North Macedonia women's national football team explained

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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

See also: FIFA International Match Calendar.

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

Legend

2024

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of April 2024

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Aleksandar Andov
Assistant coaches	Ferdi Ismaili Aleksandar Andov Tanja Krstevska
Goalkeeping coach
Physical coach		-->

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 (2016–2024)
• Aleksandar Andov (2024-)

Players

Current squad

• The following players were part of the squad ahead of the Friendly match against Moldova in October 2024, respectively.^[3]
• Caps and goals updated after the match against Kazakhstan on 27 November 2020.

Recent call ups

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

Records

• Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Most capped players

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Top goalscorers

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1	Gentjana Rochi	2011–present	22	54
2	Nataša Andonova	2008-	14	33<	--	-	3
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Scorers by year

Players !! Overall !! 2011 !! 2015

data-sort-value="Andonova, Nataša"		5	1	4
data-sort-value="Rochi, Gentjana"		1		1
data-sort-value="Salihi, Afrodita"		2	1	1
data-sort-value="Spirovska, Violeta"	Violeta Spirovska	1	1

Scorers !! Overall !! 2009 !! 2013 !! 2017 !! 2022

data-sort-value="Andonova, Nataša"		6		4		2
data-sort-value="Brahimi, Shireta"		1		1
data-sort-value="Jakovska, Eli"		2			2
data-sort-value="Krstanovska, Simona"		1			1
data-sort-value="Rochi, Gentjana"		8		2	1	5
data-sort-value="Salahi, Afrodita"		2		2
data-sort-value="Shemsovikj, Elma"		1				1

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Edition	Finals record									Qualification record
	width=75px	Result !	width=50px	!	width=25px	!	width=25px	!		width=25px	* !	width=25px	!	width=25px	!	width=25px	!	width=75px	Result !	width=25px	!	width=25px	!	width=25px	!	width=25px	!	width=25px	!	width=25px
	Did not enter	Declined participation
1999
2003
2007
	Did not qualify	Main stage	8	0	0	8	3	68
	10		0	1	9	6	74
	Did not enter									Declined participation
	Did not qualify										10	2	0	8	10	62
	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
2020	Did not enter
2024
2028	To be determined
2032
Total	0/9	—	–	–	–	–	–	–

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Euro record
Edition	Finals record									Qualification record
	width=75px	Result !	width=50px	!	width=25px	!	width=25px	!		width=25px	* !	width=25px	!	width=25px	!	width=25px	!	width=75px	Result !	width=25px	!	width=25px	!	width=25px	!	width=25px	!	width=25px	!	width=25px
	Did not enter	Declined participation
1997
2005
	Did not qualify	Prel. stage	3	0	0	3	0	14
	Main stage	13	2	3	8	12	51
		8	0	0	8	4	51
		8	2	0	6	8	39
	To be determined									To be determined
Total	0/11	—								32	4	3	25	24	155

• Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Nations League

UEFA Women's Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	width=28		width=28		width=28		width=28		width=28		width=28		width=28		width=35		width=28
2023–24	C	5	3rd	4	0	1	3	3	8		45th
2025–26	C	To be determined
Total										18th

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking: Women's Ranking. https://web.archive.org/web/20111008164448/http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/women/index.html. dead. October 8, 2011. FIFA. 23 June 2017. 23 June 2017.
2. Web site: FIFA Live Scores: FYR Macedonia. FIFA. 23 June 2017.
3. https://ffm.mk/a-reprezentacija-zeni---trening-kamp-vo-bansko-bugarija А репрезентација (жени) - Тренинг камп во Банско, Бугарија