EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes - Granada Saturday 12 November 2016 Spain 20.45CET (20.45 local time) FYR Macedonia Group G - Matchday 4 Last updated 12/04/2019 18:27CET EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Competition facts 7 Match-by-match lineups 8 Legend 10 1 Spain - FYR Macedonia Saturday 12 November 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 08/09/2015 QR (GS) FYR Macedonia - Spain 0-1 Skopje Pacovski 8 (og) Ramos 16 (P), Paco Alcácer 17, Busquets 08/09/2014 QR (GS) Spain - FYR 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 - FYR Macedonia 3-0 Elche Caminero 78 12/10/1994 PR (GS) FYR 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 Total Spain 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 5 5 0 0 14 3 FYR Macedonia 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 - - - - 5 0 0 5 3 14 2 Spain - FYR Macedonia Saturday 12 November 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada Squad list Spain Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Pepe Reina 31/08/1982 34 Napoli - 0 0 0 0 - Sergio Asenjo 28/06/1989 27 Villarreal - 0 0 0 0 Man. - David de Gea 07/11/1990 26 - 3 0 0 0 United Defenders - Nacho Monreal 26/02/1986 30 Arsenal - 1 0 0 0 - César Azpilicueta 28/08/1989 27 Chelsea - 0 0 0 0 Real - Nacho 18/01/1990 26 - 1 0 0 0 Madrid - Sergi Roberto 07/02/1992 24 Barcelona - 1 1 0 0 - Marc Bartra 15/01/1991 25 Dortmund - 0 0 0 0 Real - Dani Carvajal 11/01/1992 24 - 1 0 0 0 Madrid Real - Iñigo Martínez 17/05/1991 25 - 1 0 0 0 Sociedad Midfielders - David Silva 08/01/1986 30 Man. City - 3 2 0 0 Man. - Juan Mata 28/04/1988 28 - 0 0 0 0 United - Thiago Alcántara 11/04/1991 25 Bayern * 3 0 0 0 - Koke 08/01/1992 24 Atlético - 3 0 0 0 - Sergio Busquets 16/07/1988 28 Barcelona * 3 0 0 0 Man. - Ander Herrera 14/08/1989 27 - 0 0 0 0 United Real - Isco 21/04/1992 24 - 1 0 0 0 Madrid - Vitolo 02/11/1989 27 Sevilla * 3 2 0 0 Forwards - Iago Aspas 01/08/1987 29 Celta - 0 0 0 0 - José Callejón 11/02/1987 29 Napoli - 0 0 0 0 - Aritz Aduriz 11/02/1981 35 Athletic - 0 0 0 0 - Nolito 15/10/1986 30 Man. City - 2 1 0 0 Real - Álvaro Morata 23/10/1992 24 - 2 2 0 0 Madrid Coach - Julen Lopetegui 28/08/1966 50 - 3 0 0 0 3 Spain - FYR Macedonia Saturday 12 November 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada FYR Macedonia Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Stole Dimitrievski 25/12/1993 22 Granada - 0 0 0 0 - Filip Gacevski 17/08/1990 26 Vardar - 0 0 0 0 - Igor Aleksovski 24/02/1995 21 Vardar - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Vance Sikov 19/07/1985 31 Neftçi - 3 0 0 0 - Daniel Mojsov 25/12/1987 28 AEK Larnaca - 3 0 0 0 - Kire Ristevski 22/10/1990 26 Vasas - 3 0 0 0 - Stefan Ristovski 12/02/1992 24 Rijeka - 3 0 0 0 - Egzijan Alioski 12/02/1992 24 Lugano * 3 1 0 0 - Darko Velkoski 21/06/1995 21 Vardar - 0 0 0 0 - Gjoko Zajkov 10/02/1995 21 Charleroi - 0 0 0 0 - Leonard Zhuta 09/08/1992 24 Rijeka * 3 0 0 0 Midfielders - Stefan Spirovski 23/08/1990 26 Vardar * 3 0 0 0 Crvena - David Babunski 01/03/1994 22 - 0 0 0 0 zvezda - Boban Nikolov 28/07/1994 22 Vardar - 0 0 0 0 - Enis Bardi 02/07/1995 21 Újpest - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Goran Pandev 27/07/1983 33 Genoa - 3 0 0 0 - Ilija Nestorovski 12/03/1990 26 Palermo - 2 2 0 0 - Besart Ibraimi 17/12/1986 29 Shkëndija * 2 0 0 0 - Feran Hasani 18/06/1990 26 Shkëndija - 3 1 0 0 - Kire Markoski 20/02/1995 21 Rabotnicki - 0 0 0 0 - Nikola Gjorgjev 22/08/1997 19 Grasshoppers - 1 0 0 0 Coach - Igor Angelovski 02/06/1976 40 - 3 0 0 0 4 Spain - FYR Macedonia Saturday 12 November 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada Head coach Julen Lopetegui Date of birth: 28 August 1966 Nationality: Spanish Playing career: San Sebastián CF, Castilla CF, UD Las Palmas, Real Madrid CF, CD Logroñés, FC Barcelona, Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, Spain Coaching career: Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, Real Madrid Castilla, Spain Under-19s, Spain Under-20s, Spain Under- 21s, FC Porto, Spain • Lopetegui's promising goalkeeping performances for Real Sociedad de Fútbol's youth sides led to a move to Real Madrid. The Basque native progressed into the senior squad, but, starved of opportunities, switched to Logroñes, where he made 107 Spanish top-flight appearances over three seasons. • Those displays earned a move to Barcelona but again he found playing time limited, prompting a transfer to Rayo Vallecano, where he featured 112 times until retirement in 2002. He earned one senior international cap and was part of Spain's 1994 FIFA World Cup squad. • Started his coaching career in 2003/04, at second division Rayo, but the experience was short-lived – he was dismissed after ten games. After five years away from the bench he returned to active duty in 2008/09, with Real Madrid Castilla, ending the campaign in sixth place. • In 2010 Lopetegui joined the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and led the U19s to the European title two years later before reaching the quarter-finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2013. He had assumed control of the U21s in August 2012 and guided the holders to the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, winning the title in Israel. • On 6 May 2014, he returned to club duties with Porto but failed to win any silverware with the club and left his post in January 2016. Appointed Vicente del Bosque's successor as Spain coach in July that year. Igor Angelovski Date of birth: 2 June 1976 Nationality: Macedonian Playing career: FK Makedonija Gjorce Petrov, FK Pelister, NK Publikum, FK Cementarnica 55 (twice), FK Pobeda Coaching career: FK Rabotnicki, FYR Macedonia (assistant), FYR Macedonia • A former midfielder, Angelovski spent most of his playing career in his homeland, his highlight coming in 2002/03 when he lifted the Macedonian Cup with Cementarnica. • After retiring in 2007, he served as sporting director at Rabotnicki for five years before becoming a surprise choice to replace Zhikica Tasevski as the club's head coach prior to 2013/14. • Angelovski wasted no time showing his coaching potential by becoming the youngest coach to win the Macedonian championship, leading the Skopje-based side to a domestic double in his debut season – aged 38. He repeated his Macedonian Cup success with Rabotnicki the following year, and won consecutive awards for best domestic coach in 2014 and 2015. • While continuing in his Rabotnicki job, he served as Ljubinko Drulović's assistant with FYR Macedonia from July to October 2015, while studying for his UEFA Pro licence. • Angelovski took temporary charge of the national team in October 2015 and enjoyed a winning debut in a 4-1 friendly win against Montenegro in Skopje the following month. He was appointed coach on a permanent basis shortly afterwards. 5 Spain - FYR Macedonia Saturday 12 November 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada Match officials Referee Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT) Assistant referees Maximilian Kolbitsch (AUT) , Andreas Heidenreich (AUT) Fourth official Dominik Ouschan (AUT) FIFA Match Commissioner István Huszár (HUN) Referee observer Kaj Natri (FIN) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Robert Schörgenhofer 21/02/1973 4 66 FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 16/09/2010 UEL GS Sevilla FC Paris Saint-Germain 0-1 Seville 15/06/2011 U21 GS-FT Czech Republic Spain 0-2 Viborg 07/10/2011 EURO QR Armenia FYR Macedonia 4-1 Yerevan 01/11/2011 UCL GS FC Viktoria Plzeň FC Barcelona 0-4 Prague 14/06/2015 EURO QR Belarus Spain 0-1 Borisov 6 Spain - FYR Macedonia Saturday 12 November 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada Competition facts The Week of Football concept enables fans around the world to enjoy the very best action from the European Qualifiers – which will determine UEFA's representatives at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup comprises nine groups of six teams, with matches played on a home-and- away basis.