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.
Nickname(s) | The Red Lions (Црвени лавови) | ||
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Association | Football Federation of Macedonia | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Dragi Kanatlarovski | ||
Captain | Mario Ilievski | ||
Most caps | Mario Ilievski (31) | ||
Top scorer |
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Home stadium | Petar Miloshevski TC | ||
FIFA code | MKD | ||
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First international | |||
Unofficial Macedonia 7–0 Estonia (Skopje, 31 May 1994) Official Macedonia 5–3 Denmark (Kočani, 7 September 1994) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Unofficial Macedonia 7–0 Estonia (Skopje, 31 May 1994) Official North Macedonia 7–1 Faroe Islands (Skopje, 10 September 2019) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Macedonia 0–8 FR Yugoslavia (Skopje, 7 September 1999) | |||
UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2017) | ||
Best result | Group 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
UEFA U-21 Championship record | UEFA U-21 Championship Qualification record | Manager(s) | ||||||||||||||||
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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
Qualification
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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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 | — |
Final tournament
Group stage
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Qualification
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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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 | — |
2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Qualification
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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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 | — |
2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Qualification
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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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 | — |
Recent results and fixtures
Generation 2002+
- * Macedonia's scores are always listed first
Squad
Current squad
Squad named for the friendly matches against Kosovo on 14 and 17 November 2024.[1]
Caps and goals as of 15 October 2024, after the match against Georgia.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Vasko Vasilev | 16 April 2004 | 2 | 0 | Gostivar | |
GK | Ljupche Djekov | 18 October 2005 | 1 | 0 | Sileks | |
GK | Stefan Jovanoski | 17 February 2006 | 0 | 0 | Slavia U19 | |
DF | Gjorge Djekov | 18 October 2005 | 5 | 0 | Sileks | |
DF | Malik Hamzikj | 2 May 2005 | 2 | 0 | Gostivar | |
DF | Anes Meliqi | 9 January 2006 | 1 | 0 | Shkëndija | |
DF | Numan Ajetovikj | 18 March 2006 | 0 | 0 | Shkupi | |
DF | Xhelaidin Amedoski | 14 March 2005 | 0 | 0 | Sion U21 | |
DF | David Dailoski | 26 February 2005 | 0 | 0 | VVV-Venlo U21 | |
DF | Benan Hamidović | 28 March 2006 | 0 | 0 | Magdeburg U19 | |
DF | Daniel Markovski | 29 April 2005 | 0 | 0 | Helsingborg U19 | |
DF | Ardian Osmani | 3 February 2005 | 0 | 0 | Grasshopper U21 | |
DF | Borjan Poposki | 23 April 2004 | 0 | 0 | Belasica | |
MF | Matej Angelov | 11 July 2004 | 12 | 0 | LNZ | |
MF | Bekim Kamberi | 2 September 2004 | 2 | 1 | Struga | |
MF | Martin Gjorgievski | 28 February 2005 | 2 | 0 | AP Brera | |
MF | Adrijan Zendelovski | 6 February 2005 | 2 | 0 | Olympic | |
MF | Shaban Zenku | 4 February 2004 | 1 | 0 | Struga | |
MF | Rayan Berberi | 18 March 2004 | 0 | 0 | Standard Liège U21 | |
MF | Dimitar Danev | 23 May 2006 | 0 | 0 | Rabotnichki | |
MF | Shenol Demiroski | 7 September 2005 | 0 | 0 | Udinese U19 | |
MF | Donart Ibraimi | 16 February 2004 | 0 | 0 | Voska Sport | |
MF | Teodor Nikolovski | 19 January 2005 | 0 | 0 | Rabotnichki | |
MF | Leon Tashov | 13 November 2005 | 0 | 0 | Preußen U21 | |
FW | Besar Guxhufi | 29 May 2004 | 1 | 0 | Shkupi | |
FW | Matej Momchilovski | 11 January 2005 | 0 | 0 | Orijent | |
FW | Mihail Talevski | 9 February 2004 | 0 | 0 | Pelister | |
FW | Nikola Velichkovski | 13 September 2005 | 0 | 0 | Septemvri |
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.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Stefan Tasev | 8 July 2004 | 2 | 0 | Tikvesh | v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 5 June 2024 |
DF | Eren Alievski | 31 October 2004 | 0 | 0 | Trelleborg | v. Moldova, 11 October 2024 WD |
DF | Erion Aliji | 10 December 2005 | 0 | 0 | Horn | v. Moldova, 11 October 2024 WD |
DF | Davor Serafimov INJ | 3 March 2005 | 1 | 0 | Shkupi | v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 5 June 2024 |
MF | Ardijan Chilafi | 3 June 2004 | 4 | 0 | Sampdoria U19 | v. Gibraltar, 9 September 2024 |
FW | Erkan Semovski INJ | 23 November 2004 | 2 | 0 | Køge | v. Sweden, 26 March 2024 |
- A: Called up by the Macedonia A National Team
- U19: Called up by the Macedonia U19 National Team
- INJ: Injured
- WD: Withdrew
Current First Squad
Current First Squad (2002+) with the Club Leagues they play in |
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Past squads
Statistics
- As of 15 October 2024.
Most appearances
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Top goalscorers
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See also
References
External links
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