
The North Macedonia women's national football team represents
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...
in international
women's football Women's football most often refers to:
* Women's association football
Women's football may also refer to:
* Women's gridiron football
* Women's Australian rules football
* Ladies' Gaelic football
* Women's rugby league
* Women's rugby union
...
. The team is controlled by the
Football Federation of Macedonia
The Football Federation of Macedonia – FFM () or Football Federation of North Macedonia is the governing body of football in North Macedonia, based in Skopje.
History
FFM was officially formed as part of the Football Association of Yugoslavia ...
, 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 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ...
.
The women's team played their first official game on 7 May 2005, in which they were beaten 4–0 by
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
. Two weeks later, on 21 May 2005, Macedonia scored their first ever goal in a 7–1 loss to
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
.
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
National Arena Toše Proeski () is a sports stadium in Skopje, North Macedonia. It is currently used mostly for Association football, football matches, but also for concerts or athletics. It is the home stadium of FK Vardar, Vardar and FK Rabotn ...
in
Skopje
Skopje ( , ; ; , sq-definite, Shkupi) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It lies in the northern part of the country, in the Skopje Basin, Skopje Valley along the Vardar River, and is the political, economic, and cultura ...
, but they also use
Petar Miloševski Training Centre
Petar Miloševski Training Centre () is a football multi-pitch complex in Skopje, North Macedonia. It is the official training centre of the Football Federation of North Macedonia (FFM). Originally, it was named as ''Training Centre FFM'', but in ...
as an alternative stadium. In the past, they also played some of the matches on
Gradski Stadium in
Kumanovo
Kumanovo ( ; , sq-definite, Kumanova; also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is the second-largest city in North Macedonia after the capital Skopje and the seat of Kumanovo Municipality, the List of municipalities in the Republic ...
,
Goce Delčev Stadium in
Prilep
Prilep ( ) is the List of cities in North Macedonia, fourth-largest city in North Macedonia. According to 2021 census, it had a population of 63,308.
Name
The name of Prilep appeared first as ''Πρίλαπος'' in Greek (''Prilapos'') in 1 ...
and stadiums
Blagoj Istatov and
Kukuš in
Strumica
Strumica (, ) is the largest city[2002 census results](_blank)
in English and Macedonian (PDF) in so ...
.
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
2025
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
As of April 2024
Manager history
* Dobre Dimovski (?–2012)
* Toshe Nacev and Blagoja Filipovski (interim) (2012)
*
Gorazd Mihajlov
Gorazd Mihajlov (, born 21 August 1974) is a Macedonian football coach and former player who is the manager of Besa Dobërdoll.
He has coached numerous clubs in Europe and Middle East, and has also coached the Macedonia women's national footb ...
(2012–2013)
* Dobre Dimovski (2013–2014)
* Vancho Balevski (2014–2016)
* Kiril Izov (2016–2024)
* Aleksandar Andov (2024-)
Players
Current squad
*The following players were named for the
2025 UEFA Women's Nations League
The 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League is the second season of the UEFA Women's Nations League, an international women's football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. The league phase of the ...
matches against
Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...
on 30 May 2025.
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* 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
Top goalscorers
Scorers by year
Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''
Olympic Games
UEFA Women's Championship
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''
UEFA Women's Nations League
Notes
References
External links
Official website
FIFA profile
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European women's national association football teams