North Macedonia national under-21 football team


The North Macedonia national under-21 football team is a youth association football national team which represents North Macedonia at this age level and is a feeder team for the North Macedonia national football team. It was formerly known as the Macedonia national under-21 football team.
This team is for Macedonian players aged 21 or under at the start of a two-year European Under-21 Football Championship campaign, so players can be, and often are, up to 23 years old. Also in existence are teams for Under-20s, Under-19s and Under 17s. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, making it possible to play for the U21s, senior side and again for the U21s. It is also possible to play for one country at youth level and another at senior level.
The under-21 age category came into existence with the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976. The Macedonia U21 team was formed following Macedonia's independence from SFR Yugoslavia in 1991 and is controlled by the Football Federation of North Macedonia. A 7–0 win in a friendly against Estonia played on 31 May 1994 was Macedonia U21s' first result. Four months later, Macedonia also had their first competitive match which ended in a 5–3 win against Denmark.
So far, the team has qualified for one final tournament, the one being the 2017 Euro U21 held in Poland for players born 1994 or later. They ended the tournament on the 11th position with 1 draw and 2 losses over the group stage.

UEFA U-21 Championship Record

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Final tournament

Group stage

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Recent results and fixtures

Generation 1998+

Current squad

Squad named for the 2021 UEFA European U21 qualifying match against and on 14 and 19 November 2019. The match against Faroe Islands was eventually postponed for 4 June 2020.
Caps and goals as of 14 November 2019, after the game against Spain.

Recent call-ups

Players that have been called up within the past 12 months and are eligible for the 2021 European U21 Football Championship Qualifiers.

Past squads

Most appearances

RankNameU21 CareerCaps
1Goran Bogdanovikj2009–201228
2David Babunski2012–201727
3Boban Nikolov2013–201724
3Gjoko Zajkov2013–201724
5Samir Fazli2008–201222
5Kire Ristevski2010–201222
5Yani Urdinov2009–201222
5Darko Velkovski2013–201722
5Davor Zdravkovski2015 –22
10Marjan Altiparmakovski2010–201221
10Marjan Radeski2014–201721
10Stefan Spirovski2009–201221

Top goalscorers

RankNameU21 CareerGoals
1Samir Fazli2008–20127
2Kire Markoski2013–20176
2Dimitar Mitrovski2018 –6
4David Babunski2012–20175
4Ilija Nestorovski2009–20125
6Enis Bardhi2014–20174
6Miroslav Gjokikj1994–19954
6Tihomir Kostadinov2015–20184
6Muarem Muarem2009–20104
6Marjan Radeski2013–20174
6Artim Shaqiri1994–19954
6Aco Stojkov2002–20054