North Macedonia women's national football team

North Macedonia

Nickname(s)	Црвени Лавови The Red Lions Црвено-Жолти Red-Yellows
Association	Football Federation of Macedonia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Kiril Izov
Captain	Nataša Andonova
Most caps	Violeta Spirovska (72)
Top scorer	Nataša Andonova (14)
Home stadium	Toše Proeski Arena
FIFA code	MKD
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	131 (10 December 2021)[1]
Highest	90 (December 2009)
Lowest	131 (April 2021)
First international
Croatia 4–0 Macedonia  (Đakovo, Croatia; 7 May 2005)
Biggest win
Macedonia 5–1 Luxembourg  (Strumica, Macedonia; 5 March 2011)
Biggest defeat
Italy 15–0 Macedonia  (Vercelli, Italy, 17 September 2014)

The North Macedonia women's national football team represents North Macedonia in international women's association football. The team is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia, the governing body for football in the country.

History[]

They are currently coached by Kiril Izov. The Macedonian women's team find themselves ranked 129th out of 159 active women's footballing nations registered with FIFA.^[2]

The women's team played their first official game on 7 May 2005, in which they were beaten 4–0 by Croatia. Two weeks later, on 21 May 2005, Macedonia scored their first ever goal in a 7–1 loss to Slovenia.^[3]

Team image[]

Nicknames[]

The North Macedonia women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Црвени Лавови (The Red Lions)" or "Црвено-Жолти (Red-Yellows)".

Home stadium[]

The North Macedonia plays their home matches on the Toše Proeski Arena in Skopje, but they also use Petar Miloševski Training Centre as an alternative stadium. In the past, they also played some of the matches on Gradski Stadium in Kumanovo, Goce Delčev Stadium in Prilep and stadiums Blagoj Istatov and Kukuš in Strumica.

Results and fixtures[]

• The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021[]

2022[]

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

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As of November 2020

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Kiril Izov
Assistant coaches	Ferdi Ismaili Aleksandar Andov Tanja Krstevska

Manager history[]

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• (?–2012)
• and (interim) (2012)
• Gorazd Mihajlov (2012–2013)
• (2013–2014)
• (2014–2016)
• (2016–)

Players[]

Current squad[]

• The following players were called up for a friendly match against Montenegro on 21 February 2021.^[4]
• Caps and goals updated after the match against Kazakhstan on 27 November 2020.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Viktorija Panchurova	(1999-12-25) 25 December 1999 (age 22)	10	0	Tiverija
12	1GK	Magdalena Lekovska	(1999-07-20) 20 July 1999 (age 22)	2	0	Istatov
2	2DF	Daniela Veleska	(1997-03-09) 9 March 1997 (age 24)	4	0	Despina
3	2DF	Ane Bošeska	(1997-07-13) 13 July 1997 (age 24)	6	0	Tiverija
4	2DF	Katerina Mileska	(1989-02-24) 24 February 1989 (age 32)	41	0	Despina
5	2DF	Jasmina Jovanovska	(2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Unknown
13	2DF	Julija Zivikj	(2000-10-29) 29 October 2000 (age 21)	7	0	Ljuboten
14	2DF	Angela Stojkovska	(1997-09-03) 3 September 1997 (age 24)	0	0	Unknown
18	2DF	Hristina Joshevska	(2000-12-27) 27 December 2000 (age 21)	2	0	Kamenica
6	3MF	Elma Shemsovikj	(1999-02-04) 4 February 1999 (age 22)	8	1	Skopje
8	3MF	Aleksandra Markovska	(1997-05-04) 4 May 1997 (age 24)	10	0	Unknown
9	3MF	Hava Mustafa	(1997-09-20) 20 September 1997 (age 24)	7	0	Shkëndija
15	3MF	Dragana Gegova	(2000-06-18) 18 June 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Skopje
16	3MF	Sara Husein	(1998-12-16) 16 December 1998 (age 23)	1	0	Istatov
21	3MF	Aleksandra Ristovska	(1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 26)	13	0	Tiverija
7	4FW	Ulza Maksuti	(1999-07-08) 8 July 1999 (age 22)	7	0	ASS Junajted
10	4FW	Nataša Andonova (captain)	(1993-12-04) 4 December 1993 (age 28)	33	14	Levante
11	4FW	Afrodita Salihi	(1989-04-11) 11 April 1989 (age 32)	32	4	Skopje
17	4FW	Teodora Dimoska	(2000-09-29) 29 September 2000 (age 21)	6	0	Tiverija
19	4FW	Elena Petrovska	(1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 (age 23)	1	0	Skopje
20	4FW	Kristina Petrushevska	(2000-09-23) 23 September 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Istatov
23	4FW	Eli Jakovska	(1995-05-16) 16 May 1995 (age 26)	15	2	Lokomotiv Stara Zagora

Recent call ups[]

• The following players have been called up to the North Macedonia squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Records[]

• Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Scorers by year[]

FIFA World Cup, including qualifiers

Players	Overall	2011	2015
Nataša Andonova	5	1	4
Gentjana Rochi	1		1
Afrodita Salihi	2	1	1
Violeta Spirovska	1	1

UEFA Euro, qualifiers included

Scorers	Overall	2009	2013	2017	2022
Nataša Andonova	6		4		2
Shireta Brahimi	1		1
Eli Jakovska	2			2
Simona Krstanovska	1			1
Gentjana Rochi	8		2	1	5
Afrodita Salihi	2		2
Elma Shemsovikj	1				1

Competitive record[]

FIFA Women's World Cup[]

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Edition	Finals record									Qualification record
	Result	Pos.	Pld.	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Result	Pld.	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter									Declined participation
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011	Did not qualify									Main Stage	8	0	0	8	3	68
2015	Did not qualify									Main Stage	10	0	1	9	6	74
2019	Did not enter									Declined participation
2023	To be determined
Overall	0 / 9	—									18	0	1	17	9	142

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games[]

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2000	Did not enter
2004
2008
2012	Did not qualify
2016
2020	Did not enter
Total	0/6	—	–	–	–	–	–	–

UEFA Women's Championship[]

UEFA Women's Euro record
Edition	Finals record									Qualification record
	Result	Pos.	Pld.	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Result	Pld.	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter									Declined participation
1993
1995
1997
2001
2005
2009	Did not qualify									Prel. Stage	3	0	0	3	0	14
2013										Main Stage	13	2	3	8	12	51
2017										Main Stage	8	0	0	8	4	51
2021										Main Stage	8	2	0	6	8	39
Overall	0/10	—									32	4	3	25	24	155

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also[]

• North Macedonia women's national football team
  • North Macedonia women's national football team results
  • List of North Macedonia women's international footballers
• North Macedonia women's national under-20 football team
• North Macedonia women's national under-17 football team

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• FIFA profile