North Macedonia national amateur football team

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North Macedonia
ConfederationUEFA
Head coachZanko Savov
CaptainNiki Zumrovski
Most capsMany players (6)
Top scorerDavid Spasov, Mirchevski (2)
Home stadium(none)
First international
North Macedonia Amateurs Macedonia 0-1 Euboea Greece
(Cardiff, Wales, 4 June 2018)
Biggest win
Wales South Wales Football Association 1-2 Amateurs Macedonia North Macedonia
(Barry, Wales, 7 June 2018)
Sweden Serbiska KoIF Kozara 0-1 Amateurs Macedonia North Macedonia
(Cardiff, Wales, 10 June 2018)
Biggest defeat
Russia Southern Federal University 4-0 Amateurs Macedonia North Macedonia
(Coleraine, Northern Ireland, 18 October 2018)
Regions' Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2019)
Best resultIntermediate round (2019, 2023, 2025)

The North Macedonia national amateur football team represents North Macedonia in the UEFA Regions' Cup in men's international football, and is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia, the governing body for football in North Macedonia. As of the 2025 edition, the players are known to be picked from the Macedonian Second Football League, the tier 2 in the North Macedonia league system.

The team started play in its current form in 2018 as Amateurs Macedonia. They started in the preliminary round in the 2019 edition where they got 2 wins against Serbiska KoIF Kozara from Sweden and the South Wales Football Association from Wales to make it to the intermediate round. From 2023 onwards they've entered directly in the intermediate round. The team has yet to reach the Final 8 main phase of the Regions' Cup, and has yet to win a match in the intermediate round as of the 2025 edition.

North Macedonia has previously been represented by various regional sides, for instance a team representing the Northeastern Statistical Region in the 2017 UEFA Regions' Cup.

Results and fixtures

4 June 2018 (2018-6-4) 2019 UEFA Regions' Cup preliminary Amateurs Macedonia North Macedonia 0–1 Greece Euboea Cyncoed Stadium, Cardiff
16:00 UTC+1 Report
  • Karantakis 8'
 Referee: Alex Troleis (Faroe Islands)
7 June 2018 (2018-6-7) 2019 UEFA Regions' Cup preliminary South Wales Wales 1–2 North Macedonia Amateurs Macedonia Jenner Park Stadium, Barry
20:00 UTC+1
  • Quick 89'
 Report
  • Lukarov 57'
  • Mirchevski 72'
 Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)
10 June 2018 (2018-6-10) 2019 UEFA Regions' Cup preliminary Kozara Sweden 0–1 North Macedonia Amateurs Macedonia Cyncoed Stadium, Cardiff
17:00 UTC+1 Report
  • Hristov 62'
 Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)
18 October 2018 (2018-10-18) 2019 UEFA Regions' Cup intermediate Southern Region – SFedU Russia 4–0 North Macedonia Amateurs Macedonia The Showgrounds, Coleraine
15:00 UTC+1
  • Bogdanov 39'
  • Zbrodov 46'
  • Nastavshev 64'
  • Tishchenko 89'
 Report Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania)
21 October 2018 (2018-10-21) 2019 UEFA Regions' Cup intermediate Mid-Ulster/County Antrim Northern Ireland 1–0 North Macedonia Amateurs Macedonia Windsor Park, Belfast
18:30 UTC+1
  • Wilson 42'
 Report Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia)
24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 2019 UEFA Regions' Cup intermediate Amateurs Macedonia North Macedonia 1–2 Portugal Braga (region) Shamrock Park, Portadown
20:30 UTC+1
  • Mirchevski 80'
 Report
  • Fernandes 39' (pen.)
  • Rego 75'
 Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania)
29 September 2022 (2022-9-29) 2023 UEFA Regions' Cup Bavaria Bavaria Germany 2–0 North Macedonia North Macedonia Stadio Comunale Domenico Francioni, Latina
09:00 UTC+2
Report Attendance: 20[1]
Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen (Turkey)
2 October 2022 (2022-10-2) 2023 UEFA Regions' Cup Lazio (region) Lazio Italy 1–1 North Macedonia North Macedonia Aprilia Stadium, Aprilia
09:00 UTC+2
  • Damiani 90+4'
 Report
Attendance: 84[2]
Referee: Christopher Jaeger (Austria)
5 October 2022 (2022-10-5) 2023 UEFA Regions' Cup Jersey Jersey England 0–0 North Macedonia North Macedonia Aprilia Stadium, Aprilia
09:00 UTC+2 Report Attendance: 15[3]
Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen (Turkey)
13 September 2024 (2024-9-13) 2025 UEFA Regions' Cup FK Vojvodina Serbia 2–0 North Macedonia North Macedonia Serbian FA Sports Center, Stara Pazova
16:00 UTC+2
Report Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Bulgaria)
16 September 2024 (2024-9-16) 2025 UEFA Regions' Cup Western Slovakia Slovakia 2–1 North Macedonia North Macedonia Serbian FA Sports Center, Stara Pazova
12:00 UTC+2
Report
Referee: Marcel Birsan (Romania)
19 September 2024 (2024-9-19) 2025 UEFA Regions' Cup North Macedonia North Macedonia 1–2 Wales Tim Rhanbarthol y De Serbian FA Sports Center, Stara Pazova
16:00 UTC+2
Report
Referee: Dragomir Draganov (Bulgaria)

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA Regions' Cup matches against FK Vojvodina, Western Slovakia, and Tîm Rhanbarthol y De on 13, 16, and 19 September 2024.[4]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Antonio Stolevski (22) {{{caps}}} 0 North Macedonia {{{club}}}
12 1GK Stefan Bogojevski (20) {{{caps}}} 0 North Macedonia FK Pobeda
2 2DF Matej Mitrevski (19) {{{caps}}} 0 North Macedonia {{{club}}}
3 2DF Kristijan Jordanovski (26) {{{caps}}} 0 North Macedonia {{{club}}}
4 2DF Hristijan Bejkov (26) {{{caps}}} 0 North Macedonia {{{club}}}
5 2DF Hristijan Mitrevski (27) {{{caps}}} 0 North Macedonia KF Bashkimi
6 2DF Hristijan Krklinski (28) {{{caps}}} 0 North Macedonia FK Novaci
13 2DF Vlatko Stojanovski (21) {{{caps}}} 0 North Macedonia {{{club}}}
15 2DF Jovica Radevski (25) {{{caps}}} 0 North Macedonia FK Detonit Plachkovica
8 3MF Kiril Nedelkov (24) {{{caps}}} 0 North Macedonia FK Vardar Negotino
10 3MF Niki Zumrovski (captain) (32) {{{caps}}} 0 North Macedonia FK Vardar Negotino
14 3MF David Debreslioski (20) {{{caps}}} 0 North Macedonia FK Detonit Plachkovica
17 3MF Damjan Angelkovski (21) {{{caps}}} 0 North Macedonia FK Pobeda
7 4FW Nikola Sareski (20) {{{caps}}} 0 North Macedonia FK Kozhuf
9 4FW Angel Kochev (26) {{{caps}}} 0 North Macedonia FK Kozhuf
11 4FW Muharem Mislimi (25) {{{caps}}} 0 North Macedonia KF Bashkimi
16 4FW David Spasov (19) {{{caps}}} 2 North Macedonia FK Vardar Negotino
18 4FW Hebib Saiti (19) {{{caps}}} 0 North Macedonia KF Bashkimi

Socialist Republic of Macedonia senior football team

An amateur team representing the Socialist Republic of Macedonia entered the 1975 intra-Yugoslav "Brotherhood and Unity Tournament", of which very little is known. The one match they are known to have played in that tournament was an 0-1 loss to Kosovo.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Bavaria vs. North Macedonia" (JSON). UEFA. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Lazio vs. North Macedonia" (JSON). UEFA. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  3. ^ "North Macedonia vs. Jersey" (JSON). UEFA. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  4. ^ "North Macedonia". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Kosovo - List of International Matches". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 14 February 2025.