The Macedonian First League is the top-tier basketball competition in the Republic of North Macedonia organized by the Basketball Federation of North Macedonia. Macedonian Republic League was transformed into top division level Macedonian Basketball First League. After the transformation, teams from the higher-level federal Leagues joined the Macedonian First League.
KK Millenium Strumica was a Macedonian basketball club based in Strumica. It was founded in 1991 under the name Makedonija '91, and was later also known as Polo Trejd. After a change in leadership in 2005, the club became known as Strumica 2005 and new president, Pajanotis Karapiperis, formed a strong culture by bringing in significant players to the team. They become champions of the Macedonian First League in the 2006–07 season and were Macedonian Cup finalists in 2007 and 2008. However, following the 2007–08 season, the club canceled its participation in the First League and the newly formed Balkan League due to financial concerns. They continued to play in the Second League until 2012, where after winning the 2011–12 championship, they folded completely and merged with ABA Strumica.
KK Strumica is a basketball club based in Strumica, North Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian First League.
KK Rabotnički is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League and ABA League Second Division. The club has won the Macedonian championship 15 times and the Macedonian Cup 10 times.
MZT Skopje Aerodrom is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. The club competes in the Macedonian League and ABA League. The club's home ground is Jane Sandanski Arena, but due to small capacity, the matches in the ABA League and EuroCup between 2012 and 2014 were played in Boris Trajkovski Arena. Since the 2014–15 season, all matches are held in the renovated Jane Sandanski Arena.
Darko Sokolov is a Macedonian professional basketball player who plays for EuroNickel 2005 of the Macedonian First League.
Vojdan Stojanovski is a Macedonian professional basketball player who currently plays for MZT Skopje of the Macedonian League. He is in height and plays at the shooting guard position. He is the twin brother of Damjan Stojanovski and the younger brother of former basketball player Ognen Stojanovski.
Emil Rajkovic is a Macedonian former professional basketball player and coach.
Damjan Stojanovski is a Macedonian professional basketball player who currently plays for MZT Skopje Aerodrom. He also represents the Macedonian national basketball team. He is 1.98 m in height and plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions.
Ognen Stojanovski is a Macedonian professional basketball player. He was under contract with MZT Skopje until 2014. He is 1.91 m in height and plays at the point guard position.
Eftim Bogoev is a Macedonian professional basketball player born in Strumica. He was last under contract with Strumica. He is 1.85 m in height and plays the guard position.
Georgi Knjazev is a Macedonian former professional basketball player who played for many clubs in Macedonia like MZT Skopje, Rabotnički, Kumanovo and many more. He was also member of Macedonia national basketball team. Since 2008 he has been a head coach in the Kuwait Division 1 League, with most of his success coming during his tenure as the head coach of Al Nasar Basketball Club. He is the son of Aleksandar Knjazev, a coach and former player.
Aleksandar Jončevski is a Macedonian professional basketball coach.
Gjorgi Kočov, is a Macedonian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as an assistant coach for Niners Chemnitz which plays in Basketball Bundesliga.
Igor Trajkovski is a former Macedonian professional basketball guard who last played for MZT Skopje.
The 2015–16 Macedonian First League was the 24th season of the Macedonian First League, with 8 teams participating in it.
The 2016–17 Macedonian First League was the 25th season of the Macedonian First League, with 10 teams participating in it. The season's regular season started on 19 November 2016 and finished on 4 March 2017. MZT Skopje and Karpoš Sokoli joined the league in a further stage. The season finished with the last game of the Finals on 27 May 2017. MZT Skopje won its sixth national title.
Eric Garcia is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Soles de Mexicali of the LNBP. He played college basketball at Wofford College.
The 2017–18 Macedonian First League was the 26th season of the Macedonian First League, with 12 teams participating in it. The season started in November 2017 and ended May 2018. Rabotnički achieved their fifteenth title after defeating MZT Skopje in the finals, that won the six previous championships.
James Woodard is an American professional basketball player who last played for Darüşşafaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball at Tulsa from 2012 to 2016.
