Cymru vs. North Macedonia | 2026 FIFA World Cup – European Qualifiers – Group J

PREVIOUS MEETINGS

Cymru head coach Craig Bellamy has been involved in all three previous meetings between Cymru and Macedonia, and there is nothing to separate the two nations heading into this final match of this qualifying campaign.

North Macedonia were known as Macedonia when they were paired against Cymru in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying, and Bellamy played in both matches for Chris Coleman’s side.

The opening match in September 2013 took place in Skopje and ended with a 2-1 win for the hosts, with Aaron Ramsey scoring Cymru’s goal from the penalty spot.

The return match was just a month later at the Cardiff City Stadium and it was Cymru that claimed maximum points with a 1-0 victory through a goal from Simon Church after 67 minutes.

The most recent meeting between Cymru and North Macedonia took place in Skopje back in March this year and there was a dramatic ending with two goals in added time resulting in a 1-1 draw.

North Macedonia thought they had done enough to claim the points when Bojan Miovski scored a minute into the additional time, but David Brooks (below) salvaged a point for Bellamy’s Cymru five minutes later.