U21 national team coach Blagoja Milevski summoned 20 players for the EURO qualifiers against Iceland and France.
Milevski faced many problems as some of the regulars players are injured, suspended or lack playing time in their teams. Left back Mevlan Murati is suspended for the first game, but is on the list because he is available for the second.
The biggest issue was the position between the posts. Aleksovski is injured but showed signs of recovery so eventually he made the list. Dejan Iliev of Arsenal is out with an injury, while Davor Taleski is suspended by the Federation as he is one of the Metalurg players. Shishkovski is a second choice at Rabotnichki, but was summoned.
Back in the team is attacker Filip Pivkovski who got the chance over Dorian Babunski. Both lack playing time in their clubs.
Here is the complete list:
Igor Aleksovski – Makedonija GjP
Damjan Shishkovski – Rabotnichki
Filip Ilikj – Metalurg
Darko Velkovski – Vardar
Gjoko Zajkov – Charleroi
Visar Musliu – Renova
Besir Demiri – Shkendija
Mevlan Murati – Shkupi
Egzon Bejtulai – Shkendija
Aleksa Amanovikj – Javor
Boban Nikolov – Vardar
Enis Bardi – Újpest
David Babunski – Crvena Zvezda
Daniel Avramovski – OFK Beograd
Ennur Totre – Shkendija
Gjorgji Stoilov – Turnovo
Marjan Radeski – Shkendija
Tihomir Kostadinov – Dukla Banská Bystrica
Filip Pivkovski – Landskrona
Viktor Angelov – Újpest
Macedonia will first host Iceland on March 24 and four days later will travel to France.
Milevski explains his choices (in Macedonian):