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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Štadión MŠK Žilina - Zilina Sunday 14 June 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Slovakia Group C - Matchday -7 North Macedonia Last updated 12/07/2021 17:42CET 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 Slovakia - North Macedonia Sunday 14 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štadión MŠK Žilina, Zilina Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 15/11/2014 QR (GS) North Macedonia - Slovakia 0-2 Skopje Kucka 25, Nemec 38 UEFA EURO 2012 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Noveski 79; Piroska 11/10/2011 QR (GS) North Macedonia - Slovakia 1-1 Skopje 54 03/09/2010 QR (GS) Slovakia - North Macedonia 1-0 Bratislava Hološko 90+1 UEFA EURO 2004 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Németh 25; 10/09/2003 QR (GS) Slovakia - North Macedonia 1-1 Zilina Dimitrovski 62 M. Petráš 28, Reiter 29/03/2003 QR (GS) North Macedonia - Slovakia 0-2 Skopje 90 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Reiter 28, Dzúrik 56, 07/10/2001 QR (GS) North Macedonia - Slovakia 0-5 Skopje P. Németh 72, Pinte 80, Oravec 89 03/09/2000 QR (GS) Slovakia - North Macedonia 2-0 Bratislava Balis 3, Demo 74 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 Slovakia 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 - - - - 5 3 2 0 7 2 North Macedonia 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 - - - - 5 0 2 3 2 7 FIFA* Slovakia 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 7 0 North Macedonia 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 0 7 Friendlies Slovakia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - North Macedonia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Slovakia 3 2 1 0 4 3 1 0 - - - - 7 5 2 0 14 2 North Macedonia 4 0 1 3 3 0 1 2 - - - - 7 0 2 5 2 14 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Slovakia - North Macedonia Sunday 14 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štadión MŠK Žilina, Zilina Match background Slovakia will look to maintain their 100% record in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group C as they welcome an FYR Macedonia side in need of a pick-me-up. Previous meetings • Juraj Kucka and Adam Nemec scored as Slovakia got the better of FYR Macedonia in their first Group C meeting in Skopje back in November. • Slovakia's record in seven meetings with FYR Macedonia is W5 D2 L0 (W2 D1 L0 at home). FYR Macedonia have yet to take the lead in a game against Slovakia. • FYR Macedonia's 5-0 home loss to Jozef Adamec's Slovakia on 7 October 2001 matched their worst ever home result in national team football – a 5-0 defeat by Belgium in a 7 June 1995 UEFA European Championship qualifier. Form guide • Slovakia have won all five of their Group C games; England are the only other side that reached the halfway stage in qualifying with a 100% record. • Slovakia have won their last six international home matches (two qualifiers, four friendlies) since the end of FIFA World Cup qualifying, including a celebrated 2-1 win against European champions Spain. They have conceded just twice in the process. • FYR Macedonia have lost their last three Group C outings since a 3-2 success against Luxembourg. • FYR Macedonia are without a win in ten competitive away games (D1 L9) since a 2-0 triumph in Andorra in October 2010. Trivia and links • This is FYR Macedonia's first game under new coach Ljubinko Drulović; the Serbian replaced Boshko Djurovski in April. • Slovakia's record in six UEFA age-group competition games against FYR Macedonia is W5 D1. • The six meetings between the nations' clubs in UEFA competition offer more encouragement for FYR Macedonia: the Macedonian and Slovakian clubs have both won three apiece. 3 Slovakia - North Macedonia Sunday 14 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štadión MŠK Žilina, Zilina Squad list Slovakia Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Arsenal - Ján Mucha 05/12/1982 32 - 0 0 0 0 Tula - Matúš Kozáčik 27/12/1983 31 Plzeň - 5 0 0 0 Rapid - Ján Novota 29/11/1983 31 - 0 0 0 0 Wien Defenders - Martin Škrtel 15/12/1984 30 Liverpool * 4 0 0 0 - Peter Pekarík 30/10/1986 28 Hertha - 5 1 0 0 Dunajská - Ľubomír Michalík 13/08/1983 31 - 0 0 0 0 Streda Dinamo - Tomáš Hubočan 17/09/1985 29 - 4 0 0 0 Moskva Slovan - Kornel Saláta 24/01/1985 30 - 0 0 0 0 Bratislava Midfielders - Viktor Pečovský 24/05/1983 32 Žilina - 5 0 0 0 - Marek Hamšík 27/07/1987 27 Napoli - 5 2 0 0 - Dušan Švento 01/08/1985 29 Köln - 1 0 0 0 Arsenal - Lukáš Tesák 08/03/1985 30 - 0 0 0 0 Tula - Miroslav Stoch 19/10/1989 25 Al-Ain - 5 1 0 0 - Vladimír Weiss 30/11/1989 25 Lekhwiya - 5 1 0 0 - Róbert Mak 08/03/1991 24 PAOK - 4 1 0 0 - Juraj Kucka 26/02/1987 28 Genoa * 5 2 0 0 - Ján Greguš 29/01/1991 24 Jablonec - 0 0 0 0 - Patrik Hrošovský 22/04/1992 23 Plzeň - 1 0 0 0 - Ondrej Duda 05/12/1994 20 Legia - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Filip Hološko 17/01/1984 31 Rizespor - 0 0 0 0 New York - Adam Nemec 02/09/1985 29 - 4 2 0 0 City FC - Martin Jakubko 26/02/1980 35 Amkar - 0 0 0 0 Mladá - Michal Ďuriš 01/06/1988 27 - 3 0 0 0 Boleslav Coach - Ján Kozák 17/04/1954 61 - 5 0 0 0 4 Slovakia - North Macedonia Sunday 14 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štadión MŠK Žilina, Zilina North Macedonia Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Tome Pacovski 28/06/1982 32 Vardar - 5 0 0 0 - Stole Dimitrievski 25/12/1993 21 Granada - 0 0 0 0 - Filip Gacevski 17/08/1990 24 Bregalnica - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Aleksandar Todorovski 26/02/1984 31 Zagłębie - 0 0 0 0 - Vladimir Dimitrovski 30/11/1988 26 Kerkyra - 0 0 0 0 - Daniel Mojsov 25/12/1987 27 Lierse - 3 0 0 0 - Kirce Ristevski 22/10/1990 24 Tirana - 0 0 0 0 - Stefan Ristovski 12/02/1992 23 Latina * 5 0 0 0 - Egzijan Alilovski 12/02/1992 23 Schaffhausen - 4 0 0 0 - Darko Velkoski 21/06/1995 19 Rabotnicki - 0 0 0 0 - Leonard Zhuta 09/08/1992 22 Häcken - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Agim Ibraimi 29/08/1988 26 Maribor - 3 1 0 0 - Muarem Muarem 22/10/1988 26 Qarabağ - 1 0 0 0 - Stefan Spirovski 23/08/1990 24 Vardar - 1 0 0 0 - Dusko Trajcevski 01/11/1990 24 Rabotnicki - 0 0 0 0 Dinamo - Arijan Ademi 29/05/1991 24 - 3 0 0 0 Zagreb - Besart Abdurahimi 31/07/1990 24 Lokeren * 5 1 0 0 Forwards - Ostoja Stjepanovic 17/01/1985 30 Wisła - 0 0 0 0 - Krste Velkoski 20/02/1988 27 Sarajevo - 4 0 0 0 - Mirko Ivanovski 31/10/1989 25 Videoton - 2 0 0 0 - Feran Hasani 18/06/1990 24 Brøndby - 1 0 0 0 Zulte - Aleksandar Trajkovski 05/09/1992 22 * 5 2 0 0 Waregem Coach - Ljubinko Drulović 11/09/1968 46 - 0 0 0 0 5 Slovakia - North Macedonia Sunday 14 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štadión MŠK Žilina, Zilina Head coach Ján Kozák Date of birth: 17 April 1954 Nationality: Slovak Playing career: LB Spišská Nová Ves, Lokomotíva Košice (three times), RFC Seraing, FK Dukla Praha Coaching career: Lokomotíva Košice, MFK Zemplín Michalovce, FC Steel Trans Ličartovce, 1. FC Košice, Slovakia • A creative midfielder, Kozák spent much of his playing career with local team Lokomotíva Košice, where he had three spells. He returned for the first time in 1982 at the conclusion of his military service in Prague, where he turned out for Dukla. • A member of the Czechoslovakia squad that finished third at the 1980 UEFA European Championship, beating Italy 9-8 on penalties in the bronze-medal match, he scored nine goals in 55 international appearances. Kozák also travelled to the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain but did not feature due to injury. • Won the Czechoslovak Cup three times and the 1982 league championship with Dukla before retiring in 1990. Moved into coaching several years later and proved an instant success, steering 1. FC Košice to successive titles (1997, 1998) and into the 1997/98 UEFA Champions League where, as Slovakia's first ever group stage representative, they lost all six games in a section containing Feyenoord, Juventus and Manchester United FC. • Left Košice in 1998 but came back for further stints in 2005 and 2012. He stood down in summer 2013, succeeding Stanislav Griga and Michal Hipp as coach of Slovakia on a two-year contract. • His son Ján Kozák Jr played in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League group stage for MFK Petržalka, equalising and then creating the winner in a famous 3-2 comeback victory over FC Porto; grandson Filip Lesniak has been at Tottenham Hotspur FC since 2012.