# 2015–16 Macedonian First League

The 2015–16 Macedonian First League was the 24th season of the Macedonian First League, with 8 teams participating in it.
Regular season started on October 10, 2015, and finished on April 23, 2016, followed by the playoffs, with the six best placed teams joining it.

## Teams

| Team | City | Venue | Capacity |
| Best | Gevgelija | 26th April Hall | 1,500 |
| Feni Industries | Kavadarci | Jasmin Sports Hall | 2,500 |
| Karpoš Sokoli | Skopje | Boris Trajkovski Sports Center | 8,000 |
| Kožuv | Gevgelija | 26th April Hall | 1,500 |
| Kumanovo 2009 | Kumanovo | Sports Hall Kumanovo | 7,000 |
| MZT Skopje | Skopje | Jane Sandanski Arena | 7,500 |
| Rabotnički | Skopje | Gradski Park | 2,000 |
| Strumica | Strumica | Sports Hall Park | 2,300 |
* Teams that play in the 2015–16 ABA League
* Teams that play in the 2015–16 BIBL

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| MZT Skopje | Aleksandar Jončevski | Damjan Stojanovski | Li-Ning | Acibaden / Bauer |
| Rabotnički | Marin Dokuzovski | Dimitar Mirakovski | Adidas | - |
| Karpoš Sokoli | Siniša Matić | Angel Tasevski | Erreà | - |
| Feni Industries | Ljupčo Malinkov | Goran Samardziev | Spalding | FENI Industries |
| Kumanovo | Marjan Srbinovski | Aleksandar Kostoski | Dacapo | Hromak / DeLuxe |
| Strumica | Zlatko Zetov | Eftim Bogoev | Li-Ning | Maks |
| Kožuv | Marjan Ilievski | Vladimir Brckov | Spalding | - |
| Best | Vladimir Mirkovski | Nikola Gajdadjiev | Legea | Vantoni |

### Coaching changes

| Week | Club | Outgoing coach | Date of change | Incoming coach |
| 1st | KK Best | Nikola Nikolovski | 13 October 2015 | Micko Aleksovski |
| 7th | KK Kožuv | Boban Mitev | 11 November 2015 | Stratos Kukulekidis |
| 9th | KK Kumanovo | Ljubisav Luković | 27 November 2015 | Straso Todorovic |
| 11th | KK MZT Skopje | Aleš Pipan | 7 December 2015 | Aleksandar Jončevski |
| 17th | KK Best | Micko Aleksovski | 13 January 2016 | Vladimir Mirkovski |
| 20th | KK Kožuv | Stratos Kukulekidis | 4 February 2016 | Marjan Ilievski |
| 24th | KK Kumanovo | Straso Todorovic | 25 February 2016 | Marjan Srbinovski |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | MZT Skopje | 28 | 24 | 4 | 2326 | 1888 | +438 | 52 | Qualification to semifinals |
| 2 | Karpoš Sokoli | 28 | 21 | 7 | 2441 | 2035 | +406 | 49 | Qualification to semifinals |
| 3 | Kumanovo | 28 | 20 | 8 | 2388 | 2152 | +236 | 48 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Feni Industries | 28 | 18 | 10 | 2278 | 2088 | +190 | 46 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Kožuv | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2034 | 2064 | −30 | 41 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Rabotnički | 28 | 11 | 17 | 2115 | 2165 | −50 | 39 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 7 | Strumica | 28 | 5 | 23 | 1879 | 2367 | −488 | 33 | |
| 8 | Best | 28 | 0 | 28 | 1865 | 2537 | −672 | 28 | Relegated |

## Playoffs

In quarterfinals, if one of the teams won the two regular season games against its rival, a first win is awarded in the best-of-five series.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | 1 | MZT Aerodrom | 95 | 91 | 100 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Feni Industries | W | 100 | 79 | 82 | 4 | Feni Industries | 64 | 87 | 77 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Kožuv | | 96 | 91 | 69 | | | | | | | | 1 | MZT Aerodrom | 84 | 82 | 91 | 90 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Kumanovo | 87 | 75 | 73 | 88 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Karpoš Sokoli | 97 | 63 | 74 | 57 | 73 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Kumanovo | W | 82 | 77 | 100 | 3 | Kumanovo | 91 | 66 | 65 | 73 | 84 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Rabotnički | | 85 | 60 | 94 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Individual statistics
### Points

| Rank | Name | Team | PPG |
| 1. | Ty Harris | KK Best | 21.1 |
| 2. | Marko Luković | KK MZT Aerodrom | 20.3 |
| 3. | Bojan Trajkovski | KK Kumanovo | 18.3 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Name | Team | RPG |
| 1. | Uroš Luković | KK MZT Aerodrom | 11.1 |
| 2. | Gjorgji Čekovski | KK Rabotnički | 9.8 |
| 3. | Marko Marković | KK Best | 9.0 |

### Assists

| Rank | Name | Team | APG |
| 1. | Aleksandar Kostoski | KK Kumanovo | 6.3 |
| 2. | Dimitar Mirakovski | KK Rabotnički | 6.2 |
| 3. | Karlo Vragović | KK Feni Industries | 5.8 |

### Steals

| Rank | Name | Team | SPG |
| 1. | C.J. Carter | KK MZT Aerodrom | 2.3 |
| 2. | Marko Boltić | KK Karpoš Sokoli | 2.1 |
| 3. | Brandon Penn | KK Kožuv | 2.1 |

### Blocks

| Rank | Name | Team | APG |
| 1. | Uroš Luković | KK Kumanovo | 3.1 |
| 2. | Nenad Mišanović | KK Kumanovo | 1.5 |
| 3. | Žarko Rakočević | KK Kumanovo | 1.3 |

## MVP List
### MVP of the Round

| Round | Player | Team | Efficiency |
| 1 | Anton Kazarnovski | KK Karpoš Sokoli | 50 |
| 2 | Uroš Luković | KK Kumanovo | 40 |
| 3 | Uroš Luković | KK Kumanovo | 41 |
| 4 | Uroš Luković | KK Kumanovo | 37 |
| 5 | Đorđe Drenovac | KK MZT Aerodrom | 36 |
| 6 | Uroš Luković | KK Kumanovo | 37 |
| 7 | Đorđe Drenovac | KK MZT Aerodrom | 42 |
| 8 | Gjorgji Čekovski | KK Rabotnički | 35 |
| 9 | Đorđe Drenovac | KK MZT Aerodrom | 34 |
| 10 | Đorđe Drenovac | KK MZT Aerodrom | 31 |
| 11 | Bojan Trajkovski | KK Kumanovo | 49 |
| 12 | Nenad Mišanović | KK Kumanovo | 38 |
| 13 | Karlo Vragović | KK Feni Industries | 37 |
| 14 | Karlo Vragović | KK Feni Industries | 36 |
| 15 | Karlo Vragović | KK Feni Industries | 41 |
| 16 | Gjorgji Čekovski | KK Rabotnički | 28 |
| 17 | Karlo Vragović | KK Feni Industries | 35 |
| 18 | Dragan Tubak | KK Feni Industries | 26 |
| 19 | Karlo Vragović | KK Feni Industries | 28 |
| 20 | Kiril Nikolovski | KK Feni Industries | 36 |
| 21 | Karlo Vragović | KK Feni Industries | 45 |
| 22 | Bojan Trajkovski | KK Kumanovo | 33 |
| 23 | Dimitar Mirakovski | KK Rabotnički | 36 |
| 24 | Kiril Nikolovski | KK Feni Industries | 27 |
| 25 | Gjorgji Čekovski | KK Rabotnički | 48 |
| 26 | Gjorgji Čekovski | KK Rabotnički | 39 |
| 27 | Dimitar Mirakovski | KK Rabotnički | 38 |
| 28 | Karlo Vragović | KK Feni Industries | 52 |

## Macedonian clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress | Result |
| KK MZT Aerodrom | 2015–16 ABA League | ABA League | 8th place |
| KK Kumanovo | 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup | Regular Season Group J | 4th place |
| KK Kožuv | 2015–16 BIBL season | Balkan League | Semifinal |