Тhe Macedonian U17 national team coach Vlatko Kolev revealed the list of players for the Elite Round of qualifications for the European U17 Championship.
photo by FFM: Vlatko Kolev
Surprisingly, the list included Meldin Alomerović and Arda Iljazovski who play for clubs that are part of the second-tier U17 league in Slovenia and Denmark, as well as Aleksandar Petrovski from Crvena zvezda, who has not had any playing time in the top Serbian U17 league.
On the other hand, Sassuolo players Dejan Spaseski and Nikola Mitev, who play in the best Italian U17 league, were not called up, and it is definitely strange that Spaseski was left out, as he is one of the most regular players for Sassuolo this season. A positive moment is the return of Luka Trpevski to the Macedonian national team, who was named the best player of Crvena zvezda from the 2010 generation and who in the meantime had one appearance for Sweden U16, a country he is eligible to represent through his father Goran Trpevski, who is a former Swedish youth international. The misunderstandings between the parent and the Football Federation of Macedonia have been resolved to mutual satisfaction, so we expect Trpevski to show his talent in the Macedonian jersey in the years to come.
The qualifiers will be played in Slovenia from March 25-31. In addition to Macedonia and host Slovenia, Germany and France also participate at this tournament and only the group winner secures a spot in the final stage. We will start the qualifiers against Germany on March 25th, then we will face France on the 28th with our last match being against Slovenia on March 31st.
March 25th, 16:00 CET, Grosuplje 
Germany – 
Macedonia
March 28th, 16:00 CET, Grosuplje
France – Macedonia
March 31st, 16:30 CET, Kranj
Macedonia – Slovenia
Coach Vlatko Kolev called up the following 23 players for this tournament:
Luka Grchevski – Crvena zvezda 
Amin Suljović – Skopje
Darijan Denkovski – Sloga 1934
Rinor Ceka – Shkendija
Gregorijan Mihajlovski – Servette 
Pavel Ribarski – Vardar
Marko Ivanov – Koper
Pavel Mironski – Makedonija GjP
Filip Cvetkovski – Vardar
Alek Chedomirski – Makedonija GjP
Marko Mircheski – Ohrid Lychnidos
Blendi Ljachka – Fenerbahçe 
Luka Jasmin Gjorgjijev – Vardar
Meldin Alomerović – Slovan
Martin Djangarovski – Makedonija GjP
Aleksandar Petrovski – Crvena zvezda
Aleksa Jazadjikj – Makedonija GjP
Andrej Cvetkovski – Vardar
Arda Iljazovski – Boldklubben af 1893 
Vasko Papaliski – Skopje
Luka Trpevski – Crvena zvezda
Fadilj Islamovikj – Kustošija 
Jakov Stojkovski – Paderborn 07