Famous Croatian coach Branko Ivanković has officially applied for the position of a coach of the Macedonian national team, after Katanec resigned recently. In his career, Ivanković has been coaching the national team of Iran and Dinamo Zagreb and has been the assistant of Ćiro Blaević in the Croatian national team, amongst other positions of
Lothar “Matthäuski” perhaps?
In recent weeks, the circus that is the Macedonian Football Federation has been slowly but surely cutting down a list of candidates for the vacant NT Coaching position recently made vacant by Srečko Katanec’s well documented resignation. As per usual, there were many submissions made by in-adequately qualified Macedonian candidates. As well as this, there
Macedonia 3 places down on the FIFA ranking list
Macedonia dropped three positions and lost 18 points because of the 4:0 defeat away to Netherlands. On the FIFA ranking list for April, Macedonia is on the 64th place, the worst since October 2007 when Macedonia was on the 75th position.
Katanec lost the control over the team
After the resignation of Srečko Katanec and his statements where he claims that he resigned because of the ruined atmosphere and bad discipline in the team, the players gave their reactions in which they say that Katanec lost the control of the team and he tried to make conflicts.
Netherlands – Macedonia 4:0
The Netherlands noted an easy win against Macedonia and with the 4:0 tonight, they maintained their perferct record in the World Cup 2010 qualifying Group 9. "We played bad. This is our reality", are the reactions from the Macedonian side after the match.
We’re not afraid of Netherlands
The Macedonian national team has been preparing in Soestduinen, near Utrecht in the Netherlands since 26th. With ten trainings before the match on Wednesday, the players and the coach Katanec hope that Macedonia can surprise the Netherlands for the third time.
U21: Greece – Macedonia 3:1
With a bad performance, especially in the first half and big mistakes by the defence, the Macedonian Under 21 national team started the European U21 Championship qualifications with a 3:1 defeat away to Greece.
Katanec announced the squad vs the Netherlands
Macedonian national team coach, Srečko Katanec, announced a squad of 23 players for the FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifier against the Netherlands away in Amsterdam. There is one new name in the squad, the 30-years-old midfielder Vulnet Emini from Macedonian First League member Renova.
Macedonian U21 squad for the match vs Greece
The coach of the Macedonian U21 national team Mirsad Jonuz, named the squad for the match away to Greece from the qualifying competition for the 2011 UEFA European U21 Championship. The match will be played in Tripoli on March 28th.
Friendlies for U19 against Montenegro
The Macedonian U19 national team will play friendly matches against Montenegro U19 on the beginning of the next month. Jugoslav Trencovski, the coach of the U19 national team, announced the squad of 20 players for the upcoming matches.