First Macedonian Football League

This article is about the association football competition. For the basketball competition, see Macedonian Prva Liga (basketball).

Прва македонска Фудбалска Лига
First Macedonian Football League

Countries	Republic of Macedonia
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1992
Divisions	1
Number of teams	12
Levels on pyramid	1
Relegation to	2. MFL
Domestic cup(s)	Macedonian Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Current champions	Shkëndija (2010-11)
Most championships	FK Vardar (5)
Website	http://www.ffm.com.mk
2011–12

The First Macedonian Football League (Macedonian: Прва македонска Фудбалска Лига, Prva Мakedonska Fudbalska Liga; also called 1. MFL and Prva Liga) is the highest professional football competition in the Republic of Macedonia.

The league consists of 12 teams. The teams play against each other 3 times. The winner of the league enters into the Qualifying Rounds of the Champions League, while the second and third placed teams are entered into the Qualifying Rounds of the Europa League along with the winner of the Macedonian Cup. At the end of the season, the bottom 2 teams are relegated to the Macedonian Second League while the 9th and 10th placed teams enter a play-off with the 3rd and 4th placed teams of the Macedonian Second League.

UEFA Rankings

UEFA Country Ranking for league participation in 2008-09 European football season (Previous year rank in italics) ^[1]

• 37 (38) Azeri League
• 38 (35) Slovenian League
• 39 (40) Macedonian League
• 40 (39) Icelandic League
• 41 (42) Kazakh League

Teams

First League members for 2011–12

Club	Finishing position in season 2010-11	First season in top division
11 Oktomvri	1st in Vtora Liga	2011-12
Bregalnica Štip	8th	1992-93
Metalurg	2nd	1992-93
Napredok	10th	1999-00
Ohrid 2004	2nd in Vtora Liga	2011-12
Rabotnički	4th	1998-99
Renova	3rd	2005-06
Sileks	5th	1992-93
Škendija	1st	1996-97
Teteks	7th	1992-93
Turnovo	6th	2008-09
Vardar	11th	1992-93

First League clubs

Prior to 1992, Macedonian clubs competed in the Republic League. Since 1992-93 Macedonian clubs compete in their own national league. A total of 34 have entered the First League so far. Below is a list of First League clubs who have competed in the competition since 1992.

Seasons in First League

19 seasons: Sileks, Vardar 18 seasons: Pobeda 16 seasons: Pelister 15 seasons: Cementarnica 55 14 seasons: Makedonija GP, Sloga Jugomagnat 13 seasons: Rabotnički 12 seasons: Belasica 11 seasons: Tikveš 9 seasons: Napredok, Sasa

8 seasons: Borec, Osogovo 7 seasons: Balkan, Bregalnica Štip, Škendija 79 6 seasons: Renova 5 seasons: Baškimi, Rudar 4 seasons: Metalurg 3 seasons: Kumanovo, Ljuboten, Milano, Skopje, Teteks, Turnovo 2 seasons: Bregalnica Delčevo, Madžari Solidarnost, Ohrid, Vlazrimi 1 season: Karaorman, Kožuv, Vardarski

The bolded teams compete in the First League during the 2010-11 season. Vardar and Sileks are the only teams to have played First League football in every season.

WW2 Regional League

1941:Makedonija Skopje 1942:Makedonija Skopje 1943:Makedonija Skopje 1944:Makedonija Skopje

Club	Titles	Years Won
Makedonija Skopje	4	ALL

Republic League

1945: Makedonija 1946: Pobeda Skopje 1947: Vardar Skopje 1948: Dinamo Skopje 1949: Vardar Skopje 1950: Vardar Skopje 1951: Vardar Skopje 1952: Pobeda Prilep 1953: Rabotnički Skopje 1954: Rabotnički Skopje 1955: Rabotnički Skopje 1956: Vardar Skopje 1957: Rabotnički Skopje 1958: Rabotnički Skopje 1959: Pobeda Prilep 1960: Pelister Bitola 1961: Pelister Bitola 1962: Pobeda Prilep 1963: Pobeda Prilep 1964: Bregalnica Štip 1965: Teteks Tetovo 1966: Rabotnički Skopje 1967: Bregalnica Štip 1968: Rabotnički Skopje

1969: Teteks Tetovo 1970: Skopje 1971: Kumanovo 1972: Tikveš Kavadarci 1973: Rabotnički Skopje 1974: Teteks Tetovo 1975: Pelister Bitola 1976: Bregalnica Štip 1977: Rabotnički Skopje 1978: Tikveš Kavadarci 1979: Pobeda Prilep 1980: Rabotnički Skopje 1981: Pobeda Prilep 1982: Pelister Bitola 1983: Belasica Strumica 1984: Bregalnica Štip 1985: Teteks Tetovo 1986: Pobeda Prilep 1987: Metalurg Skopje 1988: Belasica Strumica 1989: Borec Veles 1990: Balkan Skopje 1991: Makedonija Gj.P. Skopje 1992: Sasa Makedonska Kamenica

Club	Titles	Years Won
Rabotnički Skopje	10	1953,1954,1955,1957,1958,1966,1968,1973,1977,1980
Pobeda Prilep	7	1952,1959,1962,1963,1979,1981,1986
Vardar Skopje	5	1947,1949,1950,1951,1956
Teteks Tetovo	4	1965,1969,1974,1985
Bregalnica Štip	4	1964,1967,1976,1984
Pelister Bitola	4	1960,1961,1975,1982
Belasica Strumica	2	1983,1988
Tikveš Kavadarci	2	1972,1978
Sasa Makedonska Kamenica	1	1992
Makedonija Gj.P. Skopje	1	1991
Balkan Skopje	1	1990
Borec Veles	1	1989
Metalurg Skopje	1	1987
Kumanovo	1	1971
Skopje	1	1970
Dinamo Skopje	1	1948
Pobeda Skopje	1	1946
Makedonija	1	1945

First Macedonian Football League

Winners by season

Season	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place
1992-93	Vardar	Sileks	Balkan
1993-94	Vardar	Sileks	Balkan
1994-95	Vardar	Sileks	Sloga Jugomagnat
1995-96	Sileks	Sloga Jugomagnat	Vardar
1996-97	Sileks	Pobeda	Sloga Jugomagnat
1997-98	Sileks	Sloga Jugomagnat	Makedonija GP
1998-99	Sloga Jugomagnat	Sileks	Pobeda
1999-00	Sloga Jugomagnat	Pobeda	Rabotnički Kometal
2000-01	Sloga Jugomagnat	Vardar	Pobeda
2001-02	Vardar	Belasica	Cementarnica 55
2002-03	Vardar	Belasica	Pobeda
2003-04	Pobeda	Sileks	Vardar
2004-05	Rabotnički Kometal	Vardar	Pobeda
2005-06	Rabotnički Kometal	Makedonija GP	Vardar
2006-07	Pobeda	Rabotnički Kometal	Makedonija GP
2007-08	Rabotnički Kometal	Milano	Pelister
2008-09	Makedonija Gj. P.	Milano	Renova
2009-10	Renova	Rabotnički	Metalurg
2010-11	Škendija	Metalurg	Renova

Record First League Champions

Club	Titles	Years Won
Vardar Skopje	5	1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003
Rabotnički Skopje	3	2005, 2006, 2008
Sileks Kratovo	3	1996, 1997, 1998
Sloga Jugomagnat Skopje	3	1999, 2000, 2001
Pobeda Prilep	2	2004, 2007
Makedonija Gj. P. Skopje	1	2009
Renova Džepčište	1	2010
Škendija	1	2011

Top scorers by season

Season	Player	Goals	Club
1992-93	Saša Ćirić	36	Vardar
1993-94	Zoran Boškovski	21	Sileks
1994-95	Saša Ćirić	35	Vardar
1995-96	Zoran Boškovski	20	Sileks
1996-97	Vančo Micevski Miroslav Đokić	16	Sileks Sileks
1997-98	Vančo Atanasov	12	Belasica
1998-99	Rogério Oliveira	22	Pobeda
1999-00	Argjend Bekjiri	19	Sloga Jugomagnat
2000-01	Argjend Bekjiri	27	Sloga Jugomagnat
2001-02	Miroslav Đokić	22	Pobeda
2002-03	Ljubiša Savić	25	Bregalnica Delčevo / Sloga Jugomagnat
2003-04	Dragan Dimitrovski	25	Pobeda
2004-05	Aleksandar Stojanovski Stevica Ristić	26	Belasica Sileks
2005-06	Stevica Ristić	27	Sileks
2006-07	Boban Jančevski	26	Bashkimi / Renova
2007-08	Ivica Gligorovski	15	Milano
2008-09	Ivica Gligorovski	14	Milano
2009-10	Bobi Božinovski	15	Rabotnički
2010-11	Hristijan Kirovski	20	Skopje

See Also

Macedonian Football Champions

References

1. ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 2011". Bert Kassies. http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2011.html. Retrieved August 9, 2010. 

External links

• Football Federation of Macedonia Official Site (Macedonian) (English)
• First League Current Stats (Macedonian) (English)
• MacedonianFootball.com (English)