1998–99 Macedonian First Football League

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Macedonian First League
Season1998–99
Dates9 August 1998 –
29 May 1999
ChampionsSloga Jugomagnat
1st domestic title
RelegatedSkopje
Balkan
Champions LeagueSloga Jugomagnat
UEFA CupSileks
Vardar
Intertoto CupPobeda
Cementarnica
Matches played182
Goals scored534 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorerRogério Oliveira
(22 goals)
Biggest home winSileks 7–1 Balkan
Pobeda 6–0 Skopje
Sileks 6–0 Skopje
Vardar 6–0 Tikvesh
Borec 6–0 Balkan
Biggest away winPelister 0–5 Sloga
Highest scoringVardar 7–2 Balkan

The 1998–99 Macedonian First League was the 7th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. The first matches of the season were played on 9 August 1998 and the last on 29 May 1999. Sileks were the defending champions, having won their third title in a row. The 1998-99 champions were Sloga Jugomagnat who had won their first title.

Promotion and relegation[edit]

At the start of the 1998–99 season

Promoted from 1997–98 Second League

Relegated to 1998–99 Second League

At the end of the 1998–99 season

Promoted from 1998–99 Second League

Relegated to 1999–2000 Second League

1 Bregalnica Shtip was removed from the league after the round 19, due to their absence in a scheduled match against Sloga Jugomagnat. Their matches from round 14 were annulled.

Participating teams[edit]

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Location of teams in 1998–99 Macedonian First League
Club City Stadium
Balkan BISI Skopje Chair Stadium
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
Sileks Kratovo Stadion Sileks
Skopje Skopje Stadion Zhelezarnica
Sloga Jugomagnat Skopje Chair Stadium
Tikvesh Kavadarci Gradski stadion Kavadarci
Vardar Skopje Gradski stadion Skopje

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sloga Jugomagnat (C) 26 19 3 4 41 12 +29 60 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Sileks 26 17 6 3 63 22 +41 57 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Pobeda 26 17 2 7 51 18 +33 53 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
4 Vardar 26 15 4 7 61 32 +29 49 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
5 Cementarnica 55 26 14 2 10 47 37 +10 44 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
6 Makedonija 26 10 7 9 44 40 +4 37
7 Tikvesh 26 10 6 10 34 37 −3 36
8 Borec 26 8 8 10 31 35 −4 32
9 Rabotnichki Kometal 26 9 5 12 38 46 −8 32
10 Pelister 26 7 8 11 30 50 −20 29
11 Sasa 26 7 5 14 28 38 −10 26
12 Osogovo 26 7 4 15 27 47 −20 25
13 Skopje (R) 26 5 2 19 25 59 −34 17 Relegation to the Macedonian Second League
14 Balkan (R) 26 4 4 18 14 61 −47 16
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. ^ Vardar qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round by winning the 1998–99 Macedonian Football Cup.

Results[edit]

Home \ Away BAL BOR CEM MGP OSO PEL POB RAB SAS SIL SKO SLO TIK VAR
Balkan — 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–6 0–4 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0
Borec 6–0 — 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–3 2–0 0–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 3–2
Cementarnica 55 2–0 0–2 — 3–0 1–0 5–3 2–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 4–1 0–1 1–2 3–1
Makedonija 5–0 1–1 1–0 — 1–0 3–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–1 4–2 0–3 5–0 0–3
Osogovo 1–0 2–2 1–2 3–1 — 0–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–4 1–2 0–2
Pelister 0–0 3–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 — 2–2 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–1 0–5 3–3 1–2
Pobeda 2–0 3–0 4–1 2–1 4–1 5–0 — 2–1 5–0 2–0 6–0 2–0 2–1 1–0
Rabotnichki 2–0 0–0 2–4 2–2 3–2 3–1 1–0 — 2–1 0–2 3–2 0–1 1–1 0–1
Sasa 2–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 — 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–3 0–0
Sileks 7–1 1–1 1–0 5–3 4–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 — 6–0 2–0 3–1 4–4
Skopje 2–0 2–0 1–3 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–3 — 0–1 1–0 1–2
Sloga Jugomagnat 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 6–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 — 2–1 1–0
Tikvesh 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 0–4 4–0 0–0 — 1–2
Vardar 7–2 4–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 6–1 5–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 6–0 —
Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Rogério Oliveira Pobeda 22
2 North Macedonia Vancho Trajchev Vardar 14

Source: Top15goalscorers.blogspot.com

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

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