The Macedonian U-17 national team will play two friendly matches against the Russian national team. The first match is scheduled for 14.11.2025 at 13:00, and the second for 16.11.2025 at 12:00. The matches will be played in Turnovo and Strumica.
The head coach of Macedonia U-17, Vlatko Kolev, will count on the following players for the two friendly matches against Russia:
Goalkeepers: Amin Suljović (Skopje), Darijan Denkovski (Macedonia GP), Rinor Ceka (Shkendija);
Defense: Fadilj Islamovic (Kustosija, Croatia), Nikola Mitev (Sassuolo, Italy), Mihail Mitrovski (Macedonia GP), Gregorian Mihajlovski (Servette, Switzerland), Amer Bajrami (Rabotnicki), David Liotovski (Rabotnicki), Stefan Vojchevski (AP Brera Strumica), Filip Cvetkovski (Vardar), Marko Mirchevski (Ohrid);
Middle row: Goce Kuzmanovski (Pobeda), Blendi Ljačka (Fenerbahçe, Turkey), Dejan Spasevski (Sassuolo, Italy), Luka Jasmin Georgiev (Vardar), Aleksandar Petrovski (Red Star, Serbia), Bleron Bushi (Rabotnicki), Kristijan Stojanov (Skopje), Luka Knežević (Macedonia GP);
Attack: Alek Cedomirski (Macedonia GP), Vasko Papaliski (Skopje), Erdin Mamuti (Rabotnicki), Martin Dzhangarovski (Macedonia GP);
"These friendly matches are of great importance for the progress of our team and the players we count on. The goal is to improve our competition and work on certain tactical variants, in order to be prepared for the qualifying matches for the European Championship. I expect maximum fighting spirit and dedication from all players," said the leader of Macedonia U17, Vlatko Kolev.
