2013–14 Macedonian First Football League

The 2013–14 Macedonian First League was the 22nd season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. Vardar are the defending champions after winning their seventh Macedonian championship at the end of the 2012–13 season. It began on 4 August 2013 and ended on 18 May 2014. This was the final season with 12 teams, because the Football Federation of Macedonia approved reducing the league to 10 teams. Therefore, 4 teams was directly relegated.^[1]

Macedonian First League

Season	2013–14
Dates	4 August 2013 – 18 May 2014
Champions	Rabotnichki 4th domestic title
Relegated	Gorno Lisiche Makedonija G.P. Napredok Gostivar
Champions League	Rabotnichki
Europa League	Turnovo Metalurg Shkëndija
Matches played	198
Goals scored	518 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dejan Blazhevski (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Vardar 6–0 Napredok
Biggest away win	Pelister 0–4 Renova Gostivar 1–5 Metalurg Renova 2–6 Rabotnichki
Highest scoring	Rabotnichki 5–3 Turnovo Renova 2–6 Rabotnichki
Longest winning run	7 games Shkëndija
Longest unbeaten run	13 games Vardar
Longest winless run	21 games Napredok
Longest losing run	9 games Napredok Gostivar
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Promotion and relegation

At the start of the 2013–14 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)

At the end of the 2013–14 season Promoted from 2013–14 Second League Sileks (winners) Teteks (runners-up) Relegated to 2014–15 Second League Gorno Lisiche (9th) Makedonija G.P. (10th) Napredok (11th) Gostivar (12th)

Participating teams

Bregalnica

Gostivar

Skopje

Napredok

Pelister

Renova

Shkëndija

Turnovo

Skopje clubs:

Gorno Lisiche
Makedonija
Metalurg
Rabotnichki
Vardar

Location of teams in 2013–14 Macedonian First League

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Bregalnica	Shtip	Gradski stadion Shtip	4,000
Euromilk Gorno Lisiche	Skopje	Stadion Gorno Lisiche[a]	1,500
Gostivar	Gostivar	Gradski stadion Gostivar	1,000
Makedonija G.P.	Skopje	Stadion Gjorche Petrov	3,000
Metalurg	Skopje	Stadion Zhelezarnica	3,000
Napredok	Kičevo	Gradski stadion Kichevo	5,000
Pelister	Bitola	Stadion Tumbe Kafe	8,000
Rabotnichki	Skopje	Philip II Arena	33,460
Renova	Djepchishte	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Shkëndija	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Horizont Turnovo	Turnovo	Stadion Kukush	1,500
Vardar	Skopje	Philip II Arena	33,460

1. Gorno Lisiche was played their home games on Boris Trajkovski Stadium because their Stadion Gorno Lisiche doesn't fulfill criteria for First League.

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bregalnica	Ali Güneş	Goran Zdravkov
Gorno Lisiče	Ljubodrag Milošević	Aleksandar Pandovski		Euromilk
Gostivar	Mite Mitev		Nike
Makedonija G.P.	Marjan Sekulovski		Nike
Metalurg	Srgjan Zaharievski	Mile Krstev	Legea	Makstil
Napredok	Dragan Mateski		Legea
Pelister	Dragan Bocheski	Goran Pashovski	Jako	Pelisterka
Rabotnichki	Igor Angelovski	Blazhe Todorovski	Joma
Renova	Qatip Osmani	Izair Emini	Jako	Renova
Shkëndija	Shpëtim Duro	Artim Pollozhani	Nike	Ecolog
Turnovo	Goce Sedloski	Stojan Dimovski	Jako	Vitaminka
Vardar	Sergey Andreyev	Radenko Bojović	Li-Ning

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rabotnichki (C)	33	18	8	7	66	35	+31	62	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Horizont Turnovo	33	18	6	9	61	33	+28	60	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3	Metalurg	33	16	11	6	48	29	+19	59
4	Shkëndija	33	16	9	8	53	32	+21	57
5	Vardar	33	15	11	7	55	32	+23	56
6	Pelister	33	14	10	9	40	40	0	52
7	Bregalnica Shtip	33	11	11	11	34	34	0	44
8	Renova	33	10	14	9	42	46	−4	44
9	Euromilk Gorno Lisiche (R)	33	9	12	12	34	37	−3	39	Relegation to Macedonian Second League
10	Makedonija G.P. (R)	33	9	5	19	40	56	−16	32
11	Napredok (R)	33	3	9	21	27	75	−48	18
12	Gostivar (R)	33	3	6	24	19	70	−51	15

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; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Metalurg qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as a runner-up of the 2013–14 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	BRE	EGL	GOS	MGP	MET	NAP	PEL	RAB	REN	SKE	TUR	VAR	BRE	EGL	GOS	MGP	MET	NAP	PEL	RAB	REN	SKE	TUR	VAR
Bregalnica Shtip	—	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	—	3–0	1–2	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	0–0
Euromilk G.L.	0–3	—	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–2	0–0	—	1–1	3–1	—	4–1	—	—	—	0–2	—	—
Gostivar	0–1	0–2	—	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	—	—	—	—	1–5	2–3	—	—	—	0–3	1–2	0–2
Makedonija	3–0	0–1	4–0	—	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–3	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	—	—	2–1	—	1–3	—	—	—	—	1–3	1–2	2–2
Metalurg	1–2	2–1	4–0	1–0	—	0–0	2–4	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	—	1–0	—	—	—	2–0	3–1	—	2–2	1–2	1–2	2–1
Napredok	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	—	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–3	—	—	1–3	—	—	1–3	0–2	0–0	—	—	—
Pelister	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	4–0	—	1–0	0–4	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	—	—	1–2	—	—	—	—
Rabotnichki	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–3	4–0	—	0–0	5–0	5–3	2–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–1
Renova	3–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	—	1–3	4–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	4–2	—	—	2–1	2–6	—	—	—	—
Shkëndija	2–0	0–3	4–0	3–0	0–0	3–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	—	0–3	3–1	0–2	—	—	—	—	4–0	4–0	3–1	5–0	—	—	—
Horizont Turnovo	3–1	1–1	5–1	5–1	0–0	4–0	0–2	3–0	4–0	3–1	—	2–0	—	2–0	—	—	—	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	—	—
Vardar	1–0	2–0	4–0	4–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	—	—	1–0	—	—	—	6–0	0–0	—	5–1	1–2	2–1	—

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 18 May 2014

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dejan Blazhevski	Turnovo	19
2	Borche Manevski	Rabotnichki	17
3	Muzafer Ejupi	Turnovo	15
4	Stênio Júnior	Pelister & Shkëndija	13
	Krste Velkoski	Rabotnichki
6	Ermedin Adem	Makedonija G.P.	11
7	Vladimir Mojsovski	Napredok	10
	Aco Stojkov	Vardar
	Dimitar Vodenicharov	Pelister
	Bojan Vručina	Shkëndija

• Players whose names are written in italic letters played only in the first part of the League

See also

• 2013–14 Macedonian Football Cup
• 2013–14 Macedonian Second Football League
• 2013–14 Macedonian Third Football League