The Macedonia futsal national team is beginning its race to qualify for the 2028 FIFA Futsal World Cup. The national team will hold its training camp on 6 November ahead of the upcoming qualifying match against Finland, which will be played on 10 November in the Finnish city of Vantaa.
Head coach Gazmed Hisejini has announced the list of players called up for this match, which is part of the main round of the European qualifiers for the 2028 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Macedonia (futsal): Antonio Petrovski (goalkeeper), Ivan Stojanovski (goalkeeper), Mario Blagojevski, Jasir Zekiri, Berat Ramadani, Jakup Ramadan, Naum Blazhevski, Bojan Janev, Taulant Ismaili, Abdil Kadir Jahja, Ivan Krstevski, Sadat Ziberi, Iljaz Chiljafi, Igor Leovski;
The Finland–Macedonia match is scheduled for 10 November, kicking off at 18:30 local time (17:30 CET), at the Energia Arena in Vantaa.
Macedonia are in Group 4 of the main qualifying round, together with Spain and Finland. Thirty-six national teams are taking part in the main round, divided into 12 groups of three teams each. A two-legged format is being played, meaning that each national team plays two matches against its opponents, at home and away.
Match schedule:
20 October 2026: Spain – Finland 3:1
10 November 2026: Finland – Macedonia
8 December 2026: Macedonia – Spain
23 February 2027: Spain – Macedonia
27 February 2027: Macedonia – Finland
2 March 2027: Finland – Spain
After the first match played, Spain are in first place with three points, Finland have no points, while Macedonia are yet to begin their campaign in the group. The 12 group winners and the four best-ranked runners-up will qualify for the elite round. The remaining eight runners-up will play an additional play-off, from which four national teams will qualify for the elite round. From there, the road to the World Cup continues through the elite round and the final play-off matches.
Macedonia will hold its training camp on 6 November, followed by preparations and travel to Finland, where they will face their qualifying-cycle match for the 2028 FIFA Futsal World Cup on 10 November.
