Macedonian First Football League
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Founded | 1992 |
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Country | Republic of Macedonia |
Confederation | UEFA |
Number of teams | 10 |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Relegation to | 2. MFL |
Domestic cup(s) | Macedonian Football Cup |
International cup(s) |
UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League |
Current champions |
Shkëndija (2nd title) (2017–18) |
Most championships |
Vardar (10 titles) |
TV partners | TV 24 |
Website | ffm.mk |
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The Macedonian First Football League (Macedonian: Прва македонска фудбалска лига, Prva Мakedonska Fudbalska Liga; also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL and Prva Liga) is the highest professional football competition in the Republic of Macedonia. It is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Macedonian football league system and has been operating for about twenty years since the 1992–1993 season. It is organized by the Football Federation of Macedonia (FFM).
Format
Throughout the 1. MFL history, the number of clubs competing at the top level has been gradually decreased. Below is a complete record of how many teams played in each season throughout the league's history:
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The league has 10 teams, and each team plays the other sides four times, for a total of 36 matches each.[1]
Due to the UEFA Ranking coefficients ranking (shown below); 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 eighth placed team enter a play-off with the winner of the tie between second placed teams of the two groups in the Macedonian Second League.
UEFA Rankings
UEFA Country Ranking for league participation in 2014–15 European football season (Previous year rank in italics) [2][3]
- 37
(42) Macedonian First League - 38
(36) Veikkausliiga - 39
(38) League of Ireland Premier Division - 40
(39) Bosnian Premier League
Rank | Club | Competition | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P |
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1 | FK Vardar | 1. MFL | 733 | 414 | 173 | 146 | 1353 | 627 | +726 | 1356 |
2 | Sileks | 1. MFL | 700 | 316 | 147 | 237 | 1165 | 885 | +280 | 1060 |
3 | Rabotnichki | 1. MFL | 560 | 291 | 123 | 146 | 914 | 571 | +343 | 996 |
4 | Pobeda | 1. MFL | 511 | 263 | 99 | 149 | 916 | 632 | +284 | 863 |
5 | Pelister | 1. MFL | 570 | 207 | 124 | 239 | 714 | 764 | −50 | 717 |
6 | Shkëndija | 1. MFL | 424 | 181 | 73 | 135 | 606 | 502 | +142 | 683 |
7 | Sloga Jugomagnat | Dissolved | 392 | 189 | 84 | 119 | 609 | 412 | +197 | 620 |
8 | Makedonija GP | 1. MFL | 425 | 164 | 98 | 163 | 570 | 525 | +45 | 559 |
9 | Renova | 1. MFL | 352 | 152 | 97 | 103 | 497 | 403 | +94 | 553 |
10 | Cementarnica | 4. MFL – OFL Kisela Voda | 448 | 157 | 95 | 196 | 588 | 622 | −34 | 541 |
- Deducted points: FK Makedonija GP -19, FK Sloga Jugomagnat −11, FK Vardar −9, FK Cementarnica −3 and FK Škendija −3.
History
In 1923 the first national Yugoslav Football Championship was held, and 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,[5] when a separate Skoplje Football Subassociation League was formed.[6] The champions of the Subassociation Leagues were granted a place in the qualifiers to the Yugoslav Championship. Gragjanski Skopje became the only Macedonian club to participate in the national league, first in 1935–36 when the championship was played in a cup format,[7] and then in 1938–39, when it was played in a normal league system with Gragjanski finishing 10th out of 12 teams.[8] In 1939 the Yugoslav league system was changed, with the creation of separate Serbian and Croato-Slovenian Leagues which served as qualifying leagues for the final phase of the Yugoslav Championship.[9] The clubs from the Skopje Subassociation aimed to qualify to the Serbian League, however only Gragjanski managed to participate, in 1939–40 (5th place)[10] and 1940–41 (8th place).[11]
List of seasons
Most titles
The titles won by clubs since independence are shown in the following table:[12][13]
Club | Titles | Runners-up | Winning years |
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Vardar Skopje | 10 | 2 | 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 |
Rabotnichki Skopje | 4 | 3 | 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2013–14 |
Sileks Kratovo | 3 | 5 | 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98 |
Sloga Jugomagnat Skopje | 3 | 2 | 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01 |
Pobeda Prilep | 2 | 2 | 2003–04, 2006–07 |
Shkëndija Tetovo | 2 | 2 | 2010–11, 2017–18 |
Makedonija Skopje | 1 | 1 | 2008–09 |
Renova Djepchishte | 1 | – | 2009–10 |
Metalurg Skopje | – | 3 | – |
Milano Kumanovo | – | 2 | – |
Belasica Strumica | – | 2 | – |
Horizont Turnovo | – | 1 | – |
Current teams (2018–19)
Club[14] |
Finishing position in season 2017–18[15] |
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Akademija Pandev | 6th |
Belasica | 1st in Second League - East[16] |
Makedonija GP | 1st in Second League - West[17] |
Pobeda | 8th |
Rabotnichki | 3rd |
Renova | 7th |
Shkëndija | 1st |
Shkupi | 4th |
Sileks | 5th |
Vardar | 2nd |
References
- ↑ "First League". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ↑ "UEFA Country Ranking 2015". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ↑ "UEFA Country coefficients 2017/18". UEFA. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ↑ All-Time First Macedonian League Standings
- ↑ Sijić, pag. 135
- ↑ Milorad Sijić: "Football in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia", pag. 142 (in Serbian)
- ↑ Sijić, pag. 99–100
- ↑ Sijić, pag. 111–116
- ↑ Sijić, pag. 117
- ↑ Sijić, pag. 120–121
- ↑ Sijić, pag. 129
- ↑ Karel Stokkermans (29 October 2015). "Macedonia - List of Champions". Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ↑ https://int.soccerway.com/national/macedonia-fyr/first-league/c65/archive/?ICID=PL_3N_06
- ↑ "First League". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ↑ "First League 2017/2018". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ↑ "Second League East 2017/2018". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ↑ "Second League West 2017/2018". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
External links
- Macedonian First League current season standings and recent results at Uefa.com
- Tables of the previous seasons at MacedonianFootball.com
- Football Federation of Macedonia (in Macedonian)