2012–13 Macedonian First Football League

The 2012–13 Macedonian First League was the 21st season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. Vardar were the defending champions after winning their sixth Macedonian championship at the end of the 2011–12 season. Twelve teams contested the league, comprising ten sides from the 2011–12 season and two promoted from the 2011–12 2. MFL.

Macedonian First League

Season	2012–13
Dates	11 August 2012 – 2 June 2013
Champions	Vardar 7th Macedonian title 8th domestic title
Relegated	Teteks Sileks Drita
Champions League	Vardar
Europa League	Metalurg Turnovo Teteks
Matches played	186
Goals scored	448 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jovan Kostovski (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Vardar 6–1 Shkëndija Vardar 5–0 Sileks Vardar 5–0 Turnovo
Biggest away win	Teteks 0–3 Renova Renova 0–3 Shkëndija Shkëndija 0–3 Bregalnica Teteks 0–3 Vardar
Highest scoring	Sileks 3–5 Rabotnichki
Longest winning run	5 games Metalurg
Longest unbeaten run	10 games Turnovo
Longest winless run	12 games Napredok
Longest losing run	6 games Napredok
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Promotion and relegation

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

At the end of the 2012–13 season Promoted from 2012–13 Second League Makedonija G.P. (winners) Gostivar (runners-up) Gorno Lisiche (Fourth placed; won play-off match) Relegated to 2013–14 Second League Drita (9th; lost play-off match) Teteks (11th) Sileks (12th)

Participating teams

Skopje

Tetovo

Bregalnica

Drita

Napredok

Pelister

Renova

Sileks

Turnovo

Skopje clubs:

Metalurg
Rabotnichki
Vardar

Tetovo clubs:

Teteks
Shkëndija

Location of teams in 2012–13 Macedonian First League

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity
Bregalnica	Dobrinko Ilievski	Shtip	Gradski stadion Shtip	4,000
Drita	Nexhat Husein	Bogovinje	Stadion Bogovinje	500
Metalurg Skopje	Srgjan Zaharievski	Skopje	Stadion Zhelezarnica	3,000
Napredok	Dragan Bocheski	Kichevo	Gradski stadion Kichevo	5,000
Pelister	Mile Dimov (interim)	Bitola	Stadion Tumbe Kafe	8,000
Rabotnichki	Zhikica Tasevski	Skopje	Philip II Arena	33,460
Renova	Qatip Osmani	Djepchishte	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Shkëndija	Artim Shakiri	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Sileks	Trajche Senev	Kratovo	Stadion Sileks	1,800
Teteks	Gorazd Mihajlov	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Horizont Turnovo	Ljupcho Dimitkovski	Turnovo	Stadion Kukush	1,500
Vardar	Blagoja Milevski	Skopje	Philip II Arena	33,460

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vardar (C)	33	20	8	5	71	21	+50	68	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Metalurg	33	18	9	6	48	28	+20	63	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Horizont Turnovo	33	17	12	4	49	31	+18	63
4	Rabotnichki	33	16	5	12	47	42	+5	53
5	Shkëndija[a]	33	13	8	12	52	49	+3	44
6	Bregalnica Shtip	33	12	7	14	37	35	+2	43
7	Napredok	33	12	7	14	29	39	−10	43
8	Renova	33	12	7	14	35	46	−11	43
9	Drita (R)	33	11	7	15	35	50	−15	40	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Pelister (O)	33	9	10	14	27	36	−9	37
11	Teteks (R)	33	6	7	20	22	47	−25	25	Europa League qualifying and relegation to the Second League[b]
12	Sileks (R)	33	6	5	22	33	61	−28	23	Relegation to 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).^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Shkëndija were deducted three points for leaving the pitch in the match against Teteks in the 19th round.^[1]
2. Teteks qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2012–13 Macedonian Football Cup.

Results

Every team played three times against each other team for a total of 33 matches. The first 22 matchdays consisted of a regular double round-robin schedule. The league standings at this point were then used to determine the games for the last 11 matchdays.

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

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

Relegation play-offs

12 June 2013

16:30 CEST

Drita	0–3 (Awarded)	Gorno Lisiche
Barać 53' Nuhiji 65'	Report	Pandovski 11', 45' Mickov 54'

Gradski stadion, Shtip

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Dalibor Gjorgjevski (Kumanovo)

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12 June 2013

16:30 CEST

Pelister	1–0	Skopje
Dimitrovski 68'	Report

Gradski stadion, Kichevo

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Josip Barton (Tetovo)

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 2 June 2013

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jovan Kostovski	Vardar	22
2	Muzafer Ejupi	Shkëndija	20
3	Dejan Blazhevski	Turnovo	18
4	Zoran Baldovaliev	Turnovo	16
5	Nikola Georgiev	Sileks	13
	Mile Krstev	Metalurg
	Krste Velkoski	Rabotnichki
8	Izair Emini	Shkëndija and Renova	10
	Marko Simonovski	Napredok and Metalurg
10	Ardijan Nuhiji	Drita	9

• Players whose names are written with Italic letters played only during the first half of the season.

See also

• 2012–13 Macedonian Football Cup
• 2012–13 Macedonian Second Football League
• 2012–13 Macedonian Third Football League