1993–94 Macedonian First Football League

Macedonian First League
Season	1993–94
Dates	22 August 1993 –; 12 June 1994
Champions	Vardar; 2nd Macedonian title; 3rd domestic title
Relegated	Karaorman; Makedonija
UEFA Cup	Vardar
Matches played	240
Goals scored	637 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zoran Boshkovski; (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Sileks 8–0 Karaorman
Biggest away win	Osogovo 0–5 Vardar
Highest scoring	Sileks 8–0 Karaorman; Pobeda 6–2 Rudar; Ljuboten 4–4 Borec
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

The 1993–94 Macedonian First League was the 2nd season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. The first matches of the season were played on 22 August 1993 and the last on 12 June 1994.^[1] Vardar defended their championship title, having won their second title in a row.

Promotion and relegation

At the start of the 1993–94 season

Promoted from 1992–93 Second League

Ljuboten (winners)
Karaorman (runners-up)

Relegated to 1993–94 Second League

Metalurg Skopje (15th)
Bregalnica Shtip (16th)
Teteks (17th)
Vardarski (18th)

At the end of the 1993–94 season

Promoted from 1993–94 Second League

Ohrid (Winners; West)
Kozhuf Vinojug (Winners; East)

Relegated to 1994–95 Second League

Karaorman (15th)¹
Makedonija Skopje (16th)

1 Karaorman was relegated from the First League after a loss in a relegation tie-breaker match against Borec.

Participating teams

Skopje

Skopje clubs:

Balkan
FCU
Makedonija
Sloga Jugomagnat
Vardar

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Location of teams in 1993–94 Macedonian First League

Club	City	Stadium
Balkan Stokokomerc	Skopje	Chair Stadium
Belasica	Strumica	Stadion Mladost
Borec	Titov Veles	Gradski stadion Titov Veles
FCU Skopje	Skopje	Stadion Cementarnica
Karaorman	Struga	Stadion Gradska Plazha
Ljuboten	Tetovo	Gradski stadion Tetovo
Makedonija	Skopje	Stadion Gjorche Petrov
Osogovo	Kochani	Stadion Nikola Mantov
Pelister	Bitola	Stadion Tumbe Kafe
Pobeda Vitaminka	Prilep	Stadion Goce Delchev
Rudar	Probishtip	Gradski stadion Probishtip
Sasa	Makedonska Kamenica	Gradski stadion Makedonska Kamenica
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	Vardar (C)	30	23	5	2	85	16	+69	51	Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round
2	Sileks	30	18	8	4	56	19	+37	44
3	Balkan	30	14	9	7	47	32	+15	37
4	Pelister	30	14	8	8	49	31	+18	36
5	Ljuboten^[a]	30	11	11	8	46	35	+11	30
6	Pobeda	30	11	8	11	38	37	+1	30
7	Sasa	30	9	12	9	38	41	−3	30
8	Sloga Jugomagnat	30	7	13	10	29	30	−1	27
9	Osogovo	30	9	9	12	33	44	−11	27
10	FCU 55	30	9	8	13	36	40	−4	26
11	Tikvesh	30	9	8	13	31	42	−11	26
12	Belasica	30	7	12	11	35	48	−13	26
13	Rudar Probishtip	30	8	10	12	29	49	−20	26
14	Borec^[b]	30	9	9	12	31	43	−12	24
15	Karaorman (R)	30	9	6	15	37	75	−38	24	Relegation to the Macedonian Second League^[c]
16	Makedonija (R)	30	2	6	22	17	55	−38	10	Relegation to the Macedonian Second League^[c]

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 or relegation).
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Ljuboten were deducted 3 points.
^ Borec were deducted 3 points.
^ Borec and Karaorman were finished the season level on points so the Football Association of Macedonia decided to organise a tie-breaker game to determine which side will be relegated to the Macedonian Second League.

Results

Home \ Away	BAL	BEL	BOR	FCU	KAR	LJU	MGP	OSO	PEL	POB	RUD	SAS	SIL	SLO	TIK	VAR
Balkan	—	2–0	2–1	1–2	5–1	1–0	4–1	4–1	0–3	3–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	0–0
Belasica	1–1	—	4–1	2–2	6–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–4
Borec	1–1	0–0	—	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	3–0	0–2
FCU 55	0–0	0–1	1–1	—	5–1	3–1	1–0	5–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–4
Karaorman	5–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	—	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	4–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–3
Ljuboten	0–1	2–0	4–4	2–0	3–1	—	5–1	2–0	5–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0
Makedonija	2–4	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	—	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–4
Osogovo	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	—	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	5–2	2–1	0–5
Pelister	0–1	0–3	4–2	1–1	6–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	—	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	5–1	1–1	2–1
Pobeda	0–0	4–0	4–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	—	6–2	2–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	0–1
Rudar Probishtip	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–4	0–0	2–1	—	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–3
Sasa	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	3–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	—	0–1	0–1	5–0	1–1
Sileks	2–1	6–1	3–0	2–1	8–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	2–1	3–0	0–0	5–0	—	0–1	2–1	2–0
Sloga Jugomagnat	0–1	1–1	2–0	5–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	—	1–1	0–0
Tikvesh	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	—	1–2
Vardar	3–0	6–1	3–0	5–2	4–1	0–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	6–1	6–0	1–0	4–1	4–0	—

Source: Istorija fudbalskih takmičenja (in Serbian), Ganeša klub, Belgrade, 2014
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation tie-breaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Borec	1–1 (4–3 p)	Karaorman

Borec was stayed and Karaorman was relegated to the Second League.
Source: ^[2]

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Zoran Boshkovski	Sileks	21

References

^ ^a ^b "FK Vardar (MKD) results from 1992 to 2000". Google Groups. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
^ "Relegation play-off photo gallery". Karaorman Facebook. Retrieved 2015-03-08.

External links

[table_note_LJU0.38673632423707-2] Ljuboten were deducted 3 points.

[table_note_BOR0.38673632423707-3] Borec were deducted 3 points.

[table_note_res_REL0.38673632423707-4] Borec and Karaorman were finished the season level on points so the Football Association of Macedonia decided to organise a tie-breaker game to determine which side will be relegated to the Macedonian Second League.

[First-1] "FK Vardar (MKD) results from 1992 to 2000". Google Groups. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.

[tiebreaker-5] "Relegation play-off photo gallery". Karaorman Facebook. Retrieved 2015-03-08.

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