Serbian First League
Season2023–24
Dates5 August 2023 – May 2024[1]
Matches played160
Goals scored342 (2.14 per match)
Top goalscorerKwaku Karikari
(10 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)
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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 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 Relegation Play-off. Last four teams from Relegation round will be relegated.[3]

Teams

Location of teams in the 2023–24 Serbian First league
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
Team City Stadium Capacity
Dubočica Leskovac Dubočica Stadium 8,136
RFK Grafičar Belgrade Stadion Rajko Mitić - Jug veštačka trava 1,000
Inđija 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 14,458
Novi Sad 1921 Čelarevo Stadion "ČSK Čelarevo" 6,000
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 20 16 3 1 45 14 +31 51 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Dubočica 20 9 7 4 23 20 +3 34[lower-alpha 1]
3 Inđija 20 10 4 6 22 18 +4 34[lower-alpha 1]
4 Tekstilac 20 9 5 6 23 11 +12 32
5 Smederevo 1924 20 7 9 4 19 15 +4 30
6 Jedinstvo 20 8 6 6 26 26 0 30
7 Radnički SM 20 7 7 6 18 17 +1 28
8 Mačva 20 7 6 7 17 14 +3 27
9 OFK Vršac 20 7 6 7 15 17 2 27 Qualification for the Relegation round
10 Kolubara 20 6 7 7 25 22 +3 25
11 Grafičar 20 6 6 8 28 31 3 24
12 Metalac 20 5 8 7 15 21 6 23
13 Radnički Beograd 20 4 7 9 24 34 10 19
14 Sloboda 20 3 8 9 11 22 11 17
15 Mladost GAT 20 2 9 9 14 25 11 15
16 Novi Sad 1921 20 3 4 13 17 35 18 13
Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2023. 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. 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head points: Dubočica 4, Inđija 1.

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 2–1 3–5 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1
Grafičar 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–5 1–2 4–2 5–1 1–2
Inđija 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0
Jedinstvo 3–1 1–1 3–2 4–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1
Kolubara 1–3 3–2 1–1 0–2 4–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–3 0–0
Mačva 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–0
Metalac 0–0 1–3 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Mladost GAT 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–4 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0
Novi Sad 1921 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–0
OFK Beograd 1–0 3–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 4–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–0
OFK Vršac 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1
Radnički Beograd 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–3
Radnički SM 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0
Sloboda 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–2
Smederevo 1924 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0
Tekstilac 1–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 5–0 3–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2023. 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 11 December 2023.[2]

Pos Scorer Teams Goals
1 Ghana Kwaku Karikari Jedinstvo 10
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Kahvić OFK Beograd 9
Serbia Dejan Georgijević OFK Beograd
4 Serbia Saša Marković OFK Beograd 8
Serbia Miloš Filipović Kolubara

Hat-tricks

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

References

  1. Raspored takmicenja at prvaliga.rs (in Serbian) 1-8-2023.
  2. 1 2 "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.
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