2008–09 First Macedonian Football League

The 2008–09 First Macedonian Football League is the seventeenth season since its establishment. It began on August 3, 2008 and will end on May 31, 2009. FK Rabotnički are the defending champions, having won their third title the previous year. FK Baškimi withdrew from the championship due to financial reasons.^[1]

Participating teams

Standings

Source: FFM (Macedonian) (English)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored; 7th draw.
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Cup, relegation play-offs and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th play-off.
¹Rabotnički won Macedonian Cup 2008–09 and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
²Baškimi withdrew their participation prior to the start of the season due to financial problems.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 20 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 30 games per team.

First and second round

Source: FFM (Macedonian) (English)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²The match of Round 8 was awarded to Makedonija Gjorče Petrov after it was interrupted in 45th minute due to Renova's fans attacking Makedonija's midfielder Georges Ambourouet.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 20 games):

23rd round 24th round 25th round 26th round 27th round 28th round
 1 – 7       6 – 7     7 – 8      5 – 7      7 – 9      4 – 7
 2 – 8      11 – 4     1 – 9      6 – 4      8 – 10     5 – 3
 3 – 9      10 – 3     2 – 10    11 – 2      1 – 11     6 – 2
 4 – 10      9 – 2     3 – 11    10 – 1      3 – 6     11 – 8
 5 – 11      8 – 1     5 – 6      9 – 8      4 – 5     10 – 9

29th round 30th round 31st round 32nd round 33rd round
 7 – 10      3 – 7     7 – 11     2 – 7     11 – 6
 9 – 11      4 – 2     9 – 6      3 – 1     10 – 5
 1 – 6       5 – 1     8 – 5      4 – 8      9 – 4
 2 – 5       6 – 8     1 – 4      5 – 9      8 – 3
 3 – 4      11 – 10    2 – 3      6 – 10     1 – 2

Source: FFM (Macedonian) (English)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

Top goalscorers

14 goals

• Ivica Gligorovski (Milano)

13 goals

• Besart Ibraimi (Renova)

12 goals

• Boško Stupić (Sileks)

11 goals

• César de Brito (Makedonija)
• Blagoj Levkov (Napredok)

10 goals

• Boban Jančevski (Vardar)

9 goals

• Dragan Dimitrovski (Pelister)

8 goals

• Blagoja Gešoski (Milano)
• Gligor Gligorov (Sileks)
• Hristijan Kirovski (Rabotnički)
• Washington (Makedonija)

Source: Macedonian Football (English)

References

External links

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