The head coach of the Macedonian national team, Blagoja Milevski, today announced the list of players called up for the September matches against Saudi Arabia and Liechtenstein.
photo by FFM: Milevski at the press-conference
Macedonia will first play a friendly against Saudi Arabia on neutral ground in Prague on 4 September, and three days later will host Liechtenstein in Skopje in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
Coach Milevski has called up 26 players for this gathering, including two debutants. The first is the one the fans were already been talking about – 22-year-old Reshat Ramadani from Shkëndija, who plays in the defensive midfield. He played all the minutes for Shkëndija in the European qualifiers this summer.
The second is 23-year-old Elmin Rastoder from Swiss top flight side Thun, who was born in Switzerland and is a relative of former national team player Adis Jahovikj. He plays as a central forward and has a goal and an assist in 4 matches in the Swiss league this season, both last weekend in the 4:0 victory over Zürich.
“Reshat Ramadani, with his performances on the international stage with Shkëndija, has fully deserved this call-up. We need such a type of player in the national team, but it depends on him how much he will impose himself and how useful he will be. He will get a chance to prove how tactically, physically and mentally prepared he is. As for Rastoder, I hope that with him we will gain quality in the attack. He played excellently this season in Thun, and his performances in the last season were no less high-quality,” said Milevski at today’s press-conference.
Agon Elezi is out with a shoulder injury, while Jovan Manev, Stefan Ashkovski and Bojan Dimoski were left out due to their club situation.
Stole Dimitrievski – Valencia 
Dejan Iliev – UTA 
Damjan Shishkovski – Borac 
Igor Aleksovski – Flamurtari 
Darko Velkovski – Zrinjski
Ezgjan Alioski – Lugano 
Nikola Serafimov – Levski 
Andrej Stojchevski – Slovácko 
Visar Musliu – Sint-Truiden 
Bojan Ilievski – Struga 
Gjoko Zajkov – Ajman 
Stefan Despotovski – OFK Beograd 
Enis Bardhi – Konyaspor 
Jani Atanasov – Larissa 
Elif Elmas – Leipzig 
Isnik Alimi – Dàlián Yīngbó 
Luka Stankovski – Radnički 1923
Tihomir Kostadinov – Sigma
Reshat Ramadani – Shkëndija
Bojan Miovski – Girona
Milan Ristovski – Bohemians 1905
Darko Churlinov – Burnley 
Aleksandar Trajkovski – without club
Lirim Qamili – Sønderjyske 
Elmin Rastoder – Thun
Dimitar Mitrovski – Olimpija 
The national team meeting for the September matches is scheduled for 1 September at 12:30 CET.