2023–24 Macedonian Second Football League

The 2023–24 Macedonian Second Football League was the 32nd season of the Macedonian Second Football League, the second division in the Macedonian football league system. This was the second season since the league was returned to the united league format, for the first time since 2016–17 season. The season began on 12 August 2023.[1]

Macedonian Second League
Season2023–24
ChampionsBesa
PromotedBesa
Pelister
RelegatedKaraorman
Teteks
Matches played160
Goals scored403 (2.52 per match)

The winners (Besa) and runners-up (Pelister) were promoted to the 2024–25 Macedonian First Football League. The third-placed team (Detonit Plachkovica) qualified for the Macedonian First Football League play-off. The fourteenth-placed team (Pobeda) qualified for the Macedonian Second Football League play-off. The bottom two teams (Teteks and Karaorman) were relegated to the 2024–25 Macedonian Third Football League.

Participating teams

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Club City Stadium Capacity
Arsimi Chegrane Stadion Chegrane
Bashkimi Kumanovo KF Bashkimi Stadium 3,500
Belasica Strumica Stadion Blagoj Istatov 6,500
Besa Dobri Dol Global Arena 4,000
Detonit Plachkovica Radovish Gradski stadion Radovish 2,000
Karaorman Struga Stadion Gradska Plaža 2,500
Kozhuf Gevgelija Gradski stadion Gevgelija 1,400
Novaci Novaci Stadion Novaci 500
Ohrid Ohrid SRC Biljanini Izvori 3,000
Osogovo Kochani Stadion Nikola Mantov 5,000
Pelister Bitola Stadion Petar Miloševski 9,100
Pobeda Prilep Stadion Goce Delchev 15,000
Sasa Makedonska Kamenica Gradski stadion M. Kamenica 5,000
Skopje Skopje Stadion Zhelezarnica 3,000
Teteks Tetovo AMS Sportski Centar Tetovo 2,000
Vardar Negotino Negotino Cvaj Arena 1,500

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Besa (C, P) 30 24 5 1 72 11 +61 77 Promotion to the Macedonian First League
2 Pelister (P) 30 22 4 4 57 17 +40 70
3 Detonit Plachkovica 30 18 6 6 42 18 +24 60 Qualification for the Macedonian First Football League play-off
4 Arsimi 30 15 6 9 54 32 +22 51
5 Ohrid 30 13 6 11 35 32 +3 45
6 Vardar Negotino 30 12 6 12 35 35 0 42[a]
7 Belasica 30 11 9 10 39 32 +7 42[a]
8 Bashkimi 30 12 6 12 29 40 −11 42[a]
9 Skopje 30 11 8 11 29 30 −1 41
10 Kozhuf 30 11 5 14 33 36 −3 38
11 Novaci 30 10 4 16 39 49 −10 34
12 Osogovo 30 8 6 16 34 54 −20 30
13 Sasa 30 7 8 15 37 52 −15 29
14 Pobeda (O) 30 6 10 14 28 45 −17 28 Qualification for the Macedonian Second Football League play-off
15 Teteks (R) 30 7 6 17 32 60 −28 27 Relegation to the Macedonian Third League
16 Karaorman (R) 30 4 3 23 19 71 −52 15
Source: MacedonianFootball.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Vardar Negotino 10, Belasica 5, Bashkimi 2.

Results

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Home \ Away ARS BAS BEL BES DPL KAR KOZ NOV OHR OSO PEL POB SAS SKO TET VRN
Arsimi 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 8–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–0
Bashkimi 1–2 0–3 0–3 1–0 5–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1
Belasica 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0
Besa 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 3–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 4–1
Detonit Plachkovica 1–0 7–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Karaorman 0–6 1–2 0–4 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 1–4 0–2 0–3 0–1 1–4 2–0
Kozhuf 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 3–2 4–2 3–4 0–1
Novaci 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–4 0–1 6–0 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–3 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–2
Ohrid 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 5–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–3
Osogovo 1–1 2–3 3–1 0–4 1–3 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–3 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–2
Pelister 3–0 4–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 4–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 3–1
Pobeda 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–5 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 5–1 1–1
Sasa 2–3 1–0 2–4 0–3 1–3 2–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 5–3
Skopje 1–0 3–1 2–2 0–0 1–4 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0
Teteks 4–6 0–0 1–2 0–7 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 2–0 1–2
Vardar Negotino 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 0–0
Source: MacedonianFootball.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Macedonian Second Football League play-off

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The fourteenth-placed team (Pobeda) qualified for the Macedonian Second Football League play-off alongside the five group winners from the 2023–24 Macedonian Third Football League (Borec, Korabi Debar, Kumanovo, Vardarski, and Vëllazërimi J 1977). The six teams were randomly drawn against each other for the final three places in the 2024–25 Macedonian Second Football League.

Vardarski3–2Korabi
  • A. Stojanov   8', 29'
  • Tanov   72'
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  • Mucha   17'
  • Lleshi   63'

Pobeda2–1Kumanovo
  • Debreshlioski   62'
  • Sharkoski   71'
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  • Desnikj   73'

Vëllazërimi J 19772–3Borec
  • Imeri   8'
  • Adili   30'
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  • P. Stojanov   26', 57'
  • Jordanovski   78'

Top scorers

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As of 20 May 2024.
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Izair Emini Besa 14
2   Mario Stankovski Teteks 13
3   Fiton Ademi Besa 12
  Simeon Hristov Pelister
  Bojan Spirkoski
6   Sasho Dukov Sasa 10
  Stefan Jovanovski Novaci
  Blagoja Ljamchevski Pelister
  Toshe Manov Osogovo
10   Ajradin Cuculi Arsimi 9
  Emran Ramadani
  Ive Trifunovski Novaci

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Закажан термин за ждрепката за ВМФЛ и Купот на Македонија" (in Macedonian). Gol.mk. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Пропозиции за натпреварување во Втора МФЛ Исток и Втора МФЛ Запад" (PDF). FFM.mk. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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