Serbian First League

The Serbian First League (Serbian: Прва лига Србије / Prva liga Srbije), commonly known by the abbreviation PLS and stylized as PrvaLiga, is the name for 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.

Serbian First League
Founded2005
CountrySerbia
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams18
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toSerbia and Montenegro SuperLiga (2005–06)
Serbian SuperLiga (2006–)
Relegation toSerbian League
Domestic cup(s)Serbian Cup
Current championsZlatibor
(2019–20, 1st title)
Most championshipsMladost Lučani,
Napredak Kruševac
(2 titles)
Websiteprvaligasrbije.com
Current: 2020–21 Serbian First League

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 Pandemic caused 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
Main articles: 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.

Season Champions Runners-up Third place
2005–06 Bežanija Mladost Apatin Čukarički Stankom

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 Stankom 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) 13
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 GM Predrag Živadinović (Mladost Lučani) 15
2014–15 Radnik Surdulica Javor Ivanjica Metalac GM Stefan Dražić (Javor) 13
2015–16 Napredak Kruševac (8) Bačka BP ČSK Nenad Lukić (Bežanija) 14
2016–17 Mačva Šabac Zemun Sloboda Užice Uroš Đerić (Sloboda Užice) 19
2017–18 Proleter Novi Sad Dinamo Vranje Metalac GM Zakaria Suraka (Dinamo Vranje) 17
2018–19 TSC Bačka Topola Javor Ivanjica Inđija Ivan Marković (Javor Ivanjica) 29
2019–20 Zlatibor Grafičar Metalac GM Aleksandar Katanić (Metalac GM) 19

2020–21 teams
Location of teams in the 2020–21 Serbian First league
Locations of the 2020–21 Serbian First League teams from Belgrade
Team City Stadium Capacity
Borac 1926 Čačak Čačak City Stadium 8,000
Budućnost Dobanovci Belgrade FK Budućnost Dobanovci Stadium 1,000
Dinamo Vranje Yumco Stadion 4,000
Dubočica Leskovac Leskovac City Stadium 7,000
Grafičar Belgrade Topčiderska zvezda 1,000
IMT Belgrade Old Traktor Arena 1,150
Jagodina Jagodina Jagodina City Stadium 15,000
Kabel Novi Sad FK Kabel Stadium 2,000
Kolubara Lazarevac FK Kolubara Stadium 2,500
Loznica Loznica Lagator Stadium 5,000
Radnički 1923 Kragujevac Čika Dača 15,100
Radnički Pirot Stadion Dragan Nikolić 13,816
Radnički Sremska Mitrovica FK Radnički S.M. Stadium 2,000
Sloga Kraljevo Kraljevo City Stadium 4,000
Trayal Kruševac FK Trayal Stadium 1,500
Zemun Belgrade Zemun City Stadium 9,588
Žarkovo Belgrade FK Žarkovo Stadium 610
Železničar Pančevo SC Mladost 1,200

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 Orion, Jedinstvo Putevi, Sloga Kraljevo, Mačva Šabac
2015–16 Sloga PM, Donji Srem, Loznica, Radnički Kragujevac
2016–17 Kolubara, BSK Borča, 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

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 GM, 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 GM, Novi Pazar
2017–18 Javor, Borac Čačak
2018–19 Dinamo Vranje, Zemun, Bačka
2019–20 None
Season Clubs
Serbian League Belgrade Serbian League East Serbian League Vojvodina Serbian League West
2006–07 Hajduk Beograd Jagodina Novi Sad Metalac G. 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 N. Pazova Jedinstvo Putevi
2012–13 Sinđelić Beograd Radnik Surdulica Dolina Padina Sloga (PM)
2013–14 Kolubara Moravac Orion Bačka Mačva
2014–15 Zemun Dinamo Vranje ČSK Loznica
2015–16 Budućnost Dobanovci Radnički Pirot 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 S.M.		 Borac 1926
Loznica
Sloga Kraljevo

All-time table 2006–2020

The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Serbian First League at any time since its formation in 2006 to the current season. Teams playing in the 2020–21 Serbian First League season are indicated in bold. A total of 63 teams have played in the Serbian First League.

Pos. Team S P W D L F A Pts Highest finish
1Inđija11361149961164373605431st
2Bežanija11357126118113381327495 [1]4th
3Metalac825912462733312214343rd
4Proleter Novi Sad928611475973773144171st
5Mladost Lučani72389578652512073631st
6Kolubara92909190109294330360 [2]3rd
7Novi Pazar827198661072743223603rd
8BSK Borča7226955972265222343 [3]1st
9Dinamo Vranje826089631082653223302nd
10Napredak Kruševac51709140392481503131st
11ČSK Čelarevo7230707981224242288 [4]3rd
12Teleoptik72336872932462742766th
13Sinđelić Beograd72177159872292612726th
14Javor-Matis41397343231981102621st
15Zemun61926461671991942512nd
16Novi Sad62046453871972562455th
17Srem Sremska Mitrovica62086255912062702417th
18Radnički 192351616140601891862232nd
19Sevojno41405839431741372132nd
20Radnički Niš41405444421591292061st
21Sloga Kraljevo51625341681401912007th
22Radnički Pirot51625035771601941856th
23Sloboda Užice51574647641471951853rd
24Čukarički3106493126125801782nd
25Banat41364445471351471774th
26Mladenovac414041376215018716011th
27Bačka Bačka Palanka390461925129861572nd
28Voždovac3102403230120921525th
29Borac Čačak 19263101412238109931452nd
30Budućnost Dobanovci412737345612115814510th
31TSC Bačka Topola26741188129491411st
32Mladi Radnik 192631023924391041111413rd
33Radnički Sombor310236273985941357th
34Mačva Šabac39834273798111128 [5]1st
35Jedinstvo Putevi394332734931051266th
36Sloga Petrovac na Mlavi3903226321061131226th
37Rad272341721103681194th
38Smederevo 1924394362137100109119 [6]2nd
39Mladost Apatin3102312546831221188th
40BASK27236162486671121st
41Zlatibor26732152081601111st
42Jagodina39430253992113109 [7]2nd
43Radnik Surdulica26029151672501021st
44Donji Srem2642423175853952nd
45Vlasina2722324257384938th
46Žarkovo2672419247780919th
47Spartak Subotica2722317328191864th
48OFK Sinđelić Niš2682218287584845th
49Trayal2672217285970839th
50Timok26419202563837711th
51Grafičar13016684927542nd
52Hajduk Beograd268141242481135413th
53Kabel13014106312042 [8]7th
54Bečej 19181371281739334213th
55Moravac Orion1301051532413513th
56Radnički Nova Pazova134981735443514th
57Dolina130971431423414th
58Loznica1307101321353115th
59Temnić 1924130681624472614th
60Odžaci130681622342615th
61Big Bull Radnički134752226502617th
62OFK Beograd130391825531816th
63Obilić13806321681620th
64IMT00000000
65Železničar Pančevo00000000
66Dubočica00000000
67Radnički Sremska Mitrovica00000000

Players

Top scorers
As of June 30, 2020
Ten players with most goals in the Serbian First League (2006–present)
Player Period Club(s) Goals
1 Nenad Lukić 2010–2011 / 2015–2016 / 2016–2017 / 2018–2019 Teleoptik / Bežanija / Zemun / Inđija / TSC Bačka Topola 50
2 Slobodan Dinčić 2010–2011 / 2012–2014 / 2014–2016 BASK / Čukarički / Metalac G.M. / Javor / Kolubara / Zemun 47
3 Jovan Jovanović 2007 / 2010–2015 / 2017 / 2019–present Radnički Niš / Sinđelić Niš / Sloga Kraljevo / Radnik Surdulica / Novi Pazar / Kolubara 41
4 Predrag Živadinović 2008–2011 / 2012–2014 BSK Borča / Radnički Kragujevac / Metalac G.M. / Mladost Lučani 35
Ognjen Damnjanović 2009–2011 / 2015–2016 / 2017–2019 Proleter Novi Sad / Napredak / Mačva / TSC Bačka Topola / Inđija
6 Nikola Vujošević 2007–2011 / 2012–2013 Zemun / Kolubara 34
7 Ivan Marković 2012 / 2018–2019 Banat / Javor 33
Slađan Nikodijević 2012 / 2014–2015 / 2016–2018 / 2019–present Borac Čačak / Metalac G.M. / Bačka B.P. / ČSK / Inđija / Radnički 1923
9 Srđan Vujaklija 2007–2009 / 2012 / 2013–2015 Novi Sad / Banat / Proleter Novi Sad 30
Zoran Stojanović 2007–2008 / 2009–2015 Vlasina / Kolubara
Saša Bogunović 2008–2013 Novi Sad / Proleter Novi Sad
Saša Tomanović 2008–2010 / 2011–2015 / 2017–2019 Mladost Apatin / Inđija / Radnički Sombor / TSC Bačka Topola
Darko Lemajić 2010–2014 / 2015–2016 / 2016–2017 Inđija / Napredak

Most apps
As of June 30, 2020
Ten players with most apps in the Serbian First League (2006–present)
Player Period Club(s) Apps
1 Saša Tomanović 2008–2010 / 2011–2015 / 2017–2019 Mladost Apatin / Inđija / Radnički Sombor / TSC Bačka Topola 207
2 Branko Žigić 2007–2017 Proleter Novi Sad 205
3 Nikola Nedeljković 2008–2013 / 2014–present Bežanija / Budućnost Dobanovci / Bežanija / Zlatibor 196
4 Nemanja Matović 2010–2018 Bežanija / Mačva / Radnički Pirot / Sinđelić Beograd 189
5 Aleksandar Stojković 2008 / 2009–2010 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015–2018 / 2019–present Mladost Apatin / Radnički Sombor / Voždovac / Mladost G.M. / Kolubara / Dinamo Vranje / Budućnost Dobanovci 188
Nemanja Milovanović 2010–2013 / 2017–present Napredak / Teleoptik / Mačva / Dinamo Vranje / Javor / Bačka B.P. / Kolubara
7 Dejan Radosavljević 2007 / 2009–2014 Jagodina / Sloboda Užice / Novi Pazar / Radnički Niš / Napredak / Sloga Kraljevo / Borac Čačak 181
8 Filip Bajić 2010–2016 / 2019–present Novi Sad / Inđija / Bečej / Dinamo Vranje 177
9 Marko Jakšić 2007–2009 / 2011–2015 Zemun / Srem S.M. / Mladost Apatin / Inđija / Bežanija / Timok / Jedinstvo Putevi / ČSK 170
10 Igor Zonjić 2009–2014 / 2015–2016 Banat / Teleoptik / Sinđelić Beograd / Mladost Lučani / Napredak / Bežanija 162

See also

References
  1. Bežanija had 1 point deducted by FA during the 2016–17 season
  2. Kolubara had 3 point deducted by FA during the 2010–11 season
  3. BSK Borča had 1 point deducted by FA during the 2016–17 season
  4. ČSK Pivara had 1 point deducted by FA during the 2016–17 season
  5. Mačva Šabac had 1 point deducted by FA during the 2016–17 season
  6. Smederevo had 10 point deducted by FA during the 2019–20 season
  7. Jagodina had 6 point deducted by FA during the 2017–18 season
  8. Kabel had 10 point deducted by FA during the 2019–20 season
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