North Macedonia national under-21 football team

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.

North Macedonia Under-21
Nickname(s)The Red Lions (Црвени лавови)
AssociationFootball Federation of Macedonia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachDragi Kanatlarovski
CaptainMario Ilievski
Most capsMario Ilievski (31)
Top scorer
Home stadiumPetar Miloshevski TC
FIFA codeMKD
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First colours
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Second colours
First international
Unofficial
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(Skopje, 31 May 1994)
Official
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(Kočani, 7 September 1994)
Biggest win
Unofficial
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(Skopje, 31 May 1994)
Official
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(Skopje, 10 September 2019)
Biggest defeat
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(Skopje, 7 September 1999)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2017)
Best resultGroup stage, 2017

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

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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

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Qualification

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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

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Group stage

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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

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Qualification

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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

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Qualification

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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

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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Qualification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Netherlands 10 10 0 0 32 3 +29 30 Final tournament 3–1 3–0 5–0 3–0 1–0
2   Georgia 10 6 1 3 14 10 +4 19 Play-offs 0–3 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–0
3   Sweden 10 5 2 3 25 10 +15 17 2–4 3–2 0–1 4–0 9–0
4   North Macedonia 10 4 0 6 8 15 −7 12 0–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–0
5   Moldova 10 2 1 7 7 20 −13 7 0–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–2
6   Gibraltar 10 1 0 9 3 31 −28 3 0–5 0–2 0–5 0–2 1–3
Source: UEFA

Recent results and fixtures

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Generation 2004+

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Date Venue Opponents Score Macedonia scorer(s) Report
Friendly matches
14 November 2024 Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedonia   Kosovo 1–3 Velichkovski   16' ffm.mk
17 November 2024 0–1
  • * Macedonia's scores are always listed first

Squad

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Current squad

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Squad named for the friendly matches against Kosovo on 14 and 17 November 2024.[1]
Caps and goals as of 17 November 2024, after both matches against Kosovo.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
12 1GK Vasko Vasilev (2004-04-16) 16 April 2004 (age 20) 3 0   Gostivar
1 1GK Ljupche Djekov (2005-10-18) 18 October 2005 (age 19) 2 0   Sileks
22 1GK Stefan Jovanoski (2006-02-17) 17 February 2006 (age 18) 1 0   Slavia U19

3 2DF Gjorge Djekov (2005-10-18) 18 October 2005 (age 19) 7 0   Sileks
4 2DF Malik Hamzikj (2005-05-02) 2 May 2005 (age 19) 3 0   Gostivar
5 2DF Anes Meliqi (2006-01-09) 9 January 2006 (age 18) 3 0   Shkëndija
16 2DF Xhelaidin Amedoski (2005-03-14) 14 March 2005 (age 19) 2 0   Sion U21
6 2DF Benan Hamidović (2006-03-28) 28 March 2006 (age 18) 2 0   Magdeburg U19
15 2DF Ardian Osmani (2005-02-03) 3 February 2005 (age 19) 2 0   Grasshopper U21
14 2DF Numan Ajetovikj (2006-03-18) 18 March 2006 (age 18) 1 0   Shkupi
13 2DF David Dailoski (2005-02-26) 26 February 2005 (age 19) 1 0   Venlo U21
2 2DF Daniel Markovski (2005-04-29) 29 April 2005 (age 19) 1 0   Helsingborg U19
17 2DF Borjan Poposki (2004-04-23) 23 April 2004 (age 20) 1 0   Belasica

8 3MF Matej Angelov (2004-07-11) 11 July 2004 (age 20) 14 0   LNZ
20 3MF Bekim Kamberi (2004-09-02) 2 September 2004 (age 20) 4 1   Struga
10 3MF Martin Gjorgievski (2005-02-28) 28 February 2005 (age 19) 4 0   AP Brera
7 3MF Adrijan Zendelovski (2005-02-06) 6 February 2005 (age 19) 4 0   Olympic
21 3MF Shaban Zenku (2004-02-04) 4 February 2004 (age 20) 3 0   Struga
11 3MF Rayan Berberi (2004-03-18) 18 March 2004 (age 20) 2 0   Standard Liège U21
18 3MF Dimitar Danev (2006-05-23) 23 May 2006 (age 18) 2 0   Rabotnichki
26 3MF Shenol Demiroski (2005-09-07) 7 September 2005 (age 19) 2 0   Udinese U19
19 3MF Donart Ibraimi (2004-02-16) 16 February 2004 (age 20) 2 0   Voska Sport
25 3MF Leon Tashov (2005-11-13) 13 November 2005 (age 19) 2 0   Preußen U21
24 3MF Teodor Nikolovski (2005-01-19) 19 January 2005 (age 19) 1 0   Rabotnichki
27 3MF Mateo Sofijanoski (2004-06-24) 24 June 2004 (age 20) 1 0   Makedonija GP

9 4FW Nikola Velichkovski (2005-09-13) 13 September 2005 (age 19) 2 1   Septemvri
23 4FW Matej Momchilovski (2005-01-11) 11 January 2005 (age 19) 2 0   Orijent
4FW Mihail Talevski (2004-02-09) 9 February 2004 (age 20) 0 0   Pelister

Recent call-ups

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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 Stefan Tasev (2004-07-08) 8 July 2004 (age 20) 2 0   Tikvesh v.   Bosnia and Herzegovina, 5 June 2024

DF Eren Alievski (2004-10-31) 31 October 2004 (age 20) 0 0   Trelleborg v.   Moldova, 11 October 2024 WD
DF Davor Serafimov INJ (2005-03-03) 3 March 2005 (age 19) 1 0   Shkupi v.   Bosnia and Herzegovina, 5 June 2024

MF Ardijan Chilafi (2004-06-03) 3 June 2004 (age 20) 4 0   Sampdoria U19 v.   Gibraltar, 9 September 2024

FW Erkan Semovski INJ (2004-11-23) 23 November 2004 (age 20) 2 0   Køge v.   Sweden, 26 March 2024

Current First Squad

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Djekov
Meliqi
Hamzikj
Serafimov
Djekov
Chilafi
Angelov
Kamberi
Semovski
Gjorgievski
Velichkovski
Current First Squad (2004+) with the Club Leagues they play in

Past squads

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Statistics

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As of 15 October 2024.

See also

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References

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Association 2
INTERN 1
Note 1
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