SKOPJE April 23 (Reuters) - Macedonia have named former Yugoslavia winger Ljubinko Drulovic as their new coach on a 2-1/2 year contract, the Balkan nation's football federation (FFM) said on Thursday.
Drulovic, who won five Portuguese league titles and four cups with Porto before moving to traditional rivals Benfica, replaced Bosko Gjurovski who was sacked earlier this month.
"The decision to appoint Drulovic was made on the basis of the FFM's criteria envisaging higher expectations and better results from the national team in the ongoing Euro 2016 qualifiers," the body said on its website (www.ffm.mk).
The 46-year old, who had a brief coaching stint with Serbia as caretaker last year following their failure to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, promised he would work hard to lift Macedonia out of the doldrums.