2019–20 Macedonian First Football League

The 2019–20 Macedonian First League was the 28th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of North Macedonia. It began on 11 August 2019 and was scheduled to be end in July 2020. Each team will play the other sides four times on home-away basis, for a total of 36 matches. Shkëndija are the defending champions, having won their third title in 2018–19.

Macedonian First League

Season	2019–20
Dates	11 August 2019 – 11 March 2020
Champions	Vardar 11th Macedonian title 12th domestic title
Relegated	No relegation
Champions League	Sileks
Europa League	Shkëndija Renova Shkupi
Matches played	115
Goals scored	252 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Daniel Avramovski (10 goals)
Biggest home win	Shkëndija 6–1 Renova (24 November 2019)
Biggest away win	Akademija Pandev 0–3 Vardar (1 December 2019)
Highest scoring	Sileks 3–4 Makedonija GP (31 August 2019) Shkëndija 6–1 Renova (24 November 2019) Renova 4–3 Rabotnički (8 December 2019)
Longest winning run	6 games Vardar
Longest unbeaten run	12 games Vardar Sileks
Longest winless run	12 games Akademija Pandev
Longest losing run	5 games Akademija Pandev
← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 11 March 2020.

On 4 June 2020, the Football Federation of North Macedonia announced that the competition was abandoned due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in North Macedonia.^[1] Vardar was awarded the title, but no teams were relegated. The teams playing in Europe will be decided once the teams which successfully obtain a UEFA licence are known.^[2]

Promotion and relegation

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)

At the end of the 2019–20 season Promoted from 2019–20 Second League Belasica (First placed; East)^[3] Pelister (First placed; West)^[3] Relegated to 2020–21 Second League None relegated

Participating teams

 

 

Skopje

 

Borec

 

Shkëndija

 

Renova

 

Sileks

 

Struga

 

A. Pandev

 

Skopje clubs:

 

Makedonija
Rabotnički
Shkupi
Vardar

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Location of teams in 2019–20 Macedonian First League

Akademija Pandev	Borec	Makedonija GP	Rabotnički Vardar
Blagoj Istatov Stadium	Zoran Paunov Stadium	Gjorče Petrov Stadium	Toše Proeski Arena UEFA
Capacity: 9,200	Capacity: 2,000	Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 36,460
Renova Shkëndija	Shkupi	Sileks	Struga
Ecolog Arena	Chair Stadium	City Stadium Kratovo	Gradska Plaža Stadium
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 4,800	Capacity: 2,500

Personnel and kits

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	Jugoslav Trenchovski	Sashko Pandev	Givova
Borec	Gorazd Mihajlov	Trajche Stojkovski	Legea
Makedonija GP	Aleksandar Tanevski	Bobi Bozhinovski	Kappa	Evropa
Rabotnički	Ratko Dostanić	Goran Siljanovski	Joma	Seavus
Renova	Bujar Islami	Argjent Gafuri	Jako	Renova
Shkëndija	Ernest Gjoka	Besart Ibraimi	Macron	Ecolog
Shkupi	Qatip Osmani	Muharem Bajrami	Kappa	ATS Group
Sileks	Momchilo Mitevski	Angelche Timovski	Legea
Struga	Jeton Beqiri	Flamur Tairi	Adidas	Trim & Lum
Vardar	Aleksandar Vasoski	Filip Gachevski	Hummel	BetCity

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vardar (C)	23	13	7	3	33	14	+19	46	Excluded from European competitions^[a]
2	Sileks	23	10	6	7	24	21	+3	36	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
3	Shkëndija	23	10	5	8	38	20	+18	35	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Renova	23	9	4	10	25	33	−8	31
5	Shkupi	23	7	8	8	28	28	0	29
6	Makedonija GP	23	7	8	8	24	28	−4	29
7	Akademija Pandev	23	7	7	9	20	20	0	28
8	Rabotnički	23	8	4	11	21	29	−8	28
9	Borec	23	7	6	10	20	31	−11	27
10	Struga	23	6	7	10	19	28	−9	25

Source: MacedonianFootball.com, Soccerway
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).^[6]
(C) Champion
Notes:

1. Vardar failed to get the UEFA license for the competition due to financial problems.^[4][5]

Results

Matches 1–18 Home \ Away AKA BOR MGP RAB REN SKE SKU SIL STR VAR Akademija Pandev — 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–3 Borec 1–0 — 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 Makedonija GP 0–0 3–1 — 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 Rabotnički 1–2 2–1 1–0 — 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 Renova 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–3 — 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 Shkëndija 1–0 4–0 1–1 3–0 6–1 — 4–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 Shkupi 3–1 2–0 2–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 — 1–0 0–0 1–2 Sileks 3–1 3–0 3–4 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 — 1–0 2–2 Struga 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 — 2–1 Vardar 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 — Source: MacedonianFootball.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–23 Home \ Away AKA BOR MGP RAB REN SKE SKU SIL STR VAR Akademija Pandev — 0–0 — — 0–1 1–2 — — — — Borec — — — — — 4–2 — — — 0–1 Makedonija GP 1–0 0–2 — — — — — — — — Rabotnički 1–0 — — — — — 2–1 — — — Renova — — — — — — — 0–1 2–0 2–0 Shkëndija — — 4–1 — — — — — — — Shkupi — 2–0 — 0–1 2–3 — — 1–1 — — Sileks — — 1–0 — — 0–0 — — — — Struga — — — 0–1 — — 1–2 0–0 — — Vardar — — 3–1 0–0 — — — — 1–0 — Source: MacedonianFootball.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Vardar	10	9	6	5	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sileks	8	7	8	8	9	8	9	7	8	6	8	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2
Shkëndija	7	10	9	10	7	6	4	6	6	7	5	5	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Renova	5	1	2	4	5	7	5	4	5	5	7	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	6	4
Shkupi	2	6	5	6	4	4	6	5	4	4	3	3	4	5	6	5	7	7	6	6	6	5	5
Makedonija GP	1	2	4	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	6
Akademija Pandev	4	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	7	7
Rabotnički	6	4	7	9	10	9	8	9	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8
Borec	9	8	10	7	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	10	10	10	9
Struga	3	5	3	3	6	5	7	8	9	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	8	10

	Leader and qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
	Qualification for the Relegation play-off final
	Relegation to the Macedonian Second League

Source: macedonianfootball.com

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 8 March 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Daniel Avramovski	Vardar	10
2	Armend Alimi	Shkëndija	9
	Nikola Prelčec	Borec
4	Marin Jurina	Shkupi	8
5	Paulo Carvalho	Makedonija GP	7
	Remzifaik Selmani	Renova
	Serginho	Shkupi
8	Bobi Bozhinovski	Makedonija GP	6
	Besart Ibraimi	Shkëndija
10	6 players		5

See also

• 2019–20 Macedonian Football Cup
• 2019–20 Macedonian Second Football League

References

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2. "Кој ќе игра во Европа? Се чека Комисијата за лиценцирање, одлуката следната недела…". ekipa.mk. 4 June 2020.
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5. "ФФМ одлучи: Силекс во ЛШ, Шкендија, Ренова и Шкупи во Лига Европа" (in Macedonian). Ekipa.mk. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
6. "First League 2019/2020". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

External links

• Football Federation of Macedonia (in Macedonian)
• MacedonianFootball.com (in Macedonian and English)