2009–10 Macedonian First Football League

The 2009–10 Macedonian First League was the 18th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. It began on 1 August 2009 and ended on 19 May 2010. Makedonija G.P. were the defending champions having won their first Macedonian championship last season.

Macedonian First League

Season	2009–10
Dates	1 August 2009 – 19 May 2010
Champions	Renova 1st domestic title
Relegated	Makedonija G.P. Milano Pobeda Sloga Jugomagnat
Champions League	Renova
Europa League	Rabotnichki Metalurg Teteks
Matches played	117
Goals scored	310 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bobi Bozhinovski (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Makedonija 8–0 Milano (26 September 2009)
Biggest away win	Sileks 0–5 Renova (18 October 2009)
Highest scoring	Makedonija 8–0 Milano (26 September 2009)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Promotion and relegation

At the start of the 2009–10 season Promoted from 2008–09 Second League Teteks (winners) Sloga Jugomagnat (runners-up) Relegated to 2009–10 Second League Napredok (11th)

At the end of the 2009–10 season Promoted from 2009–10 Second League Shkëndija (winners) Skopje (runners-up) Napredok (Third placed)1 Bregalnica Shtip (Fourth placed; won play-off match) Relegated to 2010–11 Second League Milano (11th; lost play-off match) Makedonija G.P. (9th)1 Sloga Jugomagnat (10th)1 Pobeda (12th)2

1 Makedonija G.P. and Sloga Jugomagnat were expelled from the First League due to boycotting two matches in the season. However, Napredok was directly promoted.
2 Pobeda was expelled from the First League due to the eight-year suspension from FIFA for their involvement in match-fixing scandal.

Participating teams

Skopje

Pelister

Milano

Renova

Pobeda

Sileks

Teteks

Turnovo

Skopje clubs:

Makedonija
Metalurg
Rabotnichki
Sloga Jugomagnat
Vardar

Location of teams in 2009–10 Macedonian First League

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity
Makedonija G.P.	Ilcho Gjorgioski	Skopje	Stadion Gjorche Petrov	3,000
Metalurg Skopje	Zhikica Tasevski	Skopje	Stadion Zhelezarnica	4,000
Milano	Bylbyl Sokoli	Kumanovo	Milano Arena	3,500
Pelister	Naum Ljamchevski	Bitola	Stadion Tumbe Kafe	8,000
Pobeda	Goran Todoroski	Prilep	Stadion Goce Delchev	15,000
Rabotnichki	Zoran Stratev	Skopje	Philip II Arena	25,000
Renova	Nexhat Shabani	Djepchishte	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Sileks	Ane Andovski	Kratovo	Stadion Sileks	5,000
Sloga Jugomagnat	Mensur Nexhipi	Skopje	Chair Stadium	4,500
Teteks	Toni Jakimovski	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Horizont Turnovo	Dragan Hristovski	Turnovo	Stadion Kukush	1,500
Vardar	Gjorgji Todorovski	Skopje	Philip II Arena	25,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Renova (C)	26	17	4	5	45	21	+24	55	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Rabotnichki	26	15	5	6	38	20	+18	50	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Metalurg	26	12	11	3	35	16	+19	47
4	Pelister	26	11	6	9	28	27	+1	39
5	Sileks	26	8	8	10	29	33	−4	32
6	Vardar[a]	26	9	6	11	31	28	+3	30
7	Teteks	26	8	6	12	31	30	+1	30	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
8	Horizont Turnovo[c]	26	8	5	13	27	35	−8	26
9	Makedonija G.P.[d] (D, R)	10	5	4	1	23	5	+18	19	Banned from playing in the league system
10	Sloga Jugomagnat[d] (D, R)	10	3	2	5	9	14	−5	11
11	Milano (R)	26	1	3	22	14	81	−67	6	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
–	Pobeda[e] (D, R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Banned from playing in the league system

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; (D) Banned; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Vardar were deducted three points for not showing up for the match against Metalurg in the 18th round.
2. Teteks qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2009–10 Macedonian Football Cup.
3. Horizont Turnovo were deducted three points for not showing up for the match against Metalurg in the 14th round.
4. Makedonija G.P. and Sloga Jugomagnat were suspended and expelled from Prva Liga for not appearing in two consecutive matches in the championship. Their matches from the 12th round onwards were expunged.^[1][2]
5. Pobeda were suspended and expelled from Prva Liga. All their matches were expunged.^[3]

Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team plays each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. This season, due to the suspension of two teams, each team will play a total of 20 games. The pairings of the third round will then be set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 29 games per team.

Matches 1–22

Home \ Away	MGP	MET	MIL	PEL	POB	RAB	REN	SIL	SLO	TET	TUR	VAR	MGP	MET	MIL	PEL	POB	RAB	REN	SIL	SLO	TET	TUR	VAR
Makedonija	—	—	8–0	0–0	0–32	—	0–12	2–0	4–1	1–02	—	5–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Metalurg	0–0	—	4–0	1–2	2–12	1–1	3–1	2–2	—	4–0	3–01	3–03	—	—	3–0	1–0	3–02	—	1–0	—	—	—	1–1	—
Milano	—	0–0	—	3–01	3–22	0–2	0–2	1–4	0–3	1–5	0–2	0–4	—	—	—	2–2	—	0–2	—	—	—	2–4	—	0–5
Pelister	—	3–0	3–1	—	1–02	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	—	—	—	—	1–02	1–0	—	1–0	—	0–0	—	1–0
Pobeda	0–02	0–12	4–12	0–02	—	4–22	0–42	2–22	2–02	2–02	1–02	2–12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–02	0–12	—
Rabotnichki	1–1	1–1	5–1	3–0	6–22	—	2–1	1–1	—	3–1	1–0	1–0	—	1–2	—	—	—	—	—	1–2	—	2–1	—	1–1
Renova	1–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	2–12	2–0	—	3–1	3–1	1–0	3–2	3–2	—	—	1–0	3–1	2–12	0–1	—	—	—	—	2–0	—
Sileks	—	0–1	4–0	1–0	0–12	2–0	0–5	—	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	—	0–1	1–1	—	3–02	—	0–0	—	—	—	1–1	—
Sloga Jugomagnat	—	0–1	—	1–32	—	0–3	—	0–32	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Teteks	2–2	0–0	6–0	1–2	3–12	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–02	—	1–0	1–0	—	0–0	—	—	—	—	0–1	2–0	—	—	—	1–1
Horizont Turnovo	0–1	1–1	3–1	4–3	3–12	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–02	0–2	—	0–1	—	—	2–1	0–1	—	0–1	—	—	—	0–1	—	—
Vardar	3–02	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–02	1–2	1–1	3–1	—	3–1	1–3	—	—	0–0	—	—	—	—	2–0	2–0	—	—	0–1	—

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

• ¹ Matches awarded because Makedonija, Turnovo, Sloga Jugomagnat and Pelister were boycotting the championship; Turnovo and Pelister later changed their positions.^[4][5][6]
• ² Matches expunged after the suspension and expulsion of Makedonija, Sloga Jugomagnat and Pobeda.^[1][2]
• ³ The match was awarded to Metalurg after Vardar boycotted the match due to FFM's involvement in cancellation of Vardar's contract with Stefan Ristovski with illegal documents.^[7][8]

Relegation playoff

30 May 2010

16:30 CEST

Milano	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Bregalnica Shtip
Stojanovski 78'	Report	Dimovski 72' Novakov 110' (pen.)

Stadion Gjorche Petrov, Skopje

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bobi Bozhinovski	Rabotnichki	15
2	Besart Ibraimi	Renova	12
	Dushan Savikj	Rabotnichki
4	Dragan Dimitrovski	Pelister & Pobeda	11
	Boban Janchevski	Renova
6	Ilija Nestorovski	Pobeda	10
7	Blazhe Ilijoski	Metalurg	9
8	Ilber Ali	Renova	7
	Marjan Altiparmakovski	Pelister
	Dragan Georgiev	Turnovo
	Ivica Gligorovski	Makedonija & Teteks
	Mile Krstev	Metalurg
	Aleksandar Stojanovski	Teteks & Milano
	Boško Stupić	Vardar
	Wandeir	Rabotnichki

Source: Soccerway

See also

• 2009–10 Macedonian Football Cup
• 2009–10 Macedonian Second Football League

External links

• Macedonia - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• Football Federation of Macedonia (in Macedonian)
• MacedonianFootball.com (in Macedonian and English)