Macedonian First League (basketball) explained

Macedonian First League
Confed:FIBA Europe
Founded:1992
Teams:12
Levels:1
Domest Cup:Macedonian Cup
Champions:MZT Skopje (11th title)
Most Champs:Rabotnički (15 titles)
Tv:MRT
Ceo:Pero Antić
Website:mkf.mk

The Macedonian First League (Macedonian: Македонска прва лига, Makedonska prva liga) is the top-tier basketball competition in the Republic of North Macedonia organized by the Basketball Federation of North Macedonia. Macedonian Republic League was transformed into top division level Macedonian Basketball First League. After the transformation, teams from the higher-level federal Leagues (MZT and Rabotnički) joined the Macedonian First League.

Teams

Strumica and Cair 2030 were promoted. Angeli and MZT Skopje 2 were relegated.

TeamHome CityArenaColourCoach
Akademija FMPSkopjeNezavisna Makedonija
StrumicaStrumicaSport Hall Mladost
EuroNickel 2005KavadarciJasmin
Gostivar 2015GostivarMladost Gostivar
KožuvGevgelija26-ti April
Kumanovo 2009KumanovoSports Hall Kumanovo
MZT Skopje AerodromSkopjeJane Sandanski Arena
Cair 2030SkopjeSport Hall Shaban Trstena
PelisterBitolaSports Hall Mladost
RabotničkiSkopjeGradski Park
TFT MozzartSkopjeForza Sport Center
Feniks 2010SkopjeJane Sandanski Arena
Teams that play in the 2022–23 ABA League First Division
Teams that play in the 2022–23 Second Adriatic League

Champions

SeasonChampions[1] ScoreRunner-upMVP
1992–93Godel Rabotnički3-2 (five game series)
1993–94Godel Rabotnički3–2 (five game series)Kočani Delikates
1994–95Godel Rabotnički3-2 (five game series)Kočani Delikates
1995–96Godel Rabotnički3-0 (five game series)MZT Skopje
1996–97Godel Rabotnički4-1 (seven game series)Žito Vardar
1997–98Godel Rabotnički3-2 (five game series)MZT Boss Skopje
1998–99Godel Rabotnički3-2 (five game series)MZT Boss Skopje
1999–00Nikol Fert3-2 (five game series)Godel Rabotnički
2000–01Rabotnički3-0 (five game series)MZT Skopje 2000 Gjorgji Čekovski (1)
2001–02Feršped Rabotnički4-2 (seven game series)Kumanovo Gjorgji Čekovski (2)
2002–03Feršped Rabotnički4-0 (seven game series)Polo Trejd Aleksandar Dimitrovski
2003–04Feršped Rabotnički4-1 (seven game series)MZT Skopje 2000 Todor Gečevski (1)
2004–05Feršped Rabotnički4-2 (seven game series)Vardar Osiguruvanje Toni Simić
2005–06Feršped Rabotnički4-1 (seven game series)Vardar Osiguruvanje Dime Tasovski (1)
2006–07Strumica 20054-1 (seven game series)Feršped Rabotnički Zlatko Gocevski
2007–08Feni Industries4-3 (seven game series)Strumica 2005 Donald Cole
2008–09Rabotnički4-2 (seven game series)Feni Industries Dime Tasovski (2)
2009–10Feni Industries4-3 (seven game series)Vardar Osiguruvanje Damjan Stojanovski (1)
2010–11Feni Industries4-1 (seven game series)Rabotnički
2011–12MZT Skopje Aerodrom4-1 (seven game series)Feni Industries Todor Gečevski (2)
2012–13MZT Skopje Aerodrom4-0 (seven game series)Kozuv Gjorgji Čekovski (3)
2013–14MZT Skopje Aerodrom3-1 (five game series) Damjan Stojanovski (2)
2014–15MZT Skopje Aerodrom3-0 (five game series)Kumanovo Marko Simonovski – Sead Šehović
2015–16MZT Skopje Aerodrom3-1 (five game series)Kumanovo Damjan Stojanovski (3)
2016–17MZT Skopje Aerodrom3-2 (five game series)Karpoš Sokoli
2017–18Rabotnički3-0 (five game series)MZT Skopje Aerodrom Russell Robinson
2018–19MZT Skopje Aerodrom3-0 (five game series)Rabotnički Damjan Stojanovski (4)
2019-20MZT Skopje Aerodrom finished 1st /Play Off cancelled due covid-19
2020-21MZT Skopje Aerodrom3-0 (five game series)EuroNickel 2005 Andrej Magdevski
2021-22MZT Skopje Aerodrom3-1 (five game series)Pelister Nemanja Milošević
2022-23MZT Skopje Aerodrom3-0 (five game series)Pelister Vojdan Stojanovski (2)
2023-24MZT Skopje Aerodrom3-0 (five game series)Pelister Damjan Stojanovski (5)

Performance by club

ClubWinnerYearRunner upYear
Rabotnički151993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 201852000, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2019
MZT Skopje Aerodrom112012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 202471993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2018
Feni Industries32008, 2010, 201122009, 2012
Strumica 20051200722003, 2008
Nikol Fert Gostivar12000//
Kumanovo//32002, 2015, 2016
Vardar//22005, 2006
Kočani Delikates//21994, 1995
Pelister//32022, 2023, 2024
Karpoš Sokoli//12017
Kožuv//12013
Vardar Osiguruvanje//12010
Žito Vardar//11997

Players with three or more titles

Note: This table is incomplete

TitlesPlayerSeasons
10Ognen Stojanovski2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Marjan Gjurov1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011
9Damjan Stojanovski2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Goran Veselinovski1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009
Goran Samardziev2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011
Gjorgji Čekovski1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018
8Toni Simić1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009
7Jordančo Davitkov1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000
Srdjan Stanković1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005
Gjorgi Kočov2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012
6Dejan Jovanovski1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2006
5Gjorgje Vojnović1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
Emil Rajković1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002
Bojan Krstevski2009, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
Kiril Pavlovski2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
Aleksandar Dimitrovski2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009
Bojan Trajkovski2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010
Dime Tasovski2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011
Todor Gečevski2000, 2004, 2012, 2013, 2014
Ljubomir Mladenovski2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
4Vojdan Stojanovski2011, 2022, 2023, 2024
Dušan Bocevski1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
Pero Blazevski1993, 1994, 1995, 1998
Gorjan Markovski2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Kiril Nikolovski2013, 2014, 2015, 2018
3Riste Stefanov2003, 2004, 2005
Dejan Vegov2003, 2005, 2006
Slobodan Mihajlovski2008, 2010, 2011
Toni Grnčarov2007, 2009, 2012
Eftim Bogoev2007, 2010, 2013
Adem Mekić2015, 2016, 2017
Darko Sokolov2010, 2011, 2019
Marko Simonovski2015, 2017, 2019

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Macedonia - List of First League Champions. basketball.org.mk. 24 April 2012.

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