2023–24 Macedonian Second Football League

Macedonian Second League
Season	2023–24
Champions	Besa
Promoted	Besa; Pelister
Relegated	Karaorman
Matches played	160
Goals scored	403 (2.52 per match)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Macedonian Second Football League is the 32nd season of the Macedonian Second Football League, the second division in the Macedonian football league system. This is 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]

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 qualify for the Macedonian Second Football League play-off. The bottom two teams (Karaorman and one other) are relegated to the 2024–25 Macedonian Third Football League.

Participating teams[edit]

Location of teams in 2023–24 Macedonian Second League

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[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Besa (C, P)	29	23	5	1	67	10	+57	74	Promotion to the Macedonian First League
2	Pelister (P)	29	22	4	3	57	14	+43	70	Promotion to the Macedonian First League
3	Detonit Plachkovica (Q)	29	17	6	6	40	18	+22	57	Qualification for the Macedonian First Football League play-off
4	Arsimi	29	15	6	8	53	30	+23	51
5	Vardar Negotino	29	12	6	11	32	30	+2	42^[a]
6	Ohrid	29	12	6	11	33	32	+1	42^[a]
7	Skopje	29	11	8	10	28	28	0	41
8	Belasica	29	10	9	10	37	31	+6	39^[b]
9	Bashkimi	29	11	6	12	28	40	−12	39^[b]
10	Kozhuf	29	11	5	13	33	34	−1	38
11	Novaci	29	9	4	16	37	48	−11	31
12	Pobeda	29	6	10	13	27	40	−13	28
13	Osogovo	29	7	6	16	31	54	−23	27^[c]
14	Teteks	29	7	6	16	32	59	−27	27^[c]	Qualification for the Macedonian Second Football League play-off
15	Sasa	29	6	8	15	32	49	−17	26	Relegation to the Macedonian Third League
16	Karaorman (R)	29	4	3	22	19	69	−50	15	Relegation to the Macedonian Third League

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2024. 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; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head away goals scored: Vardar Negotino 3, Ohrid 1.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Belasica 4, Bashkimi 1.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head goal difference: Osogovo +3, Teteks -3.

Results[edit]

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		1–1
Belasica		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	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		1–1	3–2
Ohrid	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–0		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	—		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		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
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	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2024. Source: MacedonianFootball.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers[edit]

As of 4 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	Pelister
6	Sasho Dukov	Sasa	10
6	Blagoja Ljamchevski	Pelister	10
8	Ajradin Cuculi	Arsimi	9
	Stefan Jovanovski	Novaci
	Ive Trifunovski	Novaci

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Football Federation of Macedonia (in Macedonian and English)
MacedonianFootball.com (in English)

[table_hth_VRN0.74401448934526-2] Head-to-head away goals scored: Vardar Negotino 3, Ohrid 1.

[table_hth_BEL0.74401448934526-3] Head-to-head points: Belasica 4, Bashkimi 1.

[table_hth_OSO0.74401448934526-4] Head-to-head goal difference: Osogovo +3, Teteks -3.

[1] "Закажан термин за ждрепката за ВМФЛ и Купот на Македонија" (in Macedonian). Gol.mk. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[rules-5] "Пропозиции за натпреварување во Втора МФЛ Исток и Втора МФЛ Запад" (PDF). FFM.mk. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

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