2013–14 Macedonian First Football League

Macedonian First League
Season	2013–14
Dates	4 August 2013 –; 18 May 2014
Champions	Rabotnichki; 4th domestic title
Relegated	Gorno Lisiche; Makedonija G.P.; Napredok; Gostivar
Champions League	Rabotnichki
Europa League	Turnovo; Metalurg; Shkëndija
Matches played	198
Goals scored	518 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dejan Blazhevski; (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Vardar 6–0 Napredok
Biggest away win	Pelister 0–4 Renova; Gostivar 1–5 Metalurg; Renova 2–6 Rabotnichki
Highest scoring	Rabotnichki 5–3 Turnovo ; Renova 2–6 Rabotnichki
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 edit

At the start of the 2013–14 season

Promoted from 2012–13 Second League

Makedonija G.P. (winners)
Gostivar (runners-up)
Gorno Lisiche (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

Gorno Lisiche (9th)
Makedonija G.P. (10th)
Napredok (11th)
Gostivar (12th)

Participating teams edit

Skopje

Skopje clubs:

Gorno Lisiche
Makedonija
Metalurg
Rabotnichki
Vardar

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Location of teams in 2013–14 Macedonian First League

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Bregalnica	Shtip	Gradski stadion Shtip	4,000
Euromilk Gorno Lisiche	Skopje	Stadion Gorno Lisiche^[a]	1,500
Gostivar	Gostivar	Gradski stadion Gostivar	1,000
Makedonija G.P.	Skopje	Stadion Gjorche Petrov	3,000
Metalurg	Skopje	Stadion Zhelezarnica	3,000
Napredok	Kičevo	Gradski stadion Kichevo	5,000
Pelister	Bitola	Stadion Tumbe Kafe	8,000
Rabotnichki	Skopje	Philip II Arena	33,460
Renova	Djepchishte	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Shkëndija	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Horizont Turnovo	Turnovo	Stadion Kukush	1,500
Vardar	Skopje	Philip II Arena	33,460

^ Gorno Lisiche was played their home games on Boris Trajkovski Stadium because their Stadion Gorno Lisiche doesn't fulfill criteria for First League.

Personnel and kits edit

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	Ali Güneş	Goran Zdravkov
Gorno Lisiče	Ljubodrag Milošević	Aleksandar Pandovski		Euromilk
Gostivar	Mite Mitev		Nike
Makedonija G.P.	Marjan Sekulovski		Nike
Metalurg	Srgjan Zaharievski	Mile Krstev	Legea	Makstil
Napredok	Dragan Mateski		Legea
Pelister	Dragan Bocheski	Goran Pashovski	Jako	Pelisterka
Rabotnichki	Igor Angelovski	Blazhe Todorovski	Joma
Renova	Qatip Osmani	Izair Emini	Jako	Renova
Shkëndija	Shpëtim Duro	Artim Pollozhani	Nike	Ecolog
Turnovo	Goce Sedloski	Stojan Dimovski	Jako	Vitaminka
Vardar	Sergey Andreyev	Radenko Bojović	Li-Ning

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rabotnichki (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^[a]
3	Metalurg	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 Shtip	33	11	11	11	34	34	0	44
8	Renova	33	10	14	9	42	46	−4	44
9	Euromilk Gorno Lisiche (R)	33	9	12	12	34	37	−3	39	Relegation to the Macedonian Second League
10	Makedonija G.P. (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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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

Results edit

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.

Home \ Away	BRE	EGL	GOS	MGP	MET	NAP	PEL	RAB	REN	SKE	TUR	VAR	BRE	EGL	GOS	MGP	MET	NAP	PEL	RAB	REN	SKE	TUR	VAR
Bregalnica Shtip	—	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	—	3–0	1–2	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	0–0
Euromilk G.L.	0–3	—	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–2	0–0	—	1–1	3–1	—	4–1	—	—	—	0–2	—	—
Gostivar	0–1	0–2	—	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	—	—	—	—	1–5	2–3	—	—	—	0–3	1–2	0–2
Makedonija	3–0	0–1	4–0	—	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–3	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	—	—	2–1	—	1–3	—	—	—	—	1–3	1–2	2–2
Metalurg	1–2	2–1	4–0	1–0	—	0–0	2–4	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	—	1–0	—	—	—	2–0	3–1	—	2–2	1–2	1–2	2–1
Napredok	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	—	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–3	—	—	1–3	—	—	1–3	0–2	0–0	—	—	—
Pelister	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	4–0	—	1–0	0–4	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	—	—	1–2	—	—	—	—
Rabotnichki	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–3	4–0	—	0–0	5–0	5–3	2–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–1
Renova	3–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	—	1–3	4–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	4–2	—	—	2–1	2–6	—	—	—	—
Shkëndija	2–0	0–3	4–0	3–0	0–0	3–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	—	0–3	3–1	0–2	—	—	—	—	4–0	4–0	3–1	5–0	—	—	—
Horizont Turnovo	3–1	1–1	5–1	5–1	0–0	4–0	0–2	3–0	4–0	3–1	—	2–0	—	2–0	—	—	—	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	—	—
Vardar	1–0	2–0	4–0	4–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	—	—	1–0	—	—	—	6–0	0–0	—	5–1	1–2	2–1	—

Source: MacedonianFootball.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

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 & Shkëndija	13
4	Krste Velkoski	Rabotnichki	13
6	Ermedin Adem	Makedonija G.P.	11
7	Vladimir Mojsovski	Napredok	10
	Aco Stojkov	Vardar
	Dimitar Vodenicharov	Pelister
	Bojan Vručina	Shkëndija

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

References edit

^ "Илчо Ѓорѓиоски во јуни добива четиригодишен мандат во Фудбалската федерација на Македонија". Ekipa.mk. 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
^ "First League 2013/2014 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

External links edit

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

[gorno-2] Gorno Lisiche was played their home games on Boris Trajkovski Stadium because their Stadion Gorno Lisiche doesn't fulfill criteria for First League.

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.12668413628204-3] Metalurg qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as a runner-up of the 2013–14 Macedonian Football Cup.

[1] "Илчо Ѓорѓиоски во јуни добива четиригодишен мандат во Фудбалската федерација на Македонија". Ekipa.mk. 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2013.

[4] "First League 2013/2014 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

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