# Macedonian First League (basketball)

The Macedonian First League (Macedonian: Македонска прва лига, Makedonska prva liga) is the top-tier basketball competition in the Republic of North Macedonia organized by the Basketball Federation of North Macedonia. Until 1992 it was called Macedonian Republic League after which it was transformed into top division level Macedonian Basketball First League. After the transformation, teams from the dissolved Yugoslav Federal Leagues (MZT Skopje and Rabotnički) joined the Macedonian First League.

## Teams

| Team | Home City | Arena |
| Tikvesh | Kavadarci | Jasmin |
| Gostivar 2015 | Gostivar | Mladost Gostivar |
| Kožuv | Gevgelija | 26-ti April |
| MKK Kumanovo | Kumanovo | Sports Hall Kumanovo |
| MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Skopje | Jane Sandanski Arena |
| Çair 2030 | Skopje | Sport Hall Shaban Trstena |
| Pelister | Bitola | Sports Hall Mladost |
| Rabotnički | Skopje | Gradski Park |
| TFT Mozzart | Skopje | Forza Sport Center |
| Feniks 2010 | Skopje | Jane Sandanski Arena |
| Vardar | Skopje | Mala sala Kale |
| Shkupi | Skopje | Sport Hall Shaban Trstena |

## Champions

| Season | Champions | Score | Runner-up | MVP |
| 1992–93 | Godel Rabotnički | 3–2 (five game series) | MZT Skopje Hepos | |
| 1993–94 | Godel Rabotnički | 3–2 (five game series) | Kočani Delikates | |
| 1994–95 | Godel Rabotnički | 3–2 (five game series) | Kočani Delikates | |
| 1995–96 | Godel Rabotnički | 3–0 (five game series) | MZT Skopje | |
| 1996–97 | Godel Rabotnički | 4–1 (seven game series) | Žito Vardar | |
| 1997–98 | Godel Rabotnički | 3–2 (five game series) | MZT Boss Skopje | |
| 1998–99 | Godel Rabotnički | 3–2 (five game series) | MZT Boss Skopje | |
| 1999–00 | Nikol Fert | 3–2 (five game series) | Godel Rabotnički | |
| 2000–01 | Rabotnički | 3–0 (five game series) | MZT Skopje 2000 | Gjorgji Čekovski (1) |
| 2001–02 | Feršped Rabotnički | 4–2 (seven game series) | Kumanovo | Gjorgji Čekovski (2) |
| 2002–03 | Feršped Rabotnički | 4–0 (seven game series) | Polo Trejd | Aleksandar Dimitrovski |
| 2003–04 | Feršped Rabotnički | 4–1 (seven game series) | MZT Skopje 2000 | Todor Gečevski (1) |
| 2004–05 | Feršped Rabotnički | 4–2 (seven game series) | Vardar Osiguruvanje | Toni Simić |
| 2005–06 | Feršped Rabotnički | 4–1 (seven game series) | Vardar Osiguruvanje | Dime Tasovski (1) |
| 2006–07 | Strumica 2005 | 4–1 (seven game series) | Feršped Rabotnički | Zlatko Gocevski |
| 2007–08 | Feni Industries | 4–3 (seven game series) | Strumica 2005 | Donald Cole |
| 2008–09 | Rabotnički | 4–2 (seven game series) | Feni Industries | Dime Tasovski (2) |
| 2009–10 | Feni Industries | 4–3 (seven game series) | Vardar Osiguruvanje | Damjan Stojanovski (1) |
| 2010–11 | Feni Industries | 4–1 (seven game series) | Rabotnički | Vojdan Stojanovski |
| 2011–12 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 4–1 (seven game series) | Feni Industries | Todor Gečevski (2) |
| 2012–13 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 4–0 (seven game series) | Kozuv | Gjorgji Čekovski (3) |
| 2013–14 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 3–1 (five game series) | Rabotnički | Damjan Stojanovski (2) |
| 2014–15 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 3–0 (five game series) | Kumanovo | Marko Simonovski – Sead Šehović |
| 2015–16 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 3–1 (five game series) | Kumanovo | Damjan Stojanovski (3) |
| 2016–17 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 3–2 (five game series) | Karpoš Sokoli | Charlon Kloof |
| 2017–18 | Rabotnički | 3–0 (five game series) | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Russell Robinson |
| 2018–19 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 3–0 (five game series) | Rabotnički | Damjan Stojanovski (4) |
| 2019–20 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom finished 1st /Play Off cancelled due covid-19 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom finished 1st /Play Off cancelled due covid-19 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom finished 1st /Play Off cancelled due covid-19 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom finished 1st /Play Off cancelled due covid-19 |
| 2020–21 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 3–0 (five game series) | EuroNickel 2005 | Andrej Magdevski |
| 2021–22 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 3–1 (five game series) | Pelister | Nemanja Milošević |
| 2022–23 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 3–0 (five game series) | Pelister | Vojdan Stojanovski (2) |
| 2023–24 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 3–0 (five game series) | Pelister | Damjan Stojanovski (5) |

## Performance by club

| Club | Winner | Year | Runner up | Year |
| Rabotnički | 15 | 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2018 | 5 | 2000, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2019 |
| MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 11 | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | 7 | 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2018 |
| Feni Industries | 3 | 2008, 2010, 2011 | 2 | 2009, 2012 |
| Strumica 2005 | 1 | 2007 | 2 | 2003, 2008 |
| Nikol Fert Gostivar | 1 | 2000 | / | / |
| Kumanovo | / | / | 3 | 2002, 2015, 2016 |
| Vardar | / | / | 2 | 2005, 2006 |
| Kočani Delikates | / | / | 2 | 1994, 1995 |
| Pelister | / | / | 3 | 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Karpoš Sokoli | / | / | 1 | 2017 |
| Kožuv | / | / | 1 | 2013 |
| Vardar Osiguruvanje | / | / | 1 | 2010 |
| Žito Vardar | / | / | 1 | 1997 |

## Records and statistics
### Head coaches with two or more titles

| Titles | Head coach | Seasons |
| 7 | Marin Dokuzovski | 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2018 |
| 3 | Steruli Andonovski | 2001, 2002, 2004 |
| 3 | Emil Rajković | 2008, 2010, 2011 |
| 2 | Aleksandar Knjazev | 1993, 1994 |
| 2 | Jordančo Davitkov | 2005, 2006 |
| 2 | Aleš Pipan | 2013, 2015 |
| 2 | Vasko Atanasov | 2023, 2024 |

### Players with three or more titles

Note: This table is incomplete
| Titles | Player | Seasons |
| 10 | Ognen Stojanovski | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| 10 | Marjan Gjurov | 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 |
| 9 | Damjan Stojanovski | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| 9 | Goran Veselinovski | 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009 |
| 9 | Goran Samardziev | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 |
| 9 | Gjorgji Čekovski | 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018 |
| 8 | Toni Simić | 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009 |
| 7 | Jordančo Davitkov | 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 |
| 7 | Srdjan Stanković | 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005 |
| 7 | Gjorgi Kočov | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012 |
| 6 | Dejan Jovanovski | 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2006 |
| 5 | Gjorgje Vojnović | 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 |
| 5 | Emil Rajković | 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002 |
| 5 | Bojan Krstevski | 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| 5 | Kiril Pavlovski | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 |
| 5 | Aleksandar Dimitrovski | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 |
| 5 | Bojan Trajkovski | 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 |
| 5 | Dime Tasovski | 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011 |
| 5 | Todor Gečevski | 2000, 2004, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| 5 | Gorjan Markovski | 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| 5 | Ljubomir Mladenovski | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 |
| 5 | Adem Mekić | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022 |
| 4 | Vojdan Stojanovski | 2011, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| 4 | Dušan Bocevski | 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 |
| 4 | Pero Blazevski | 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998 |
| 4 | Kiril Nikolovski | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 |
| 3 | Riste Stefanov | 2003, 2004, 2005 |
| 3 | Dejan Vegov | 2003, 2005, 2006 |
| 3 | Slobodan Mihajlovski | 2008, 2010, 2011 |
| 3 | Toni Grnčarov | 2007, 2009, 2012 |
| 3 | Eftim Bogoev | 2007, 2010, 2013 |
| 3 | Darko Sokolov | 2010, 2011, 2019 |
| 3 | Marko Simonovski | 2015, 2017, 2019 |
| 3 | Damjan Robev | 2022, 2023, 2024 |