The coach of the U-21 national team, Goran Stanić, announced the list of players who will compete for a place in the national team for the upcoming qualifying matches against Italy and Armenia.
Stanić will have 23 players available for these two matches, including several new names.
GOALKEEPERS: Vasko Vasilev (Struga Trim Lum), Ljupce Dzekov (Sileks), Nikola Filevski (Bregalnica).
DEFENSE: Marko Stoilevski (AP Brera), Andrija Dimeski (Vozdovac; Serbia), Andrej Arizankovski (AP Brera), Anes Melici (Shkendija Tetovo), Gjorge Dzekov (Sileks), Numan Ajetovic (Shkendija Tetovo), Memetriza Hamza (Struga Trim Lum), David Stojanovski (Bravo, Slovenia).
MIDDLE ROW: Matej Angelov (Rabotnicki), Sejdo Durakov (Roth Weiss Erfurt, Germany), Ilija Maslarov (Lugano, Switzerland), Mateo Sofijanoski (Macedonia GP), Martin Gjorgievski (Zbrojovka Brno, Czech Republic), Muhamed Kurtishi (Basel, Switzerland).
ATTACK: Dimitar Danev (Vardar), Matej Gashtarov (Borac Čacak, Serbia), Kire Stojanov (AP Brera), Admir Ljatifi (Osijek, Croatia), Nikola Manojlov (Rabotnički), Dimitar Trajkov (Dugo Polje, Croatia)
The players' meeting is on March 23rd and after a training session in Skopje, the team will travel to Empoli where they will face Italy on the 26th, while five days later they will face Armenia.
