# 2000–01 Macedonian First Football League

The 2000–01 Macedonian First League was the 9th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. The first matches of the season were played on 20 August 2000 and the last on 27 May 2001. Sloga Jugomagnat defended their championship title, having won their third title in a row. Due to the change of the league structure (the league was reduced to 12 clubs from the following season), the bottom four teams were relegated.

## Promotion and relegation

| At the start of the 2000–01 season Promoted from 1999–2000 Second League Shkëndija HB (Winners; West) Belasica (Winners; East) Relegated to 2000–01 Second League Napredok (13th) Kumanovo (14th) | At the end of the 2000–01 season Promoted from 2000–01 Second League Kumanovo (winners) Napredok (runners-up) Relegated to 2001–02 Second League Sasa (11th) Shkëndija HB (12th) Borec MHK (13th) Tikvesh (14th) |

## Participating teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Belasica Geras Cunev | Strumica | Stadion Mladost |
| 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 |
| Shkëndija HB | Tetovo | Gradski stadion Tetovo |
| 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 | Sloga Jugomagnat (C) | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 61 | 15 | +46 | 63 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Vardar | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 16 | +36 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Pobeda | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 64 | 27 | +37 | 56 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Belasica | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 22 | +34 | 55 | |
| 5 | Sileks | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 43 | |
| 6 | Rabotnichki Kometal | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 39 | |
| 7 | Cementarnica 55 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 36 | |
| 8 | Pelister | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 34 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 9 | Osogovo | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 34 | |
| 10 | Makedonija | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 31 | |
| 11 | Sasa (R) | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 29 | Relegation to the Macedonian Second League |
| 12 | Shkëndija (R) | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 28 | Relegation to the Macedonian Second League |
| 13 | Borec (R) | 26 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 18 | 80 | −62 | 13 | Relegation to the Macedonian Second League |
| 14 | Tikvesh (R) | 26 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 110 | −98 | 3 | Relegation to the Macedonian Second League |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Vardar–Sloga Jugomagnat 0–0, Sloga Jugomagnat–Vardar 2–0.
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Pelister–Osogovo 4–1, Osogovo–Pelister 1–0.
* ↑ Pelister qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round by winning the 2000–01 Macedonian Football Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEL | BOR | CEM | MGP | OSO | PEL | POB | RAB | SAS | SKE | SIL | SLO | TIK | VAR |
| Belasica | — | 10–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Borec | 2–4 | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Cementarnica 55 | 0–3 | 6–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 2–3 |
| Makedonija | 2–3 | 7–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 6–0 | 2–3 |
| Osogovo | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Pelister | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Pobeda | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 7–2 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Rabotnichki | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 |
| Sasa | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 5–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 6–0 | 0–0 |
| Shkëndija | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 3–2 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 0–2 |
| Sileks | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | — | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Sloga Jugomagnat | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 7–2 | 2–0 |
| Tikvesh | 0–6 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–7 | 1–7 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–4 | — | 0–4 |
| Vardar | 1–2 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | — |
* ↑ Match awarded

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Argjend Beqiri | Sloga Jugomagnat | 27 |
| 2 | Mario Petkov | Makedonija G.P. | 19 |
| 3 | Ljubiša Nikolić | Belasica | 16 |
| 4 | Sasho Krstev | Pobeda | 13 |
| 5 | Nikolche Zdravevski | Pobeda | 12 |
| 5 | Vancho Micevski | Pelister | 12 |
| 5 | Ahmet Ahmetović | Sileks | 12 |
| 9 | Miroslav Gjokić | Pobeda | 11 |
| 9 | Zoran Miserdovski | Vardar | 11 |
Source: Soccerbot.com