Milevski reveals squad for opening EQ match

Macedonian national team coach Blagoja Milevski today revealed the list of summoned players for the opening 2024 EURO qualifier against Malta as well as the later friendly against the Faroe Islands.

photo by FFM

Our coach put 28 players on his list. Among them is one debutante in Zdravkovski, who is a 24-year-old DM playing in Cyprus and so far has featured for the youth NTs.

CB Nikola Serafimov and AM Tihomir Kostadinov are not available due to injuries, LB Todor Todoroski has a red card suspension, while CM/DM Boban Nikolov and Stefan Spirovski have been left out due to lack of playing time at their clubs.

“We are better than Malta, but we have to prove it. Outsiders do not exist today. We will do everything to start successfully in the EURO qualifiers. We have tough opponents, but we have the quality and potential to cope. There is no surrender, and the first match is always the most important” – said Milevski at today’s press-conference.

Stole Dimitrievski – Rayo Vallecano Spain
Damjan Shishkovski – Doxa Cyprus
Kristijan Naumovski – Shkupi Macedonia
Igor Aleksovski – Rabotnichki Macedonia

Visar Musliu – Ingolstadt o4 Germany
Gjoko Zajkov – U Craiova Romania
Darko Velkovski – Al-Ettifaq Saudi Arabia
Stefan Ristovski
– Dinamo Croatia
Ezgjan Alioski – Fenerbahçe Turkey
Egzon Bejtulai – Shkendija Macedonia
Kire Ristevski – Pyunik Armenia
Vladica Brdarovski – Shkupi Macedonia
Bojan Dimoski – Akademija Pandev Macedonia

Enis Bardhi – Trabzonspor Turkey
Elif Elmas
– Napoli Italy
Arijan Ademi
– Dinamo Croatia
Jani Atanasov – Cracovia Poland
Agon Elezi – Varaždin Croatia
David Babunski – Mezőkövesd Hungary
Davor Zdravkovski – AEL Cyprus
Stefan Ashkovski – Lamia Greece

Bojan Miovski – Aberdeen Scotland
Aleksandar Trajkovski – Al-Fayha Saudi Arabia
Milan Ristovski – Spartak Slovakia
Dorian Babunski – Debreceni Hungary
Valon Ethemi – Istanbulspor Turkey
Ilija Nestorovski – Udinese Italy
Darko Churlinov – Burnley England

The team will start gathering on Sunday the 19th and will train in Skopje.

Earlier, Maltese coach announced their squad.

Macedonian will host Malta on Thursday the 23rd at the National Arena Todor Proeski in Skopje with kick-off at 20.45 CET. Later on the 27th will play a friendly against the Faroe Island at the same venue.

Past encounters:

vs. Malta Malta (G6 W5 D1 L0 GD 15:2)
27.03.1996 1:0 win (match report) F
27.11.1996 2:0 win (match report) F
06.09.1998 4:0 win (match report) Q
18.11.1998 2:1 win (match report) Q
21.08.2002 5:0 win (match report) F
11.08.2010 1:1 draw (match report) F

vs. Faroe Islands Faroe Islands
no matches played

2 Comments

  1. Reply Post By Ray Farrugia

    Do you have any match programmes for past Macedonia v Malta matches played in Macedonia for sale please?Will you publish a match programme for the 2023 EC qualifer?

    1. Reply Post By Filip Zdraveski

      I dont think there were any match programs for the past encounters.

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