# 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.
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.

## 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 G.P. (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

| 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 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 3 | Shkëndija | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 47 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 4 | Renova | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 44 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Sileks | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 34 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 6 | Metalurg | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 33 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 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 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 9 | Pelister | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 23 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 10 | Teteks | 27 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 62 | −45 | 11 | Qualification for the relegation round |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BRE | MET | PEL | RAB | REN | SKE | SIL | TET | TUR | VAR | 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 | — | — | 1–0 | — | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | — | 0–0 |
| Metalurg | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | — | — | — | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | — |
| Pelister | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | — | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | — |
| Rabotnichki | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | — | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | — |
| Renova | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | — | — | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | — |
| Shkëndija | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | — | — | 0–1 | — | 3–2 |
| Sileks | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | — | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | — | 0–2 |
| Teteks | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | — | — | 1–3 | — |
| Horizont Turnovo | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | — | — | — | 0–4 | 1–1 | — | — | 0–2 |
| Vardar | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | — | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | — | 2–0 | — | — |

## 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.

#### 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 |
| 3 | Shkëndija | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Renova | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Sileks | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 41 | |
| 6 | Metalurg | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 33 | |
* ↑ 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 | — | — | — |

### 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.

#### 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 | Relegation to the Macedonian Second League |

#### 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 | — |

## Relegation playoff
### Second leg

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 |
| 8 | Blazhe Ilijoski | Rabotnichki | 8 |
| 8 | Boško Stupić | Pelister & Bregalnica | 8 |