Manager Chedomir Janevski announced the squad for upcoming qualifiers against Croatia and Scotland in September, both on the road.

Janevski announced a list of 23 players that will make the trip to Croatia and Scotland.  There are no new players, but there are several who have been re-introduced to the squad.

The likes of Aleksandar Lazevski, Darko Tasevski, Stevica Ristic are back on the squad after being left out for months under the previous manager John Toshack.  Macedonia opens the 2014 World Cup qualifications on the 7th of September against Croatia and then faces Scotland four days later.

Here is the full list:

Martin Bogatinov – Karpaty, Ukraine
Tome Pachovski – Mechelen, Belgium
Kristijan Naumovski – Dinamo Bucureşti, Romania

Nikolche Noveski – Mainz 05, Germany
Goran Popov – Dinamo Kyiv, Ukraine
Boban Grncharov – Botev Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Vanche Shikov – Volyn, Ukraine
Daniel Georgievski – Steaua Bucureşti, Romania
Daniel Mojsov – Vojvodina, Serbia
Aleksandar Todorovski – Polonia Warszawa, Poland
Aleksandar Lazevski – Partizan, Serbia

Veliche Shumulikoski – Tianjin Teda, China
Muhamed Demiri – Thun, Switzerland
Agim Ibraimi – Maribor, Slovenia
Nikola Gligorov – Alki Larnaka, Cyprus
Stefan Spirovski – Borac Čačak, Serbia
Darko Tasevski – Ironi Kiryat Shmona, Israel

Goran Pandev – Napoli, Italy
Ivan Trichkovski – Club Brugge, Belgium
Ferhan Hasani – Wolfsburg, Germany
Mirko Ivanovski – Astra Ploieşti, Romania
Aleksandar Trajkovski – Zulte Waregem, Belgium
Stevica Ristic – Suwon, South Korea

The team will have the first training on the 3rd of September at 18.00 CET at the National Arena Philip II of Macedon.  The qualifier against Croatia will be played in Zagreb at the Maksimir Stadium on 7 September at 20.15 CET, while the match against Scotland will be played on 11 September at 20.45 CET.

Besides Macedonia, Croatia and Scotland, the other three national teams in Group A are Belgium, Serbia and Wales.