List of Macedonian football champions
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The Macedonian football champions are the annual winners of the Macedonian First Football League, North Macedonia's premier annual football league competition. The title has been contested since 1929 in varying forms of competition.
History
In 1923, it was organised the first edition of leagues in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia where, beside the top-level national Yugoslav Football Championship, regional championships were also played. The clubs from the Vardarska Banovina, territorially similar to present-day Macedonia, played within the Belgrade Football Subassociation League until 1927,Sijić, pag. 135 when a separate Skoplje Football Subassociation League was formed.[http://www.ofkbeograd.net/index.php?id=199 Milorad Sijić: "Football in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia"], pag. 142 {{in lang|sr}} The champions of the Subassociation Leagues were granted a place in the qualifiers for the Yugoslav Championship, a top national level. Gragjanski Skopje became the only club to manage to participate in the national league, first in 1935–36 when the championship was played in a cup system,Sijić, pag. 99-100 and in 1938–39, when it was played in a normal league system with Gragjanski finishing 10th out of 12 teams.Sijić, pag. 111-116 In 1939, the Yugoslav league system was changed, with the creation of separate Serbian and Croato-Slovenian Leagues which would serve as qualifying leagues for the final phase of the Yugoslav Championship.Sijić, pag. 117 The clubs from the Skopje Subassociation played their qualifications to the Serbian League, however only Gragjanski managed to participate, doing so on both occasions, in 1939–40 (5th place)Sijić, pag. 120-121 and 1940–41 (8th place).Sijić, pag. 129 That was the last season before the beginning of the Second World War, during which the region Vardarska Banovina was invaded by Axis allies Albania and Bulgaria.
During the war period, 1941 to 1945, the region became part of Bulgaria, and most of the clubs were incorporated into the Bulgarian league system. Four seasons were played, in which FK Makedonija, a club from Skopje formed by the Bulgarian authorities by merging the previously existing clubs Gragjanski, SSK Skopje and ŽSK into one, became the most prominent.
After the liberation of Yugoslavia and the creation of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia within the socialist Yugoslavia, Macedonian clubs participated in the Yugoslav League system that consisted of two or three, depending on time period, national leagues. Below the national leagues, the Republic Leagues were created in each one of the 6 Yugoslav Socialist Republics. The Republic League of SR Macedonia was played between 1945 and 1992, and the top placed teams had access to the Yugoslav national leagues. The most successful clubs from this period were FK Vardar, FK Rabotnički and FK Pobeda, which only don´t count more regional titles because they usually competed in higher national leagues. In 1992 Macedonia declared independence and formed its own league system.
Royal League
The clubs from the territory of Vardarska Banovina (belonging to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) had a league organised by the Skoplje Football Subassociation. The winner had direct access to the Yugoslav Championship.[http://www.ofkbeograd.net/index.php?id=199 Milorad Sijić: "Football in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia"], pag. 142 {{in lang|sr}}
Before Subdivision League was established from 1921 till 1927,they played Sub districts and district leagues. This is the list of seasons indicating the league champions.
Royal District League
- 1922 - Vardar Skopje
- 1923 - Vardar Skopje
- 1924 - Napredok Skopje
- 1925 - SSK Skopje
- 1926 - SK Bitola
- 1927 - Pobeda Skopje
Royal Subdivision League
- 1928 - Pobeda Skopje
- 1929 - Pobeda Skopje
- 1930 - Jug, SSK and Sparta, all clubs from Skopje, finished the season with eaqual number of points.
- 1931 - Not Finished. JUG Skopje
- 1932 - SSK Skopje
- 1933 - SSK Skopje
- 1934 - SSK Skopje
- 1935 - Not Finished. Slavija Skopje
- 1936 - Gragjanski Skopje
- 1937 - Not Finished. Gragjanski Skopje
- 1938 - Gragjanski Skopje
- 1939 - Gragjanski Skopje
- 1940 - SSK Skopje
- 1941 - SSK Skopje
=WWII Regional League=
During WWII the region was occupied by Bulgarian Axis forces. The clubs from the region were incorporated into the Bulgarian league system.
- 1942 Makedonija Skopje
- 1943 ZhSK Skopje
- 1944 ZhSK Skopje
Republic League
In the period between 1945 and 1992 the clubs from SR Macedonia (part of SFR Yugoslavia) competed in the Macedonian Republic League that was part of the Yugoslav league system and corresponded to a 3rd or 4th (depending on period) national tier.
Mostly without the presence of the major clubs that competed at national level (in particular Vardar Skopje).
- 1944–45 Makedonija
- 1945–46 Pobeda Skopje ( Vardar )
- 1946–47 Makedonija Skopje ( Vardar )
- 1947–48 Dinamo Skopje
- 1948–49 11 Oktomvri Kumanovo
- 1949–50 Rabotnik Bitola
- 1950–51 Rabotnik Bitola
- 1951–52 Rabotnicki Skopje
- 1952–53 Pobeda Prilep
- 1953–54 Pobeda Prilep
- 1954–55 Metalec Skopje
- 1955–56 Belasica Strumica
- 1956–57 Pelister Bitola
- 1957–58 FK Belasica
- 1958–59 Pobeda Prilep
- 1959–60 Pelister Bitola
- 1960–61 FK Pelister
- 1961–62 Pobeda Prilep
- 1962–63 Pobeda Prilep
- 1963–64 Bregalnica Štip
- 1964–65 Teteks Tetovo
- 1965–66 FK Rabotnički
- 1966–67 Bregalnica Štip
- 1967–68 Rabotnički Skopje
- 1968–69 Teteks Tetovo
- 1969–70 MIK Skopje
- 1970–71 Kumanovo
- 1971–72 Tikveš Kavadarci
- 1972–73 Rabotnički Skopje
- 1973–74 Teteks Tetovo
- 1974–75 Pelister Bitola
- 1975–76 Bregalnica Štip
- 1976–77 Rabotnički Skopje
- 1977–78 Tikveš Kavadarci
- 1978–79 Pobeda Prilep
- 1979–80 Rabotnički Skopje
- 1980–81 Pobeda Prilep
- 1981–82 Pelister Bitola
- 1982–83 Belasica Strumica
- 1983–84 FK Bregalnica Štip
- 1984–85 FK Teteks
- 1985–86 FK Pobeda
- 1986–87 Metalurg Skopje
- 1987–88 Belasica Strumica
- 1988–89 Borec Veles
- 1989–90 FK Balkan Skopje
- 1990-91 FK Makedonija G.P.
- 1991–92 FK Sasa Makedonska Kamenica
National competition
=Macedonian First League=
In 1992 the Macedonian Republic League, joined by the Macedonian clubs that played in the Yugoslav First and Second League, formed the Macedonian First Football League, the first time Macedonia had its own top-level national championship.
- Semi Professional league since 1992
| class="wikitable"
!Season !Winner !Runner Up !Third Place !Top scorer (club) (goals) |
| style="text-align: center;" |1992–93
|style="text-align: center;" |Vardar |style="text-align: center;" |Sileks |style="text-align: center;" |Balkan |{{flagicon|MKD}} Saša Ćirić (Vardar) (36) |
| style="text-align: center;" |1993–94
|style="text-align: center;" |Vardar |style="text-align: center;" |Sileks |style="text-align: center;" |Balkan |{{flagicon|MKD}} Zoran Boshkovski (Sileks) (21) |
| style="text-align: center;" |1994–95
|style="text-align: center;" |Vardar |style="text-align: center;" |Sileks |style="text-align: center;" |Sloga Jugomagnat |{{flagicon|MKD}} Saša Ćirić (Vardar) (35) |
| style="text-align: center;" |1995–96
|style="text-align: center;" |Sileks |style="text-align: center;" |Sloga Jugomagnat |style="text-align: center;" |Vardar |{{flagicon|MKD}} Zoran Boshkovski (Sileks) (20) |
| style="text-align: center;" |1996–97
|style="text-align: center;" |Sileks |style="text-align: center;" |Pobeda |style="text-align: center;" |Sloga Jugomagnat |{{flagicon|Macedonia}} Vancho Micevski (Sileks) (16) |
| style="text-align: center;" |1997–98
|style="text-align: center;" |Sileks |style="text-align: center;" |Sloga Jugomagnat |style="text-align: center;" |Makedonija G.P. |{{flagicon|MKD}} Vancho Atanasov (Belasica) (12) |
| style="text-align: center;" |1998–99
|style="text-align: center;" |Sloga Jugomagnat |style="text-align: center;" |Sileks |style="text-align: center;" |Pobeda |{{flagicon|BRA}} Rogério Oliveira (Pobeda) (22) |
| style="text-align: center;" |1999–2000
|style="text-align: center;" |Sloga Jugomagnat |style="text-align: center;" |Pobeda |style="text-align: center;" |Rabotnichki Kometal |{{flagicon|MKD}} Argjend Beqiri (Sloga Jugomagnet) (19) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2000–01
|style="text-align: center;" |Sloga Jugomagnat |style="text-align: center;" |Vardar |style="text-align: center;" |Pobeda |{{flagicon|MKD}} Argjend Beqiri (Sloga Jugomagnet) (27) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2001–02
|style="text-align: center;" |Vardar |style="text-align: center;" |Belasica |style="text-align: center;" |Cementarnica 55 |{{flagicon|MKD}} Miroslav Gjokić (Pobeda) (22) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2002–03
|style="text-align: center;" |Vardar |style="text-align: center;" |Belasica |style="text-align: center;" |Pobeda |{{flagicon|MKD}} Ljubiša Savić (Bregalnica Delčevo / Sloga Jugomagnat) (25) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2003–04
|style="text-align: center;" |Pobeda |style="text-align: center;" |Sileks |style="text-align: center;" |Vardar |{{flagicon|MKD}} Dragan Dimitrovski (Pobeda) (25) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2004–05
|style="text-align: center;" |Rabotnichki Kometal |style="text-align: center;" |Vardar |style="text-align: center;" |Pobeda |{{flagicon|Macedonia}} Aleksandar Stojanovski (Belasica) (26) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2005–06
|style="text-align: center;" |Rabotnichki Kometal |style="text-align: center;" |Makedonija G.P. |style="text-align: center;" |Vardar |{{flagicon|Macedonia}} Stevica Ristić (Sileks) (27) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2006–07
|style="text-align: center;" |Pobeda |style="text-align: center;" |Rabotnichki Kometal |style="text-align: center;" |Makedonija G.P. |{{flagicon|Macedonia}} Boban Janchevski (Bashkimi / Renova) (26) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2007–08
|style="text-align: center;" |Rabotnichki Kometal |style="text-align: center;" |Milano |style="text-align: center;" |Pelister |{{flagicon|Macedonia}} Ivica Gligorovski (Milano) (15) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2008–09
|style="text-align: center;" |Makedonija G.P. |style="text-align: center;" |Milano |style="text-align: center;" |Renova |{{flagicon|Macedonia}} Ivica Gligorovski (Milano) (14) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2009–10
|style="text-align: center;" |Renova |style="text-align: center;" |Rabotnichki |style="text-align: center;" |Metalurg |{{flagicon|Macedonia}} Bobi Bozhinovski (Rabotnički) (15) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2010–11
|style="text-align: center;" |Shkëndija |style="text-align: center;" |Metalurg |style="text-align: center;" |Renova |{{flagicon|Macedonia}} Hristijan Kirovski (Skopje) (20) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2011–12
|style="text-align: center;" |Vardar |style="text-align: center;" |Metalurg |style="text-align: center;" |Shkëndija |{{flagicon|Macedonia}} Filip Ivanovski (Vardar) (24) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2012–13
|style="text-align: center;" |Vardar |style="text-align: center;" |Metalurg |style="text-align: center;" |Horizont Turnovo |{{flagicon|Macedonia}} Jovan Kostovski (Vardar) (22) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2013–14
|style="text-align: center;" |Rabotnichki |style="text-align: center;" |Horizont Turnovo |style="text-align: center;" |Metalurg |{{flagicon|Macedonia}} Dejan Blazhevski (Horizont Turnovo) (19) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2014–15
|style="text-align: center;" |Vardar |style="text-align: center;" |Rabotnichki |style="text-align: center;" |Shkëndija |{{flagicon|Macedonia}} Izair Emini (Renova) (20) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2015–16
|style="text-align: center;" |Vardar |style="text-align: center;" |Shkëndija |style="text-align: center;" |Sileks |{{flagicon|Macedonia}} Besart Ibraimi (Shkëndija) (26) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2016–17
|style="text-align: center;" |Vardar |style="text-align: center;" |Shkëndija |style="text-align: center;" |Rabotnichki |{{flagicon|Macedonia}} Besart Ibraimi (Shkëndija) (20) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2017–18
|style="text-align: center;" |Shkëndija |style="text-align: center;" |Vardar |style="text-align: center;" |Rabotnichki |{{flagicon|Macedonia}} Ferhan Hasani (Shkëndija) (22) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2018–19
|style="text-align: center;" |Shkëndija |style="text-align: center;" |Vardar |style="text-align: center;" |Akademija Pandev |{{flagicon|North Macedonia}} Vlatko Stojanovski (Renova) (18) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2019–20
|style="text-align: center;" |Vardar |style="text-align: center;" |Sileks |style="text-align: center;" |Shkëndija |{{flagicon|North Macedonia}} Daniel Avramovski (Vardar) (10) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2020–21
|style="text-align: center;" |Shkëndija |style="text-align: center;" |Shkupi |style="text-align: center;" |Struga |{{flagicon|North Macedonia}} Besart Ibraimi (Shkëndija) (24) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2021–22
|style="text-align: center;" |Shkupi |style="text-align: center;" |Akademija Pandev |style="text-align: center;" |Shkëndija |{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Sunday Adetunji (Shkupi) (20) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2022–23
|style="text-align: center;" |Struga |style="text-align: center;" |Shkupi |style="text-align: center;" |Shkëndija |{{flagicon|North Macedonia}} Besart Ibraimi (Struga) (19) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2023–24
|style="text-align: center;" |Struga |style="text-align: center;" |Shkëndija |style="text-align: center;" |Shkupi |{{flagicon|Montenegro}} Aleksa Marušić (Voska Sport) (17) |
| style="text-align: center;" |2024–25
|style="text-align: center;" |Shkëndija |style="text-align: center;" |Sileks |style="text-align: center;" |Rabotnichki |{{flagicon|North Macedonia}} Marko Gjorgjievski (Sileks) (15) |
Performances
Most titles
The titles won by clubs since independence are shown in the following table:{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fyromchamp.html|title=Macedonia – List of Champions|last=Karel Stokkermans|date=29 October 2015|access-date=26 November 2015|archive-date=18 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918132544/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fyromchamp.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/macedonia-fyr/first-league/c65/archive/?ICID=PL_3N_06|title=Archive – First League – North Macedonia – Results, fixtures, tables and news – Soccerway|access-date=20 February 2018|archive-date=9 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709055821/https://int.soccerway.com/national/macedonia-fyr/first-league/c65/archive/?ICID=PL_3N_06|url-status=live}}
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%;" style="font-size:100%;" |
| scope="col" style="width:22%;"|Club
!scope="col" style="width:13%;"|Titles !scope="col" style="width:13%;"|Runners-up !scope="col" style="width:39%;"|Winning years |
|---|
| scope="row"|Vardar Skopje
|style="text-align:center"|11 |style="text-align:center"|2 |1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2019–20 |
| scope="row"|Shkendija
|style="text-align:center"|5 |style="text-align:center"|3 |
| scope="row"|Rabotnički Skopje
|style="text-align:center"|4 |style="text-align:center"|3 |
| scope="row"|Sileks Kratovo
|style="text-align:center"|3 |style="text-align:center"|6 |
| scope="row"|FK Sloga Jugomagnat
|style="text-align:center"|3 |style="text-align:center"|4 |
| scope="row"|Pobeda Prilep
|style="text-align:center"|2 |style="text-align:center"|2 |
| scope="row"|Struga
|style="text-align:center"|2 |style="text-align:center"|0 |
| scope="row"|Makedonija Gjorce Petrov
|style="text-align:center"|1 |style="text-align:center"|1 |
| scope="row"|Renova Djepchishte
|style="text-align:center"|1 |style="text-align:center"|0 |
| scope="row"|KF Shkupi
|style="text-align:center"|1 |style="text-align:center"|0 |
| scope="row"|Metalurg Skopje
|style="text-align:center" |
| style="text-align:center"|3
| |
| scope="row"|Milano Kumanovo
|style="text-align:center" |
| style="text-align:center"|2
| |
| scope="row"|Belasica Strumica
|style="text-align:center" |
| style="text-align:center"|2
| |
=Cities=
The following table lists the Macedonian football champions by city
| class="wikitable"
!City !Titles !Winning Clubs |
| Skopje
|style="text-align: center;" |20 | Vardar (11), Sloga Jugomagnat / Shkupi (4), Rabotnichki (3), Makedonija G.P. (1) |
| Tetovo
|style="text-align: center;" |5 | Shkëndija (5) |
| Kratovo
|style="text-align: center;" |3 | Sileks (3) |
| Prilep
|style="text-align: center;" |2 | Pobeda (2) |
| Struga
|style="text-align: center;" |2 | Struga (2) |
| Džepčište
|style="text-align: center;" |1 | Renova (1) |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.ffm.com.mk Football Federation of Macedonia Official Site] {{in lang|mk}} {{in lang|en}}
- [http://www.ffm.com.mk/mak/liga.asp?liga=1 First League Current Stats] {{in lang|mk}} {{in lang|en}}
- [http://www.macedonianfootball.com MacedonianFootball.com] {{in lang|en}}
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