 11 June 2003 15 3 6 6 26 26 0 20.00%
Republic of Macedonia Kanatlarovski, DragiDragi Kanatlarovski 20 August 2003 9 February 2005 16 5 5 6 17 15 +2 31.25%
Serbia and Montenegro Santrač, SlobodanSlobodan Santrač 30 March 2005 17 August 2005 4 1 0 3 4 12 −8 25.00%
Republic of Macedonia Babunski, BobanBoban Babunski (caretaker) 7 September 2005 12 November 2005 3 1 1 1 3 6 −3 33.33%
Slovenia Katanec, SrečkoSrečko Katanec 1 March 2006 1 April 2009 27 9 7 11 28 29 −1 33.33%
Republic of Macedonia Jonuz, MirsadMirsad Jonuz 6 June 2009 4 June 2011 20 7 4 9 22 20 +2 35.00%
Republic of Macedonia Kostov, VlatkoVlatko Kostov (caretaker) 7 September 2010 7 September 2010 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0%
Republic of Macedonia Babunski, BobanBoban Babunski (caretaker) 10 August 2011 10 August 2011 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.0%
Wales Toshack, JohnJohn Toshack 2 September 2011 29 May 2012 7 1 3 3 4 8 −4 14.29%
Republic of Macedonia Sedloski, GoceGoce Sedloski (caretaker) 15 August 2012 15 August 2012 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.0%
Republic of Macedonia Janevski, ČedomirČedomir Janevski 7 September 2012 10 September 2013 14 5 1 8 15 18 −3 35.71%
Republic of Macedonia Stratev, ZoranZoran Stratev (caretaker) 11 October 2013 15 October 2013 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0%
Republic of Macedonia Gjurovski, BoškoBoško Gjurovski 5 March 2014 30 March 2015 12 2 3 7 5 17 −12 8.33%
Serbia Drulović, LjubinkoLjubinko Drulović 14 June 2015 12 October 2015 5 0 1 4 1 6 −5 0%
Republic of Macedonia Angelovski, IgorIgor Angelovski 12 November 2015 4 1 0 3 4 5 −1 25%

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 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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