2022–23 Serbian First League

Serbian First League
Season2022–23
Dates30 July 2022 – May 2023[1]
ChampionsIMT
PromotedIMT
Železničar
RelegatedLoznica
Trayal
Zlatibor
Rad
Matches played296
Goals scored711 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorerKrsta Đorđević, Miloš Luković
(15 goals each)[2]
Biggest home winIMT 7 – 1 Novi Sad 1921
Biggest away winSloboda 0 – 4 OFK Vršac
Highest scoringŽelezničar 5 – 3 Jedinstvo
IMT 7 – 1 Novi Sad 1921
Longest winning runGrafičar, Novi Sad 1921, Železničar 5 games
Longest unbeaten runIMT, Radnički Sremska Mitrovica, Sloboda 10 games
Longest winless runRad 11 games
Longest losing runGrafičar, Metalac, Rad, Radnički, Zlatibor 4 games

The 2022–23 Serbian First League was the 18th season of the Serbian First League since its establishment.

League format

The league consisted of 16 teams: seven teams from the previous season, one team relegated from 2021–22 Serbian SuperLiga, five new teams promoted from Serbian League and Novi Sad 1921 who was merged with Proleter Novi Sad. Each time will play each other twice in round-robin format after which top half will play in Promotion round and bottom half in Relegation round Play-offs. First two teams from the Promotion round will be promoted to next season of Serbian Superliga, while third and fourth team will play in a Promotion Play-off. Last four teams from Relegation round will be relegated.[3][4]

Teams

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Location of teams in the 2022–23 Serbian First league
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Locations of the 2022–23 Serbian First League teams from Belgrade
Team City Stadium Capacity
RFK Grafičar Belgrade Stadion Rajko Mitić - Jug 1,000
IMT Belgrade Stadion FK IMT 1,150
Inđija Inđija Inđija Stadium 4,500
Jedinstvo Ub Stadion Dragan Džajić 4,000
Loznica Loznica Lagator Stadium 5,000
Mačva Šabac Mačva Stadium 5,494
Metalac Gornji Milanovac Stadion Metalac 4,400
Novi Sad 1921 Novi Sad Detelinara Stadium 6,000
OFK Vršac Vršac Vršac City Stadium 5,000
Rad Belgrade King Peter I Stadium 3,919
Radnički Belgrade Stadion kraj Studenjaka 5,000
Radnički Sremska Mitrovica Stadion FK Radnički 2,000
Sloboda Užice Radomir Antić Stadium 12,000
Trayal Kruševac Stadion FK Trayal 1,500
Železničar Pančevo SC Mladost 1,200
Zlatibor Čajetina Stadion Švajcarija 1,040

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification[a]
1 IMT 30 18 7 5 45 27 +18 61 Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga
2 Železničar 30 17 6 7 47 25 +22 57
3 Grafičar 30 15 5 10 57 38 +19 50 Qualification for play-off
4 Radnički SM 30 11 12 7 30 26 +4 45
5 Jedinstvo 30 12 8 10 32 26 +6 44
6 Novi Sad 30 12 7 11 34 31 +3 43
7 Inđija 30 10 13 7 38 30 +8 43
8 Radnički NB 30 12 4 14 27 35 −8 40
9 Sloboda 30 7 16 7 33 34 −1 37
10 OFK Vršac 30 10 7 13 28 33 −5 37
11 Mačva 30 8 13 9 28 31 −3 37
12 Metalac 30 9 8 13 29 36 −7 35
13 Trayal 30 9 8 13 29 37 −8 35 Relegation to Serbian League
14 Loznica 30 7 10 13 28 45 −17 31
15 Rad 30 5 13 12 32 46 −14 28
16 Zlatibor 30 4 11 15 26 43 −17 23
Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: First league (in Serbian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (if two teams tied); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fair play ranking; 9) Draw.
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams will be split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each have played 30 matches.

Results

Home \ Away IMT ŽEL GRA RSM JED NVS RBG INĐ SLO VRŠ MAČ MET TRA LOZ RAD ZLA
IMT 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–2 1–3 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–2 1–0
Železničar 2–0 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 6–1 1–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 5–0 4–1 0–2
Grafičar 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–4 4–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 5–1 6–1 5–1
Radnički SM 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–3
Jedinstvo 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0
Novi Sad 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 4–1
Radnički NB 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0
Inđija 0–1 4–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–3 3–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Sloboda 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–0
OFK Vršac 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–1
Mačva 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–3 1–1 0–0
Metalac 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–3 4–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0
Trayal 2–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1
Loznica 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–4 1–2 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–5 2–0
Rad 2–3 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–1
Zlatibor 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 4–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–3 0–1
Source: First league (in Serbian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-offs

Championship round

The top eight teams advanced from the regular season. Teams played each other once.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IMT ŽEL GRA INĐ RSM JED NVS RBG
1 IMT (C, P) 37 22 9 6 63 36 +27 75 Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga 1–1 0–0 4–3 7–1
2 Železničar (P) 37 20 8 9 63 35 +28 68 2–2 0–1 3–0 5–3
3 Grafičar 37 17 9 11 65 46 +19 60 Qualification for play-off 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0
4 Inđija 37 13 15 9 46 35 +11 54 2–0 3–0 0–1
5 Radnički SM 37 13 14 10 43 38 +5 53 1–3 1–1 4–2 5–0
6 Jedinstvo 37 14 11 12 45 38 +7 53 1–1 1–0 3–0
7 Novi Sad 37 14 8 15 44 51 −7 50 3–2 2–0 2–2
8 Radnički NB 37 13 6 18 32 50 −18 45 1–3 0–3 1–1
Source: First League (in Serbian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points in regular season; 4) Head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) Head-to-head goals scored in regular season; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if two teams tied); 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fair play ranking; 10) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Relegations round

The bottom eight teams advanced from the regular season. Teams played each other once.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SLO VRŠ MAČ MET LOZ TRA ZLA RAD
9 Sloboda 37 11 18 8 42 41 +1 51 0–4 1–0 3–0 1–0
10 OFK Vršac 37 13 9 15 39 42 −3 48 2–2 1–4 2–1 0–0
11 Mačva 37 11 15 11 37 40 −3 48 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–2
12 Metalac 37 12 12 13 42 42 0 48 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–1
13 Loznica (R) 37 10 11 16 40 54 −14 41 Relegation to Serbian League 2–1 5–1 3–0
14 Trayal (R) 37 10 10 17 37 46 −9 40 1–1 1–1 4–0
15 Zlatibor (R) 37 7 12 18 36 54 −18 33 1–2 0–1 2–0
16 Rad (R) 37 5 15 17 37 63 −26 30 1–1 1–2 2–3
Source: First League (in Serbian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points in regular season; 4) Head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) Head-to-head goals scored in regular season; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if two teams tied); 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fair play ranking; 10) Drawing of lots.
(R) Relegated

Individual statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 28 May 2023.[2]

Pos Scorer Teams Goals
1 Serbia Krsta Đorđević Radnički SM 15
Serbia Miloš Luković IMT
3 Serbia Slaviša Stojanović Inđija 14
4 Serbia Dario Grgić Železničar 13
Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragiša Komarčević Loznica
Ghana Kwaku Karikari Jedinstvo

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Serbia Nikola Dišić Zlatibor Sloboda 4–1 4 September 2022
Serbia Jovan Mituljikić Grafičar Rad 6–1 12 November 2022

References

  1. ^ Raspored takmicenja at prvaliga.rs (in Serbian) 19-7-2022.
  2. ^ a b "Prva liga - Lista strelaca". www.prvaliga.rs.
  3. ^ ПРОПОЗИЦИЈЕ ТАКМИЧЕЊА ЗА ПРВЕНСТВО ПРВЕ ЛИГЕ СРБИЈЕ У ФУДБАЛУ ЗА ТАКМИЧАРСКУ СЕЗОНУ 2022/2023 at prvaliga.rs (in Serbian) 19-7-2022.
  4. ^ Nova sezona Prve lige Srbije sa pet novih klubova iz trećeg ranga at prvaliga.rs (in Serbian) 19-7-2022.