Manager Boban Babunski announced a squad of 20 players for the friendly against Italy U20 on 24 January in Kumanovo.

The match will be played in Kumanovo, Macedonia at the FK Bashkimi stadium starting at 13:00 CET.  The friendly will be used by manager Boban Babunski in preparation for the upcoming U21 qualifier against Northern Ireland on 29 February 2012.  The new players on the squad are defender Darko Stojanov from Bregalnica Stip and midfielder Miroslav Jovanovski from Shkendija.

Here are the 20 players called up for Macedonia U21:

Goalkeepers
Filip Gacevski – Kapfenberg, Austria
Stole Dimitrievski – Cádiz, Spain

Defenders
Kire Ristevski – Bylis, Albania
Vladica Brdarovski – Rabotnicki
Jasmin Mecinovik – Sheriff, Moldova
Goran Siljanovski – Renova
Goran Bogdanovik – Rabotnicki
Dzelil Abdula – De Graafschap, Netherlands
Riste Mitrevski – Teteks
Darko Stojanov – Bregalnica Stip

Midfielders
Stefan Spirovski – Borac Čačak, Serbia
Yani Urdinov – Rabotnicki
Flamur Tahiri – Teuta, Albania
Stefan Ristovski – Crotone, Italy
Darko Glisik – Napredok
Miroslav Jovanovski – Shkendija

Attackers
Marjan Altiparmakovski – Xanthi, Greece
Ilija Nestorovski – Metalurg
Samir Fazli – Heerenveen, Netherlands
Nikola Jakimovski – Javor, Serbia

The players will gather on 22 January at the “Hotel Continental” in Skopje by 12:00 CET.