Blagoja Milevski, the head coach of the Macedonian national team, today at a press-conference announced the list of players called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Belgium and Kazakhstan, both in June.

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Milevski has put 27 names on the list, including one debutant in right back Stefan Despotovski from Serbian Super League side OFK Beograd, who was previously a regular in the U21 national team.

Defenders Nikola Serafimov and Darko Velkovski, as well as forward Lirim Qamili, are not on the list due to injuries. Milevski also informed that several others are currently recovering from injuries, such as Dimoski, Alimi and Miovski. Regarding the March list, David Babunski was not called up, probably because he did not get much playing time at his club.

Stole Dimitrievski – Valencia
Dejan Iliev – UTA
Damjan Shishkovski – Borac
Igor Aleksovski – Rabotnichki

Jovan Manev – Rijeka
Ezgjan Alioski – Al Ahly
Bojan Dimoski – Partizan
Stefan Ashkovski – Ethnikos
Andrej Stojchevski – Slovácko
Visar Musliu – Sint-Truiden
Bojan Ilievski – Struga
Gjoko Zajkov – U Craiova
Stefan Despotovski – OFK Beograd

Enis Bardhi – Bodrumspor
Jani Atanasov – Puszcza
Elif Elmas – Torino
Isnik Alimi – Dàlián Yīngbó
Luka Stankovski – Radnički 1923
Tihomir Kostadinov – Piast
Agon Elezi – Gorica

Bojan Miovski – Girona
Milan Ristovski – Bohemians 1905
Darko Churlinov – Jagiellonia
Aleksandar Trajkovski – Hajduk
Kristijan Trapanovski – Dundee United
David Toshevski – Austria Klagenfurt
Dimitar Mitrovski – Varaždin

Macedonia first hosts Belgium on June 6 in Skopje, and then travels to Astana where they will face Kazakhstan on the 9th. Tickets for Belgium will go on sale today from 18.30 CET and can be purchased online here.

The players’ meeting will be on Thursday in Skopje, and the first training will be the same day at 18.00 CET at the Petar Miloševski training center in Novo Lisiche.

Past encounters:

–  Belgium (G4 W0 D1 L3 GD 1:9)
16.11.1994 1:1 draw (match report) Q
07.06.1995 0:5 defeat (match report) Q
22.03.2013 0:2 defeat (match report) Q
26.03.2013 0:1 defeat (match report) Q

–  Kazakhstan (G1 W1 D0 L0 GD 4:0)
04.06.2021 4:0 win (match report) F