2015–16 Macedonian First Football League

The 2015–16 Macedonian First League will be the 24th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. It will begin in August 2015 and will end in May 2016.

Participating teams

Note: Table shows mathematically qualified teams as of 26 April 2015 in alphabetical order.

Skopje

Renova

Shkëndija

Sileks

Skopje clubs:

Metalurg
Rabotnički
Shkupi
Vardar

Location of teams in 2015–16 Macedonian First League

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
Metalurg	Zaharievski, SrgjanSrgjan Zaharievski	Krstev, MileMile Krstev	Legea	Makstil
Rabotnički	Angelovski, IgorIgor Angelovski	Ilijoski, BažeBaže Ilijoski	Zeus
Renova	Osmani, QatipQatip Osmani	Memedi, AgronAgron Memedi	Jako	Renova
Shkëndija	Beqiri, JetonJeton Beqiri	Položani, ArtimArtim Položani	Nike	Ecolog
Shkupi	Ramadan, ZekirijaZekirija Ramadan	Zendeli, SuatSuat Zendeli
Sileks	Šterjovski, ZoranZoran Šterjovski	Georgiev, NikolčoNikolčo Georgiev	Legea
Vardar	Andreyev, SergeySergey Andreyev	Tanevski, ZlatkoZlatko Tanevski	Hummel	Makedonski Telekom

First phase

The first 27 Rounds comprise the first phase of the season, also called the Regular season. In the first phase, every team plays against each other team twice on a home-away basis till all the teams have played two matches against each other. The table standings at the end of the Regular season determine the group in which each team is going to play in the Play-offs.

League table

Updated to games played on pre-season.
Source: TBD
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Second phase

The second phase are the so called Play-off Rounds which is divided in two groups: Championship and Relegation. The top 6 ranked teams on the table after the Regular Season qualify for the Championship group, while the bottom 4 advance to the Relegation group.

Championship group

In the Championship group, each team plays against every other one only once, making 5 games in total. Records from the first phase are carried over. Teams play each other once with each team playing five games in this round.^[1]

Relegation group

In the Relegation group, each team plays twice against every opponent on a home-away basis. Records from the first phase are carried over. Teams play each other twice with each team playing six games in this round.^[1]

References

External links

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