2013–14 Macedonian First Football League

Macedonian First League
Season	2013–14
Dates	4 August 2013 – 18 May 2014
Champions	Rabotnički 4th domestic title
Relegated	Gorno Lisiče Makedonija GjP Napredok Gostivar
Champions League	Rabotnički
Europa League	Turnovo Metalurg Shkëndija
Matches played	198
Goals scored	518 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dejan Blazhevski (19)
Biggest home win	Vardar 6–0 Napredok
Biggest away win	Pelister 0–4 Renova Gostivar 1–5 Metalurg Renova 2–6 Rabotnički
Highest scoring	Rabotnički 5–3 Turnovo Renova 2–6 Rabotnički
Longest winning run	7 games Shkëndija
Longest unbeaten run	13 games Vardar
Longest winless run	21 games Napredok
Longest losing run	9 games Napredok Gostivar
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 Macedonian First League was the 22nd season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. Vardar are the defending champions after winning their seventh Macedonian championship at the end of the 2012–13 season. It began on 4 August 2013 and ended on 18 May 2014. This was the final season with 12 teams, because the Football Federation of Macedonia approved reducing the league to 10 teams. Therefore, 4 teams was directly relegated.^[1]

Promotion and relegation

At the start of the 2013–14 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)

At the end of the 2013–14 season

Promoted from 2013–14 Second League

Sileks (Winners)
Teteks (Runners-up)

Relegated to 2014–15 Second League

Participating teams

Skopje

Skopje clubs:

Gorno Lisiče
Makedonija
Metalurg
Rabotnički
Vardar

Location of teams in 2013–14 Macedonian First League

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Bregalnica Štip	Štip	Gradski stadion Štip	4,000
Euromilk Gorno Lisiče	Skopje	Stadion Gorno Lisiče¹	1,500
Gostivar	Gostivar	Gradski stadion Gostivar	1,000
Makedonija GjP	Skopje	Stadion Gjorče Petrov	3,000
Metalurg Skopje	Skopje	Stadion Železarnica	3,000
Napredok	Kičevo	Gradski stadion Kičevo	5,000
Pelister	Bitola	Stadion Tumbe Kafe	8,000
Rabotnički	Skopje	Philip II Arena	33,460
Renova	Džepčište	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Shkëndija	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Horizont Turnovo	Turnovo	Stadion Kukuš	1,500
Vardar	Skopje	Philip II Arena	33,460

¹ Gorno Lisiče was played their home games on Boris Trajkovski Stadium because their Stadion Gorno Lisiče doesn't fulfill criteria for 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
Bregalnica	Güneş, AliAli Güneş	Zdravkov, GoranGoran Zdravkov
Gorno Lisiče	Milošević, LjubodragLjubodrag Milošević	Pandovski, AleksandarAleksandar Pandovski		Euromilk
Gostivar	Mitev, MiteMite Mitev		Nike
Makedonija GjP	Sekulovski, MarjanMarjan Sekulovski		Nike
Metalurg	Zaharievski, SrgjanSrgjan Zaharievski	Krstev, MileMile Krstev	Legea	Makstil
Napredok	Mateski, DraganDragan Mateski		Legea
Pelister	Bočeski, DraganDragan Bočeski	Pašovski, GoranGoran Pašovski	Jako	Pelisterka
Rabotnički	Angelovski, IgorIgor Angelovski	Todorovski, BlažeBlaže Todorovski	Joma
Renova	Osmani, QatipQatip Osmani	Emini, IzairIzair Emini	Jako	Renova
Shkëndija	Duro, ShpëtimShpëtim Duro	Položani, ArtimArtim Položani	Nike	Ecolog
Turnovo	Sedloski, GoceGoce Sedloski	Dimovski, StojanStojan Dimovski	Jako	Vitaminka
Vardar	Andreyev, SergeySergey Andreyev	Bojović, RadenkoRadenko Bojović	Li-Ning

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rabotnički (C)	33	18	8	7	66	35	+31	62	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Horizont Turnovo	33	18	6	9	61	33	+28	60	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Metalurg Skopje	33	16	11	6	48	29	+19	59
4	Shkëndija	33	16	9	8	53	32	+21	57
5	Vardar	33	15	11	7	55	32	+23	56
6	Pelister	33	14	10	9	40	40	0	52
7	Bregalnica Štip	33	11	11	11	34	34	0	44
8	Renova	33	10	14	9	42	46	−4	44
9	Gorno Lisiče (R)	33	9	12	12	34	37	−3	39	Relegation to the Macedonian Second Football League
10	Makedonija GjP (R)	33	9	5	19	40	56	−16	32
11	Napredok (R)	33	3	9	21	27	75	−48	18
12	Gostivar (R)	33	3	6	24	19	70	−51	15

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; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ Metalurg Skopje qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as a runner-up of the 2013–14 Macedonian Football Cup.

Results

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

Matches 1–22

Home ╲ Away	Bregalnica Štip !BRE	Euromilk Gorno Lisiče !EGL	Gostivar !GOS	Makedonija !MGP	Metalurg !MET	Napredok !NAP	Pelister !PEL	Rabotnički !RAB	Renova !REN	Shkëndija !ŠKE	Horizont Turnovo !TUR	Vardar !VAR
Bregalnica Štip !Bregalnica Štip		1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1
Euromilk Gorno Lisiče !Euromilk Gorno Lisiče	0–3		2–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–2
Gostivar !Gostivar	0–1	0–2		0–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–2
Makedonija !Makedonija	3–0	0–1	4–0		1–1	3–1	0–0	2–3	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–3
Metalurg !Metalurg	1–2	2–1	4–0	1–0		0–0	2–4	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0
Napredok !Napredok	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–2		2–2	1–3	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1
Pelister !Pelister	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	4–0		1–0	0–4	1–0	0–0	1–2
Rabotnički !Rabotnički	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–3	4–0		0–0	5–0	5–3	2–1
Renova !Renova	3–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1		1–3	4–2	0–0
Shkëndija !Shkëndija	2–0	0–3	4–0	3–0	0–0	3–2	0–0	2–2	0–0		0–3	3–1
Horizont Turnovo !Horizont Turnovo	3–1	1–1	5–1	5–1	0–0	4–0	0–2	3–0	4–0	3–1		2–0
Vardar !Vardar	1–0	2–0	4–0	4–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1

Source: MacedonianFootball.com
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	Euromilk Gorno Lisiče !EGL	Gostivar !GOS	Makedonija !MGP	Metalurg !MET	Napredok !NAP	Pelister !PEL	Rabotnički !RAB	Renova !REN	Shkëndija !ŠKE	Horizont Turnovo !TUR	Vardar !VAR
Bregalnica Štip !Bregalnica Štip			3–0	1–2	0–1						1–0	0–0
Euromilk Gorno Lisiče !Euromilk Gorno Lisiče	0–0		1–1	3–1		4–1				0–2
Gostivar !Gostivar					1–5	2–3				0–3	1–2	0–2
Makedonija !Makedonija			2–1		1–3					1–3	1–2	2–2
Metalurg !Metalurg		1–0				2–0	3–1		2–2	1–2	1–2	2–1
Napredok !Napredok	1–3			1–3			1–3	0–2	0–0
Pelister !Pelister	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–3			1–2
Rabotnički !Rabotnički	4–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–2							3–1
Renova !Renova	1–0	1–1	0–1	4–2			2–1	2–6
Shkëndija !Shkëndija	0–2					4–0	4–0	3–1	5–0
Horizont Turnovo !Horizont Turnovo		2–0				4–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2
Vardar !Vardar		1–0				6–0	0–0		5–1	1–2	2–1

Source: MacedonianFootball.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 18 May 2014

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dejan Blazhevski	Turnovo	19
2	Borche Manevski	Rabotnichki	17
3	Muzafer Ejupi	Turnovo	15
4	Stênio Júnior	Pelister & Shkendija	13
4	Krste Velkoski	Rabotnichki	13
6	Ermedin Adem	Makedonija Gj. P.	11
7	Vladimir Mojsovski	Napredok	10
	Aco Stojkov	Vardar
	Dimitar Vodenicharov	Pelister
	Bojan Vručina	Shkendija

Players whose names are written in italic letters played only in the first part of the League

References

↑ "Илчо Ѓорѓиоски во јуни добива четиригодишен мандат во Фудбалската федерација на Македонија". Ekipa.mk. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
↑ "First League 2013/2014 - 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

2013–14 in Republic of Macedonia football
« 2012–13 2014–15 »
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 Zoran Stratev
Club season articles
First League	Bregalnica Štip Gorno Lisiče Gostivar Makedonija GjP Metalurg Napredok Pelister Rabotnički Renova Shkëndija Turnovo Vardar

2013–14 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '13 '14 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '13 '14 Faroe Islands '13 '14 Finland '13 '14 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '13 '14 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '13 '14 Latvia '13 '14 Lithuania '13 '14 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '13 '14 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '13 '14 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '13 '14 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 '13 '14 Finland '13 '14 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '13 '14 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '13 '14 Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '13 '14 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '13 '14 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '13 '14 France Gibraltar Hungary Iceland '13 '14 Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '13 '14 Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic England Estonia Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Italy Kazakhstan '13 '14 Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine
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 Youth League
International competitions	2014 FIFA World Cup UEFA qualification 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2015 Euro Under-21 qualification 2014 Euro Under-19 qualifying round elite round 2014 Euro Under-17 qualifying round elite round

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