# 2017–18 Macedonian First League

The 2017–18 Macedonian First League was the 26th season of the Macedonian First League, with 12 teams participating in it. The season started in November 2017 and ended May 2018. Rabotnički achieved their fifteenth title after defeating MZT Skopje in the finals, that won the six previous championships.

## Competition format

The twelve teams that compose the league played a double-legged round robin tournament, where the six first qualified teams joined the Super League and the other six fought for avoiding the relegation.
The top four teams of the Super League qualified for the playoffs for the title.

## Teams

Gostivar replaced Vardar, who was relegated from the previous season. As a result of an expansion of the league to 12 teams, Blokotehna and Skhupi were also promoted.
| Team | Home City | Arena | Coach |
| AV Ohrid | Ohrid | Biljanini Izvori | Petar Čočoroski |
| Blokotehna | Gevgelija | Sportska Sala Blokotehna | Marjan Ilievski |
| Feni Industries | Kavadarci | Jasmin | Ljupčo Malinkov |
| Gostivar | Gostivar | Mladost Gostivar | Marjan Srbinovski |
| Karpoš Sokoli | Skopje | Boris Trajkovski Sports Center | Borče Daskalovski |
| Kožuv | Gevgelija | 26-ti April | Pavle Nikolov |
| Kumanovo 2009 | Kumanovo | Sports Hall Kumanovo | Aleksandar Petrović |
| MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Skopje | Jane Sandanski Arena | Aleksandar Todorov |
| Pelister | Bitola | Sports Hall Mladost | Zoran Petkovski |
| Rabotnički | Skopje | Gradski Park | Marin Dokuzovski |
| Shkupi | Skopje | Šaban Trstena | Enver Miftari |
| Strumica | Strumica | Park | Vlasis Vlaikidis |
* Teams that play in the 2017–18 First Adriatic League
* Teams that play in the 2017–18 Second Adriatic League
* Teams that play in the 2017–18 BIBL

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Rabotnički | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1996 | 1453 | +543 | 44 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 2 | Blokotehna | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1909 | 1529 | +380 | 39 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 3 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1904 | 1547 | +357 | 38 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 4 | Kumanovo 2009 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 2013 | 1809 | +204 | 37 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 5 | Gostivar | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1850 | 1654 | +196 | 36 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 6 | AV Ohrid | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1816 | 1807 | +9 | 32 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 7 | Feni Industries | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1759 | 1840 | −81 | 32 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 8 | Kožuv | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1650 | 1863 | −213 | 31 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 9 | Pelister | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1569 | 1865 | −296 | 29 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 10 | Karpoš Sokoli | 22 | 5 | 17 | 1797 | 2047 | −250 | 27 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 11 | Shkupi | 22 | 5 | 17 | 1735 | 2076 | −341 | 27 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 12 | Strumica | 22 | 2 | 20 | 1478 | 1986 | −508 | 24 | Qualification to the relegation group |

## Second stage
### Super League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Rabotnički | 32 | 30 | 2 | 2856 | 2162 | +694 | 62 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 32 | 24 | 8 | 2762 | 2336 | +426 | 56 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Blokotehna | 32 | 22 | 10 | 2740 | 2310 | +430 | 54 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Kumanovo 2009 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 2815 | 2677 | +138 | 52 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Gostivar | 32 | 17 | 15 | 2568 | 2413 | +155 | 49 | |
| 6 | AV Ohrid | 32 | 11 | 21 | 2554 | 2708 | −154 | 43 | |

### Relegation group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Feni Industries | 32 | 18 | 14 | 2665 | 2649 | +16 | 50 | |
| 2 | Kožuv | 32 | 15 | 17 | 2468 | 2667 | −199 | 47 | |
| 3 | Pelister | 32 | 14 | 18 | 2372 | 2588 | −216 | 46 | |
| 4 | Shkupi | 32 | 9 | 23 | 2669 | 2951 | −282 | 41 | |
| 5 | Karpoš Sokoli (R) | 32 | 8 | 24 | 2576 | 2987 | −411 | 40 | Relegation |
| 6 | Strumica (R) | 32 | 4 | 28 | 2248 | 2845 | −597 | 36 | Relegation |

## Playoffs

Playoffs will be played with a best-of-five games format, where the seeded team played games 1, 2 and 5 at home.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Rabotnički | Rabotnički | Rabotnički | 101 | 82 | 81 |
| Kumanovo 2009 | Kumanovo 2009 | Kumanovo 2009 | 72 | 68 | 65 | | | | | | |
| Kumanovo 2009 | Kumanovo 2009 | Kumanovo 2009 | 72 | 68 | 65 | Rabotnički | Rabotnički | Rabotnički | 86 | 76 | 87 |
| | | | | | | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 77 | 75 | 84 |
| MZT Skopje Aerodrom | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 80 | 94 | 89 | 74 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 77 | 75 | 84 |
| Blokotehna | Blokotehna | 74 | 106 | 72 | 72 | | | | | | |