North Macedonia national under-19 football team

The North Macedonia national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of the Republic of North Macedonia and is controlled by the Football Federation of North Macedonia. The current manager is Shkumbin Arsllani. The current tournament is the 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, in which only players born on 1 January 2001 or later are eligible to play.

North Macedonia Under-19

Nickname(s)	The Red Lions (Црвени лавови)
Association	Football Federation of North Macedonia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Shkumbin Arsllani
FIFA code	MKD
First colours Second colours

2018 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification

Group 5 (qualifying round)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Macedonia (H)	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Elite round
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	9	8	+1	3
4	Liechtenstein	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

8 November 2017 (2017-11-08)

13:00

Macedonia	2–1	Switzerland
Trajanovski 56' Atanasov 61' (pen.)	Report	Ugrinic 33'

Training Centre Petar Miloševski (small stadium), Skopje

Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

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11 November 2017 (2017-11-11)

13:00

Belgium	1–2	Macedonia
Foulon 10'	Report	Elmas 24' Atanasov 87' (pen.)

Training Centre Petar Miloševski (small stadium), Skopje

Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

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14 November 2017 (2017-11-14)

13:00

Liechtenstein	0–6	Macedonia
	Report	Churlinov 3' Kolevski 7' Mitrovski 25', 54', 73' Miovski 62'

Training Centre Petar Miloševski, Skopje

Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs (Latvia)

2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Group 11 (qualifying round)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9	Elite round
2	North Macedonia (H)	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
4	Luxembourg	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

13 November 2019 (2019-11-13)

13:00

England	4–0	Luxembourg
Harwood-Bellis 7' Duncan 29', 32' Amaechi 75'	Report

Gjorče Petrov Stadium, Skopje

Referee: Petri Viljanen (Finland)

13 November 2019 (2019-11-13)

13:00

North Macedonia	0–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Report

Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje

Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

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16 November 2019 (2019-11-16)

13:00

England	5–0	North Macedonia
Doyle 41' Gordon 54' Garner 72', 79' Saka 86'	Report

Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje

Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16)

13:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	Luxembourg
Bajrović 90+3'	Report

Gjorče Petrov Stadium, Skopje

Referee: Petri Viljanen (Finland)

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19 November 2019 (2019-11-19)

13:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–4	England
Đokanović 48'	Report	Anjorin 24' Laird 38' Harwood-Bellis 69' Gordon 70'

Gjorče Petrov Stadium, Skopje

Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19)

13:00

Luxembourg	0–3	North Macedonia
	Report	Toshevski 44' Vosha 45+1' Murati 80'

Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje

Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Elite round
2	Serbia	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Albania (H)	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	4
4	North Macedonia	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

10 November 2021 (2021-11-10)

12:00

North Macedonia	1–2	Serbia
Feta 78'	Report	Ajdar 56' (pen.), 65'

Elbasan Arena, Elbasan

Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)

10 November 2021 (2021-11-10)

14:00

France	4–0	Albania
Virginius 28' Abline 35', 40' Tchaouna 64' (pen.)	Report

Arena Egnatia, Rrogozhinë

Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov (Russia)

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13 November 2021 (2021-11-13)

12:00

France	2–0	North Macedonia
Abline 14' Virginius 25'	Report

Arena Egnatia, Rrogozhinë

Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov (Russia)

13 November 2021 (2021-11-13)

14:00

Serbia	2–2	Albania
Mituljikić 42' Lazetić 77'	Report	Nerguti 84' Shpendi 88'

Elbasan Arena, Elbasan

Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

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16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)

14:00

Albania	3–1	North Macedonia
Mata 19' (pen.) Pjeshka 48' Bibo 50'	Report	Talakov 45+1'

Elbasan Arena, Elbasan

Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)

14:00

Serbia	1–2	France
Ajdar 32'	Report	Tchaouna 3' Abline 90+5'

Arena Egnatia, Rrogozhinë

Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Qualifying Round

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7	Elite round
2	North Macedonia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4[a]
3	Poland (H)	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4[a]
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Ranked on head-to-head points: North Macedonia: 3, Poland: 0

11 October 2023 (2023-10-11)

15:00

Germany	6–0	Kazakhstan
Lubach 25' Pejčinović 30', 69' Kömür 45', 60' Bornschein 77'	Report

Stadion Miejski w Inowrocławiu, Inowrocław

Attendance: 200

Referee: Helgi Mikael Jónasson (Iceland)

11 October 2023 (2023-10-11)

16:00

North Macedonia	2–0	Poland
Velichkovski 12' Elmas 70'	Report

Stadium im. G. Duneckiego, Toruń

Attendance: 876

Referee: Tomas Klima (Czech Republic)

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14 October 2023 (2023-10-14)

13:15

Poland	3–0	Kazakhstan
Dziuba 24' Śmiglewski 45+1', 59'	Report

Stadion Miejski w Inowrocławiu, Inowrocław

Attendance: 679

Referee: Helgi Mikael Jónasson (Iceland)

14 October 2023 (2023-10-14)

15:30

Germany	3–1	North Macedonia
Pejčinović 57' Bischof 67', 75'	Report	Gjorgievski 63'

Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz

Attendance: 221

Referee: Sander Van Der Eijk (Netherlands)

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17 October 2023 (2023-10-17)

15:30

Poland	3–3	Germany
Nsangou 14' (pen.) Drachal 24', 78'	Report	Krattenmacher 22' Pejčinović 59', 83'

Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz

Attendance: 1,349

Referee: Sander Van Der Eijk (Netherlands)

17 October 2023 (2023-10-17)

15:30

Kazakhstan	1–1	North Macedonia
Mukhametkhanov 25'	Report	Zendelovski 81'

Stadium im. G. Duneckiego, Toruń

Attendance: 107

Referee: Tomas Klima (Czech Republic)

Elite round

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Ukraine	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Qualified for the final tournament
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	Latvia	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1[a]
4	North Macedonia (H)	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1[a]

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Ranked on disciplinary points: Latvia: –7, North Macedonia: –10

20 March 2024

14:00

Switzerland	1–0	Latvia
Lüthi 90'	Report

Gjorče Petrov Stadium, Skopje

Attendance: 65

Referee: Granit Maqedonci (Sweden)

20 March 2024

14:00

North Macedonia	0–2	Ukraine
	Report	Krevsun 45+1' Ponomarenko 48'

Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje

Attendance: 315

Referee: Marek Radina (Czech Republic)

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23 March 2024

14:00

Switzerland	2–0	North Macedonia
Ligue 12' Beney 80'	Report

Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje

Attendance: 300

Referee: Ion Orlic (Moldova)

23 March 2024

14:00

Ukraine	3–0	Latvia
Ponomarenko 34', 60' (pen.) Tutierov 89'	Report

Gjorče Petrov Stadium, Skopje

Attendance: 115

Referee: Marek Radina (Czech Republic)

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26 March 2024

14:00

Ukraine	3–0	Switzerland
Synchuk 63' Ponomarenko 68', 78'	Report

Gjorče Petrov Stadium, Skopje

Attendance: 85

Referee: Granit Maqedonci (Sweden)

26 March 2024

14:00

Latvia	1–1	North Macedonia
Mežsargs 59'	Report	Danev 76'

Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje

Attendance: 100

Referee: Ion Orlic (Moldova)

2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Qualifying Round

Group 12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Elite round
2	Luxembourg (H)	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Latvia	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4	Possible Elite round if the best third-placed team
4	North Macedonia	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

9 October 2024 (2024-10-09)

18:00

North Macedonia	1–1	Latvia
Gashtarov 76' (pen.)	Report	Mickēvičs 60'

Stade Municipal de la Ville de Differdange, Differdange

Attendance: 25

Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (Norway)

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12 October 2024 (2024-10-12)

18:00

Slovakia	3–0	North Macedonia
Dikoš 34' (pen.) Sinanov 38' (o.g.) Petruška 67'	Report

Stade Jos Nosbaum, Dudelange

Attendance: 50

Referee: Gustavo Correia (Portugal)

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15 October 2024 (2024-10-15)

18:00

Luxembourg	1–1	North Macedonia
Domingos 45+3'	Report	Danev 8'

Stade Jos Nosbaum, Dudelange

Referee: Gustavo Correia (Portugal)

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches.^[1]
• Match dates: 17, 20 and 23 November 2022
• Opposition: Serbia, Norway, San Marino
• Caps and goals correct as of: 25 October 2022, after the match against Malta.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Naum Angelov	(2004-09-21) 21 September 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Sloga 1934 Vinica
	1GK	Petar Jakimov	(2005-08-08) 8 August 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Rabotnički
	1GK	Stefan Tasev	(2004-07-08) 8 July 2004 (age 21)	11	0	Makedonija G.P.
	2DF	Enis Buki	(2004-05-14) 14 May 2004 (age 21)	3	0	Kožuf
	2DF	Sufjan Chajani	(2004-12-24) 24 December 2004 (age 20)	3	0	Shkupi
	2DF	Stefan Mladenovski	Unknown	2	0	RSV Eintracht 1949
	2DF	Ardian Osmani	(2005-02-03) 3 February 2005 (age 20)	3	0	Grasshopper Club Zürich
	2DF	Nikola Pavleski	(2004-04-11) 11 April 2004 (age 21)	4	0	Sloga 1934 Vinica
	2DF	Davor Serafimov	(2005-03-03) 3 March 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Vardar
	3MF	Matej Angelov	(2004-07-11) 11 July 2004 (age 21)	7	0	Rabotnički
	3MF	Ardijan Chilafi	(2004-06-03) 3 June 2004 (age 21)	2	0	Sampdoria
	3MF	Martin Gjorgievski	(2005-02-28) 28 February 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Akademija Pandev
	3MF	Igor Janevski	(2004-02-09) 9 February 2004 (age 21)	4	0	Sileks
	3MF	Arbnor Murati	(2004-04-07) 7 April 2004 (age 21)	1	0	MSV Duisburg
	3MF	Mateo Sofianoski	(2004-06-24) 24 June 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Voska Sport
	3MF	Shaban Zenku	(2004-02-04) 4 February 2004 (age 21)	4	1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	4FW	Dashmir Elezi	(2004-11-21) 21 November 2004 (age 20)	12	1	Shkëndija
	4FW	Zani Nazifi	(2005-02-01) 1 February 2005 (age 20)	4	1	Shkëndija
	4FW	Mihail Talevski	(2004-02-09) 9 February 2004 (age 21)	6	0	Osijek
	4FW	Leon Tasov	(2004-11-13) 13 November 2004 (age 20)	4	1	VfL Bochum
	4FW	Dimitar Trajkov	(2004-08-08) 8 August 2004 (age 20)	4	0	Akademija Pandev

Recent call-ups

The following players were called up within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up