Our U15 national team participated in the 3rd edition of the Vlatko Marković international tournament in Croatia.

photo by FFM

The tournament lasts from 5th to 9th of May. Macedonia played in Group A together with the hosts Croatia, Belarus and Bulgaria. Russia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lithuania and Albania competed in Group B. Our team lost all matches in the group stage. They will now play in the match for the 7th place against Albania.

Group A

Croatia – Bulgaria 3:0
Belarus – Macedonia 4:2

Macedonia – Croatia 1:7
Bulgaria – Belarus 1:2

Macedonia – Bulgaria 0:2
Croatia – Belarus 3:1

1. Croatia 3 3 0 0 13:2 9
2. Belarus 3 2 0 1 7:6 6
3. Bulgaria 3 1 0 2 3:5 3
4. Macedonia 3 0 0 3 3:13 0

Group B

Russia – Bosnia-Herzegovina 3:0
Lithuania – Albania 2:2

Albania – Russia 0:1
Bosnia-Herzegovina – Lithuania 0:1

Albania – Bosnia-Herzegovina 1:2
Russia – Lithuania 4:0

1. Russia 3 3 0 0 8:0 9
2. Lithuania 3 1 1 1 3:6 4
3. Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 1 0 2 2:5 3
4. Albania 3 0 1 2 3:5 1

5 May, Lučko
Belarus – Macedonia 4:2 (2:2)
Goals: 14′ Baranok, 21 Lyukevich, 46′ Myalkovskiy, 49′ Medvedev – 24′ Dimitrijevski, 29′ Aliu
Belarus: Veretynskiy, M. Sokolovskiy, Fedorovich, Sakhonchik, Rogov (70′ Kuntsevich), Baranok (48′ Denisenko), A. Sokolovskiy, Myalkovskiy (61′ Nikolayev), Lyukevich (61′ Zapotylok), Mokin, Medvedev (61′ Devyaten’)
Macedonia: Vrgov, Velkov, Galevski, Malikji, Dimitrijevski, Manojlov (63′ Jovanovikj), Memishi (72′ Shaini), Aliji, Ali (32′ Sekovski), Velichkovski (52′ Shefiti), Porchu (72′ Halimi).

6 May, Branko Čavlovic Čavlek stadium in Karlovac
Macedonia – Croatia 1:7 (0:3)
Goals: 53′ Sekovski – 1′ 20′ Kosović, 38′ Perić, 59′ 73′ 79′ Babić, 76′ Reić
Macedonia: Ahtarov, Galevski, Malikji (69′ Halimi), Dimitrijevski, Manojlov, Sekovski (69′ Ristovski), Memishi, Ljeza (53′ Jovanovikj), Aliji (45′ Velichkovski), Porchu (53′ Velkov), Shefiti (69′ Podgragja).
Croatia: Letica, Krstanović, (41′ Lukadinović), Vujanić, Kosović (Dabić), Perić (41′ Kardum), Jureško, Dragaš, Levak, Šop (63′ Kujundžić), Reić, Lazar (54′ Babić).

7 May, Lučko
Macedonia – Bulgaria 0:2 (0:0)
Goals: 59′ Sulev, 64′ Bachev
Macedonia: no info
Bulgaria: Gerginov, Shishkov (41′ Mihalev), Pavlov (58′ I. Dimitrov), Tanchev (77′ Chachev), Uzunov, Kolev (41′ Petrov), Arshev, Kazaldzhiev (41′ K. Dimitrov), Ivanov (58′ Sulev), Stefanov (77′ Kokov), Gigov (41′ Bachev).

Coach Nedjat Shabani called up the following 24 players for this tournament:

Slave Vrgov – Akademija Pandev
Spasko Ahtarov – Belasica
Abad Ramadani – Shkupi
Andrej Velkov – Akademija Postolov
Anes Meljichi – Albarsa
Kristijan Galevski – Vardar
Darko Sekovski – Vardar
Aljmir Podgragja – Albion
Martin Jovanovikj – Kumanovo Eurosport-Vardar
Altin Aliji – Vardar
Fljakron Memishi – Kumanova-Milano 2010
Nikola Manojlov – Rabotnichki
Bojan Mitrov – Akademija Postolov
Besjan Halimi – Shkendija
Agan Ljeza – Wuppertaler
Hisar Ali – Shkendija
Teo Jolakoski – Evro Fudbal 2-Vardar
Andrej Velichkovski – Vardar
Gorazd Ristovski – Rabotnichki
Berkaj Shaini – Gostivar
Dimitar Porchu – Vardar
Elvir Emurlai – Shkendija
Muhamed Shefiti – Shkendija
Maximilian Dimitrijevski – Borussia Mönchengladbach