# 2019–20 Macedonian First Football League

The 2019–20 Macedonian First League was the 28th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of North Macedonia. It began on 11 August 2019 and was scheduled to be end in July 2020. Each team will play the other sides four times on home-away basis, for a total of 36 matches. Shkëndija are the defending champions, having won their third title in 2018–19.
On 4 June 2020, the Football Federation of North Macedonia announced that the competition was abandoned due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in North Macedonia. Vardar was awarded the title, but no teams were relegated. The teams playing in Europe will be decided once the teams which successfully obtain a UEFA licence are known.

## Promotion and relegation

| At the end of the 2018–19 season Promoted from 2018–19 Second League Borec (Winners; East) Struga (Winners; West) Relegated to 2019–20 Second League Belasica (9th) Pobeda (10th) | At the end of the 2019–20 season Promoted from 2019–20 Second League Belasica (First placed; East) Pelister (First placed; West) Relegated to 2020–21 Second League None relegated |

## Participating teams

| Akademija Pandev | Borec | Makedonija G.P. | Rabotnički Vardar |
| Blagoj Istatov Stadium | Zoran Paunov Stadium | Gjorče Petrov Stadium | Toše Proeski Arena UEFA |
| Capacity: 9,200 | Capacity: 2,000 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 36,460 |
| Renova Shkëndija | Shkupi | Sileks | Struga |
| Ecolog Arena | Chair Stadium | City Stadium Kratovo | Gradska Plaža Stadium |
| Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 6,000 | Capacity: 4,800 | Capacity: 2,500 |

### 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 |
| Akademija Pandev | Jugoslav Trenchovski | Sashko Pandev | Givova | |
| Borec | Gorazd Mihajlov | Trajche Stojkovski | Legea | |
| Makedonija G.P. | Aleksandar Tanevski | Bobi Bozhinovski | Kappa | Evropa |
| Rabotnički | Ratko Dostanić | Goran Siljanovski | Joma | Seavus |
| Renova | Bujar Islami | Argjent Gafuri | Jako | Renova |
| Shkëndija | Ernest Gjoka | Besart Ibraimi | Macron | Ecolog |
| Shkupi | Qatip Osmani | Muharem Bajrami | Kappa | ATS Group |
| Sileks | Goran Simov | Angelche Timovski | Legea | |
| Struga | Jeton Beqiri | Flamur Tairi | Adidas | Trim & Lum |
| Vardar | Aleksandar Vasoski | Filip Gachevski | Hummel | BetCity |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vardar (C) | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 14 | +19 | 46 | Excluded from European competitions |
| 2 | Sileks | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 36 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Shkëndija | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 35 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Renova | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 31 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Shkupi | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 29 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 6 | Makedonija G.P. | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 29 | |
| 7 | Akademija Pandev | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 28 | |
| 8 | Rabotnički | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 28 | |
| 9 | Borec | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 27 | |
| 10 | Struga | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 25 | |
* ↑ Vardar failed to get the UEFA license for the competition due to financial problems.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AKA | BOR | MGP | RAB | REN | SKE | SKU | SIL | STR | VAR | AKA | BOR | MGP | RAB | REN | SKE | SKU | SIL | STR | VAR |
| Akademija Pandev | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | — | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | — | — | — |
| Borec | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | — | — | — | — | 4–2 | — | — | — | 0–1 |
| Makedonija G.P. | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rabotnički | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | — | — | — | — | 2–1 | — | — | — |
| Renova | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | — | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Shkëndija | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | — | 4–1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shkupi | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–3 | — | — | 1–1 | — | — |
| Sileks | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | — | 1–0 | — | — | 0–0 | — | — | — | — |
| Struga | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | — | — | — | 0–1 | — | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | — |
| Vardar | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — | — | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | — | — | — | 1–0 | — |

### Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| Vardar | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sileks | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Shkëndija | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Renova | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Shkupi | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Makedonija G.P. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Akademija Pandev | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Rabotnički | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Borec | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Struga | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
* Leader and qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
* Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
* Qualification for the Relegation play-off final
* Relegation to the Macedonian Second League

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 8 March 2020
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Daniel Avramovski | Vardar | 10 |
| 2 | Armend Alimi | Shkëndija | 9 |
| 2 | Nikola Prelčec | Borec | 9 |
| 4 | Marin Jurina | Shkupi | 8 |
| 5 | Paulo Carvalho | Makedonija G.P. | 7 |
| 5 | Remzifaik Selmani | Renova | 7 |
| 5 | Serginho | Shkupi | 7 |
| 8 | Bobi Bozhinovski | Makedonija G.P. | 6 |
| 8 | Besart Ibraimi | Shkëndija | 6 |
| 10 | 6 players | 6 players | 5 |