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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)
Association	Football Federation of Macedonia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Dragi Kanatlarovski
Captain	Mario Ilievski Dimitar Todorovski
Most caps	Goran Bogdanović (28)
Top scorer	Samir Fazli (7) Dimitar Mitrovski (7)
Home stadium	Petar Miloshevski TC
FIFA code	MKD
First colours Second colours
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)
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 v t e	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	—

Final tournament

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	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

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Recent results and fixtures

Generation 2000+

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Macedonia scorer(s)	Report
2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
2 September 2021	MMArena, Le Mans, France	France	0–3		uefa.com
7 September 2021	SRC Biljanini Izvori, Ohrid, North Macedonia	Serbia	0–0		uefa.com
7 October 2021	Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	1–1	Gjorgjievski 55'	uefa.com
12 October 2021	Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Armenia	2–1	Gjorgjievski 25', Maksimov 83'	uefa.com
11 November 2021	Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedonia	Ukraine	1–1	Grozdanovski 58'	uefa.com
16 November 2021	Todor Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia	France	0–1		uefa.com
24 March 2022	Voždovac Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia	Serbia	1–2	Dimoski 83'	uefa.com
29 March 2022	Todor Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia	Faroe Islands	0–1		uefa.com
2 June 2022	Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedonia	Armenia	3–1	Maksimov 22', Ilievski 85', Emini 90+7' (pen.)	uefa.com
7 June 2022	TBA, Chișinău, Moldova	Ukraine
Friendly matches
24 March 2021	Antalya Orman Stadı, Antalya, Turkey	Kazakhstan	1–2	Kalkan 75'	ffm.mk
27 March 2021	Asteria Kremlin Palace Spor Merkezi, Antalya, Turkey	Slovakia	2–2	Churlinov 24', Radulovikj-Velichkovikj 55'	ffm.mk
29 March 2021	Antalya Orman Stadı, Antalya, Turkey	Bulgaria	5–1	Ilievski 10', Grozdanovski 30', Maksimov 58', 76', Kalkan 80'	ffm.mk
3 June 2021	Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško, Slovenia	Slovenia	0–3		nzs.si

• * Macedonia's scores are always listed first

Generation 2002+

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Macedonia scorer(s)	Report
Friendly matches
16 December 2021	Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedonia	Kosovo	1–0	Abazi 63'	ffm.mk
18 December 2021			3–3	Trpchevski 12', Abazi 74', Todorovski 78'	ffm.mk
10 June 2022		Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	Abazi 47'	ffm.mk
12 June 2022			2–1	Kurtulan 24', 34'	ffm.mk
23 September 2022	Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia	Albania	3–1	Kalkan 10', Ilievski 47', 55'	ffm.mk
26 September 2022		Saudi Arabia	1–1	Ilievski 60'	ffm.mk

Squad

Current squad

Squad named for the friendly gamest against Cyprus and Serbia in November 2022.[1]
Caps and goals as of 30 September 2022, after both matches against Saudi Arabia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Marko Alchevski	(2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 (age 20)	3	0	Akademija Pandev
12	1GK	Ivan Nikoloski	(2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 19)	3	0	Voska Sport
22	1GK	Aleksandar Angjelkovski	(2002-05-25) 25 May 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Teteks
	1GK	Stefan Mitrev	(2003-02-14) 14 February 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Belasica
16	2DF	Viktor Krstevski	(2002-04-04) 4 April 2002 (age 20)	10	0	Gostivar
	2DF	Aleksandar Gjurkovski	(2002-02-11) 11 February 2002 (age 20)	7	0	Tikvesh
4	2DF	Andrej Stojchevski	(2003-05-26) 26 May 2003 (age 19)	7	0	Žilina
3	2DF	Kristijan Tasevski	(2003-10-11) 11 October 2003 (age 19)	5	0	Augsburg U19
5	2DF	Stefan Despotovski	(2003-01-23) 23 January 2003 (age 19)	4	0	Unattached
2	2DF	Antonio Jankulovski	(2003-09-16) 16 September 2003 (age 19)	4	0	Västra Frölunda
15	2DF	Reshat Ramadani	(2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 (age 19)	4	0	Shkëndija
8	3MF	Dimitar Todorovski (captain)	(2002-03-07) 7 March 2002 (age 20)	14	1	Rabotnichki
10	3MF	Luka Stankovski	(2002-09-02) 2 September 2002 (age 20)	12	0	Gaziantep
6	3MF	Aleks Zlatkov	(2002-03-19) 19 March 2002 (age 20)	8	0	Shkupi
17	3MF	Ivan Nikolov	(2002-02-17) 17 February 2002 (age 20)	5	0	Bregalnica
21	3MF	Leonid Ignatov	(2002-01-04) 4 January 2002 (age 20)	3	0	Skopje
18	3MF	Vane Krstevski	(2003-04-28) 28 April 2003 (age 19)	3	0	Akademija Pandev
13	3MF	Hamza Ramani	(2002-09-17) 17 September 2002 (age 20)	2	0	Pobeda
9	4FW	Mario Ilievski (captain)	(2002-02-24) 24 February 2002 (age 20)	18	5	Kisvárda
19	4FW	Metodi Maksimov	(2002-08-20) 20 August 2002 (age 20)	16	4	Rabotnichki
20	4FW	Luan Abazi	(2002-01-19) 19 January 2002 (age 20)	7	3	Wil
7	4FW	Berat Kalkan	(2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 (age 19)	7	2	Kasımpaşa U19
23	4FW	Behar Feta	(2003-04-07) 7 April 2003 (age 19)	6	0	Voska Sport
	4FW	Hristijan Maleski	(2002-05-04) 4 May 2002 (age 20)	2	0	Struga

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
DF	Martin Radulovikj Velichkovikj	(2002-02-07) 7 February 2002 (age 20)	7	1	Slovan U19	v.  Saudi Arabia, 26 September 2022
DF	Imran Fetai	(2002-08-02) 2 August 2002 (age 20)	4	0	Gostivar	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 25 June 2022
DF	Anatolij Petejchuk	(2002-10-22) 22 October 2002 (age 20)	4	0	Pobeda	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 25 June 2022
DF	Martin Miserdovski	(2002-11-11) 11 November 2002 (age 20)	2	0	Rabotnichki	v.  Kosovo, 18 December 2021
DF	Uran Neziroski	(2002-11-06) 6 November 2002 (age 20)	2	0	Mauerwerk	v.  Kosovo, 18 December 2021
DF	Gorast Stojmenov	(2002-06-26) 26 June 2002 (age 20)	2	0	Skopje	v.  Kosovo, 18 December 2021
MF	Aleksandar Kocev	(2003-04-27) 27 April 2003 (age 19)	2	0	Belasica	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 25 June 2022
MF	Hristijan Georgievski	(2003-04-12) 12 April 2003 (age 19)	2	0	Skopje	v.  Kosovo, 18 December 2021
FW	Dashmir Elezi U19	(2004-11-21) 21 November 2004 (age 17)	3	0	Shkëndija	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 25 June 2022
FW	Danail Tasev	(2002-04-26) 26 April 2002 (age 20)	2	0	Tikvesh	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 25 June 2022
FW	Filip Trpchevski INJ	(2003-05-04) 4 May 2003 (age 19)	2	1	Häcken	v.  Kosovo, 18 December 2021

• A: Called up by the Macedonia A National Team
• U19: Called up by the Macedonia U19 National Team
• INJ: Injured
• WD: Withdrew
• COV: Covid-19
• PRE: Preliminary squad

Current First Squad

Past squads

• 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squad

Statistics

As of 27 September 2022

See also

• Macedonia national football team
• Macedonia national under-19 football team
• Macedonia national under-17 football team
• European Under-21 Football Championship

References

External links

• MacedonianFootball Contains news and information about the Macedonian U-21 National Football Team.
• UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.

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