2011–12 Macedonian First Football League

Macedonian First League
Season	2011–12
Champions	Vardar 6th Macedonian title 7th domestic title
Relegated	Ohrid 11 Oktomvri
Champions League	Vardar
Europa League	Renova Metalurg Shkëndija
Matches played	198
Goals scored	501 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Filip Ivanovski (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Metalurg 6–0 Ohrid
Biggest away win	Ohrid 1–7 Renova
Highest scoring	Turnovo 5–4 Rabotnički
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Macedonian First League was the 20th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. It began on 31 July 2011 and ended on 23 May 2012.

The league title was won by FK Vardar, winning its 6th official Macedonian First League title, and first since the 2002–03 season. The team went through the season without a single defeat until Round 32, on 20 May 2012, out of 33 games played. The defeat ended their chance of being undefeated, however, concluded with only 1 loss on a very dominating season.

Promotion and relegation

At the start of the 2011–12 season

Promoted from 2010–11 Second League

11 Oktomvri (Winners)
Ohrid (Runners-up)
Miravci (Fourth placed; won play-off match)¹

Relegated to 2011–12 Second League

Skopje (9th; lost play-off match)
Vardar (11th)¹
Pelister (12th)

At the end of the 2011–12 season

Promoted from 2011–12 Second League

Pelister (Winners)
Drita (Runners-up)

Relegated to 2012–13 Second League

Ohrid (11th)
11 Oktomvri (12th)

1 Vardar was initially relegated, but was stayed after was merged with Miravci, which won play-off match against Skopje. Later, the two sides were separated and Miravci were refused a First League licence.^[1]

Participating teams

Skopje

Skopje clubs:

Metalurg
Rabotnički
Vardar

Location of teams in 2011–12 Macedonian First League

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity
11 Oktomvri	Naumovski, ToniToni Naumovski	Prilep	Stadion Goce Delčev	15,000
Bregalnica Štip	Senev, TrajčeTrajče Senev	Štip	Gradski stadion Štip	4,000
Metalurg Skopje	Hristov, GjorgjiGjorgji Hristov	Skopje	Stadion Železarnica	4,000
Napredok	Bočeski, DraganDragan Bočeski	Kičevo	Gradski stadion Kičevo	5,000
Ohrid	Mihajlov, GorazdGorazd Mihajlov	Ohrid	SRC Biljanini Izvori	3,000
Rabotnički	Pevnik, RobertRobert Pevnik	Skopje	Philip II Arena	36,400
Renova	Kostov, VlatkoVlatko Kostov	Džepčište	Gradski stadion Tetovo	12,000
Shkëndija	Osmani, QatipQatip Osmani	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	12,000
Sileks	Andovski, AneAne Andovski	Kratovo	Gradski stadion Kratovo	5,000
Teteks	Setinov, DragiDragi Setinov	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	12,000
Horizont Turnovo	Dimitkovski, LjupčoLjupčo Dimitkovski	Turnovo	Stadion Kukuš	1,500
Vardar	Gjorgioski, IlčoIlčo Gjorgioski	Skopje	Philip II Arena	36,400

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vardar !Vardar (C)	33	22	10	1	50	15	+35	76	2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Metalurg !Metalurg	33	19	10	4	53	16	+37	67	2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ¹
3	Shkëndija !Shkëndija	33	20	6	7	53	28	+25	66
4	Renova !Renova	33	13	13	7	56	38	+18	52
5	Bregalnica Štip !Bregalnica Štip	33	13	6	14	51	46	+5	45
6	Sileks !Sileks	33	13	3	17	42	51	−9	42
7	Napredok !Napredok	33	12	6	15	37	51	−14	42
8	Rabotnički !Rabotnički	33	11	8	14	49	45	+4	41
9	Horizont Turnovo !Horizont Turnovo (O)	33	10	8	15	34	42	−8	38	Qualification for relegation playoffs
10	Teteks !Teteks (O)	33	8	11	14	23	48	−25	35	Qualification for relegation playoffs
11	Ohrid !Ohrid (R)	33	6	8	19	26	62	−36	26	Relegation to 2012–13 Macedonian Second League
12	11 Oktomvri !11 Oktomvri (R)	33	3	7	23	26	58	−32	16	Relegation to 2012–13 Macedonian Second League

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Renova won the 2011–12 Macedonian Football Cup competition and thus qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

Every team will play three times against each other team for a total of 33 matches. The first 22 matchdays will consist of a regular double round-robin schedule. The league standings at this point will then be used to determine the games for the last 11 matchdays.

Matches 1–22

Home ╲ Away	11 Oktomvri !OKT	Bregalnica Štip !BRE	Metalurg !MET	Napredok !NAP	Ohrid !OHR	Rabotnički !RAB	Renova !REN	Shkëndija !ŠKE	Sileks !SIL	Teteks !TET	Horizont Turnovo !TUR	Vardar !VAR
11 Oktomvri !11 Oktomvri		0–1	0–1	2–2	0–3	2–3	0–3	2–2	1–2	4–0	2–0	0–1
Bregalnica Štip !Bregalnica Štip	2–0		1–1	0–1	3–1	3–2	3–2	2–3	3–1	2–0	0–1	2–3
Metalurg !Metalurg	0–0	1–0		2–0	6–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–1
Napredok !Napredok	1–0	0–1	0–4		3–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	0–1
Ohrid !Ohrid	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–1		0–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2
Rabotnički !Rabotnički	3–0	2–1	0–1	4–0	1–2		5–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2
Renova !Renova	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–1		0–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–0
Shkëndija !Shkëndija	3–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–2		2–1	0–0	2–0	0–1
Sileks !Sileks	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–4		4–0	3–2	1–1
Teteks !Teteks	1–0	3–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–5	2–0	1–1		0–3	0–0
Horizont Turnovo !Horizont Turnovo	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–2		1–2
Vardar !Vardar	2–0	3–0	1–0	5–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–0

Updated to games played on 22 March 2012.
Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

Home ╲ Away	11 Oktomvri !OKT	Bregalnica Štip !BRE	Metalurg !MET	Napredok !NAP	Ohrid !OHR	Rabotnički !RAB	Renova !REN	Shkëndija !ŠKE	Sileks !SIL	Teteks !TET	Horizont Turnovo !TUR	Vardar !VAR
11 Oktomvri !11 Oktomvri					3–1			1–1	1–3		1–2	0–1
Bregalnica Štip !Bregalnica Štip	4–1			3–2	2–0					1–2	2–1
Metalurg !Metalurg	3–0	2–1		1–1				1–0	1–0	5–0
Napredok !Napredok	2–0							3–0	3–0	2–1		0–0
Ohrid !Ohrid			1–4	1–2		0–2	1–7				1–1
Rabotnički !Rabotnički	1–1	1–3	0–3	4–1			3–1			0–0
Renova !Renova	3–2	2–2	1–0	5–0					1–0	0–0
Shkëndija !Shkëndija		3–2			1–0	1–0	4–0				2–1	1–0
Sileks !Sileks		2–1			5–2	1–0		1–4			0–1	1–2
Teteks !Teteks	2–0				0–0			0–2	2–1			0–0
Horizont Turnovo !Horizont Turnovo			1–1	2–1		5–4	0–1			2–1
Vardar !Vardar		2–1	2–1		4–0	2–2	1–1				0–0

Updated to games played on pre-season.
Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

Teteks v Skopje

2 June 2012
16:30 CEST

Teteks	0 – 0	Skopje
	Report
	Penalties
Georgievski Ristovski Mitrevski Aliu Velinov	5–4	Popovski Jašarovski Argirovski Dimitrovski Galačev

Stadion Tumbe Kafe, Bitola
Attendance: 700
Referee: Marjan Markoski (Ohrid)

Horizont Turnovo v Gorno Lisiče

3 June 2012
16:30 CEST

Horizont Turnovo	1 – 0	Gorno Lisiče
Milušev 31'	Report

Stadion Goce Delčev, Prilep
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Marjan Eckoski (Ohrid)

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 21 May 2012

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Filip Ivanovski	Vardar	24
2	Borche Manevski	Rabotnichki	17
3	Boban Janchevski	Renova	14
4	Blagoja Geshoski	11 Oktomvri	13
4	Angel Nacev	Sileks	13
6	Genc Iseni	Bregalnica	12
6	Muharem Bajrami	Renova	12
8	Cvetan Churlinov	Metalurg	11
9	Hristijan Dimoski	Metalurg	9
	Ersen Sali	Shkendija
	Krste Velkoski	Rabotnichki

References

↑ "Official, FK Vardar Stays in First Division". MINA. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
↑ "Macedonian First League Top Scorers". UEFA. UEFA. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2011.

External links

Football Federation of Macedonia (Macedonian)
MacedonianFootball.com (Macedonian) (English)

Macedonian First Football League seasons

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2011–12 in Republic of Macedonia football

« 2010–11 2012–13 »

Domestic leagues	First League Second League

Domestic cups	Macedonian Football Cup

European competitions	Champions League Europa League

Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying (Group B) John Toshack

2011–12 in European football (UEFA)

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League cups	England Finland '11 '12 France Hungary Iceland '11 '12 Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '11 '12 Scotland Turkey Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup

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