FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

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

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Liechtenstein
    FT
    0 - 3
    North Macedonia
    • 7': Aleksandar Trajkovski
    • 42': Visar Musliu
    • 84': Bojan Miovski

    About

    Liechtenstein are hosting North Macedonia at Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Darko Churlinov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 3': Foul by Aron Sele (Liechtenstein).
    • 5': Offside, North Macedonia. Darko Churlinov is caught offside.
    • 7': Goal! Liechtenstein 0, North Macedonia 1. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bojan Miovski.
    • 12': Darko Churlinov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 12': Foul by Simon Lüchinger (Liechtenstein).
    • 12': Attempt blocked. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 13': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 13': Foul by Sandro Wolfinger (Liechtenstein).
    • 14': Attempt blocked. Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Enis Bardhi.
    • 14': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Maximilian Göppel.
    • 15': Attempt missed. Isnik Alimi (North Macedonia) header from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Enis Bardhi with a cross following a corner.
    • 16': Offside, North Macedonia. Aleksandar Trajkovski is caught offside.
    • 21': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Maximilian Göppel.
    • 22': Attempt saved. William Pizzi (Liechtenstein) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 23': Foul by Nikola Serafimov (North Macedonia).
    • 23': Sandro Wolfinger (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 24': Nikola Serafimov (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 25': Attempt blocked. Sandro Wieser (Liechtenstein) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 25': Attempt missed. Sandro Wolfinger (Liechtenstein) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
    • 25': Offside, Liechtenstein. Nicolas Hasler is caught offside.
    • 26': Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 26': Foul by Sandro Wieser (Liechtenstein).
    • 26': Offside, North Macedonia. Bojan Miovski is caught offside.
    • 28': Offside, North Macedonia. Eljif Elmas is caught offside.
    • 32': Darko Churlinov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 32': Foul by Jens Hofer (Liechtenstein).
    • 32': Jens Hofer (Liechtenstein) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 33': Attempt blocked. Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is blocked.
    • 35': Foul by Dennis Salanovic (Liechtenstein).
    • 35': Isnik Alimi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Foul by William Pizzi (Liechtenstein).
    • 37': Gjoko Zajkov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 38': Attempt saved. Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia) header from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Darko Churlinov with a cross.
    • 38': Delay in match because of an injury Isnik Alimi (North Macedonia).
    • 38': Aron Sele (Liechtenstein) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 40': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 41': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Sandro Wieser.
    • 42': Goal! Liechtenstein 0, North Macedonia 2. Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Isnik Alimi with a headed pass following a corner.
    • 43': Aron Sele (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 43': Foul by Darko Churlinov (North Macedonia).
    • 44': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Isnik Alimi with a through ball.
    • 44': Attempt saved. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aleksandar Trajkovski.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Liechtenstein 0, North Macedonia 2.
    • 45': Second Half begins Liechtenstein 0, North Macedonia 2.
    • 45': Substitution, North Macedonia. Bojan Ilievski replaces Nikola Serafimov.
    • 45': Substitution, North Macedonia. Jani Atanasov replaces Isnik Alimi.
    • 48': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Enis Bardhi with a cross.
    • 48': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Bojan Miovski with a headed pass.
    • 49': Offside, Liechtenstein. Dennis Salanovic is caught offside.
    • 50': Attempt blocked. William Pizzi (Liechtenstein) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dennis Salanovic.
    • 50': Attempt blocked. Nicolas Hasler (Liechtenstein) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by William Pizzi.
    • 50': Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 50': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Darko Churlinov.
    • 50': Hand ball by Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia).
    • 51': Delay in match because of an injury Maximilian Göppel (Liechtenstein).
    • 51': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 53': Delay in match because of an injury Maximilian Göppel (Liechtenstein).
    • 54': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 55': Substitution, Liechtenstein. Kenny Kindle replaces Maximilian Göppel because of an injury.
    • 55': Foul by Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia).
    • 55': Sandro Wolfinger (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 57': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Lars Traber.
    • 59': Attempt blocked. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 59': Foul by Dennis Salanovic (Liechtenstein).
    • 59': Jani Atanasov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Offside, North Macedonia. Bojan Miovski is caught offside.
    • 63': Substitution, Liechtenstein. Fabio Notaro replaces William Pizzi.
    • 63': Substitution, Liechtenstein. Ferhat Saglam replaces Dennis Salanovic.
    • 63': Substitution, North Macedonia. David Tosevski replaces Aleksandar Trajkovski.
    • 63': Substitution, North Macedonia. Bojan Dimoski replaces Ezgjan Alioski.
    • 65': Hand ball by Kenny Kindle (Liechtenstein).
    • 65': Attempt saved. Darko Churlinov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 65': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Benjamin Büchel.
    • 67': Aron Sele (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 67': Foul by Bojan Ilievski (North Macedonia).
    • 68': Delay in match because of an injury Sandro Wolfinger (Liechtenstein).
    • 69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 72': Foul by Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia).
    • 72': Jens Hofer (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Substitution, Liechtenstein. Niklas Beck replaces Sandro Wieser.
    • 73': Substitution, Liechtenstein. Emanuel Zünd replaces Sandro Wolfinger because of an injury.
    • 75': Darko Churlinov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 75': Foul by Kenny Kindle (Liechtenstein).
    • 75': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 75': Foul by Ferhat Saglam (Liechtenstein).
    • 76': Hand ball by Darko Churlinov (North Macedonia).
    • 78': Delay in match because of an injury Aron Sele (Liechtenstein).
    • 79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 80': Substitution, North Macedonia. Kristijan Trapanovski replaces Darko Churlinov.
    • 81': Attempt saved. David Tosevski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gjoko Zajkov.
    • 81': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Benjamin Büchel.
    • 82': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Benjamin Büchel.
    • 84': Goal! Liechtenstein 0, North Macedonia 3. Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bojan Ilievski with a cross.
    • 88': Offside, North Macedonia. David Tosevski is caught offside.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+2': Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Lars Traber (Liechtenstein).
    • 90'+2': Lars Traber (Liechtenstein) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Liechtenstein 0, North Macedonia 3.
    • 0': Match ends, Liechtenstein 0, North Macedonia 3.

    Statistics

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    7 Fouls 12
    1 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    6 Offsides 2
    7 Corner Kicks 0
    1 Saves 6
    74 Possession 26
    17 SHOTS 5
    9 ON GOAL 1
    0.5 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    490 Accurate Passes 116
    561 Passes 192
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.6
    5 Accurate Crosses 1
    14 Crosses 3
    0.4 Cross % 0.3
    50 Long Balls 36
    28 Accurate Long Balls 9
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.3
    5 Blocked Shots 3
    7 Effective Tackles 15
    9 Tackles 26
    0.8 Tackle % 0.6
    7 Interceptions 8
    6 Effective Clearances 28
    6 Clearances 28

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

    Venue: Rheinpark Stadion
    Location: Vaduz, Liechtenstein
    Attendance: 4,094

    WCQ - UEFA Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 North Macedonia 2 +3 4
    2 Wales 2 +2 4
    3 Kazakhstan 2 0 3
    4 Belgium 0 0 0
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    LIE Liechtenstein (5-3-2)

    No. Name
    1 Benjamin Büchel (GK)
    10 Sandro Wieser
    3 Maximilian Göppel
    4 Lars Traber Yellow Card
    5 Jens Hofer Yellow Card
    20 Sandro Wolfinger
    18 Nicolas Hasler
    8 Aron Sele Yellow Card
    17 Simon Lüchinger
    22 William Pizzi
    11 Dennis Salanovic
    Liechtenstein Substitutes:
    Tim-Tiado Oehri, Severin Schlegel, Andreas Malin, Felix Oberwaditzer, Kenny Kindle, Ferhat Saglam, Jakob Lorenz, Emanuel Zünd, Niklas Beck, Gabriel Foser, Fabio Notaro, Fabio Wolfinger.

    MKD North Macedonia (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Stole Dimitrievski (GK)
    6 Visar Musliu
    4 Nikola Serafimov Yellow Card
    8 Ezgjan Alioski
    5 Gjoko Zajkov
    10 Enis Bardhi
    16 Isnik Alimi
    7 Eljif Elmas
    11 Darko Churlinov
    9 Aleksandar Trajkovski
    20 Bojan Miovski
    North Macedonia Substitutes:
    David Tosevski, Jovan Manev, Igor Aleksovski, Dejan Iliev, Bojan Ilievski, Andrej Stojchevski, Luka Stankovski, Agon Elezi, Tihomir Kostadinov, Bojan Dimoski, Kristijan Trapanovski, Jani Atanasov.

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