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.

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[edit]

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship[edit]

Qualification[edit]

Final tournament[edit]

Group stage[edit]

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship[edit]

Qualification[edit]

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship[edit]

Qualification[edit]

Recent results and fixtures[edit]

Generation 2002+[edit]

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Macedonia scorer(s)	Report
Friendly matches
16 December 2021	Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedonia	Kosovo	1–0	Abazi 63′	ffm.mk
18 December 2021			3–3	Trpchevski 12′, Abazi 74′, Todorovski 78′	ffm.mk
10 June 2022		Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	Abazi 47′	ffm.mk
12 June 2022			2–1	Kurtulan 24′, 34′	ffm.mk
23 September 2022	Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia	Albania	3–1	Kalkan 10′, Ilievski 47′, 55′	ffm.mk
26 September 2022		Saudi Arabia	1–1	Ilievski 60′	ffm.mk
17 November 2022	Makario Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Cyprus	1–1	Ilievski 66′	ffm.mk
22 November 2022	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus	Serbia	1–1	Kalkan 20′	ffs.rs
22 March 2023	Antalya, Turkey	Latvia	0–3		ffm.mk
25 March 2023	Belek, Turkey	Finland	1–1	Kalkan 32′ (pen.)	ffm.mk
28 March 2023	Antalya, Turkey	Slovakia	0–1

• * Macedonia’s scores are always listed first

Current squad[edit]

Squad named for the friendly games against Latvia, Finland and Slovakia on 23, 25 and 28 March 2023.^[1]
Caps and goals as of 28 March 2023, after the match against Slovakia.

Recent call-ups[edit]

Players that have been called up within the past 12 months and are eligible for the 2023 European U21 Football Championship Qualifiers.

Current First Squad[edit]

Past squads[edit]

Statistics[edit]

As of 28 March 2023

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]