# 1995–96 Macedonian First Football League

The 1995–96 Macedonian First League was the 4th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. The first matches of the season were played on 20 August 1995 and the last on 9 June 1996. Vardar were the defending champions, having won their third title in a row. The 1995-96 champions were FK Sileks who had won their first title.

## Promotion and relegation

| At the start of the 1995–96 season Promoted from 1994–95 Second League Makedonija Skopje (Winners; West) Pobeda Valandovo (Winners; East)$^1$ Relegated to 1995–96 Second League Borec (15th) Kozhuf Vinojug (16th) | At the end of the 1995–96 season Promoted from 1995–96 Second League Shkëndija (Winners; West) Bregalnica Shtip (Winners; East) Relegated to 1996–97 Second League Ohrid (13th) Osogovo (14th) Ljuboten (15th) |
1 Pobeda Valandovo was initially promoted, but was expelled from the First League due to unknown reasons.

## Participating teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Balkan BISI | Skopje | Chair Stadium |
| Belasica | Strumica | Stadion Mladost |
| FCU Skopje | Skopje | Stadion Cementarnica |
| Ljuboten | Tetovo | Gradski stadion Tetovo |
| Makedonija | Skopje | Stadion Gjorche Petrov |
| Ohrid | Ohrid | SRC Biljanini Izvori |
| Osogovo | Kochani | Stadion Nikola Mantov |
| Pelister | Bitola | Stadion Tumbe Kafe |
| Pobeda | Prilep | Stadion Goce Delchev |
| Rudar | Probishtip | Gradski stadion Probishtip |
| Sasa | Makedonska Kamenica | Gradski stadion Makedonska Kamenica |
| Sileks | Kratovo | Stadion Sileks |
| 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 | Sileks (C) | 28 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 74 | 20 | +54 | 70 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Sloga Jugomagnat | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 58 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Vardar | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 60 | 22 | +38 | 57 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 4 | Pobeda | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 44 | |
| 5 | Pelister | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 43 | |
| 6 | Sasa | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 37 | |
| 7 | Makedonija | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 37 | |
| 8 | Balkan | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 34 | |
| 9 | Belasica | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 33 | |
| 10 | Tikvesh | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 32 | |
| 11 | FCU 55 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 32 | |
| 12 | Rudar Probishtip | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 32 | |
| 13 | Ohrid (R) | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 31 | Relegation to the Macedonian Second League |
| 14 | Osogovo (R) | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 26 | Relegation to the Macedonian Second League |
| 15 | Ljuboten (R) | 28 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 27 | 87 | −60 | 19 | Relegation to the Macedonian Second League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAL | BEL | FCU | LJU | MGP | OHR | OSO | PEL | POB | RUD | SAS | SIL | SLO | TIK | VAR |
| Balkan | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Belasica | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| FCU 55 | 1–0 | 4–2 | — | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Ljuboten | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | — | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Makedonija | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 |
| Ohrid | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 |
| Osogovo | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Pelister | 3–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 |
| Pobeda | 3–0 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Rudar Probishtip | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–5 |
| Sasa | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Sileks | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 10–0 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Sloga Jugomagnat | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Tikvesh | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 |
| Vardar | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Zoran Boshkovski | Sileks | 20 |