Serbian national team manager Siniša Mihajlović announced the squad for their upcoming qualifier against Macedonia.

Mihajlović summoned 24 players, among them including retired veteran Dejan Stanković and three debutants (Andrija Živković, Miloš Jojić and Stefan Šćepović). Stanković is in the squad as he is expected to have his farewell match since he retired from playing football. He won’t feature in the game against Macedonia, but only in the friendly against Japan four days earlier in Novi Sad.

Serbia will be missing seven regulars as Matija Nastasić, Filip Đuričić, Lazar Marković and Aleksandar Mitrović will instead play for the U21 national team, since they have more important matches, then Milan Biševac and Ljubomir Fejsa are out with injuries, while Neven Subotić asked not to be called up in order to rest from the busy schedule with Borussia Dortmund.

Vladimir Stojković – Partizan
Damir Kahriman – Tavriya
Branimir Aleksić – Spartak Zlatibor

Antonio Rukavina – Valladolid
Branislav Ivanović – Chelsea
Nikola Maksimović – Torino
Aleksandar Kolarov – Manchester City
Nenad Tomović – Fiorentina
Aleksandar Ignjovski – Werder
Branislav Trajković – Vojvodina

Dejan Stanković – no club
Ivan Radovanivić – Chievo
Luka Milivojević – Anderlecht
Radoslav Petrović – Gençlerbirliği
Nenad Krstičić – Sampdoria
Nemanja Matić – Benfica
Dušan Basta – Udinese
Andrija Živković – Partizan
Miloš Jojić – Partizan

Dušan Tadić – Twente
Zoran Tošić – CSKA Moskva
Miralem Sulejmani – Benfica
Filip Đorđević – Nantes
Stefan Šćepović – Sporting Gijon

Serbia and Macedonia face off in the last matchday of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifications. The game will be played at the Gradski stadium in Jagodina on 15 October at 20.30 CET.