Our U16 national team finished second at the tournament held in Skopje the past week.

photo by FFM: Macedonia U16

After the two defeats last month against Russia, our team showed a progress at this tournament. Still coach Toni Jakimoski has a lot of work to do in the next period to reach the desired level. Bulgaria won the tournament with a victory over Macedonia and a draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina.

24.03

Petar Miloshevski Training Center in Skopje
Macedonia – Bulgaria 0:2 (0:1)
Goals: 27′ Kirev, 80′ Marinov
Macedonia: Jovanoski, Stojilevski, Bekjiri, Stojanov (75′ Jovanovski), Gjorgievski (88′ Demiroski), Nazifoski (84′ Taleski), Jamini (78′ Velichkovski), Elmas (61′ Kaba-Jakupi), Arizankoski, Tairi (88′ Janevski), Nuhija (88′ Cvetkov).
Bulgaria: Umut, Stoychev (90′ Popov), Marinov, Vasilev (85′ Hristov), Atanasov (82′ Grozdanov), Stoyanov, Mitkov, Karaivanov, Georgiev (20′ Siderov), Kirev, Raychev (89′ Nguen Do).

26.03

Petar Miloshevski Training Center in Skopje
Bulgaria – Bosnia-Herzegovina 1:1 (1:1)
Goals: 34′ Hristov – 16′ Jakupović
Bulgaria: Zagorov, Bozhinov (81′ Marinov), Daskalov (81′ Karaivanov), Georgiev, Popov, Todorov, Nguen Do, Traykov (81′ Kirev), Grozdanov (62′ Atanasov, 78′ Mitkov), Hristov (62′ Stoyanov), Dimitrov (62′ Raychev).
Bosna-Herzegovina: Šutković, Rendić (46′ Šerbečić), Pašić, Šušić, Hadžić (64′ Husić), Nurković (64′ Kozina), Mešić, Damjanić (78′ Ahmetspahić), Brkić, Prusina (78′ Tabaković), Jakupović (78′ Tustonja).

28.03

Petar Miloshevski Training Center in Skopje
Bosnia-Herzegovina – Macedonia 1:2 (1:0)
Goals: 16′ Brkić – 54′ Nazifoski, 89′ Jovanovski
Bosna-Herzegovina: Karić, Pašić, Šušić, Hadžić, Nurković (46′ Tabaković), Damjanić (66′ Kozina), Brkić, Prusina (46′ Mešić), Jakupović (66′ Ahmetspahić), Šerbečić (46′ Rendić), Tustonja.
Macedonia: Jovanoski, Janevski (89′ Cvetkov), Stojilevski, Bekjiri (89′ Jamini), Stojanov, Gjorgievski (90′ Meljichi), Nazifoski (89′ Taleski), Arizankoski, Nuhija (45, Demiroski), Kaba-Jakupi (85′ Jovanovski), Velichkovski (89′ Tairi).

Final Standings:

	M	W	D	L	GD	P
Bulgaria	2	1	1	0	3:1	4
Macedonia	2	1	0	1	2:3	3
Bosnia-Herzegovina	2	0	1	1	2:3	1