Macedonian First League
Founded1992
Country North Macedonia
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1
Domestic cup(s)Macedonian Cup
Current championsMZT Skopje (10th title)
Most championshipsRabotnički (15 titles)
CEOPero Antić
TV partnersMRT
Websitemkf.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 in to 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

Macedonian First League (basketball) is located in North Macedonia
MZT Skopje Rabotnicki Feniks 2010 TFT Mozzart Cair 2030
EuroNickel
Strumica
Kumanovo
Pelister
Kozuv
Gostivar
Location of teams in the 2021–22 Macedonian First League

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

Team Home City Arena Colour Coach
Akademija FMP Skopje Nezavisna Makedonija    
Strumica Strumica Sport Hall Mladost    
EuroNickel 2005 Kavadarci Jasmin    
Gostivar 2015 Gostivar Mladost Gostivar    
Kožuv Gevgelija 26-ti April    
Kumanovo 2009 Kumanovo Sports Hall Kumanovo    
MZT Skopje Aerodrom Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena    
Cair 2030 Skopje Sport Hall Shaban Trstena    
Pelister Bitola Sports Hall Mladost    
Rabotnički Skopje Gradski Park    
TFT Mozzart Skopje Forza Sport Center    
Feniks 2010 Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena    
Teams that play in the 2022–23 ABA League First Division
Teams that play in the 2022–23 Second Adriatic League

Champions

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

Performance by club

Club Winner Year Runner up Year
Rabotnički 15 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2018 5 2000, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2019
MZT Skopje Aerodrom 10 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 7 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2018
Feni Industries 3 2008, 2010, 2011 2 2009, 2012
Strumica 2005 1 2007 2 2003, 2008
Nikol Fert Gostivar 1 2000 / /
Kumanovo / / 3 2002, 2015, 2016
Vardar / / 2 2005, 2006
Kočani Delikates / / 2 1994, 1995
Pelister / / 2 2022, 2023
Karpoš Sokoli / / 1 2017
Kožuv / / 1 2013
Vardar Osiguruvanje / / 1 2010
Žito Vardar / / 1 1997

Players with three or more titles

Note: This table is incomplete

Titles Player Seasons
10 Marjan Gjurov 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011
Ognen Stojanovski 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
9 Goran Veselinovski 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009
Goran Samardziev 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011
Gjorgji Čekovski 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018
8 Toni Simić 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009
Damjan Stojanovski 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
7 Jordančo Davitkov 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000
Srdjan Stanković 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005
Gjorgi Kočov 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012
6 Dejan Jovanovski 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2006
5 Gjorgje Vojnović 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
Emil Rajković 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002
Kiril Pavlovski 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
Aleksandar Dimitrovski 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009
Bojan Trajkovski 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010
Dime Tasovski 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011
Todor Gečevski 2000, 2004, 2012, 2013, 2014
Ljubomir Mladenovski 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
4 Dušan Bocevski 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
Pero Blazevski 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998
Bojan Krstevski 2009, 2018, 2021, 2022
Gorjan Markovski 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Kiril Nikolovski 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018
3 Riste Stefanov 2003, 2004, 2005
Dejan Vegov 2003, 2005, 2006
Slobodan Mihajlovski 2008, 2010, 2011
Toni Grnčarov 2007, 2009, 2012
Eftim Bogoev 2007, 2010, 2013
Adem Mekić 2015, 2016, 2017
Darko Sokolov 2010, 2011, 2019
Marko Simonovski 2015, 2017, 2019

References

  1. ^ "Macedonia - List of First League Champions". basketball.org.mk. Retrieved 24 April 2012.

External links

Macedonian First League
Basketball in North Macedonia
International men's basketball
Men's basketball leagues
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