| Season | 2022–23 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6 August 2022 – 14 May 2023 |
| Champions | Struga 1st domestic title |
| Relegated | Skopje Pobeda |
| Champions League | Struga |
| Europa Conference League | Shkëndija Shkupi Makedonija G.P. |
| Matches | 165 |
| Goals | 415 (2.52 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Besart Ibraimi (19 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Makedonija G.P. 7–0Pobeda (7 May 2023) |
| Biggest away win | Pobeda 0–6Shkupi (27 November 2022) |
| Highest scoring | Rabotnichki 5–4Bregalnica (7 May 2023) |
| Longest winning run | 8 games Struga |
| Longest unbeaten run | 12 games Shkupi |
| Longest winless run | 8 games Akademija Pandev Skopje |
| Longest losing run | 4 games Akademija Pandev Pobeda Skopje |
2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 16 December 2022. | |
The2022–23 Macedonian First League was the 31st season of theMacedonian First Football League, the highestfootball league ofNorth Macedonia. It began on 6 August 2022 and ended on 14 May 2023.[1]Shkupi were the defending champions, having won their first title in2021–22.[2][3]
Promoted from2021–22 Second League Relegated to2022–23 Second League |
Promoted from2022–23 Second League Relegated to2023–24 Second League |
1Renova withdrew from the First League due to financial reasons.[10]
| Akademija Pandev | Bregalnica | Makedonija G.P. | Pobeda | Rabotnički | Shkëndija |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blagoj Istatov Stadium UEFA | City Stadium Štip | Ǵorče Petrov Stadium | Goce Delčev Stadium | Toše Proeski Arena UEFA | Tetovo Stadium |
| Capacity: 9,200 | Capacity: 4,000 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 36,460 | Capacity: 15,000 |
| Shkupi | Sileks | Skopje | Struga | Tikvesh | |
| Cair Stadium | City Stadium Kratovo | Železarnica Stadium | Gradska Plaža Stadium | City Stadium Kavadarci | |
| Capacity: 6,000 | Capacity: 6,000 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 2,500 | Capacity: 7,500 | |
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akademija Pandev | Sportika SA | Mozzart | ||
| Bregalnica | Hummel | Superior | ||
| Makedonija G.P. | Givova | betinasia, Tesla | ||
| Pobeda | Givona | Gigant, Cevitana, Mermeren Kombinat | ||
| Rabotnički | Joma | |||
| Shkëndija | Macron | Ecolog | ||
| Shkupi | Reaction | Alagoz Holding | ||
| Sileks | Jako | Sileks | ||
| Skopje | Adidas | |||
| Struga | Macron | Trim & Lum | ||
| Tikvesh | Joma | Klimi.mk,Sinalco |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rabotnički | End of caretaker role | 8 June 2022 | Pre-season | 8 June 2022 | ||
| Skopje | Transfer | 8 June 2022 | 1 July 2022 | |||
| Shkupi | Resigned | 31 August 2022 | 5th | 9 September 2022 | ||
| Akademija Pandev | Sacked | 4 September 2022 | 5th | 7 September 2022 | ||
| Shkëndija | 5 September 2022 | 3rd | 16 September 2022 | |||
| Tikvesh | Resigned | 6 September 2022 | 8th | 8 September 2022 | ||
| Rabotnički | 12 September 2022 | 10th | 24 September 2022 | |||
| Bregalnica | Sacked | 7 December 2022 | 6th | 21 December 2022 | ||
| Pobeda | Resigned | 4 January 2023 | 9th | 5 January 2023 | ||
| Struga | Sacked | 27 February 2023 | 1st | 1 March 2023 | ||
| Skopje | 5 March 2023 | 10th | 6 March 2023 | |||
| Makedonija G.P. | 10 March 2023 | 7th | 14 March 2023 | |||
| Shkupi | 21 March 2023 | 2nd | 22 March 2023 | |||
| Akademija Pandev | 7 May 2023 | 9th | 7 May 2023 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Struga(C) | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 53 | 19 | +34 | 68 | Qualification for theChampions League first qualifying round | |
| 2 | Shkupi | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 62 | 27 | +35 | 58 | Qualification for theEuropa Conference League first qualifying round | |
| 3 | Shkëndija | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 23 | +20 | 57 | ||
| 4 | Sileks | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 48 | ||
| 5 | Bregalnica | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 41 | ||
| 6 | Tikvesh | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 40 | ||
| 7 | Makedonija G.P. | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 39 | Qualification for theEuropa Conference League first qualifying round[a] | |
| 8 | Rabotnički | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 37 | ||
| 9 | Akademija Pandev | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 28 | ||
| 10 | Skopje(R) | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 44 | −27 | 22 | Qualification for theRelegation play-off | |
| 11 | Pobeda(R) | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 78 | −60 | 13 | Relegation to theMacedonian Second League | |
| — | Renova[b](D, R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Every team will play three times against each other team for a total of 30 matches. The first 22 match days will consist of a regulardouble round-robin schedule. The league standings at this point will then be used to determine the games for the last 11 match days.
| Home \ Away | AKA | BRE | MGP | POB | RAB | SKE | SKU | SIL | SKO | STR | TIK | AKA | BRE | MGP | POB | RAB | SKE | SKU | SIL | SKO | STR | TIK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akademija Pandev | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — | — | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | — | 1–4 |
| Bregalnica | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–0 | — | 0–1 | — | — | — | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Makedonija G.P. | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | — | — | 7–0 | 2–1 | — | — | — | 2–1 | — | — |
| Pobeda | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | — | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | — | — | — | 0–1 | — | 0–6 | 1–5 | 0–4 | — | 1–4 |
| Rabotnički | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 5–4 | — | — | — | 1–2 | — | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | — |
| Shkëndija | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | — | — | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| Shkupi | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | — | 0–1 | — | — |
| Sileks | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | — | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | — | — |
| Skopje | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | — | — | 0–2 | — | — | — | 1–1 | — |
| Struga | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 6–2 | — | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | — | 2–0 |
| Tikvesh | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | — | — | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | — | — |
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
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| Struga | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Shkupi | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Shkëndija | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sileks | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Bregalnica | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Tikvesh | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Makedonija G.P. | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| Rabotnički | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Akademija Pandev | 9 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Skopje | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Pobeda | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Leader and qualification for theChampions League first qualifying round | |
| Qualification for theEuropa Conference League first qualifying round | |
| Qualification for theRelegation play-off | |
| Relegation to theMacedonian Second League |
Top scorers[edit]
| Assist Providers[edit]
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Clean Sheets[edit]
| Discipline[edit]
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