Macedonian U18 national team will take part in a friendly tournament in Serbia.

From the 13th until the 15th of June, Macedonia U18 will take part in an international tournament named “Stevan Nešticki”. The tournament will be played in Novi Sad, Serbia and along with Macedonia, the other teams will be Vojvodina, Puskás Akadémia from Hungary, Crvena Zvezda, the national team of Republika Srpska and Partizan from Belgrade.

This national team is led by Jeton Nesimi and he has called up the following players:

Goalkeepers: Ilikj Filip (Metalurg), Bobi Celeski (Makedonija GjP)
Defense: Alomerovikj Sabahudin (Akademija FFM-Makedonija Gj.P), Bocevski Slobodan (Akademija FFM-Makedonija Gj.P), Digalovski Darko (Metalurg), Aleksikj Milan (Vardar), Perchinkov Igor (Akademija FFM – Rabotnichki), Shaip Tela (Xamax, Switzerland)
Midfield: Valentin Kochoski (Akademija Pandev), Stefan Jevtovski (Akademija FFM-Metalurg), Sabit Biljali (Akademija FFM-Renova), Martin Mirchevski (Pelister), Redjep Kurt (Akademija Pandev), Besart Iseini (Shkupi)
Forward: Remzifaik Selmani (Renova), Strahinja Krstevski (Vojvodina, Serbia), Petar Petkovski (Makedonija GjP), Andrej Kudijan (Rabotnichki)

‘These are mostly footballers who were part of the U17 national team last year. Our aim is to see their current form, part of the players are already playing for U19 national team and I believe this tournament will be useful for us. We are playing against Vojvodina and Crvena Zvezda in the group and we have quality to fight for the final’ said manager Nesimi.

Macedonian national team plays their matches on the 14th of June. They will first start against Crvena Zvezda at 09.00 CET, and then later that day at 17.30 CET, the team will face Vojvodina. Depending on the results, the team will play the following day once again for a match that can be for 1st, 3rd or 5th place.