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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS National Arena Todor Proeski - Skopje Tuesday 8 September 2015 North Macedonia 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Spain Group C - Matchday -5 Last updated 12/07/2021 18:05CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Head coach 6 Match officials 7 Competition facts 8 Match-by-match lineups 9 Team facts 11 Legend 13 1 North Macedonia - Spain Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Arena Todor Proeski, Skopje Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Ramos 16 (P), Paco Alcácer 17, Busquets 08/09/2014 QR (GS) Spain - North Macedonia 5-1 Valencia 45+3, Silva 50, Pedro Rodríguez 90+1; Ibraimi 28 (P) EURO '96 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Kiko 9, Manjarín 28, 15/11/1995 PR (GS) Spain - North Macedonia 3-0 Elche Caminero 78 12/10/1994 PR (GS) North Macedonia - Spain 0-2 Skopje Salinas 15, 24 Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO North Macedonia 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 - - - - 3 0 0 3 1 10 Spain 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 3 3 0 0 10 1 FIFA* North Macedonia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spain - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Friendlies North Macedonia - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 1 2 3 Spain - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 0 3 2 Total North Macedonia 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 - - - - 4 0 0 4 3 13 Spain 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 4 4 0 0 13 3 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 North Macedonia - Spain Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Arena Todor Proeski, Skopje Match background FYR Macedonia are bottom of Group C after losing to Luxembourg on Saturday, so a home encounter with a pace- setting Spain team who gave them a torrid time in their opening Group C fixture is perhaps not ideal. • Besart Abdurahimi and Stefan Ristovski are both suspended after accumulating three bookings. The following players are a yellow card away from a ban: Vance Sikov, Aleksandar Trajkovski (FYR Macedonia), Diego Costa and David Silva (Spain). Previous meetings • Spain kicked off their Group C campaign with a 5-1 victory over FYR Macedonia. The highlights included a goal for Paco Alcácer on his competitive debut and a first strike in 70 Spain appearances for Sergio Busquets. • FYR Macedonia's record in four games against Spain reads W0 D0 L4, suffering two defeats both home and away. Agim Ibraimi's penalty in the sides' first Group C meeting was their first competitive goal against the Spaniards. Form guide • FYR Macedonia have lost their last two Group C home matches following a 3-2 success against Luxembourg in their initial fixture in Skopje. • Spain's 2-1 loss in Slovakia earlier in their Group C campaign remains the sole defeat in their last 20 qualifying competition away fixtures (W18 D1 L1), dating back to a 2-0 reverse in Sweden on 7 October 2006. Trivia and links • FYR Macedonia coach Ljubinko Drulović turns 47 on 11 September, three days after the Spain game. • FYR Macedonia goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski plays his club football in Spain for Granada CF's B team. • In the nations' seven meetings in UEFA age-group competitions, Spain's record reads W6 D1 L0. The FYR Macedonia side that held Spain to a 0-0 draw in a UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifier in Segovia on 4 November 1997 is the only Macedonian team to have avoided defeat against Spanish opposition in any UEFA competition. • In the only UEFA encounters between the countries' clubs, Celta Vigo beat Pelister 3-0 at home and 2-1 away in the 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup third round. 3 North Macedonia - Spain Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Arena Todor Proeski, Skopje Squad list North Macedonia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Tome Pacovski 28/06/1982 33 Vardar - 7 0 0 0 45 - - Daniel Bozinovski 08/07/1989 26 Rabotnicki - 0 0 0 0 - - - Stole Dimitrievski 25/12/1993 21 Granada - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Vance Sikov 19/07/1985 30 Austria Wien * 6 0 0 0 40 3 - Kire Ristevski 22/10/1990 24 Rabotnicki - 1 0 0 0 6 - - Stefan Aškovski 24/02/1992 23 Novi Pazar - 1 0 0 0 1 - - Vladica Brdarovski 07/02/1990 25 Vardar - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Egzijan Alioski 12/02/1992 23 Schaffhausen - 4 0 0 0 6 - - Gjoko Zajkov 10/02/1995 20 Charleroi - 0 0 0 0 - - - Leonard Zhuta 09/08/1992 23 Häcken - 2 0 0 0 2 - Midfielders - Nikola Gligorov 15/08/1983 32 Vardar - 2 0 0 0 20 - - Agim Ibraimi 29/08/1988 27 Maribor - 5 1 0 0 32 7 - Muarem Muarem 22/10/1988 26 Eskişehirspor - 2 0 0 0 7 - - Besart Abdurahimi 31/07/1990 25 Lokeren - 7 1 0 0 10 1 - Milovan Petrovikj 23/01/1990 25 Rabotnicki - 1 0 0 0 1 - - Boban Nikolov 28/07/1994 21 Vardar - 0 0 0 0 - - - Enis Bardi 02/07/1995 20 Újpest - 1 0 0 0 2 - Forwards - Krste Velkoski 20/02/1988 27 Sarajevo - 5 0 0 0 8 - - Mirko Ivanovski 31/10/1989 25 Videoton - 4 0 0 0 25 1 - Feran Hasani 18/06/1990 25 Shkëndija - 2 0 0 0 21 1 - Aleksandar Trajkovski 05/09/1992 23 Palermo * 7 2 0 0 23 4 - Marjan Radeski 10/02/1995 20 Shkëndija - 1 0 0 0 4 - - Blazhe Ilijoski 09/07/1984 31 Rabotnicki - 1 0 0 0 1 - Coach - Ljubinko Drulović 11/09/1968 46 - 2 0 0 0 2 - 4 North Macedonia - Spain Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Arena Todor Proeski, Skopje Spain Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Iker Casillas 20/05/1981 34 Porto - 6 0 0 0 163 - Man. - David de Gea 07/11/1990 24 - 1 0 0 0 5 - United - Sergio Rico 01/09/1993 22 Sevilla - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Juanfran 09/01/1985 30 Atlético - 6 0 0 0 14 - - Gerard Piqué 02/02/1987 28 Barcelona - 6 0 0 0 70 4 Real - Sergio Ramos 30/03/1986 29 - 5 1 0 0 128 10 Madrid - César Azpilicueta 28/08/1989 26 Chelsea - 0 0 0 0 10 - - Jordi Alba 21/03/1989 26 Barcelona - 7 1 0 0 36 6 - Marc Bartra 15/01/1991 24 Barcelona - 2 0 0 0 4 - - Juan Bernat 01/03/1993 22 Bayern - 3 1 0 0 6 1 Real - Dani Carvajal 11/01/1992 23 - 1 0 0 0 4 - Madrid Midfielders - Andrés Iniesta 11/05/1984 31 Barcelona - 4 1 0 0 104 12 - David Silva 08/01/1986 29 Man. City * 6 3 0 0 92 23 - Cesc Fàbregas 04/05/1987 28 Chelsea - 4 0 0 0 98 14 - Santi Cazorla 13/12/1984 30 Arsenal - 5 0 0 0 73 10 Man. - Juan Mata 28/04/1988 27 - 0 0 0 0 33 10 United - Koke 08/01/1992 23 Atlético - 6 0 0 0 17 - - Sergio Busquets 16/07/1988 27 Barcelona - 7 2 0 0 77 2 Real - Isco 21/04/1992 23 - 4 1 0 0 10 1 Madrid - Vitolo 02/11/1989 25 Sevilla - 1 0 0 0 3 - Forwards - Diego Costa 07/10/1988 26 Chelsea * 3 1 0 0 10 1 - Pedro Rodríguez 28/07/1987 28 Chelsea - 7 2 0 0 51 16 - Paco Alcácer 30/08/1993 22 Valencia - 5 3 0 0 7 4 Coach - Vicente del Bosque 23/12/1950 64 - 7 0 0 0 100 - 5 North Macedonia - Spain Tuesday 8 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit National Arena Todor Proeski, Skopje Head coach Ljubinko Drulović Coach: Ljubinko Drulović Date of birth: 11/04/1968 Nationality: Serbian Playing career: FK Zlatar, FK Sloga Kraljevo, FK Sloboda Point, FK Rad, Gil Vicente FC, FC Porto, SL Benfica, FK Partizan, FC Penafiel Coaching career: GD Tourizense, FK Banat Zrenjanin, NK Drava, CD Primeiro do Agosto, Serbia Under-19, Serbia (caretaker), FYR Macedonia • A winger, Drulović made 38 appearances and scored three goals for Yugoslavia, playing at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO 2000 final rounds. • Quick and skilful, the left-sided player spent the best years of his career in Portugal, winning five Liga titles and four Portuguese Cups during a successful spell with Porto from 1994–2001. • Having ended his playing days with Penafiel, he started out as a coach with modest Tourizense, taking up further posts in Serbia, Slovenia and Angola before being tasked with leading Serbia's U19 squad in 2012. • Drulović struck gold the next year, guiding Serbia to their first UEFA European U19 Championship crown, overseeing a final victory against France in Lithuania. • Following a brief stint in temporary charge of the senior side in 2014, Drulović signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with FYR Macedonia in April 2015, becoming their fourth foreign coach. Vicente del Bosque Date of birth: 23 December 1950 Nationality: Spanish Playing career: Real Madrid Castilla, Córdoba CF, CD Castellón, Real Madrid CF Coaching career: Real Madrid Castilla, Real Madrid CF, Beşiktaş JK, Spain • Came up through the ranks at Real Madrid and became an important member of the team as a defensive midfielder during the 1970s, winning five league titles in six seasons and four Spanish Cups.