The 2023–24 Macedonian First League was the 32nd season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of North Macedonia. It began on 6 August 2023 and ended on 18 May 2024. Struga were the defending champions, having won their first title in 2022–23.
The winners (Struga, their second consecutive title win) qualified for the Champions League first qualifying round. The second-placed team (Shkendija) and 2023–24 Macedonian Football Cup winners (Tikvesh) qualified for the Conference League first qualifying round. The tenth-placed team (Vardar) qualified for the Macedonian First Football League play-off. The bottom two teams (Bregalnica and Makedonija G.P.) were relegated to the 2024–25 Macedonian Second Football League.
Promotion and relegation At the end of the 2022–23 season Promoted from 2022–23 Second League Voska Sport (winners, promoted for the first time in their history) Gostivar (runners-up, promoted after a 10 season absence) Vardar (Third placed; won play-off, promoted after a 2 season absence) Relegated to 2023–24 Second League Skopje (10th; lost play-off, relegated after a 2 seasons spell in top flight) Pobeda (11th, relegated after a single season spell in top flight) At the end of the 2023–24 season Promoted from 2023–24 Second League Besa (DD) (winners, promoted for the first time in their history) Pelister (runners-up, promoted after a 2 season absence) Relegated to 2024–25 Second League Makedonija G.P. (11th, relegated after a 6 seasons spell in top flight) Bregalnica (12th, relegated after a 3 seasons spell in top flight)
Participating teams Bregalnica AP Brera Shkendija Rabotnichki Sileks Gradski stadion Štip Blagoj Istatov StadiumUEFA Ecolog Arena National Arena Toše Proeski UEFA City Stadium Kratovo Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 9,200 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 36,460 Capacity: 6,000 Makedonija G.P. Struga Gjorče Petrov Stadium Gradska Plaža Stadium Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 3,000 Voska Sport Tikvesh Vardar Shkupi Gostivar SRC Biljanini Izvori Kavadarci City Stadium Boris Trajkovski Stadium Čair Stadium Gostivar City Stadium Capacity: 4,500 Capacity: 9,500 Capacity: 3,500 Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 2,500
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAP Brera Giovanni Valenti Marko Alchevski Sportika SA MozzartBregalnica Goran Zdravkov Halid Lwaliwa Hummel SuperiorGostivar Murat Daban Xhelil Abdulla Nike Makedonija G.P. Goran Simov Joma Zlatna Kopacka, Tesla Rabotnički Milan Ilievski JomaShkendija Jeton Beqiri Ennur Totre Macron EcologShkupi Mladen Žižović Artan Iljazi Reaction Alagoz HoldingSileks Aleksandar Vasoski Jako SileksStruga Shpetim Duro Macron Trim & LumTikvesh Gjorgji Mojsov Joma Klimi.mk, SinalcoVardar Gorazd Mihajlov Joma Voska Sport Miljan Radović Hadis Velii Joma Nefi Ik
League table
Results For matches 1–22, each team plays every other team twice (home and away). For matches 23–33, each team plays every other team for the third time (either at home or away). The league standings after matches 22 are used to determine the games for the last 11 matchdays.
Macedonian First Football League play-off The tenth-placed club (Vardar) faced the third-placed club from the 2023–24 Macedonian Second Football League (Detonit Plachkovica) for the final place in the following season's Macedonian First Football League.
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Aleksa MarušićVoska Sport172 Besart IbraimiStruga15 Marjan Radeski4 Almir AganspahićShkëndija12 Lanre KehindeGostivar6 Ediz SpahiuTikvesh & Gostivar107 Marko GjorgjievskiSileks9 Antonio Kalanoski9 Alen JasharoskiVoska Sport8 Adenis Shala Shkëndija
See also 2023–24 Macedonian Football Cup 2023–24 Macedonian Second Football League
References
External links Football Federation of Macedonia MacedonianFootball.com