2000–01 Macedonian First Football League

The 2000–01 Macedonian First League was the 9th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. The first matches of the season were played on 20 August 2000 and the last on 27 May 2001. Sloga Jugomagnat defended their championship title, having won their third title in a row. Due to the change of the league structure (the league was reduced to 12 clubs from the following season), the bottom four teams were relegated.

Macedonian First League
Season2000–01
Dates20 August 2000 –
27 May 2001
ChampionsSloga Jugomagnat
3rd domestic title
RelegatedSasa
Shkëndija
Borec
Tikvesh
Champions LeagueSloga Jugomagnat
UEFA CupVardar
Pelister
Intertoto CupPobeda
Matches played182
Goals scored595 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorerArgjend Beqiri
(27 goals)
Biggest home winBelasica 10–0 Borec
Biggest away winTikvesh 0–7 Pelister
Highest scoringBelasica 10–0 Borec

Promotion and relegation
At the start of the 2000–01 season

Promoted from 1999–2000 Second League

Relegated to 2000–01 Second League
At the end of the 2000–01 season

Promoted from 2000–01 Second League

Relegated to 2001–02 Second League

Participating teams
Location of teams in 2000–01 Macedonian First League
Club City Stadium
Belasica Geras Cunev Strumica Stadion Mladost
Borec MHK Veles Gradski stadion Veles
Cementarnica 55 Skopje Stadion Cementarnica
Makedonija Asiba Skopje Stadion Gjorche Petrov
Osogovo Kochani Stadion Nikola Mantov
Pelister Bitola Stadion Tumbe Kafe
Pobeda Prilep Stadion Goce Delchev
Rabotnichki Kometal Skopje Gradski stadion Skopje
Sasa Makedonska Kamenica Gradski stadion Makedonska Kamenica
Shkëndija HB Tetovo Gradski stadion Tetovo
Sileks Kratovo Stadion Sileks
Sloga Jugomagnat Skopje Chair Stadium
Tikvesh Kavadarci Gradski stadion Kavadarci
Vardar Skopje Gradski stadion Skopje

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sloga Jugomagnat (C) 26 20 3 3 61 15 +46 63[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Vardar 26 20 3 3 52 16 +36 63[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Pobeda 26 18 2 6 64 27 +37 56 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
4 Belasica 26 17 4 5 56 22 +34 55
5 Sileks 26 14 1 11 52 40 +12 43
6 Rabotnichki Kometal 26 12 3 11 43 36 +7 39
7 Cementarnica 55 26 11 3 12 38 31 +7 36
8 Pelister 26 10 4 12 41 38 +3 34[lower-alpha 2] Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 3]
9 Osogovo 26 10 4 12 39 42 −3 34[lower-alpha 2]
10 Makedonija 26 9 4 13 46 42 +4 31
11 Sasa (R) 26 8 5 13 39 47 −8 29 Relegation to the Macedonian Second League
12 Shkëndija (R) 26 9 1 16 34 49 −15 28
13 Borec (R) 26 4 1 21 18 80 −62 13
14 Tikvesh (R) 26 1 0 25 12 110 −98 3
Source: MacedonianFootball.com, RSSSF.org
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).
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Vardar–Sloga Jugomagnat 0–0, Sloga Jugomagnat–Vardar 2–0.
  2. Head-to-head record: Pelister–Osogovo 4–1, Osogovo–Pelister 1–0.
  3. Pelister qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round by winning the 2000–01 Macedonian Football Cup.

Results
Home \ Away BEL BOR CEM MGP OSO PEL POB RAB SAS SKE SIL SLO TIK VAR
Belasica — 10–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–3 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 4–0 0–1
Borec 2–4 — 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–4 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 0–2 0–2
Cementarnica 55 0–3 6–0 — 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 6–0 2–3
Makedonija 2–3 7–1 1–0 — 3–0 1–1 1–5 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–4 6–0 2–3
Osogovo 0–0 4–0 3–2 3–3 — 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 4–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 1–2
Pelister 0–2 5–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 — 0–1 0–0 3–2 4–1 3–1 0–2 2–0 0–1
Pobeda 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 7–2 3–1 — 3–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 3–0
Rabotnichki 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 3–2 3–2 2–0 — 1–0 5–0 2–3 0–2 4–1 2–3
Sasa 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–2 — 5–1 0–2 0–4 6–0 0–0
Shkëndija 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–1 — 3–2 1–2 6–0 0–2
Sileks 2–1 4–0 4–1 4–2 1–2 4–0 4–1 2–0 4–3 2–0 — 0–3 2–0 0–1
Sloga Jugomagnat 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 4–1 0–1 2–2 — 7–2 2–0
Tikvesh 0–6 1–4 0–2 0–4 0–3 0–7 1–7 0–4 2–3 1–5 1–4 0–4 — 0–4
Vardar 1–2 7–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 —
Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Match awarded

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 North Macedonia Argjend Beqiri Sloga Jugomagnat 27
2 Bulgaria Mario Petkov Makedonija G.P. 19
3 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubiša Nikolić Belasica 16
4 North Macedonia Sasho Krstev Pobeda 13
5 North Macedonia Nikolche Zdravevski Pobeda 12
North Macedonia Vancho Micevski Pelister
North Macedonia Ahmet Ahmetović Sileks
9 North Macedonia Miroslav Gjokić Pobeda 11
North Macedonia Zoran Miserdovski Vardar

Source: Soccerbot.com

See also
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