| 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 | Mario Ilievski (31) | ||
| Top scorer |
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| Home stadium | Petar Miloshevski TC | ||
| FIFA code | MKD | ||
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| 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  Yugoslavia(Skopje, 7 September 1999) | |||
| UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2017) | ||
| Best result | Group stage, 2017 | ||
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.
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 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
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Did not qualify | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 27 | −11 | Jovo Nikushev | |||||||||
 1998
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8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 | −14 | Zoran Smileski | ||||||||||
 2000
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8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 25 | −23 | Perica Gruevski, Blagoja Kitanovski | ||||||||||
 2002
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10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | −12 | Blagoja Kitanovski, Nikola Ilievski | ||||||||||
 2004
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8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 23 | −19 | Zharko Odjakov, Mirsad Jonuz | ||||||||||
 2006
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12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | −9 | Mirsad Jonuz | ||||||||||
 2007
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
 2009
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8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | |||||||||||
| 2011
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8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | −10 | Mirsad Jonuz, Boban Babunski | ||||||||||
 2013
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 15 | −1 | Boban Babunski | ||||||||||
 2015
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8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | −13 | Boban Babunski, Vujadin Stanojković | ||||||||||
 2017
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Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | Blagoja Milevski | ||
  2019
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Did not qualify | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 24 | −7 | Blagoja Milevski, Dobrinko Ilievski | |||||||||
  2021
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10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | +8 | Blagoja Milevski | ||||||||||
 2023
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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 | |||
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Macedonia
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10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 21 | Final tournament | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | France
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10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 20 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Iceland
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10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 18 | 3–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Ukraine
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10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 14 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 5 | Scotland
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10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 8 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 6 | Northern Ireland
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10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — |
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Spain
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Portugal
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Serbia
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |
| 4 | Macedonia
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 1 |
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Spain
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10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 28 | Final tournament | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | North Macedonia
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10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 18 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Israel
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10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 13 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | ||
| 4 | Kazakhstan
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10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 10 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | — | 2–3 | 0–4 | ||
| 5 | Faroe Islands
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10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 9 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 6 | Montenegro
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10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 7 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — |
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | France
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10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 5 | +26 | 26 | Final tournament | — | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 7–0 | |
| 2 | Ukraine
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10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 23 | Play-offs | 3–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | |
| 3 | Serbia
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10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 12 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Faroe Islands
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10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 10 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 5 | North Macedonia
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10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 9 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 6 | Armenia
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10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 28 | −21 | 3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — |
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Netherlands
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7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | +19 | 21 | Final tournament | — | 9 Sep '24 | 14 Oct '24 | 3–0 | 5 Sep '24 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Georgia
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 13 | Play-offs | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | 5 Sep '24 | 15 Oct '24 | 2–0 | |
| 3 | Sweden
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 10 | 2–4 | 10 Oct '24 | — | 4–0 | 0–1 | 6 Sep '24 | ||
| 4 | Moldova (Y)
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7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 6[a] | 0–3 | 0–1 | 10 Sep '24 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | ||
| 5 | North Macedonia (Y)
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 6[a] | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 11 Oct '24 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 6 | Gibraltar (E)
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8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 20 | −17 | 3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 9 Sep '24 | — |
Squad named for the friendly matches against Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina on 1 and 5 June 2024.[1]
Caps and goals as of 5 June 2024, after the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | 1GK | Marko Alchevski | (2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 (age 22) | 15 | 0 | Hapoel Jerusalem
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| 12 | 1GK | Stefan Tasev | (2004-07-08) 8 July 2004 (age 20) | 2 | 0 | Tikvesh
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| 22 | 1GK | Ljupche Djekov | (2005-10-18) 18 October 2005 (age 18) | 1 | 0 | Sileks
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| 11 | 2DF | Metodi Maksimov | (2002-08-20) 20 August 2002 (age 21) | 28 | 4 |  Aalesund
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| 4 | 2DF | Andrej Stojchevski | (2003-05-26) 26 May 2003 (age 21) | 21 | 1 | Žilina
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| 6 | 2DF | Stefan Despotovski | (2003-01-23) 23 January 2003 (age 21) | 20 | 0 | Sheriff
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| 15 | 2DF | Imran Fetai | (2002-08-02) 2 August 2002 (age 21) | 15 | 0 | Besa
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| 3 | 2DF | Gjorge Djekov | (2005-10-18) 18 October 2005 (age 18) | 2 | 0 | Sileks
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| 2 | 2DF | Davor Serafimov | (2005-03-03) 3 March 2005 (age 19) | 1 | 0 | Shkupi
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| 20 | 3MF | Dimitar Todorovski | (2002-03-07) 7 March 2002 (age 22) | 29 | 2 | Rabotnichki
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| 10 | 3MF | Luka Stankovski | (2002-09-02) 2 September 2002 (age 21) | 25 | 2 |  Tuzlaspor
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| 8 | 3MF | Ivan Nikolov | (2002-02-17) 17 February 2002 (age 22) | 20 | 1 | Sønderjyske
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| 5 | 3MF | Reshat Ramadani | (2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 (age 21) | 20 | 0 | Shkëndija
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| 19 | 3MF | Aleks Zlatkov | (2002-03-19) 19 March 2002 (age 22) | 20 | 0 | Makedonija GP
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| 18 | 3MF | Vane Krstevski | (2003-04-28) 28 April 2003 (age 21) | 19 | 0 | Shkëndija
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| 21 | 3MF | Hamza Ramani | (2002-09-17) 17 September 2002 (age 21) | 17 | 1 | Shkupi
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| 7 | 3MF | Leonid Ignatov | (2002-01-04) 4 January 2002 (age 22) | 6 | 0 | Sileks
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| 17 | 3MF | Ardijan Chilafi | (2004-06-03) 3 June 2004 (age 20) | 3 | 0 | Sampdoria Primavera
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| 13 | 3MF | Adrijan Zendelovski | (2005-02-06) 6 February 2005 (age 19) | 2 | 0 | Skövde
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| 14 | 3MF | Martin Gjorgievski | (2005-02-28) 28 February 2005 (age 19) | 1 | 0 | AP Brera
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| 3MF | Shaban Zenku | (2004-02-04) 4 February 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Struga
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| 9 | 4FW | Mario Ilievski (captain) | (2002-04-24) 24 April 2002 (age 22) | 32 | 7 |  CSKA 1948
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| 23 | 4FW | Filip Trpchevski | (2003-05-04) 4 May 2003 (age 21) | 3 | 1 | Utsikten
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| 16 | 4FW | Fiton Ademi | (2002-08-26) 26 August 2002 (age 21) | 2 | 1 | Shkëndija
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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 |
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| GK | Ivan Nikoloski | (2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 21) | 6 | 0 | Belasica
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v. Sweden, 26 March 2024
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| GK | Stefan Mitrev | (2003-02-14) 14 February 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Dietikon
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v. Sweden, 26 March 2024
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| DF | Mihail Dimitrievski | (2002-07-11) 11 July 2002 (age 22) | 7 | 0 | Bregalnica
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v. Sweden, 26 March 2024
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| DF | Viktor Krstevski INJ | (2002-04-04) 4 April 2002 (age 22) | 16 | 0 | Gostivar
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v.  Austria, 21 November 2023
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| DF | Dimitrij Poposki | (2002-11-10) 10 November 2002 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Sileks
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v. Austria, 21 November 2023
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| DF | Mario Richkov INJ | (2004-05-04) 4 May 2004 (age 20) | 4 | 0 | Shkupi
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v. Moldova, 17 October 2023 WD
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| DF | Kristijan Tasevski | (2003-10-11) 11 October 2003 (age 20) | 5 | 0 | Augsburg U19
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v. Sweden, 8 September 2023
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| MF | Behar Feta | (2003-04-07) 7 April 2003 (age 21) | 16 | 0 | Maribor
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v. Poland, 1 June 2024 WD
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| MF | Matej Angelov | (2004-07-11) 11 July 2004 (age 20) | 9 | 0 | LNZ
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v. Sweden, 26 March 2024
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| MF | Xhemil Jahiji | (2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Voska Sport
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v. Sweden, 26 March 2024
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| MF | Hristijan Georgievski | (2003-04-12) 12 April 2003 (age 21) | 3 | 0 | Struga
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v. Austria, 21 November 2023
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| MF | Fisnik Isaki | (2003-04-27) 27 April 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | B.93
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v. Austria, 21 November 2023
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| MF | Martin Talakov | (2003-03-09) 9 March 2003 (age 21) | 5 | 0 | Železiarne Podbrezová
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v. Netherlands, 12 September 2023
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| FW | Luan Abazi | (2002-01-19) 19 January 2002 (age 22) | 18 | 6 | Wil
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v. Sweden, 26 March 2024
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| FW | Berat Kalkan | (2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 (age 21) | 17 | 4 | Kasımpaşa
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v. Sweden, 26 March 2024
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| FW | Erkan Semovski INJ | (2004-11-23) 23 November 2004 (age 19) | 2 | 0 | Køge
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v. Sweden, 26 March 2024
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| FW | Dimitar Trajkov | (2004-08-08) 8 August 2004 (age 19) | 4 | 0 | Polissya
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v. Austria, 21 November 2023
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| FW | Hristijan Maleski | (2002-05-04) 4 May 2002 (age 22) | 10 | 0 | Struga
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v. Moldova, 17 October 2023
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Fetai
Krstevski
Ramani
Ramadani
Current First Squad (2002+) with the Club Leagues they play in |
Tasev
Zendelovski
Djekov
Serafimov
Richkov
Chilafi
Angelov
Trajkov
Semovski
Gjorgievski
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