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2023–24 Macedonian First Football League

The 2023–24 Macedonian First League was the 32nd season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of North Macedonia. It began on 6 August 2023 and ended on 18 May 2024. Struga were the defending champions, having won their first title in 2022–23.[1][2]

Macedonian First League
Season2023–24
Dates6 August 2023 –
18 May 2024
ChampionsStruga
2nd domestic title
RelegatedMakedonija G.P.
Bregalnica
Champions LeagueStruga
Conference LeagueShkendija
Tikvesh
Matches played198
Goals scored446 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorerAleksa Marušić
(17 goals)
Longest winning run4 games
AP Brera
Struga
Shkendija
Voska Sport
Longest unbeaten run17 games
Gostivar
Longest winless run9 games
AP Brera
Longest losing run7 games
Makedonija G.P.
All statistics correct as of 10 March 2024.

The winners (Struga, their second consecutive title win) qualified for the Champions League first qualifying round. The second-placed team (Shkendija) and 2023–24 Macedonian Football Cup winners (Tikvesh) qualified for the Conference League first qualifying round. The tenth-placed team (Vardar) qualified for the Macedonian First Football League play-off. The bottom two teams (Bregalnica and Makedonija G.P.) were relegated to the 2024–25 Macedonian Second Football League.

Promotion and relegation edit

At the end of the 2022–23 season

Promoted from 2022–23 Second League

  • Voska Sport (winners, promoted for the first time in their history)[3][4]
  • Gostivar (runners-up, promoted after a 10 season absence)[3][4]
  • Vardar (Third placed; won play-off, promoted after a 2 season absence)

Relegated to 2023–24 Second League

  • Skopje (10th; lost play-off, relegated after a 2 seasons spell in top flight)
  • Pobeda (11th, relegated after a single season spell in top flight)[1][2]
At the end of the 2023–24 season

Promoted from 2023–24 Second League

Relegated to 2024–25 Second League

  • Makedonija G.P. (11th, relegated after a 6 seasons spell in top flight)
  • Bregalnica (12th, relegated after a 3 seasons spell in top flight)

Participating teams edit

Bregalnica AP Brera Shkendija Rabotnichki Sileks
Gradski stadion Štip Blagoj Istatov Stadium
UEFA    
Gradski Stadion Tetovo National Toše Proeski Arena
UEFA     
City Stadium Kratovo
Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 9,200 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 36,460 Capacity: 6,000
   |      
Makedonija G.P.
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Location of teams in 2023–24 Macedonian First League
Struga
Gjorče Petrov Stadium City Beach Stadium
Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 3,000
   
Voska Sport Tikvesh Vardar Shkupi Gostivar
SRC Biljanini Izvori Kavadarci City Stadium Boris Trajkovski Stadium Meadow Stadium Gostivar City Stadium
Capacity: 4,500 Capacity: 9,500 Capacity: 3,500 Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 2,500
         

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
AP Brera   Giovanni Valenti   Marko Alchevski Sportika SA Mozzart
Bregalnica   Goran Zdravkov   Halid Lwaliwa Hummel Superior
Gostivar   Murat Daban   Xhelil Abdulla Nike
Makedonija G.P.   Goran Simov   Filip Mishevski Joma Zlatna Kopacka, Tesla
Rabotnički   Milan Ilievski   Egzon Belica Joma
Shkendija   Jeton Beqiri   Ennur Totre Macron Ecolog
Shkupi   Mladen Žižović   Artan Iljazi Reaction Alagoz Holding
Sileks   Aleksandar Vasoski   Daniel Bozhinovski Jako Sileks
Struga   Shpetim Duro   Bunjamin Shabani Macron Trim & Lum
Tikvesh   Gjorgji Mojsov   Aleksandar Varelovski Joma Klimi.mk, Sinalco
Vardar   Gorazd Mihajlov   Darko Micevski Joma
Voska Sport   Miljan Radović   Hadis Velii Joma Nefi Ik

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Struga (C) 33 20 4 9 56 33 +23 64[a] Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Shkëndija 33 18 10 5 55 27 +28 64[a] Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Shkupi 33 17 11 5 42 23 +19 62
4 Tikvesh 33 12 8 13 41 40 +1 44 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round[b]
5 Sileks 33 10 13 10 36 40 −4 43
6 Gostivar 33 9 15 9 32 38 −6 42[c]
7 AP Brera 33 11 9 13 34 33 +1 42[c]
8 Rabotnički 33 12 6 15 29 34 −5 42[c]
9 Voska Sport 33 10 12 11 37 41 −4 42[c]
10 Vardar (O) 33 10 7 16 28 43 −15 37 Qualification for the Macedonian First Football League play-off
11 Makedonija G.P. (R) 33 8 5 20 29 44 −15 29 Relegation to the Macedonian Second Football League
12 Bregalnica (R) 33 6 10 17 27 50 −23 28
Source: MacedonianFootball.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw; 8) Play-off.[7]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Struga 6, Shkëndija 3.
  2. ^ Tikvesh qualified for the Conference League first qualifying round by winning the 2023–24 Macedonian Football Cup.
  3. ^ a b c d Head-to-head points: Gostivar 15, AP Brera 12, Rabotnički 10, Voska Sport 8.


Results edit

For matches 1–22, each team plays every other team twice (home and away). For matches 23–33, each team plays every other team for the third time (either at home or away). The league standings after matches 22 are used to determine the games for the last 11 matchdays.

Home \ Away APB BRE GOS MGP RAB SKE SKU SIL STR TIK VAR VOS APB BRE GOS MGP RAB SKE SKU SIL STR TIK VAR VOS
AP Brera 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 5–3 2–1 2–0 1–0
Bregalnica 1–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–3
Gostivar 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0
Makedonija G.P. 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2
Rabotnički 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 2–0
Shkëndija 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–2 4–1 4–1 6–1 0–2 0–0
Shkupi 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 3–1 3–2 0–2 3–2 3–0
Sileks 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 4–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1
Struga 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 4–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–3 3–1
Tikvesh 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–0
Vardar 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–1
Voska Sport 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 2–3 0–0 0–1 0–3 3–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1
Source: MacedonianFootball.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Macedonian First Football League play-off edit

The tenth-placed club (Vardar) faced the third-placed club from the 2023–24 Macedonian Second Football League (Detonit Plachkovica) for the final place in the following season's Macedonian First Football League.

Vardar2–0Detonit Plachkovica
  • Đurić   42'
  • Šušnjara   45+1'

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

As of 20 May 2024
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Aleksa Marušić Voska Sport 17
2   Besart Ibraimi Struga 15
  Marjan Radeski
4   Almir Aganspahić Shkëndija 12
  Lanre Kehinde Gostivar
6   Ediz Spahiu Tikvesh & Gostivar 10
7   Marko Gjorgjievski Sileks 9
  Antonio Kalanoski
9   Alen Jasharoski Voska Sport 8
  Adenis Shala Shkëndija

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "1.MFL 2022/23 Final Standings". MacedonianFootball.com. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b "First League - North Macedonia - 2022/2023". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b "2.MFL 2022/23 Final Standings". MacedonianFootball.com. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Second League - Macedonia - 2022/2023". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  5. ^ a b "2.MFL 2023/24 Final Standings". MacedonianFootball.com. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Second League - Macedonia - 2023/2024". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Пропозиции за натпреварување во Втора МФЛ Исток и Втора МФЛ Запад" (PDF). FFM.mk. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

External links edit

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

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The 2023 24 Macedonian First League was the 32nd season of the Macedonian First Football League the highest football league of North Macedonia It began on 6 August 2023 and ended on 18 May 2024 Struga were the defending champions having won their first title in 2022 23 1 2 Macedonian First LeagueSeason2023 24Dates6 August 2023 18 May 2024ChampionsStruga2nd domestic titleRelegatedMakedonija G P BregalnicaChampions LeagueStrugaConference LeagueShkendijaTikveshMatches played198Goals scored446 2 25 per match Top goalscorerAleksa Marusic 17 goals Longest winning run4 gamesAP BreraStrugaShkendijaVoska SportLongest unbeaten run17 gamesGostivarLongest winless run9 gamesAP BreraLongest losing run7 gamesMakedonija G P 2022 232024 25 All statistics correct as of 10 March 2024 The winners Struga their second consecutive title win qualified for the Champions League first qualifying round The second placed team Shkendija and 2023 24 Macedonian Football Cup winners Tikvesh qualified for the Conference League first qualifying round The tenth placed team Vardar qualified for the Macedonian First Football League play off The bottom two teams Bregalnica and Makedonija G P were relegated to the 2024 25 Macedonian Second Football League Contents 1 Promotion and relegation 2 Participating teams 2 1 Personnel and kits 3 League table 4 Results 5 Macedonian First Football League play off 6 Season statistics 6 1 Top scorers 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksPromotion and relegation editAt the end of the 2022 23 season Promoted from 2022 23 Second League Voska Sport winners promoted for the first time in their history 3 4 Gostivar runners up promoted after a 10 season absence 3 4 Vardar Third placed won play off promoted after a 2 season absence Relegated to 2023 24 Second League Skopje 10th lost play off relegated after a 2 seasons spell in top flight Pobeda 11th relegated after a single season spell in top flight 1 2 At the end of the 2023 24 season Promoted from 2023 24 Second League Besa DD winners promoted for the first time in their history 5 6 Pelister runners up promoted after a 2 season absence 5 6 Relegated to 2024 25 Second League Makedonija G P 11th relegated after a 6 seasons spell in top flight Bregalnica 12th relegated after a 3 seasons spell in top flight Participating teams editBregalnica AP Brera Shkendija Rabotnichki Sileks Gradski stadion Stip Blagoj Istatov StadiumUEFA nbsp nbsp nbsp Gradski Stadion Tetovo National Tose Proeski Arena UEFA nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp City Stadium Kratovo Capacity 4 000 Capacity 9 200 Capacity 15 000 Capacity 36 460 Capacity 6 000 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Makedonija G P nbsp nbsp Skopje nbsp Bregalnica nbsp AP Brera nbsp Gostivar nbsp Shkendija nbsp Sileks nbsp Struga nbsp Tikvesh nbsp Voska Sport nbsp Skopje clubs nbsp MakedonijaRabotnickiShkupiVardarclass notpageimage Location of teams in 2023 24 Macedonian First League Struga Gjorce Petrov Stadium City Beach Stadium Capacity 3 000 Capacity 3 000 nbsp nbsp Voska Sport Tikvesh Vardar Shkupi Gostivar SRC Biljanini Izvori Kavadarci City Stadium Boris Trajkovski Stadium Meadow Stadium Gostivar City Stadium Capacity 4 500 Capacity 9 500 Capacity 3 500 Capacity 6 000 Capacity 2 500 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 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 AP Brera nbsp Giovanni Valenti nbsp Marko Alchevski Sportika SA Mozzart Bregalnica nbsp Goran Zdravkov nbsp Halid Lwaliwa Hummel Superior Gostivar nbsp Murat Daban nbsp Xhelil Abdulla Nike Makedonija G P nbsp Goran Simov nbsp Filip Mishevski Joma Zlatna Kopacka Tesla Rabotnicki nbsp Milan Ilievski nbsp Egzon Belica Joma Shkendija nbsp Jeton Beqiri nbsp Ennur Totre Macron Ecolog Shkupi nbsp Mladen Zizovic nbsp Artan Iljazi Reaction Alagoz Holding Sileks nbsp Aleksandar Vasoski nbsp Daniel Bozhinovski Jako Sileks Struga nbsp Shpetim Duro nbsp Bunjamin Shabani Macron Trim amp Lum Tikvesh nbsp Gjorgji Mojsov nbsp Aleksandar Varelovski Joma Klimi mk Sinalco Vardar nbsp Gorazd Mihajlov nbsp Darko Micevski Joma Voska Sport nbsp Miljan Radovic nbsp Hadis Velii Joma Nefi IkLeague table editPos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Struga C 33 20 4 9 56 33 23 64 a Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round 2 Shkendija 33 18 10 5 55 27 28 64 a Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round 3 Shkupi 33 17 11 5 42 23 19 62 4 Tikvesh 33 12 8 13 41 40 1 44 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round b 5 Sileks 33 10 13 10 36 40 4 43 6 Gostivar 33 9 15 9 32 38 6 42 c 7 AP Brera 33 11 9 13 34 33 1 42 c 8 Rabotnicki 33 12 6 15 29 34 5 42 c 9 Voska Sport 33 10 12 11 37 41 4 42 c 10 Vardar O 33 10 7 16 28 43 15 37 Qualification for the Macedonian First Football League play off 11 Makedonija G P R 33 8 5 20 29 44 15 29 Relegation to the Macedonian Second Football League 12 Bregalnica R 33 6 10 17 27 50 23 28Source MacedonianFootball comRules for classification 1 Points 2 Head to head points 3 Head to head goal difference 4 Head to head away goals scored 5 Goal difference 6 Goals scored 7 Draw 8 Play off 7 C Champions O Play off winners R RelegatedNotes a b Head to head points Struga 6 Shkendija 3 Tikvesh qualified for the Conference League first qualifying round by winning the 2023 24 Macedonian Football Cup a b c d Head to head points Gostivar 15 AP Brera 12 Rabotnicki 10 Voska Sport 8 Results editFor matches 1 22 each team plays every other team twice home and away For matches 23 33 each team plays every other team for the third time either at home or away The league standings after matches 22 are used to determine the games for the last 11 matchdays Home Away APB BRE GOS MGP RAB SKE SKU SIL STR TIK VAR VOS APB BRE GOS MGP RAB SKE SKU SIL STR TIK VAR VOS AP Brera 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 5 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 Bregalnica 1 0 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 Gostivar 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 Makedonija G P 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 Rabotnicki 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 3 1 2 0 Shkendija 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 3 2 4 1 4 1 6 1 0 2 0 0 Shkupi 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 3 2 0 2 3 2 3 0 Sileks 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 Struga 1 2 2 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 2 0 3 1 4 0 1 0 3 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 3 1 Tikvesh 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 Vardar 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 Voska Sport 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 2 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 Source MacedonianFootball comLegend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win For upcoming matches an a indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants Macedonian First Football League play off editThe tenth placed club Vardar faced the third placed club from the 2023 24 Macedonian Second Football League Detonit Plachkovica for the final place in the following season s Macedonian First Football League 26 May 202417 00 CESTVardar2 0Detonit PlachkovicaĐuric nbsp 42 Susnjara nbsp 45 1 Blagoj Istatov Stadium StrumicaSeason statistics editTop scorers edit As of 20 May 2024 Rank Player Club Goals 1 nbsp Aleksa Marusic Voska Sport 17 2 nbsp Besart Ibraimi Struga 15 nbsp Marjan Radeski 4 nbsp Almir Aganspahic Shkendija 12 nbsp Lanre Kehinde Gostivar 6 nbsp Ediz Spahiu Tikvesh amp Gostivar 10 7 nbsp Marko Gjorgjievski Sileks 9 nbsp Antonio Kalanoski 9 nbsp Alen Jasharoski Voska Sport 8 nbsp Adenis Shala ShkendijaSee also edit2023 24 Macedonian Football Cup 2023 24 Macedonian Second Football LeagueReferences edit a b 1 MFL 2022 23 Final Standings MacedonianFootball com Retrieved 15 May 2023 a b First League North Macedonia 2022 2023 Soccerway com Retrieved 15 May 2023 a b 2 MFL 2022 23 Final Standings MacedonianFootball com Retrieved 15 May 2023 a b Second League Macedonia 2022 2023 Soccerway com Retrieved 15 May 2023 a b 2 MFL 2023 24 Final Standings MacedonianFootball com Retrieved 6 May 2024 a b Second League Macedonia 2023 2024 Soccerway com Retrieved 6 May 2024 Propozicii za natprevaruvaњe vo Vtora MFL Istok i Vtora MFL Zapad PDF FFM mk Retrieved 7 August 2017 External links editFootball Federation of Macedonia in Macedonian MacedonianFootball com in Macedonian and English Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2023 24 Macedonian First Football League amp oldid 1226401628, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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