2011–12 Macedonian First Football League

The 2011–12 Macedonian First League was the 20th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. It began on 31 July 2011 and ended on 23 May 2012.

Macedonian First League

Season	2011–12
Dates	31 July 2011 – 23 May 2012
Champions	Vardar 6th Macedonian title 7th domestic title
Relegated	Ohrid 11 Oktomvri
Champions League	Vardar
Europa League	Renova Metalurg Shkëndija
Matches played	198
Goals scored	501 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Filip Ivanovski (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Metalurg 6–0 Ohrid
Biggest away win	Ohrid 1–7 Renova
Highest scoring	Turnovo 5–4 Rabotnichki
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The league title was won by FK Vardar, winning its 6th official Macedonian First League title, and first since the 2002–03 season. The team went through the season without a single defeat until Round 32, on 20 May 2012, out of 33 games played. The defeat ended their chance of being undefeated, however, concluded with only 1 loss on a very dominating season.

Promotion and relegation

At the start of the 2011–12 season Promoted from 2010–11 Second League 11 Oktomvri (winners) Ohrid (runners-up) Miravci (Fourth placed; won play-off match)1 Relegated to 2011–12 Second League Skopje (9th; lost play-off match) Vardar (11th)1 Pelister (12th)

At the end of the 2011–12 season Promoted from 2011–12 Second League Pelister (winners) Drita (runners-up) Relegated to 2012–13 Second League Ohrid (11th) 11 Oktomvri (12th)

1 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

11 Oktomvri

Bregalnica

Napredok

Ohrid

Renova

Sileks

Skopje

Shkëndija
Teteks

Turnovo

Skopje clubs:

Metalurg
Rabotnichki
Vardar

Location of teams in 2011–12 Macedonian First League

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity
11 Oktomvri	Toni Naumovski	Prilep	Stadion Goce Delchev	15,000
Bregalnica	Trajche Senev	Shtip	Gradski stadion Shtip	4,000
Metalurg Skopje	Georgi Hristov	Skopje	Stadion Zhelezarnica	4,000
Napredok	Dragan Bocheski	Kichevo	Gradski stadion Kichevo	5,000
Ohrid	Gorazd Mihajlov	Ohrid	SRC Biljanini Izvori	3,000
Rabotnichki	Robert Pevnik	Skopje	Philip II Arena	36,400
Renova	Vlatko Kostov	Djepchishte	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Shkëndija	Qatip Osmani	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Sileks	Ane Andovski	Kratovo	Stadion Sileks	5,000
Teteks	Dragi Setinov	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Horizont Turnovo	Ljupcho Dimitkovski	Turnovo	Stadion Kukush	1,500
Vardar	Ilcho Gjorgioski	Skopje	Philip II Arena	36,400

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vardar (C)	33	22	10	1	50	15	+35	76	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Metalurg	33	19	10	4	53	16	+37	67	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3	Shkëndija	33	20	6	7	53	28	+25	66
4	Renova	33	13	13	7	56	38	+18	52
5	Bregalnica Shtip	33	13	6	14	51	47	+4	45
6	Sileks	33	13	3	17	42	51	−9	42
7	Napredok	33	12	6	15	37	51	−14	42
8	Rabotnichki	33	11	8	14	50	45	+5	41
9	Horizont Turnovo (O)	33	10	8	15	34	42	−8	38	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Teteks (O)	33	8	11	14	23	48	−25	35
11	Ohrid (R)	33	6	8	19	26	62	−36	26	Relegation to the Macedonian Second League
12	11 Oktomvri (R)	33	3	7	23	26	58	−32	16

Source: MacedonianFootball.com, Soccerway
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; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Renova qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2011–12 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	OKT	BRE	MET	NAP	OHR	RAB	REN	SKE	SIL	TET	TUR	VAR	OKT	BRE	MET	NAP	OHR	RAB	REN	SKE	SIL	TET	TUR	VAR
11 Oktomvri	—	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–3	2–3	0–3	2–2	1–2	4–0	2–0	0–1	—	—	—	—	3–1	—	—	1–1	1–3	—	1–2	0–1
Bregalnica Shtip	2–0	—	1–1	0–1	3–1	3–2	3–2	2–3	3–1	2–0	0–1	2–3	4–1	—	—	3–2	2–0	—	—	—	—	1–2	2–1	—
Metalurg	0–0	1–0	—	2–0	6–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	—	1–1	—	—	—	1–0	1–0	5–0	—	—
Napredok	1–0	0–1	0–4	—	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–0	3–0	2–1	—	0–0
Ohrid	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	—	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	—	—	1–4	1–2	—	0–2	1–7	—	—	—	1–1	—
Rabotnichki	3–0	2–1	0–1	4–0	1–2	—	5–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	0–3	4–1	—	—	3–1	—	—	0–0	—	—
Renova	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	—	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	3–2	2–2	1–0	5–0	—	—	—	—	1–0	0–0	—	—
Shkëndija	3–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	—	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	—	3–2	—	—	1–0	1–0	4–0	—	—	—	2–1	1–0
Sileks	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–4	—	4–0	3–2	1–1	—	2–1	—	—	5–2	1–0	—	1–4	—	—	0–1	1–2
Teteks	1–0	3–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–5	2–0	1–1	—	0–3	0–0	2–0	—	—	—	0–0	—	—	0–2	2–1	—	—	0–0
Horizont Turnovo	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	—	1–2	—	—	1–1	2–1	—	5–4	0–1	—	—	2–1	—	—
Vardar	2–0	3–0	1–0	5–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	—	—	2–1	2–1	—	4–0	2–2	1–1	—	—	—	0–0	—

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

Relegation playoff

2 June 2012

16:30 CEST

Teteks	0–0	Skopje
	Report
Penalties
Georgievski Ristovski Mitrevski Aliu Velinov	5–4	Popovski Jasharoski Argirovski Dimitrovski Galachev

Stadion Tumbe Kafe, Bitola

Attendance: 700

Referee: Marjan Markoski (Ohrid)

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3 June 2012

16:30 CEST

Horizont Turnovo	1–0	Gorno Lisiche
Milushev 31'	Report

Stadion Goce Delchev, Prilep

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Marjan Eckoski (Ohrid)

Season statistics

Top scorers Updated 21 May 2012 Rank Player Club Goals[3] 1 Filip Ivanovski Vardar 24 2 Borche Manevski Rabotnichki 17 3 Boban Janchevski Renova 13 Blagoja Geshoski 11 Oktomvri Angel Nacev Sileks Muharem Bajrami Renova 7 Genc Iseni Bregalnica 12 8 Cvetan Churlinov Metalurg 11 9 Hristijan Dimoski Metalurg 9 Ersen Sali Shkëndija Krste Velkoski Rabotnichki

See also

• 2011–12 Macedonian Football Cup
• 2011–12 Macedonian Second Football League
• 2011–12 Macedonian Third Football League