The North Macedonia women's national football team represents North Macedonia in international women's association football. The team is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia, the governing body for football in the country.
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Nickname(s) | Црвени лавици The Red Lionesses Црвено-Жолти Red-Yellows | ||
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Association | Football Federation of Macedonia | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Kiril Izov | ||
Captain | Nataša Andonova | ||
Most caps | Violeta Spirovska (72) | ||
Top scorer | Nataša Andonova (14) | ||
Home stadium | Toše Proeski Arena | ||
FIFA code | MKD | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 131 ![]() | ||
Highest | 90 (December 2009) | ||
Lowest | 134 (August 2022) | ||
First international | |||
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Biggest win | |||
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Biggest defeat | |||
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They are currently coached by Kiril Izov. The North Macedonian women's team find themselves ranked 129th out of 159 active women's footballing nations registered with FIFA.[2]
The women's team played their first official game on 7 May 2005, in which they were beaten 4–0 by Croatia. Two weeks later, on 21 May 2005, Macedonia scored their first ever goal in a 7–1 loss to Slovenia.[3]
The North Macedonia women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Црвени Лавови (The Red Lions)" or "Црвено-Жолти (Red-Yellows)".
The North Macedonia plays their home matches on the Toše Proeski Arena in Skopje, but they also use Petar Miloševski Training Centre as an alternative stadium. In the past, they also played some of the matches on Gradski Stadium in Kumanovo, Goce Delčev Stadium in Prilep and stadiums Blagoj Istatov and Kukuš in Strumica.
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Lose Fixture
21 October 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup D | Latvia ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() | Liepāja |
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Report | Stadium: Daugava Stadium Referee: Frederikke Lydia Søkjær (Denmark) |
26 October 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying | North Macedonia ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Ohrid |
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Stadium: SRC Biljanini Izvori Referee: Nadezhda Gorinova (Russia) |
25 November 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying | North Macedonia ![]() | 0–11 | ![]() | Skopje |
Report | Stadium: Petar Miloševski Training Centre Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer (Germany) |
29 November 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying | Northern Ireland ![]() | 9–0 | ![]() | Belfast |
18:00 | Report | Stadium: Seaview Referee: Meitar Shemesh (Israel) |
8 April 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup D | North Macedonia ![]() | 0–10 | ![]() | Skopje |
20:00 | Report | Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands) |
12 April 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying | Luxembourg ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Esch-sur-Alzette |
18:00 | Thompson ![]() |
Report | Rochi ![]() |
Stadium: Stade Émile Mayrisch Referee: Deborah Anex (Switzerland) |
24 June Friendly | North Macedonia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Skopje, North Macedonia |
17:30 |
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Shala ![]() |
Stadium: Petar Miloševski Training Centre |
27 June Friendly | Kosovo ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Pristina, Kosovo |
19:00 | Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo) |
1 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFA Group D | North Macedonia ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Skopje |
19:00 | Report | Stadium: FFM Training Centre Referee: Michalina Diakow (Poland) |
6 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying | Austria ![]() | 10–0 | ![]() | Wiener Neustadt, Austria |
20:30 |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt Attendance: 1,750 Referee: Frederikke Lydia Søkjær (Denmark) |
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As of November 2020
Position | Name | Ref. |
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Head coach | Kiril Izov | |
Assistant coaches | Ferdi Ismaili Aleksandar Andov Tanja Krstevska |
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No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | 1GK | Viktorija Panchurova | (1999-12-25) 25 December 1999 (age 22) | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
22 | 1GK | Magdalena Lekovska | (1999-07-20) 20 July 1999 (age 23) | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | 2DF | Daniela Veleska | (1997-03-09) 9 March 1997 (age 25) | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | 2DF | Ane Bošeska | (1997-07-13) 13 July 1997 (age 25) | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | 2DF | Katerina Mileska | (1989-02-24) 24 February 1989 (age 33) | 41 | 0 | ![]() |
5 | 2DF | Jasmina Jovanovska | (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Unknown |
13 | 2DF | Julija Zivikj | (2000-10-29) 29 October 2000 (age 22) | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
14 | 2DF | Angela Stojkovska | (1997-09-03) 3 September 1997 (age 25) | 0 | 0 | Unknown |
18 | 2DF | Hristina Joshevska | (2000-12-27) 27 December 2000 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
6 | 3MF | Elma Shemsovikj | (1999-02-04) 4 February 1999 (age 23) | 8 | 1 | ![]() |
8 | 3MF | Aleksandra Markovska | (1997-05-04) 4 May 1997 (age 25) | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
9 | 3MF | Hava Mustafa | (1997-09-20) 20 September 1997 (age 25) | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
15 | 3MF | Dragana Gegova | (2000-06-18) 18 June 2000 (age 22) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
16 | 3MF | Sara Husein | (1998-12-16) 16 December 1998 (age 23) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
21 | 3MF | Aleksandra Ristovska | (1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 27) | 13 | 0 | ![]() |
7 | 4FW | Ulza Maksuti | (1999-07-08) 8 July 1999 (age 23) | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
10 | 4FW | Nataša Andonova (captain) | (1993-12-04) 4 December 1993 (age 28) | 33 | 14 | ![]() |
11 | 4FW | Afrodita Salihi | (1989-04-11) 11 April 1989 (age 33) | 32 | 4 | ![]() |
17 | 4FW | Teodora Dimoska | (2000-09-29) 29 September 2000 (age 22) | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
19 | 4FW | Elena Petrovska | (1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 (age 24) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
20 | 4FW | Kristina Petrushevska | (2000-09-23) 23 September 2000 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
23 | 4FW | Eli Jakovska | (1995-05-16) 16 May 1995 (age 27) | 15 | 2 | ![]() |
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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Most capped players
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Top goalscorers
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Players | Overall | 2011 | 2015 |
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Nataša Andonova | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Gentjana Rochi | 1 | 1 | |
Afrodita Salihi | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Violeta Spirovska | 1 | 1 | |
Scorers | Overall | 2009 | 2013 | 2017 | 2022 |
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Nataša Andonova | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||
Shireta Brahimi | 1 | 1 | |||
Eli Jakovska | 2 | 2 | |||
Simona Krstanovska | 1 | 1 | |||
Gentjana Rochi | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Afrodita Salihi | 2 | 2 | |||
Elma Shemsovikj | 1 | 1 |
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![]() | Did not qualify | Main Stage | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 68 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 74 | |||||||||||||||
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Overall | 0 / 9 | — | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 142 |
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