# 1998–99 Macedonian First Football League

The 1998–99 Macedonian First League was the 7th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. The first matches of the season were played on 9 August 1998 and the last on 29 May 1999. Sileks were the defending champions, having won their third title in a row. The 1998-99 champions were Sloga Jugomagnat who had won their first title.

## Promotion and relegation

| At the start of the 1998–99 season Promoted from 1997–98 Second League Rabotnichki Kometal (Winners; West) Osogovo (Winners; East) Relegated to 1998–99 Second League Belasica (13th) Bregalnica Shtip (14th)$^1$ | At the end of the 1998–99 season Promoted from 1998–99 Second League Napredok (Winners; West) Kumanovo (Winners; East) Relegated to 1999–2000 Second League Skopje (13th) Balkan BISI (14th) |
1 Bregalnica Shtip was removed from the league after the round 19, due to their absence in a scheduled match against Sloga Jugomagnat. Their matches from round 14 were annulled.

## Participating teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Balkan BISI | Skopje | Chair Stadium |
| Borec MHK | Veles | Gradski stadion Veles |
| Cementarnica 55 | Skopje | Stadion Cementarnica |
| Makedonija Asiba | Skopje | Stadion Gjorche Petrov |
| Osogovo | Kochani | Stadion Nikola Mantov |
| Pelister | Bitola | Stadion Tumbe Kafe |
| Pobeda | Prilep | Stadion Goce Delchev |
| Rabotnichki Kometal | Skopje | Gradski stadion Skopje |
| Sasa | Makedonska Kamenica | Gradski stadion Makedonska Kamenica |
| Sileks | Kratovo | Stadion Sileks |
| Skopje | Skopje | Stadion Zhelezarnica |
| Sloga Jugomagnat | Skopje | Chair Stadium |
| Tikvesh | Kavadarci | Gradski stadion Kavadarci |
| Vardar | Skopje | Gradski stadion Skopje |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sloga Jugomagnat (C) | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 12 | +29 | 60 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Sileks | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 63 | 22 | +41 | 57 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Pobeda | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 51 | 18 | +33 | 53 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Vardar | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 61 | 32 | +29 | 49 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Cementarnica 55 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 44 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Makedonija | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 37 | |
| 7 | Tikvesh | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 36 | |
| 8 | Borec | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 32 | |
| 9 | Rabotnichki Kometal | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 32 | |
| 10 | Pelister | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 29 | |
| 11 | Sasa | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 26 | |
| 12 | Osogovo | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 25 | |
| 13 | Skopje (R) | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 25 | 59 | −34 | 17 | Relegation to the Macedonian Second League |
| 14 | Balkan (R) | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 61 | −47 | 16 | Relegation to the Macedonian Second League |
* ↑ Vardar qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round by winning the 1998–99 Macedonian Football Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAL | BOR | CEM | MGP | OSO | PEL | POB | RAB | SAS | SIL | SKO | SLO | TIK | VAR |
| Balkan | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Borec | 6–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Cementarnica 55 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Makedonija | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 0–3 |
| Osogovo | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Pelister | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
| Pobeda | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | — | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Rabotnichki | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Sasa | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Sileks | 7–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–4 |
| Skopje | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Sloga Jugomagnat | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Tikvesh | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 |
| Vardar | 7–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 6–0 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Rogério Oliveira | Pobeda | 22 |
| 2 | Vancho Trajchev | Vardar | 14 |
Source: Top15goalscorers.blogspot.com