The Croatian national team manager, Igor Štimac, announced the squad for their upcoming qualifiers in September against Macedonia and Belgium.
Janevski officially presented as new manager
Chedomir Janevski was officially presented today as the new national team coach of Macedonia.
Janevski set to take over as Macedonia manager
Chedomir Janevski, the former manager of clubs such as Club Brugge and Crvena Zvezda, will be unveiled as the new manager of Macedonia.
Macedonian internationals performances
Adis Jahovic, appealing his 10 game suspension, scored a hat trick for Wil, Mario Gjurovski converted a penalty for Muangthong United, Muarem Muarem, Nikola Jakimovski and Dragi Kocev netted a goal for their respective teams, while Veliche Shumulikoski and Yani Urdinov each had an assist for Tianjin Teda and Ekranas, respectively.
Adis Jahovic suspended for threatening referee
Striker Adis Jahovic of Wil has been suspended 10 games for threatening to kill a referee who gave him a red card in a league match played earlier in the month.
Goran Popov denied work permit
It appears Goran Popov will be headed back to Ukraine with Dynamo Kyiv after he was denied a work permit to complete a loan move to Stoke City.
Friendly: Macedonia – Lithuania 1:0
After a lackluster first half, Macedonia played with more urgency after the break and collected a 1:0 victory thanks to a goal by Goran Pandev.
Preview: Macedonia vs. Lithuania
Macedonia faces Lithuania later today in a friendly which serves as the last test before September’s two 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Croatia and Scotland, both on the road.
U21 friendly: Portugal – Macedonia 2:1
The friendly encounter between the U21 national teams of Portugal and Macedonia ended in a 2:1 victory for the former with Fredy scoring the game winner in the 82nd minute with a great strike from long range.
Babunski or Sedloski to lead national team against Lithuania
At today’s press conference, FFM president Ilcho Gjorgjioski didn’t want to share names of potential candidates for new national team coach, but Boban Babunski or Goce Sedloski will lead the team on an interim basis in Wednesday’s friendly against Lithuania.