The Macedonia U19 national team will host the matches of the second qualifying round for the 2027 European Championship from 9 to 17 November.
Head coach Dimitar Kapinkovski’s selected players will face the national teams of Northern Ireland, Slovenia and Malta, with all matches to be played in Turnovo and Strumica, kicking off at 13:00.
Macedonia will open the qualifying tournament on 11 November against Northern Ireland at the Kukush Stadium in Turnovo. Three days later, on 14 November, our young footballers will face Slovenia, while they will play their final group-stage match on 17 November against Malta.
Head coach Dimitar Kapinkovski has selected a squad of 21 footballers for the upcoming qualifying tournament.
Goalkeepers: Aleksandar Trajkovski (Brera Strumica), Pavel Grbevski (Teteks), Besjan Aliju (Bashkimi).
Defense: Alban Rochi (Struga Trim Lum), Hristijan Markoski (Cologne, Germany), Mateo Kesik (Jedinstvo), Muhamed Mustafi (St. Gallen, Switzerland), Filip Cvetkovski (Vardar), Anes Abdurahmani (Shkendija).
Middle row: Gabriel Taleski, Bojan Velkov and Ivan Tanchev (Brera Strumica), Loren Zhaku (Bylis, Albania), Aleksandar Grashevski (Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia), Lavdrim Kasami (Ümraniyespor, Turkey).
Attack: Muhamed Kurtishi (Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland), Jovan Mrmachovski (Pelister), Jakov Stojkovski (Paderborn, Germany), Jordan Damevski (Arka, Norway), Ditmir Hodzha (Leeds United, England), Antian Emini (Kozhuf).
The aim of the Macedonian team is to finish top of the group and secure promotion to League A for the third qualifying round, thereby remaining in contention for a place at the final tournament of the 2027 European Championship.
