2010–11 Macedonian First Football League

Macedonian First League
Season	2010–11
Champions	Shkëndija 1st domestic title
Relegated	Skopje Pelister
Champions League	Shkëndija
Europa League	Metalurg Renova Rabotnički
Matches played	180
Goals scored	425 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hristijan Kirovski (16)
Biggest home win	Renova 5–0 Napredok Metalurg 5–0 Pelister
Biggest away win	Pelister 0–5 Renova Napredok 0–5 Rabotnički
Highest scoring	Pelister 5–4 Skopje
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 Macedonian First League was the 19th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. It began on 31 July 2010 and ended on 28 May 2011. Renova were the defending champions having won their first Macedonian championship last season.

The competition was won by Shkëndija, who earned their first overall Macedonian title. FK Skopje and Pelister were relegated to the Second League. Vardar were spared from relegation because of fusion with Miravci.^[1]

Promotion and relegation

At the start of the 2010–11 season

Promoted from 2009–10 Second League

Shkëndija (Winners)
Skopje (Runners-up)
Napredok (Third placed)¹
Bregalnica Štip (Fourth placed; won play-off match)

Relegated to 2010–11 Second League

Milano (9th; lost play-off match)
Makedonija Gjorče Petrov (10th)¹
Sloga Jugomagnat (11th)¹
Pobeda (12th)²

At the end of the 2010–11 season

Promoted from 2010–11 Second League

11 Oktomvri (Winners)
Ohrid (Runners-up)
Miravci (Fourth placed; won play-off match)³

Relegated to 2011–12 Second League

Skopje (9th; lost play-off match)
Vardar (11th)³
Pelister (12th)

1 Makedonija Gjorče Petrov and Sloga Jugomagnat were expelled from the First League due to boycotting two matches in the season. However, Napredok was directly promoted.
2 Pobeda was expelled from the First League due to the eight-year suspension from FIFA for their involvement in match-fixing scandal.
3 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
Skopje
Vardar

Location of teams in 2010–11 Macedonian First League

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity
Bregalnica Štip	Mitrov, IlijaIlija Mitrov	Štip	Gradski stadion Štip	4,000
Metalurg Skopje	Tasevski, ŽikicaŽikica Tasevski	Skopje	Stadion Železarnica	4,000
Napredok	Bočeski, DraganDragan Bočeski	Kičevo	Gradski stadion Kičevo	5,000
Pelister	Husein, NedžatNedžat Husein	Bitola	Stadion Tumbe Kafe	8,000
Rabotnički	Kostov, VlatkoVlatko Kostov	Skopje	Philip II Arena	25,000
Renova	Sokoli, BylbylBylbyl Sokoli	Džepčište	Gradski stadion Tetovo	12,000
Sileks	Andovski, AneAne Andovski	Kratovo	Gradski stadion Kratovo	5,000
Skopje	Markovski, LjupčoLjupčo Markovski	Skopje	Stadion Avtokomanda	4,000
Shkëndija	Osmani, QatipQatip Osmani	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	12,000
Teteks	Jakimovski, ToniToni Jakimovski	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	12,000
Horizont Turnovo	Arifovski, ŠefkiŠefki Arifovski	Turnovo	Stadion Kukuš	1,500
Vardar	Stratev, ZoranZoran Stratev	Skopje	Philip II Arena	25,000

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shkëndija !Shkëndija (C)	33	21	9	3	65	23	+42	72	2011–12 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Metalurg !Metalurg	33	17	10	6	48	24	+24	61	2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ¹
3	Renova !Renova	33	17	9	7	54	31	+23	60	2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	Rabotnički !Rabotnički	33	15	10	8	53	31	+22	55	2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
5	Sileks !Sileks	33	13	8	12	39	38	+1	47
6	Horizont Turnovo !Horizont Turnovo	33	13	6	14	35	35	0	45
7	Teteks !Teteks	33	12	8	13	38	36	+2	44
8	Bregalnica Štip !Bregalnica Štip	33	12	5	16	33	49	−16	41
9	Skopje !Skopje (R)	33	9	10	14	36	39	−3	37	Relegation playoff
10	Napredok !Napredok (O)	33	10	7	16	30	48	−18	37	Relegation playoff
11	Vardar !Vardar	33	9	5	19	24	44	−20	029²	Spared from relegation ³
12	Pelister !Pelister (R)	33	5	3	25	25	82	−57	18	Relegation to 2011–12 Macedonian Second League

Source: FFM (Macedonian) (English)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored; 7th draw.
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Europa League, relegation play-offs and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th decision match(es)
¹Metalurg Skopje have won the 2010–11 Macedonian Football Cup competition and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
²Vardar Skopje were docked three points because of unknown reasons.
³Vardar Skopje were spared from relegation because of fusion with Miravci.^[1]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

The schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.

Matches 1–22

Home ╲ Away	Bregalnica Štip !BRE	Metalurg !MET	Napredok !NAP	Pelister !PEL	Rabotnički !RAB	Renova !REN	Sileks !SIL	Skopje !SKO	Shkëndija !ŠKE	Teteks !TET	Horizont Turnovo !TUR	Vardar !VAR
Bregalnica Štip !Bregalnica Štip		1–2	4–2	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0
Metalurg !Metalurg	1–0		1–2	4–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0
Napredok !Napredok	1–0	0–1		3–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1
Pelister !Pelister	2–0	0–0	1–1		0–3	0–1	1–3	5–4	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–2
Rabotnički !Rabotnički	3–1	2–2	0–0	3–0		1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–0
Renova !Renova	2–0	1–0	5–0	2–0	1–1		3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–0
Sileks !Sileks	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0		0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–0
Skopje !Skopje	0–3	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–1		3–3	1–0	3–0	1–0
Shkëndija !Shkëndija	2–0	3–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	4–1	3–0	1–0		0–0	3–0	3–1
Teteks !Teteks	2–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0		1–0	3–2
Horizont Turnovo !Horizont Turnovo	2–0	1–3	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	4–0	1–0	0–1	1–0		3–0²
Vardar !Vardar	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–1

Source: FFM (Macedonian) (English)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²Match awarded because Vardar did not show up.^[2]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

Home ╲ Away	Bregalnica Štip !BRE	Metalurg !MET	Napredok !NAP	Pelister !PEL	Rabotnički !RAB	Renova !REN	Sileks !SIL	Skopje !SKO	Shkëndija !ŠKE	Teteks !TET	Horizont Turnovo !TUR	Vardar !VAR
Bregalnica Štip !Bregalnica Štip				4–0		1–4		0–0	0–2		1–0
Metalurg !Metalurg	3–0			5–0		0–0		2–1		1–1	1–1
Napredok !Napredok	0–0	1–2		2–0	0–5			1–3		1–1
Pelister !Pelister						0–5	2–3		1–3		1–4	1–0
Rabotnički !Rabotnički	7–0	1–1		1–2				1–1		2–1	3–1
Renova !Renova			4–1		2–2		2–1		1–1	4–2		1–0
Sileks !Sileks	3–0²	2–1	2–1		2–0							0–1
Skopje !Skopje				4–1		2–0	1–1		2–2		1–2
Shkëndija !Shkëndija		2–2	4–1		2–1		1–0			3–1		2–0
Teteks !Teteks	0–2			6–1			0–2	2–1				2–1
Horizont Turnovo !Horizont Turnovo			0–0			1–1	2–0		0–2	0–2		1–1
Vardar !Vardar	1–1	0–1	1–0		1–3			0–0

Source: FFM (Macedonian) (English)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²Match awarded
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

Napredok v Tikveš

8 June 2011
16:30 CEST

Napredok	2 – 0	Tikveš
Simjanovski 12' Najdoski 87'	Report

Stadion Gjorče Petrov, Skopje
Attendance: 400
Referee: Ljubomir Krstevski (Bitola)

FK Skopje v Miravci

8 June 2011
16:30 CEST

FK Skopje	1 – 4	Miravci
Angelovski 85'	Report	Šterjov 28' Popov 48' Bučkov 58' (pen.) Taškov 73'

Stadion Goce Delčev, Prilep
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Goran Spirkoski (Prilep)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Hristijan Kirovski	Skopje	20
2	Borche Manevski	Rabotnichki	19
3	Ferhan Hasani	Shkendija	13
4	Ersen Sali	Shkendija	12
4	Aleksandar Temelkov	Sileks	12
6	Boban Janchevski	Renova	11
6	Izair Emini	Shkendija	11
8	Cvetan Churlinov	Turnovo	9
	Ilber Ali	Renova	9
	Mile Krstev	Metalurg	9
	Gjorgi Zarevski	Sileks	9
	Vulnet Emini	Renova	9

Source: Soccerway

External links

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

References

1 2 3 "Official, FK Vardar Stays in First Division". MINA. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
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2010–11 in Republic of Macedonia football

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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) Mirsad Jonuz

2010–11 in European football (UEFA)

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