MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competition in Macedonia.

MFL history, the number of clubs competing at the top level has been gradually decreased until the 2020–21 season.

UEFA country ranking for league participation in 2021–22 European football season (Previous year rank in italics)[2][3] In 1923, the first national Yugoslav Football Championship was held, and regional championships were also played.

The clubs of the Vardar Banovina, territorially similar to present day Macedonia, played within the Belgrade Football Subassociation league until 1927,[6] when a separate Skoplje Football Subassociation league was formed.

[7] The champions of the subassociation leagues were granted a place in the qualifiers to the Yugoslav Championship.