Our U19 national team lost both friendly matches played last week in Skopje against Georgia. These matches were the last check for the upcoming elite round qualifiers this month. The Macedonian team was weakened due to absence of five standard players (Toshevski, Ibishi, Todorovski, Elezi, Tasevski), so these defeats do not come as a big surprise.

photo by FFM: moment of the second match

The UEFA Europian U19 Championship elite round runs from 25-31 March with seven group winners to progress to the finals alongside hosts Northern Ireland. Macedonia will play in group 2 together with the host Spain, Belgium and Bulgaria.

Petar Miloshevski stadium in Skopje , 25.02.2020
Macedonia – Georgia 1:5 (1:3)
Goals: 30′ (pen) Bozhidar Mitrevski – 7′ Tsotne Kapanadze, 35′ Giorgi Moistrapeshvili, 37′ Giorgi Iakobidze, 65′ Beka Kharaishvili, 80′ Irakli Lazarov
Macedonia: Matej Andov, Georgije Jankulov, Bojan Dimoski (61′ Vladan-Vlada Novevski), Jeton Dauti (80′ Jovan Manev), Bozhidar Mitrevski, Aleksandar Gjurkovski, Abdulvahit Murati (85′ Edis Spahiu), Arbi Vosha, Suhejlj Muharem, Metodi Maksimov, Ivan Nikolov (80′ David Ristovski). Coach: Goran Stanikj
Georgia: Rezo Lomidze, Tsotne Kapanadze (70′ Lasha Atskureli), Aleksandre Kalandadze, Tornike Jangidze (75′ David Samsonia), Anzor Mekvabishvili (75′ Shota Nonikashvili), Nika Gagnidze (70′ David Lordkipanidze), Giorgi Guliashvili (70′ Giorgi Lomtadze), Giorgi Moistrapeshvili (78′ Otar Parulava), Giorgi Iakobidze (75′ Lado Chikhradze), Beka Kharaishvili (70′ Irakli Lazarov), Zurab Tchavcthanidze. Coach: Ramaz Svanadze

photo by: FFM

Petar Miloshevski stadium in Skopje , 28.02.2020
Macedonia – Georgia 3:4 (2:2)
Goals: 18′ Georgije Jankulov, 14′ Edis Spahiu, 68′ Vladan-Vlada Novevski – 42′ Giorgi Guliashvili, 45′ Giorgi Moistrapeshvili, 65′ Anzor Mekvabishvili, 90′ Beka Kharaishvili
Macedonia: Kristijan Kitanovski, Georgije Jankulov, Jeton Dauti (80′ Bojan Dimoski), Bozhidar Mitrevski, Aleksandar Gjurkovski, Suhejlj Muharem, Metodi Maksimov (65′ Abdulvahit Murati), Edis Spahiu, Jovan Manev, Ivan Nikolov (46′ David Ristovski), Vladan-Vlada Novevski. Coach: Goran Stanikj
Georgia: Luka Kutaladze, Tsotne Kapanadze, Aleksandre Kalandadze, Tornike Jangidze, Irakli Lazarov (63′ Beka Kharaishvili), Anzor Mekvabishvili (83′ Lasha Atskureli), Giorgi Guliashvili, Giorgi Moistrapeshvili, Zurab Tchavcthanidze (75′ David Samsonia), David Lordkipanidze (75′ Shota Nonikashvili), Lado Chikhradze (63′ Giorgi Lamtadze). Coach: Ramaz Svanadze

Coach Goran Stanikj summoned the following 18 players for these friendlies:

Matej Andov – Vardar
Kristijan Kitanovski – Vardar

Georgije Jankulov – Železničar Pančevo
Bojan Dimoski – Vardar
Bozhidar Mitrevski – Sileks
Aleksandar Gjurkovski – Vardar
Jovan Manev – Bregalnica Shtip
Andjelo Nikolovski – Kit-Go

Jeton Dauti – St. Gallen
Abdulvahit Murati – Drita
Vladan-Vlada Novevski – Vojvodina
Suhejlj Muharem – Shkupi
David Ristovski – Makedonija GjP
Besir Baftijar – Teplice
Ivan Nikolov – Akademija Pandev

Arbi Vosha – Makedonija GjP
Edis Spahiu – Shkendija
Metodi Maksimov – Rabotnichki