2003–04 Macedonian First Football League
| Season | 2003–04 |
|---|---|
| Champions |
Pobeda 1st domestic title |
| Relegated |
Tikveš Bregalnica Delčevo |
| Champions League | Pobeda |
| UEFA Cup |
Sileks Sloga Jugomagnat |
| Intertoto Cup | Vardar |
| Matches played | 198 |
| Goals scored | 606 (3.06 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Dragan Dimitrovski (25) |
| Biggest home win | Sloga Jugomagnat 12–1 Bregalnica Delčevo |
| Biggest away win | Bregalnica Delčevo 0–9 Sileks |
| Highest scoring | Sloga Jugomagnat 12–1 Bregalnica Delčevo |
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← 2002–03 2004–05 → | |
The 2003–04 Macedonian First League was the 12th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. The first matches of the season were played on 8 August 2003 and the last on 30 May 2004. FK Vardar were the defending champions, having won their fifth title. The 2003-04 champions were FK Pobeda who had won their first title.
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from 2002–03 Second League
Relegated to 2003–04 Second League |
Promoted from 2003–04 Second League
Relegated to 2004–05 Second League
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Participating teams
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pobeda (C) | 33 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 78 | 42 | +36 | 71 | 2004–05 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round |
| 2 | Sileks | 33 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 67 | 52 | +15 | 66 | 2004–05 UEFA Cup First qualifying round |
| 3 | Vardar | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 66 | 39 | +27 | 60 | 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round |
| 4 | Rabotnički Kometal | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 58 | |
| 5 | Sloga Jugomagnat | 33 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 69 | 36 | +33 | 57 | 2004–05 UEFA Cup First qualifying round 1 |
| 6 | Madžari Solidarnost | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 50 | |
| 7 | Cementarnica 55 | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 45 | |
| 8 | Baškimi | 33 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 43 | |
| 9 | Napredok | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 41 | |
| 10 | Belasica | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 36 | |
| 11 | Tikveš (R) | 33 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 25 | 61 | −36 | 19 | Relegation to 2004–05 Macedonian Second League |
| 12 | Bregalnica Delčevo (R) | 33 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 124 | −104 | 72 |
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 decision match(es)
1Sloga Jugomagnat have won the 2003–04 Macedonian Football Cup competition and therefore qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup.
2Bregalnica Delčevo were docked 3 points for not showing up for the match against Napredok in the 8th round.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
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.
Matches 1–22
| Home ╲ Away | BAS | BEL | BRD | CEM | MAS | NAP | POB | RAB | SIL | SLO | TIK | VAR |
| Baškimi | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | |
| Belasica | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–5 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Bregalnica Delčevo | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–32 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | |
| Cementarnica 55 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Madžari Solidarnost | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |
| Napredok | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | |
| Pobeda | 2–1 | 2–0 | 8–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | |
| Rabotnički | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Sileks | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |
| Sloga Jugomagnat | 2–1 | 3–0 | 12–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Tikveš | 3–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | |
| Vardar | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
Source: RSSSF.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2 Match awarded
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matches 23–33
| Home ╲ Away | BAS | BEL | BRD | CEM | MAS | NAP | POB | RAB | SIL | SLO | TIK | VAR |
| Baškimi | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | |||||||
| Belasica | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | |||||||
| Bregalnica Delčevo | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–9 | 1–0 | 1–7 | |||||||
| Cementarnica 55 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | ||||||
| Madžari Solidarnost | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | |||||||
| Napredok | 1–0 | 7–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 2–3 | |||||||
| Pobeda | 3–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | ||||||
| Rabotnički | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | ||||||
| Sileks | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | ||||||
| Sloga Jugomagnat | 1–2 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | ||||||
| Tikveš | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |||||||
| Vardar | 7–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
Source: RSSSF.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dragan Dimitrovski |
Pobeda | 25 |
| 2 | Ivica Gligorovski |
Sileks | 18 |
| Stevica Ristić |
Sileks | ||
| 4 |  Wandeir |
Vardar | 17 |
| 5 | Ljubiša Savić |
Sloga Jugomagnat | 15 |
| 6 | Nikolche Zdravevski |
Pobeda | 14 |
| 7 | Bazhe Ilijoski |
Rabotnički | 13 |
| 8 | Sasho Krstev |
Pobeda | 11 |
| Aleksandar Toleski |
Cementarnica | ||
Source: rsssf.com