North Macedonia women's national football team

North Macedonia
Nickname(s)	Црвени лавици; The Red Lionesses; Црвено-Жолти; Red-Yellows
Association	Football Federation of Macedonia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Kiril Izov
Captain	Nataša Andonova
Most caps	Violeta Spirovska (72)
Top scorer	Gentjana Rochi (22)
Home stadium	Toše Proeski Arena
FIFA code	MKD
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	135 6 (15 December 2023)
Highest	90 (December 2009)
Lowest	135 (December 2023)
First international
	Croatia 4–0 Macedonia ; (Đakovo, Croatia; 7 May 2005)
Biggest win
	Macedonia 5–1 Luxembourg ; (Strumica, Macedonia; 5 March 2011)
Biggest defeat
	Italy 15–0 Macedonia ; (Vercelli, Italy, 17 September 2014)

The North Macedonia women's national football team represents North Macedonia in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia, the governing body for football in the country.

History

They are currently coached by Kiril Izov. The North Macedonia women's team find themselves ranked 129th out of 159 active women's footballing nations registered with FIFA.^[2]

The women's team played their first official game on 7 May 2005, in which they were beaten 4–0 by Croatia. Two weeks later, on 21 May 2005, Macedonia scored their first ever goal in a 7–1 loss to Slovenia.^[3]

Team image

Nicknames

The North Macedonia women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Црвени Лавици (The Red Lionesses)" or "Црвено-Жолти (Red-Yellows)".

Home stadium

The North Macedonia plays their home matches on the Toše Proeski Arena in Skopje, but they also use Petar Miloševski Training Centre as an alternative stadium. In the past, they also played some of the matches on Gradski Stadium in Kumanovo, Goce Delčev Stadium in Prilep and stadiums Blagoj Istatov and Kukuš in Strumica.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2023

12 February Unnoficial Friendly	FK Ljuboten	2–2	North Macedonia
		Report

15 February 2023 (2023-02-15) Friendly	Zambia	1–0	North Macedonia	Alanya, Turkey
	Chanda 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Miracle Sport Complex

15 February 2023 (2023-02-15) 2023 Turkish Women's Cup GS	North Macedonia	v	Jordan	Alanya, Turkey
11:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Gold City Sport Complex

18 February 2023 (2023-02-18) 2023 Turkish Women's Cup	Bulgaria	2–1	North Macedonia	Alanya, Turkey
15:00	Yaneva 14' Popadinova 86'		Rochi 9'	Stadium: Gold City Sport Complex

21 February 2023 2023 Turkish Women's Cup	Estonia	1–1	North Macedonia	Alanya, Turkey
14:00 (UTC+3)				Stadium: Goldcity Sport Complex

7 April 2023 (2023-04-07) Friendly	Albania	3–1	North Macedonia	Elbasan, Albania
--:-- UTC+1				Stadium: Elbasan Arena

10 April 2023 Friendly

Montenegro

3–1

North Macedonia

22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) Nations League C	North Macedonia	0–1	Bulgaria	, Skopje
15:00		Report	Stankova 4'	Stadium: Petar Miloševski Training Centre Attendance: 200 Referee: Miriama Bočková (Slovakia)

27 October 2023–24 Nations League	North Macedonia	0–2	Kosovo	Skopje, North Macedonia
13:00		Report	Limani 20' Metaj 41'	Stadium: Petar Miloševski Training Centre Attendance: 170 Referee: Michaela Pachtova (Czech Republic)

31 October 2023–24 Nations League	Kosovo	3–1	North Macedonia	Pristina, Kosovo
	Halilaj 7' (pen.) Memeti 14' Biqkaj 34'	Report	Cokleska 90'	Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)

5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) Nations League C	Bulgaria	2–2	North Macedonia	Plovdiv
16:00 (17:00 EET)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Referee: Alexandra Collin (France)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of November 2020

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Kiril Izov
Assistant coaches	Ferdi Ismaili Aleksandar Andov Tanja Krstevska

Manager history

Dobre Dimovski (?–2012)
Toshe Nacev and Blagoja Filipovski (interim) (2012)
Gorazd Mihajlov (2012–2013)
Dobre Dimovski (2013–2014)
Vancho Balevski (2014–2016)
Kiril Izov (2016–)

Players

Current squad

The following players were named for the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League matches against Bulgaria on 5 December 2023.^[4]
Caps and goals updated after the match against Kazakhstan on 27 November 2020.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
22	1GK	Magdalena Lekovska	(1999-07-20) 20 July 1999	2	0	Ljuboten
	1GK	Vedrana Komnenova				Skopje

4	2DF	Ana Milchevska	(2003-08-23) 23 August 2003			Samgrelo
6	2DF	Sara Kolarovska	(1999-08-14) 14 August 1999			Skopje
4	2DF	Dragana Kostova	(1991-01-02) 2 January 1991			Kamenica Sasa
7	2DF	Kristina Mojsoska				AS United
4	2DF	Katerina Petkova				Istatov
7	2DF	Bojana Petkova				Ljuboten
4	2DF	Katerina Mileska	(1989-02-24) 24 February 1989	41	0	Cevitana
6	2DF	Sara Evtinxhioska				Cevitana

4	3MF	Simona Meyer				Maccabi Hadera
6	3MF	Radica Velkova				Tiberia
8	3MF	Aleksandra Markovska	(1997-05-04) 4 May 1997	10	0	Ljuboten
6	3MF	Elma Shemsovikj	(1999-02-04) 4 February 1999	8	1	Skopje
6	3MF	Elena Petrovska				Ljuboten
10	3MF	Nataša Andonova (captain)	(1993-12-04) 4 December 1993	33	14	Levante
7	3MF	Olivera Cokleska				AC United

7	4FW	Gentjana Rochi	(1994-09-17) 17 September 1994			Kups
11	4FW	Afrodita Salihi	(1989-04-11) 11 April 1989	32	4	Skopje
6	3MF	Rabija Dervishi				Skopje
7	4FW	Kristina Petrushevska	(2000-09-23) 23 September 2000			Istatov
7	4FW	Ulza Maksuti	(1999-07-08) 8 July 1999	7	0	ASS Junajted
7	4FW	Radica Choneva	(2001-11-08) 8 November 2001			Istatov

Recent call ups

The following players have been called up to the North Macedonia squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Viktorija Panchurova	(1999-12-25) 25 December 1999	10	0	Tiverija	v. Bulgaria,26 September 2023
GK	Berna Kabakchi					v. Bulgaria,26 September 2023
GK	Lina Samardzievska					v. Kosovo,31 October 2023

DF	Pavlinka Nikolovska					v. Bulgaria,26 September 2023
DF	Kristina Krsteva					v. Kosovo,31 October 2023
DF	Radica Choneva					v. Kosovo,31 October 2023

MF	Lenche Andreevska					v. Bulgaria,26 September 2023
MF	Hava Mustafa	(1997-09-20) 20 September 1997	7	0	Shkëndija	v. Kosovo,31 October 2023
MF	Edina Sulejman					v. Kosovo,31 October 2023
MF	Aleksandra Jovanovska					v. Kosovo,31 October 2023

Records

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Most capped players

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps
1	Violeta Spirovska	?	72

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps
1	Gentjana Rochi	2011–present	22	54
2	Nataša Andonova	2008-	14	33

Scorers by year

FIFA World Cup, including qualifiers
Players	Overall	2011	2015
Nataša Andonova	5	1	4
Gentjana Rochi	1		1
Afrodita Salihi	2	1	1
Violeta Spirovska	1	1

UEFA Euro, qualifiers included
Scorers	Overall	2013	2017	2022
Nataša Andonova	6	4		2
Shireta Brahimi	1	1
Eli Jakovska	2		2
Simona Krstanovska	1		1
Gentjana Rochi	8	2	1	5
Afrodita Salihi	2	2
Elma Shemsovikj	1			1

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Edition	Finals record								Qualification record
Edition	Result	Pos.	Pld.	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Result	Pld.	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter								Declined participation
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011	Did not qualify								Main stage	8	0	0	8	3	68
2015	Did not qualify								Main stage	10	0	1	9	6	74
2019	Did not enter								Declined participation
2023	Did not qualify								Main Stage	10	2	0	8	10	62
2027	To be determined								To be determined
Total	0 / 10	—							28	2	1	25	19	204

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2000	Did not enter
2004
2008
2012	Did not qualify
2016	Did not qualify
2020	Did not enter
2024	Did not enter
2028	To be determined
2032	To be determined
Total	0/9	—	–	–	–	–	–	–

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Euro record
Edition	Finals record								Qualification record
Edition	Result	Pos.	Pld.	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Result	Pld.	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter								Declined participation
1993
1995
1997
2001
2005
2009	Did not qualify								Prel. stage	3	0	0	3	0	14
2013									Main stage	13	2	3	8	12	51
2017										8	0	0	8	4	51
2022										8	2	0	6	8	39
2025	To be determined								To be determined
Total	0/11	—							32	4	3	25	24	155

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

References

↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
↑ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking: Women's Ranking". FIFA. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
↑ "FIFA Live Scores: FYR Macedonia". FIFA. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
↑ Кирил Изов го објави списокот за мечот на македонската репрезентација против Бугарија

External links

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[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.

[2] "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking: Women's Ranking". FIFA. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[3] "FIFA Live Scores: FYR Macedonia". FIFA. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[4] Кирил Изов го објави списокот за мечот на македонската репрезентација против Бугарија

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North Macedonia national football team
General	Football Federation of North Macedonia History Managers
Venues	Home venues Toše Proeski Arena Stadion Goce Delčev Stadion Mladost Petar Miloševski Training Centre
Results	Men's 1993–2018 2019–present Under-21
Players	Player records North Macedonia national football team players
UEFA Euro Finals	Summary 2020
Other men's teams	Under-21 Under-19 Under-17
Women's teams	Women

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Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia
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