The Macedonian U19 national team will play two friendlies against Cyprus at the Blagoj Istatov stadium in Strumica.
photo by FFM: Macedonian players celebrate
After the 2:0 defeat against China last month in Croatia, these games will be one of the last tests before the upcoming qualifiers in November. Unlike the match against China in which Macedonia appeared weakened without 8 players, Coach Nedjat Shabani will be able to count on almost all players in these matches, including two diaspora debutantes in Shaban Zenku from Borussia Mönchengladbach and Ardian Osmani from Grasshoppers. The first match is scheduled for September 24th while the second one will be played two days later.
This is the list of the players summoned for these friendlies:
Naum Angelov – Sloga 1934 
Stefan Tasev – Makedonija GjP
Nikola Pavleski – Sloga 1934
Ardian Osmani – Grasshoppers 
Marko Stoilevski – Vardar
Enis Bukji – Kozhuf
Maksim Miloshevski – Kustošija 
Sufjan Chajani – Shkupi
Igor Janevski – Sileks
Matej Angelov – Rabotnichki
Davor Serafimov – Vardar
Zani Nazifi – Shkendija
Martin Gjorgievski – Akademija Pandev
Shaban Zenku – Borussia Mönchengladbach 
Leonid Tashov – Bochum
Dashmir Elezi – Shkendija
Dimitar Trajkov – Akademija Pandev
Besar Gudjufi – Beşiktaş 
Mihail Talevski – Osijek