The 2024/25 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Round 2 will be the first of its kind under the new format, with 54 teams split into two-tiered leagues running from 7 March until 10 June.

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All 54 entrants, including final tournament hosts Albania, started in Round 1, the results of which decided which 28 teams entered League A, with the remaining 26 nations going into League B. Albania will play in League B although their finals place as hosts is assured.
Albania’s seven final tournament opponents between 19 May to 1 June will be decided by League A (all groups of which run from 19 to 25 March). Meanwhile, there will also be promotion and relegation between the leagues ahead of the reformatted 2026/27 U19 EURO Round 1.

League A will also decide Europe’s 11 places in the reformatted 2025 FIFA U17 World Cup. The seven League A groups winners will qualify to join hosts Albania in the final tournament, scheduled from 19 May to 1 June. The seven teams ranked fourth in the League A groups will be relegated to League B for Round 1 of U19 EURO qualifying for the same age cohort (so teams relegated from League A in 2024/25 U17 EURO Round 2 will begin 2026/27 U19 EURO round 1 in League B).

The seven League B winners will be promoted to League A for round 1 of 2026/27 U19 EURO qualifying. The FIFA U17 World Cup is changing from 2025 to become an annual 48-team tournament, for which League A Round 2 will act as Europe’s qualifying tournament UEFA has an allocation of 11 places, which will go to the seven group winners and four best runners-up. Qatar has been announced as host nation for the first five annual U17 World Cups between 2025 and 2029, with this year’s edition running from 3 to 27 November.

Considering the fact that last November we finished the first round of qualification in third place, in the second round we are placed in one of the seven groups of League B. In the period from March 19-25, Macedonia will compete in the B1 group, which will be played in Scotland, and our opponents, in addition to the host, will also be Romania and Liechtenstein. All matches will be played at Broadwood Stadium in Cumbernauld. Only the group winner will be promoted to League A for Round 1 of 2026/27 U19 EURO qualifying.

Schedule

March 19th, 16.30 CET
Scotland – Macedonia

March 22nd, 16.30 CET
Macedonia – Liechtenstein

March 25th, 16.00 CET
Macedonia – Romania

Coach Dimitar Kapinkovski summoned 21 players for this qualifiers:

Antonij Trajkovski – Rabotnichki
Aleksandar Trajkov – Brera Strumica
Darko Jovchev – Makedonija GjP

Stefan Stamatoski – Vardar
Alban Rochi – Brera Strumica
Martin Djangarovski – Makedonija GjP
Muhammed Mustafi – St. Gallen
Stefan Sekirski – Belasica
Mateo Kesikj – Brodarac
Andrej Dimovski – Brera Strumica
Kristian Markoski – Köln
Hristijan Jevtoski – Vardar
Lorent Zhaku – Voska Sport
Nenad Damjanoski – Domžale
David Angelevski – Pelister
Ivan Tanchev – Brera Strumica
Damjan Bucevski – IMT
Ditmir Hodja – Voska Sport
Stefan Brankovski – Maribor
Florent Osmani – Shkendija
Ivo Markovski – Vardar