Macedonian national team coach Blagoja Milevski on Tuesday held a press-conference where he revealed his list of summoned players for the upcoming last two matches of the 2022/23 season in the UEFA Nations League.

photo by FFM: Milevski at Tuesday’s press

Milevski summoned 27 players, but the very next day Churlinov withdrew because of injury. So far no replacement has been called up.

There is one debutante in defensive midfielder Agon Elezi who plays in Croatia. He is 21-year-old and so far features in the Macedonian youth national teams.

After 5 years of absence due to injuries back in the team the #1 keeper of the team that participated at the U21 EURO 2017 in Poland, Igor Aleksovski. Despite being glad that he is finally back in the NT, we have to put the question where is David Mitov Nilsson who is regular in the Swedish league.

Several players are missing from the list, but here we have to agree with Milevski. Boban Nikolov, Kire Ristevski and David Babunski are without clubs this summer, while Erdal Rakip is injured, again. Ilija Nestorovski plays for Udinese, but only enters from the bench, so Milevski decided not to summon him. Tomche Grozdanovski is also playing very little, while keeper Dejan Iliev is injured.

Stole Dimitrievski – Rayo Vallecano
Damjan Shishkovski – Doxa
Kristijan Naumovski – Shkupi
Igor Aleksovski – Rabotnichki

Stefan Ristovski – Dinamo
Darko Velkovski – Al-Ettifaq
Visar Musliu – Ingolstadt o4
Ezgjan Alioski – Fenerbahçe
Todor Todoroski – Sumqayıt
Stefan Ashkovski – Lamia
Nikola Serafimov – MOL Vidi
Gjoko Zajkov – Vorskla
Bojan Dimoski – Akademija Pandev

Elif Elmas – Napoli
Enis Bardhi – Trabzonspor
Arijan Ademi – Dinamo
Enis Fazlagikj – Dunajská Streda
Agon Elezi – Varaždin
Jani Atanasov – Hajduk
Stefan Spirovski – Pyunik

Milan Ristovski – Spartak
Bojan Miovski – Aberdeen
Darko Churlinov – Burnley
Aleksandar Trajkovski – Al-Fayha
Valon Ethemi – Istanbulspor
Dorian Babunski – Debreceni
Ljupcho Doriev – Shkendija

Macedonia first heads for Georgia in what will probably be the decisive match for the top, scheduled for the 23rd, while three days later closes the Nations League as home against Bulgaria.