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North Macedonia women's national football team
Women's national association football team representing North Macedonia
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Women's national association football team representing North Macedonia
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | Women |
| Name | North Macedonia |
| Badge | Coat of arms of the President of North Macedonia.svg |
| FIFA Trigramme | MKD |
| Nickname | *Црвени лавици |
| The Red Lionesses* | |
| *Црвено-Жолти | |
| Red-Yellows* | |
| Association | Football Federation of Macedonia |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Coach | Aleksandar Andov |
| Captain | Nataša Andonova |
| Most caps | Violeta Spirovska (72) |
| Top scorer | Gentjana Rochi (22) |
| Home Stadium | Toše Proeski Arena |
| FIFA Rank | |
| FIFA max | 90 |
| FIFA max date | December 2009 |
| FIFA min | 138 |
| FIFA min date | June 2025 |
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| First game | 4–0 |
| (Đakovo, Croatia; 7 May 2005) | |
| Largest win | 5–1 |
| (Strumica, Macedonia; 5 March 2011) | |
| Largest loss | 15–0 |
| (Vercelli, Italy, 17 September 2014) |
The Red Lionesses* Црвено-Жолти Red-Yellows (Đakovo, Croatia; 7 May 2005) (Strumica, Macedonia; 5 March 2011) (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.
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.
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
2024
- Meijer
- Rochi
- Maksuti
- Karličić
- Petrović
- Đurđevac
- Kuč
- Đoković
- Simonović
2025
- Biqkaj
- Fetaj
- Metaj
- Memeti
- Ševcova
- Meyer
- Yuklyaeva
- Zalmieva
- Durnova
- Yuklyaeva
- Ishmukhametova
- Zhukova
2026
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)
- Vančo Balevski (2014–2016)
- Kiril Izov (2016–2024)
- Aleksandar Andov (2024-)
Players
Current squad
- The following players were named for the friendly matches against Russia on 24 and 27 October 2025.
- 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
| # | Player | Year(s) | Caps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Violeta Spirovska | ? | 72 |
| 2 | |||
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| 4 | |||
| 5 | |||
| 6 | |||
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| 10 |
Top goalscorers
| # | Player | Year(s) | Goals | Caps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gentjana Rochi | 2011–present | 22 | 54 |
| 2 | Nataša Andonova | 2008- | 14 | 33 |
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| 5 | ||||
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| 9 | ||||
| 10 |
Scorers by year
| Scorers | Overall | 2009 | 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 | Result | Pos. | Pld. | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Result | Pld. | W | D | L | GF | GA | Total | 0 / 3 | — | — | 28 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 204 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHN 1991 | Didn't had a team | Didn't had a team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SWE 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHN 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GER 2011 | Did not qualify | Main stage | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| CAN 2015 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA 2019 | Did not enter | Declined participation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUSNZL 2023 | Did not qualify | Main Stage | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| BRA 2027 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CRCJAMMEXUSA 2031 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK 2035 | To be determined | To be determined |
:*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Olympic Games
| Summer Olympics record | Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Total | 0/2 | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia 2000 | Didn't had a team | ||||||||||||||||||
| Greece 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||
| China 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain 2012 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Japan 2020 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||||
| France 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| United States 2028 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australia 2032 |
UEFA Women's Championship
| UEFA Women's Euro record | Edition | Finals record | Qualification record | Result | Pos. | Pld. | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Result | Pld. | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | Rnk | Total | 0/5 | — | — | 38 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 34 | 172 | 45th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN 1991 | Didn't had a team | Didn't had a team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GER 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOR SWE 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GER 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ENG 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIN 2009 | Did not qualify | Prel. stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| SWE 2013 | Main stage | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NED 2017 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ENG 2022 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SUI 2025 | League stage | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 45th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2029 | To be determined | To be determined |
:*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
UEFA Women's Nations League
| UEFA Women's Nations League record | Year | League | Group | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | Rnk | Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | colspan=2 | 45th | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–24 | C | 5 | 3rd | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 45th | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | C | 6 | To be determined |
| * |
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| Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs |
Notes
References
References
- (23 June 2017). "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking: Women's Ranking". [[FIFA]].
- (October 2021). "FIFA Live Scores: FYR Macedonia". [[FIFA]].
- [https://www.ffm.mk/makedonskata-zenska-a-reprezentaci-a-e-odigra-dva-kontrolni-natprevari-protiv-rusi-a Македонија А жени: Контролни натпревари против Русија]
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