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.
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 | 129 ![]() | ||
Highest | 90 (December 2009) | ||
Lowest | 134 (August 2022) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Đakovo, Croatia; 7 May 2005) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Strumica, Macedonia; 5 March 2011) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (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 ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | |
Report |
15 February 2023 Friendly | Zambia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Alanya, Turkey |
Chanda ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Miracle Sport Complex |
15 February 2023 2023 Turkish Women's Cup GS | North Macedonia ![]() | v | ![]() | Alanya, Turkey |
11:00 UTC+3 | Stadium: Gold City Sport Complex |
18 February 2023 2023 Turkish Women's Cup | Bulgaria ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Alanya, Turkey |
15:00 |
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Stadium: Gold City Sport Complex |
21 February 2023 2023 Turkish Women's Cup | Estonia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Alanya, Turkey |
14:00 (UTC+3) | Stadium: Goldcity Sport Complex |
7 April 2023 Friendly | Albania ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Elbasan, Albania |
--:-- UTC+1 | Stadium: Elbasan Arena |
10 April 2023 Friendly | Montenegro ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
22 September 2023 Nations League C | North Macedonia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | , Skopje |
15:00 | Report | Stankova ![]() |
Stadium: Petar Miloševski Training Centre Attendance: 200 Referee: Miriama Bočková (Slovakia) |
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
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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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
- The following players were named for the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League matches against Bulgaria on 22 September 2023.[4]
- Caps and goals updated after the match against Kazakhstan on 27 November 2020.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Viktorija Panchurova | 25 December 1999 | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
22 | GK | Magdalena Lekovska | 20 July 1999 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
GK | Berna Kabakchi | |||||
4 | DF | Katerina Mileska | 24 February 1989 | 41 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | DF | Ana Milchevska | ||||
4 | DF | Pavlinka Nikolovska | ||||
6 | MF | Elma Shemsovikj | 4 February 1999 | 8 | 1 | ![]() |
6 | MF | Sara Kolarovska | ||||
6 | MF | Lenche Andreevska | ||||
6 | MF | Sara Evtinxhioska | ||||
6 | MF | Rabija Dervishi | ||||
8 | MF | Aleksandra Markovska | 4 May 1997 | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
6 | MF | Edina Sulejman | ||||
6 | MF | Aleksandra Jovanovska | ||||
6 | MF | Radica Velkova | ||||
9 | MF | Hava Mustafa | 20 September 1997 | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
10 | FW | Nataša Andonova (captain) | 4 December 1993 | 33 | 14 | ![]() |
7 | FW | Ulza Maksuti | 8 July 1999 | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
7 | FW | Gentjana Rochi | ||||
11 | FW | Afrodita Salihi | 11 April 1989 | 32 | 4 | ![]() |
7 | FW | Bojana Petkova | ||||
7 | FW | Kristina Mojsoska | ||||
7 | FW | 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 |
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Records
- Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.
Most capped players
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Top goalscorers
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Scorers by year
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 |
Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
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Result | Pos. | Pld. | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Result | Pld. | W | D | L | GF | GA | |||||||
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![]() | Did not qualify | Main stage | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 68 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 74 | |||||||||||||||
![]() | Did not enter | Declined participation | |||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | Did not qualify | Main Stage | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 62 | |||||||||||||
2027 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||||||
Total | 0 / 10 | — | 28 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 204 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Olympic Games
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Total | 0/9 | — | – | – | – | – | – | – |
UEFA Women's Championship
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Edition | Finals record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
Result | Pos. | Pld. | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Result | Pld. | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
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![]() | Did not qualify | Prel. stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||
![]() | Main stage | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 51 | |||||||||
![]() | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 51 | ||||||||||
![]() | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 39 | ||||||||||
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Total | 0/11 | — | 32 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 155 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
References
- "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking: Women's Ranking". FIFA. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- "FIFA Live Scores: FYR Macedonia". FIFA. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- Squad For 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League.