The Macedonian U17 national team finished last in Group 9 of the EURO qualifiers which were played in Skopje.
photo by FFM: aerial due in the match vs France
In all three games our players showed a very poor performance and suffered three defeats, which is a huge disappointment, especially since we were the hosts of the tournament. France and Iceland advanced from this group to the Elite Round of qualifiers.
France –
Luxembourg 4:0
Iceland –
Macedonia 3:0
Macedonia –
France 0:4
Luxembourg –
Iceland 1:3
Macedonia –
Luxembourg 2:3
France –
Iceland 4:0
1. France 3 3 0 0 12:0 9
2. Iceland 3 2 0 1 6:5 6
3. Luxembourg 3 1 0 2 4:9 3
4. Macedonia 3 0 0 3 2:10 0
October 25th, Petar Miloshevski stadium in Skopje
Iceland –
Macedonia 3:0 (2:0)
Goals: 25′ Kjartansson, 30′ 48′ Guðjohnsen
Iceland: Þórhallsson; Þorbjörnsson (71′ Jósefsson), Sigurðsson, Kjartansson (56′ Purišević), Jóhannessen (67′ Þórðarsson, Sö. Stefánsson, Gudjohnsen, H. Guðmundsson (67′ Petersen Guðmundsson), Melander, Karlsson (56′ E. Guðmundsson), St. Stefánsson. Coach: Jörundur Áki Sveinsson
Macedonia: Vrgov; Memishi, Velkov, Jovanovikj (46′ Podgragja), Meljichi, Ljubevski, Elmas, Dimitrijevski (79′ Kocev), Aliji, Manojlov, Ajetovikj (71′ Mladenovski). Coach: Vujadin Stanojković
October 28th, Petar Miloshevski stadium in Skopje
Macedonia –
France 0:4 (0:2)
Goals: 22′ Kroupi, 26′ Bouneb, 71′ Lambourde, 79′ Meupiyou Menadjou
Macedonia: Vrgov; Alii (46′ Memishi), Ajetovikj, Jovanovikj (46′ Dimitrijevski), Meljichi, Ljubevski, Podgragja, Sekovski, Aliji (65′ Mladenovski), Manojlov (65′ Elmas), Kocev (46′ Velkov). Coach: Vujadin Stanojković
France: Argney; Lamouliatte, Sangui (69′ Koum Mbondo), Meupiyou, Kayi Sanda, Ferro (61′ Tchapchet), Bouchenna, Sylla (46′ Traore), Kroupi (46′ Lambourde), Amougou, Bouneb (77′ Agesilas). Coach: José Alcocer
October 31th, Petar Miloshevski stadium in Skopje
Macedonia –
Luxembourg 2:3 (1:2)
Goals: 4′ Elmas, 79′ Mladenovski – 36′ 40′ 90+2′ Federspiel
Macedonia: Hadjibulikj; Memishi, Velkov, Jovanovikj (66′ Sekovski), Ljubevski, Stojkovski, Elmas, Dimitrijevski (46′ Ajetovikj), Aliji, Podgragja, Aliu (46′ Mladenovski). Coach: Vujadin Stanojković
Luxembourg: Pereira Cardoso, Federspiel, Marasi, Mancini, Benslaiman, Šabotić, Nurenberg (58′ Neves), Hoxha (72′ Giesteira), Rodrigues (72′ Quevedo), L’Abbate (58′ Leßing). Coach: Daniel Zirbes
Coach Vujadin Stanojković called up 22 players for this qualifiers:
Slave Vrgov – Akademija Pandev
Nataniel Dimovski – Pelister
Amar Hadjibulikj – Rabotnichki
Andrej Velkov – Akademija Pandev
Andrej Ljubevski – Rabotnichki
Anes Meljichi – Shkendija
Ognen Dejanovski – Makedonija GjP
Almir Podgragja – Rabotnichki
Nikola Stojkovski – Shkendija
Martin Jovanovikj – Makedonija GjP
Fljakron Memishi – Shkendija
Daniel Kocev – Rabotnichki
Numan Ajetovikj – Vardar
Dimitar Danev – Rabotnichki
Maximilian Dimitrijevski – Borussia Mönchengladbach
Aldin Alii – Schaffhausen
Darko Sekovski – Vardar
Muhamed Elmas – Rabotnichki
Salim Arifi – Pobeda
Nikola Manojlov – Rabotnichki
Agan Aliu – Shkupi
Stefan Mladenovski – Mineralac
Altin Aliji – Makedonija GjP