Serbian First League Explained

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Country:	Serbia
Confed:	UEFA
Founded:	2005
Teams:	16
Promotion:	Serbian SuperLiga
Relegation:	Serbian League
Levels:	2
Domest Cup:	Serbian Cup
Champions:	OFK Beograd (1st title)
Season:	2023–24
Most Successful Club:	Mladost Lučani, Napredak Kruševac (2 titles)
Website:	prvaliga.rs
Current:	2024–25
Confed Cup:	UEFA Europa League (via Serbian Cup)

The Serbian First League (Serbian: Прва лига Србије / Prva liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League (Serbian: Моцарт Бет Прва лига / Mozzart Bet Prva liga) for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier in professional Serbia's football league. The league was formed in 2005, following a reshuffle of the second tier Serbo-Montenegrin divisions. It is operated by the Football Association of Serbia.

Format

The league is usually formed by 16 clubs which play all against one another twice, once at home, once away. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the Football Association of Serbia completed a restructure of the league system, and in season 2020/2021 that meant 18 clubs would be competing in the Serbian First League, the number of clubs will go back to the usual 16 following the conclusion of the 2020-2021 season. The top two clubs are directly promoted to the Serbian SuperLiga, Third team going into the playoff, and playing against 14 teams from the Super League, while the bottom are relegated to the Serbian League. The Football Association of Serbia announced that in the 2015–16 Serbian First League 4 clubs will be relegated.

History

See main article: Yugoslav Second League and Second League of Serbia and Montenegro. The Serbian First League is the successor of the Yugoslav Second League. With the break-up of SFR Yugoslavia in 1992, the clubs from the newly independent states of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia joined to their own newly formed leagues, while Serbia and Montenegro remained united and renamed into FR Yugoslavia with the clubs from both republics kept competing in the league. In 2003, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was renamed to Serbia and Montenegro and the football league followed suit. Finally, after Montenegrin independence in 2006, the Montenegrin clubs withdrew and formed their own league.

Serbia and Montenegro second tier

In 2005, a reshuffle of the second tier of the Serbo-Montenegrin football league system saw two parallel leagues set up, for each republic.

Serbian First League

After Montenegro's independence, the Serbian First League kept the name and single league format readopted in 2005.

Season	Champions	Runners up	Third place	Top scorer(s)	Goals
2006–07	Mladost Lučani (3)	Čukarički	Napredak Kruševac	Filip Đorđević (Rad)	16
2007–08	Javor Ivanjica (2)	Jagodina	BSK Borča	Igor Pavlović (Jagodina)	17
2008–09	BSK Borča	Smederevo	Mladi Radnik	Marko Pavićević (Sevojno)	15
2009–10	Inđija	Sevojno	Kolubara	Borivoje Filipović (Inđija)	12
2010–11	BASK	Radnički Kragujevac	Novi Pazar	Darko Spalević (Radnički Kragujevac)	13
2011–12	Radnički Niš (3)	Donji Srem	Mladost Lučani	Ivan Pejčić (Radnički Niš)	13
2012–13	Napredak Kruševac (7)	Čukarički	Voždovac	Milanko Rašković (Borac Čačak)	19
2013–14	Mladost Lučani (4)	Borac Čačak	Metalac Gornji Milanovac	Predrag Živadinović (Mladost Lučani)	15
2014–15	Radnik Surdulica	Javor Ivanjica	Metalac Gornji Milanovac	Stefan Dražić (Javor)	13
2015–16	Napredak Kruševac (8)	OFK Bačka	ČSK Čelarevo	Nenad Lukić (Bežanija)	14
2016–17	Mačva Šabac	Zemun	Sloboda Užice	Uroš Đerić (Sloboda Užice)	19
2017–18	Proleter Novi Sad	Dinamo Vranje	Metalac Gornji Milanovac	Zakaria Suraka (Dinamo Vranje)	17
2018–19	TSC	Javor Ivanjica	Inđija	Ivan Marković (Javor Ivanjica)	29
2019–20	Zlatibor	Grafičar	OFK Bačka	Aleksandar Katanić (Metalac Gornji Milanovac)	19
2020–21	Radnički Kragujevac	Kolubara	Kabel	Dragiša Komarčević (Loznica)	14
2021–22	Mladost Novi Sad	Javor Ivanjica	Železničar Pančevo	Milan Vidakov (Mladost Novi Sad)	18
2022–23	IMT	Železničar Pančevo	Grafičar	Krsta Đorđević (Radnički SM) Miloš Luković (IMT)	15
2023–24	OFK Beograd	Jedinstvo	Inđija	Dejan Georgijević (OFK Beograd)	17

2023–24 teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Dubočica	Leskovac	Dubočica Stadium	8,136
RFK Grafičar	Belgrade	Topčiderska zvezda	1,000
Inđija	Inđija	Inđija Stadium	4,500
Jedinstvo	Ub	Stadion Dragan Džajić	4,000
Kolubara	Lazarevac	Kolubara Stadium	2,500
Mačva	Šabac	Mačva Stadium	5,494
Metalac	Gornji Milanovac	Stadion Metalac	4,400
Mladost GAT	Novi Sad	Karađorđe Stadium	14,458
Novi Sad 1921	Novi Sad	Detelinara Stadium	6,000
OFK Beograd	Belgrade	Omladinski stadion	19,100
OFK Vršac	Vršac	Vršac City Stadium	5,000
Radnički	Belgrade	Stadion kraj Studenjaka	5,000
Radnički	Sremska Mitrovica	Stadion FK Radnički	2,000
Sloboda	Užice	Radomir Antić Stadium	12,000
Smederevo 1924	Smederevo	Smederevo Stadium	17,200
Tekstilac	Odžaci	Odžaci City Stadium	3,000

Previous seasons

Relegated teams (from First League to Serbian League)

Season	Clubs
2006–07	Inđija, Dinamo Vranje, Mačva Šabac, BASK, Spartak Subotica, Obilić
2007–08	Radnički Niš, Zemun, Vlasina, Mladenovac, Radnički Pirot
2008–09	Voždovac, Hajduk Beograd
2009–10	Radnički Niš, Sloga Kraljevo, ČSK, Mladost Apatin
2010–11	Zemun, Big Bull Radnički, Dinamo Vranje
2011–12	Radnički Sombor, Mladi Radnik, Sinđelić Niš, Srem S. Mitrovica
2012–13	Novi Sad, Kolubara, Mladenovac, Radnički Nova Pazova, Banat
2013–14	Timok, Dolina, Teleoptik, Smederevo
2014–15	Moravac, Jedinstvo Užice, Sloga Kraljevo, Mačva Šabac
2015–16	Sloga Petrovac, Donji Srem, Loznica, Radnički Kragujevac
2016–17	Kolubara, BSK Borča, OFK Odžaci, OFK Beograd
2017–18	Radnički Pirot, Temnić 1924, ČSK, Jagodina
2018–19	Bežanija, Borac Čačak, Bečej 1918, Teleoptik, Sloboda Užice
2019–20	Smederevo 1924, Sinđelić Beograd
2020–21	Borac 1926, Dinamo Vranje, Dubočica, Trayal, Radnički Pirot, Jagodina, Sloga, Zemun
2021–22	Kabel, Timok 1919, OFK Bačka, Budućnost Dobanovci, Žarkovo
2022–23	Loznica, Trayal, Zlatibor, Rad
2023–24	Kolubara, Metalac, Novi Sad 1921, Radnički

Relegated teams (from SuperLiga to First League)

Season	Clubs
2006–07	Zemun, Voždovac
2007–08	Bežanija, Mladost Lučani, Smederevo
2008–09	Banat Zrenjanin
2009–10	Mladi Radnik, Napredak Kruševac
2010–11	Čukarički, Inđija
2011–12	Metalac, Borac Čačak
2012–13	Smederevo, BSK Borča
2013–14	Javor, Sloboda Užice
2014–15	Radnički Kragujevac, Donji Srem, Napredak Kruševac
2015–16	Jagodina, OFK Beograd
2016–17	Metalac, Novi Pazar
2017–18	Javor, Borac Čačak
2018–19	Dinamo Vranje, Zemun, Bačka
2019–20	None
2020–21	Javor, Rad, Bačka, Inđija, Mačva, Zlatibor
2021–22	Proleter, Metalac
2022–23	Mladost GAT, Kolubara
2023–24	Javor, Voždovac, Radnik Surdulica

Promoted teams (from Serbian League to First League)

Season	Clubs
Season	Serbian League Belgrade	Serbian League East	Serbian League Vojvodina	Serbian League West
2006–07	Hajduk Beograd	Jagodina	Novi Sad	Metalac Gornji Milanovac
2007–08	Kolubara	Dinamo Vranje	Spartak Subotica Inđija	Mladi Radnik
2008–09	Zemun Teleoptik	Radnički Niš	Proleter Novi Sad Radnički Sombor	Sloga Kraljevo
2009–10	BASK	Sinđelić Niš	Big Bull Radnički	Radnički 1923
2010–11	Mladenovac	Radnički Niš	Donji Srem	Sloga Kraljevo
2011–12	Voždovac	Timok	Radnički Nova Pazova	Jedinstvo Užice
2012–13	Sinđelić Beograd	Radnik Surdulica	Dolina Padina	Sloga Petrovac
2013–14	Kolubara	Moravac	Bačka	Mačva
2014–15	Zemun	Dinamo Vranje	ČSK	Loznica
2015–16	Budućnost Dobanovci	Radnički Pirot	OFK Odžaci	Mačva Šabac
2016–17	Teleoptik	Temnić 1924	TSC	Radnički 1923
2017–18	Žarkovo	Trayal	Bečej	Zlatibor
2018–19	Grafičar	Radnički Pirot	Kabel	Smederevo 1924
2019–20	IMT	Jagodina Dubočica	Železničar Pančevo Radnički Sremska Mitrovica	Borac 1926 Loznica Sloga Kraljevo
2020–21	None	Timok	Mladost Novi Sad	None
2021–22	Radnički Beograd	Trayal	OFK Vršac	Sloboda Užice Jedinstvo Ub
2022–23	OFK Beograd	Dubočica	Tekstilac	Smederevo 1924
2023–24	Zemun	Trayal	Železničar	Borac 1926

All-time table 2005–2023

The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Serbian First League at any time since its formation in 2005 to the current season. Teams playing in the 2023–24 Serbian First League season are indicated in bold. A total of 74 teams have played in the Serbian First League.

Pos.	Team	S	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	1º	2º	3º			Highest finish
1	Inđija	13	435	181	118	136	539	435	661	1		1
2		12	395	151	125	119	451	352	578	1
3	Metalac	9	296	136	74	86	373	263	482			3
4	Kolubara	10	324	112	96	116	347	363	432		1	1
5		9	286	114	75	97	377	314	417	1
6		9	309	109	77	123	307	375	404			1
7		6	208	108	47	53	297	193	371	2		1
8		9	294	100	68	126	304	375	368		1
9		7	238	95	78	65	251	207	363	2		1
10		8	268	92	87	89	283	271	363			1
11		7	226	95	59	72	265	222	344	1		1
12		5	176	92	55	29	255	140	331	1	3
13		7	233	91	58	84	277	271	331	1	1
14	Novi Sad	8	279	87	69	123	272	360	330
15		7	246	79	64	103	253	311	301
16		7	226	71	67	88	223	247	280		1
17	Mačva Šabac	6	210	71	67	72	223	250	280	1
18		7	233	68	72	93	248	274	276
19		7	217	71	59	87	229	261	272
20		7	234	73	51	110	242	292	270
21		5	178	71	52	55	218	179	265		1
22		5	178	68	53	57	196	169	257	1
23		4	144	71	40	33	188	107	253		2	1
24		6	198	62	54	82	200	244	240
25	Sloboda Užice	6	194	57	65	72	189	236	236			1
26		6	196	58	52	86	174	244	226
27	Grafičar	4	138	61	33	44	222	155	216		1	1
28		5	178	53	48	77	186	234	207
29		3	108	59	25	25	189	108	202	1
30		4	146	52	41	53	180	172	197
31		4	127	54	34	39	159	129	196		1	1
32		4	140	54	34	52	139	140	196		1
33		4	138	54	31	53	152	155	193
34		4	141	51	38	52	155	158	191	1
35		4	135	52	31	52	147	130	187		1
36		3	108	53	21	34	155	114	180		1	1
37		4	136	44	45	47	136	147	177
38		4	138	44	39	55	149	169	175
39		3	110	46	24	40	133	121	162	1
40		4	138	41	35	62	127	160	158
41		3	102	40	32	30	120	92	152			1
42		4	128	37	39	52	122	161	150		1
43	Radnički Sremska Mitrovica	3	108	40	28	40	124	113	148
44		2	67	41	18	8	129	49	141	1
45		3	102	39	24	39	104	111	141			1
46		3	110	36	29	45	126	132	137
47		3	110	33	38	39	110	131	137
48		3	102	36	27	39	85	95	135
49		3	101	34	28	39	87	127	130			1
50	Smederevo 1924	3	94	36	21	37	100	109	129		1
51		3	94	33	27	34	93	105	126
52		3	90	32	26	32	106	113	122
53		3	101	30	27	44	101	127	117
54		2	60	29	15	16	72	50	102	1
55		2	64	24	23	17	58	53	95		1
56	Jedinstvo Ub	2	75	25	18	32	82	92	93
57		2	68	22	18	28	75	84	84
58	Mladost Novi Sad	1	37	21	9	7	48	24	72	1
59		2	68	14	12	42	48	113	54
60	OFK Vršac	1	37	13	9	15	39	42	48
61	Radnički Beograd	1	37	13	6	18	32	50	45
62		1	37	12	8	17	39	44	44
63		1	38	11	7	20	47	58	40
64	Dubočica	1	34	9	12	13	30	43	39
65		1	34	9	8	17	35	44	35
66		1	30	10	5	15	32	41	35
67		1	30	9	7	14	31	42	34
68		1	38	7	6	25	26	64	27
69		1	30	6	8	16	24	35	26
70		1	30	6	8	16	24	47	26
71		1	34	7	5	22	26	50	26
72	OFK Beograd	1	30	3	9	18	25	53	18
73		1	38	0	6	32	16	83	6
74	Tekstilac

Players

Top scorers

Player		Period	Club(s)	Goals
+ Ten players with most goals in the Serbian First League (2006–present)
1	Nenad Lukić	2010–2011 / 2015–2016 / 2016–2017 / 2018–2019	Teleoptik / Bežanija / Zemun / Inđija / TSC	50
2	Slobodan Dinčić	2010–2011 / 2012–2014 / 2014–2016	BASK / Čukarički / Metalac / Javor / Kolubara / Zemun	47
3	Jovan Jovanović	2007 / 2010–2015 / 2017 / 2019–2021	Radnički Niš / Sinđelić Niš / Sloga Kraljevo / Radnik Surdulica / Novi Pazar / Kolubara / Dubočica	43
4	Slađan Nikodijević	2012 / 2014–2015 / 2016–2018 / 2019–2021	Borac Čačak / Metalac / Bačka / ČSK / Inđija / Radnički 1923	39
=5	Predrag Živadinović	2008–2011 / 2012–2014	BSK Borča / Radnički 1923 / Metalac / Mladost Lučani	35
=5	Srđan Vujaklija	2007–2009 / 2012 / 2013–2015 / 2022–	Novi Sad / Banat / Proleter Novi Sad	35
= 5	Ognjen Damnjanović	2009–2011 / 2015–2016 / 2017–2019	Proleter Novi Sad / Napredak / Mačva / TSC / Inđija	35
8	Nikola Vujošević	2007–2011 / 2012–2013	Zemun / Kolubara	34
=9	Ivan Marković	2012 / 2018–2019	Banat / Javor	33
=9	Krsta Đorđević	2018–2020 / 2022–	Žarkovo / OFK Bačka / Radnički Sremska Mitrovica	33

Most apps

Player		Period	Club(s)	Apps
+ Ten players with most apps in the Serbian First League (2006–present)
1	Nikola Nedeljković	2008–2014 / 2016–2020 / 2021–present	Bežanija / Budućnost Dobanovci / Zlatibor / Inđija	263
2	Saša Tomanović	2008–2010 / 2011–2015 / 2017–2019 / 2023–	Mladost Apatin / Inđija / Radnički Sombor / TSC / Železničar Pančevo	223
=3	Filip Bajić	2010–2016 / 2019–2021	Novi Sad / Inđija / Bečej / Dinamo Vranje	206
=3	Branko Žigić	2007–2017	Proleter Novi Sad	206
5	Milovan Petrić	2012–2013 / 2014–2017 / 2018–	Novi Sad / BSK Borča / Proleter Novi Sad / Kolubara / Bečej 1918 / Kabel / OFK Bačka / OFK Vršac	201
6	Milan Janjić	2015–2019 / 2020–	Bežanija / Budućnost Dobanovci / Inđija	193
7	Dušan Plavšić	2012–2018 / 2021–2022	Mladenovac / Dolina Padina / Sloboda Užice / Jedinstvo Užice / BSK Borča / Kolubara / Proleter Novi Sad / Železničar Pančevo	191
8	Nemanja Matović	2010–2018	Bežanija / Mačva / Radnički Pirot / Sinđelić Beograd	190
9	Nemanja Milovanović	2010–2013 / 2017–2020	Napredak / Teleoptik / Mačva / Dinamo Vranje / Javor / Bačka / Kolubara	189
10	Aleksandar Stojković	2008 / 2009–2010 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015–2018 / 2019–2020	Mladost Apatin / Radnički Sombor / Voždovac / Metalac / Kolubara / Dinamo Vranje / Budućnost Dobanovci	188

Names of the competition

2022–2025: Mozzart Bet First League^[1]

See also

External links

Official website

Notes and References

Web site: Mozzart Bet Super liga Srbije. 2022-07-11. 2022-07-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20220705190834/https://www.superliga.rs/vesti/3611-mozzart-bet-super-liga-srbije. live.