SKOPJE, Sept 26 - Macedonia coach Srecko Katanec
included Serbian-born striker Stevica Ristic in his 21-man squad
on Tuesday for the Euro 2008 qualifiers away to England on Oct.
7 and Andorra on Oct. 11.
Sileks Kratovo's Ristic, who recently obtained Macedonian
citizenship, has been the domestic league's top scorer for the
last two seasons, netting 51 goals in total.
Macedonia beat Estonia 1-0 and lost at home to England 1-0
in their opening two Group E games. Croatia, Russia and Israel
are also in the group.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Jane Nikolovski (Slaven Koprivnica), Tome
Pecovski (Rabotnicki Skopje), Petar Milosevski (Enozis Neon).
Defenders: Goce Sedloski (Mattersburg), Igor Mitreski
(Energie Cottbus), Nikolce Novevski (Mainz), Aleksandar Vasoski
(Eintracht Frankfurt), Robert Petrov (CSKA Sofia), Vlade
Lazarevski (Groclin Grodzisk), Robert Popov (Litex Lovech).
Midfielders: Igor Jancevski (Enozis Neon), Velice
Sumolikoski (Bursaspor), Darko Tasevski (Metalurg Zaporizhya),
Artim Sakiri (Aalborg), Aleksandar Mitreski (Cologne), Artim
Polozani (Makedonija Skopje).
Strikers: Goran Pandev (Lazio), Aco Stojkov (Partizan
Belgrade), Ilco Naumoski (Mattersburg), Goran Maznov (Lokeren),
Stevica Ristic (Sileks Kratovo).