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 –
Macedonia 2:2 (6:4 p.s.o.)
Serbia –
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1:1 (8:7 p.s.o.)
3-4 place
Bosnia-Herzegovina –
Macedonia 3:0
Final
Serbia –
Montenegro 1:2
12 May, FSS Sports Center in Stara Pazova ![]()
Montenegro –
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 ![]()
Bosnia-Herzegovina –
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 ![]()
Dimitar Petrov – Brera Strumica ![]()
Mateja Masev – Grafičаr ![]()
Adrian Veleski – Vardar ![]()
Amar Akiki – Shkendija ![]()
Mihajlo Pavlov – Crvena zvezda ![]()
Filip Gjorgjioski – Vardar ![]()
Valon Ramadani – Shkendija ![]()
Nikola Golejshki – Makedonija GjP ![]()
Ognen Jakov – Vardar ![]()
Bobi Nedanovski – Pelister ![]()
Arijon Alimi – Makedonija GjP ![]()
Luka Makrievski – Vardar ![]()
Filip Andonovski – Makedonija GjP ![]()
Ejser Fetai – Arsimi ![]()
Marin Krstevski – Crvena zvezda ![]()
Ognen Sivevski – Makedonija GjP ![]()
Aleksandar Polimac – IMT ![]()
Ilija Aksentiev – Makedonija GjP ![]()
Dardan Ademi – Arsimi ![]()
Kosta Georgievski – Grafičаr ![]()
Blagoja Sedloski – Skopje ![]()
Stefan Ristić – Partizan ![]()
