The 2018–19 Macedonian First League was the 27th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of North Macedonia (before 12 February Macedonia). It began on 11 August 2018 and ended on 26 May 2019. Each team played the other sides four times on home-away basis, for a total of 36 matches. Shkëndija were the defending champions, having won their second title in 2017–18.
Source: MacedonianFootball.com Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Draw; 9) Play-off. (Note: Criteria 2, 3 and 8 is only used if not deciding Champion, teams for UEFA competitions or relegation).[citation needed] (C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated Notes:
^Vardar failed to get the UEFA license for the competition due to financial problems.[1]
Resultsedit
Each team played home-and-away against every other team in the league twice, for a total of 36 matches each.
Source: MacedonianFootball.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Positions by roundedit
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
^"Откако Вардар не доби лиценца: Македонија ЃП, ај честито Европа!!!". Sportmedia.mk. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
External linksedit
Football Federation of Macedonia (in Macedonian)
MacedonianFootball.com (in Macedonian and English)
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The 2018 19 Macedonian First League was the 27th season of the Macedonian First Football League the highest football league of North Macedonia before 12 February Macedonia It began on 11 August 2018 and ended on 26 May 2019 Each team played the other sides four times on home away basis for a total of 36 matches Shkendija were the defending champions having won their second title in 2017 18 Macedonian First LeagueSeason2018 19Dates11 August 2018 26 May 2019ChampionsShkendija3rd domestic titleRelegatedBelasicaPobedaChampions LeagueShkendijaEuropa LeagueAkademija PandevMakedonija G P ShkupiMatches played180Goals scored440 2 44 per match Top goalscorerVlatko Stojanovski 18 goals Biggest home winRenova 9 1 Pobeda 4 May 2019 Biggest away winBelasica 1 4 Makedonija G P 10 November 2018 Renova 0 3 Shkendija 2 December 2018 Highest scoringRenova 9 1 Pobeda 4 May 2019 Longest winning run7 gamesShkendijaLongest unbeaten run13 gamesVardarLongest winless run15 gamesPobedaLongest losing run7 gamesPobeda 2017 182019 20 All statistics correct as of 26 May 2019 Contents 1 Promotion and relegation 2 Participating teams 2 1 Personnel and kits 3 League table 4 Results 4 1 Positions by round 5 Season statistics 5 1 Top scorers 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksPromotion and relegation editAt the end of the 2017 18 season Promoted from 2017 18 Second League Belasica Winners East Makedonija G P Winners West Relegated to 2018 19 Second League Skopje 9th Pelister 10th At the end of the 2018 19 season Promoted from 2018 19 Second League Borec Winners East Struga Winners West Relegated to 2019 20 Second League Belasica 9th Pobeda 10th Participating teams edit nbsp nbsp Skopje nbsp Shkendija nbsp Pobeda nbsp Renova nbsp Sileks nbsp A PandevBelasica nbsp Skopje clubs nbsp MakedonijaRabotnickiShkupiVardarclass notpageimage Location of teams in 2018 19 Macedonian First League Akademija Pandev Belasica Makedonija G P Pobeda Kukus Stadium Blagoj Istatov Stadium Gjorce Petrov Stadium Various Capacity 1 500 Capacity 9 200 Capacity 3 000 nbsp RabotnickiVardar RenovaShkendija Shkupi Sileks Tose Proeski Arena a UEFA nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Ecolog Arena Chair Stadium City Stadium Kratovo Capacity 36 460 Capacity 15 000 Capacity 6 000 Capacity 4 800 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp The stadium was called Philip II Arena until 9 April 2019 Personnel and kits edit Note Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Akademija Pandev nbsp Jugoslav Trenchovski nbsp Sashko Pandev Givova Belasica nbsp Zdravko Zdravkov nbsp Dragan Stojkov Nike Cosmopolit Makedonija G P nbsp Aleksandar Tanevski nbsp Bobi Bozhinovski Kappa Evropa Pobeda nbsp Toni Meglenski nbsp Darko Tofiloski Jako Krali Marko amp Vitaminka Rabotnicki nbsp Zhikica Tasevski nbsp Blazhe Ilijoski Joma Seavus Renova nbsp Nikola Ilievski nbsp Fisnik Nuhi Jako Renova Shkendija nbsp Qatip Osmani nbsp Armend Alimi Macron Ecolog Shkupi nbsp Umit Karan nbsp Muharem Bajrami Kappa ATS Group Sileks nbsp Momchilo Mitevski nbsp Filip Duranski Legea Vardar nbsp Aleksandar Vasoski nbsp Goran Popov Hummel BetCityLeague table editPos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Shkendija C 36 24 7 5 80 29 51 79 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round 2 Vardar 36 17 13 6 45 23 22 64 Excluded from European competitions a 3 Akademija Pandev 36 17 7 12 45 35 10 58 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round 4 Shkupi 36 13 9 14 40 42 2 48 5 Makedonija G P 36 12 11 13 45 50 5 47 6 Renova 36 12 11 13 53 49 4 47 7 Rabotnicki 36 13 7 16 43 49 6 46 8 Sileks O 36 11 11 14 27 39 12 44 Qualification for the relegation play off final 9 Belasica R 36 9 11 16 37 49 12 38 Relegation to the Macedonian Second League 10 Pobeda R 36 6 5 25 26 76 50 23Source MacedonianFootball comRules for classification 1 Points 2 Goal difference 3 Goals scored 4 Head to head points 5 Head to head goal difference 6 Head to head away goals scored only if two teams 7 Head to head goals scored 8 Draw 9 Play off Note Criteria 2 3 and 8 is only used if not deciding Champion teams for UEFA competitions or relegation citation needed C Champions O Play off winners R RelegatedNotes Vardar failed to get the UEFA license for the competition due to financial problems 1 Results editEach team played home and away against every other team in the league twice for a total of 36 matches each Home Away AKP BEL MGP POB RAB REN SKE SKU SIL VAR AKP BEL MGP POB RAB REN SKE SKU SIL VAR Akademija Pandev 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 Belasica 0 2 1 4 2 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 Makedonija G P 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 Pobeda 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 3 1 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 Rabotnicki 1 0 1 1 5 1 3 1 3 4 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 Renova 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 3 2 0 0 9 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 Shkendija 0 1 4 1 5 1 0 2 6 2 2 2 3 0 5 0 2 2 4 1 3 0 4 2 5 2 1 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 Shkupi 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 Sileks 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 Vardar 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Source MacedonianFootball comLegend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Positions by round edit The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches In order to preserve chronological evolvements any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards Team Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536Shkendija464322332222111111111111111111111111Vardar522433111111222222232333322222222222Akademija Pandev211211223333333333323222233333333333Shkupi679896910109109989665555445557644444454Makedonija G P 9998810887567876876777877776777776775Renova157779754786645557666664444565555566Rabotnicki843144566454564444444556665456667647Sileks7855681099109101091010108888788888888888888Belasica101010101076786787108991010910999999999999999Pobeda3366554458454577899109101010101010101010101010101010Leader and qualification for the Champions League first qualifying roundQualification for the Europa League first qualifying roundQualification for the Relegation play off finalRelegation to the Macedonian Second LeagueSource macedonianfootball comSeason statistics editTop scorers edit As of 26 May 2019 Rank Player Club Goals 1 nbsp Vlatko Stojanovski Renova 18 2 nbsp Ljupcho Doriev Akademija Pandev 16 3 nbsp Izair Emini Shkendija 11 nbsp Besart Ibraimi Shkendija nbsp Hristijan Kirovski Makedonija G P nbsp Petar Petkovski Rabotnicki nbsp Emran Ramadani Renova 8 nbsp Pepi Gorgiev Belasica 9 nbsp Dejan Tanturovski Makedonija G P 10 nbsp Bobi Bozhinovski Makedonija G P 8 nbsp Boban Georgiev Sileks nbsp Omar Imeri Shkendija nbsp Darko Micevski VardarSee also edit2018 19 Macedonian Football Cup 2018 19 Macedonian Second Football League 2018 19 Macedonian Third Football LeagueReferences edit Otkako Vardar ne dobi licenca Makedoniјa ЃP aј chestito Evropa Sportmedia mk 23 May 2019 Retrieved 22 July 2022 External links editFootball Federation of Macedonia in Macedonian MacedonianFootball com in Macedonian and English Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2018 19 Macedonian First Football League amp oldid 1189826959, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
