2010–11 First Macedonian Football League

The 2010–11 First Macedonian Football League was the nineteenth season since its establishment. It began on 31 July 2010 and ended in May 2011. Renova were the defending champions having won their first Macedonian championship last season.

The competition was won by Shkëndija Tetovo, who earned their first overall Macedonian title. FK Skopje and Pelister Bitola were relegated to the Second League.

Teams

Three clubs from last season's competition were expelled from the league before the season had ended. Makedonija and Sloga Jugomagnat were expelled from the league when the clubs failed to appear in two consecutive matches in the competition. Later in the season, Pobeda were expelled from the league for their involvement in match fixing during the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League against Pyunik of Armenia. These three clubs were replaced by Macedonian Vtora Liga champions Škendija 79, runners-up Skopje and third place finisher Napredok.

In addition, one more spot in this season's competition was available via a playoff between the Prva Liga's ninth place finisher, Milano, and the Vtora Liga's fourth place finisher, Bregalnica Štip. Bregalnica Štip defeated Milano, 2–1 after extra time, and were promoted to the Prva Liga.

League table

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 Europa League, 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 decision match(es).
¹Metalurg Skopje have won the 2010–11 Macedonian Cup competition and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
²Vardar Skopje were deducted three points because of unknown reasons.
³Vardar Skopje were spared from relegation because of unknown reasons.
(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 consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 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 33 games per team.

First and second round

Source: FFM (Macedonian) (English)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²Match awarded because Vardar did not show up.^[1]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 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      12 – 5     1 – 9      6 – 4      8 – 10     5 – 3
 3 – 9      11 – 4     2 – 10    12 – 3      1 – 11     6 – 2
 4 – 10     10 – 3     3 – 11    11 – 2      2 – 12    12 – 1
 5 – 11      9 – 2     4 – 12    10 – 1      3 – 6     11 – 8
 6 - 12      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      7 - 12
 9 – 11      4 – 2    10 – 12     3 – 1     11 – 6
 8 – 12      5 – 1     9 – 6      4 – 8     10 – 5
 1 – 6       6 – 8     8 – 5      5 – 9      9 – 4
 2 – 5      12 – 9     1 – 4      6 – 10     8 – 3
 3 – 4      11 – 10    2 – 3     12 - 11     1 – 2

Source: FFM (Macedonian) (English)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²Match awarded
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

Top goalscorers

External links

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

References