FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

North Macedonia vs Liechtenstein, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

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North Macedonia
  • 15': Benjamin Büchel (OG)
  • 52': Enis Bardhi
  • 56': Darko Churlinov
  • 82': Lirim Kjamili
  • 90': Luka Stankovski
FT
5 - 0
Liechtenstein

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    North Macedonia are hosting Liechtenstein at Tose Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 1': Foul by Simon Lüchinger (Liechtenstein).
    • 2': Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 2': Foul by Andreas Malin (Liechtenstein).
    • 3': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Ferhat Saglam.
    • 4': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Maximilian Göppel.
    • 4': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Andreas Malin.
    • 9': Aron Sele (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Foul by Bojan Ilievski (North Macedonia).
    • 10': Ferhat Saglam (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 10': Foul by Gjoko Zajkov (North Macedonia).
    • 11': Corner, Liechtenstein. Conceded by Bojan Ilievski.
    • 12': Foul by Gjoko Zajkov (North Macedonia).
    • 12': Simon Lüchinger (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Own Goal by Benjamin Büchel, Liechtenstein. North Macedonia 1, Liechtenstein 0.
    • 21': Foul by Bojan Ilievski (North Macedonia).
    • 21': Maximilian Göppel (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Bojan Ilievski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 22': Bojan Ilievski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 22': Foul by Ferhat Saglam (Liechtenstein).
    • 23': Foul by Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia).
    • 23': Sandro Wolfinger (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 24': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Simon Lüchinger.
    • 25': Attempt blocked. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski.
    • 25': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 25': Foul by Sandro Wolfinger (Liechtenstein).
    • 28': Foul by Lars Traber (Liechtenstein).
    • 28': Isnik Alimi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 29': Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 29': Foul by Simon Lüchinger (Liechtenstein).
    • 29': Foul by Andrej Stojchevski (North Macedonia).
    • 29': Maximilian Göppel (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 32': Offside, North Macedonia. Ezgjan Alioski is caught offside.
    • 35': Fabio Luque-Notaro (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 35': Foul by Bojan Ilievski (North Macedonia).
    • 35': Delay in match because of an injury Fabio Luque-Notaro (Liechtenstein).
    • 36': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 37': Delay in match because of an injury Lars Traber (Liechtenstein).
    • 38': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 38': Substitution, Liechtenstein. Niklas Beck replaces Lars Traber because of an injury.
    • 39': Foul by Isnik Alimi (North Macedonia).
    • 39': Sandro Wolfinger (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 39': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Benjamin Büchel (Liechtenstein). Assisted by Darko Churlinov.
    • 40': Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski with a cross.
    • 40': Offside, North Macedonia. Ezgjan Alioski is caught offside.
    • 44': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Maximilian Göppel.
    • 44': Attempt missed. Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Enis Bardhi with a cross following a corner.
    • 44': Delay in match because of an injury Jens Hofer (Liechtenstein).
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 45'+4': Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45'+4': Foul by Nicolas Hasler (Liechtenstein).
    • 45'+6': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Benjamin Büchel (Liechtenstein).
    • 45'+7': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Benjamin Büchel (Liechtenstein).
    • 45'+7': First Half ends, North Macedonia 1, Liechtenstein 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins North Macedonia 1, Liechtenstein 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Liechtenstein. Felix Oberwaditzer replaces Jens Hofer because of an injury.
    • 48': Attempt missed. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Isnik Alimi.
    • 49': Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 49': Foul by Felix Oberwaditzer (Liechtenstein).
    • 50': Attempt blocked. Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 51': Attempt missed. Fabio Luque-Notaro (Liechtenstein) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Sandro Wolfinger.
    • 51': Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 51': Foul by Felix Oberwaditzer (Liechtenstein).
    • 52': Goal! North Macedonia 2, Liechtenstein 0. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bojan Ilievski with a cross.
    • 54': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Andreas Malin.
    • 55': Attempt missed. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski following a corner.
    • 56': Andrej Stojchevski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 56': Foul by Ferhat Saglam (Liechtenstein).
    • 56': Goal! North Macedonia 3, Liechtenstein 0. Darko Churlinov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Enis Bardhi.
    • 56': Felix Oberwaditzer (Liechtenstein) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 56': Delay in match because of an injury Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia).
    • 57': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 59': Substitution, North Macedonia. Lirim Qamili replaces Darko Churlinov.
    • 59': Substitution, North Macedonia. Elmin Rastoder replaces Aleksandar Trajkovski because of an injury.
    • 61': Substitution, Liechtenstein. Livio Meier replaces Sandro Wolfinger.
    • 61': Substitution, Liechtenstein. Alessio Hasler replaces Simon Lüchinger.
    • 61': Attempt missed. Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Enis Bardhi with a through ball following a fast break.
    • 64': Offside, North Macedonia. Elmin Rastoder is caught offside.
    • 64': Delay in match because of an injury Niklas Beck (Liechtenstein).
    • 65': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 67': Corner, Liechtenstein. Conceded by Ezgjan Alioski.
    • 68': Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 68': Foul by Niklas Beck (Liechtenstein).
    • 71': Substitution, North Macedonia. Milan Ristovski replaces Bojan Miovski.
    • 71': Substitution, North Macedonia. Reshat Ramadani replaces Isnik Alimi.
    • 71': Bojan Ilievski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 71': Foul by Ferhat Saglam (Liechtenstein).
    • 73': Foul by Reshat Ramadani (North Macedonia).
    • 73': Livio Meier (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 74': Delay in match because of an injury Ferhat Saglam (Liechtenstein).
    • 75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 75': Substitution, Liechtenstein. Andrin Netzer replaces Ferhat Saglam because of an injury.
    • 77': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 77': Foul by Felix Oberwaditzer (Liechtenstein).
    • 77': Attempt saved. Milan Ristovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Benjamin Büchel (Liechtenstein). Assisted by Bojan Ilievski with a cross.
    • 78': Attempt missed. Elmin Rastoder (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Enis Bardhi.
    • 79': Foul by Alessio Hasler (Liechtenstein).
    • 79': Lirim Qamili (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 80': Attempt blocked. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 80': Delay in match because of an injury Felix Oberwaditzer (Liechtenstein).
    • 81': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 82': Goal! North Macedonia 4, Liechtenstein 0. Lirim Qamili (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski with a through ball.
    • 83': Substitution, North Macedonia. Luka Stankovski replaces Eljif Elmas.
    • 84': Foul by Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia).
    • 84': Nicolas Hasler (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 84': Attempt saved. Nicolas Hasler (Liechtenstein) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Stole Dimitrievski (North Macedonia). Assisted by Aron Sele.
    • 86': Andrej Stojchevski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Foul by Livio Meier (Liechtenstein).
    • 88': Aron Sele (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 88': Foul by Reshat Ramadani (North Macedonia).
    • 88': Reshat Ramadani (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Nicolas Hasler.
    • 90': Attempt missed. Gjoko Zajkov (North Macedonia) header from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Enis Bardhi with a cross following a corner.
    • 90': Goal! North Macedonia 5, Liechtenstein 0. Luka Stankovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Gjoko Zajkov following a corner.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Fabio Luque-Notaro (Liechtenstein) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolas Hasler.
    • 90'+2': Second Half ends, North Macedonia 5, Liechtenstein 0.
    • 0': Match ends, North Macedonia 5, Liechtenstein 0.

    Statistics

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    15 Fouls 11
    1 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 3
    2 Corner Kicks 7
    4 Saves 1
    28.8 Possession 71.2
    3 SHOTS 18
    1 ON GOAL 8
    0.3 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    140 Accurate Passes 433
    206 Passes 495
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
    0 Accurate Crosses 7
    5 Crosses 26
    0.0 Cross % 0.3
    45 Long Balls 52
    12 Accurate Long Balls 39
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.8
    0 Blocked Shots 4
    6 Effective Tackles 4
    10 Tackles 6
    0.6 Tackle % 0.7
    7 Interceptions 8
    29 Effective Clearances 12
    29 Clearances 12

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

    Venue: Tose Proeski Arena
    Location: Skopje, North Macedonia
    Attendance: 8,693

    WCQ - UEFA Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 North Macedonia 5 +9 11
    2 Belgium 4 +13 10
    3 Wales 5 +5 10
    4 Kazakhstan 5 -8 3
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    MKD North Macedonia (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    23 Stole Dimitrievski (GK)
    3 Andrej Stojchevski
    5 Gjoko Zajkov
    8 Ezgjan Alioski
    2 Bojan Ilievski Yellow Card
    16 Isnik Alimi
    10 Enis Bardhi
    7 Eljif Elmas
    11 Darko Churlinov
    9 Aleksandar Trajkovski
    20 Bojan Miovski
    North Macedonia Substitutes:
    Lirim Kjamili, Darko Velkoski, Igor Aleksovski, Stefan Despotovski, Dejan Iliev, Reshat Ramadani, Nikola Serafimov, Milan Ristovski, Jani Atanasov, Luka Stankovski, Tihomir Kostadinov, Elmin Rastoder.

    LIE Liechtenstein (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    1 Benjamin Büchel (GK)
    4 Lars Traber
    23 Jens Hofer
    6 Andreas Malin
    8 Aron Sele
    17 Simon Lüchinger
    18 Nicolas Hasler
    3 Maximilian Göppel
    20 Sandro Wolfinger
    9 Ferhat Saglam
    7 Fabio Notaro
    Liechtenstein Substitutes:
    Jonas Weissenhofer, Emanuel Zünd, Felix Oberwaditzer, Niklas Beck, Fabio Wolfinger, Livio Meier, Alessio Hasler, Andrin Netzer, Justin Ospelt, William Pizzi, Tim-Tiado Oehri, Severin Schlegel.

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