2006–07 Macedonian First Football League

The 2006–07 Macedonian First League was the 15th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. The first matches of the season were played on 6 August 2006 and the last on 27 May 2007. Rabotnichki were the defending champions, having won their second title. The 2006-07 champions were Pobeda who had won their second title.

Macedonian First League

Season	2006–07
Dates	6 August 2006 – 27 May 2007
Champions	Pobeda 2nd domestic title
Relegated	Bregalnica Shtip Vëllazërimi
Champions League	Pobeda
UEFA Cup	Rabotnichki Vardar
Intertoto Cup	Makedonija G.P.
Matches played	198
Goals scored	604 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Boban Janchevski (26 goals)
Biggest home win	Vardar 10–0 Vëllazërimi (15 April 2007)
Biggest away win	Vëllazërimi 0–5 Makedonija G.P. (17 December 2006 and 18 April 2007) Bregalnica 0–5 Bashkimi (24 September 2006)
Highest scoring	Vardar 10–0 Vëllazërimi (15 April 2007)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Promotion and relegation

At the start of the 2006–07 season Promoted from 2005–06 Second League Pelister (winners) Napredok (runners-up) Relegated to 2006–07 Second League Cementarnica 55 (11th) Belasica (12th)

At the end of the 2006–07 season Promoted from 2006–07 Second League Milano (winners) Cementarnica 55 (runners-up) Relegated to 2007–08 Second League Bregalnica Kraun (11th) Vëllazërimi (12th)

Participating teams

Skopje

Bashkimi

Napredok
Vëllazërimi

Pelister

Pobeda

Renova

Bregalnica

Sileks

Shkëndija

Skopje clubs:

Makedonija
Rabotnichki
Vardar

Location of teams in 2006–07 Macedonian First League

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Bashkimi	Kumanovo	Gradski stadion Kumanovo	7,000
Bregalnica Kraun	Shtip	Gradski stadion Shtip	4,000
Makedonija G.P.	Skopje	Stadion Gjorche Petrov	3,000
Napredok	Kichevo	Gradski stadion Kichevo	5,000
Pelister	Bitola	Stadion Tumbe Kafe	8,000
Pobeda	Prilep	Stadion Goce Delchev	15,000
Rabotnichki Kometal	Skopje	Gradski stadion Skopje	18,104
Renova	Djepchishte	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Shkëndija 79	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Sileks	Kratovo	Stadion Sileks	5,000
Vardar	Skopje	Gradski stadion Skopje	18,104
Vëllazërimi	Kichevo	Gradski stadion Kichevo	5,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pobeda (C)	33	21	8	4	73	42	+31	71	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Rabotnichki Kometal	33	19	10	4	75	25	+50	67	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Makedonija G.P.	33	18	10	5	65	29	+36	64	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
4	Vardar	33	17	8	8	63	34	+29	59	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
5	Renova	33	17	8	8	54	31	+23	59
6	Pelister	33	14	3	16	37	32	+5	45
7	Napredok	33	12	9	12	50	47	+3	45
8	Bashkimi	33	12	6	15	54	60	−6	42
9	Sileks (O)	33	12	5	16	54	50	+4	41	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Shkëndija (O)	33	10	8	15	39	63	−24	38
11	Bregalnica Kraun (R)	33	3	4	26	19	97	−78	13	Relegation to the Macedonian Second League
12	Vëllazërimi (R)	33	2	3	28	22	95	−73	9

Source: MacedonianFootball.com, RSSSF.org
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).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Vardar qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round by winning the 2006–07 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.

Home \ Away	BAS	BRE	MGP	NAP	PEL	POB	RAB	REN	SKE	SIL	VAR	VLZ	BAS	BRE	MGP	NAP	PEL	POB	RAB	REN	SKE	SIL	VAR	VLZ
Bashkimi	—	8–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–3	6–1	1–0	0–3[a]	2–0	—	2–1	—	—	1–0	—	0–0	—	—	1–4	4–1	—
Bregalnica Kraun	0–5	—	2–3	1–2	0–4	1–1	0–3	1–0	0–3	0–2	0–3	5–1	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	0–3	—	1–2	—	0–2	2–1
Makedonija	1–1	3–0	—	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	3–0	3–0	4–0	—	2–1	2–0	—	—	—	—	2–0	1–1	—
Napredok	1–0	7–0	1–0	—	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–3	3–0[b]	4–0	2–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1	2–0	5–3	3–1
Pelister	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–2	—	1–0	2–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	—	—	—	2–0	—	—	0–2	0–1	2–1	—	1–2	2–0
Pobeda	3–2	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	—	1–1	1–0	4–2	1–0	3–2	3–0	5–1	4–1	1–0	4–0	3–1	—	—	—	—	3–2	—	—
Rabotnichki	3–2	8–0	3–2	4–0	1–0	2–0	—	3–0	5–1	6–2	1–1	5–0	—	—	3–3	0–0	—	1–2	—	1–1	—	—	—	5–0
Renova	2–2	3–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	—	1–2	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	—	4–3	—	—	—	2–1	—	—
Shkëndija	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–5	—	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	—	—	0–2	—	2–1	—	—	—	4–2
Sileks	0–1	4–0	1–2	3–3	2–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–0	—	3–2	1–1	—	3–0	—	—	2–1	—	0–1	—	6–0	—	2–2	—
Vardar	3–0	1–1	2–2	5–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	—	3–0	—	—	—	2–0	—	2–3	0–0	0–1	1–0	—	—	10–0
Vëllazërimi	2–3	0–0	0–5	1–3	0–1	2–4	0–3	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	—	2–3	—	0–5	—	—	1–2	—	0–1	—	2–5	—	—

Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Match abandoned at the half-time after was Vardar's players been attacked in front of the locker room.^[1] Later, the match was awarded to Vardar.^[2]
2. Match abandoned at the 34th minute by the result 1–0 due to the attack on the referee Marjan Markovski by the Vëllazërimi's players Vlatko Novakov, Burim Zulbeari and Agron Demiri.^[3] Later, the match was awarded to Napredok.^[4]

Relegation playoff

3 June 2007

Sileks	2–1	Skopje
Natkov 55' Pavlović 60'		Markovski 90'

Stadion Tumbe Kafe, Bitola

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24 June 2007

Shkëndija 79	3–0 (Awarded)	Teteks

Gradski stadion, Tetovo

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Boban Janchevski	Bashkimi & Renova	26
2	Blagoja Geshoski	Pobeda	19
3	Dušan Savić	Pobeda	16
4	Stevica Ristić	Sileks	14
	Boško Stupić	Sileks
6	Argjend Beqiri	Renova	13
	Goran Stankovski	Rabotnichki
	Goce Toleski	Renova
9	Burhan Emurlahu	Shkëndija & Vardar	12
	Wandeir	Vardar

Source: Macedonian Football (in English)

See also

• 2006–07 Macedonian Football Cup
• 2006–07 Macedonian Second Football League