# 2013–14 Macedonian First Football League

The 2013–14 Macedonian First League was the 22nd season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. Vardar are the defending champions after winning their seventh Macedonian championship at the end of the 2012–13 season. It began on 4 August 2013 and ended on 18 May 2014. This was the final season with 12 teams, because the Football Federation of Macedonia approved reducing the league to 10 teams. Therefore, 4 teams was directly relegated.

## Promotion and relegation

| At the start of the 2013–14 season Promoted from 2012–13 Second League Makedonija G.P. (winners) Gostivar (runners-up) Gorno Lisiche (Fourth placed; won play-off match) Relegated to 2013–14 Second League Drita (9th; lost play-off match) Teteks (11th) Sileks (12th) | At the end of the 2013–14 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) |

## Participating teams

| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Bregalnica | Shtip | Gradski stadion Shtip | 4,000 |
| Euromilk Gorno Lisiche | Skopje | Stadion Gorno Lisiche | 1,500 |
| Gostivar | Gostivar | Gradski stadion Gostivar | 1,000 |
| Makedonija G.P. | Skopje | Stadion Gjorche Petrov | 3,000 |
| Metalurg | Skopje | Stadion Zhelezarnica | 3,000 |
| Napredok | Kičevo | Gradski stadion Kichevo | 5,000 |
| Pelister | Bitola | Stadion Tumbe Kafe | 8,000 |
| Rabotnichki | Skopje | Philip II Arena | 33,460 |
| Renova | Djepchishte | Gradski stadion Tetovo | 15,000 |
| Shkëndija | Tetovo | Gradski stadion Tetovo | 15,000 |
| Horizont Turnovo | Turnovo | Stadion Kukush | 1,500 |
| Vardar | Skopje | Philip II Arena | 33,460 |
* ↑ Gorno Lisiche was played their home games on Boris Trajkovski Stadium because their Stadion Gorno Lisiche doesn't fulfill criteria for First League.

### 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 | Ali Güneş | Goran Zdravkov | | |
| Gorno Lisiče | Ljubodrag Milošević | Aleksandar Pandovski | | Euromilk |
| Gostivar | Mite Mitev | | Nike | |
| Makedonija G.P. | Marjan Sekulovski | | Nike | |
| Metalurg | Srgjan Zaharievski | Mile Krstev | Legea | Makstil |
| Napredok | Dragan Mateski | | Legea |
| Pelister | Dragan Bocheski | Goran Pashovski | Jako | Pelisterka |
| Rabotnichki | Igor Angelovski | Blazhe Todorovski | Joma | |
| Renova | Qatip Osmani | Izair Emini | Jako | Renova |
| Shkëndija | Shpëtim Duro | Artim Pollozhani | Nike | Ecolog |
| Turnovo | Goce Sedloski | Stojan Dimovski | Jako | Vitaminka |
| Vardar | Sergey Andreyev | Radenko Bojović | Li-Ning | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rabotnichki (C) | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 66 | 35 | +31 | 62 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Horizont Turnovo | 33 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 61 | 33 | +28 | 60 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Metalurg | 33 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 59 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Shkëndija | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 57 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Vardar | 33 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 56 | |
| 6 | Pelister | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 52 | |
| 7 | Bregalnica Shtip | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 44 | |
| 8 | Renova | 33 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 44 | |
| 9 | Euromilk Gorno Lisiche (R) | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 39 | Relegation to Macedonian Second League |
| 10 | Makedonija G.P. (R) | 33 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 32 | Relegation to Macedonian Second League |
| 11 | Napredok (R) | 33 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 75 | −48 | 18 | Relegation to Macedonian Second League |
| 12 | Gostivar (R) | 33 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 70 | −51 | 15 | Relegation to Macedonian Second League |
* ↑ Metalurg qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as a runner-up of the 2013–14 Macedonian Football Cup.

## 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.
| Home \ Away | BRE | EGL | GOS | MGP | MET | NAP | PEL | RAB | REN | SKE | TUR | VAR | BRE | EGL | GOS | MGP | MET | NAP | PEL | RAB | REN | SKE | TUR | VAR |
| Bregalnica Shtip | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | — | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Euromilk G.L. | 0–3 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 4–1 | — | — | — | 0–2 | — | — |
| Gostivar | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | — | — | — | 1–5 | 2–3 | — | — | — | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Makedonija | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | — | — | 2–1 | — | 1–3 | — | — | — | — | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Metalurg | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | — | — | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Napredok | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | — | — | 1–3 | — | — | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | — | — |
| Pelister | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | — | — | 1–2 | — | — | — | — |
| Rabotnichki | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 4–0 | — | 0–0 | 5–0 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3–1 |
| Renova | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | — | — | 2–1 | 2–6 | — | — | — | — |
| Shkëndija | 2–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | — | — | — | — | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | — | — | — |
| Horizont Turnovo | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | — | — | — | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | — |
| Vardar | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | — | 1–0 | — | — | — | 6–0 | 0–0 | — | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 18 May 2014
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dejan Blazhevski | Turnovo | 19 |
| 2 | Borche Manevski | Rabotnichki | 17 |
| 3 | Muzafer Ejupi | Turnovo | 15 |
| 4 | Stênio Júnior | Pelister & Shkëndija | 13 |
| 4 | Krste Velkoski | Rabotnichki | 13 |
| 6 | Ermedin Adem | Makedonija G.P. | 11 |
| 7 | Vladimir Mojsovski | Napredok | 10 |
| 7 | Aco Stojkov | Vardar | 10 |
| 7 | Dimitar Vodenicharov | Pelister | 10 |
| 7 | Bojan Vručina | Shkëndija | 10 |
* Players whose names are written in italic letters played only in the first part of the League