Besides the senior national team, the U21 manager Boban Babunski also announced his squad for the qualifier against Portugal.
The U21 qualifier against Portugal also takes place on 5 March, and it was decided that the likes of Aleksandar Trajkovski, Stefan Ristovski, David Babunski and Ezgjan Alioski would play for U21 instead of the senior national team. Boshko Gjurovski felt the U21 qualifier against Portugal was more important than the friendly against Latvia, so he allowed those aforementioned players to suit up for the U21 team.
Here is the 20 player squad:
Stole Dimitrievski – Granada
Dejan Iliev – Arsenal Academy
Stefan Ristovski – Latina
Ezgjan Alioski – Schaffhausen
Dino Najdoski – Rabotnichki
Aleksandar Damchevski – Chernomorets
Gjoko Zajkov – Rabotnichki
Stefan Ashkovski – Napredak
Hristijan Dragarski – Pelister
Visar Musliu – Renova
Kristijan Toshevski – Teteks
David Babunski – Barcelona B
Darko Micevski – OFK Beograd
Darko Velkovski – Rabotnichki
Martin Blazhevski – Vardar
Aleksandar Anastasov – Pelister
Aleksandar Trajkovski – Mechelen
Marjan Radeski – Metalurg
Dorian Babunski – Real Madrid Academy
Fahrudin Gjurgjevikj – Makedonija Gjorche Petrov
The qualifier against Portugal U21 is on the road during 5 March. Both teams have played four games in Group 8 and Portugal has the maximum 12 points, while Macedonia has compiled 4 points.