The Macedonian U16 national team participated in the 10th Miljan Miljanić memorial tournament together with the host Serbia, Bulgaria and Montenegro.

photo by FSS: a duel in Serbia – Macedonia

The tournament was held from May 14-16 on the grounds of the Sports Center of the Football Association of Serbia in Stara Pazova. In the semi-finals, Macedonia was unlucky and lost on penalties to Serbia, while in the match for the 3rd place our team beat Montenegro with 2:1. Serbia is the winner of this year’s tournament.

Semifinals
Serbia – Macedonia 1:1 (5:3 p.s.o.)
Bulgaria – Montenegro 2:0

3-4 place
Macedonia – Montenegro 2:1

Final
Serbia – Bulgaria 2:1

May 14th, FSS Sports Center in Stara Pazova
Serbia – Macedonia 1:1 (1:1) 5:3 p.s.o.
Goals: 40′ Aleksa Petrović – 44′ Krenar Sulejmani
Serbia: Bogdanović; Ćopić (79′ Popović), Škrijelj, Marinković, Ostojić (60′ Žurić), Maravić (60′ Šarić), Štulić, A. Petrović, Subotić (46′ Đokanović), S. Petrović (75′ Ivanović), Matijašević. Coach: Bojan Neziri
Macedonia: Trajkov; Zaponchek (80′ Fejzulovski), Djangarovski (80′ Stamatoski), Kesić, Stoilov, Zhaku, Bajrami (90’+2 Varoshanoski), Sulejmani (80′ Bujaroski), Osmani, Grasheski, Ganiu. Coach: Rade Karanfiloski

Sulejmani’s goal (at 59:05):

May 16th, FSS Sports Center in Stara Pazova
Macedonia – Montenegro 2:1 (1:1)
Goals: 40′ Martin Gjorgjiev, 54′ (og) Aleksa Perišić – 16′ Matija Jovanović
Macedonia: Trajkovski, Zaponchek (46′ Fejzulovski), Djangarovski, Kesić, Stoilov, Zhaku, Bajrami (74′ Stamatoski), Sulejmani (68′ Ganiu), Grasheski (89′ Gerasov), Taleski (46′ Markovski), Gjorgjiev. Coach: Rade Karanfiloski
Montenegro: Lekić, Glendža (58′ Kujović), Perišić, Anđelić, Ražnatović (58′ Anđić), Jovanović, Pavićević, Vukoje, Maraš (73′ Fatić), Lesjak (58′ Đokaj), Kastrat (46′ Jovović). Coach: Radovan Kavaja

Gjorgjiev’s goal (at 44:11) & the own goal (at 1:05:00):

Coach Rade Karanfiloski called up the following 20 players for these matches:

Aleksandar Trajkov – Brera Strumica
Antonij Trajkovski – Rabotnichki

Riste Stoilov – Brera Strumica
Lorent Zhaku – Voska Sport
Stefan Stamatoski – Vardar
Alex Zaponchek – Ecxcelsior
Martin Djangarovski – Brera Strumica
Enver Fejzulovski – Pelister
Luka Varoshanoski – Brera Strumica
Stefan Bujaroski -Vardar
Krenar Sulejmani – Makedonija GjP
Aleksandar Grasheski – New Stars
Mateo Kesić – Brera Strumica
Matej Gerasov – Rabotnichki
Bleron Bajrami – Vardar
Gabriel Taleski – Brera Strumica
Florent Osmani – Shkendija
Ivo Markovski – Vardar
Blendi Ganiu – Shkupi
Martin Gjorgjiev – Brera Strumica