National team manager John Toshack announced the squad that will travel to Luxembourg for a friendly later this month.  Boban Grncarov is the only new name as the central defender gets his first call up under Toshack.

From the last friendly against Albania in November of last year, six players were not called up this time in goalkeeper Martin Bogatinov, defenders Vladimir Dimitrovski and Vlade Lazarevski, midfielders Velice Sumulikoski and Mario Gjurovski, and striker Bajram Fetai.  As mentioned earlier, the only new name is veteran defender Boban Grncarov who gets his first chance under Toshack.

Goalkeepers:
Edin Nuredinoski – Ethnikos Achnas (Cyprus)
Tome Pacovski – Beerschot (Belgium)

Defenders:
Goran Popov – Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine)
Aleksandar Todorovski – Polonia Warszawa (Poland)
Vance Sikov – Volyn (Ukraine)
Daniel Mojsov – Vojvodina (Serbia)
Nikolce Noveski – Mainz (Germany)
Daniel Georgievski – Šibenik (Croatia)
Aleksandar Lazevski – Partizan (Serbia)
Boban Grncarov – Lierse (Belgium)

Midfielders:
Muhamed Demiri – Thun (Switzerland)
Agim Ibraimi – Maribor (Slovenia)
Filip Despotovski – Rabotnicki
Nikola Gligorov – Alki (Cyprus)

Attackers:
Ivan Trickovski – APOEL (Cyprus)
Goran Pandev – Napoli (Italy)
Mirko Ivanovski – Arka (Poland)
Ferhan Hasani – Wolfsburg (Germany)
Ilco Naumoski – Mattersburg (Austria)

Macedonia will face Luxembourg away on 29 February.

“The weather conditions and climate aren’t good for playing a friendly at this time of year, but this is a date chosen by FIFA and I, as a coach, must use all the opportunities to play these friendlies.  I think the players are well aware of that and will play their best in this upcoming friendly.  We need all the players to be present on time and be serious so we can use every game as good preparations for the World Cup qualifications that start in September.” – John Toshack told FFM’s official website.