North Macedonia national handball team

Macedonia
Information
Nickname	Red-Yellow Lions
Association	Macedonian Handball Federation
Coach	Danilo Brestovac
Assistant coach	Aleksandar Carchev; Nikola Matlieski
Captain	Kiril Lazarov
Most caps	Stevče Aluševski (245)
Most goals	Kiril Lazarov (1717)
Colours
Home	Away
Results
World Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 1999 )
Best result	9th (2015)
European Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 1998 )
Best result	5th (2012)
	Last updated on Unknown.

Last updated December 25, 2020

The North Macedonia national handball team is the national handball team of North Macedonia. The team is run by the Macedonian Handball Federation, the governing body of handball in North Macedonia. Prior to joining the International Handball Federation in 1993 as an independent country, Macedonia was represented within the Yugoslavia national handball team.

Competitive record

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1993	Did not enter
1995	Did not qualify
1997	Did not qualify
1999	Preliminary round	18th	5	1	0	4	122	149	−27
2001	Did not qualify
2003
2005
2007
2009	Main Round	11th	11	5	0	6	309	322	−13
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Round of 16	14th	6	2	1	3	165	171	−6
2015	Round of 16	9th	6	4	0	2	181	168	+13
2017	Round of 16	15th	6	2	1	3	163	171	−8
2019	Presidents' Cup	15th	7	3	0	4	191	199	−8
2021	Did not qualify
2023	To be determined
2025
2027
Total	6/15	–	41	17	2	22	1131	1180	−49

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Did not participate
1996	Did not qualify
1998	Preliminary Round	12th	5	0	1	5	130	174
2000	Did not qualify
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012	5th / 6th place	5th	7	4	1	2	185	175
2014	Main Round	10th	6	1	1	4	141	167
2016	Main Round	11th	6	0	2	4	157	176
2018	Main Round	11th	6	2	1	3	143	164
2020	Preliminary round	15th	3	1	0	2	79	84
2022	To be determined
2024	To be determined
Total	6/14	–	34	8	6	20	835	941

Mediterranean Games

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L
1993–2009	Did not participate
2013	Group stage	8th	4	2	0	2
2018	Group stage	13th	3	1	0	2
Total	2/7	–	7	3	0	4

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship qualification games against Finland and Switzerland.^[1]

Head coach: Danilo Brestovac

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Nikola Mitrevski	(1985-10-03) 3 October 1985 (age 35)	1.88 m	41	2	FC Porto Sofarma
3	LW	Dejan Manaskov	(1992-08-26) 26 August 1992 (age 28)	1.81 m	72	279	Telekom Veszprém
5	P	Stojanče Stoilov	(1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 (age 33)	1.91 m	67	143	RK Vardar 1961
7	RB	Kiril Lazarov	(1980-05-10) 10 May 1980 (age 40)	1.93 m	207	1443	HBC Nantes
11	LB	Filip Taleski	(1996-03-28) 28 March 1996 (age 24)	2.00 m	43	109	RK Vardar 1961
12	GK	Martin Tomovski	(1997-07-10) 10 July 1997 (age 23)	1.90 m	0	0	Die Eulen Ludwigshafen
14	LB	Velko Markoski	(1986-04-05) 5 April 1986 (age 34)	1.94 m	51	8	RK Metalurg Skopje
17	P	Nikola Markoski	(1990-05-22) 22 May 1990 (age 30)	1.95 m	17	12	RK Eurofarm Pelister
18	LB	Filip Kuzmanovski	(1996-07-03) 3 July 1996 (age 24)	1.98 m	38	61	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
19	RW	Nenad Kosteski	(2001-03-04) 4 March 2001 (age 19)	1.80 m	0	0	RK Eurofarm Pelister
22	RW	Goce Georgievski	(1987-02-12) 12 February 1987 (age 33)	1.85 m	79	158	RK Vardar 1961
29	LB	Darko Georgievski	(1992-02-03) 3 February 1992 (age 28)	1.92 m	0	0	Angers SCO
33	P	Žarko Peševski	(1991-04-11) 11 April 1991 (age 29)	1.95 m	39	69	TVB 1898 Stuttgart
43	LB	Milorad Kukoski	(1987-12-07) 7 December 1987 (age 33)	1.94 m	33	165	RK Eurofarm Pelister
66	LW	Bojan Madzovski	(1994-05-08) 8 May 1994 (age 26)	1.84 m	6	10	RK Eurofarm Pelister
77	RB	Martin Serafimov	(2000-03-03) 3 March 2000 (age 20)	1.90 m	7	1	RK Metalurg Skopje
97	CB	Marko Miševski	(1999-08-23) 23 August 1999 (age 21)	1.99 m	3	0	RK Vardar 1961

Recent call ups

These are players that have also received a call.

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
4	RB	Martin Velkovski ^COV	(1997-03-10) 10 March 1997 (age 23)	1.90 m	6	7	RK Eurofarm Pelister
6	LW	Dimitar Dimitrioski ^PRE	(1998-02-16) 16 February 1998 (age 22)	1.82 m	0	0	RK Vardar 1961
8	CB	Nemanja Pribak	(1984-03-26) 26 March 1984 (age 36)	1.90 m	13	17	RK Vojvodina
9	LB	Aco Jonovski	(1980-12-29) 29 December 1980 (age 39)	1.97 m	70	68	SG Ratingen 2011
10	CB	Filip Čurlevski	(1992-02-22) 22 February 1992 (age 28)	1.77 m	7	1	Sjundeå IF
13	CB	Filip Mirkulovski	(1983-09-14) 14 September 1983 (age 37)	1.89 m	126	315	HSG Wetzlar
15	CB	Lasko Andonovski	(1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 (age 29)	1.84 m	0	0	RK Tineks Prolet
16	GK	Borko Ristovski ^PRE	(1982-11-02) 2 November 1982 (age 38)	1.90 m	155	5	RK Vardar 1961
20	GK	Marko Kizikj ^PRE	(2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 19)	1.90 m	0	0	RK Vardar 1961
21	CB	Mario Tankoski ^COV	(1998-08-28) 28 August 1998 (age 22)	1.92 m	12	5	RK Eurofarm Pelister
23	LB	Filip Lazarov	(1985-04-21) 21 April 1985 (age 35)	1.97 m	54	140	SG Ratingen 2011
24	CB	Martin Manaskov	(1994-06-07) 7 June 1994 (age 26)	1.92 m	0	0	GRK Ohrid
25	CB	Goran Krstevski ^PRE	(1996-03-29) 29 March 1996 (age 24)	1.96 m	9	2	CSM Focșani
26	LW	Goce Ojleski	(1989-10-10) 10 October 1989 (age 31)	1.88 m	27	21	RK Eurofarm Pelister
27	LB	Dejan Kukulovski ^PRE	(1998-08-17) 17 August 1998 (age 22)	1.94 m	0	0	RK Eurofarm Pelister
28	RW	Martin Popovski ^COV	(1994-08-26) 26 August 1994 (age 26)	1.77 m	26	19	GC Amicitia Zürich
31	LB	Mihajlo Mladenovikj	(2000-09-21) 21 September 2000 (age 20)	1.94 m	0	0	RK Metalurg Skopje
34	RB	Tomislav Jagurinovski ^PRE	(1998-08-19) 19 August 1998 (age 22)	1.88 m	0	0	RK Vardar 1961
37	P	Milan Lazarevski ^PRE	(1997-02-09) 9 February 1997 (age 23)	1.94 m	1	0	RK Metalurg Skopje
44	P	Mihail Alarov ^PRE	(1997-12-21) 21 December 1997 (age 23)	1.97 m	0	0	RK Tineks Prolet
55	RW	Nikola Kosteski	(1992-08-22) 22 August 1992 (age 28)	1.83 m	0	0	HC Linz AG
71	LW	Davor Palevski ^PRE	(1997-02-26) 26 February 1997 (age 23)	1.82 m	0	0	RK Tineks Prolet
88	LB	Darko Dimitrievski ^PRE	(1993-05-16) 16 May 1993 (age 27)	1.94 m	0	0	Liberbank Cantabria Sinfín
99	P	Filip Arsenovski	(1998-07-30) 30 July 1998 (age 22)	1.93 m	0	0	RK Metalurg Skopje
	GK	Jane Cvetkovski	(1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 33)	1.91 m	0	0	DVTK-Eger
	GK	Gradimir Čanevski ^PRE	(1988-03-04) 4 March 1988 (age 32)	1.89 m	0	0	RK Eurofarm Pelister
	P	Kostadin Petrov	(1992-03-30) 30 March 1992 (age 28)	1.90 m	0	0	CSU Suceava
	GK	Daniel Gjorgjeski	(1993-12-08) 8 December 1993 (age 27)	1.85 m	0	0	RK Metalurg Skopje
	LB	Stefan Drogrishki	(1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 (age 26)	1.93 m	2	0	RK Eurofarm Pelister 2
	GK	Nikola Danilovski	(1997-02-01) 1 February 1997 (age 23)	1.84 m	0	0	GRK Ohrid
	RW	Mice Shilegov ^PRE	(1998-06-19) 19 June 1998 (age 22)	1.75 m	0	0	RK Metalurg Skopje
	CB	Ivan Djonov ^PRE	(1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 22)	1.95 m	0	0	RK Tineks Prolet
	LW	Cvetan Kuzmanoski ^PRE	(1999-12-05) 5 December 1999 (age 21)	1.90 m	0	0	RK Eurofarm Pelister 2
	RW	Alen Kjosevski ^PRE	(2001-06-07) 7 June 2001 (age 19)	1.87 m	0	0	RK Rabotnički

^INJ = Injured
^PRE = Called up in a preliminary squad for the most recent games^[2]
^COV = Withdrew due to COVID-19

Notable players

Statistics

Most appearances

#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Name	Matches
Stevče Aluševski	243
Kiril Lazarov	171
Branislav Angelovski	159
Vancho Dimovski	119
Filip Mirkulovski	118
Borko Ristovski	111
Naumče Mojsovski	108

Top scorers

#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Name	Goals
Kiril Lazarov	1603
Stevče Aluševski	967
Branislav Angelovski	392
Filip Mirkulovski	296
Pepi Manaskov	264
Vladimir Temelkov	243
Vancho Dimovski	226
Naumče Mojsovski	163
Milorad Kukoski	165

Record against other teams

As of 28 January 2018, after 2018 ECh

**Key**
	Positive total balance (more wins)
	Neutral total balance (equal W/L ratio)
	Negative total balance (more losses)

National team	Total				Olympic Games				World Championship				European Championship				Mediterranean Games				Qualifications
National team	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L
Algeria	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angola	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Austria	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	0	1
Belarus	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	2	1	0	1
Belgium	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	10	10	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	2	2
Brazil	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1
Bulgaria	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	6	6	0	0
Chile	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0
Croatia	5	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1
Cuba	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Cyprus	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Czech Republic	14	5	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	10	4	2	4
Denmark	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	3	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Egypt	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Estonia	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	6	4	2	0
Finland	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	0
France	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Germany	5	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Greece	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	1
Hungary	12	2	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	11	2	0	9
Iceland	15	3	1	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	12	3	0	9
Iran	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Israel	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	4	3	0	1
Italy	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0
Latvia	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0
Lithuania	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	3	0	1	2
Luxemburg	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0
Montenegro	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	0	1
Norway	5	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	0	1
Poland	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1
Portugal	8	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	8	4	0	4
Qatar	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Romania	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	0	1
Russia	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Serbia	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	1	0	1
Slovenia	6	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
South Korea	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Spain	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Sweden	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1
Switzerland	9	3	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	8	2	0	6
Tunisia	5	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
Turkey	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	0	0
Ukraine	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	4	1	2	1
Total (47)	209	91	20	98

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