We’re well aware that there are some of you out there who love numbers. And lots of you who will be watching Ireland v Macedonia later. Yep, we’ve done the math on the Balkan nation.
2,042,484 The entire population of Macedonia (2009 estimate)
100 The number of caps won by their most-capped player, the now retired Goce Sedloski
1 The number of times they managed to beat a nation ranked in the top 10 of the FIFA rankings – that was against Croatia in 2007
19 The age of the youngest member of the squad, the uncapped Stefan Ristovski who plays his club football with Parma
147 Lowest ever FIFA ranking (May 1994)
46 Highest ever FIFA ranking (October 2008)
4 The amount of points they have in Group B of the Euro 2012 qualifiers so far
23 The number of goals scored by their all-time topscorer, Goran Pandev
32,580 The capacity of their home ground in Skopje, the Philip II Arena
5 The highest number of goals they have ever been defeated by competitively – on two occasions (5-0 to Belgium in ’95 and 6-1 to Czech Republic in ’05)
11 The most goals they ever scored in a competitive match – against Liechtenstein in ’96
3 The highest amount of numbers you will see on Macedonian car license plates (they have letters on there too)
0 The amount of major football tournaments they have qualified for in their history
You can follow every kick with JOE’s live minute-by-minute tonight at joe.ie/football.
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