North Macedonia national football team

General

Kit history

North Macedonia
Nickname(s)	Рисови Risovi (Lynxes) Лавови Lavovi (Lions)
Association	Football Federation of Macedonia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Igor Angelovski
Captain	Goran Pandev
Most caps	Goran Pandev (119)
Top scorer	Goran Pandev (37)
Home Stadium	Toše Proeski Arena
FIFA code	MKD
FIFA ranking	62 (27 May 2021)
Highest FIFA ranking	46 (October 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	166 (March 2017)
Elo ranking	60 10 (8 June 2021)
Highest Elo ranking	41 (April 2018)
Lowest Elo ranking	113 (January 2017)
First international	Unofficial AP Vojvodina 3–1 FD Macedonia (Belgrade, Yugoslavia; 5 September 1945) Official Slovenia 1–4 Macedonia (Kranj, Slovenia; 13 October 1993)
Biggest win	Liechtenstein 1–11 Macedonia (Eschen, Liechtenstein; 9 November 1996)
Biggest defeat	Macedonia 0–5 Belgium (Skopje, Macedonia; 7 June 1995) Macedonia 0–5 Slovakia (Skopje, Macedonia; 7 October 2001) Hungary 5–0 Macedonia (Budapest, Hungary; 14 November 2001) Czech Republic 6–1 Macedonia (Teplice, Czech Republic; 8 June 2005)
European Championship appearances	1 (First in 2020)
Best result	TBD

The North Macedonia national football team represents North Macedonia in men's international football, and is administered by the Football Federation of Macedonia. The team play their home matches at the Toše Proeski Arena in Skopje.

Since gaining independence from Yugoslavia, North Macedonia has achieved some impressive performances, such as two away draws against England, draws both at home and away to the Netherlands, a home draw with Slovakia, an away draw against Italy, a home wins over Serbia and Croatia, and, in 2021, a shock away win at Germany.

Competitive records

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Position
1930 to 1990	Within Yugoslavia team 1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1982, 1990									Within Yugoslavia team 4th, 5th, 7th, 5th, 4th, 7th, 16th, 5th
1994	Did not enter									Did not enter
1998	Did not qualify									10	4	1	5	22	18	4/6
2002										10	1	4	5	11	18	4/6
2006										12	2	3	7	11	24	5/7
2010										8	2	1	5	5	11	4/5
2014										10	2	1	7	7	16	6/6
2018										10	3	2	5	15	15	5/6
2022	To be determined									3	2	0	1	9	4	TBD
2026										To be determined
Total		0/6	–	–	–	–	–	–		63	16	12	35	80	106	—

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record										UEFA European Championship qualifying record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Position
1960 to 1992	Within Yugoslavia team 1960, 1968, 1976, 1984, 1992									Within Yugoslavia team 2nd, 2nd, 4th, 8th, disqualified
1996	Did not qualify									10	1	4	5	9	18	4/6
2000										8	2	2	4	13	14	4/5
2004										8	1	3	4	11	14	4/5
2008										12	4	2	6	12	12	5/7
2012										10	2	2	6	8	14	5/6
2016										10	1	1	8	6	18	6/6
2020	Qualified									12	6	2	4	15	14	3/6 (PO winners)
Total		1/7	–	–	–	–	–	–		70	17	16	37	74	103	—

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018–19	D	4	1st	6	5	0	1	14	5		41st
2020–21	C	2	2nd	6	2	3	1	9	8		40th
2022–23	C	To be determined
Total				12	7	3	2	23	13	40th

Results and fixtures

2020

2020–21 UEFA Nations League 5 September	North Macedonia	2–1	Armenia	Skopje, North Macedonia
15:00 CET	Alioski  5' (pen.) Nestorovski  38' (pen.)	Report	Barseghyan  90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia-Herzegovina)

2020–21 UEFA Nations League 8 September	Georgia	1–1	North Macedonia	Tbilisi, Georgia
18:00 CET	Okriashvili  13' (pen.)	Report	Ristovski  33'	Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen (Denmark)

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs 8 October	North Macedonia	2–1	Kosovo	Skopje, North Macedonia
20:45 CET	Kololli  16' (o.g.) Velkovski  33'	Report	Hadergjonaj  29'	Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie (the Netherlands)

2020–21 UEFA Nations League 11 October	Estonia	3–3	North Macedonia	Tallinn, Estonia
18:00 CET	Sappinen  33', 61' Liivak  76' (pen.)	Report	Kuusk  3' (o.g.) Pandev  80' Zajkov  88'	Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

2020–21 UEFA Nations League 14 October	North Macedonia	1–1	Georgia	Skopje, North Macedonia
20:45 CET	Alioski  90+3' (pen.)	Report	Kvaratskhelia  74'	Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs 12 November	Georgia	0–1	North Macedonia	Tbilisi, Georgia
18:00 CET		Report	Pandev  56'	Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

2020–21 UEFA Nations League 15 November	North Macedonia	2–1	Estonia	Skopje, North Macedonia
15:00 CET	Trichkovski  29' Stojanovski  68'	Report	Sappinen  52'	Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)

2020–21 UEFA Nations League 18 November	Armenia	1–0	North Macedonia	Nicosia, Cyprus
18:00 CET	Hambardzumyan  55'	Report		Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

2021

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 25 March	Romania	3–2	North Macedonia	Bucharest, Romania
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Tănase  28' Mihăilă  50' Hagi  86'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Ademi  82' Trajkovski  83'	Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Fabio Verissimo (Portugal)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 28 March	North Macedonia	5–0	Liechtenstein	Skopje, North Macedonia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bardhi  7' Trajkovski  51', 54' Elmas  62' Nestorovski  82' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 31 March	Germany	1–2	North Macedonia	Duisburg, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Gündoğan  63' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Pandev  45+2' Elmas  85'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Friendly 1 June	North Macedonia	1–1	Slovenia	Skopje, North Macedonia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Elmas  55'	Report	Črnigoj  90+7'	Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Besfort Kasumi (Kosovo)

Friendly 4 June	North Macedonia	4–0	Kazakhstan	Skopje, North Macedonia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Alioski  35' (pen.) Trichkovski  57' Ristovski  74' Churlinov  76'	Report		Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Milovan Milačić (Montenegro)

UEFA Euro 2020 Group C 13 June	Austria	v	North Macedonia	Bucharest, Romania
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Arena Națională

UEFA Euro 2020 Group C 17 June	Ukraine	v	North Macedonia	Bucharest, Romania
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Arena Națională

UEFA Euro 2020 Group C 21 June	North Macedonia	v	Netherlands	Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Johan Cruijff Arena

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 2 September	North Macedonia	v	Armenia	Skopje, North Macedonia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 5 September	Iceland	v	North Macedonia	Reykjavík, Iceland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 8 September	North Macedonia	v	Romania	Skopje, North Macedonia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 8 October	Liechtenstein	v	North Macedonia	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 11 October	North Macedonia	v	Germany	Skopje, North Macedonia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 11 November	Armenia	v	North Macedonia	Yerevan, Armenia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 14 November	North Macedonia	v	Iceland	Skopje, North Macedonia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena

Players

Current squad

The following is the 26-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020 and the preceding friendly matches against Slovenia and Kazakhstan.

#	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Stole Dimitrievski	25 December 1993 (1993-12-25)	42	0	Rayo Vallecano
12	1GK	Risto Jankov	5 September 1998 (1998-09-05)	0	0	Rabotnichki
22	1GK	Damjan Shishkovski	18 March 1995 (1995-03-18)	6	0	Doxa
2	2DF	Egzon Bejtulai	7 January 1994 (1994-01-07)	21	0	Shkëndija
3	2DF	Gjoko Zajkov	10 February 1995 (1995-02-10)	17	1	Charleroi
4	2DF	Kire Ristevski	22 October 1990 (1990-10-22)	47	0	AEL
6	2DF	Visar Musliu	13 November 1994 (1994-11-13)	31	1	Fehérvár
8	2DF	Ezgjan Alioski	12 February 1992 (1992-02-12)	44	8	Leeds United
13	2DF	Stefan Ristovski	12 February 1992 (1992-02-12)	65	2	Dinamo Zagreb
14	2DF	Darko Velkovski	21 June 1995 (1995-06-21)	28	1	Rijeka
5	3MF	Arijan Ademi	29 May 1991 (1991-05-29)	21	4	Dinamo Zagreb
11	3MF	Ferhan Hasani	18 June 1990 (1990-06-18)	41	2	Partizani
15	3MF	Tihomir Kostadinov	4 March 1996 (1996-03-04)	10	0	Ružomberok
16	3MF	Boban Nikolov	28 July 1994 (1994-07-28)	34	2	Lecce
17	3MF	Enis Bardhi	2 July 1995 (1995-07-02)	34	6	Levante
20	3MF	Stefan Spirovski	23 August 1990 (1990-08-23)	40	1	AEK
21	3MF	Elif Elmas	24 September 1999 (1999-09-24)	27	7	Napoli
23	3MF	Marjan Radeski	10 February 1995 (1995-02-10)	17	1	Akademija Pandev
24	3MF	Daniel Avramovski	20 February 1995 (1995-02-20)	6	0	Kayserispor
25	3MF	Darko Churlinov	11 July 2000 (2000-07-11)	3	1	VfB Stuttgart
7	4FW	Ivan Trichkovski	18 April 1987 (1987-04-18)	64	7	AEK
9	4FW	Aleksandar Trajkovski	5 September 1992 (1992-09-05)	65	18	Mallorca
10	4FW	Goran Pandev (Captain)	27 July 1983 (1983-07-27)	119	37	Genoa
18	4FW	Vlatko Stojanovski	23 April 1997 (1997-04-23)	8	2	Chambly
19	4FW	Krste Velkoski	20 February 1988 (1988-02-20)	15	0	Sarajevo
26	4FW	Milan Ristovski	8 April 1998 (1998-04-08)	1	1	Spartak Trnava

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Martin Bogatinov 26 April 1986 (1986-04-26) 18 0 Ethnikos v. Germany, 31 March 2021 GK Kostadin Zahov 8 November 1987 (1987-11-08) 1 0 Shkëndija Training camp, 15–17 February 2021 GK Daniel Bozhinovski 8 July 1989 (1989-07-08) 0 0 Sileks v. Georgia, 12 November 2020 WD GK Dejan Iliev 25 February 1995 (1995-02-25) 0 0 Arsenal v. Georgia, 8 September 2020 DF Stefan Ashkovski 24 February 1992 (1992-02-24) 4 0 Botoșani v. Germany, 31 March 2021 DF Tome Kitanovski 21 May 1992 (1992-05-21) 2 0 Shkupi Training camp, 15–17 February 2021 DF Fati Ismaili 29 August 1997 (1997-08-29) 0 0 Shkupi Training camp, 15–17 February 2021 INJ DF Esmin Lichina 20 March 1998 (1998-03-20) 0 0 Makedonija GP Training camp, 15–17 February 2021 DF Kosta Manev 7 April 1993 (1993-04-07) 0 0 Akademija Pandev Training camp, 15–17 February 2021 DF Filip Najdovski 13 September 1992 (1992-09-13) 0 0 Tirana Training camp, 15–17 February 2021 WD DF Blerton Sheji 21 October 2000 (2000-10-21) 0 0 Shkupi Training camp, 15–17 February 2021 DF Angelche Timovski 13 November 1994 (1994-11-13) 0 0 Sileks Training camp, 15–17 February 2021 DF Kristijan Toshevski 6 May 1994 (1994-05-06) 8 0 Tirana v. Estonia, 11 October 2020 WD MF Agim Ibraimi 29 August 1988 (1988-08-29) 40 7 Kukësi v. Germany, 31 March 2021 MF Ljupcho Doriev 13 September 1995 (1995-09-13) 3 0 Shkëndija Training camp, 15–17 February 2021 MF Ennur Totre 29 October 1996 (1996-10-29) 2 0 Shkëndija Training camp, 15–17 February 2021 MF Gjorgi Stoilov 24 August 1995 (1995-08-24) 1 0 Akademija Pandev Training camp, 15–17 February 2021 MF Ali Adem 1 June 2000 (2000-06-01) 0 0 Shkupi Training camp, 15–17 February 2021 MF Matej Cvetanoski 18 August 1997 (1997-08-18) 0 0 Shkupi Training camp, 15–17 February 2021 MF Agon Elezi 1 March 2001 (2001-03-01) 0 0 Varaždin Training camp, 15–17 February 2021 U21 MF Luka Stankovski 2 September 2002 (2002-09-02) 0 0 Rabotnichki Training camp, 15–17 February 2021 U21 MF Dushko Trajchevski 1 November 1990 (1990-11-01) 6 0 Doxa v. Armenia, 18 November 2020 MF Darko Micevski 12 April 1992 (1992-04-12) 2 0 RFS v. Armenia, 18 November 2020 FW Ilija Nestorovski 12 March 1990 (1990-03-12) 46 10 Udinese v. Germany, 31 March 2021 INJ FW Dashmir Elezi 21 November 2004 (2004-11-21) 0 0 Shkëndija Training camp, 15–17 February 2021 FW Marko Gjorgjievski 18 April 2000 (2000-04-18) 0 0 Radnički Pirot Training camp, 15–17 February 2021 U21 FW Djemal Ibishi 18 January 2001 (2001-01-18) 0 0 Dubrava Training camp, 15–17 February 2021 INJ Withdrew due to injury PRE Preliminary squad / standby RET Retired from the national team SUS Serving suspension U21 Player called up to the U21 squad. COV The player is not part of the current squad due to being tested positive for COVID-19. WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue. Alumni Former players Main article: List of Macedonian international players Managers Main article: List of North Macedonia international managers External links Official website (in Macedonian) North Macedonia at FIFA North Macedonia at UEFA North Macedonia Macedonian competitions · Macedonian coaches · Macedonian players · Macedonian stadiums · Macedonian clubs North Macedonia – UEFA Euro 2020 – Group stage 1. Dimitrievski 2. Bejtulai 3. Zajkov 4. Ristevski 5. Ademi 6. Musliu 7. Trichkovski 8. Alioski 9. Trajkovski 10. Pandev (c) 11. Hasani 12. Jankov 13. S. Ristovski 14. Velkovski 15. Kostadinov 16. Nikolov 17. Bardhi 18. Stojanovski 19. Velkoski 20. Spirovski 21. Elmas 22. Shishkovski 23. Radeski 24. Avramovski 25. Churlinov 26. M. Ristovski Manager:   Igor Angelovski Football in North Macedonia League competitions The FFM Cup competitions Premier league North Macedonia Macedonian Cup Second league (U-21) (U-19) Macedonian Super Cup Third league List of clubs Regional Leagues List of stadiums International football FIFA · World Cup · Confederations Cup · U-20 World Cup · U-17 World Cup · Minor tournaments · World Rankings · Player of the Year · Teams · Competitions · Federations · Codes Confederation Competitions AFC Asian Cup CAF Africa Cup of Nations CONCACAF Gold Cup CONMEBOL Copa América OFC Nations Cup UEFA European Championship Non-FIFA N.F.-Board · Viva World Cup National football teams of Europe (UEFA) Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands · Finland · France · Georgia · Germany · Gibraltar · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Republic of Ireland · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan · Kosovo · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · North Macedonia · Northern Ireland · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales