Our Under 18 national team will feature at the “Václav Ježek” memorial tournament in Czechia alongside the hosts teams, Hungary, Latvia, Slovakia and Ukraine.
photo by FFM: moment of an U18 match against Slovakia
Macedonian U18 national team will take a part at the friendly tournament from 19 until 25 August in Czechia. It is a memorial tournament honoring former Czechoslovakian coach Václav Ježek who lead Czechoslovakia to the historic triumph at the 1976 EURO in Yugoslavia.
Coach Shkumbim Arslani the following 22 players for this tournament:
Ivan Nikolovski – Rabotnichki
Kristijan Kitanoski – Vardar
Ali Asani – Vardar
Filip Kostovski – Nju Stars
Altrim Jakupi – Shkendija
Aleksandar Gjurkovski – Vardar
Imran Fetai – Shkendija
Spase Terziev – Akademija Pandev
Viktor Krstevski – Vardar
Dimitar Todorovski – Rabotnichki
Luka Stankovski – Rabotnichki
Ivan Nikolov – Akademija Pandev
Behar Feta – Nju Stars
Leonid Ignatov – Vardar
Muaf Demiri – Vardar
Vlada Novevski – Vojvodina
Hamza Ramani – Shkupi
Eren Partalko – Akademija Pandev
Lavdrim Latifi – Boldklubben 1893
Azer Omeragikj – Vardar
Mario Ilievski – Septemvri
Metodi Maksimov – Rabotnichki
Macedonia opens against Ukraine on the 21st in the town of Most, while the very next day the young Lynx will face Slovakia in Litoměřice. All teams will play two matches in the first round and then according to the results each team will advance to play for 5th place, 3rd or final.