Today’s play-offs gave three promoted clubs in the 2023/24 season of the Macedonian second league.
photo: Vardar (N) celebrates the promotion
Seems like 13-placed second divisional team Teteks had the easiest job as they recorded a comfortable win over third league East champions Osogovo. The final score of 6:1 says a lot about this match.
North winners Bashkimi 1947 easily outplayed West champion Vlazerimi J and with a 3:0 win got back in the second league after 15 years will play above the third league. In the 2008/09 season Bashkimi forfeited their participation in the top flight and since has been inactive, in the third division or in the fourth.
The last match played in Kichevo was the most exiting, as expected. Novaci was leading against Vardar, but the Negotino based club equalized in the last minute. Later they celebrated on penalties.
Boris Trajkovski stadium in Skopje
Osogovo – Teteks 1:6 (0:3)
Goals: 65′ Dragan Cvetanov – 13′, 75′ Neriton Saliji, 16′, 85′ Mustafa Jusuf, 36′ Trajche Stojkovski, 90’+1 Hristijan Kirovski
Red cards: 81′ Toshe Strojanov (O)
Referee: Igor Ivanov (Veles)
Gradski stadium in Tetovo
Bashkimi 1947 – Vlazerimi J 3:0 (2:0)
Goals: 16′ Sami Aljilji, 23′, 90’+5 Egzon Aziri
Red cards: 90’+5 Egzon Aziri (B)
Referee: Blagojche Ralevski (Bitola)
Gradski stadium in Kichevo
Novaci – Vardar (N) 1:1 (1:0); 2:3 p.s.o.
Goals: 33′ Antonio Stojkovski – 90′ Kiril Nedelkov
Referee: Jovan Kachevski (Struga)
The penalty shoot-out:
Novaci | 2 | 3 |
Vardar (N) |
Hristijan Krklinski | O | O | Petar Najdov |
Stefan Stefanovski | O | X | Darko Nacev |
Vladimir Nedanovski | X | O | Branko Andonov |
Stefan Jovanovski | X | X | Petar Ristovski |
Antonio Stojkovski | X | O | Marjancho Ilov |
Now the losers will enter a draw where two lucky teams will be rewarded with promotion as the second league next season again will have 16 teams.
So far the confirmed participants are:
Skopje (1.MFL relegated after losing play-off)
Pobeda (1.MFL relegated)
Pelister
Det. Plachkovica
Besa 1976
Ohrid
Arsimi
Kozhuf
Belasica
Karaorman
Sasa
Teteks (play-off won)
Bashkimi 1947 (play-off won)
Vardar N. (play-off won)
TBD
TBD