2022–23 Serbian First League

The 2022–23 Serbian First League is the 18th season of the Serbian First League since its establishment.

Serbian First League
Season2022–23
Dates30 July 2022 – May 2023[1]
PromotedIMT
Železničar
RelegatedZlatibor
Rad
Matches played280
Goals scored656 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorerKrsta Đorđević
(14 goals)[2]
Biggest home winGrafičar 6 – 1 Rad
Železničar 6 – 1 Sloboda
Železničar 5 – 0 Loznica
Radnički Sremska Mitrovica 5 – 0 Radnički NB
Biggest away winSloboda 0 – 4 OFK Vršac
Highest scoringLoznica 2 – 5 Rad
Grafičar 6 – 1 Rad
Železničar 6 – 1 Sloboda
Metalac 4 – 3 Sloboda
IMT 4 – 3 Jedinstvo
Longest winning runGrafičar, Novi Sad 1921, Železničar 5 games
Longest unbeaten runIMT, Radnički Sremska Mitrovica, Sloboda 10 games
Longest winless runRad 11 games
Longest losing runGrafičar, Metalac, Rad, Zlatibor 4 games
2023–24 →

League format

The league consist of 16 teams: seven teams from the previous season, one team relegated from 2021–22 Serbian SuperLiga, five new teams promoted from Serbian League and Novi Sad 1921 who was merged with Proleter Novi Sad. 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 Promotion Play-off. Last four teams from Relegation round will be relegated.[3][4]

Teams
Location of teams in the 2022–23 Serbian First league
Locations of the 2022–23 Serbian First League teams from Belgrade
Team City Stadium Capacity
RFK Grafičar Belgrade Stadion Rajko Mitić - Jug 1,000
IMT Belgrade Stadion FK IMT 1,150
Inđija Inđija Inđija Stadium 4,500
Jedinstvo Ub Stadion Dragan Džajić 4,000
Loznica Loznica Lagator Stadium 5,000
Mačva Šabac Mačva Stadium 5,494
Metalac Gornji Milanovac Stadion Metalac 4,400
Novi Sad 1921 Novi Sad Detelinara Stadium 6,000
OFK Vršac Vršac Vršac City Stadium 5,000
Rad Belgrade King Peter I Stadium 3,919
Radnički Belgrade Stadion kraj Studenjaka 5,000
Radnički Sremska Mitrovica Stadion FK Radnički 2,000
Sloboda Užice Radomir Antić Stadium 12,000
Trayal Kruševac Stadion FK Trayal 1,500
Železničar Pančevo SC Mladost 1,200
Zlatibor Čajetina Stadion Švajcarija 1,040

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
1 IMT 30 18 7 5 45 27 +18 61 Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga
2 Železničar 30 17 6 7 47 25 +22 57
3 Grafičar 30 15 5 10 57 38 +19 50 Qualification for play-off
4 Radnički SM 30 11 12 7 30 26 +4 45
5 Jedinstvo 30 12 8 10 32 26 +6 44
6 Novi Sad 30 12 7 11 34 31 +3 43
7 Inđija 30 10 13 7 38 30 +8 43
8 Radnički NB 30 12 4 14 27 35 −8 40
9 Sloboda 30 7 16 7 33 34 −1 37
10 OFK Vršac 30 10 7 13 28 33 −5 37
11 Mačva 30 8 13 9 28 31 −3 37
12 Metalac 30 9 8 13 29 36 −7 35
13 Trayal 30 9 8 13 29 37 −8 35 Relegation to Serbian League
14 Loznica 30 7 10 13 28 45 −17 31
15 Rad 30 5 13 12 32 46 −14 28
16 Zlatibor 30 4 11 15 26 43 −17 23
Updated to match(es) played on completed. 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. Teams will be split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each have played 30 matches.

Results
Home \ Away IMT ŽEL GRA RSM JED NVS RBG INĐ SLO VRŠ MAČ MET TRA LOZ RAD ZLA
IMT 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–2 1–3 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–2 1–0
Železničar 2–0 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 6–1 1–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 5–0 4–1 0–2
Grafičar 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–4 4–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 5–1 6–1 5–1
Radnički SM 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–3
Jedinstvo 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0
Novi Sad 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 4–1
Radnički NB 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0
Inđija 0–1 4–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–3 3–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Sloboda 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–0
OFK Vršac 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–1
Mačva 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–3 1–1 0–0
Metalac 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–3 4–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0
Trayal 2–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1
Loznica 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–4 1–2 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–5 2–0
Rad 2–3 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–1
Zlatibor 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 4–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–3 0–1
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.

Play-offs

Championship round

The top eight teams advanced from the regular season. Teams played each other once.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IMT ŽEL GRA RSM JED INĐ NVS RBG
1 IMT (Q) 35 20 9 6 53 34 +19 69 Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga 1–1 0–0 4–3
2 Železničar (Q) 35 19 8 8 56 29 +27 65 2–2 3–0 0–1
3 Grafičar (Q) 35 16 9 10 64 43 +21 57 Qualification for play-off 2–2 1–1 2–0
4 Radnički SM 35 13 13 9 42 36 +6 52 1–3 4–2 5–0
5 Jedinstvo 35 13 11 11 41 33 +8 50 1–1 3–0
6 Inđija 35 12 14 9 42 34 +8 50 2–0 0–1
7 Novi Sad 35 13 8 14 40 42 −2 47 2–0 2–2
8 Radnički NB 35 13 6 16 31 46 −15 45 0–3 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2023. Source: First League (in Serbian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points in regular season; 4) Head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) Head-to-head goals scored in regular season; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if two teams tied); 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fair play ranking; 10) Drawing of lots.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Relegations round

The bottom eight teams advanced from the regular season. Teams played each other once.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SLO VRŠ MAČ MET LOZ TRA ZLA RAD
9 Sloboda 35 10 17 8 40 40 0 47 0–4 3–0 1–0
10 OFK Vršac 35 12 9 14 37 38 −1 45 2–2 2–1 0–0
11 Mačva 35 10 15 10 35 38 −3 45 1–1 2–1 0–2
12 Metalac 35 10 12 13 37 41 −4 42 1–1 1–1 4–1
13 Loznica 35 9 11 15 35 52 −17 38 Relegation to Serbian League 2–1 3–0
14 Trayal 35 9 10 16 32 44 −12 37 1–1 1–1
15 Zlatibor (R) 35 7 12 16 35 48 −13 33 1–2 2–0
16 Rad (R) 35 5 14 16 36 58 −22 29 1–2 2–3
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2023. Source: First League (in Serbian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points in regular season; 4) Head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) Head-to-head goals scored in regular season; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if two teams tied); 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fair play ranking; 10) Drawing of lots.
(R) Relegated

Individual statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 13 May 2023.[2]

Top goalscorers
Pos Scorer Teams Goals
1 Serbia Krsta Đorđević Radnički SM 14
2 Serbia Đorđe Šušnjar Železničar 12
Serbia Pavle Radunović Mačva
Serbia Slaviša Stojanović Inđija
Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragiša Komarčević Loznica
Serbia Dario Grgić Železničar

Hat-tricks
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Serbia Nikola DišićZlatiborSloboda4–14 September 2022
Serbia Jovan MituljikićGrafičarRad6–112 November 2022

References
  1. Raspored takmicenja at prvaliga.rs (in Serbian) 19-7-2022.
  2. "Prva liga - Lista strelaca". www.prvaliga.rs.
  3. ПРОПОЗИЦИЈЕ ТАКМИЧЕЊА ЗА ПРВЕНСТВО ПРВЕ ЛИГЕ СРБИЈЕ У ФУДБАЛУ ЗА ТАКМИЧАРСКУ СЕЗОНУ 2022/2023 at prvaliga.rs (in Serbian) 19-7-2022.
  4. Nova sezona Prve lige Srbije sa pet novih klubova iz trećeg ranga at prvaliga.rs (in Serbian) 19-7-2022.
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