North Macedonia women's national football team

The North Macedonia women's national football team represents North Macedonia in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia, the governing body for football in the country.

North Macedonia
Nickname(s)Црвени лавици
The Red Lionesses

Црвено-Жолти
Red-Yellows
AssociationFootball Federation of Macedonia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachKiril Izov
CaptainNataša Andonova
Most capsVioleta Spirovska (72)
Top scorerNataša Andonova (14)
Home stadiumToše Proeski Arena
FIFA codeMKD
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 129 Steady (25 August 2023)[1]
Highest90 (December 2009)
Lowest134 (August 2022)
First international
 Croatia 4–0 Macedonia 
(Đakovo, Croatia; 7 May 2005)
Biggest win
 Macedonia 5–1 Luxembourg 
(Strumica, Macedonia; 5 March 2011)
Biggest defeat
 Italy 15–0 Macedonia 
(Vercelli, Italy, 17 September 2014)

History

They are currently coached by Kiril Izov. The North Macedonia 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]

Team image

Nicknames

The North Macedonia women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Црвени Лавици (The Red Lionesses)" or "Црвено-Жолти (Red-Yellows)".

Home stadium

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.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

12 February Unnoficial Friendly FK Ljuboten North Macedonia 2–2  North Macedonia
Report
15 February 2023 (2023-02-15) Friendly Zambia  1–0  North Macedonia Alanya, Turkey
Chanda 90+4' Report Stadium: Miracle Sport Complex
15 February 2023 (2023-02-15) 2023 Turkish Women's Cup GS North Macedonia  v  Jordan Alanya, Turkey
11:00 UTC+3 Stadium: Gold City Sport Complex
18 February 2023 (2023-02-18) 2023 Turkish Women's Cup Bulgaria  2–1  North Macedonia Alanya, Turkey
15:00
Stadium: Gold City Sport Complex
21 February 2023 2023 Turkish Women's Cup Estonia  1–1  North Macedonia Alanya, Turkey
14:00 (UTC+3) Stadium: Goldcity Sport Complex
7 April 2023 (2023-04-07) Friendly Albania  3–1  North Macedonia Elbasan, Albania
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Elbasan Arena
10 April 2023 (2023-04-10) Friendly Montenegro  3–1  North Macedonia
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) Nations League C North Macedonia  0–1  Bulgaria , Skopje
15:00 Report Stankova 4' Stadium: Petar Miloševski Training Centre
Attendance: 200
Referee: Miriama Bočková (Slovakia)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of November 2020

Position Name Ref.
Head coach Kiril Izov
Assistant coaches Ferdi Ismaili
Aleksandar Andov
Tanja Krstevska

Manager history

  • Dobre Dimovski (?–2012)
  • Toshe Nacev and Blagoja Filipovski (interim) (2012)
  • Gorazd Mihajlov (2012–2013)
  • Dobre Dimovski (2013–2014)
  • Vancho Balevski (2014–2016)
  • Kiril Izov (2016–)

Players

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Viktorija Panchurova (1999-12-25) 25 December 1999 10 0 North Macedonia Tiverija
22 1GK Magdalena Lekovska (1999-07-20) 20 July 1999 2 0 North Macedonia Ljuboten
1GK Berna Kabakchi

4 2DF Katerina Mileska (1989-02-24) 24 February 1989 41 0 North Macedonia Despina
4 2DF Ana Milchevska
4 2DF Pavlinka Nikolovska

6 3MF Elma Shemsovikj (1999-02-04) 4 February 1999 8 1 North Macedonia Skopje
6 3MF Sara Kolarovska
6 3MF Lenche Andreevska
6 3MF Sara Evtinxhioska
6 3MF Rabija Dervishi
8 3MF Aleksandra Markovska (1997-05-04) 4 May 1997 10 0 North Macedonia Ljuboten
6 3MF Edina Sulejman
6 3MF Aleksandra Jovanovska
6 3MF Radica Velkova
9 3MF Hava Mustafa (1997-09-20) 20 September 1997 7 0 North Macedonia Shkëndija

10 4FW Nataša Andonova (captain) (1993-12-04) 4 December 1993 33 14 Spain Levante
7 4FW Ulza Maksuti (1999-07-08) 8 July 1999 7 0 North Macedonia ASS Junajted
7 4FW Gentjana Rochi
11 4FW Afrodita Salihi (1989-04-11) 11 April 1989 32 4 North Macedonia Skopje
7 4FW Bojana Petkova
7 4FW Kristina Mojsoska
7 4FW Olivera Cokleska

Recent call ups

  • The following players have been called up to the North Macedonia squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up



Records

  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Scorers by year

FIFA World Cup, including qualifiers
PlayersOverall20112015
Nataša Andonova514
Gentjana Rochi11
Afrodita Salihi211
Violeta Spirovska11
UEFA Euro, qualifiers included
ScorersOverall2009201320172022
Nataša Andonova642
Shireta Brahimi11
Eli Jakovska22
Simona Krstanovska11
Gentjana Rochi8215
Afrodita Salihi22
Elma Shemsovikj11

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
EditionFinals recordQualification record
ResultPos.Pld.WD *LGFGAResultPld.WDLGFGA
China 1991Did not enterDeclined participation
Sweden 1995
United States 1999
United States 2003
China 2007
Germany 2011Did not qualifyMain stage8008368
Canada 201510019674
France 2019Did not enterDeclined participation
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023Did not qualifyMain Stage102081062
2027To be determinedTo be determined
Total0 / 1028212519204
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Australia 2000Did not enter
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012Did not qualify
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020Did not enter
France 2024
United States 2028To be determined
Australia 2032
Total0/9

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Euro record
EditionFinals recordQualification record
ResultPos.Pld.WD *LGFGAResultPld.WDLGFGA
Denmark 1991Did not enterDeclined participation
Italy 1993
Germany 1995
Norway Sweden 1997
Germany 2001
England 2005
Finland 2009Did not qualifyPrel. stage3003014
Sweden 2013Main stage132381251
Netherlands 20178008451
England 20228206839
Switzerland 2025To be determinedTo be determined
Total0/1132432524155
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

References

  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  2. "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking: Women's Ranking". FIFA. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  3. "FIFA Live Scores: FYR Macedonia". FIFA. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  4. Squad For 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League.
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