As a final test before the start of the qualifications tournament, Macedonia U19 will play two friendlies against its counterparts from Slovakia.

In the period of 03.09-07.09, Macedonia U19 will visit Slovakia where they will play two friendly matches against the U19 national team of the Slovaks.  The matches will be played at Dunajská Lužná and Šamorín, respectively.  The first friendly takes place on 04.09 at 16.00 CET, while the second will be played two days later at 11.00 CET.

Macedonia’s U19 manager, Mensur Jakupi, is aiming for two positive results which would serve as momentum heading into the start of the qualifications tournament for the European U19 championships.  For the qualifications, Macedonia is grouped with Luxembourg, the host country, Germany and Ireland.

Here is the list of players that Jakupi called up for the two Slovakia friendlies:

Damjan Shishkovski – Rabotnichki

Mikica Gjorgjievski – Lokomotiva

Visar Musliu – Renova

Asmir Ramadanoski – Holstein Kiel, Germany

Burham Mustafov – Pelister

Hristijan Denkovski – Rabotnichki

Viktor Talevski – Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany

Boban Nikolov – Academia Hagi, Romania

Darko Velkovski – Rabotnichki

Melvin Abdulai – Stuttgart, Germany

Besar Karimani – Shkendija

Afrim Luma – Renova

Lavdrim Skenderi – Renova

Dimitar Ivanov – Metalurg

Viktor Angelov – Rabotnichki

Egzon Bejtulai – Teteks

Kosdatin Djinov – Lokomotiva

Valon Ameti – Shkendija