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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estadi Ciutat de València - Valencia Monday 8 September 2014 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Spain Group C - Matchday -12 North Macedonia Last updated 12/07/2021 16:39CET 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 Spain - North Macedonia Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadi Ciutat de València, Valencia Previous meetings Head to Head 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 Spain 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 5 0 North Macedonia 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 0 5 FIFA* Spain - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - North Macedonia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Friendlies Spain - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 0 3 2 North Macedonia - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 1 2 3 Total Spain 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 3 3 0 0 8 2 North Macedonia 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 3 0 0 3 2 8 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Spain - North Macedonia Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadi Ciutat de València, Valencia Match background Chastened from their early exit at the FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil, Spain will look to get back to winning competitive ways as they take on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the opening round of UEFA EURO 2016 Group C fixtures. Match background • Spain are unbeaten in 35 UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup qualifying games (W32 D3) since a 2-0 UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying loss to Sweden in Solna on 7 October 2006. • Twenty-seven games have passed (W23 D4) since Spain's last competitive loss on home soil – 1-0 against Greece in Zaragoza in a 7 June 2003 UEFA EURO 2004 qualifier. • Spain's record in three games against FYROM is W3 D0 L0 (W1 D0 L0 in Spain – W2 D0 L0), and they have yet to concede in a competitive encounter with their guests. • The sides' only previous competitive meetings were in EURO '96 qualifying. On 12 October 1994, Javier Clemente's Spain beat Andon Doncevski's FYROM 2-0 in their opening encounter in Skopje, Julio Salinas (15, 24) scoring both goals. The return fixture in Elche on 15 November 1995 ended 3-0 to Spain, Kiko (9), Javier Pereda (28) and José Luis Caminero (78) the scorers. • Their only encounter since then, a friendly in Skopje on 12 August 2009, was a different story. Goran Pandev (8, 33) struck twice on the break to give Mirsad Jonuz's home side a 2-0 lead, but second-half goals from Fernando Torres (51), Gerard Piqué (54) and Albert Riera (56) earned a 3-2 win for Vicente del Bosque's side. • In the nations' seven meetings in UEFA age-group competitions, Spain's record is W6 D1 L0. The FYROM side that held Spain to a 0-0 draw in a 4 November 1997 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifier in Segovia is the only Macedonian team to have avoided defeat against Spanish opponents in any UEFA competition. • In the only UEFA encounters between the nations' clubs, RC Celta de Vigo beat FK Pelister 3-0 at home and 2-1 away in the 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup third round. 3 Spain - North Macedonia Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadi Ciutat de València, Valencia Squad list Spain Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Real - Iker Casillas 20/05/1981 33 - 0 0 0 0 156 - Madrid - Kiko Casilla 02/10/1986 27 Espanyol - 0 0 0 0 - - Man. - David de Gea 07/11/1990 23 - 0 0 0 0 2 - United Defenders - Raúl Albiol 04/09/1985 29 Napoli - 0 0 0 0 47 - - Juanfran 09/01/1985 29 Atlético - 0 0 0 0 8 - Real - Sergio Ramos 30/03/1986 28 - 0 0 0 0 120 9 Madrid - César Azpilicueta 28/08/1989 25 Chelsea - 0 0 0 0 9 - - Mikel San José 30/05/1989 25 Athletic - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Jordi Alba 21/03/1989 25 Barcelona - 0 0 0 0 29 5 - Marc Bartra 15/01/1991 23 Barcelona - 0 0 0 0 - - Real - Dani Carvajal 11/01/1992 22 - 0 0 0 0 1 - Madrid Midfielders - David Silva 08/01/1986 28 Man. City - 0 0 0 0 84 20 - Cesc Fàbregas 04/05/1987 27 Chelsea - 0 0 0 0 92 13 - Santi Cazorla 13/12/1984 29 Arsenal - 0 0 0 0 66 10 - Raúl García 11/07/1986 28 Atlético - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Koke 08/01/1992 22 Atlético - 0 0 0 0 10 - - Sergio Busquets 16/07/1988 26 Barcelona - 0 0 0 0 68 - - Ander Iturraspe 08/03/1989 25 Athletic - 0 0 0 0 2 - Real - Isco 21/04/1992 22 - 0 0 0 0 3 - Madrid Forwards - Pedro Rodríguez 28/07/1987 27 Barcelona - 0 0 0 0 42 14 - Paco Alcácer 30/08/1993 21 Valencia - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Munir El Haddadi 01/09/1995 19 Barcelona - 0 0 0 0 - - Coach - Vicente del Bosque 23/12/1950 63 - 0 0 0 0 90 - 4 Spain - North Macedonia Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadi Ciutat de València, Valencia 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 32 Mechelen - 0 0 0 0 37 - - Martin Bogatinov 26/04/1986 28 Ermis - 0 0 0 0 15 - - Kristijan Naumovski 17/09/1988 25 Levski - 0 0 0 0 5 - Defenders - Vance Sikov 19/07/1985 29 Austria Wien - 0 0 0 0 33 3 - Aleksandar Todorovski 26/02/1984 30 Sturm - 0 0 0 0 15 - - Ardian Cuculi 19/07/1987 27 Partizani - 0 0 0 0 4 - - Daniel Mojsov 25/12/1987 26 Brann - 0 0 0 0 24 - - Kirce Ristevski 22/10/1990 23 Slavia Sofia - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Stefan Ristovski 12/02/1992 22 Parma - 0 0 0 0 11 - - Egzijan Alilovski 12/02/1992 22 Schaffhausen - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Darko Velkoski 21/06/1995 19 Rabotnicki - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Darko Glisic 23/09/1991 22 Vardar - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Aleksandar Damchevski 21/11/1992 21 NAC - 0 0 0 0 3 - Midfielders - Agim Ibraimi 29/08/1988 26 Maribor - 0 0 0 0 26 6 - Stefan Spirovski 23/08/1990 24 Beroe - 0 0 0 0 7 - - Besart Abdurahimi 31/07/1990 24 Lokeren - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Muhamed Demiri 20/11/1985 28 St Gallen - 0 0 0 0 22 - Forwards - Jovan Kostovski 19/04/1987 27 Leuven - 0 0 0 0 8 2 - Krste Velkoski 20/02/1988 26 Sarajevo - 0 0 0 0 3 - Krylya - Adis Jahović 18/03/1987 27 - 0 0 0 0 9 2 Sovetov - Feran Hasani 18/06/1990 24 Brøndby - 0 0 0 0 19 1 Zulte - Aleksandar Trajkovski 05/09/1992 22 - 0 0 0 0 16 2 Waregem Metalurg - Marjan Radeski 10/02/1995 19 - 0 0 0 0 2 - Skopje Coach - Bosko Gjurovski 28/12/1961 52 - 0 0 0 0 5 - 5 Spain - North Macedonia Monday 8 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadi Ciutat de València, Valencia Head 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. • Capped 18 times, Del Bosque ended his Spain career at the 1980 UEFA European Championship in Italy – his only major tournament as a player. Also appeared for Madrid in the 1981 European Champion Clubs' Cup final against Liverpool FC. • Joined Madrid's coaching staff shortly after hanging up his boots in 1984 and spent many years in youth development, stepping up in 1994 and 1996 as the first team's interim coach. • Given the job full time in November 1999, he landed seven trophies including two UEFA Champions League triumphs and two Spanish titles. Left in 2003 and resurfaced briefly in Turkey with Beşiktaş. • Succeeded Luis Aragonés as Spain coach in July 2008. Set a global record by winning his opening 13 matches and steered the European champions to the 2010 FIFA World Cup with a perfect qualifying record. Went on to guide Spain to a first world title in South Africa with a final victory against the Netherlands and then successfully defended their continental crown at UEFA EURO 2012, although their reign as world champions was ended in the group stage at Brazil 2014. Boshko Djurovski Date of birth: 28 December 1961 Nationality: Macedonian Playing career: FK Crvena zvezda, Servette FC Coaching career: Servette FC, FK Radnički Obrenovac, FK Rad, FK Crvena zvezda, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia • A defensive midfielder, Djurovski lifted four Yugoslavian titles and two national cups during an 11-year spell at Crvena zvezda, where he played alongside his brother, striker Milko Djurovski.