2014–15 Macedonian First Football League

The 2014–15 Macedonian First League was the 23rd season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. It began on 2 August 2014 and ended on 27 May 2015.

Macedonian First League

Season	2014–15
Dates	2 August 2014 – 27 May 2015
Champions	Vardar 8th Macedonian title 9th domestic title
Relegated	Pelister Teteks
Champions League	Vardar
Europa League	Rabotnichki Shkëndija Renova
Matches played	162
Goals scored	379 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Izair Emini (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Shkëndija 5–0 Teteks Vardar 5–0 Teteks Shkëndija 5–0 Pelister
Biggest away win	Teteks 0–4 Renova Teteks 1–5 Rabotnichki
Highest scoring	Shkëndija 5–2 Turnovo
Longest winning run	8 games Rabotnichki
Longest unbeaten run	15 games Vardar Rabotnichki
Longest winless run	17 games Pelister
Longest losing run	11 games Teteks
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

That season was featured 10 teams instead of 12 because the Football Federation of Macedonia voted to decrease the size of the league in May 2013.[1]

Promotion and relegation

At the start of the 2014–15 season Promoted from 2013–14 Second League Sileks (Winners) Teteks (Runners-up) Relegated to 2014–15 Second League Gorno Lisiche (9th) Makedonija Gjorche Petrov (10th) Napredok (11th) Gostivar (12th)

At the end of the 2014–15 season Promoted from 2014–15 Second League Shkupi (Winners) Mladost Carev Dvor (Runners-up) Relegated to 2015–16 Second League Pelister (9th) Teteks (10th)

Participating teams

Skopje

Bregalnica

Pelister

Renova

Shkëndija
Teteks

Sileks

Turnovo

Skopje clubs:

Metalurg
Rabotnichki
Vardar

Location of teams in 2014–15 Macedonian First League

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Bregalnica	Shtip	Gradski stadion Shtip	4,000
Metalurg	Skopje	Training Centre Petar Miloshevski	1,000
Pelister	Bitola	Stadion Tumbe Kafe	8,000
Rabotnichki	Skopje	Philip II Arena	33,460
Renova	Djepchishte	City Stadium Tetovo	15,000
Shkëndija	Tetovo	City Stadium Tetovo	15,000
Sileks	Kratovo	Stadion Sileks	1,800
Teteks	Tetovo	City Stadium Tetovo	15,000
Horizont Turnovo	Turnovo	Stadion Kukush	1,500
Vardar	Skopje	Philip II Arena	33,460

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	Vlatko Kostov	Goran Zdravkov	Sportika	Quehenberger
Metalurg	Srgjan Zaharievski	Mile Krstev	Legea	Makstil
Pelister	Gjoko Hadjievski	Dimche Ristevski	Jako
Rabotnichki	Igor Angelovski	Blazhe Ilijoski	Zeus
Renova	Qatip Osmani	Agron Mehmedi	Jako	Renova
Shkëndija	Jeton Beqiri	Artim Pollozhani	Nike	Ecolog
Sileks	Zoran Shterjovski	Nikolcho Georgiev	Legea
Teteks	Gorazd Mihajlov	Vanche Manchevski	Adidas
Turnovo	Shefki Arifovski (interim)	Sashko Pandev	Jako	Vitaminka
Vardar	Sergey Andreyev	Zlatko Tanevski	Hummel	Makedonski Telekom

Regular season

The first 27 Rounds comprise the first phase of the season, also called the Regular season. In the first phase, every team plays against every other team twice on a home-away basis till all the teams have played two matches against each other. The table standings at the end of the Regular season determine the group in which each team is going to play in the Play-offs.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vardar	27	18	7	2	46	15	+31	61	Qualification for the championship round
2	Rabotnichki	27	17	4	6	43	23	+20	55
3	Shkëndija	27	14	5	8	49	27	+22	47
4	Renova	27	12	8	7	34	27	+7	44
5	Sileks	27	8	10	9	26	34	−8	34
6	Metalurg	27	8	9	10	31	31	0	33
7	Bregalnica Shtip	27	7	9	11	22	28	−6	30	Qualification for the relegation round
8	Horizont Turnovo	27	7	9	11	21	30	−9	30
9	Pelister	27	5	8	14	16	28	−12	23
10	Teteks	27	2	5	20	17	62	−45	11

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 teams for championship or relegation round).[2]

Results

Matches 1–18 Home \ Away BRE MET PEL RAB REN SKE SIL TET TUR VAR Bregalnica Shtip — 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–2 Metalurg 3–0 — 0–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–4 Pelister 0–1 0–1 — 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 Rabotnichki 4–0 0–3 1–0 — 3–0 3–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 Renova 2–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 — 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–3 3–0 Shkëndija 2–1 2–1 5–0 1–3 1–1 — 3–0 5–0 5–2 1–2 Sileks 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 — 3–1 2–0 0–3 Teteks 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–5 0–4 1–2 1–3 — 0–3 2–2 Horizont Turnovo 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 — 0–0 Vardar 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 5–0 0–0 — Source: MacedonianFootball.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–27 Home \ Away BRE MET PEL RAB REN SKE SIL TET TUR VAR Bregalnica Shtip — — 1–0 — — 0–0 2–0 — — 0–0 Metalurg 0–0 — 3–1 — — — — 0–0 0–0 — Pelister — — — 1–3 1–1 — — 3–1 0–1 — Rabotnichki 0–0 2–2 — — — 1–0 2–0 — 2–0 — Renova 2–1 2–0 — 2–0 — — 1–1 — 1–1 — Shkëndija — 2–2 2–0 — 0–1 — — 0–1 — 3–2 Sileks — 1–1 1–0 — — 0–1 — 3–1 — 0–2 Teteks 0–0 — — 1–2 1–2 — — — 1–3 — Horizont Turnovo 0–1 — — — — 0–4 1–1 — — 0–2 Vardar — 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 — — 2–0 — — Source: MacedonianFootball.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

The second phase are the so-called Play-off Rounds which is divided in two groups: Championship and Relegation. The top 6 ranked teams on the table after the Regular Season qualify for the Championship group, while the bottom 4 advance to the Relegation group.

Championship round

In the Championship group, each team plays against every other one only once, making 5 games in total. Records from the first phase are carried over. Teams play each other once with each team playing five games in this round.[3]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vardar (C)	32	20	9	3	56	21	+35	69	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Rabotnichki	32	20	6	6	55	30	+25	66	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Shkëndija	32	18	5	9	58	31	+27	59
4	Renova	32	13	9	10	41	39	+2	48
5	Sileks	32	10	11	11	33	42	−9	41
6	Metalurg	32	8	9	15	34	42	−8	33

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 or teams for UEFA competitions).[4]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Rabotnichki qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2014–15 Macedonian Football Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	MET	RAB	REN	SKE	SIL	VAR
Metalurg	—	—	1–2	—	1–3	—
Rabotnichki	2–0	—	—	2–1	3–1	—
Renova	—	3–3	—	—	0–1	—
Shkëndija	2–1	—	3–1	—	—	1–0
Sileks	—	—	—	0–2	—	2–2
Vardar	2–0	2–2	4–1	—	—	—

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

Relegation round

In the Relegation group, each team plays twice against every opponent on a home-away basis. Records from the first phase are carried over. Teams play each other twice with each team playing six games in this round.[3]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Bregalnica Shtip	33	13	9	11	33	29	+4	48
8	Horizont Turnovo (O)	33	9	9	15	26	37	−11	36	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
9	Pelister (R)	33	7	9	17	21	35	−14	30	Relegation to the Macedonian Second League
10	Teteks (R)	33	3	6	24	22	73	−51	15

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 teams for relegation).[5]
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Results

Home \ Away	BRE	PEL	TET	TUR
Bregalnica Shtip	—	2–0	1–0	2–1
Pelister	0–1	—	2–2	0–2
Teteks	0–4	0–2	—	3–0
Horizont Turnovo	0–1	0–1	2–0	—

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

Relegation playoff

First Leg

3 June 2015

16:00 CEST

Horizont Turnovo	1 – 1	Gostivar
Gjorgiev  22'	Report	Nurishi  56'

Gradski stadion, Probishtip

Second Leg

7 June 2015

16:00 CEST

Gostivar	0 – 2	Horizont Turnovo
	Report	Ivanov  15' Tashev  35'

Gradski stadion, Probishtip

Horizont Turnovo won 3–1 on aggregate

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 24 May 2015

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Izair Emini	Renova	20
2	Bojan Vručina	Shkendija	18
3	Marjan Altiparmakovski	Rabotnichki	15
4	Hristijan Kirovski	Shkendija	14
5	Filip Ivanovski	Vardar	11
6	Marjan Radeski	Metalurg	10
7	Aco Stojkov	Rabotnichki	9
8	Dejan Blazhevski	Vardar	8
	Blazhe Ilijoski	Rabotnichki
	Boško Stupić	Pelister & Bregalnica

See also

• 2014–15 Macedonian Football Cup
• 2014–15 Macedonian Second Football League
• 2014–15 Macedonian Third Football League

References

1. "Илчо Ѓорѓиоски во јуни добива четиригодишен мандат во Фудбалската федерација на Македонија". Ekipa.mk. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
2. "First League 2014/2015 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
3. "First League: Season Rules". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
4. "First League 2014/2015 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
5. "First League 2014/2015 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.

External links

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