Macedonian U16 national team visited Turkey and played two friendly matches against the hosts recording a draw and a defeat.
photo by TFF: moment into the first match
In the first match that was played on Tuesday our team managed to play a goalless draw despite the fact that the home team missed a penalty in the first half.
August 24, TFF Riva Hasan Doğan training camp, Istanbul 
Turkey – 
Macedonia 0:0
Turkey: Kağan Arıcan; Fırat Başkaya (79′ Alp Bostan), Kerem Coşkun (79′ Caner Kızılyaprak), Çınar Hasanoğlu (57′ Bedirhan Çetin), Halim Ayaz Yükseloğlu (41′ Osman Kaynak), Furkan Emin Kaçmaz (57′ Güney Diyar Kılıççeken), Emirhan Arkutcu (41′ Mustafa Genç, 79′ Emre Gökay), Efe Akman (67′ Enes Nas), Burak İngenç (41′ Muharrem Emir Erkul), Çağrı Fedai (41′ Rıdvan Tekkeşin), Berk Kızıldemir (67′ Furkan Bacaklı).
Macedonia: Slave Vrgov; Genc Kkjiku, Andrej Velkov, Kristijan Galevski, Anes Meljichi, Daniel Kocev (34′ Fljakron Memishi, 66′ Stefan Mladenovski), Nikola Manojlov (56′ Andrej Ljubevski), Altin Aliji (51′ Dimitar Papazov), Martin Jovanovikj (66′ Almir Podgragja), Davor Shegmanovski (30′ Darko Sekovski), Muhamed Shefiti (66′ Dimitar Danev).
Referee: Melih Aldemir
Assistants: Erdem Birşey and Fatih Etirli
Fourth official: Ali Koç
The Macedonian starting 11 at the opening match; photo: TFF
In the second match the Turkish counterparts managed to take a win by scoring once in each half.
August 26, TFF Riva Hasan Doğan training camp, Istanbul
Turkey – Macedonia 2:0 (1:0)
Goals: 35′ Rıdvan Tekkeşin, 54′ Emirhan Arkutcu
Turkey: Emir Yaşar; Bedirhan Çetin, Muharrem Emir Erkul (41′ Burak İngenç), Güney Diyar Kılıççeken (41′ Efe Akman), Rıdvan Tekkeşin (41′ Çağrı Fedai), Caner Kızılyaprak (41′ Kerem Coşkun), Furkan Bacaklı, Enes Nas (41′ Furkan Emin Kaçmaz), Mustafa Genç (41′ Emirhan Arkutcu), Osman Kaynak (41′ Emre Gökay), Alp Bostan (41′ Fırat Başkaya).
Macedonia: Spasko Ahtarov; Genc Kkjiku (59′ Martin Jovanovikj), Andrej Velkov (59′ Daniel Kocev), Kristian Galevski, Anes Maljichi, Almir Podgragja (41′ Muhamed Shefiti), Nikola Manojlov (75′ Davor Shegmanovski), Dimitar Porchu (29′ Darko Sekovski) (59′ Dimitar Papazov), Andrej Velichkovski (75′ Andrej Ljijbevski), Gorazd Riztovski (75′ Dimitar Danev), Stefan Mladenovski (55′ Altin Aliji).
Referee: Abdülsamet Ulutaş
Assistants: Serkan Aydın and Uğurcan Fidan
Fourth official: Onurcan Dolgu
Prior kick-off of the second match; photo: TFF
Coach Nedjat Shabani called up the following 22 players for these matches:
Slave Vrgov – Akademija Pandev
Spasko Ahtarov – Belasica
Andrej Velkov – Akademija Postolov
Genc Kkjiku – Rabotnichki
Anes Meljichi – Albarsa
Kristijan Galevski – Vardar
Dimitar Porchu – Vardar
Andrej Ljubevski – Rabotnichki
Martin Jovanovikj – Kumanovo Eurosport-Vardar
Andrej Velichkovski – Vardar
Darko Sekovski – Vardar
Daniel Kocev – Rabotnichki
Davor Shegmanovski – Rabotnichki
Dimitar Danev – Rabotnichki
Aljmir Podgragja – Albion
Muhamed Shefiti – Shkendija
Nikola Manojlov – Rabotnichki
Altin Aliji – Vardar
Fljakron Memishi – Shkendija
Stefan Mladenovski – Vardar
Gorazd Ristovski – Rabotnichki
Dimitar Papazov – Forca-Vardar