Republic of Macedonia national under-21 football team
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| Nickname(s) | The Red Lions (Црвени лавови) |
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| Association | Football Federation of Macedonia |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Blagoja Milevski |
| Captain |
David Babunski Boban Nikolov Gjoko Zajkov |
| Most caps | Goran Bogdanović (28) |
| Top scorer | Samir Fazli (7) |
| FIFA code | MKD |
| First international | |
 Macedonia 5–3  Denmark(Kočani, 7 September 1994) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Macedonia 4–0  Armenia(Skopje, 18 August 2004) |
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| UEFA U-21 Championship | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2017) |
| Best result | Group stage, 2017 |
Macedonia 0–8 
Yugoslavia
(Skopje, 7 September 1999)
The Macedonian national under-21 football team, also known as Macedonia under-21(s) or Macedonia U21(s), is a youth association football national team which represents Macedonia at this age level and is a feeder team for the Macedonia national football team.
This team is for Macedonian players aged 21 or under at the start of a two-year European Under-21 Football Championship campaign, so players can be, and often are, up to 23 years old. Also in existence are teams for Under-20s (for non-UEFA tournaments), Under-19s and Under 17s. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, making it possible to play for the U21s, senior side and again for the U21s. It is also possible to play for one country at youth level and another at senior level (providing the player is eligible)
The under-21 age category came into existence with the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976. The Macedonia U21 team was formed following Macedonia's independence from SFR Yugoslavia in 1991 and is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia (from 1976 to 1992 Macedonian players played for Yugoslavia U21). A 7–0 win in a friendly against Estonia played on 31 May 1994 was Macedonia U21s' first result.
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