2009–10 Macedonian First Football League

Macedonian First League

Season	2009–10
Champions	Renova 1st domestic title
Relegated	Makedonija Milano Pobeda Sloga Jugomagnat
Champions League	Renova
Europa League	Rabotnički Metalurg Teteks
Matches played	117
Goals scored	310 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bobi Božinovski (15)
Biggest home win	Makedonija 8–0 Milano (26 September 2009)
Biggest away win	Sileks 0–5 Renova (18 October 2009)
Highest scoring	Makedonija 8–0 Milano (26 September 2009)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Macedonian First League was the 18th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. It began on 1 August 2009 and ended on 19 May 2010. Makedonija Gjorče Petrov were the defending champions having won their first Macedonian championship last season.

Promotion and relegation

At the start of the 2009–10 season Promoted from 2008–09 Second League Teteks (Winners) Sloga Jugomagnat (Runners-up) Relegated to 2009–10 Second League Napredok (11th)

At the end of the 2009–10 season Promoted from 2009–10 Second League Shkëndija (Winners) Skopje (Runners-up) Napredok (Third placed)1 Bregalnica Štip (Fourth placed; won play-off match) Relegated to 2010–11 Second League Milano (9th; lost play-off match) Makedonija Gjorče Petrov (10th)1 Sloga Jugomagnat (11th)1 Pobeda (12th)2

1 Makedonija Gjorče Petrov 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.

Participating teams

Skopje

Pelister

Milano

Renova

Pobeda

Sileks

Teteks

Turnovo

Skopje clubs:

Makedonija
Metalurg
Rabotnički
Sloga Jugomagnat
Vardar

Location of teams in 2009–10 Macedonian First League

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
FK Makedonija GjP	Skopje	Stadion Gjorče Petrov	3,000
FK Metalurg	Skopje	Stadion Železarnica	4,000
FK Milano	Kumanovo	Milano Arena	3,500
FK Pelister	Bitola	Stadion Tumbe Kafe	8,000
FK Pobeda	Prilep	Stadion Goce Delčev	15,000
FK Rabotnički	Skopje	Arena Filip II	25,000
FK Renova	Džepčište	Gradski stadion Tetovo	12,000
FK Sileks	Kratovo	Gradski stadion Kratovo	5,000
FK Sloga Jugomagnat	Skopje	Stadion Čair	4,500
FK Teteks	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	12,000
FK Horizont Turnovo	Turnovo	Stadion Kukuš	1,500
FK Vardar	Skopje	Arena Filip II	25,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Renova (C)	26	17	4	5	45	21	+24	55	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Rabotnički	26	15	5	6	38	20	+18	50	2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3	Metalurg	26	12	11	3	35	16	+19	47
4	Pelister	26	11	6	9	28	27	+1	39
5	Sileks	26	8	8	10	29	33	−4	32
6	Vardar	26	9	6	11	31	28	+3	0304
7	Teteks	26	8	6	12	31	30	+1	30	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
8	Horizont Turnovo	26	8	5	13	27	35	−8	0263
9	Milano (R)	26	1	3	22	14	81	−67	6	Relegation play-offs
–	Makedonija (R)	10	5	4	1	23	5	+18	002	Relegation to 2010–11 Macedonian Second League
–	Pobeda (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	005
–	Sloga Jugomagnat (R)	10	3	2	5	9	16	−7	002

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored; 7th draw.
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Cup, relegation play-offs and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th play-off
¹Teteks Tetovo have won the 2009–10 Macedonian Football Cup competition and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.
²Makedonija and Sloga Jugomagnat were suspended and expelled from Prva Liga for not appearing in two consecutive matches in the championship. Their matches from the 12th round onwards were expunged.
³Turnovo were docked 3 points for not showing up for the match against Metalurg in the 14th round.
⁴Vardar were docked 3 points for not showing up for the match against Metalurg in the 18th round.
⁵Pobeda were suspended and expelled from Prva Liga. All their matches were expunged.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team plays each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. This season, due to the suspension of two teams, each team will play a total of 20 games. The pairings of the third round will then be set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 29 games per team.

Matches 1–22

Home ╲ Away

MGP

MET

MIL

PEL

POB

RAB

REN

SIL

SLO

TET

TUR

VAR

Makedonija

8–0

0–0

0–33

0–13

2–0

4–1

1–03

5–0

Metalurg

0–0

4–0

1–2

2–13

1–1

3–1

2–2

4–0

3–02

3–04

Milano

0–0

3–02

3–23

0–2

0–2

1–4

0–3

1–5

0–2

0–4

Pelister

3–0

3–1

1–03

1–0

1–1

1–1

0–0

3–1

1–2

1–0

Pobeda

0–03

0–13

4–13

0–03

4–23

0–43

2–23

2–03

2–03

1–03

2–13

Rabotnički

1–1

1–1

5–1

3–0

6–23

2–1

1–1

3–1

1–0

1–0

Renova

1–0

3–1

4–0

1–0

2–13

2–0

3–1

3–1

1–0

3–2

3–2

Sileks

0–1

4–0

1–0

0–13

2–0

0–5

2–1

1–0

3–0

1–1

Sloga Jugomagnat

0–1

1–33

0–3

0–33

1–0

1–1

1–0

Teteks

2–2

0–0

6–0

1–2

3–13

0–1

0–1

1–1

3–03

1–0

1–0

Horizont Turnovo

0–1

1–1

3–1

4–3

3–13

0–2

2–2

2–0

2–03

0–2

0–1

Vardar

3–03

0–0

2–0

1–0

0–03

1–2

1–1

3–1

3–1

1–3

Source: RSSSF.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²Matches awarded because Makedonija, Turnovo, Sloga Jugomagnat and Pelister were boycotting the championship; Turnovo and Pelister later changed their positions.
³Matches expunged after the suspension and expulsion of Makedonija, Sloga Jugomagnat and Pobeda.
⁴The match was awarded to Metalurg after Vardar boycotted the match due to FFM's involvement in cancellation of Vardar's contract with Stefan Ristovski with illegal documents.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

Home ╲ Away	MET	MIL	PEL	POB	RAB	REN	SIL	TET	TUR	VAR
Metalurg		3–0	1–0	3–02		1–0			1–1
Milano			2–2		0–2			2–4		0–5
Pelister				1–02	1–0		1–0	0–0		1–0
Pobeda								2–02	0–12
Rabotnički	1–2						1–2	2–1		1–1
Renova		1–0	3–1	2–12	0–1				2–0
Sileks	0–1	1–1		3–02		0–0			1–1
Teteks	0–0					0–1	2–0			1–1
Horizont Turnovo		2–1	0–1		0–1			0–1
Vardar	0–0					2–0	2–0		0–1

Source: RSSSF.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²Matches expunged after the suspension and expulsion of Pobeda.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

Milano v Bregalnica Štip

30 May 2010 16:30 CEST

Milano	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Bregalnica Štip
Stojanovski  78'	Report	Dimovski  72' Novakov  110' (pen.)

Gjorče Petrov Stadium, Skopje Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Dimitar Mečkarovski (Skopje)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bobi Bozhinovski	Rabotnichki	15
2	Besart Ibraimi	Renova	12
	Dushan Savikj	Rabotnichki
4	Dragan Dimitrovski	Pelister & Pobeda	11
	Boban Janchevski	Renova
6	Ilija Nestorovski	Pobeda	10
7	Bazhe Ilijoski	Metalurg	9
8	Ilber Ali	Renova	7
	Marjan Altiparmakovski	Pelister
	Dragan Georgiev	Turnovo
	Ivica Gligorovski	Makedonija & Teteks
	Mile Krstev	Metalurg
	Aleksandar Stojanovski	Teteks & Milano
	Boško Stupić	Vardar
	Wandeir	Rabotnichki

Source: Soccerway

See also

• 2009–10 Macedonian Football Cup
• 2009–10 Macedonian Second Football League

External links

• Macedonia - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• Football Federation of Macedonia (Macedonian)
• MacedonianFootball.com (Macedonian) (English)