Macedonian Third Football League

Macedonian Third League
Македонска трета лига

Founded	1992
Country	North Macedonia
Confederation	UEFA
Divisions	5
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	2. MFL
Relegation to	Macedonian Municipal Leagues
Domestic cup(s)	Macedonian Football Cup
Current champions	Kumanovo (North) Borec (South) Vardarski (East) Vëllazërimi J 1977 (West) Korabi (Southwest)
Website	ffm.mk
Current: 2024–25 Macedonian Third Football League

The Macedonian Third League (Macedonian: Македонска трета лига) is the third highest football competition in North Macedonia.

In 2019–20, the competition will be divided into five divisions named Third League - North (Трета Лига - Север), Third League - Center (Трета Лига - Центар), Third League - Southeast (Трета Лига - Југоисток), Third League - West (Трета Лига - Запад) and Third League - Southwest (Трета Лига-Југозапад). At the end of the season, the winners of the North, West and Southwest divisions will be play in a play-off for promotion to the Macedonian Second League, while the winners of Center and Southeast divisions will be directly promoted to the Second League. The bottom teams from all divisions are relegated to the Macedonian Municipal Leagues.

Winners

Key

†	Club gained promotion to the unified Second League
^W	Club gained promotion to Second League West
^E	Club gained promotion to Second League East

1992–1994

Season	North	South	East	West
1992–93	Tehnokom Gorno Lisiche ^W	Varosh ^E	Prvi Partizan Turnovo ^E	Pitu Guli ^W
1993–94	Shkëndija ^W	Zheleznichar Bogomila ^E	Plachkovica ^E	Suvenir ^W

1994–2000

Season	North-Polog	Kozjak	South	East	Pelagonia	Lakeside
1994–95	Ilinden Skopje ^W	Rabotnik Djumajlija ^E	Kavadarci ^E	Malesh ^E	Svetlost Kukurechani ^W	Flamurtari Radolishta ^W
1995–96	Jugohrom ^W	Karposh 93 ^E	Gaber ^E	Sloga Vinica ^E	11 Oktomvri ^W	Vevchani ^W
1996–97	Alumina ^W	Ovche Pole ^E	Rosoman 83 ^E	Astibo ^E	Proleter Makedonski Brod ^W	Vlaznimi ^W
1997–98	Gostivar ^W	Besa-Vlazrimi ^E	Udarnik Pirava ^E	Tiverija ^E	Demir Hisar ^W	Veleshta ^W
1998–99	Butel ^W	Karposh 93 ^E	Dojransko Ezero ^E	Belo Brdo ^E	Mariovo ^W	Voska ^W
1999–00	Drita	Mesna Industrija †	Rosoman 83	Mladost GT Orizari †	11 Oktomvri †	Vëllazërimi

2000–2004

Season	North	South	East	Southwest	Also promoted
2000–01	Drita †	Kozhuf †	Turnovo †	Makedonija Vranishta †
2001–02	Madjari Solidarnost †	Pobeda Valandovo †	Bregalnica Shtip †	Vëllazërimi †
2002–03	Skopje †	Metalurg Veles^[1]	Zletovica †	Bratstvo Resen †	Lozar †^[1]
2003–04	Renova †	Vardar Negotino	Mladost Sushica †	Dollogozhda

2004–2017

Season	North	South	East	West	Southwest	Also promoted
2004–05	Metalurg Skopje †	Lozar †	Osogovo	Drita	Karaorman †
2005–06	Milano †	Kozhuf †	Tiverija	Gostivar	Ilinden Velmej †
2006–07	Alumina †	Miravci †	Nov Milenium †	Drita †	Ohrid †	Lokomotiva †^[2]
2007–08	Lepenec	Kozhuf †	Osogovo	Ljuboten	Novaci †
2008–09	Lepenec (A)	11 Oktomvri †	Osogovo	Vëllazërimi †	Vlaznimi †
	Ilinden Skopje (B)
2009–10	Gorno Lisiche (A) †	Tikvesh †	Osogovo	Rinia †	Ohrid Lote †
	Rashtak (B)
2010–11	Treska (A) †	Pobeda Junior †	Osogovo †	Rufeja †	Korabi †
	Madjari Solidarnost (B)
2011–12	Madjari Solidarnost †	Korzo †	Bregalnica Delchevo	Vrapchishte †	Novaci †	Babi †^[3]
2012–13	Shkupi †^[4]	Borec †	Tiverija †	Zajazi †	Korabi
2013–14	Goblen	Vardar Negotino	Belasica	Vëllazërimi †^[5]	Mladost Carev Dvor †
2014–15	Ljubanci 1974 †	Pobeda †	Belasica	Zajazi	Veleshta
2015–16	Goblen	Vardar Negotino †	Akademija Pandev †	Vardari Forino	Novaci †^[6]	Tikvesh †^[7]
2016–17	Lokomotiva ^W	Kozhuf ^E	Belasica ^E	Gostivar ^W	Struga ^W	Borec ^E, Labunishta ^W, Osogovo ^E, Plachkovica ^E, Pobeda Valandovo ^E, Sasa ^E, Zajazi ^W

2017–2020

Season	North	Center	Southeast	East	West	Southwest	Also promoted
2017–18	Goblen ^W	Partizan Obrshani ^E	Detonit Junior ^E	Kit-Go Pehchevo ^E	Genç Kalemler ^W	Korabi ^W	Vardar Negotino ^E
2018–19	Kadino ^W	Pitu Guli ^E	Dojransko Ezero^[8]	Osogovo ^E	Drita ^W	Ohrid ^W	Vardari Forino ^W
2019–20^[10]	Fortuna	Rosoman 83 ^E	Sloga 1934 ^E	Not held	Besa (DD)	Veleshta ^W	Teteks ^W^[9]

2020–present

Season	North	South	East	West	Southwest	Also promoted
2020–21^[10]	Fortuna	Lokomotiva (G) ^E	Detonit ^E	Besa (DD) ^W	Voska Sport ^W	Bratstvo 07 ^E
2021–22	Not held	Vardar Negotino	Ovche Pole	Arsimi †	Karaorman †	Lokomotiva †^[11]
2022–23	Bashkimi †	Vardar Negotino †	Osogovo †	Vëllazërimi J 1977	Novaci †
2023–24	Kumanovo	Borec †	Vardarski †	Vëllazërimi J 1977	Korabi

2024–25 teams

North 1 Aerodrom Skopje 2 Akademija Ilinden Skopje 3 Bashkimi Ljuboten 4 Besa-Vlazrimi Slupchane 5 Bratstvo-Vlaznimi Sredno Konjari 6 Euromilk Gorno Lisiche 7 Fortuna 8 Kadino 9 Kumanovo 10 New Stars Skopje 11 Pchinja 2015 12 R'zhanichino 13 Rinia 98 Dolno Svilare 14 KF Shkëndija Haraçinë

South 1 Bashkimi Gorno Jabolchishte 2 Buchin 3 Drenovo 4 Golemo Konjari 5 Mladost 1930 Krivogashtani 6 Obrshani 7 Pitu Guli 8 Prevalec 9 Rosoman 83 10 Sloga 1976 Lazhani 11 Ultras Prilep 12 Venec 13 Vëllazërimi Presillë

East 1 Bregalnica Delchevo 2 Dojransko Ezero 3 Horizont Turnovo 4 Karbinci 5 Malesh 6 Ovche Pole 7 Sloga 1934 Vinica 8 Svetlost Zrnovci 9 Tiverija 10 Udarnik Pirava

West 1 Dobroshti 2 Drita 94 3 Kamjani 4 Ljuboten 5 Napredok 6 Renova 7 Reçica 8 Teteks 9 Vardar Brvenica 10 Vëllazërimi J 1977 11 Vëllazërimi Sllatinë 12 Xhepçishti 13 Zajazi

Southwest 1 Demir Hisar 2 Evrotip Kravari 3 Karaorman 4 Korabi 5 Kravari 6 Prespa 7 Sateska 8 Slavej Mesheishta 9 Sv. Troica Ohrid 10 Svetlost Kukurechani 11 Veleshta United 12 Vlaznimi Struga

Notes

1. ^a : Metalurg Veles was withdraw from the Second League days before the start of the season, their place was taken by Lozar.^[1]

2. ^a : Lokomotiva was promoted after the win in the additional play-off match against Korabi because was the Second League expanded after the play-off chaos.^[2]

3. ^a : Babi was promoted because Bregalnica Delchevo was rejected the promotion.

4. ^a : Shkupi was lost promotion play-offs, but due to the merger with Korzo the club was promoted.

5. ^a : Vëllazërimi was lost promotion play-offs, but due to the merger with Vrapčište the club was promoted.

6. ^a : Novaci was lost promotion play-offs, but due to the withdrawal of Mladost Carev Dvor from the Second League the club was promoted.^[3]

7. ^a : Tikvesh was promoted due to the withdrawal of Ljubanci from the Second League.

8. ^a : Dojransko Ezero was rejected the promotion to the Second League - East.^[4][5]

9. ^a : Teteks was promoted due to the merger with Labunishta.

10. ^a : The 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia.^[6][7]

11. ^a : Lokomotiva was promoted due to the withdrawal of Pehchevo from the Second League.

References

1. "Macedonia 2003/04". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
2. "Macedonia 2006/07". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
3. "Official: Novaci replaces Mladost". MacedonianFootball.com. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
4. "Каменица Саса останува во Втората лига – Исток". ekipa.mk. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
5. "Иако лани испадна, Каменица Саса пак ќе игра во ВМФЛ!". gol.mk. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
6. "Вонредна седница на Управен одбор на Фудбалска федерација на Македонија: Прекин на натпреварувачката сезона 2019/2020". Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија. 4 June 2020.
7. Filip Zdravevski (22 April 2021). "Фудбалските лиги повторно пред прекин?". Kajgana.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

External links

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