National team coach Blagoja Milevski today at noon held a press-conference in which he revealed the 27-squad-list for the upcoming historical World Cup play-offs for Macedonia.

photo by FFM: Milevski at today’s press

Milevski sticks to his regular players with only two changes: trequartista David Babunski and keeper Kristijan Naumovski are back in the national team after few years, while central defender Gjoko Zajkov who recently escaped from Ukraine is not summoned. Naumovski is actually the lone player that comes from the domestic league.

Maybe many expected striker Ilija Nestorovski to be on this list, but Milevski explained the having in mind his lack of playing time in Udinese he is not currently a god option.

Striker Jahovikj has pain in his tendon, so his availability is questionable at the moment.

Elmas and Kostadinov must serve a yellow card suspension, but are on the list as they can play the second match on the 29th (play-off final or a friendly).

“It is a single match in which everything is open. Our players must enjoy this play-off, to show that we are not here by accident. I am satisfied by the good form our players are currently in. When it comes to Italy, it is a team that is top 5 by quality, current European champions. However, every team have strong and weak sides, so it is with our opponent. It is up to us to seize that” – said Milevski at the press.

Stole Dimitrievski – Rayo Vallecano
Damjan Shishkovski – Doxa
Kristijan Naumovski – Shkupi

Stefan Ristovski – Dinamo
Darko Velkovski – Rijeka
Visar Musliu – Ingolstadt
Kire Ristevski – AEL
Ezgjan Alioski – Al-Ahli
Todor Todoroski – Sereď
Stefan Ashkovski – Sepsi
Nikola Serafimov – Zalaegerszeg

Arijan Ademi – Dinamo
Elif Elmas – Napoli
Enis Bardhi – Levante
Stefan Spirovski – MTK
Tihomir Kostadinov – Piast
Jani Atanasov – Hajduk
Erdal Rakip – Malmö
Boban Nikolov – Sheriff
David Babunski – Debreceni

Adis Jahovikj – Göztepe
Milan Ristovski – Spartak
Bojan Miovski – MTK
Darko Churlinov – Schalke 04
Aleksandar Trajkovski – Al-Fayha
Valon Ethemi – Istanbulspor
Dorian Babunski – Debreceni

The national team will start gathering on Sunday and will start training on Monday. On Tuesday will fly to Palermo and on Thursday, the 24th at 20.45 CET will face Italy at the Renzo Barbera stadium.