Manager Boshko Gjurovski unveiled a list of 23 players for the upcoming two EURO 2016 qualifiers against Luxembourg and Ukraine.
After the 5:1 road defeat by Spain in the opening round, Macedonia will continue the EURO 2016 qualifiers first with a home game against Luxembourg and three days later will travel to Ukraine. A must win in the first game and a chance for the team to show if it is really capable of doing something in this group with a good result in the second.
Gjurovski made few changes from the squad that faced Spain. Keeper Tofiloski is eventually summoned as well as Efremov who brought his attention with his good performances for Metalurg in the domestic league. Velkovski, who was later added to the squad for the Spain match, is summoned again, while Muarem and Gligorov were called up after their great club performances this period. Ivanovski is back in the squad after he wasn’t called up since the Latvia friendly in March. This will be the third chance for Ademi to make his debut since he switched for Macedonia from Croatia as injuries prevented his to do that at the Spain qualifier and in June friendlies. Ferhan Hasani is out with an injury, while Aleksandar Todorovski and Ezgjan Alioski didn’t receive a call.
The complete squad:
Andreja Efremov – Metalurg
Darko Tofiloski – Košice
Tome Pachovski – Mechelen
Aleksandar Damchevski – NAC Breda
Ardian Cuculi – Partizani
Daniel Mojsov – Brann
Darko Glisikj – Vardar
Darko Velkovski – Rabotnichki
Stefan Ristovski – Parma
Vanche Shikov – Austria Wien
Aleksandar Trajkovski – Zulte Waregem
Arijan Ademi – Dinamo Zagreb
Marjan Radeski – Metalurg
Muarem Muarem – Qarabağ
Muhamed Demiri – St. Gallen
Nikola Gligorov – Vardar
Stefan Spirovski – Beroe
Adis Jahovikj – Krylia Sovetov
Agim Ibraimi – Maribor
Besart Abdurahimi – Lokeren
Jovan Kostovski – OH Leuven
Krste Velkoski – Sarajevo
Mirko Ivanovski – Cluj
Macedonian hosts Luxembourg on 9 Octobet at 20.45 CET at the National Arena Philip II of Macedon in Skopje, while on the 12th at 18.00 CET faces Ukraine at the Arena Lviv in Lviv.