2012–13 Macedonian First Football League

Macedonian First League
Season	2012–13
Dates	11 August 2012 –; 2 June 2013
Champions	Vardar; 7th Macedonian title; 8th domestic title
Relegated	Teteks; Sileks; Drita
Champions League	Vardar
Europa League	Metalurg; Turnovo; Teteks
Matches played	186
Goals scored	448 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jovan Kostovski; (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Vardar 6–1 Shkëndija; Vardar 5–0 Sileks; Vardar 5–0 Turnovo
Biggest away win	Teteks 0–3 Renova; Renova 0–3 Shkëndija; Shkëndija 0–3 Bregalnica; Teteks 0–3 Vardar
Highest scoring	Sileks 3–5 Rabotnichki
Longest winning run	5 games; Metalurg
Longest unbeaten run	10 games; Turnovo
Longest winless run	12 games; Napredok
Longest losing run	6 games; Napredok
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Macedonian First League was the 21st season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. Vardar were the defending champions after winning their sixth Macedonian championship at the end of the 2011–12 season. Twelve teams contested the league, comprising ten sides from the 2011–12 season and two promoted from the 2011–12 2. MFL.

Promotion and relegation

At the start of the 2012–13 season

Promoted from 2011–12 Second League

Pelister (winners)
Drita (runners-up)

Relegated to 2012–13 Second League

Ohrid (11th)
11 Oktomvri (12th)

At the end of the 2012–13 season

Promoted from 2012–13 Second League

Makedonija G.P. (winners)
Gostivar (runners-up)
Gorno Lisiche (Fourth placed; won play-off match)

Relegated to 2013–14 Second League

Drita (9th; lost play-off match)
Teteks (11th)
Sileks (12th)

Participating teams

Skopje

Tetovo

Skopje clubs:

Metalurg
Rabotnichki
Vardar

Tetovo clubs:

Teteks
Shkëndija

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Location of teams in 2012–13 Macedonian First League

Club	Manager	City	Stadium	Capacity
Bregalnica	Dobrinko Ilievski	Shtip	Gradski stadion Shtip	4,000
Drita	Nexhat Husein	Bogovinje	Stadion Bogovinje	500
Metalurg Skopje	Srgjan Zaharievski	Skopje	Stadion Zhelezarnica	3,000
Napredok	Dragan Bocheski	Kichevo	Gradski stadion Kichevo	5,000
Pelister	Mile Dimov (interim)	Bitola	Stadion Tumbe Kafe	8,000
Rabotnichki	Zhikica Tasevski	Skopje	Philip II Arena	33,460
Renova	Qatip Osmani	Djepchishte	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Shkëndija	Artim Shakiri	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Sileks	Trajche Senev	Kratovo	Stadion Sileks	1,800
Teteks	Gorazd Mihajlov	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo	15,000
Horizont Turnovo	Ljupcho Dimitkovski	Turnovo	Stadion Kukush	1,500
Vardar	Blagoja Milevski	Skopje	Philip II Arena	33,460

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vardar (C)	33	20	8	5	71	21	+50	68	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Metalurg	33	18	9	6	48	28	+20	63	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Horizont Turnovo	33	17	12	4	49	31	+18	63	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Rabotnichki	33	16	5	12	47	42	+5	53
5	Shkëndija^[a]	33	13	8	12	52	49	+3	44
6	Bregalnica Shtip	33	12	7	14	37	35	+2	43
7	Napredok	33	12	7	14	29	39	−10	43
8	Renova	33	12	7	14	35	46	−11	43
9	Drita (R)	33	11	7	15	35	50	−15	40	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Pelister (O)	33	9	10	14	27	36	−9	37	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11	Teteks (R)	33	6	7	20	22	47	−25	25	Europa League qualifying and relegation to the Second League^[b]
12	Sileks (R)	33	6	5	22	33	61	−28	23	Relegation to Macedonian Second League

Source: MacedonianFootball.com
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).^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Shkëndija were deducted three points for leaving the pitch in the match against Teteks in the 19th round.^[1]
^ Teteks qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2012–13 Macedonian Football Cup.

Results

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

Home \ Away	BRE	DRI	MET	NAP	PEL	RAB	REN	SKE	SIL	TET	TUR	VAR	BRE	DRI	MET	NAP	PEL	RAB	REN	SKE	SIL	TET	TUR	VAR
Bregalnica Shtip	—	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	2–3	—	—	—	—	4–3	—	2–0	—	1–1
Drita	0–1	—	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–4	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	—	—	0–2	—	2–0	—	—	3–1	—	2–0	—	1–3
Metalurg	2–1	0–1	—	3–2	1–0	2–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	—	—	—	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	—	3–0	—	—	1–1
Napredok	2–1	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	—	—	—	0–2	—	0–3	—	0–0	0–2	—
Pelister	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	—	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	—	—	1–2	—	—	1–0	—	2–4	—	1–1	—
Rabotnichki	3–1	2–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	—	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	—	—	1–0	—	—	—	3–2	3–1	—	—
Renova	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	—	0–3	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	—	2–1	—	0–2	—	—	—	3–1	0–2	—
Shkëndija	0–3	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	5–1	1–2	—	1–0	4–1	1–2	2–1	—	—	1–1	—	0–1	1–0	1–1	—	3–0	—	—	0–1
Sileks	2–1	4–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–5	1–0	2–3	—	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	—	0–0	—	—	2–2	—	—	—	1–2	—
Teteks	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	3–0	2–1	—	0–1	0–0	—	—	1–1	—	0–0	—	—	2–1	4–0	—	—	0–3
Horizont Turnovo	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	0–0	—	0–0	2–1	4–0	2–4	—	—	3–0	—	1–1	—	2–0	—	—
Vardar	3–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–2	3–0	6–1	5–0	4–0	5–1	—	—	—	—	4–0	0–1	1–2	3–1	—	2–1	—	5–0	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

12 June 2013

16:30 CEST

Drita	0–3 (Awarded)	Gorno Lisiche
Barać 53' Nuhiji 65'	Report	Pandovski 11', 45' Mickov 54'

Gradski stadion, Shtip

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Dalibor Gjorgjevski (Kumanovo)

12 June 2013

16:30 CEST

Pelister	1–0	Skopje
Dimitrovski 68'	Report

Gradski stadion, Kichevo

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Josip Barton (Tetovo)

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 2 June 2013

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jovan Kostovski	Vardar	22
2	Muzafer Ejupi	Shkëndija	20
3	Dejan Blazhevski	Turnovo	18
4	Zoran Baldovaliev	Turnovo	16
5	Nikola Georgiev	Sileks	13
	Mile Krstev	Metalurg
	Krste Velkoski	Rabotnichki
8	Izair Emini	Shkëndija and Renova	10
8	Marko Simonovski	Napredok and Metalurg	10
10	Ardijan Nuhiji	Drita	9

Players whose names are written with Italic letters played only during the first half of the season.

References

^ "ФФМ одлучи: Тетекс ќе игра шест меча без публика, на Шкендија и се одземаат три бода". Ekipa.mk (in Macedonian). 15 January 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "First League 2012/2013 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

External links

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

[table_note_SKE0.87957437191139-2] Shkëndija were deducted three points for leaving the pitch in the match against Teteks in the 19th round.^[1]

[table_note_res_ELREL0.87957437191139-3] Teteks qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2012–13 Macedonian Football Cup.

[1] "ФФМ одлучи: Тетекс ќе игра шест меча без публика, на Шкендија и се одземаат три бода". Ekipa.mk (in Macedonian). 15 January 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] "First League 2012/2013 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

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