2022–23 Macedonian Second Football League

The 2022–23 Macedonian Second Football League was the 31st season of the Macedonian Second Football League, the second division in the Macedonian football league system. That was the first season since the league was returned to the united league format, for the first time since 2016–17 season. The season began on 20 August 2022.[1]

Macedonian Second League
Season2022–23
ChampionsVoska Sport
PromotedVoska Sport
Gostivar
Vardar
RelegatedLokomotiva
Sloga 1934
Borec
Matches played240
Goals scored674 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorerBehar Feta
(29 goals)

Participating teams

edit
Location of teams in 2022–23 Macedonian Second League
Club City Stadium Capacity
Arsimi Chegrane Stadion Chegrane
Belasica Strumica Stadion Blagoj Istatov 6,500
Besa Dobri Dol Global Arena 4,000
Borec Veles Stadion Zoran Paunov 2,000
Detonit Plachkovica Radovish Gradski stadion Radovish 2,000
Gostivar Gostivar Gradski stadion Gostivar 1,000
Karaorman Struga Stadion Gradska Plazha 2,500
Kozhuf Gevgelija Gradski stadion Gevgelija 1,400
Lokomotiva Skopje Lokomotiva Stadium 500
Ohrid Ohrid SRC Biljanini Izvori 3,980
Pelister Bitola Stadion Petar Miloshevski 9,100
Sasa Makedonska Kamenica Gradski stadion M. Kamenica 5,000
Sloga 1934 Vinica Gradski stadion Vinica 3,000
Teteks Tetovo AMS Sportski Centar Tetovo 2,000
Vardar Skopje Stadion Zhelezarnica
Stadion Boris Trajkovski
3,000
3,000
Voska Sport Ohrid SRC Biljanini Izvori 3,980

League table

edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Voska Sport (C, P) 30 23 6 1 84 25 +59 75 Promotion to Macedonian First League
2 Gostivar[a] (P) 30 23 7 0 71 11 +60 73
3 Vardar (P) 30 19 6 5 55 20 +35 63 Qualification to Promotion play-off match
4 Pelister 30 17 7 6 64 26 +38 58
5 Detonit Plachkovica 30 14 8 8 43 35 +8 50
6 Besa 30 15 3 12 43 29 +14 48
7 Ohrid 30 12 5 13 31 35 −4 41
8 Arsimi 30 12 4 14 41 35 +6 40
9 Kozhuf 30 10 6 14 40 54 −14 36
10 Belasica 30 10 5 15 36 47 −11 35
11 Karaorman 30 9 7 14 30 40 −10 34
12 Sasa 30 8 7 15 31 49 −18 31
13 Teteks (O) 30 9 4 17 31 78 −47 31 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
14 Lokomotiva (R) 30 8 6 16 35 41 −6 30 Relegation to Macedonian Third League
15 Sloga 1934 (R) 30 6 7 17 26 47 −21 25
16 Borec (R) 30 0 2 28 13 102 −89 2
Source: MacedonianFootball.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Gostivar were deducted three points due playing an illegible player in the 16th round.

Results

edit
Home \ Away ARS BEL BES BOR DPL GOS KAR KOZ LOK OHR PEL SAS SLO TET VAR VOS
Arsimi 2–0 2–0 9–0 0–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–4 0–1 1–2
Belasica 0–1 1–0 5–0 2–1 0–3 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–3 4–0 0–1 1–3
Besa 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–3 1–2 2–0 3–2 6–1 2–1 0–1
Borec 2–4 0–1 0–4 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–4 0–3 1–2 2–4 0–3 1–7
Detonit Plachkovica 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 5–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1
Gostivar 2–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 5–1 5–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 5–0 5–0 1–0 2–2
Karaorman 2–0 3–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–2
Kozhuf 1–2 4–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–3 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–4 3–2 2–0 4–1 3–1 1–2
Lokomotiva 0–3 3–0 2–0 3–2 1–3 2–3 3–0 3–0 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2
Ohrid 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–2
Pelister 3–1 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–3 2–0 5–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 11–0 2–2 1–1
Sasa 1–0 1–1 1–2 4–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–4
Sloga 1934 0–0 1–2 0–1 4–0 1–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–3
Teteks 0–2 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–3 0–7 2–1 4–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–4
Vardar 1–1 1–1 1–0 6–0 2–0 0–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 2–1
Voska Sport 3–1 4–1 2–1 6–0 5–3 0–0 4–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 4–0 2–1
Source: MacedonianFootball.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

edit
Osogovo1–6Teteks
  • Cvetanov   65'
Report
  • Saliji   13', 75'
  • Jusuf   16', 85'
  • T. Stojkovski   36'
  • Kirovski   90+1'
Referee: Igor Ivanov (Veles)

Bashkimi3–0Vëllazërimi J 1977
  • Alili   16'
  • Aziri   23', 90+5'
Report
Referee: Blagojche Ralevski (Bitola)

Novaci1–1Vardar Negotino
  • A. Stojkovski   33'
Report
  • Nedelkov   90'
Penalties
  • Krklinski  
  • Stefanovski  
  • Nedanovski  
  • Jovanovski  
  • A. Stojkovski  
2–3
  •   Najdov
  •   Nacev
  •   Andonov
  •   Ristovski
  •   Ilov
Referee: Jovan Kachevski (Struga)

Osogovo and Novaci were also promoted because they were drawn as a lucky losers.[3]

Top scorers

edit
As of 15 May 2023.
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Behar Feta Voska Sport 29
2   Antonio Kalanoski Gostivar 25
3   Izair Emini Voska Sport 15
  Borche Manevski Pelister
5   Fiton Ademi Besa & Voska Sport 13
6   Emran Ramadani Gostivar 12
7   Sasho Dukov Pelister & Sasa 10
8   Shpend Asani Arsimi 9
  Dario Desnikj Vardar
  Alen Jasharoski Voska Sport
  Florent Osmani Lokomotiva
  Bojan Spirkoski Pelister
  Boško Stupić Sasa & Sloga 1934
  Vladimir Zhoglev Vardar

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "2.MFL season 2022/23 draw made". MacedonianFootball.com. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Пропозиции за натпреварување во Втора МФЛ Исток и Втора МФЛ Запад" (PDF). FFM.mk. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Осогово и Новаци добија второлигашки статус на ждрепката во ФФМ!" (in Macedonian). Gol.mk. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
edit