List of Macedonian football champions

The Macedonian football champions (Macedonian: Македонски Фудбалски Шампион, Championship: Шампионат, single: "Шампион", plural: Шампиони) are the annual winners of Macedonian First Football League, Republic of Macedonia's premier annual football league competition. The title has been contested since 1929 in varying forms of competition.

History

In 1923 it was organised the first edition of leagues in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia where, beside the top-level national Yugoslav Football Championship, regional championships were also played. The clubs of the Vardarska Banovina, territorially similar to present day Macedonia, played within the Belgrade Football Subassociation League until 1927,[1] when a separate Skoplje Football Subassociation League was formed.[2] The champions of Subassociation Leagues were granted a place in the qualifiers to the Yugoslav Championship, a top national level. Gragjanski Skopje became the only club to manage to participate in the national league, first in 1935–36 when the championship was played in a cup system,[3] and in 1938–39, when it was played in normal league system with Gragjanski finishing 10th out of 12 teams.[4] In 1939 the Yugoslav league system was changed, with the creation of separate Serbian and Croato-Slovenian Leagues which will serve as qualifying leagues for the final phase of the Yugoslav Championship.[5] The clubs from the Skopje Subassociation played their qualifications to the Serbian League, however only Gragjanski managed to participate, and it did it in both occasions, in 1939–40 (5th place)[6] and 1940–41 (8th place).[7] That became the last season before the beginning of the Second World War.

Royal League

The clubs from the territory of Vardarska Banovina (belonging to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) had a league organised by the Skoplje Football Subassociation. The winner had direct access to the Yugoslav Championship.[8]

Season Champion
1929 Pobeda Skopje
1930 Jug Skopje
SSK Skopje
Sparta Skopje double-dagger
1931 Not Finished
1932 SSK Skopje
1933 SSK Skopje
1934 SSK Skopje
1935 Not Finished
1936 Gragjanski Skopje
1937 Not Finished
1938 Gragjanski Skopje
1939 Gragjanski Skopje
1940 SSK Skopje
1941 SSK Skopje

Notes:

  • double-dagger All 3 teams finished with equal number of points.

As part of Bulgaria (WWII)

Source:[9]

Season Champion
1942 Makedonija Skopje
1943 ZhSK Skopje
1944 ZhSK Skopje

Republic League

During this period Macedonia was part of SFR Yugoslavia and its leading clubs (including Vardar Skopje) played in the Yugoslav leagues.[9]

Season Champion
1944–45 Makedonija Skopje
1945–46 Pobeda Skopje
1946–47 Makedonija Skopje
1947–48 Dinamo Skopje
1948–49 11 Oktomvri Kumanovo
1949–50 Rabotnik Bitola
1950–51 Rabotnik Bitola
1951–52 Rabotnichki Skopje
1952–53 Pobeda Prilep
1953–54 Rabotnichki Skopje
1954–55 Rabotnichki Skopje
1955–56 Vardar Skopje
1956–57 Rabotnichki Skopje
1957–58 Rabotnichki Skopje
1958–59 Pobeda Prilep
1959–60 Pelister Bitola
1960–61 Pelister Bitola
1961–62 Pobeda Prilep
1962–63 Pobeda Prilep
1963–64 Bregalnica Shtip
1964–65 Teteks Tetovo
1965–66 Rabotnichki Skopje
1966–67 Bregalnica Shtip
1967–68 Rabotnichki Skopje
1968–69 Teteks Tetovo
Season Champion
1969–70 MIK Skopje
1970–71 Kumanovo
1971–72 Tikvesh Kavadarci
1972–73 Rabotnichki Skopje
1973–74 Teteks Tetovo
1974–75 Pelister Bitola
1975–76 Bregalnica Shtip
1976–77 Rabotnichki Skopje
1977–78 Tikvesh Kavadarci
1978–79 Pobeda Prilep
1979–80 Rabotnichki Skopje
1980–81 Pobeda Prilep
1981–82 Pelister Bitola
1982–83 Belasica Strumica
1983–84 Bregalnica Shtip
1984–85 Teteks Tetovo
1985–86 Pobeda Prilep
1986–87 Metalurg Skopje
1987–88 Belasica Strumica
1988–89 Borec-Titov Veles
1989–90 Balkan Skopje
1990–91 Makedonija Skopje
1991–92 Sasa Makedonska Kamenica

National Competitions

Macedonian First League

In 1992 the Macedonian Republic League, joined by the Macedonian clubs that played in the Yugoslav First and Second League, formed the Macedonian First Football League, the first time Macedonia had its own top-level national championship. The following table provides a summary of seasons and the top scorers since independence: [10]

Key
† League champions also won the Macedonian Football Cup, i.e. they completed a domestic Double.
Season Champions (titles) Runners-up[11] Third place Top scorer(s)[12]
Player (Club) Goals
1992–93 Vardar (1) † Sileks Balkan Saša Ćirić (Vardar) 36
1993–94 Vardar (2) Sileks Balkan Zoran Boshkovski (Sileks) 21
1994–95 Vardar (3) † Sileks Sloga Jugomagnat Saša Ćirić (Vardar) 35
1995–96 Sileks (1) Sloga Jugomagnat Vardar Zoran Boshkovski (Sileks) 20
1996–97 Sileks (2) † Pobeda Sloga Jugomagnat Vancho Micevski (Sileks) § 16
Miroslav Gjokić (Sileks) § 16
1997–98 Sileks (3) Sloga Jugomagnat Makedonija GP Vancho Atanasov (Belasica) 12
1998–99 Sloga Jugomagnat (1) Sileks Pobeda Rogério Oliveira (Pobeda) 22
1999–2000 Sloga Jugomagnat (2) † Pobeda Rabotnichki Argjend Beqiri (Sloga Jugomagnat) 19
2000–01 Sloga Jugomagnat (3) Vardar Pobeda Argjend Beqiri (Sloga Jugomagnat) 27
2001–02 Vardar (4) Belasica Cementarnica Miroslav Gjokić (Pobeda) 22
2002–03 Vardar (5) Belasica Pobeda Ljubiša Savić (Bregalnica / Sloga Jugomagnat) 25
2003–04 Pobeda (1) Sileks Vardar Dragan Dimitrovski (Pobeda) 25
2004–05 Rabotnichki (1) Vardar Pobeda Aleksandar Stojanovski (Belasica) § 26
Stevica Ristić (Sileks) § 26
2005–06 Rabotnichki (2) Makedonija GP Vardar Stevica Ristić (Sileks) 27
2006–07 Pobeda (2) Rabotnichki Makedonija GP Boban Janchevski (Bashkimi / Renova) 26
2007–08 Rabotnichki (3) † Milano Pelister Ivica Gligorovski (Milano) 15
2008–09 Makedonija GP (1) Milano Renova Ivica Gligorovski (Milano) 14
2009–10 Renova (1) Rabotnichki Metalurg Bobi Bozhinovski (Rabotnichki) 15
2010–11 Shkëndija (1) Metalurg Renova Hristijan Kirovski (Skopje) 20
2011–12 Vardar (6) Metalurg Shkëndija Filip Ivanovski (Vardar) 24
2012–13 Vardar (7) Metalurg Turnovo Jovan Kostovski (Vardar) 22
2013–14 Rabotnichki (4) † Turnovo Metalurg Dejan Blazhevski (Turnovo) 19
2014–15 Vardar (8) Rabotnichki Shkëndija Izair Emini (Renova) 20
2015–16 Vardar (9) Shkëndija Sileks Besart Ibraimi (Shkëndija) 26
2016–17 Vardar (10) Shkëndija Rabotnichki Besart Ibraimi (Shkëndija) 20
2017–18 Shkëndija (2) † Vardar Rabotnichki Ferhan Hasani (Shkëndija) § 22
Besart Ibraimi (Shkëndija) § 22

Performance

Macedonian First League Trophy

The performance of various clubs is shown in the following table:[9][13]

By club

Note: Bold indicates clubs currently playing in the top division.

Club Titles Runners-up Third place Winning years
Vardar Skopje 10 3 3 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016,2017
Rabotnichki Skopje 4 3 3 2005, 2006, 2008, 2014
Sileks Kratovo 3 5 1 1996, 1997, 1998
Sloga Jugomagnat Skopje 3 2 2 1999, 2000, 2001
Pobeda Prilep 2 2 4 2004, 2007
Shkëndija Tetovo 2 2 2 2011, 2018
Makedonija Skopje 1 1 2 2010
Renova Dzhepchishte 1 – 2 2009
Metalurg Skopje – 3 2 –
Milano Kumanovo – 2 – –
Belasica Strumica – 2 – –
Horizont Turnovo – 1 1 –
Balkan Skopje – – 2 –
Cementarnica Skopje – – 1 –
Pelister Bitola – – 1 –

References

  1. ↑ Sijić, pag. 135
  2. ↑ Milorad Sijić: "Football in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia", pag. 142 (in Serbian)
  3. ↑ Sijić, pag. 99-100
  4. ↑ Sijić, pag. 111-116
  5. ↑ Sijić, pag. 117
  6. ↑ Sijić, pag. 120-121
  7. ↑ Sijić, pag. 129
  8. ↑ Milorad Sijić: "Football in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia", pag. 142 (in Serbian)
  9. 1 2 3 Karel Stokkermans (29 October 2015). "Macedonia - List of Champions". Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  10. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/fyromchamp.html
  11. ↑ "First League: Archive". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  12. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/fyromtops.html
  13. ↑ https://int.soccerway.com/national/macedonia-fyr/first-league/c65/archive/?ICID=PL_3N_06
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