1998–99 Macedonian First Football League Explained

Competition:Macedonian First League
Season:1998–99
Winners:Sloga Jugomagnat
1st domestic title
Relegated:Skopje
Balkan
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Sloga Jugomagnat
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Sileks
Vardar
Continentalcup3:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Pobeda
Cementarnica
League Topscorer:Rogério Oliveira
(22 goals)
Dates:9 August 1998 –
29 May 1999
Biggest Home Win:Sileks 7–1 Balkan
Pobeda 6–0 Skopje
Sileks 6–0 Skopje
Vardar 6–0 Tikvesh
Borec 6–0 Balkan
Biggest Away Win:Pelister 0–5 Sloga
Highest Scoring:Vardar 7–2 Balkan
Matches:182
Total Goals:534
Prevseason:1997–98
Nextseason:1999–2000

The 1998–99 Macedonian First League was the 7th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. The first matches of the season were played on 9 August 1998 and the last on 29 May 1999. Sileks were the defending champions, having won their third title in a row. The 1998-99 champions were Sloga Jugomagnat who had won their first title.

Promotion and relegation

At the start of the 1998–99 seasonPromoted from 1997–98 Second League

Relegated to 1998–99 Second League

At the end of the 1998–99 seasonPromoted from 1998–99 Second League

Relegated to 1999–2000 Second League

1 Bregalnica Shtip was removed from the league after the round 19, due to their absence in a scheduled match against Sloga Jugomagnat. Their matches from round 14 were annulled.

Participating teams

ClubCityStadium
Balkan BISISkopjeChair Stadium
Borec MHKVelesGradski stadion Veles
Cementarnica 55SkopjeStadion Cementarnica
Makedonija AsibaSkopjeStadion Gjorche Petrov
OsogovoKochaniStadion Nikola Mantov
PelisterBitolaStadion Tumbe Kafe
PobedaPrilepStadion Goce Delchev
Rabotnichki KometalSkopjeGradski stadion Skopje
SasaMakedonska KamenicaGradski stadion Makedonska Kamenica
SileksKratovoStadion Sileks
SkopjeSkopjeStadion Zhelezarnica
Sloga JugomagnatSkopjeChair Stadium
TikveshKavadarciGradski stadion Kavadarci
VardarSkopjeGradski stadion Skopje

League table

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Rogério OliveiraPobeda22
2 Vancho TrajchevVardar14

Source: Top15goalscorers.blogspot.com

See also

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