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

Founded	2005
Country	Serbia
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Serbia and Montenegro SuperLiga (2005–06) Serbian SuperLiga (2006–)
Relegation to	Serbian League
Domestic cup(s)	Serbian Cup
Current champions	Radnički 1923 (1st title) (2020–21)
Most championships	Mladost Lučani, Napredak Kruševac (2 titles)
Website	prvaligasrbije.com
Current: 2021–22 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 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

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	Radnički Kragujevac	Kolubara	Kabel	Dragiša Komarčević (Loznica)	14

2021–22 teams

Belgrade

Novi Sad

Belgrade clubs:

Budućnost
Grafičar
IMT
Rad
Žarkovo

Novi Sad clubs:

Kabel
Mladost GAT

Location of teams in the 2021–22 Serbian First league

Locations of the 2021–22 Serbian First League teams from Belgrade

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Bačka	Bačka Palanka	Stadion Slavko Maletin Vava	4,000
Budućnost Dobanovci	Belgrade	FK Budućnost Dobanovci Stadium	1,000
Grafičar	Belgrade	Topčiderska zvezda	1,000
IMT	Belgrade	Old Traktor Arena	1,150
Inđija	Inđija	Inđija Stadium	4,500
Javor-Matis	Ivanjica	Ivanjica Stadium	3,000
Kabel	Novi Sad	FK Kabel Stadium	2,000
Loznica	Loznica	Lagator Stadium	5,000
Mačva	Šabac	Mačva Stadium	5,494
Mladost GAT	Novi Sad	Stadion FK Mladost	200
Rad	Belgrade	King Peter I Stadium	3,919
Radnički	Sremska Mitrovica	FK Radnički S.M. Stadium	2,000
Timok 1919	Zaječar	Zaječar City Stadium	10,000
Žarkovo	Belgrade	FK Žarkovo Stadium	610
Železničar	Pančevo	SC Mladost	1,200
Zlatibor	Čajetina	Užice City Stadium	15,000

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 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
2020–21	Borac 1926, Dinamo Vranje, Dubočica, Trayal, Radnički Pirot, Jagodina, Sloga, Zemun
2021–22	Kabel

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
2020–21	Javor, Rad, Bačka, Inđija, Mačva, Zlatibor

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 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
2020–21	None	Timok	Mladost Novi Sad	None

All-time table 2005–2022

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 2021–22 Serbian First League season are indicated in bold. A total of 71 teams have played in the Serbian First League.

Pos.	Team	S	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	1º	2º	3º	1st App	Since/Last App	Highest finish
1	Bežanija	12	395	151	125	119	451	352	578	1	–	–	2005–06	2018–19	1st
2	Inđija	11	361	149	96	116	438	362	543	1	–	1	2006–07	2021–22	1st
3	Metalac	8	259	124	62	73	331	221	434	–	–	3	2007–08	2019–20	3rd
4	Kolubara	10	324	112	96	116	347	363	432	–	1	1	2008–09	2020–21	2nd
5	Proleter Novi Sad	9	286	114	75	97	377	314	417	1	–	–	2009–10	2017–18	1st
6	Novi Pazar	9	309	109	77	123	307	375	404	–	–	1	2005–06	2019–20	3rd
7	Napredak Kruševac	6	208	108	47	53	297	193	371	2	–	1	2005–06	2015–16	1st
8	Dinamo Vranje	9	294	100	68	126	304	375	368	–	1	–	2006–07	2020–21	2nd
9	Mladost Lučani	7	238	95	78	65	251	207	363	2	–	1	2006–07	2013–14	1st
10	ČSK Čelarevo	8	268	92	87	89	283	271	363	–	–	1	2005–06	2017–18	3rd
11	BSK Borča	7	226	95	59	72	265	222	344	1	–	1	2006–07	2016–17	1st
12	Radnički 1923	7	233	91	58	84	277	271	331	1	1	–	2005–06	2020–21	1st
13	Srem	7	246	79	64	103	253	311	301	–	–	–	2005–06	2011–12	5th
14	Zemun	7	226	71	67	88	223	247	280	–	1	–	2007–08	2020–21	2nd
15	Novi Sad	7	242	73	61	108	228	309	280	–	–	–	2005–06	2012–13	5th
16	Teleoptik	7	233	68	72	93	248	274	276	–	–	–	2009–10	2018–19	6th
17	Sinđelić Beograd	7	217	71	59	87	229	261	272	–	–	–	2013–14	2019–20	6th
18	Radnički Pirot	7	234	73	51	110	242	292	270	–	–	–	2005–06	2020–21	6th
19	Sevojno	5	178	71	52	55	218	179	265	–	1	–	2005–06	2009–10	2nd
20	Javor	4	139	73	43	23	198	110	262	1	2	–	2006–07	2021–22	1st
21	Radnički Niš	5	178	68	53	57	196	169	257	1	–	–	2005–06	2011–12	1st
22	Čukarički	4	144	71	40	33	188	107	253	–	2	1	2005–06	2012–13	2nd
23	Sloga Kraljevo	6	196	58	52	86	174	244	226	–	–	–	2009–10	2020–21	7th
24	Mladenovac	5	178	53	48	77	186	234	207	–	–	–	2005–06	2012–13	10th
25	Mladost Apatin	4	140	54	34	52	139	140	196	–	1	–	2005–06	2009–10	2nd
26	Budućnost Dobanovci	5	161	51	42	68	160	195	195	–	–	–	2016–17	2016–17	8th
27	Borac Čačak	4	135	52	31	52	147	130	187	–	1	–	2012–13	2020–21	2nd
28	Sloboda Užice	5	157	46	47	64	147	195	185	–	–	1	2014–15	2018–19	3rd
29	Mačva Šabac	4	136	48	40	48	153	165	184	1	–	–	2005–06	2021–22	1st
30	Banat	4	136	44	45	47	136	147	177	–	–	–	2009–10	2012–13	4th
31	BASK	3	110	46	24	40	133	121	162	1	–	–	2005–06	2010–11	1st
32	Bačka	3	90	46	19	25	129	86	157	–	1	1	2014–15	2021–22	2nd
33	Voždovac	3	102	40	32	30	120	92	152	–	–	1	2007–08	2012–13	3rd
34	Jagodina	4	128	37	39	52	122	161	150	–	1	–	2007–08	2020–21	2nd
35	Žarkovo	3	101	40	24	37	112	114	144	–	–	–	2018–19	2018–19	6th
36	TSC	2	67	41	18	8	129	49	141	1	–	–	2017–18	2018–19	1st
37	Mladi Radnik	3	102	39	24	39	104	111	141	–	–	1	2008–09	2011–12	3rd
38	Spartak Subotica	3	110	36	29	45	126	132	137	–	–	–	2005–06	2008–09	4th
39	Vlasina	3	110	33	38	39	110	131	137	–	–	–	2005–06	2007–08	9th
40	Radnički Sombor	3	102	36	27	39	85	95	135	–	–	–	2009–10	2011–12	7th
41	Smederevo 1924	3	94	36	21	37	100	109	129	–	1	–	2008–09	2019–20	2nd
42	Jedinstvo Putevi	3	94	33	27	34	93	105	126	–	–	–	2012–13	2014–15	6th
43	Sloga Petrovac na Mlavi	3	90	32	26	32	106	113	122	–	–	–	2013–14	2015–16	6th
44	Rad	2	72	34	17	21	103	68	119	–	–	–	2006–07	2021–22	4th
45	Trayal	3	101	31	25	45	90	114	118	–	–	–	2018–19	2020–21	9th
46	Kabel	2	64	32	21	11	72	38	117	–	–	1	2019–20	2019–20	3rd
47	Zlatibor	2	67	32	15	20	81	60	111	1	–	–	2018–19	2021–22	1st
48	Grafičar	2	64	29	18	17	95	61	105	–	1	–	2019–20	2019–20	2nd
49	Radnik Surdulica	2	60	29	15	16	72	50	102	1	–	–	2013–14	2014–15	1st
50	Donji Srem	2	64	24	23	17	58	53	95	–	1	–	2011–12	2015–16	2nd
51	Loznica	2	64	22	19	23	78	77	85	–	–	–	2015–16	2020–21	5th
52	Sinđelić Niš	2	68	22	18	28	75	84	84	–	–	–	2010–11	2011–12	5th
53	Timok	2	64	19	20	25	63	83	77	–	–	–	2012–13	2021–22	11th
54	IMT	1	34	18	6	10	57	35	60	–	–	–	2020–21	2020–21	4th
55	Hajduk Beograd	2	68	14	12	42	48	113	54	–	–	–	2007–08	2008–09	13th
56	Radnički Sremska Mitrovica	1	34	14	5	15	39	30	47	–	–	–	2020–21	2020–21	9th
57	Železničar Pančevo	1	34	13	5	16	38	43	44	–	–	–	2020–21	2020–21	10th
58	Bečej	1	37	12	8	17	39	44	44	–	–	–	2018–19	2018–19	13th
59	PSK	1	38	11	7	20	47	58	40	–	–	–	2005–06	2005–06	16th
60	Jedinstvo Ub	1	38	11	7	20	37	54	40	–	–	–	2005–06	2005–06	17th
61	Dubočica	1	34	9	12	13	30	43	39	–	–	–	2020–21	2020–21	12th
62	Moravac Orion	1	30	10	5	15	32	41	35	–	–	–	2014–15	2014–15	13th
63	Radnički Nova Pazova	1	34	9	8	17	35	44	35	–	–	–	2012–13	2012–13	14th
64	Dolina	1	30	9	7	14	31	42	34	–	–	–	2013–14	2013–14	14th
65	OFK Niš	1	38	7	6	25	26	64	27	–	–	–	2005–06	2005–06	20th
66	Odžaci	1	30	6	8	16	24	35	26	–	–	–	2016–17	2016–17	15th
67	Temnić 1924	1	30	6	8	16	24	47	26	–	–	–	2017–18	2017–18	14th
68	Radnički Šid	1	34	7	5	22	26	50	26	–	–	–	2010–11	2010–11	17th
69	OFK Beograd	1	30	3	9	18	25	53	18	–	–	–	2016–17	2016–17	16th
70	Obilić	1	38	0	6	32	16	83	6	–	–	–	2006–07	2006–07	20th
71	Mladost Novi Sad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	2021–22	2021–22	–

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
4	Ognjen Damnjanović	2009–2011 / 2015–2016 / 2017–2019	Proleter Novi Sad / Napredak / Mačva / TSC Bačka Topola / Inđija	35
6	Nikola Vujošević	2007–2011 / 2012–2013	Zemun / Kolubara	34
7	Ivan Marković	2012 / 2018–2019	Banat / Javor	33
7	Slađan Nikodijević	2012 / 2014–2015 / 2016–2018 / 2019–present	Borac Čačak / Metalac G.M. / Bačka B.P. / ČSK / Inđija / Radnički 1923	33
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
5	Nemanja Milovanović	2010–2013 / 2017–present	Napredak / Teleoptik / Mačva / Dinamo Vranje / Javor / Bačka B.P. / Kolubara	188
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
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See also

References

External links

Official website (in Serbian)
Serbian First League at Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian)

Serbian First League
2021–22 teams	Bačka Budućnost Dobanovci Grafičar Beograd IMT Inđija Javor-Matis Kabel Loznica Mačva Mladost GAT Rad Radnički Sremska Mitrovica Timok 1919 Žarkovo Železničar Pančevo Zlatibor
Seasons	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22

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