2017–18 Macedonian First Football League

Football league season

Macedonian First LeagueSeason| 2017–18

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Dates| 12 August 2017 –
20 May 2018
Champions| Shkëndija
2nd domestic title
Relegated| Skopje
Pelister
Champions League| Shkëndija
Europa League| Vardar
Rabotnički
Shkupi
Matches played| 180
Goals scored| 461 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer| Ferhan Hasani
Besart Ibraimi
(22 goals)
Biggest home win| Shkendija 5–0 Sileks
(20 September 2017)
Shkendija 5–0 Renova
(7 April 2018)
Biggest away win| Pelister 0–6 Shkëndija
(15 April 2018)
Highest scoring| Rabotnički 2–6 Shkëndija
(17 September 2017)
Longest winning run| 6 games
Shkëndija
Longest unbeaten run| 16 games
Shkëndija
Longest winless run| 14 games
Akademija Pandev
Longest losing run| 4 games
Akademija Pandev
Renova
Sileks

← 2016–17

2018–19 →

All statistics correct as of 20 May 2018.

The 2017–18 Macedonian First League was the 26th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. The fixtures were announced on 25 July 2017.[1] It began on 12 August 2017 and ended on 20 May 2018. Each team will play the other sides four times on home-away basis, for a total of 36 matches. Vardar are the defending champions, having won their tenth title in 2016–17.

## Promotion and relegation[edit]

At the start of the 2017–18 season

Promoted from 2016–17 Second League

* Akademija Pandev (winners)
* Skopje (runners-up)

Relegated to 2017–18 Second League

* Bregalnica Shtip (9th)
* Makedonija G.P. (10th)

At the end of the 2017–18 season

Promoted from 2017–18 Second League

* Belasica (Winners; East)
* Makedonija G.P. (Winners; West)

Relegated to 2018–19 Second League

* Skopje (9th)
* Pelister (10th)

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## Participating teams[edit]

Skopje

A. Pandev

Pobeda

Renova

Pelister

Shkëndija

Sileks

Skopje clubs:

Rabotnički
Shkupi
Skopje
Vardar

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Location of teams in 2017–18 Macedonian First League

Club  | City  | Stadium  | Capacity

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Akademija Pandev | Strumica | Stadion Mladost
Stadion Kukush | 9,200
1,500
Pelister | Bitola | Stadion Tumbe Kafe | 8,000
Pobeda | Prilep | Stadion Goce Delchev | 15,000
Rabotnički | Skopje | Philip II Arena | 36,460
Renova | Djepchishte | City Stadium Tetovo | 15,000
Shkëndija | Tetovo | City Stadium Tetovo | 15,000
Shkupi | Skopje | Chair Stadium | 6,000
Sileks | Kratovo | Stadion Sileks | 1,800
Skopje | Skopje | Stadion Zhelezarnica | 3,000
Vardar | Skopje | Philip II Arena | 36,460

### Personnel and kits[edit]

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

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Akademija Pandev |  Risto Panov |  Sashko Pandev | Givova |
Pelister |  Nexhat Husein |  Goce Todorovski | Givova | ZK Pelagonija
Pobeda |  Toni Meglenski |  Darko Tofiloski | Jako | Krali Marko & Vitaminka
Rabotnički |  Gjore Jovanovski |  Dushko Trajchevski | Joma |
Renova |  Agron Memedi & Kushtrim Abdulahu |  Fisnik Nuhi | Jako | Renova
Shkëndija |  Qatip Osmani |  Ferhan Hasani | Macron | Ecolog
Shkupi |  Zekirija Ramadani |  Suat Zendeli | Nike | V:KO
Sileks |  Zhikica Tasevski |  Gligor Gligorov | Legea |
Skopje |  Ljupcho Markovski |  Filip Petkovski | Givova |
Vardar |  Boban Babunski |  Boban Grncharov | Hummel | BetCity

## League table[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | Shkëndija (C) | 36  | 29  | 4  | 3  | 101  | 27  | +74  | 91  | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2  | Vardar | 36  | 16  | 8  | 12  | 53  | 41  | +12  | 56  | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3  | Rabotnički | 36  | 14  | 10  | 12  | 50  | 43  | +7  | 52
4  | Shkupi | 36  | 13  | 12  | 11  | 51  | 46  | +5  | 51
5  | Sileks | 36  | 13  | 11  | 12  | 30  | 37  | −7  | 50  |
6  | Akademija Pandev | 36  | 10  | 12  | 14  | 43  | 47  | −4  | 42
7  | Renova | 36  | 10  | 11  | 15  | 36  | 53  | −17  | 41
8  | Pobeda (O) | 36  | 10  | 8  | 18  | 36  | 56  | −20  | 38  | Qualification for the relegation play-off final
9  | Skopje (R) | 36  | 7  | 14  | 15  | 24  | 43  | −19  | 35  | Relegation to the Macedonian Second League
10  | Pelister (R) | 36  | 8  | 10  | 18  | 37  | 68  | −31  | 34

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).[citation needed]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

## Results[edit]

Each team played home-and-away against every other team in the league twice, for a total of 36 matches each.

Home \ Away  | AKA | PEL | POB | RAB | REN | SKË | SKU | SIL | SKO | VAR | AKA | PEL | POB | RAB | REN | SKË | SKU | SIL | SKO | VAR

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Akademija Pandev | -- | 2–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 3–2  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 0–2  | -- | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 1–1
Pelister | 3–4  | -- | 2–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–3  | 2–2  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 0–1 | 1–3  | -- | 1–1  | 3–2  | 3–2  | 0–6  | 0–2  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 0–0
Pobeda | 2–2  | 1–2  | -- | 2–4  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 2–1  | 0–2  | 4–2  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 1–1  | -- | 2–0  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 3–3  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 2–0
Rabotnički | 1–2  | 2–0  | 4–0  | -- | 0–0  | 2–6  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 3–0  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 4–0  | 4–2  | -- | 0–0  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 3–2  | 2–1
Renova | 3–1  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 3–1  | -- | 1–6  | 0–0  | 0–3  | 5–1  | 2–5  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 2–1  | -- | 0–3  | 3–1  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 1–1
Shkëndija | 2–1  | 3–0  | 3–3  | 2–1  | 2–0  | -- | 4–1  | 5–0  | 4–0  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 4–0  | 3–0  | 3–0  | 5–0  | -- | 2–0  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 1–1
Shkupi | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 4–1  | 0–3  | -- | 0–1  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 5–2  | 5–2  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 3–0  | 0–3  | -- | 1–1  | 0–2  | 4–1
Sileks | 1–0  | 1–4  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 0–1  | -- | 1–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 1–3  | 1–1  | -- | 0–1  | 0–2
Skopje | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 1–1  | -- | 1–1  | 0–2  | 4–0  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | -- | 0–0
Vardar | 3–1  | 1–0 | 4–0  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 4–2  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 3–0  | -- | 3–2  | 2–3 | 3–0  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 2–3  | 1–1  | 2–3  | 0–1  | --

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

### Positions by round[edit]

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 16| 17| 18| 19| 20| 21| 22| 23| 24| 25| 26| 27| 28| 29| 30| 31| 32| 33| 34| 35| 36

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Shkëndija| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1
Vardar| 10| 5| 6| 4| 4| 3| 3| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2
Rabotnički| 6| 6| 4| 6| 7| 6| 7| 7| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 6| 5| 5| 5| 5| 6| 6| 4| 4| 5| 6| 5| 4| 4| 5| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 3| 3| 3
Shkupi| 5| 7| 10| 7| 5| 4| 4| 4| 5| 6| 8| 5| 7| 9| 7| 6| 6| 6| 4| 5| 5| 5| 4| 5| 6| 5| 5| 4| 5| 5| 5| 5| 6| 5| 4| 4
Sileks| 3| 2| 3| 5| 6| 7| 5| 5| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 3| 4| 4| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 5| 5
Akademija Pandev| 4| 3| 5| 3| 3| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 3| 3| 4| 4| 5| 4| 6| 6| 6| 4| 4| 6| 6| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 5| 6| 6| 6
Renova| 7| 8| 8| 10| 8| 8| 8| 9| 9| 8| 9| 6| 5| 5| 6| 7| 8| 8| 8| 8| 8| 8| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 6| 6| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7
Pobeda| 8| 10| 7| 8| 9| 9| 9| 8| 8| 9| 7| 9| 9| 8| 9| 9| 7| 7| 7| 9| 9| 9| 9| 8| 8| 8| 8| 8| 8| 8| 8| 8| 8| 8| 9| 8
Skopje| 9| 9| 9| 9| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 9| 10| 9| 9| 9| 10| 8| 9
Pelister| 2| 4| 2| 2| 2| 5| 6| 6| 7| 5| 6| 8| 8| 7| 8| 8| 9| 9| 9| 7| 7| 7| 8| 9| 9| 9| 9| 9| 10| 9| 10| 10| 10| 9| 10| 10

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| Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
| Qualification for the Relegation play-off final
| Relegation to the Macedonian Second League

Source: macedonianfootball.com

## Relegation play-offs[edit]

### Semi-final[edit]

28 May 2018

16:30 CEST

Gostivar| 0–0| Borec

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Penalties

* Ademi
* Bexheti
* Esati
* Grozdanoski
* Osmani

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* Kocev
* Risteski
* Acevski
* Kudijan
* Gjorgjev

Training Centre Petar Miloshevski, Skopje

Referee: Marjan Markovski (Ohrid)

### Final[edit]

2 June 2018

16:30 CEST

Pobeda| 2–1| Borec

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* Ivanović 8'
* Velkoski  29'

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* Kudijan  56'

Stadion Mladost, Strumica

Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Skopje)

## Season statistics[edit]

### Top scorers[edit]

As of 20 May 2018
Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Ferhan Hasani | Shkëndija | 22
Besart Ibraimi | Shkëndija
3  |  Zoran Baldovaliev | Akademija Pandev | 14
4  |  Blazhe Ilijoski | Pelister & Shkupi | 13
Alen Jasharoski  | Shkupi
6  |  Chinedu Charles Geoffrey | Rabotnički | 11
Stênio Júnior | Shkëndija
Kire Markoski | Rabotnički
9  |  Tigran Barseghyan | Vardar | 9
Marjan Radeski | Shkëndija

## See also[edit]

* 2017–18 Macedonian Football Cup
* 2017–18 Macedonian Second Football League
* 2017–18 Macedonian Third Football League

## References[edit]

1. ^ "РАСПОРЕД на натпревари од Прва македонска фудбалска лига, сезона 2017-2018" (PDF). FFM.mk. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

## External links[edit]

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

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