Midfielder Veliche Shumulikoski has been named in the Macedonia squad for their World Cup qualifiers against Scotland and Holland next month. Macedonia are at home to George Burley's side on September 6th, while the Dutch are in Skopje on September 10th.
Prior to the Scotland game Shumulikoski will be presented with a gift by the Macedonian FA marking his 50th cap. Although there is some confusion surrounding the number of official international games the 27-year-old has played â€" UEFA's official total puts his haul at 49 â€" Macedonia's football authorities believe that last week's friendly against Luxembourg was his 50th.
Macedonia: Petar Milosevski (Enosis Neon Paralimni FC, CYP), Tome Pacovski (FK Vardar Skopje), Goce Sedloski (SV Mattersburg, AUT), Igor Mitreski (FC Energie Cottbus, GER), Vlade Lazarevski (Groclin Dyskobolia, POL), Nikolce Noveski (1. FSV Mainz 05, GER), Goran Popov (SC Heerenveen, NED), Robert Petrov (Panserraikos FC, GRE), Miroslav Vajs (FK Vardar Skopje), Boban Grncarov (KAA Gent, BEL), Vlatko Grozdanoski (FK Vojvodina Novi Sad, SRB), Darko Tasevski (PFC Levski Sofia, BUL), Artim Polozani (FK Vardar Skopje), Vanco Trajanov (FC Chernomorec, BUL), Veliche Shumulikoski (Ipswich Town, ENG), Ertan Demiri (KSC Lokeren, BEL), Goran Pandev (SS Lazio, ITA), Goran Maznov (FC Tom Tomsk, RUS), Ilco Naumoski (SV Mattersburg, AUT), Stevica Ristic (Pohang Steelers, KOR).