The 2023–24 Macedonian First League was the 32nd season of the

Macedonian First Football League The Macedonian First Football League (), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competition in Macedonia. It is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of ...

, the highest

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league of

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. It began on 6 August 2023 and ended on 18 May 2024.

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were the defending champions, having won their first title in

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. The winners (Struga, their second consecutive title win) qualified for the Champions League first qualifying round. The second-placed team ( Shkendija) and 2023–24 Macedonian Football Cup winners ( Tikvesh) qualified for the Conference League first qualifying round. The tenth-placed team (

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) qualified for the Macedonian First Football League play-off. The bottom two teams (

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and Makedonija G.P.) were relegated to the 2024–25 Macedonian Second Football League.

Promotion and relegation

Participating teams

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

League table

Results

For matches 1–22, each team plays every other team twice (home and away). For matches 23–33, each team plays every other team for the third time (either at home or away). The league standings after matches 22 are used to determine the games for the last 11 matchdays.

Macedonian First Football League play-off

The tenth-placed club (

) faced the third-placed club from the

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 leag ...

( Detonit Plachkovica) for the final place in the following season's Macedonian First Football League.

Season statistics

Top scorers

References

External links

Football Federation of Macedonia

MacedonianFootball.com
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