2023–24 Serbian First League

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

Serbian First League
Season2023–24
Dates5 August 2023 – 26 May 2024[1]
ChampionsOFK Beograd
PromotedOFK Beograd, Jedinstvo Ub
RelegatedRFK Novi Sad 1921
Radnički Beograd
Matches played183
Goals scored378 (2.07 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)

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

Locations of the 2023–24 Serbian First League teams from Belgrade
Locations of the 2023–24 Serbian First League teams on the territory of Novi Sad
TeamCityStadiumCapacity
DubočicaLeskovacDubočica Stadium8,136
RFK GrafičarBelgradeStadion Rajko Mitić - Jug veštačka trava1,000
Inđija Toyo TiresInđijaToyo Tires Arena4,500
JedinstvoUbStadion "Dragan Džajić"4,000
KolubaraLazarevacKolubara Stadium2,500
MačvaŠabacStadion FK Mačva Šabac5,494
MetalacGornji MilanovacStadion Metalac4,400
Mladost GATNovi SadGAT Arena1,400
Novi Sad 1921ČelarevoStadion "ČSK Čelarevo"3,000
OFK BeogradBelgradeOmladinski stadion19,100
OFK VršacVršacGradski stadion Vršac5,000
RadničkiNew BelgradeStadion FK Radnički (NBG)5,000
RadničkiSremska MitrovicaGradski stadion2,000
SlobodaUžiceRadomir Antić Stadium12,000
Smederevo 1924SmederevoSmederevo Stadium17,200
TekstilacOdžaciGradski stadion Odžaci3,000

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1OFK Beograd (Q)3019565425+2962Qualification for the Championship round
2Jedinstvo (Q)3015783830+852
3Tekstilac (Q)3013983721+1648[a]
4Smederevo 1924 (Q)30121263423+1148[a]
5Inđija (Q)29145103325+847
6Radnički SM (Q)30119102727042[b]
7Mačva (Q)30119102924+542[b]
8Grafičar (Q)30119104342+142[b]
9Dubočica (Q)30101192630−441Qualification for the Relegation round
10OFK Vršac (Q)30109112527−239
11Kolubara (Q)2999113737036
12Metalac (Q)29810112129−834
13Sloboda (Q)3089132231−933
14Mladost GAT (Q)29710122633−731
15Novi Sad 1921 (Q)2964192348−2522
16Radnički Beograd[c] (Q)2967162750−2319
Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2024. 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.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayDUBGRAINĐJEDKOLMAČMETMNSNVSOFKVRŠRBGRSMSLOSMETEK
Dubočica2–12–11–01–10–11–01–22–13–51–01–10–01–02–10–0
Grafičar1–21–03–01–02–21–12–12–10–51–24–20–15–11–22–2
Inđija2–20–00–10–23–10–12–02–10–22–12–02–01–21–0
Jedinstvo2–03–11–13–21–01–14–00–31–12–11–01–00–01–1
Kolubara1–11–00–31–33–21–10–24–11–14–02–01–30–02–41–1
Mačva0–10–02–11–01–02–02–02–11–10–03–03–00–02–10–0
Metalac0–01–30–20–02–21–20–02–01–12–01–02–10–00–0
Mladost GAT1–10–00–13–41–01–00–13–11–20–11–10–11–10–0
Novi Sad 19210–02–20–10–20–21–00–13–11–03–21–12–20–40–11–0
OFK Beograd1–00–20–03–04–12–14–12–04–11–02–21–01–01–22–0
OFK Vršac0–02–30–11–01–00–01–02–01–01–10–11–02–01–12–1
Radnički Beograd2–01–11–11–20–41–12–02–23–11–21–00–10–11–3
Radnički SM1–12–11–24–12–01–00–10–01–00–10–01–01–10–01–0
Sloboda1–01–10–11–00–02–00–00–22–10–21–13–10–11–10–2
Smederevo 19243–01–22–00–20–00–02–11–11–01–21–02–10–00–0
Tekstilac1–04–00–00–11–01–21–21–01–01–05–05–23–11–0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2024. 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]

PosScorerTeamsGoals
1 Dejan GeorgijevićOFK Beograd16
2 Kwaku KarikariJedinstvo15
3 Zubairu IbrahimJedinstvo12
4 Nikola FurtulaKolubara11
5 Saša MarkovićOFK Beograd10

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Aleksandar KahvićOFK BeogradMetalac4–113 August 2023
Aleksandar KahvićOFK BeogradDubočica5–33 September 2023
Darko StojanovićTekstilacRadnički Beograd5–011 December 2023

References