Our U16 national team played two friendly matches against Azerbaijan this past week at the Boris Trajkovski stadium in Skopje.

photo by Sportmedia: moment from the second match

One goal scored by Enis Buchi and a brace by Besart Gudjufi gave the young Macedonians a 3:1 victory over their rivals in the first game played on the 11th. The second match took place on the 13th and finished with a 2:2 draw despite our lead secured with goals scored by Dashmir Elezi and Mihail Talevski.

According to Sportmedia web portal these were the last two games on which our U16 team was led by the head coach Nedjat Shabani.

Boris Trajkovski stadium in Skopje
 Macedonia – Azerbaijan 3:1 (2:0)
Goals: 3′ , 8′ Besart Gudjufi, 50′ Enis Buchi – 48′ Ağadadaş Salyanski
Macedonia: 1. Stefan Tasev; 2. Nikola Pavlevski (70′ 3. Marko Ristov), 14. Igor Janevski (41′ 13. Mirche Stoilov), 4. Enis Buchi, 5. Blend Zekjiri, 6. Matej Angelov, 7. Dashmir Elezi (80′ 15. Maksim Miloshevski), 8. Matej Gjorgiev (41′ 17. Mateo Sofijanoski), 9. Mihail Talevski (41′ 20. Georg Stojanovski), 10. Memetriza Hamza (57′ 19. Marko Trenevski (75′ 18. Marko Sofijanoski), 11. Besart Gudjufi (65′ 16. Mite Mitev).
Azerbaijan: 1. Artughrul Guliyev; 2. İxtiyar Məmiyev, 3. Aykhan Suleymanli, 4. Fariz Kheyrullayev (78′ 19. Ruhid Mustafafayev), 5. Namig Shamilov, 6. Javid Adnayev (61′ 14. Elkhan Zeynalabdinzade), 7. Serkhan Mirzazada, 8. Emil Suleymanov, 9. Ağadadaş Salyanski, 10. Neriman Akhunzada (73′ 17. Khayal Aliyev), 11. Nijat Guliyev.
Referee: Nikola Kostenchev
Assistants: Dejan Dimitrijevikj & Vlatko Gjoshevski
Fourth official: Hristijan Bozhinovski

Boris Trajkovski stadium in Skopje
Macedonia – Azerbaijan 2:2
Goals: Dashmir Elezi, Mihail Talevski – Amin Qarayev, İxtiyar Məmiyev
Macedonia: 12. Vasko Vasilev; 3. Marko Ristov, 13. Mirche Stoilov, 4. Enis Buchi, 5. Blend Zekjiri, 6. Matej Angelov, 7. Dashmir Elezi, 8. Matej Gjorgiev, 9. Mihail Talevski, 10. Memetriza Hamza, 11. Besart Gudjufi. Also played: 2. Nikola Pavlevski, 14. Igor Janevski, 15. Maksim Miloshevski, 16. Mite Mitev, 17. Mateo Sofijanoski, 18. Marko Sofijanoski, 19. Marko Trenevski, 21. Bele Alomerovikj.
Azerbaijan: no info

Head coach Nedjat Shabani called up the following 21 players for these friendlies:

Stefan Tasev – Vardar
Vasko Vasilev – Vardar

Nikola Pavlevski – Vardar
Marko Ristov – Kul
Igor Janevski – Vardar
Mirche Stoilov – Akademija Pandev
Enis Buchi – Shkupi
Blend Zekjiri – Milano
Matej Angelov – Bregalnica
Dashmir Elezi – Shkendija
Maksim Miloshevski – Vardar
Matej Gjorgiev – Bregalnica
Mateo Sofijanoski – Nju Stars
Memetriza Hamza – Dardanet
Marko Trenevski – Nju Stars
Marko Sofijanoski – Nju Stars
Mite Mitev – Akademija Pandev
Besart Gudjufi – Vardar
Mihail Talevski – LG Bitola
Georg Stojanovski – Vardar
Bele Alomerovikj – Valur (available only for second match)