The Macedonian second division is looking forward to its 33rd season. For that occasion FFM today made the draw for the fixtures as the league will kick-off on Saturday, August 16.
photo by MacedonianFootball: the draw
The format stays the same as last season – 16 clubs will compete with 4 newcomers: Makedonija GjP and Bregalnica got relegated from the top flight, while Vardarski and Borec won the play-offs and got promoted. The top two teams will earn promotion to the 1.MFL season 2025/26 with the 3rd-placed team entering a one leg play-off match against the 10th-place of the top flight. The bottom two will be relegated with the 14th-placed entering a play-off against one of the five 3.MFL winners.
The pairs for the opening round are:
Osogovo vs. Vardar (N)
Skopje vs. Vardarski
Kozhuf vs. Sasa
Det. Plachkovica vs. Novaci
Bregalnica vs. Pobeda
Borec vs. Bashkimi 1947
Makedonija GjP vs. Ohrid Lychnidos
Arsimi vs. Belasica
There will be 30 rounds (15 for each half-season). The season kicks-off on August 17 2024 and will end on May 17 2025.
FFM shortly after the draw published the full seasonal schedule which can be viewed here in XLS (in Macedonian) or here at our site (in English).
Vardarski from Bogdanci comes back to this level after astonishing 27 years. They last played in the second flight in the season 1996/97 when they got relegated. Borec came back just one season after got relegated. Bregalnica enters the second league after spending 3 consecutive seasons in the elite, while Makedonija GjP after 6 seasons in the top flight.