U16: Macedonia bottom-placed at the Miljan Miljanić tournament (Video)

Our U16 national team participated in the 12th edition of the Miljan Miljanić memorial tournament together with the host Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina and finished at the bottom of the overal ranking.

photo by FSS: moment of the match against Bosnia-Herzegovina

The tournament was held from May 12-14 on the grounds of the Sports Center of the Football Association of Serbia in Stara Pazova. In the semifinal against Montenegro, our team played an even match, in which we lacked a bit of sporting luck to win in regular time, but unfortunately, we were defeated in the penalty shootout. In the match for third place, we showed a poor performance, which resulted in a convincing defeat by Bosnia and Herzegovina. Montenegro is the winner of this year’s tournament while Macedonia finished last for the second consecutive year, specifically for the fifth time in the last six years.

Semifinal
Montenegro Montenegro – Macedonia Macedonia 2:2 (6:4 p.s.o.)
Serbia Serbia – Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina 1:1 (8:7 p.s.o.)

3-4 place
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina – Macedonia Macedonia 3:0

Final
Serbia Serbia – Montenegro Montenegro 1:2

12 May, FSS Sports Center in Stara Pazova Serbia
Montenegro Montenegro – Macedonia Macedonia 2:2 (1:1); 6:4 p.s.o.
Goals: 19′ Nikola Vukoje, 51′ Luka Vušurović – 23′ Marin Krstevski, 87′ Mihajlo Pavlov (p)
Montenegro: Sošić; Jošanović, Kaluđerović (46′ Suljević), Ivanović, Kilibarda, Laković (46′ Pavićević), Vušurović (74′ Bulatović), Kljajević, Milačić (74′ Pejović), Kisić (84′ Bjeletić), Vukoje (46′ Čaušević). Coach: Radovan Kavaja
Macedonia: Memeti; Pavlov, Masev, Akiki (74′ Gjorgjioski), Polimac, Ademi (74′ Fetai), Ristić (65′ Jakov), Sivevski (85′ Sedloski), Krstevski, Aksentiev, Veleski (65′ Nedanovski). Coach: Iljami Isejni

Highlights:

14 May, FSS Sports Center in Stara Pazova Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina – Macedonia Macedonia 3:0 (0:0)
Goals: 49′ 84, Andrej Kovač, 73′ Muhamed Dreca
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Đapo; A. Zatega, Bujak, Mehić, Mujkić, Hodžić, Mujić, Vasiljević, Huremović, Ikanović, Kičin. Bench: Lasić, Miljević, Dreca, Kovač, Leto, Topić, Trivunović, Delić, I.Zatega. Coach: Asmir Avdukić
Macedonia: Petrov; Gjorgjioski (84′ Jakov), Fetai (60′ Polimac), Masev, Ademi (70′ Georgievski), Ristić (70′ Andonovski), Sivevski (84′ Alimi), Krstevski (70′ Sedloski), Ramadani (60′ Akiki), Aksentiev (84′ Makrievski), Nedanovski (46′ Veleski). Coach: Iljami Isejni

Highlights:

Coach Iljami Isejni called up 23 players for these friendlies:

Ilan Memeti – Lausanne Sport Switzerland
Dimitar Petrov – Brera Strumica Macedonia

Mateja Masev – Grafičаr Serbia
Adrian Veleski – Vardar Macedonia
Amar Akiki – Shkendija Macedonia
Mihajlo Pavlov – Crvena zvezda Serbia
Filip Gjorgjioski – Vardar Macedonia
Valon Ramadani – Shkendija Macedonia
Nikola Golejshki – Makedonija GjP Macedonia
Ognen Jakov – Vardar Macedonia
Bobi Nedanovski – Pelister Macedonia
Arijon Alimi – Makedonija GjP Macedonia
Luka Makrievski – Vardar Macedonia
Filip Andonovski – Makedonija GjP Macedonia
Ejser Fetai – Arsimi Macedonia
Marin Krstevski – Crvena zvezda Serbia
Ognen Sivevski – Makedonija GjP Macedonia
Aleksandar Polimac – IMT Serbia
Ilija Aksentiev – Makedonija GjP Macedonia
Dardan Ademi – Arsimi Macedonia
Kosta Georgievski – Grafičаr Serbia
Blagoja Sedloski – Skopje Macedonia
Stefan Ristić – Partizan Serbia

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