2016–17 Macedonian First Football League

Macedonian First League

Season	2016–17
Matches played	90
Goals scored	201 (2.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ferhan Hasani Besart Ibraimi 10 goals
Biggest home win	Vardar 5–1 Bregalnica (27 August 2016)
Biggest away win	Makedonija Gj. P. 0–4 Rabotnički (10 August 2016) Makedonija Gj. P. 0–4 Vardar (11 September 2016) Makedonija Gj. P. 0–4 Shkendija (20 November 2016)
Highest scoring	Shkendija 5–2 Bregalnica (16 November 2016)
Longest winning run	5 games Vardar
Longest unbeaten run	14 games Vardar
Longest winless run	11 games Bregalnica
Longest losing run	4 games Bregalnica Pobeda
← 2015–16

The 2016–17 Macedonian First League is the 25th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. The fixtures were announced on 25 July 2016.^[1] It began on 7 August 2016 and will end on 28 May 2017 with a winter break which will begin on 4 December 2016 and will end on 19 February 2017. From that season the format was changed which will each team be played the other sides four times on home-away basis, for a total of 36 matches each instead of play-off and play-out after 27th round.^[2]

The league will be contested by 10 teams. Vardar are the defending champions, having won their ninth title in 2015–16.

Promotion and relegation

At the start of the 2016–17 season Promoted from 2015–16 Second League Pobeda (Winners) Makedonija Gj. P. (Runners-up) Pelister (Third placed; won play-off) Relegated to 2016–17 Second League Horizont Turnovo (8th; lost play-off) Metalurg Skopje (9th) Mladost Carev Dvor (10th)^1

¹ Mladost Carev Dvor was declined their participation from the Second League due to financial problems.^[2]

Participating teams

Skopje

Bregalnica

Pobeda

Pelister

Renova

Shkëndija

Sileks

Skopje clubs:

Makedonija
Rabotnički
Shkupi
Vardar

Location of teams in the 2016–17 Macedonian First League

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Bregalnica	Štip	Gradski stadion Štip	4,000
Makedonija Gj. P.	Skopje	Gjorče Petrov Stadium	3,000
Pelister	Bitola	Stadion Tumbe Kafe	8,000
Pobeda	Prilep	Stadion Goce Delčev	15,000
Rabotnički	Skopje	Telekom Arena	33,460
Renova	Tetovo	Ecolog Arena	15,000
Shkëndija	Tetovo	Ecolog Arena	15,000
Shkupi	Skopje	Čair Stadium	6,000
Sileks	Kratovo	Gradski stadion Kratovo	1,800
Vardar	Skopje	Telekom 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(s)
Bregalnica	Cvetanovski, ZdravkoZdravko Cvetanovski (interim)	Zdravkov, GoranGoran Zdravkov	Derbystar	Quehenberger
Makedonija Gj. P.	Stojkoski, BobiBobi Stojkoski	Ramadan, DenisDenis Ramadan	Jako
Pobeda	Shterjovski, ZoranZoran Shterjovski	Gesoski, BlagojaBlagoja Gesoski	Jako	Prilepska Pivarnica/Kabelnet/Vitaminka
Pelister	Şensoy, NaciNaci Şensoy	Pashovski, GoranGoran Pashovski	Givova
Rabotnički	Trenevski, ViktorViktor Trenevski	Ilievski, MilanMilan Ilievski	Zeus
Renova	Osmani, QatipQatip Osmani	Nuhi, FisnikFisnik Nuhi	Jako	Renova
Shkëndija	Beqiri, JetonJeton Beqiri (interim)	Hasani, FerhanFerhan Hasani	Macron	Ecolog
Shkupi	Ganiu, VisarVisar Ganiu	Zendeli, SuatSuat Zendeli	Lotto	Čair Municipality
Sileks	Tasevski, ZhikicaZhikica Tasevski	Duranski, FilipFilip Duranski	Legea
Vardar	Sedloski, GoceGoce Sedloski	Grnčarov, BobanBoban Grnčarov	Hummel	Zdravje

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vardar	18	12	5	1	31	10	+21	41	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Shkëndija	18	11	4	3	34	19	+15	37	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Pelister	18	8	5	5	20	11	+9	29
4	Rabotnički	18	8	4	6	27	20	+7	28
5	Sileks	18	5	9	4	19	20	−1	24
6	Renova	18	5	8	5	15	14	+1	23
7	Shkupi	18	3	7	8	10	18	−8	16
8	Pobeda	18	3	6	9	16	27	−11	15	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
9	Makedonija GjP	18	3	6	9	16	33	−17	15	Relegation to Macedonian Second Football League
10	Bregalnica Štip	18	1	8	9	13	29	−16	11

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: MacedonianFootball.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored.

Results

Matches 1–18 Home ╲ Away BRE MGP PEL POB RAB REN ŠKE SHK SIL VAR Bregalnica Štip 1–2 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 Makedonija 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–4 3–1 0–4 0–1 1–1 0–4 Pelister 3–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 Pobeda 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 Rabotnički 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–3 3–1 3–1 3–0 Renova 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 Shkëndija 5–2 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 Shkupi 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 Sileks 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–3 Vardar 5–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 Updated to games played on 4 December 2016. Source: MacedonianFootball.com 1 ^^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–36 Home ╲ Away BRE MGP PEL POB RAB REN ŠKE SHK SIL VAR Bregalnica Štip Makedonija Pelister a Pobeda Rabotnički Renova Shkëndija Shkupi Sileks Vardar a Updated to games played on pre-season. Source: TBD 1 ^^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 4 December 2016

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ferhan Hasani	Shkendija	10
	Besart Ibraimi	Shkendija
3	Igor Nedeljković	Sileks	8
4	Lucas Ferreira Cardoso	Pelister	7
	Alen Jasharoski	Makedonija Gj. P.
6	Damir Kojašević	Vardar	6
	Nikolche Sharkoski	Pobeda
8	Jonathan Boareto	Vardar	5
	Argjent Gafuri	Renova
	Goran Zdravkov	Bregalnica

See also

• 2016–17 Macedonian Football Cup
• 2016–17 Macedonian Second Football League

References

1. "РАСПОРЕД на натпревари од Прва македонска фудбалска лига, сезона 2016-2017" (PDF). FFM.mk. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
2. "Draw for new season to take place on Monday". MacedonianFootball.com. 24 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

External links

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