2022–23 Macedonian First Football League

Football league season
Macedonian First League
Season2022–23
Dates6 August 2022 –
14 May 2023
ChampionsStruga
1st domestic title
RelegatedSkopje
Pobeda
Champions LeagueStruga
Europa Conference LeagueShkëndija
Shkupi
Makedonija G.P.
Matches played165
Goals scored415 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorerBesart Ibraimi
(19 goals)
Biggest home winMakedonija G.P. 7–0 Pobeda
(7 May 2023)
Biggest away winPobeda 0–6 Shkupi
(27 November 2022)
Highest scoringRabotnichki 5–4 Bregalnica
(7 May 2023)
Longest winning run8 games
Struga
Longest unbeaten run12 games
Shkupi
Longest winless run8 games
Akademija Pandev
Skopje
Longest losing run4 games
Akademija Pandev
Pobeda
Skopje
All statistics correct as of 16 December 2022.

The 2022–23 Macedonian First League was the 31st season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of North Macedonia. It began on 6 August 2022 and ended on 14 May 2023.[1] Shkupi were the defending champions, having won their first title in 2021–22.[2][3]

Promotion and relegation

At the end of the 2021–22 season

Promoted from 2021–22 Second League

Relegated to 2022–23 Second League

At the end of the 2022–23 season

Promoted from 2022–23 Second League

Relegated to 2023–24 Second League

  • Skopje (10th; lost play-off)
  • Pobeda (11th)

1Renova withdrew from the First League due to financial reasons.[10]

Participating teams

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Location of teams in 2022–23 Macedonian First League
Akademija Pandev Bregalnica Makedonija G.P. Pobeda Rabotnički Shkëndija
Blagoj Istatov Stadium
UEFA 		City Stadium Štip Ǵorče Petrov Stadium Goce Delčev Stadium Toše Proeski Arena
UEFA 		Tetovo Stadium
Capacity: 9,200 Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 36,460 Capacity: 15,000
Shkupi Sileks Skopje Struga Tikvesh
Cair Stadium City Stadium Kratovo Železarnica Stadium Gradska Plaža Stadium City Stadium Kavadarci
Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 2,500 Capacity: 7,500

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 North Macedonia Toni Atanasov (interim) North Macedonia Bojan Dimoski Sportika SA Mozzart
Bregalnica North Macedonia Goran Zdravkov North Macedonia Daniel Mojsov Hummel Superior
Makedonija G.P. North Macedonia Goran Simov North Macedonia Filip Mishevski Givova betinasia, Tesla
Pobeda North Macedonia Blagojche Damevski North Macedonia Darko Tofiloski Givona Gigant, Cevitana, Mermeren Kombinat
Rabotnički North Macedonia Milan Ilievski North Macedonia Krste Velkoski Joma
Shkëndija North Macedonia Qatip Osmani North Macedonia Ferhan Hasani Macron Ecolog
Shkupi Turkey Cihat Arslan North Macedonia Kristijan Naumovski Reaction Alagoz Holding
Sileks North Macedonia Gorazd Mihajlov North Macedonia Daniel Bozhinovski Jako Sileks
Skopje North Macedonia Mirsad Jonuz North Macedonia Filip Duranski Adidas
Struga Albania Shpëtim Duro North Macedonia Bunjamin Shabani Macron Trim & Lum
Tikvesh North Macedonia Gjorgji Mojsov North Macedonia Aleksandar Varelovski Joma Klimi.mk, Sinalco

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Rabotnički North Macedonia Stojan Ignatov End of caretaker role 8 June 2022 Pre-season North Macedonia Ljupcho Markovski 8 June 2022
Skopje North Macedonia Ljupcho Markovski Transfer 8 June 2022 North Macedonia Slavcho Georgievski 1 July 2022
Shkupi North Macedonia Goce Sedloski Resigned 31 August 2022 5th North Macedonia Goce Sedloski[1] 9 September 2022
Akademija Pandev North Macedonia Gjorche Stojchev Sacked 4 September 2022 5th North Macedonia Aleksandar Vasoski 7 September 2022
Shkëndija North Macedonia Artim Shaqiri 5 September 2022 3rd North Macedonia Qatip Osmani 16 September 2022
Tikvesh North Macedonia Vlatko Kostov Resigned 6 September 2022 8th North Macedonia Gjorgji Mojsov 8 September 2022
Rabotnički North Macedonia Ljupcho Markovski 12 September 2022 10th North Macedonia Milan Ilievski 24 September 2022
Bregalnica North Macedonia Ilčo Gjorgioski Sacked 7 December 2022 6th North Macedonia Goran Zdravkov 21 December 2022
Pobeda North Macedonia Boban Babunski Resigned 4 January 2023 9th North Macedonia Blagojche Damevski 5 January 2023
Struga North Macedonia Srgjan Zaharievski Sacked 27 February 2023 1st Albania Shpëtim Duro 1 March 2023
Skopje North Macedonia Slavcho Georgievski 5 March 2023 10th North Macedonia Mirsad Jonuz 6 March 2023
Makedonija G.P. North Macedonia Muharem Bajrami 10 March 2023 7th North Macedonia Goran Simov 14 March 2023
Shkupi North Macedonia Goce Sedloski 21 March 2023 2nd Turkey Cihat Arslan 22 March 2023
Akademija Pandev North Macedonia Aleksandar Vasoski 7 May 2023 9th North Macedonia Toni Atanasov (interim) 7 May 2023
1.^ Gökhan Bozkaya was originally appointed as Goce Sedloski's replacement, however he was replaced by his predecessor after losses to Bregalnica and Tikvesh.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Struga (C) 30 20 8 2 53 19 +34 68 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Shkupi 30 17 7 6 62 27 +35 58 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3 Shkëndija 30 16 9 5 43 23 +20 57
4 Sileks 30 13 9 8 41 34 +7 48
5 Bregalnica 30 10 11 9 33 34 −1 41
6 Tikvesh 30 11 7 12 40 37 +3 40
7 Makedonija G.P. 30 10 9 11 37 33 +4 39 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round[a]
8 Rabotnički 30 11 4 15 37 48 −11 37
9 Akademija Pandev 30 6 10 14 34 38 −4 28
10 Skopje (R) 30 4 10 16 17 44 −27 22 Qualification for the Relegation play-off
11 Pobeda (R) 30 3 4 23 18 78 −60 13 Relegation to the Macedonian Second League
— Renova[b] (D, R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Withdrawn
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).
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Makedonija G.P. qualified for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round by winning the 2022–23 Macedonian Football Cup.
  2. ^ Renova withdrew their participation prior to the start of the season due to financial problems.[10]

Results

Every team will play three times against each other team for a total of 30 matches. The first 22 match days will consist of a regular double round-robin schedule. The league standings at this point will then be used to determine the games for the last 11 match days.

Home \ Away AKA BRE MGP POB RAB SKE SKU SIL SKO STR TIK AKA BRE MGP POB RAB SKE SKU SIL SKO STR TIK
Akademija Pandev — 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 0–3 0–2 — — — 2–0 0–0 — 1–1 2–2 — — 1–4
Bregalnica 1–0 — 1–0 2–2 1–3 0–0 2–0 2–3 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 — 2–1 4–0 — 0–1 — — — 0–3 0–0
Makedonija G.P. 0–1 0–0 — 4–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 — — 7–0 2–1 — — — 2–1 — —
Pobeda 1–1 1–0 1–3 — 0–2 1–3 0–6 1–4 0–0 2–0 0–1 — — — — 0–1 — 0–6 1–5 0–4 — 1–4
Rabotnički 0–5 0–1 2–0 1–0 — 2–4 2–4 0–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 — 5–4 — — — 1–2 — — 1–0 0–1 —
Shkëndija 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 — 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 — 3–1 2–0 — — — 0–0 — 1–2 4–1
Shkupi 3–3 3–1 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–0 — 0–0 3–1 1–0 4–2 — 3–0 3–0 — 3–1 2–1 — — 0–1 — —
Sileks 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–3 2–0 1–1 2–1 — 3–1 1–2 3–2 — 0–0 1–0 — 2–0 — 0–2 — 3–1 — —
Skopje 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 — 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 — — — 0–2 — — — 1–1 —
Struga 1–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 — 2–0 3–1 — 0–0 6–2 — — 2–1 3–0 — — 2–0
Tikvesh 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 1–3 3–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 — — — 0–1 — 1–3 — 0–0 0–0 4–0 — —
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.

Source: MacedonianFootball.com

Relegation play-offs

Skopje0–3Vardar
Report

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 15 May 2023.
Rank Player Club Goals
1 North Macedonia Besart Ibraimi Struga 19
2 North Macedonia Bunjamin Shabani Struga 12
3 Jamaica Renaldo Cephas Shkupi 11
4 Costa Rica Freddy Álvarez Shkupi 10
North Macedonia Ljupcho Doriev Shkendija
Nigeria Sunday Adetunji Shkupi
7 Serbia Anes Rušević Rabotnichki 9
North Macedonia Ivan Ivanovski Tikvesh
9 North Macedonia Krste Velkoski Rabotnički 8
Albania Eraldo Çinari Shkendija


Assist Providers

As of 15 May 2023.
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Costa Rica Freddy Álvarez Shkupi 20
2 North Macedonia Darko Dodev Bregalnica 10
3 Kosovo Adenis Shala Shkendija 9
4 North Macedonia Marjan Ristovski Sileks 8
North Macedonia Atdhe Mazari Pobeda
Rabotnichki

Clean Sheets

As of 15 May 2023.
Rank Player Club Clean Sheets
1 Montenegro Nemanja Šćekić Bregalnica 13
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Vedran Kjosevski Struga 12
North Macedonia Kristijan Naumovski Shkupi
4 North Macedonia Igor Aleksovski Rabotnichki 10
5 North Macedonia Hristijan Stevkovski Makedonija G.P. 9
6 North Macedonia Daniel Bozhinovski Sileks 8
7 North Macedonia Andreja Efremov Skopje 7
North Macedonia Martin Davkov Tikvesh


Discipline

As of 15 May 2023.
Rank Player Club Red Cards Yellow Cards
1 North Macedonia Arsim Lamalari Sileks 2 6
2 North Macedonia Ali Adem Shkupi 5
North Macedonia Daniel Mojsov Bregalnica
4 North Macedonia Besmir Bojku Struga 0 14
North Macedonia Goran Siljanovski Bregalnica
6 North Macedonia Darko Ilieski Struga
Shkupi 		1 8
North Macedonia Metodi Maksimov Rabotnichki
Shkëndija
North Macedonia Dino Najdoski Skopje
9 Nigeria Sunday Adetunji Shkupi 7
Albania Klisman Cake Shkëndija
Nigeria Amos Dadet Pobeda 0 12
Serbia Ognen Đurković Pobeda 1 7
North Macedonia Zija Merxhani Struga

See also

References

  1. ^ "1.MFL season 2022/23 draw made". MacedonianFootball.com. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "1.MFL 2021/22 Final Standings". MacedonianFootball.com. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "First League - North Macedonia - 2021/2022". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  4. ^ "2.MFL East 2021/22 Final Standings". MacedonianFootball.com. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Second League - North Macedonia - 2021/2022 - East". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  6. ^ "2.MFL West 2021/22 Standings & Fixtures". MacedonianFootball.com. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Second League - North Macedonia - 2021/2022 - West". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  8. ^ a b "2.MFL 2022/23 Final Standings". MacedonianFootball.com. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Second League - North Macedonia - 2022/2023". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Ренова се откажа, првата фудбалска лига останува со 11 учесници" (in Macedonian). Kajgana.com. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.

External links

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