2012–13 Macedonian First Football League

Macedonian First League
Season	2012–13
Dates	11 August 2012 – 2 June 2013
Champions	Vardar 7th Macedonian title 8th domestic title
Relegated	Teteks Sileks Drita
Champions League	Vardar
Europa League	Metalurg Turnovo Teteks
Matches played	186
Goals scored	448 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jovan Kostovski (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Vardar 6–1 Shkëndija Vardar 5–0 Sileks Vardar 5–0 Turnovo
Biggest away win	4 matches Teteks 0–3 Renova Renova 0–3 Shkëndija Shkëndija 0–3 Bregalnica Teteks 0–3 Vardar
Highest scoring	Sileks 3–5 Rabotnički
Longest winning run	5 games Metalurg
Longest unbeaten run	10 games Turnovo
Longest winless run	12 games Napredok
Longest losing run	6 games Napredok
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Macedonian First League was the 21st season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. Vardar were the defending champions after winning their sixth Macedonian championship at the end of the 2011–12 season. Twelve teams contested the league, comprising ten sides from the 2011–12 season and two promoted from the 2011–12 2. MFL.

Promotion and relegation

At the start of the 2012–13 season

Promoted from 2011–12 Second League

Pelister (Winners)
Drita (Runners-up)

Relegated to 2012–13 Second League

Ohrid (11th)
11 Oktomvri (12th)

At the end of the 2012–13 season

Promoted from 2012–13 Second League

Makedonija Gjorče Petrov (Winners)
Gostivar (Runners-up)
Gorno Lisiče (Fourth placed; won play-off match)

Relegated to 2013–14 Second League

Drita (9th; lost play-off match)
Teteks (11th)
Sileks (12th)

Participating teams

Skopje

Tetovo

Skopje clubs:

Metalurg
Rabotnički
Vardar

Tetovo clubs:

Teteks
Shkëndija

Location of teams in 2012–13 Macedonian First League

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity
Bregalnica Štip	Ilievski, DobrinkoDobrinko Ilievski	Štip	Gradski stadion Štip	4,000
Drita	Husein, NedžatNedžat Husein	Bogovinje	Stadion Bogovinje	500
Metalurg Skopje	Zaharievski, SrgjanSrgjan Zaharievski	Skopje	Stadion Železarnica	3,000
Napredok	Bočeski, DraganDragan Bočeski	Kičevo	Gradski stadion Kičevo	5,000
Pelister	Dimov, MileMile Dimov (interim)	Bitola	Stadion Tumbe Kafe	8,000
Rabotnički	Tasevski, ŽikicaŽikica Tasevski	Skopje	Philip II Arena	33,460
Renova	Osmani, QatipQatip Osmani	Džepčište	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Shkëndija	Šakiri, ArtimArtim Šakiri	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Sileks	Senev, TrajčeTrajče Senev	Kratovo	Gradski stadion Kratovo	1,800
Teteks	Mihajlov, GorazdGorazd Mihajlov	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Horizont Turnovo	Dimitkovski, LjupčoLjupčo Dimitkovski	Turnovo	Stadion Kukuš	1,500
Vardar	Milevski, BlagojaBlagoja Milevski	Skopje	Philip II Arena	33,460

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vardar (C)	33	20	8	5	71	21	+50	68	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Metalurg Skopje	33	18	9	6	48	28	+20	63	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Horizont Turnovo	33	17	12	4	49	31	+18	63	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Rabotnički	33	16	5	12	47	42	+5	53
5	Shkëndija^{[lower-alpha 1]}	33	13	8	12	52	49	+3	44
6	Bregalnica Štip	33	12	7	14	37	35	+2	43
7	Napredok	33	12	7	14	29	39	−10	43
8	Renova	33	12	7	14	35	46	−11	43
9	Drita (R)	33	11	7	15	35	50	−15	40	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Pelister (O)	33	9	10	14	27	36	−9	37	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11	Teteks (R)	33	6	7	20	22	47	−25	25	Relegation to the Macedonian Second Football League and qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 2]}
12	Sileks (R)	33	6	5	22	33	61	−28	23	Relegation to the Macedonian Second Football League

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).^[2]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ Shkëndija were deducted three points for leaving the pitch in the match against Teteks in the 19th round.^[1]
↑ Teteks qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2012–13 Macedonian Football Cup.

Results

Every team played three times against each other team for a total of 33 matches. The first 22 matchdays consisted of a regular double round-robin schedule. The league standings at this point were then be used to determine the games for the last 11 matchdays.

Matches 1–22

Home ╲ Away	Bregalnica Štip !BRE	Drita !DRI	Metalurg !MET	Napredok !NAP	Pelister !PEL	Rabotnički !RAB	Renova !REN	Shkëndija !ŠKE	Sileks !SIL	Teteks !TET	Horizont Turnovo !TUR	Vardar !VAR
Bregalnica Štip !Bregalnica Štip		3–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1
Drita !Drita	0–1		1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–4	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1
Metalurg !Metalurg	2–1	0–1		3–2	1–0	2–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–2
Napredok !Napredok	2–1	1–1	1–1		1–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0
Pelister !Pelister	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0		1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0
Rabotnički !Rabotnički	3–1	2–2	2–0	0–1	2–1		3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–2
Renova !Renova	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1		0–3	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2
Shkëndija !Shkëndija	0–3	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	5–1	1–2		1–0	4–1	1–2	2–1
Sileks !Sileks	2–1	4–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–5	1–0	2–3		2–1	1–1	0–0
Teteks !Teteks	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	3–0	2–1		0–1	0–0
Horizont Turnovo !Horizont Turnovo	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	0–0		0–0
Vardar !Vardar	3–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–2	3–0	6–1	5–0	4–0	5–1

Updated to games played on 31 March 2013.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

Home ╲ Away	Bregalnica Štip !BRE	Drita !DRI	Metalurg !MET	Napredok !NAP	Pelister !PEL	Rabotnički !RAB	Renova !REN	Shkëndija !ŠKE	Sileks !SIL	Teteks !TET	Horizont Turnovo !TUR	Vardar !VAR
Bregalnica Štip !Bregalnica Štip		1–0	2–3					4–3		2–0		1–1
Drita !Drita			0–2		2–0			3–1		2–0		1–3
Metalurg !Metalurg				2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1		3–0			1–1
Napredok !Napredok	2–1	1–2				0–2		0–3		0–0	0–2
Pelister !Pelister	0–0			1–2			1–0		2–4		1–1
Rabotnički !Rabotnički	1–1	2–0			1–0				3–2	3–1
Renova !Renova	2–1	1–1		2–1		0–2				3–1	0–2
Shkëndija !Shkëndija			1–1		0–1	1–0	1–1		3–0			0–1
Sileks !Sileks	0–1	1–2		0–0			2–2				1–2
Teteks !Teteks			1–1		0–0			2–1	4–0			0–3
Horizont Turnovo !Horizont Turnovo	2–1	4–0	2–4			3–0		1–1		2–0
Vardar !Vardar				4–0	0–1	1–2	3–1		2–1		5–0

Updated to games played on 2 June 2013.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Drita v Gorno Lisiče

12 June 2013
16:30 CEST

Drita	0 – 3 (2 – 3) Awarded	Gorno Lisiče
Barać 53' Nuhiji 65' Mustafi 66' Xhaferi 66'	Report	Pandovski 11', 45' Mickov 54'

Gradski stadion, Štip
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Dalibor Gjorgjevski (Kumanovo)

Pelister v Skopje

12 June 2013
16:30 CEST

Pelister	1 – 0	Skopje
Dimitrovski 68' Milenkovski 90+4'	Report

Gradski stadion, Kičevo
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Josip Barton (Tetovo)

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 2 June 2013

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jovan Kostovski	Vardar	22
2	Muzafer Ejupi	Shkendija	20
3	Dejan Blazhevski	Turnovo	17
4	Zoran Baldovaliev	Turnovo	16
5	Nikola Georgiev	Sileks	13
	Mile Krstev	Metalurg
	Krste Velkoski	Rabotnichki
8	Izair Emini	Shkendija and Renova	10
8	Marko Simonovski	Napredok and Metalurg	10
10	Ardijan Nuhiji	Drita	9

Players whose names are written with Italic letters played only during the first half of the season.

References

↑ "ФФМ одлучи: Тетекс ќе игра шест меча без публика, на Шкендија и се одземаат три бода". Ekipa.mk (in Macedonian). 15 January 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
↑ "First League 2012/2013 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

External links

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

Macedonian First Football League
Seasons	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
2017–18 teams	Akademija Pandev Pelister Pobeda Rabotnichki Renova Shkëndija Shkupi Sileks Skopje Vardar
Former teams	11 Oktomvri Balkan Bashkimi Belasica Borec Bregalnica (D) Bregalnica (Sh) Cementarnica 55 Drita Gorno Lisiche Gostivari Karaorman Kozhuf Kumanovo Ljuboten Madzhari Solidarnost Makedonija GjP Metalurg Milano Mladost (CD) Napredok Ohrid Osogovo Pobeda (1941) Rudar Sasa Sloga Jugomagnat Teteks Tikvesh Turnovo Vardarski Vëllazërimi
Associated competitions	Macedonian Cup Super Cup Second League Third League UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League

2012–13 in Republic of Macedonia football
« 2011–12 2013–14 »
Domestic leagues	First League Second League Third League
Domestic cups	Macedonian Football Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group A) Čedomir Janevski
Club season articles
First League	Bregalnica Štip Drita Metalurg Napredok Pelister Rabotnički Renova Sileks Shkëndija Teteks Turnovo Vardar

2012–13 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '12 '13 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '12 '13 Faroe Islands '12 '13 Finland '12 '13 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '12 '13 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '12 '13 Latvia '12 '13 Lithuania '12 '13 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '12 '13 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '12 '13 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '12 '13 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '12 '13 Finland '12 '13 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '12 '13 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '12 '13 Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '12 '13 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '12 '13 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '12 '13 France Hungary Iceland '12 '13 Israel Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '12 '13 Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League Qualifying phase and play-off round Group stage Knockout phase Final Europa League Qualifying phase and play-off round Group stage Knockout phase Final Super Cup

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