And the Macedonian national team is entering the final phase of the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
\nWe have two key matches coming up in October, first the away game against Belgium in Ghent, and then the duel with Kazakhstan in Skopje, ahead of the November finale of the World Cup qualifying cycle.<\/p>\n
Coach Blagoja Milevski announced the list without any major surprises.
\nThe injured Lirim Qamili and Dimitar Mitrovski were dropped from the combination, and David Babunski from Vardar is back.<\/p>\n
The Macedonia squad includes the following 26 players:<\/p>\n
Goalkeepers<\/strong>: Stole Dimitrievski (Valencia, Spain), Dejan Iliev (UTA Arad, Romania), Damjan \u0160i\u0161kovski (Borac Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Igor Aleksovski (Fljamurtari, Albania);<\/p>\n Defense<\/strong>: Visar Musliu (St. Troijden, Belgium), Nikola Serafimov (Levski Sofia, Bulgaria), Ezgjan Alioski (Lugano, Switzerland), Gjoko Zajkov (Ajman, UAE), Andrej Stojchevski (Slovakia, Czech Republic), Darko Velkovski (Zrinjski, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Stefan Despotovski (OFK Belgrade, Serbia), Bojan Ilievski (Struga Trim Lum), Stefan Askovski (Radnicki Nis, Serbia);<\/p>\n Middle row<\/strong>: Enis Bardi (Konyaspor, Turkey), Yanni Atanasov (Larissa, Greece), Elif Elmas (Napoli, Italy), Isnik Alimi (Dalian Yingbo, China), Luka Stankovski (Radnicki Kragujevac, Serbia), Tihomir Kostadinov (Sigma Olomouc, Czech Republic), Reshat Ramadani (Shkendija);<\/p>\n Attack<\/strong>: Bojan Miovski (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland), Milan Ristovski (Bohemians 1905, Czech Republic), Darko \u010curlinov (Kocaelispor, Turkey), Aleksandar Trajkovski, David Babunski (Vardar), Elmin Rastoder (Thun, Switzerland);<\/p>\n Blagoja Milevski \u2013 head coach of the Macedonian A national team:<\/p>\n "We have two returnees, Stefan Ashkovski and David Babunski, and unfortunately Lirim Qamili will be absent due to injury. As for the challenge, all matches are important for us. We have played five big battles so far, and the same will be true for the remaining three." "We have in our Macedonian genes a special X-factor that we don't know when it will work. Sometimes it comes out when it is needed most, in moments when everyone thinks it is impossible. That is our strength, our faith and stubbornness, something that is not always seen on the scoreboard, but on the field it makes a difference."<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The national team's meeting is scheduled for October 6. Macedonia will first play against Belgium on October 10 in Ghent, and on October 13 in Skopje, they will host Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n Currently, our team is first in the table with 11 points, one more than Belgium and Wales.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u0410 \u0440\u0435\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0446\u0438\u0458\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u041c\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0434\u043e\u043d\u0438\u0458\u0430 \u0432\u043b\u0435\u0433\u0443\u0432\u0430 \u0432\u043e \u0437\u0430\u0432\u0440\u0448\u043d\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u0444\u0430\u0437\u0430 \u043e\u0434 \u043a\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0444\u0438\u043a\u0430\u0446\u0438\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u0437\u0430 \u0421\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0442\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0432\u0435\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e 2026 \u0448\u0442\u043e \u045c\u0435 \u0441\u0435 \u043e\u0434\u0440\u0436\u0438 \u0432\u043e \u0421\u0410\u0414, \u041a\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0434\u0430 \u0438 \u041c\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0438\u043a\u043e. \u0412\u043e \u043e\u043a\u0442\u043e\u043c\u0432\u0440\u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u043e\u0447\u0435\u043a\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0430\u0442 \u0434\u0432\u0430 \u043a\u043b\u0443\u0447\u043d\u0438 \u043d\u0430\u0442\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0432\u0430\u0440\u0438, \u043d\u0430\u0458\u043f\u0440\u0432\u043e \u0433\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0443\u0432\u0430\u045a\u0435\u0442\u043e \u043a\u0430\u0458 \u0411\u0435\u043b\u0433\u0438\u0458\u0430 \u0432\u043e \u0413\u0435\u043d\u0442, \u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0430 \u0438 \u0434\u0443\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0442 \u0441\u043e \u041a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0445\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d \u0432\u043e \u0421\u043a\u043e\u043f\u0458\u0435, \u0432\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0440\u0435\u0442 \u043d\u0430 \u043d\u043e\u0435\u043c\u0432\u0440\u0438\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u0432\u0440\u0448\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u0446\u0438\u043a\u043b\u0443\u0441\u043e\u0442 \u0437\u0430 \u043f\u043b\u0430\u0441\u043c\u0430\u043d \u043d\u0430 \u041c\u0443\u043d\u0434\u0438\u0458\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0442. 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\nBelgium remains the main favorite in our group, but we have shown that we can play against everyone. No one can take away our hope of qualifying for the World Cup. We will prepare as seriously as possible and do everything to achieve success. Our goal is to prove that Macedonia can be competitive even against teams of higher quality.<\/p>\n