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| Founded | 1927; 98 years ago (1927) |
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| First season | 1992–93 |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Confederation | UEFA |
| Number of clubs | 12 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | 2. MFL |
| Domestic cup | Macedonian Football Cup |
| International cup(s) | UEFA Champions League UEFA Conference League |
| Current champions | Shkëndija (5th title) (2024–25) |
| Most championships | Vardar (11 titles) |
| Top scorer | Besart Ibraimi (189 goals) |
| Broadcaster(s) | MRT 2 MRT 3 |
| Website | ffm |
| Current:2025–26 Macedonian First Football League | |
TheMacedonian First Football League (Macedonian:Прва македонска фудбалска лига), also calledMacedonian First League,1. MFL, andPrva Liga, is the highest professionalfootball competition in North Macedonia. It is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Macedonian football league system and has been operating since the 1992–93 season. It is organized by theFootball Federation of Macedonia.
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Throughout the 1. MFL history, the number of clubs competing at the top level has been gradually decreased until the 2020–21 season. Below is a complete record of how many teams played in each season throughout the league's history:[citation needed]
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The league has 12 teams, and each team plays the other sides three times, for a total of 33 matches each.[1]
Due to the UEFA ranking coefficients ranking (shown below), the winners of the league enter the 1st qualifying round of theChampions League, while the second and third placed teams enter the 1st qualifying round of theUEFA Europa Conference League alongside the winner of theMacedonian Football Cup. At the end of the season, the bottom 2 teams are relegated to theMacedonian Second League while the eighth placed team enter a play-off with the winner of the tie between second placed teams of the two groups in theMacedonian Second League.
UEFA country ranking for league participation in 2026–27 European football season (Previous year rank in italics)[2][3]
(52)
Cymru Premier
(46)
Erovnuli Liga (50)Macedonian First League (49)
Belarusian Premier League (51)
Primera Divisió
| Club[4] | Position in 2024–25[5] |
|---|---|
| Arsimi | 2nd in2. MFL |
| AP Brera | 9th |
| Bashkimi | 3rd in2. MFL |
| Makedonija G.P. | 1st in2. MFL |
| Pelister | 6th |
| Rabotnički | 3rd |
| Sileks | 2nd |
| Shkëndija | 1st |
| Shkupi | 7th |
| Struga | 4th |
| Tikvesh | 8th |
| Vardar | 5th |
In 1923, the first nationalYugoslav Football Championship was held, and regional championships were also played. The clubs of theVardar Banovina, territorially similar to present day Macedonia, played within theBelgrade Football Subassociation league until 1927,[6] when a separateSkoplje Football Subassociation league was formed.[7] The champions of the subassociation leagues were granted a place in the qualifiers to the Yugoslav Championship.Gragjanski Skopje became the only Macedonian club to participate in the national league, first in1935–36 when the championship was played in a cup format,[8] and then in1938–39, when it was played in a normal league system with Gragjanski finishing 10th out of 12 teams.[9] In 1939, the Yugoslav league system was changed, with the creation of separate Serbian and Croato-Slovenian leagues which served as qualifying leagues for the final phase of the Yugoslav Championship.[10] The clubs from the Skopje Subassociation aimed to qualify to theSerbian League, however only Gragjanski managed to participate, in1939–40 (5th place)[11] and1940–41 (8th place).[12]
The titles won by clubs since independence are shown in the following table:[13][14]
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