# 2018–19 Macedonian First League

The 2018–19 Macedonian First League was the 27th season of the Macedonian First League, with 11 teams participating.
Rabotnički were the defending champions.

## Competition format

The eleven teams that compose the league played a double-legged round robin tournament.
The two last qualified teams will join the relegation playoffs with the two best teams from the Second League.

## Teams

Eleven teams joined the league as Vodnjanska was not admitted in the league.
Vardar replaced Karpoš Sokoli and Strumica, relegated from the previous season.
| 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 |
| Kožuv | Gevgelija | 26-ti April | Pavle Nikolov |
| Kumanovo 2009 | Kumanovo | Sports Hall Kumanovo | Aleksandar Petrović |
| MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Skopje | Jane Sandanski Arena | Gjorgji Kočov |
| Pelister | Bitola | Sports Hall Mladost | Petar Sozovski |
| Rabotnički | Skopje | Gradski Park | Marin Dokuzovski |
| Shkupi | Skopje | Šaban Trstena | Enver Miftari |
| Vardar | Skopje | Kale | Darko Radulović |
* Teams that play in the 2018–19 Second Adriatic League
* Teams that play in the 2018–19 BIBL

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Rabotnički | 20 | 18 | 2 | 1811 | 1405 | +406 | 38 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 2 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 20 | 17 | 3 | 1817 | 1520 | +297 | 37 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 3 | Blokotehna | 20 | 15 | 5 | 1681 | 1451 | +230 | 35 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 4 | Gostivar | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1756 | 1498 | +258 | 34 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 5 | Kožuv | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1605 | 1521 | +84 | 32 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 6 | Kumanovo 2009 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1616 | 1504 | +112 | 31 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 7 | Feni Industries | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1675 | 1615 | +60 | 30 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 8 | AV Ohrid | 20 | 5 | 15 | 1468 | 1698 | −230 | 25 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 9 | Vardar | 20 | 4 | 16 | 1516 | 1719 | −203 | 24 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 10 | Pelister | 20 | 4 | 16 | 1425 | 1680 | −255 | 24 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 11 | Shkupi | 20 | 0 | 20 | 1337 | 2096 | −759 | 19 | Qualification to the relegation group |
* ↑ One point deducted for economical trouble.

### Results

| Home \ Away | RAB | MZT | BLO | GOS | KOZ | KUM | FEN | OHR | VAR | PEL | SHK |
| Rabotnički | — | 70–74 | 94–77 | 89–78 | 102–75 | 88–79 | 92–87 | 96–54 | 84–61 | 95–56 | 96–58 |
| MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 88–90 | — | 97–90 | 97–81 | 80–91 | 76–70 | 97–90 | 88–61 | 102–67 | 118–71 | 103–63 |
| Blokotehna | 75–61 | 81–78 | — | 68–84 | 76–67 | 81–69 | 77–70 | 77–68 | 98–76 | 97–69 | 128–47 |
| Gostivar | 61–85 | 61–74 | 98–86 | — | 70–69 | 81–78 | 94–70 | 89–94 | 99–66 | 118–60 | 115–62 |
| Kožuv | 73–84 | 79–89 | 64–76 | 73–78 | — | 56–50 | 74–63 | 92–81 | 91–82 | 73–68 | 118–71 |
| Kumanovo 2009 | 70–82 | 72–76 | 86–65 | 75–63 | 73–79 | — | 74–86 | 77–69 | 73–65 | 87–75 | 120–90 |
| Feni Industries | 66–72 | 95–103 | 66–76 | 80–90 | 82–63 | 82–88 | — | 86–81 | 99–78 | 86–68 | 101–78 |
| AV Ohrid | 44–94 | 80–83 | 71–82 | 55–92 | 60–74 | 67–94 | 86–101 | — | 83–80 | 69–77 | 96–73 |
| Vardar | 89–107 | 72–102 | 67–88 | 80–82 | 70–91 | 77–85 | 70–80 | 76–68 | — | 65–63 | 118–59 |
| Pelister | 63–110 | 71–83 | 66–81 | 69–97 | 79–82 | 67–87 | 86–90 | 77–80 | 98–80 | — | 122–82 |
| Shkupi | 77–120 | 65–109 | 53–102 | 68–125 | 87–121 | 79–109 | 68–95 | 90–101 | 67–77 | 0–20 | — |

## Super League
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 30 | 25 | 5 | 2695 | 2312 | +383 | 55 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Rabotnički | 30 | 24 | 6 | 2628 | 2159 | +469 | 54 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Blokotehna | 30 | 22 | 8 | 2514 | 2225 | +289 | 52 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Gostivar | 30 | 21 | 9 | 2606 | 2339 | +267 | 51 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Kožuv | 30 | 13 | 17 | 2138 | 2311 | −173 | 43 | |
| 6 | Kumanovo 2009 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2253 | 2281 | −28 | 41 | |
* ↑ One point docked to Kumanovo 2009.

### Results

| Home \ Away | MZT | RAB | BLO | GOS | KOZ | KUM |
| MZT Skopje Aerodrom | — | 85–63 | 86–76 | 95–91 | 89–88 | 92–57 |
| Rabotnički | 88–84 | — | 63–82 | 99–70 | 88–56 | 97–71 |
| Blokotehna | 75–90 | 90–89 | — | 94–98 | 87–78 | 78–55 |
| Gostivar | 98–82 | 80–70 | 66–78 | — | 84–72 | 86–84 |
| Kožuv | 76–88 | 79–85 | 84–93 | 86–89 | — | 20–0 |
| Kumanovo 2009 | 80–87 | 57–75 | 65–80 | 81–88 | 87–74 | — |

## Relegation group
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Feni Industries | 28 | 18 | 10 | 2363 | 2106 | +257 | 46 | |
| 2 | Vardar | 28 | 9 | 19 | 2116 | 2329 | −213 | 37 | |
| 3 | Pelister | 28 | 9 | 19 | 2042 | 2320 | −278 | 37 | |
| 4 | AV Ohrid | 28 | 7 | 21 | 2069 | 2345 | −276 | 35 | |
| 5 | Shkupi | 28 | 0 | 28 | 1961 | 2838 | −877 | 27 | Qualification to relegation playoffs |

### Results

| Home \ Away | FEN | VAR | PEL | OHR | SHK |
| Feni Industries | — | 88–58 | 74–48 | 85–63 | 87–58 |
| Vardar | 58–73 | — | 86–83 | 78–70 | 86–69 |
| Pelister | 64–103 | 81–74 | — | 87–73 | 82–79 |
| AV Ohrid | 55–79 | 70–73 | 62–79 | — | 102–77 |
| Shkupi | 87–99 | 76–87 | 89–93 | 89–106 | — |

## Playoffs

Playoffs will be played with a best-of-five games format, where the seeded team played games 1, 2 and 5 at home.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 87 | 92 | 87 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 Gostivar | 68 | 86 | 77 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 4 Gostivar | 68 | 86 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 1 MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 80 | 69 | 85 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | | 2 Rabotnički | 44 | 60 | 78 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 Rabotnički | 87 | 58 | 91 | 79 | 88 | 2 Rabotnički | 44 | 60 | 78 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 Blokotehna | 79 | 85 | 73 | 93 | 78 | | | | | | |

## Relegation playoffs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Akademija FMP | 114–67 | Shkupi | 94–67 | 20–0 |