1999–2000 Macedonian First Football League

The 1999–2000 Macedonian First League was the 8th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. The first matches of the season were played on 15 August 1999 and the last on 28 May 2000. Sloga Jugomagnat defended their championship title, having won their second title in a row.

Macedonian First League

Season	1999–2000
Dates	15 August 1999 – 28 May 2000
Champions	Sloga Jugomagnat 2nd domestic title
Relegated	Napredok Kumanovo
Champions League	Sloga Jugomagnat
UEFA Cup	Pobeda Rabotnichki
Intertoto Cup	Pelister
Matches played	182
Goals scored	524 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Argjend Beqiri (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Napredok 10–0 Kumanovo
Biggest away win	Kumanovo 0–8 Vardar Napredok 0–8 Pobeda
Highest scoring	Napredok 10–0 Kumanovo
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Promotion and relegation

At the start of the 1999–2000 season Promoted from 1998–99 Second League Napredok (Winners; West) Kumanovo (Winners; East) Relegated to 2000–01 Second League Skopje (13th) Balkan BISI (14th)

At the end of the 1999–2000 season Promoted from 1999–2000 Second League Shkëndija HB (Winners; West) Belasica (Winners; East) Relegated to 2000–01 Second League Napredok (13th) Kumanovo (14th)

Participating teams

Skopje

Borec

Pelister

Kumanovo

Napredok

Pobeda

Osogovo

Sasa

Sileks

Tikvesh

Skopje clubs:

Cementarnica
Makedonija
Rabotnichki
Sloga Jugomagnat
Vardar

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Location of teams in 1999–2000 Macedonian First League

Club	City	Stadium
Borec MHK	Veles	Gradski stadion Veles
Cementarnica 55	Skopje	Stadion Cementarnica
Kumanovo	Kumanovo	Gradski stadion Kumanovo
Makedonija Asiba	Skopje	Stadion Gjorche Petrov
Napredok	Kichevo	Gradski stadion Kichevo
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	Gradski stadion Kratovo
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	18	7	1	55	13	+42	61	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Pobeda	26	15	7	4	57	23	+34	52	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Rabotnichki Kometal	26	16	2	8	41	26	+15	50
4	Pelister	26	14	5	7	48	30	+18	47	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5	Cementarnica 55	26	14	5	7	43	29	+14	47
6	Sileks	26	11	7	8	43	29	+14	40
7	Makedonija	26	10	6	10	29	28	+1	36
8	Tikvesh	26	9	4	13	37	54	−17	31
9	Borec	26	8	6	12	30	42	−12	30
10	Vardar	26	7	8	11	39	38	+1	29
11	Sasa	26	7	7	12	22	34	−12	28
12	Osogovo	26	7	5	14	34	53	−19	26
13	Napredok (R)	26	4	8	14	30	48	−18	20	Relegation to the Macedonian Second League
14	Kumanovo (R)	26	2	3	21	16	77	−61	9

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

Results

Home \ Away	BOR	CEM	KUM	MGP	NAP	OSO	PEL	POB	RAB	SAS	SIL	SLO	TIK	VAR
Borec	—	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	4–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	5–1	1–1
Cementarnica 55	3–1	—	1–0	2–1	4–0	4–0	3–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0
Kumanovo	0–3	0–0	—	0–1	2–2	3–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	0–3	0–8
Makedonija	0–0	0–2	4–1	—	1–0	2–0	1–2	3–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	3–1
Napredok	3–0	0–1	10–0	0–1	—	1–1	3–3	0–8	1–0	2–0	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–2
Osogovo	2–1	1–4	3–0	2–2	3–1	—	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	4–1	1–0
Pelister	3–0	5–1	4–0	2–0	4–1	3–1	—	2–2	1–0	3–1	3–0	0–2	1–0	1–1
Pobeda	2–0	3–1	6–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	—	3–4	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	5–2
Rabotnichki	1–0	3–0	4–0	3–0	4–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	—	0–2	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–1
Sasa	0–1	1–0	5–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	—	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–2
Sileks	6–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	4–2	2–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	—	4–0	5–0	2–1
Sloga Jugomagnat	4–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	4–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	—	6–1	2–0
Tikvesh	2–1	1–4	3–2	2–1	0–0	5–3	2–0	1–3	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–3	—	2–0
Vardar	1–1	1–4	4–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	3–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	—

Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Argjend Beqiri	Sloga Jugomagnat	19
2	Dejan Ristovski	Cementarnica	16
3	Dejvi Glavevski	Pelister	13
	Nikolche Zdravevski	Pobeda
5	Antonio Tasev	Tikvesh	12
6	Toni Micevski	Pelister	11
7	Zhanko Savov	Cementarnica	10
	Goran Petreski	Vardar
	Zoran Miserdovski	Sloga Jugomagnat
	Dragan Dimitrovski	Tikvesh

Source: Top15goalscorers.blogspot.com

See also

• 1999–2000 Macedonian Football Cup
• 1999–2000 Macedonian Second Football League

External links

• Macedonia - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• Football Federation of Macedonia