2023–24 Serbian First League

Serbian First League
Season2023–24
Dates5 August 2023 – 26 May 2024[1]
ChampionsOFK Beograd
PromotedOFK Beograd
Jedinstvo Ub
Tekstilac Odžaci
RelegatedRFK Novi Sad 1921
Radnički Beograd
Matches played296
Goals scored639 (2.16 per match)
Top goalscorerDejan Georgijević
(15 goals)[2]
Biggest home winTekstilac 5 – 0 Radnički Beograd
Biggest away winGrafičar 0 – 5 OFK Beograd
Highest scoringDubočica 3 – 5 OFK Beograd
Longest winning runInđija, OFK Beograd (4 games)
Longest unbeaten runOFK Beograd (15 games)
Longest winless runMladost GAT (13 games)
Longest losing runFive teams (4 games)

The 2023–24 Serbian First League is the 19th season of the Serbian First League since its establishment.

League format

The league consist of 16 teams: ten teams from the previous season, two teams relegated from 2022–23 Serbian SuperLiga and four new teams promoted from Serbian League. Tekstilac will make their debut in competition. Each team 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 Relegation Play-off. Last four teams from Relegation round will be relegated.[3]

Teams

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Location of teams in the 2023–24 Serbian First league
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Locations of the 2023–24 Serbian First League teams from Belgrade
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Locations of the 2023–24 Serbian First League teams on the territory of Novi Sad
Team City Stadium Capacity
Dubočica Leskovac Dubočica Stadium 8,136
RFK Grafičar Belgrade Stadion Rajko Mitić - Jug veštačka trava 1,000
Inđija Toyo Tires Inđija Toyo Tires Arena 4,500
Jedinstvo Ub Stadion "Dragan Džajić" 4,000
Kolubara Lazarevac Kolubara Stadium 2,500
Mačva Šabac Stadion FK Mačva Šabac 5,494
Metalac Gornji Milanovac Stadion Metalac 4,400
Mladost GAT Novi Sad GAT Arena 1,400
Novi Sad 1921 Čelarevo Stadion "ČSK Čelarevo" 3,000
OFK Beograd Belgrade Omladinski stadion 19,100
OFK Vršac Vršac Gradski stadion Vršac 5,000
Radnički New Belgrade Stadion FK Radnički (NBG) 5,000
Radnički Sremska Mitrovica Gradski stadion 2,000
Sloboda Užice Radomir Antić Stadium 12,000
Smederevo 1924 Smederevo Smederevo Stadium 17,200
Tekstilac Odžaci Gradski stadion Odžaci 3,000

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 OFK Beograd 30 19 5 6 54 25 +29 62 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Jedinstvo 30 15 7 8 38 30 +8 52
3 Inđija 30 15 5 10 37 25 +12 50
4 Tekstilac 30 13 9 8 37 21 +16 48[a]
5 Smederevo 1924 30 12 12 6 34 23 +11 48[a]
6 Radnički SM 30 11 9 10 27 27 0 42[b]
7 Mačva 30 11 9 10 29 24 +5 42[b]
8 Grafičar 30 11 9 10 43 42 +1 42[b]
9 Dubočica 30 10 11 9 26 30 −4 41 Qualification for the Relegation round
10 OFK Vršac 30 10 9 11 25 27 −2 39
11 Metalac 30 9 10 11 25 31 −6 37
12 Kolubara 30 9 9 12 38 40 −2 36
13 Mladost GAT 30 8 10 12 29 34 −5 34
14 Sloboda 30 8 9 13 22 31 −9 33
15 Novi Sad 1921 30 6 4 20 25 52 −27 22
16 Radnički Beograd[c] 30 6 7 17 27 54 −27 19
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. ^ a b Tekstilac are ahead of Smederevo 1924 on head-to-head points: Tekstilac; 4, Smederevo 1924; 0.
  2. ^ a b c Radnički SM are ahead of Mačva and Grafičar on head-to-head points: Radnički SM; 9, Mačva; 5, Grafičar; 2.
  3. ^ Radnički Beograd were deducted 6 points due to match fixing.

Results

Home \ Away DUB GRA INĐ JED KOL MAČ MET MNS NVS OFK VRŠ RBG RSM SLO SME TEK
Dubočica 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–5 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0
Grafičar 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–5 1–2 4–2 0–1 5–1 1–2 2–2
Inđija 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–0
Jedinstvo 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Kolubara 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–3 3–2 1–1 0–2 4–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 2–4 1–1
Mačva 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–0
Metalac 0–0 1–3 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 4–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0
Mladost GAT 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–4 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0
Novi Sad 1921 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 0–4 0–1 1–0
OFK Beograd 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 4–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–0
OFK Vršac 0–0 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1
Radnički Beograd 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–4 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–3 1–3
Radnički SM 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0
Sloboda 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–2
Smederevo 1924 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0
Tekstilac 1–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 5–2 3–1 1–0
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.

Individual statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 19 May 2024.[2]

Pos Scorer Teams Goals
1 Serbia Dejan Georgijević OFK Beograd 16
2 Ghana Kwaku Karikari Jedinstvo 15
3 Ghana Zubairu Ibrahim Jedinstvo 12
4 Serbia Nikola Furtula Kolubara 11
5 Serbia Saša Marković OFK Beograd 10

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Kahvić OFK Beograd Metalac 4–1 13 August 2023
Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Kahvić OFK Beograd Dubočica 5–3 3 September 2023
Serbia Darko Stojanović Tekstilac Radnički Beograd 5–0 11 December 2023

References

  1. ^ Raspored takmicenja at prvaliga.rs (in Serbian) 1-8-2023.
  2. ^ a b "Prva liga - Lista strelaca". www.prvaliga.rs.
  3. ^ ПРОПОЗИЦИЈЕ ТАКМИЧЕЊА ЗА ПРВЕНСТВО ПРВЕ ЛИГЕ СРБИЈЕ У ФУДБАЛУ ЗА ТАКМИЧАРСКУ СЕЗОНУ 2023/2024 at prvaliga.rs (in Serbian) 1-8-2023.