Serbian First League
Season2020–21
Dates14 August 2020 – 19 May 2021[1]
ChampionsRadnički 1923
PromotedRadnički 1923
Kolubara
RelegatedBorac 1926
Dinamo
Dubočica
Trayal
Radnički Pirot
Sloga Kraljevo
Zemun
Jagodina
Matches played306
Goals scored704 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorerDragiša Komarčević
(14 goals)
Biggest home winLoznica 7–0 Dubočica
Biggest away winTrayal 0–4 Borac 1926
Highest scoringLoznica 4–4 Borac 1926
Longest winning runKabel 7 games
Longest unbeaten runRadnički 1923 12 games
Longest winless runJagodina 16 games
Longest losing runSloga 6 games

The 2020–21 Serbian First League was the 16th season of the Serbian First League since its establishment.

League format

The league consisted of 18 teams: ten teams from the 2019–20 Serbian First League and eight new teams promoted from 2019–20 Serbian League. Teams played each other in double round-robin format, with top two teams being promoted to Serbian SuperLiga and bottom eight teams being relegated to Serbian League.[1]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2019–20 season.

Teams

Locations of the 2020–21 Serbian First League teams from Belgrade
Team City Stadium Capacity
Borac 1926 Čačak Čačak City Stadium 8,000
Budućnost Dobanovci Dobanovci FK Budućnost Dobanovci Stadium 1,000
Dinamo Vranje Stadion Yumco 4,000
Dubočica Leskovac Leskovac City Stadium 7,000
Grafičar Belgrade Topčiderska zvezda 1,000
IMT Belgrade Stadion FK IMT 1,150
Jagodina Jagodina Jagodina City Stadium 15,000
Kabel Novi Sad FK Kabel Stadium 2,000
Kolubara Lazarevac FK Kolubara Stadium 2,500
Loznica Loznica Lagator Stadium 5,000
Radnički 1923 Kragujevac Čika Dača 15,100
Radnički Pirot Stadion Dragan Nikolić 13,816
Radnički Sremska Mitrovica Stadion FK Radnički 2,000
Sloga Kraljevo Kraljevo City Stadium 4,000
Trayal Kruševac FK Trayal Stadium 1,500
Zemun Belgrade Zemun Stadium 9,588
Žarkovo Belgrade FK Žarkovo Stadium 610
Železničar Pančevo SC Mladost 1,200

Personnel, Kits and Main sponsor

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer General Sponsor
Borac 1926 Serbia Vladimir Stanisavljević Serbia Lazar Obradović Italy Givova Auto Čačak doo
Budućnost Dobanovci Serbia Dušan Kljajić Serbia Slobodan Lučić Italy Macron Gebrüder Weiss
Dinamo Serbia Dragan Antić Serbia Mlađan Stevanović United States Nike mt:s
Dubočica Serbia Aleksandar Kuzmanović North Macedonia Dušan Savić Serbia NAAI ButanGas Group
Grafičar* Serbia Milija Žižić Serbia Aleksandar Stanković Serbia NAAI Millenium Team
IMT Serbia Zoran Rendulić Serbia Nemanja Marković Serbia NAAI SI 011 International doo Beograd
Jagodina Serbia Darko Milisavljević Serbia Strahinja Jovančić Serbia NAAI Municipality of Jagodina
Kabel Serbia Zoran Vasiljević Serbia Stefan Petrović Spain Kelme Put-invest doo
Kolubara Serbia Zoran Milinković Serbia Nikola Vasiljević Serbia Seven EPS RB Kolubara
Loznica Serbia Dragan Micić Serbia Miloš Spasenović Serbia Bull Municipality of Loznica
Radnički 1923 Serbia Aleksandar Linta Serbia Stevan Kovačević Germany Jako Municipality of Kragujevac
Radnički Pirot Serbia Dragan Perišić Serbia Filip Tolić England Umbro Municipality of Pirot
Radnički Sremska Mitrovica Serbia Goran Dragoljić Serbia Nemanja Petrović Italy Macron Metalfer Steel Mill doo
Sloga Serbia Boris Bunjak Serbia Đorđe Andrić Serbia NAAI Municipality of Kraljevo
Trayal Serbia Goran Lazarević Serbia Milan Gašić Germany Jako Trayal Corporation
Zemun Serbia Milan Rašić Serbia Marko Đalović Spain Joma Dunav Insurance
Žarkovo Serbia Milan Kuljić Montenegro Nemanja Šćekić Italy Macron Rubikon SC
Železničar Serbia Marko Perović Serbia Dušan Plavšić Serbia NAAI Municipality of Pančevo

Nike is the official ball supplier for Serbian First League.

Kelme is the official sponsor of the Referee's Committee of the Football Association of Serbia.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Sloga Serbia Petar Divić Sacked 06 September 2020 18th Serbia Boris Bunjak[3] 06 September 2020
Radnički Pirot Serbia Dejan Čelar[4] Resigned 11 September 2020 10th Serbia Nikola Puača[5] 25 September 2020
Grafičar Serbia Milija Žižić[6] Resigned 14 September 2020 6th Serbia Radomir Koković[7] 23 September 2020
Dubočica Serbia Aleksandar Kuzmanović[8] Resigned 21 September 2020 15th Serbia Saša Mrkić[9] 22 September 2020
Radnički Pirot Serbia Nikola Puača[10] Resigned 11 April 2021 16th Serbia Dragan Perišić[11] 15 April 2021

Foreign players

  • Foreign players: The number of foreign players that clubs can use during the game is four.
Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Naturalized Players
Borac Čačak Ghana Joseph Bempah Ghana Abdul Rashid Obuobi Russia Stanislav Goldin
Budućnost Dobanovci Nigeria Emeka Emerun South Korea Lee Jong-chan Cameroon Michel Vaillant
Dinamo Vranje Austria Miroslav Orlić Brazil Val Baiano Bosnia and Herzegovina→Serbia Marko Čubrilo
Dubočica Nigeria Okomayin Segun Onimisi Ukraine Maksym Andrushchenko North Macedonia→Serbia Dušan Savić
Grafičar Kenya Richard Odada Slovenia Vanja Panić Bulgaria Preslav Petrov Jamaica Norman Campbell North Macedonia→Serbia Aleksandar Todorovski
IMT Ivory Coast Ismaël Béko Fofana Greece→Serbia Dimitrios Tzinovits
Jagodina
Kabel Nigeria Cyril Nebo Montenegro Petar Pavlićević
Kolubara Bosnia and Herzegovina Arsen Knežević
Loznica Bosnia and Herzegovina→Serbia Branislav Ružić
Switzerland→Serbia Mihailo Bogićević
Žarkovo Russia Kyril Pakhonov Montenegro→Serbia Nemanja Šćekić
Bosnia and Herzegovina→Serbia Nenad Kiso
Radnički 1923
Radnički Pirot North Macedonia Marko Gjorgjievski Cameroon Guy Edoa
Radnički Sremska Mitrovica Montenegro Milan Jelovac Ghana Sadick Abubakar Georgia (country) Revaz Injgia
Sloga Kraljevo Nigeria Moses John Montenegro→Serbia Marko Vidović
Bosnia and Herzegovina→Serbia Marko Mihajlović
Trayal The Gambia Ousman Joof Montenegro Mirko Drašković
Zemun Montenegro Nikola Pejović
Železničar Ghana Zakaria Suraka North Macedonia→Serbia Georgije Jankulov

Transfers

For the list of transfers involving First League clubs during 2020–21 season, please see: List of Serbian football transfers summer 2020.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Radnički 1923 (C, P) 34 20 9 5 52 26 +26 69[lower-alpha 1] Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga
2 Kolubara (P) 34 21 6 7 53 31 +22 69[lower-alpha 1]
3 Kabel 34 18 11 5 41 18 +23 65
4 IMT 34 18 6 10 57 35 +22 60
5 Loznica 34 15 9 10 57 42 +15 54
6 Žarkovo 34 16 5 13 35 34 +1 53
7 Grafičar 34 13 12 9 46 34 +12 51
8 Budućnost 34 14 8 12 39 37 +2 50
9 Radnički Sremska Mitrovica 34 14 5 15 39 30 +9 47
10 Železničar 34 13 5 16 38 43 −5 44
11 Radnički Pirot (R) 34 10 9 15 32 46 −14 39[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to Serbian League
12 Dubočica (R) 34 9 12 13 30 43 −13 39[lower-alpha 2]
13 Dinamo (R) 34 11 5 18 39 53 −14 38
14 Borac 1926 (R) 34 11 9 14 38 37 +1 36[lower-alpha 3]
15 Trayal (R) 34 9 8 17 31 44 −13 35
16 Jagodina (R) 34 7 14 13 30 48 −18 29[lower-alpha 4]
17 Zemun (R) 34 7 6 21 24 51 −27 27
18 Sloga (R) 34 5 11 18 24 53 −29 26
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2021. Source: Prva Liga (in Serbian), Soccerway
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. [1]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head away goals: Radnički 1923 1, Kolubara 0.
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head away goals: Radnički Pirot 1, Dubočica 0.
  3. ↑ Borac were deducted 6 points due to match fixing.[12]
  4. ↑ Jagodina were deducted 6 points due to match fixing.[12]

Results

Home \ Away RDK KOL KBL IMT ŽAR BDO LOZ GRA RDS ŽEL BOR DVR DUB TRA RDP ZEM JAG SLO
Radnički 1923 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–2 4–0
Kolubara 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1
Kabel 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–0
IMT 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 5–2 2–3 1–0 0–2 1–3 0–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 6–1
Žarkovo 2–0 0–3 0–2 1–3 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0
Budućnost 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–0
Loznica 3–1 4–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 4–4 3–3 7–0 1–0 1–1 6–0 4–2 2–1
Grafičar 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 5–1
Radnički Sremska Mitrovica 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0
Železničar 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 5–2 1–0
Borac 1926 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–0
Dinamo 2–1 2–4 0–2 1–3 2–0 2–3 2–3 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 3–1
Dubočica 2–2 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 3–1 3–1 0–0
Trayal 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–3 0–2 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–2 2–1 0–4 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–1
Radnički Pirot 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1
Zemun 1–1 1–4 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–0
Jagodina 0–0 0–3 2–3 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–0
Sloga 0–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2021. Source: Prva liga (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 goalscorers

As of matches played on 19 May 2021.[13]

Pos Scorer Teams Goals
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragiša Komarčević Loznica 14
2 North Macedonia Dušan Savić Dubočica 12
Serbia Aleksandar Mesarović Kabel
4 Serbia Goran Matić Loznica 11
Serbia Slobodan Stanojlović Loznica

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Serbia Nemanja StojićGrafičarSloga5–121 November 2020
North Macedonia Dušan SavićDubočicaRadnički Pirot3–228 November 2020
Serbia Predrag SikimićŽelezničarJagodina5–27 April 2021
Serbia Slobodan StanojlovićLoznicaZemun6–015 May 2021

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