The 2016–17 Macedonian First League was the 25th season of the
Macedonian First Football League
The Macedonian First Football League ( mk, Прва македонска фудбалска лига, ''Prva Мakedonska Fudbalska Liga''), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competitio ...
, the highest
football
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league of
Macedonia. The fixtures were announced on 25 July 2016.
It began on 7 August 2016 and ended on 31 May 2017 with a winter break which began on 4 December 2016 and ended on 19 February 2017. From that season the format was changed which will each team be played the other sides four times on home-away basis, for a total of 36 matches each instead of play-off and play-out after 27th round.
The league will be contested by 10 teams.
Vardar
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are the defending champions, having won their ninth title in
2015–16.
Promotion and relegation
1 Mladost Carev Dvor was declined their participation from the Second League due to financial problems.
Participating teams
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA
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eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
League table
Results
Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league twice, for a total of 36 matches each.
Matches 1–18
Matches 19–36
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
Relegation play-offs
First leg
Second leg
''Shkupi won 7–2 on aggregate.''
Season statistics
Top scorers
See also
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2016–17 Macedonian Football Cup
The 2016–17 Macedonian Football Cup was the 25th season of Macedonia's football knockout competition. Shkëndija are the defending champions, having won their first title in the previous year.
Competition calendar
First round
The matches ...
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2016–17 Macedonian Second Football League
The 2016–17 Macedonian Second Football League was the 25th season of the Macedonian Second Football League
The Macedonian Second Football League ( mk, Втора македонска Фудбалска Лига, ''Vtora Makedonska Fudbalska L ...
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2016–17 Macedonian Third Football League
References
External links
Football Federation of MacedoniaMacedonianFootball.com
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