2024–25 Macedonian First Football League

Macedonian First League

Season	2024–25
Dates	11 August 2024 – 18 May 2025
Top goalscorer	Besart Ibraimi (11 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 on 18 May 2025.

Struga were the defending champions, having won their second title in 2023–24.

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) 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

Besa	AP Brera	KF Shkëndija	Rabotnichki	Sileks
Gostivar City Stadium	Blagoj Istatov Stadium UEFA	Ecolog Arena	National Arena Toše Proeski UEFA	Kratovo City Stadium
Capacity: 1,000	Capacity: 9,200	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 36,400	Capacity: 1,800
Pelister	Skopje AP Brera Besa Gostivar Pelister KF 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				Gradska Plaža Stadium
Capacity: 9,100				Capacity: 2,000
Voska Sport	Tikvesh	Vardar	Shkupi	Gostivar
SRC Biljanini Izvori Stadium	Kavadarci City Stadium	City Park Stadium UEFA	Čair Stadium	Boris Trajkovski Stadium
Capacity: 3,980	Capacity: 7,500	Capacity: 36,400	Capacity: 4,500	Capacity: 3,000

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	Toni Atanasov	Martin Gjorgievski	Sportika SA	Mozzart
Besa	Gorazd Mihajlov	Armend Alimi	Jako	Global Immobilien
Gostivar	Mert Nobre	Alper Potuk	Nike
Pelister	Srgjan Zaharievski	Mirko Ivanovski	Joma
Rabotnichki	Goran Stanić	Egzon Belica	Joma
Shkëndija	Jeton Bekjiri	Besart Ibraimi	Macron	Ecolog
Shkupi	Alparslan Erdem	Hamza Ramani	Reaction	Alagoz Holding
Sileks	Aleksandar Vasoski	Ivan Šubert	Macron	Sileks
Struga	Ilčo Gjorgioski	Bunjamin Shabani	Macron	Trim & Lum
Tikvesh	Gjorgji Mojsov	Aleksandar Varelovski	Joma	Klimi.mk, Sinalco
Vardar	Goce Sedloski	Goran Zakarić	Joma
Voska Sport	Klodian Arbëri	Agon Hani	Joma	Nefi Ik

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shkëndija	25	15	8	2	41	20	+21	53	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Sileks	25	14	7	4	42	16	+26	49	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3	Rabotnički	25	13	9	3	30	13	+17	48
4	Gostivar	25	11	11	3	31	15	+16	44
5	Struga	25	11	6	8	30	30	0	39
6	Shkupi	25	9	5	11	35	32	+3	32
7	Pelister	25	7	8	10	15	26	−11	29
8	Vardar	25	6	7	12	23	34	−11	25
9	Tikvesh	25	4	10	11	13	24	−11	22
10	Voska Sport	25	5	7	13	24	39	−15	22	Qualification for the Macedonian First Football League play-off
11	AP Brera	25	5	6	14	26	43	−17	21	Relegation to the Macedonian Second League
12	Besa	25	5	6	14	20	38	−18	21

Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2025. 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:

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	0–1	4–0	1–3	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	—	—	—	—		—		0–2	—	—
Besa	0–1	—	0–0	2–3	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–5	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–0		—		—	—		—	—	3–2	—	—
Gostivar	4–1	1–1	—	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	—	—					—	—	—	—	0–2
Pelister	0–0	1–0	1–1	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0			—	—	—	—	—	—	—		1–3
Rabotnički	1–1	4–1	1–0	3–0	—	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	1–0	—	1–0	—		—	—	—			1–0		—
Shkëndija	4–3	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	—	2–0	4–2	1–1	1–0	4–0	5–1	2–1	—	—	1–0		—			—	—	—
Shkupi	3–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	—	0–2	3–1	3–1	3–0	3–3	—	2–3	—	0–1		—	—		—			—
Sileks	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	—	3–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	—				—	—	—	—		1–1	1–1	—
Struga	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–3	1–4	—	1–0	0–2	2–1		—			—		0–0	—	—	—	—	1–0
Tikvesh	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	—	0–3	2–1			2–1	—	—		—	—		—	—	—
Vardar	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	3–2	0–1	1–4	1–1	—	1–3	—			—	—	1–1	—	—			—	—
Voska Sport	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	3–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	—	—	—	—	—	1–1	—			—			—

Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2025. Source: MacedonianFootball.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 1 April 2025.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Besart Ibraimi	Shkëndija	13
2	Adi Alić	Sileks	10
3	Marko Gjorgjievski	Sileks	9
	Đorđe Ivković	AP Brera
	Lanre Kehinde	Struga
6	Atdhe Mazari	Rabotnichki	8
7	Darko Dodev	Sileks	7
	Ali Reghba	Rabotnichki
9	Fiton Ademi	Shkëndija	6
	Abdulhadi Jahja	Voska Sport
	Rogers Mato	Vardar
	Clinton Osei	Voska Sport
	Florent Ramadani	Shkëndija
	Marko Simonovski	Gostivar
	Ediz Spahiu	Tikvesh & Vardar
	Goran Zakarić	Vardar

See also

• 2024–25 Macedonian Football Cup
• 2024–25 Macedonian Second Football League

External links

• Football Federation of Macedonia (in Macedonian)
• MacedonianFootball.com (in Macedonian and English)