Macedonian U16 national team ended up 7th at the 4th edition of the Vlatko Marković tournament in Croatia.

photo by N/FSBiH: Macedonia U16

This tournament took place from 11th to 15th May in four Croatian towns: Sveti Martin na Muri, Ludbreg, Čakovec and Varaždin. Our young footballers won two matches (against Wales and Montenegro) and suffered two defeats (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bulgaria).

Croatia won the tournament with a 2:0 win in the final against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Group 1

Croatia – Uzbekistan 3:0
Ireland – Montenegro 0:0

Montenegro – Croatia 0:3
Uzbekistan – Ireland 0:6

Croatia – Ireland 2:1
Montenegro – Uzbekistan 0:1

Croatia 3 3 0 0 8:1 9
Ireland 3 1 1 1 7:3 4
Uzbekistan 3 1 0 2 1:9 3
Montenegro 3 0 1 2 0:4 1

Group 2

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Macedonia 3:0
Wales – Bulgaria 2:1

Bulgaria – Bosnia and Herzegovina 0:1
Macedonia – Wales 1:0

Bulgaria – Macedonia 2:1
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Wales 2:2

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 1 0 6:2 7
Wales 3 1 1 1 4:4 4
Bulgaria 3 1 0 2 3:4 3
Macedonia 3 1 0 2 2:5 3

Final
Croatia – Bosnia/Herzegovina 2:0

3-4 place
Ireland – Wales 8:7(pen) (3:3)

5-6 place
Bulgaria – Uzbekistan 3:4

7-8 place
Macedonia – Montenegro 3:2

Final standings:

1. Croatia
2. Bosnia and Herzegovina
3. Ireland
4. Wales
5. Uzbekistan
6. Bulgaria
7. Macedonia
8. Montenegro

Group stage

11 May, Čakovec
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Macedonia 3:0 (1:0)
Goals: 12′ Mušić, 49′ Terzić, 54′ Mičić
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Aldin Aleta, Ivan Kraljević (52′ Luka Vasiljević), Petar Đukanović (69′ Filip Šakota), Amar Ibrišimović (60′ Admir Gojak), Jusuf Terzić (69′ Afan Fočo), Andrej Mičić (60′ Senad Ćosić), Dušan Petrović (60′ Anel Adžem), Ensar Mušić (60′ Malik Kolić), Armando Šainović (41′ Sergej Ignatkov), Vuk Ćorić (52′ Sanin Mešić), Kerim Alajbegović (41′ Bakir Koso). Coach: Igor Janković
Macedonia: / Coach: Dashmir Beari

12 May, Sveti Martin na Muri
Macedonia – Wales 1:0 (1:0)
Goals: 20′ Makaloski
Macedonia: Onur Beshir, Gorazd Ristovski, Luka Atanasovski, Milosh Spasovski, Daim Kadriovski, Hisar Ali, Luka Makaloski, Berkaj Shaini, Albion Muslii, Boban Kuzmanovski, Kamencho Andonovski. Bench: David Iloski, Pavel Trajkovski, Toma Georgievski, Okan Rakipi, Aleksandar Grasheski, Marko Kish, Bamir Aliu, Zdravko Pereski, Igli Hasani, Bojan Ristoski, Nazif Ceka, Nart Useini, Kristijan Gjorgjievski. Coach: Dashmir Beari
Wales: / Coach: /

13 May, Čakovec
Bulgaria – Macedonia 2:1 (0:0)
Goals: 56′ 61′ Bibishkov – 69′ Useini
Bulgaria: Stefan Smarkalev, Kristiyan Yordanov, Mihail Polendakov, Denis Stanoev (41′ Krum Stoychev), Kristiyan Irmiev (41′ Kalin Lyubomirov), Zhivodar Zhekov (69′ Ivaylo Kostov), Mihail Petrov, Teodor Raykov (41′ Bozhidar Petrov), Vitorio Shotev (69′ Tarek Zhenzarli), Aleksandar Dzhamov (41′ Marsel Bibishkov), Dimitar Dogramadzhiev (69′ Yulian Gilov). Coach: Kaloyan Georgiev
Macedonia: David Iloski, Gorazd Ristovski, Luka Atanasovski, Milosh Spasovski (55′ Okan Rakipi), Daim Kadriovski, Hisar Ali (63′ Igli Hasani), Marko Kish (63′ Zdravko Pereski), Luka Makaloski (49′ Boban Kuzmanovski), Berkaj Shaini (63′ Nazif Ceka), Albion Muslii, Kamencho Andonovski (63′ Nart Useini). Coach: Dashmir Beari

Match for the 7th place
15 May: Sveti Martin na Muri
Macedonia – Montenegro 3:2 (1:1)
Goals: 14′ 69′ Ali, 56′ Shaini – 19′ Vlahović (pen), 53 Martinović (pen)
Macedonia: Pavel Trajkovski, Gorazd Ristovski (36′ Albion Muslii), Luka Atanasovski, Milosh Spasovski, Daim Kadriovski (60′ Toma Georgievski), Hisar Ali, Marko Kish, Luka Makaloski, Aleksandar Grasheski (49′ Bojan Ristoski), Berkaj Shaini (70′ Zdravko Pereski), Igli Hasani. Coach: Dashmir Beari
Montenegro: Danis Muković, Aleksa Globarević (od 39. Vojislav Jokić), Luka Baštrica, Zarija Mugoša, Andrija Petričević (od 36. Imran Redžepagić), Vuk Vlahović, Maksim Đukić (od 36. Uroš Đukanović), Matija Nikčević (od 67. Igor Jokanović), Ardijan Vuljaj, Luka Brajović (od 36. Meldin Kojić), Luka Šćekić (od 36. Lazar Martinović). Coach: Radovan Kavaja

Coach Dashmir Beari called up 25 players for this tournament

David Iloski – Osk Fer Plej
Onur Beshir – Ohrid Top Tim
Pavel Trajkovski – Makedonija GjP
Gorazd Ristovski – Rabotnichki
Luka Atanasovski – Vardar
Daim Kadriovski – Albion
Milosh Spasovski – Vardar
Hisar Ali – Shkendija
Luka Makaloski – Makedonija GjP
Berkaj Shaini – Gostivar
Toma Georgievski – Nju Stars
Okan Rakipi – Gostivar
Aleksandar Grasheski – Nju Stars
Albion Muslii – Shkendija
Marko Kish – Nju Stars
Bamir Aliu – Shkendija
Zdravko Pereski – Osk Fer Plej
Igli Hasani – Gostivar
Bojan Ristoski – Shkendija
Admir Ljatifi – Nju Stars
Boban Kuzmanovski – Osk Fer Plej
Nazif Ceka – Shkendija
Kamencho Andonovski – Rabotnichki
Nart Useini – Uskana
Kristijan Gjorgjievski – Makedonija GjP