Mile Sterjovski eventually came back after the injury and played in two games for Perth Glory, Ben Kantarovski had another two defeats with his Newcastle Jets, while Billy Celeski had good performances but yet played two draws.

Ivan Trickovski and APOEL reached the knockout stage of the Champions League, Goran Pandev and Napoli upset Manchester City to move into second place of Group A, Stefan Ristovski made his debut for Crotone, while the clubs of Aleksandar Lazevski, Daniel Mojsov, and Stefan Spirovski reached the semi-finals of the Serbian Cup.

The fixtures were announced for Group A of the FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers after today’s meeting in Brussels.

Macedonia has dropped ten positions on the latest FIFA rankings list and now finds itself in 103rd place.

Marko Markovski scored a goal for Xanthi in Greece, heavy defeat for Aleksandar Ignjovski in Germany, while Alexander Kacaniklic was included on Fulham’s Premier League roster for the first time this season.

After the most recent game against Sandecja Nowy Sącz, in which he also scored a goal, Mirko Ivanovski commented after the match that he will be looking to leave Arka Gdynia during the January transfer window.