News.ssport.net (Aug 29, 2003) - Macedonia coach Dragan Kanatlarovski has named a 19-man squad for the UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying matches against England and Slovakia.

Kanatlarovski, who replaced Nikola Ilievski in the hot seat earlier this month, has selected FK Partizan defender Milan Stojanoski after a one-year absence from the squad. Meanwhile, the four players who were recalled for the recent 3-1 friendly win against Albania - defenders Igor Gjuzelov, Igor Mitreski and Goran Stavrevski, and striker Georgi Hristov - are also included.

Another defender, Goce Sedloski, will miss the England tie in Skopje on 6 September through suspension, but will be back to face Slovakia in Zilina four days later - in what will be the Macedonians final Group 7 outing.

However, Kanatlarovski is without defender Aleksandar Vasoski, who has a thigh injury, and striker Robert Popov who is recovering from knee surgery. "We have nothing to lose against England," he said. "My players will do their best and show they are capable of achieving a good result against a great team."

Macedonia squad
Milosevski
Nikolovski
Mitreski
Gjuzelov
Cumbev
Sedloski
Stavrevski
Stojanoski
A Mitreski
Jancevski
Grozdanovski
Sumulikoski
Braga
Trajanov
Pandev
Saciri
Hristov
Naumoski
Dimitrovski