2000–01 Macedonian First Football League

Macedonian First League
Season	2000–01
Dates	20 August 2000 –; 27 May 2001
Champions	Sloga Jugomagnat; 3rd domestic title
Relegated	Sasa; Shkëndija; Borec; Tikvesh
Champions League	Sloga Jugomagnat
UEFA Cup	Vardar; Pelister
Intertoto Cup	Pobeda
Matches played	182
Goals scored	595 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	Argjend Beqiri; (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Belasica 10–0 Borec
Biggest away win	Tikvesh 0–7 Pelister
Highest scoring	Belasica 10–0 Borec
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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

Skopje

Skopje clubs:

Cementarnica
Makedonija
Rabotnichki
Sloga Jugomagnat
Vardar

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Location of teams in 2000–01 Macedonian First League

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^[a]	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Vardar	26	20	3	3	52	16	+36	63^[a]	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^[b]	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round^[c]
9	Osogovo	26	10	4	12	39	42	−3	34^[b]
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
13	Borec (R)	26	4	1	21	18	80	−62	13
14	Tikvesh (R)	26	1	0	25	12	110	−98	3

Source: MacedonianFootball.com, RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Draw; 9) Play-off. (Note: Criteria 2, 3 and 8 is only used if not deciding Champion, teams for UEFA competitions or relegation).
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Vardar–Sloga Jugomagnat 0–0, Sloga Jugomagnat–Vardar 2–0.
^ ^a ^b 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^[a]	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	—

Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ 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
	Vancho Micevski	Pelister
	Ahmet Ahmetović	Sileks
9	Miroslav Gjokić	Pobeda	11
9	Zoran Miserdovski	Vardar	11

Source: Soccerbot.com

External links

[table_hth_VAR0.35623564773995-1] Head-to-head record: Vardar–Sloga Jugomagnat 0–0, Sloga Jugomagnat–Vardar 2–0.

[table_hth_OSO0.35623564773995-2] Head-to-head record: Pelister–Osogovo 4–1, Osogovo–Pelister 1–0.

[table_note_res_UCCQR0.35623564773995-3] Pelister qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round by winning the 2000–01 Macedonian Football Cup.

[table_note_1_SKE_MGP0.27429562587025-4] Match awarded

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