2016–17 Serbian First League

The Serbian First Football League (Serbian: Prva liga Srbije) is the second-highest football league in Serbia. The league is operated by the Serbian FA. 16 teams competed in the league for the 2016–17 season. Two teams were promoted to the Serbian SuperLiga. Four teams were relegated to the Serbian League, the third-highest division overall in the Serbian football league system. Due to extreme financial difficulties, Sloga Petrovac application for 2016–17 season was rejected. On an emergency meeting in the Serbian FA, on 18 July 2016, it was announced that Sloboda Užice would, as a consequence of Sloga's relegation, stay in the league for 2016–17 season.[1]The season begun in August 2016 and ended in May 2017.

Serbian First League
Season2016–17
ChampionsMačva
PromotedMačva,
Zemun
RelegatedKolubara,
BSK,
OFK Odžaci,
OFK Beograd
Matches played240
Goals scored541 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorerUroš Đerić (Sloboda),
19 goals
Biggest home winRadnički 5–1 Dinamo (21 August 2016)
Sinđelić 4–0 OFK Beograd (3 September 2016)
Zemun 4–0 Radnički (9 April 2017)
Sloboda 4–0 Budućnost (13 May 2017)
Biggest away winInđija 1–5 Bežanija (17 May 2017)
Highest scoringOFK Beograd 5–2 Kolubara (27 May 2017)

2016–17 teams

TeamCityStadiumCapacityKit manufacturerShirt Sponsor
BežanijaBelgradeStadion FK Bežanija4,000Sportika SA
BSK BorčaBelgradeVizelj Park2,500Hummel
Budućnost DobanovciBelgradeStadion FK Budućnost1,000Legea
Dinamo VranjeVranjeStadion Yumco4,000Nike
ČSK ČelarevoČelarevoStadion Pivare3,000JomaLav pivo
ZemunZemunZemun Stadium10,000Umbro
InđijaInđijaStadion FK Inđija4,500NAAI
JagodinaJagodinaJagodina City Stadium15,000Legea
KolubaraLazarevacStadion FK Kolubara2,000ErimaLasta Beograd
Mačva ŠabacŠabacStadion FK Mačva8,000NAAI
OFK BeogradBelgradeOmladinski stadion19,100JomaDDOR
OFK OdžaciOdžaciGradski stadion2,000NAAIVimeksim
Proleter Novi SadNovi SadStadion Slana Bara2,000NAAIElektrovojvodina d.o.o.
Radnički PirotPirotStadion Dragan Nikolić13,816UmbroTigar Tyres
Sinđelić BeogradBelgradeStadion FK Sinđelić1,500UnitRubikon
Sloboda UžiceUžiceUžice City Stadium12,000JakoUNITRAG

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Mačva Šabac[a] (C, P)3019654926+2362Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga
2Zemun (P)30171034418+2661
3Sloboda Užice3015964328+1554
4Inđija30146103430+448
5Bežanija[a]30121263622+1447
6Radnički Pirot30127113031−143
7Jagodina30125133935+441
8Dinamo Vranje30109113343−1039
9Sinđelić Beograd3081393231+137
10Budućnost Dobanovci30107133243−1137
11Proleter Novi Sad3099123440−636
12ČSK[a]30811113132−134
13Kolubara (R)30711122835−732Relegation to the Serbian League
14BSK Borča[a] (R)3096152739−1232
15OFK Odžaci (R)3068162435−1126
16OFK Beograd (R)3039182553−2818
Source: Football Association of Serbia (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) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayBEŽBSKBDODVRČSKZEMINĐJAGKOLMAČOFKODŽPNSRPISINSUŽ
Bežanija1–11–02–00–00–00–01–01–02–00–00–03–11–01–14–1
BSK Borča1–03–00–03–20–11–22–11–11–32–12–11–21–11–10–2
Budućnost Dobanovci1–00–23–01–00–32–02–40–01–32–11–11–13–01–01–1
Dinamo Vranje1–02–01–22–13–32–02–10–02–41–02–01–13–20–01–0
ČSK Čelarevo1–21–24–22–00–02–01–10–11–01–12–11–00–00–00–0
Zemun1–10–03–03–01–01–01–01–01–33–01–01–14–00–02–1
Inđija1–53–12–12–00–01–12–01–02–03–11–02–00–11–10–1
Jagodina1–12–02–11–01–11–20–23–00–23–33–03–11–01–03–0
Kolubara1–13–00–11–12–01–21–01–11–23–32–00–03–10–01–1
Mačva Šabac1–31–02–12–12–22–11–21–01–03–00–01–01–13–02–1
OFK Beograd0–10–10–03–30–20–21–01–35–20–10–22–20–11–01–3
OFK Odžaci3–11–01–12–02–40–02–32–00–10–00–03–10–01–20–1
Proleter Novi Sad2–12–02–21–20–01–33–12–14–10–23–01–00–11–10–0
Radnički Pirot1–01–01–25–11–01–01–10–11–00–31–12–03–03–00–0
Sinđelić Beograd1–12–01–01–13–12–30–01–01–12–24–03–20–14–11–2
Sloboda Užice2–22–14–01–14–20–01–23–13–11–11–01–03–11–02–0
Source: Prva liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Source: Prva liga official website

PosScorerTeamGoals
1 Uroš ĐerićSloboda19
2 Bojan MatićMačva14
3 Nemanja SubotićBudućnost13
4 Miroslav LečićJagodina10
Nenad LukićZemun10
Denis RistovRadnički10
7 Stefan DimićZemun9
Mladen LazarevićMačva9
Milan MirosavljevProleter9
Lazar TufegdžićOFK Beograd / Sinđelić9

Own goals

PlayerForGameDate
Lazar Tufegdžić (OFK Beograd)OFK OdžaciOFK Beograd – OFK Odžaci 0:213 August 2016
Draško Đorđević (Bežanija)BSKBSK – Bežanija 1:017 September 2016
Nikola Jaćimović (Budućnost)ProleterBudućnost – Proleter 1:113 November 2016
Mladen Lazarević (Mačva)SinđelićSinđelić – Mačva 2:229 April 2017
Milan Joksimović (Sloboda)BežanijaBežanija – Sloboda 4:127 May 2017

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Miroslav LečićJagodinaKolubara3:011 March 2017
Nemanja SubotićBudućnostDinamo3:029 April 2017
Stefan DimićZemunOFK Beograd3:013 May 2017
Lazar VladisavljevićBudućnostRadnički3:027 May 2017

References