U21 national team coach Blagoja Milevski revealed the lists of summoned players for the two upcoming friendly games against Montenegro and Bulgaria on 24th and 28th March at the training complex Petar Miloshevski in Skopje.

The game against the Montenegro is part of the preparations for the next U21 generation(players born 1996 and younger) while the game against Bulgaria is going to be one of the last tests for U21 national team which will take a part at Europian U21 Championship this June in Poland.

Regarding the next U21 generation coach Milevski said that he is considering the game against Montenegro as a start of qualifications for the EURO 2019 in Italy. He also said that this gonna be a chance for several players like Dorian Babunski, David Atanaskoski, Benjamin Demir, Nicola Kuleski, Stefan Jevtoski, Tauljant Sulejmanov to show him that they deserve a call for the national team. Milevski mentioned that Calvin N’Sombo was in his plans for this game but he’s recently without a club and he hopes that he’s gonna solve this problem in the near future.

U21 squad for Montenegro game:

Bekim Redjepi – Teteks
Filip Ilikj – Gandzasar
Senad Mujovikj – Baden

David Atanaskoski – Akademija Pandev
Alex Simovski – Akropolis
Konstantin Cheshmedjiev – Makedonija Gjorche Petrov
Aleksa Amanovikj – Javor
Jovan Popzlatanov – Pelister
Stefan Kostov – Bregalnica
Besart Krivanjeva – Shkupi
Filip Stojanovski – Apollonia

Elif Elmas – Rabotnichki
Ennur Totre – Shkendija
Davor Zdravkovski – Makedonija Gjorche Petrov
Stefan Jevtoski – Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Nicola Kuleski – Sydney
Din Alomerovikj – Makedonija Gjorche Petrov

Emil Abaz – Spartak Subotica
Tihomir Kostadinov – Zlaté Moravce
Petar Petkovski – Vardar
Remzifaik Selmani – Renova
Benjamin Demir – Rabotnichki
Dorian Babunski – Radomlje

After the press Tauljant Sulejmanov of Swiss side Young Boys came with a statement that he wishes all the best to Macedonia but he’s going to play for Albania in the future. He also changed his last name to Seferi.

The game against Bulgaria according to Milevski could be the last test for the U21 team before the Europian Championship. That’s why he’s expecting the maximum from his players at this game. At the list are the names of the players which were regular during the qualifications. Enis Bardi is not on the list because of injury. Milevski said that he will include some of the players from the next U21 generation squad which will play against Montenegro four days earlier. Macedonian Football is expecting to see Aleksa Amanovikj, Elif Elmas, Ennur Totre, Tihomir Kostadinov, Petar Petkovski or Remzifaik Selmani at this game according to the fact that most of them were part of the U21 squad that won the qualifications.

U21 squad for Bulgaria game:

Igor Aleksovski – Vardar
Damjan Shishkovski – Rabotnichki

Gjoko Zajkov – Charleroi
Darko Velkoski – Vardar
Visar Musliu – Renova
Mevlan Murati – Shkendija
Egzon Bejtulai – Shkendija
Besir Demiri – Vardar

Boban Nikolov – Vardar
David Babunski – Yokohama F·Marinos
Daniel Avramovski – Olimpija

Marjan Radeski – Shkendija
Nikola Gjorgjev – Grasshoppers
Filip Pivkovski – Landskrona
Kire Markoski – Rabotnichki
Viktor Angelov – Újpest

Bejtulai got injured during the first league encounter of his Shkendija against Bregalnica so most probably a new player will be summoned instead.