Overview of Round 11 in the Third Leagues

Akademija Pandev - Plachkovica; photo: RadovishNewsThis round put an end to the first half of the season in the third leagues, although it is possible that one or two more rounds may be played, depending on the weather.

After the completion of 11 rounds, most of the five third leagues are pretty tight. In the East, the top two sides, Plachkovica and Akademija Pandev, faced off on Sunday. However, there was no change in the standings since the match ended 2:2. Plachkovica is no longer perfect as they dropped their first two points. They now have ten wins and one draw after eleven rounds, leading Akademija Pandev by two points.

The lone team with the maximum number of points is Vardar from Negotino in the South. They have won all eleven games so far, leading their closest challenger by six points.

The South-West has three teams, Mogila, Veleshta and Labunishta, close to each other. That looks like it will be the most interesting league in the spring. The West has Skenderbeu and Vardari sharing the top spot with Napredok four points behind them. Meanwhile, in the North, Lokomotiva and Goblen Junior will likely battle for first place after third ranked Kadino started losing some momentum following a bright start to the season.

Ovche Pole - Karbinci; photo: FK Ovche PoleEast:

Sasa – Bregalnica Golak 0:1
Belasica – Babi 5:0
Akademija Pandev – Plachkovica 2:2
Napredok (R) – Sloga 1934 5:1
Rabotnik Djumajlija – Osogovo 3:0
Ovche Pole – Karbinci 5:2

MP W D L +/- P
Plachkovica 11 10 1 0 34:6 31 play-off
Akademija Pandev 11 9 2 0 35:3 29
Belasica 11 7 2 2 31:8 23
Ovche Pole 11 7 2 2 19:11 23
Bregalnica Golak 11 5 3 3 11:10 18
Rabotnik Djumajlija 11 5 1 5 17:15 16
Napredok (R) 11 4 2 5 24:23 14
Osogovo 11 3 2 6 15:19 11
Babi 11 3 1 7 8:25 10
Sloga 1934 11 1 3 7 15:31 6
Sasa 11 0 3 8 8:26 3 relegation
Karbinci 11 1 0 10 8:48 3 relegation

Pobeda (V) - Tikvesh; photo FK Pobeda ValandovoSouth:

Zorbas-Pobeda – Dojransko Ezero 6:5
Pobeda (V) – Tikvesh 2:1
11 Oktomvri – Prevalec 2:1
Partizan – Mlekar 4:1
Borec – Vardar (N) 1:2
Golemo Konjari – Mladost (U) 3:2

MP W D L +/- P
Vardar (N) 11 11 0 0 38:5 33 play-off
Pobeda (V) 11 9 0 2 31:11 27
Tikvesh 11 6 2 3 22:15 20
Dojransko Ezero 11 6 1 4 33:22 19
11 Oktomvri 11 5 2 4 16:15 17
Prevalec 11 4 4 3 21:15 16
Zorbas-Pobeda 11 4 2 5 25:27 14
Partizan 11 4 1 6 17:30 13
Borec 11 3 3 5 21:15 12 (relegation)
Golemo Konjari 11 3 0 8 16:37 9 (relegation)
Mladost (U) 11 2 0 9 14:34 6 relegation
Mlekar 11 1 1 9 6:35 4 relegation

South-West:

Novaci – Labunishta 2:0
Korabi – Vlaznimi 3:0
Mogila – Liria (G) 4:1
Kravari – Karaorman 3:0 awarded*
Prespa – Poeshevo 5:3
Veleshta – Flamurtari (R) 1:0

*The visitors didn’t show up.

MP W D L +/- P
Mogila 11 7 3 1 22:7 24 play-off
Veleshta 11 8 0 3 22:19 24
Labunishta 11 7 2 2 25:11 23
Novaci 11 5 4 2 16:10 19
Flamurtari (R) 11 6 0 5 22:12 18
Prespa 11 5 1 5 24:16 16
Vlaznimi 11 4 3 4 24:15 15
Kravari 11 4 2 5 14:19 14
Korabi 11 4 1 6 17:26 13
Karaorman 11 4 0 7 17:24 12 (relegation)
Liria (G) 11 2 3 6 14:29 9 relegation
Poeshevo 11 0 1 10 20:48 1 relegation

Vardari's players after their great run; photo KF VardariWest:

Flamurtari (D) – Zajazi 1:1
Tearca – Bratstvo (L) 1:2
Napredok – Gradec 7:0
Vardari – Rechica (GR) 5:1
Drita – Arsimi 3:2
Skenderbeu – Kamjani 3:2

MP W D L +/- P
Skenderbeu 11 8 2 1 30:15 26 play-off
Vardari 11 8 2 1 26:11 26
Napredok 11 7 1 3 36:13 22
Zajazi 11 6 2 3 29:17 17 -3
Rechica (GR) 11 5 2 4 21:25 17
Kamjani 11 4 1 6 20:20 13
Drita 11 5 0 6 16:21 12 -3
Arsimi 11 3 2 6 14:27 11
Gradec 11 3 2 6 12:28 11 (relegation)
Tearca 11 3 1 7 17:24 10 (relegation)
Flamurtari (D) 11 3 1 7 15:22 10 relegation
Bratstvo (L) 11 3 0 8 17:29 9 relegation

*Zajazi has been deducted 3 points for not playing the return leg of last season’s play-off for promotion to the Second League.
*Drita has been deducted 3 points for not playing a Round of 32 game in the Macedonian Cup.

North:

Fortuna – Lokomotiva 2:3
Goblen Junior – Rashtak 5:2
Goce Delchev – Kadino 3:2
Volkovo – Madjari Solidarnost 0:1
Lepenec – Ilinden (S) 1:2
Besa-Vlazrimi – Slavija 4:3

MP W D L +/- P
Lokomotiva 11 10 0 1 33:6 30 play-off
Goblen Junior 11 9 1 1 43:6 28
Kadino (S) 11 8 1 2 28:14 25
Madjari Solidarnost 11 7 0 4 20:18 21
Goce Delchev SP 11 6 1 4 19:25 19
Fortuna 11 5 0 6 20:18 15
Volkovo 11 4 2 5 13:21 14
Ilinden (S) 11 4 1 6 19:20 13
Rashtak 11 3 2 6 19:23 11 (relegation)
Slavija 11 2 1 8 10:30 7 (relegation)
Lepenec 11 2 1 8 11:29 4 relegation -3
Besa-Vlazrimi 11 1 0 10 12:38 3 relegation

*Lepenec has been deducted 3 points for not playing the Round 2 game against Lokomotiva.

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