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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

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

BregalnicaAP BreraShkendijaRabotnichkiSileks
Gradski stadion ŠtipBlagoj Istatov Stadium
UEFA 		Gradski Stadion TetovoNational Toše Proeski Arena
UEFA 		City Stadium Kratovo
Capacity: 4,000Capacity: 9,200Capacity: 15,000Capacity: 36,460Capacity: 6,000
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Makedonija G.P.
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Location of teams in 2023–24 Macedonian First League
Struga
Gjorče Petrov StadiumCity Beach Stadium
Capacity: 3,000Capacity: 3,000
Voska SportTikveshVardarShkupiGostivar
SRC Biljanini IzvoriKavadarci City StadiumBoris Trajkovski StadiumMeadow StadiumGostivar City Stadium
Capacity: 4,500Capacity: 9,500Capacity: 3,500Capacity: 6,000Capacity: 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.

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
AP Brera Giovanni Valenti Marko AlchevskiSportika SAMozzart
Bregalnica Goran Zdravkov Halid LwaliwaHummelSuperior
Gostivar Murat Daban Xhelil AbdullaNike
Makedonija G.P. Goran Simov Filip MishevskiJomaZlatna Kopacka, Tesla
Rabotnički Milan Ilievski Egzon BelicaJoma
Shkendija Jeton Beqiri Ennur TotreMacronEcolog
Shkupi Mladen Žižović Artan IljaziReactionAlagoz Holding
Sileks Aleksandar Vasoski Daniel BozhinovskiJakoSileks
Struga Shpetim Duro Bunjamin ShabaniMacronTrim & Lum
Tikvesh Gjorgji Mojsov Aleksandar VarelovskiJomaKlimi.mk, Sinalco
Vardar Gorazd Mihajlov Darko MicevskiJoma
Voska Sport Miljan Radović Hadis VeliiJomaNefi Ik

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Struga (C)3320495633+2364[a]Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2Shkëndija33181055527+2864[a]Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3Shkupi33171154223+1962
4Tikvesh33128134140+144Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round[b]
5Sileks331013103640−443
6Gostivar3391593238−642[c]
7AP Brera33119133433+142[c]
8Rabotnički33126152934−542[c]
9Voska Sport331012113741−442[c]
10Vardar (O)33107162843−1537Qualification for the Macedonian First Football League play-off
11Makedonija G.P. (R)3385202944−1529Relegation to the Macedonian Second Football League
12Bregalnica (R)33610172750−2328
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:


Results

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 \ AwayAPBBREGOSMGPRABSKESKUSILSTRTIKVARVOSAPBBREGOSMGPRABSKESKUSILSTRTIKVARVOS
AP Brera—1–10–13–00–00–00–11–12–12–01–02–0—1–1—5–32–1—————2–01–0
Bregalnica1–0—2–12–32–12–20–02–11–32–10–02–2——0–0—0–1—1–01–1——0–3—
Gostivar2–01–0—1–02–02–20–01–22–10–31–11–11–1——1–40–0—2–0——2–10–0—
Makedonija G.P.1–01–03–0—0–10–10–01–00–31–10–11–2—2–1———1–1——0–11–0—0–2
Rabotnički1–02–00–01–0—1–23–11–00–01–00–12–0———1–1—0–2——1–23–12–0—
Shkëndija1–12–02–21–02–0—0–03–11–01–03–01–13–24–14–1————6–10–2——0–0
Shkupi1–01–03–11–03–01–0—1–12–00–02–03–00–0——3–13–20–2———3–23–0—
Sileks0–10–01–12–22–02–12–1—0–01–03–24–22–1—0–01–00–1—0–0———1–1—
Struga1–22–12–02–11–02–12–22–0—3–14–01–03–12–21–0———1–22–3———3–1
Tikvesh1–02–12–21–02–01–21–11–02–3—1–01–13–12–1———2–1—1–13–2——0–0
Vardar1–02–00–22–11–00–20–12–21–32–0—1–2———1–0—1–1——1–02–2—0–1
Voska Sport1–12–01–12–13–20–12–30–00–10–33–2——4–01–1—1–1—0–02–1————
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

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

Top scorers

As of 20 May 2024
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Aleksa MarušićVoska Sport17
2 Besart IbraimiStruga15
Marjan Radeski
4 Almir AganspahićShkëndija12
Lanre KehindeGostivar
6 Ediz SpahiuTikvesh & Gostivar10
7 Marko GjorgjievskiSileks9
Antonio Kalanoski
9 Alen JasharoskiVoska Sport8
Adenis ShalaShkëndija

See also

References

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