The Macedonian U15 national team participates in the 21st Torneo delle Nazioni international tournament, which is held in several cities in Italy, Slovenia and Austria.

photo: the young Macedonians sing the national anthem before the Slovenia match

The tournament will last from April 25th until May 1st and 12 countries are taking part in it, divided into 4 groups. Our national team was in Group B together with Slovenia and South Korea. We suffered defeats in both matches and finished last in the group, so we will play in the 9-12 place play-off.

Our next opponent is the national team of United Arab Emirates on April 29th. This match will be played in the Slovenian town of Miren.

April 26th, stadium in Torviscosa
South Korea – Macedonia 1:0 (0:0)
Goals: Jeong In-seo
South Korea: Wi; Eom, Jang, Park, Myeong, Oh, Kim J.S., Lee, Kim J.I., Lim, Jeong. Coach: Sekwon Cho
Macedonia: Ml. Krstevski; Veleski, Pavlov, Akiki, Neloski, Sivevski, Polimac, Nikolov, Ristić, P. Stojanov, Ma. Krstevski. Coach: Iljami Isejni

April 27th, stadium in Bilje
Macedonia – Slovenia 0:3 (0:3)
Goals: 24′ Fabian Lungu, 26′ Nejc Roman Leljak, 35’+1 Tim Ružnić
Macedonia: Petrov; Bajrami, Pavlov, Akiki, Neloski, Bocheski, Ademi, Sedloski, Ristić, P. Stojanov, Ma. Krstevski. Also played: Stojchevski, Veleski, M.Stojanov. Coach: Iljami Isejni
Slovenia: Jeran; Novak (53′ Grabljevec), Bokavšek, Pisar, Vantur (36′ Oblak), Mähtig, Leljak (36′ Kos), Ružnić (53′ Jelenc), Jevšnik, Lungu (53′ Smrekar), Vukojević. Coach: Matej Drobnič

Highlights:

This is the list of the players who were called up for these friendlies:

Dimitar Petrov – FFM UEFA Academy/Brera Strumica
Isak Huseini – Albion
Mladen Krstevski – Cool

Kristijan Neloski – FFM UEFA Academy/ Young Team
Amar Akiki – FFM UEFA Academy/Dardanet Academy
Mihajlo Pavlov – FFM UEFA Academy/Forca-Vardar
Ardi Bajrami – FFM UEFA Academy/Kumanova-Milano 2010
Adrian Veleski – FFM UEFA Academy/Prilep
Mitko Stojanov – FFM UEFA Academy/Belasica
Ivan Brzakov – FFM UEFA Academy/Brera Strumica
Mario Stojchevski – Cool
Pavel Stojanov – FFM UEFA Academy/Brera Strumica
Dardan Ademi – FFM UEFA Academy/Gostivar
Ognen Sivevski – Makedonija GjP
Matej Nikolov – Vardar
Marin Krstevski -FFM UEFA Academy/Forca-Vardar
Matej Bocheski – FFM UEFA Academy/Brera Strumica
Stefan Ristić – Makedonija GjP
Blagoja Sedloski – FFM UEFA Academy/Park
Aleksandar Polimac – Partizan