The Macedonian U15 national team played two friendly matches against Croatia in Skopje. The visitors were much better team and won in both matches with identical 3:0 scores. Obviously, this generation has a lot of work to do in the following period, in order to mature football-wise and be able to adequately compete with opponents of a higher quality than us.

photo by FFM

March 11th, Petar Miloshevski Training Center in Skopje
Macedonia – Croatia 0:3 (0:2)
Goals: 34′ Drago Škegro, 37′ Dino Beader Trajanovski, 86′ Antonio Bilandžić
Macedonia: Petrov (33′ Taleski); Veleski (89′ Neloski), Pavlov, Bocheski (89′ Ibrahimi), Masev, Akiki (75′ Aksentiev), Spiroski (75′ Emini), Ademi (67′ Sivevski), Sedloski (46′ Polimac), Stojanov (67′ Naumovski), Krstevski (75′ Tairi). Coach: Iljami Isejni
Croatia: Lojen; Babok (63′ Benko), Barišić (63′ Bilandžić), Bartolović (63′ Herceg), Trajanovski (63′ Jaman), Cvjetović (63′ Levačić), Ćaleta (63′ Lipovac), Kikić (63′ Mrnjavac), Mišura (63′ Sablić), Rošta (63′ Vajda), Škegro (63′ Veljačić). Coach: Sreten Ćuk

Highlights:

March 13th, Petar Miloshevski Training Center in Skopje
Macedonia – Croatia 0:3 (0:1)
Goals: 26′ (og) Ilija Aksentiev, 69′ Drago Škegro, 72′ Ivan Ćaleta
Macedonia: Zendeloski (46′ Taleski); Tairi (55′ Krstevski), Pavlov (80′ Ibrahimi), Veleski (80′ Naumovski), Masev (74′ Akiki), Aksentiev (80′ Neloski), Spiroski (64′ Sedloski), Sivevski (55′ Kurtishi), Polimac (85′ Ademi), Stojanov (55′ Selimi), Emini (55′ Vasoski). Coach: Iljami Isejni
Croatia: Vunić; Benko (60′ Babok), Bilandžić (60′ Barišić), Herceg (60′ Bartolović), Jaman (60′ Trajanovski), Levačić (60′ Cvjetović), Lipovac (60′ Mišura), Mrnjavac (60′ Kikić), Sablić (60′ Ćaleta), Vajda (60′ Rošta), Veljačić (60′ Škegro). Coach: Sreten Ćuk

Highlights:

Coach Iljami Isejni called up 25 players for these friendlies:

Dimitar Petrov – FFM UEFA Academy/Brera Strumica
Petar Taleski – Pobeda
Ammar Zendeloski – LASK

Kristijan Neloski – FFM UEFA Academy/ Young Team
Amar Akiki – FFM UEFA Academy/Dardanet Academy
Mateja Masev – Crvena zvezda
Filip Naumovski – Makedonija GjP
Mihajlo Pavlov – FFM UEFA Academy/Forca-Vardar
Adrian Veleski – FFM UEFA Academy/Prilep
Ilija Aksentiev – Cool
Djihan Ibrahimi – Vardar
Pavel Stojanov – FFM UEFA Academy/Brera Strumica
Dardan Ademi – FFM UEFA Academy/Gostivar
Ognen Sivevski – Makedonija GjP
Efe Raif – Gostivar
Marin Krstevski -FFM UEFA Academy/Forca-Vardar
Vigan Tairi – FFM UEFA Academy/Gostivar
Matej Bocheski – FFM UEFA Academy/Brera Strumica
Aulon Kurtishi – Shkendija
Blagoja Sedloski – FFM UEFA Academy/Park
Aleksandar Polimac – Partizan
Ridvan Selimi – FFM UEFA Academy/ Forca-Vardar
Petar Vasoski – FFM UEFA Academy/Park
Medin Emini – Košice
Luka Spiroski – Wolfsburg