2010–11 Macedonian First Football League

The 2010–11 Macedonian First League was the 19th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. It began on 31 July 2010 and ended on 28 May 2011. Renova were the defending champions having won their first Macedonian championship last season.

Macedonian First League

Season	2010–11
Dates	31 July 2010 – 28 May 2011
Champions	Shkëndija 1st domestic title
Relegated	Skopje Pelister
Champions League	Shkëndija
Europa League	Metalurg Renova Rabotnichki
Matches played	180
Goals scored	425 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hristijan Kirovski (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Renova 5–0 Napredok Metalurg 5–0 Pelister
Biggest away win	Pelister 0–5 Renova Napredok 0–5 Rabotnichki
Highest scoring	Pelister 5–4 Skopje
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The competition was won by Shkëndija, who earned their first overall Macedonian title. FK Skopje and Pelister were relegated to the Second League. Vardar were spared from relegation because of fusion with Miravci.^[1]

Promotion and relegation

At the start of the 2010–11 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 (9th; lost play-off match) Makedonija G.P. (10th)1 Sloga Jugomagnat (11th)1 Pobeda (12th)2

At the end of the 2010–11 season Promoted from 2010–11 Second League 11 Oktomvri (winners) Ohrid (runners-up) Miravci (Fourth placed; won play-off match)3 Relegated to 2011–12 Second League Skopje (9th; lost play-off match) Vardar (11th)3 Pelister (12th)

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.
3 Vardar was initially relegated, but was stayed after was merged with Miravci, which won play-off match against Skopje. Later, the two sides were separated and Miravci were refused a First League licence.^[1]

Participating teams

Skopje

Pelister

Napredok

Renova

Bregalnica

Sileks

Shkëndija
Teteks

Turnovo

Skopje clubs:

Metalurg
Rabotnichki
Skopje
Vardar

Location of teams in 2010–11 Macedonian First League

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity
Bregalnica	Ilija Mitrov	Shtip	Gradski stadion Shtip	4,000
Metalurg	Zhikica Tasevski	Skopje	Stadion Zhelezarnica	4,000
Napredok	Dragan Bocheski	Kichevo	Gradski stadion Kichevo	5,000
Pelister	Nexhat Husein	Bitola	Stadion Tumbe Kafe	8,000
Rabotnichki	Vlatko Kostov	Skopje	Philip II Arena	25,000
Renova	Bylbyl Sokoli	Djepchishte	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Sileks	Ane Andovski	Kratovo	Stadion Sileks	5,000
Skopje	Ljupcho Markovski	Skopje	Stadion Avtokomanda	4,000
Shkëndija	Qatip Osmani	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Teteks	Toni Jakimovski	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Horizont Turnovo	Shefki Arifovski	Turnovo	Stadion Kukush	1,500
Vardar	Zoran Stratev	Skopje	Philip II Arena	25,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shkëndija (C)	33	21	9	3	65	23	+42	72	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Metalurg	33	17	10	6	48	24	+24	61	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
3	Renova	33	17	9	7	54	31	+23	60	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Rabotnichki	33	15	10	8	53	31	+22	55
5	Sileks	33	13	8	12	39	38	+1	47
6	Horizont Turnovo	33	13	6	14	35	35	0	45
7	Teteks	33	12	8	13	38	36	+2	44
8	Bregalnica Shtip	33	12	5	16	33	49	−16	41
9	Skopje (R)	33	9	10	14	36	39	−3	37	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Napredok (O)	33	10	7	16	30	48	−18	37
11	Vardar[b]	33	9	5	19	24	44	−20	29	Spared from relegation[c]
12	Pelister (R)	33	5	3	25	25	82	−57	18	Relegation to the Macedonian Second League

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).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Metalurg qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2010–11 Macedonian Football Cup.
2. Vardar were deducted three points for not showing up at the match against Turnovo in 4th round.^[2]
3. Vardar were spared from relegation because of fusion with Miravci.^[1]

Results

The schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.

Home \ Away	BRE	MET	NAP	PEL	RAB	REN	SIL	SKO	SKE	TET	TUR	VAR	BRE	MET	NAP	PEL	RAB	REN	SIL	SKO	SKE	TET	TUR	VAR
Bregalnica Shtip	—	1–2	4–2	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	—	—	—	4–0	—	1–4	—	0–0	0–2	—	1–0	—
Metalurg	1–0	—	1–2	4–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	—	—	5–0	—	0–0	2–1	—	—	1–1	1–1	—
Napredok	1–0	0–1	—	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	—	2–0	0–5	—	—	1–3	—	1–1	—	—
Pelister	2–0	0–0	1–1	—	0–3	0–1	1–3	5–4	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	—	—	—	—	—	0–5	2–3	—	1–3	—	1–4	1–0
Rabotnichki	3–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	—	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	7–0	1–1	—	1–2	—	—	—	1–1	—	2–1	3–1	—
Renova	2–0	1–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	—	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	—	—	4–1	—	2–2	—	2–1	—	1–1	4–2	—	1–0
Sileks	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	—	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	3–0[a]	2–1	2–1	—	2–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1
Skopje	0–3	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	—	3–3	1–0	3–0	1–0	—	—	—	4–1	—	2–0	1–1	—	2–2	—	1–2	—
Shkëndija	2–0	3–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	4–1	3–0	1–0	—	0–0	3–0	3–1	—	2–2	4–1	—	2–1	—	1–0	—	—	3–1	—	2–0
Teteks	2–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	—	1–0	3–2	0–2	—	—	6–1	—	—	0–2	2–1	—	—	—	2–1
Horizont Turnovo	2–0	1–3	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	4–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	—	3–0[b]	—	—	0–0	—	—	1–1	2–0	—	0–2	0–2	—	1–1
Vardar	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	0–1	1–0	—	1–3	—	—	0–0	—	—	—	—

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

1. Match awarded.
2. Match awarded because Vardar did not show up.^[2]

Relegation playoff

8 June 2011

16:30 CEST

Napredok	2–0	Tikvesh
Simjanovski 12' Najdoski 87'	Report

Stadion Gjorche Petrov, Skopje

Attendance: 400

Referee: Ljubomir Krstevski (Bitola)

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8 June 2011

16:30 CEST

Skopje	1–4	Miravci
Angelovski 85'	Report	Shterjov 28' Popov 48' Buchkov 58' (pen.) Tashkov 73'

Stadion Goce Delchev, Prilep

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Goran Spirkoski (Prilep)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Hristijan Kirovski	Skopje	20
2	Borche Manevski	Rabotnichki	19
3	Ferhan Hasani	Shkëndija	13
4	Ersen Sali	Shkëndija	12
	Aleksandar Temelkov	Sileks	12
6	Boban Janchevski	Renova	11
	Izair Emini	Shkëndija	11
8	Cvetan Churlinov	Turnovo	9
	Ilber Ali	Renova	9
	Mile Krstev	Metalurg	9
	Gjorgi Zarevski	Sileks	9
	Vulnet Emini	Renova	9

Source: Soccerway

See also

• 2010–11 Macedonian Football Cup
• 2010–11 Macedonian Second Football League
• 2010–11 Macedonian Third Football League

External links

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