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Macedonian First League
Season	2024–25
Dates	11 August 2024 –; May 2025
Top goalscorer	Djordje Ivković (9 goals)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 24 May 2024.

The 2024–25 Macedonian First League is the 33rd season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of North Macedonia. It began on 11 August 2024 and is scheduled to end in May 2025.

Struga were the defending champions, having won their second title in 2023–24.^[1]^[2]

Promotion and relegation

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)^[3]^[4]
Pelister (runners-up, promoted after a 2-season absence)^[3]^[4]

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)^[1]^[2]

Participating teams

Besa	AP Brera	Shkëndija	Rabotnichki	Sileks
Gostivar City Stadium	Mladost Stadium UEFA	Gradski Stadion Tetovo	National Toshe Proeski Arena UEFA	Gradski stadion Kratovo
Capacity: 2,500	Capacity: 9,200	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 36,460	Capacity: 6,000

Pelister	Skopje AP Brera Besa Gostivar Pelister Shkëndija Sileks Struga Tikvesh Voska Sport Skopje clubs: Vardar Rabotnički Shkupi class=notpageimage\| Location of teams in 2024–25 Macedonian First League			Struga
Petar Miloshevski Stadium				City Beach Stadium
Capacity: 10,000				Capacity: 3,000

Voska Sport	Tikvesh	Vardar	Shkupi	Gostivar
SRC Biljanini Izvori	Kavadarci City Stadium	City Park Stadium UEFA	Meadow Stadium	Gostivar City Stadium
Capacity: 4,500	Capacity: 9,500	Capacity: 36,500	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 sponsor
AP Brera	Gorazd Mihailov	Martin Gjorgievski	Sportika SA	Mozzart
Besa	Srgjan Zaharievski	Xhemail Esati	Jako	Global Immobilien
Gostivar	Márcio Nobre	Alper Potuk	Nike
Pelister	Vlatko Kostov	Blagoja Ljamchevski	Joma
Rabotnichki	Goran Stanikj	Egzon Belica	Joma
Shkëndija	Jeton Beqiri	Besart Ibraimi	Macron	Ecolog
Shkupi	Alparslan Erdem	Artan Iljazi	Reaction	Alagoz Holding
Sileks	Aleksandar Vasoski	Ivan Šubert	Macron	Sileks
Struga	Qatip Osmani	Bunjamin Shabani	Macron	Trim & Lum
Tikvesh	Gjorgji Mojsov	Aleksandar Varelovski	Joma	Klimi.mk, Sinalco
Vardar	Goce Sedloski	Darko Micevski	Joma
Voska Sport	Seit Kreka	Xhemil Jahiji	Joma	Nefi Ik

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sileks	18	11	4	3	27	8	+19	37	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Shkëndija	18	10	7	1	30	12	+18	37	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round^[a]
3	Rabotnički	18	10	7	1	26	8	+18	37
4	Gostivar	18	9	8	1	26	9	+17	35
5	Struga	18	9	5	4	23	21	+2	32
6	Shkupi	18	6	4	8	26	25	+1	22
7	Pelister	18	4	7	7	9	18	−9	19
8	AP Brera	18	5	4	9	21	31	−10	19
9	Tikvesh	18	2	8	8	7	17	−10	14
10	Besa	18	3	4	11	14	26	−12	13	Qualification for the Macedonian First Football League play-off
11	Vardar	18	3	4	11	13	29	−16	13	Relegation to the Macedonian Second League
12	Voska Sport	18	2	6	10	16	34	−18	12	Relegation to the Macedonian Second League

Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2024. Source: MacedonianFootball.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Draw; 9) Play-off. (Note: Criteria 2, 3 and 8 is only used if not deciding Champion, teams for UEFA competitions or relegation).
Notes:

^ The 2024–25 Macedonian Football Cup winners also qualify for the Conference League first qualifying round (or the fourth-placed team of the Macedonian First Football League if the Macedonian Cup winners finish in the top three).

Results

Each team plays every other team three times for a total of 33 matches. 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, depending on league standings).

Home \ Away	APB	BES	GOS	PEL	RAB	SKE	SKU	SIL	STR	TIK	VAR	VOS	APB	BES	GOS	PEL	RAB	SKE	SKU	SIL	STR	TIK	VAR	VOS
AP Brera	—	3–2		4–0	1–3	0–2		0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	—
Besa	0–1	—		2–3	0–0	1–3	0–1		1–2	1–0	2–1	1–0		—
Gostivar	4–1	1–1	—	0–0		3–1	2–0	0–0		1–0	1–1	4–0			—
Pelister		1–0	1–1	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0					—							a
Rabotnički	1–1	4–1	1–0	3–0	—	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–1							—
Shkëndija	4–3	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	—	2–0		1–1		4–0	5–1						—
Shkupi	3–1	1–1	0–1			1–1	—	0–2	3–1	3–1	3–0	3–3							—
Sileks	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	—			1–0	4–1								—
Struga	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0		0–3	1–4	—	1–0		2–1									—
Tikvesh	2–0	0–0	0–0		0–2	0–0		0–0	0–1	—	0–3	2–1										—
Vardar	0–1		0–2	1–0	0–0		3–2	0–1	1–4	1–1	—	1–3				a							—
Voska Sport			0–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	3–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	—												—

Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2024. Source: MacedonianFootball.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 8 December 2024.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Đorđe Ivković	AP Brera	9
1	Lanre Kehinde	Struga	9
3	Besart Ibraimi	Shkëndija	8
3	Atdhe Mazari	Rabotnichki	8
5	Marko Gjorgjievski	Sileks	7
5	Ali Reghba	Rabotnichki	7
7	Fiton Ademi	Shkëndija	6
	Darko Dodev	Sileks
	Abdulhadi Jahja	Voska Sport
	Marko Simonovski	Gostivar