North Macedonia national under-21 football team
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 | Goran Bogdanović (28) Mario Ilievski (28) | ||
| Top scorer |
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| Home stadium | Petar Miloshevski TC | ||
| FIFA code | MKD | ||
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| First international | |||
Unofficial.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | ||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
Source: UEFA
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 | — |
Source: UEFA
2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Qualification
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 1 | Netherlands |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 12 | Final tournament | — | 14 Oct '24 | 9 Sep '24 | 3–0 | 5 Sep '24 | 16 Nov | |
| 2 | Sweden |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7 | Play-offs | 20 Nov | — | 10 Oct '24 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 6 Sep '24 | |
| 3 | Georgia |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 5 Sep '24 | 15 Oct '24 | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Moldova |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 6 | 25 Mar '24 | 10 Sep '24 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 21 Nov | ||
| 5 | North Macedonia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | 0–2 | 26 Mar '24 | 16 Nov | 11 Oct '24 | — | 21 Mar '24 | ||
| 6 | Gibraltar |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 0 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 26 Mar '24 | 1–3 | 9 Sep '24 | — |
Updated to match(es) played on 17 October 2023. Source: UEFA
Recent results and fixtures
Generation 2002+
- * Macedonia's scores are always listed first
Squad
Current squad
Squad named for the 2025 UEFA U21 Euro qualifiers against Moldova on 17 October 2023.[1]
Caps and goals as of 20 October 2023, after the match against Moldova.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Marko Alchevski | 16 April 2002 | 11 | 0 | AP Brera |
| 12 | GK | Ivan Nikoloski | 23 December 2002 | 5 | 0 | Pobeda |
| 22 | GK | Stefan Mitrev | 14 February 2003 | 0 | 0 | Kozhuf |
| 11 | DF | Metodi Maksimov | 20 August 2002 | 23 | 4 | Shkëndija |
| 4 | DF | Andrej Stojchevski | 26 May 2003 | 17 | 1 | Žilina |
| 3 | DF | Viktor Krstevski | 4 April 2002 | 16 | 0 | Gostivar |
| 6 | DF | Stefan Despotovski | 23 January 2003 | 14 | 0 | Rabotnichki |
| 5 | DF | Reshat Ramadani | 30 June 2003 | 14 | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 15 | DF | Imran Fetai | 2 August 2002 | 9 | 0 | Tikvesh |
| 2 | DF | Mihail Dimitrievski | 11 July 2002 | 5 | 0 | Bregalnica |
| 20 | MF | Dimitar Todorovski | 7 March 2002 | 24 | 2 | Rabotnichki |
| 10 | MF | Luka Stankovski | 2 September 2002 | 19 | 1 |  Gaziantep |
| 23 | MF | Behar Feta | 7 April 2003 | 16 | 0 | Maribor |
| 8 | MF | Ivan Nikolov | 17 February 2002 | 15 | 1 | Sønderjyske |
| 19 | MF | Aleks Zlatkov | 19 March 2002 | 14 | 0 | Shkupi |
| 18 | MF | Vane Krstevski | 28 April 2003 | 13 | 0 | AP Brera |
| 21 | MF | Hamza Ramani | 17 September 2002 | 12 | 1 | Shkupi |
| 14 | MF | Matej Angelov | 11 July 2004 | 6 | 0 | Rabotnichki |
| 13 | MF | Hristijan Georgievski | 12 April 2003 | 2 | 0 | Struga |
| 9 | FW | Mario Ilievski (captain) | 24 February 2002 | 28 | 6 | Kisvárda |
| 17 | FW | Luan Abazi | 19 January 2002 | 14 | 5 | Shkupi |
| 16 | FW | Hristijan Maleski | 4 May 2002 | 10 | 0 | AP Brera |
| 7 | FW | Dimitar Trajkov | 8 August 2004 | 3 | 0 | AP Brera |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Vasko Vasilev | 16 April 2004 | 2 | 0 | Gostivar |
v.  Malta, 20 June 2023 |
| GK | Stefan Tasev | 8 July 2004 | 1 | 0 | Vardar Negotino |
v. Malta, 20 June 2023 |
| GK | Aleksandar Angjelkovski | 25 May 2002 | 1 | 0 | Arsimi |
v. Serbia, 22 November 2022 |
| DF | Mario Richkov INJ | 4 May 2004 | 4 | 0 | Shkupi |
v. Moldova, 17 October 2023 WD |
| DF | Kristijan Tasevski | 11 October 2003 | 5 | 0 | Augsburg U19 |
v. Sweden, 8 September 2023 |
| DF | Aleksandar Gjurkovski | 11 February 2002 | 8 | 0 | Unattached | v. Serbia, 22 November 2022 |
| DF | Antonio Jankulovski | 16 September 2003 | 6 | 0 | Vélez |
v. Serbia, 22 November 2022 |
| MF | Martin Talakov | 9 March 2003 | 5 | 0 | Železiarne Podbrezová |
v. Netherlands, 12 September 2023 |
| MF | Leonid Ignatov | 4 January 2002 | 5 | 0 | Sileks |
v. Slovakia, 28 March 2023 |
| FW | Berat Kalkan INJ | 2 March 2003 | 14 | 4 | Karşıyaka |
v. Moldova, 17 October 2023 WD |
| FW | Filip Trpchevski INJ | 4 May 2003 | 2 | 1 | Häcken |
v. Sweden, 8 September 2023 WD |
- 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
Statistics
- As of 18 October 2023
Most appearances
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Top goalscorers
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See also
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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