Debut calls for Adis Jahovikj, Dejan Blazhevski and Mite Cikarski, come back for Aleksandar Todorovski and Aleksandar Trajkovski; Janevski announced the squad that will face Slovenia in a friendly.

Macedonian national team coach Chedomir Janevski decided to make many changes for the upcoming friendly game against Slovenia in Skopje. And that’s what friendlies are for. He decided not to call up players who have a yellow card suspension and won’t be available in the first game with Belgium in March and also decided to give a rest to experienced players like Goran Pandev, Nikolche Noveski and Goran Popov (who apologised for his behavior before the WC qualifier against Serbia).

Instead, he called up 3 debutants in Adis Jahovikj, Dejan Blazhevski and Mite Cikarski. Striker Jahovic has been playing in good form for his Zürich this season and it was expected to get a call in the national team. Offensive midfielder Blazhevski is so far outstanding in the domestic league and his call is a reward for his job well done, leading Turnovo to the top in the table, while left back Cikarski with his good performances in the U21 national team was already knocking on the senior’s door. Also Bojan Markoski should have his debut as last month he was in the squad but did not made an appearance.

Aleksandar Todorovski and Aleksandar Trajkovski are back in the national team after a while. Todorovski is currently Polonia’s most in form player, while Trajkovski now plays more in Belgium. Daniel Georgievski is one of the suspender players but got a last-minute call as Stefan Ristovski had to cancel as in those days will have a game with his Bari.

Martin Bogatinov – Karpaty, Ukraine
Tome Pachovski – Mechelen, Belgium

Boban Grncharov – Botev Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Aleksandar Todorovski – Polonia Warszawa, Poland
Daniel Georgievski – Steaua Bucureşti, Romania
Mite Cikarski – Vardar
Vanche Shikov – Volyn, Ukraine
Bojan Markoski – Apollon Limassol, Cyprus
Aleksandar Lazevski – Partizan, Serbia

Dejan Blazhevski – Turnovo
Muhamed Demiri – Thun, Switzerland
Ostoja Stjepanovikj – Vardar
Darko Tasevski – Ironi Kiryat Shmona, Israel

Aleksandar Trajkovski – Zulte Waregem, Belgium
Ivan Trichkovski – Club Brugge, Belgium
Ferhan Hasani – Wolfsburg, Germany
Agim Ibraimi – Maribor, Slovenia
Dragan Gjorgiev – Vardar
Mirko Ivanovski – Astra Ploieşti, Romania
Adis Jahovikj – Zürich, Switzerland

The Slovenians already announced their squad a week ago, you can see it by clicking here.

The game is scheduled for 14 November at 18.00 CET at the National Arena Philip II of Macedon in Skopje.