Our U17 national team started the qualifications with a goalless draw against Bosnia/Herzegovina at the FFM Training Centre “Petar Miloshevski” in Skopje.
At the second match of our group Slovakia won against Moldovo 2:0 at the Boris Trajkovski stadium in Skopje. Slovakia is our next opponent at 5th of October. The top 2 teams advance to the Elite Round.
Macedonia – Bosnia and Herzegovina 0:0 (0:0)
Macedonia: 1.Matej Andov, 3.Alen Lichina, 4.Bozhidar Mitrevski, 5.Vane Tasevski, 6.Suad Jonuzi, 7.Kire Trpchevski (54′ 2.Kristijan Trpchevski), 8.Agon Elezi, 11.Alen Jusufov (68′ 15.Vlada Novevski), 14.Emil Skoko, 16.Dimitar Todorovski, 20.Djemal Ibishi (48′ 9.David Toshevski).
Unused substitutes: 12.Marko Alchevski, 21.Andrej Butorac, 10.Amar Kolashinac, 17.Kushtrim Tairi, 18.Nikola Sekulov, 19.Muharem Suhelj.
Coach Goran Stanikj called up 21 players for this qualification tournament.
Matej Andov – Vardar
Marko Alchevski – Akademija Pandev
Andrej Butorac – Pelister
Vane Tasevski – Sassuolo, Italy
Bozhidar Mitrevski – Rabotnichki
Kristijan Trpchevski – New Stars
Alen Lichina – Rabotnichki
Suad Jonuzi – Wil 1900, Switzerland
Georgije Jankulov – Crvena Zvezda, Serbia
Dimitar Todorovski – Rabotnichki
Emil Skoko – Makedonija Gjorche Petrov
Vlada Novevski – Vojvodina, Serbia
Amar Kolashinac – Olimpija, Slovenia
Agon Elezi – Caen, France
Nikola Sekulov – Juventus, Italy
Kire Trpchevski – New Stars
Djemal Ibishi – Vardar
Kushtrim Tairi – Shkendija
David Toshevski – Rabotnichki
Alen Jusufov – Wiener Sport-Club, Austria
Muharem Suhelj – Shkupi
Update: Georgije Jankulov wouldn’t be able to play at this qualifications due to private reasons.