UEFA has announced today that FK Pobeda, its president and one of the players have been charged for breaching the principles of integrity and sportsmanship with manipulation of the outcome of the match between Pobeda and Pyunik from Armenia on 13 July 2004.
Katanec on a match from Macedonian league
Srečko Katanec, the Macedonian national team coach, was one of the not too many visitors on Philip II of Macedon Arena in Skopje on the match between Rabotnicki and Renova. He still has not announced the squad for the following qualifier against Netherlands, so a player from the championship is still not excluded.
Dutch squad for upcoming qualifier
Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk has announced the 25-men-squad for the following qualifying matches for Netherlands. Macedonia will meet Netherlands on 1st of April at 20.45 CET on Amsterdam ArenA as part of the 9th qualification group for WC 2010.
Vardar’s suspension prolonged
The football federation of Macedonia has prolonged Vardar's suspension, which means Vardar will start the spring season. On the other hand, Pobeda, Vardar Negotino, Ohrid and Kozuf will have to pay. Milano and Madzari have payed their debts.
Winter transfers roundup
The winter transfer market ended and there are a lot of squad changes. Truly, nothing spectacular happened, but many teams will look much different compared to the first part of the season. Here is a list with ‘INs and OUTs’.
Macedonia ranked 57th
According to the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking list for February 2009, Macedonia is one place lower compared to last month. 57th place with 537 points.
Mojsov instead of Ognenovski
Sasa Ognenovski will not have his debut for Macedonia on the friendly match against Moldova because of administrative problems with his Macedonian citizenship.
Goran Popov drove drunk
Goran Popov was arrested for drunk-driving last Saturday, Dutch media reported. It looks like Heerenveen defender has exaggerated a bit in celebrating the victory of his club against Ajax.
EURO U21 2011 Qual’s
2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Qualifications Tournament Group 9 M W D L GD P Greece 8 6 1 1 13:7 19 play-off (lost) England 8 5 2 1 15:7 17 play-off (won) Portugal 8 4 1 3 12:8 13 Lithuania 8 1 2 5 3:11 5 Macedonia 8
EURO U21 2009 Qual’s
2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Qualifications Tournament Group 5 M W D L GD P Switzerland 8 5 1 2 16:5 16 play-off (lost) Netherlands 8 5 1 2 10:3 16 Norway 8 3 3 2 7:6 12 Macedonia 8 2 3 3 5:6 9 Estonia 8 1 0