2022–23 Serbian First League

Serbian First League
Season	2022–23
Dates	30 July 2022 – May 2023
Champions	IMT
Promoted	IMT; Železničar
Relegated	Loznica; Trayal; Zlatibor; Rad
Matches played	296
Goals scored	711 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Krsta Đorđević, Miloš Luković; (15 goals each)
Biggest home win	IMT 7 – 1 Novi Sad 1921
Biggest away win	Sloboda 0 – 4 OFK Vršac
Highest scoring	Železničar 5 – 3 Jedinstvo; IMT 7 – 1 Novi Sad 1921
Longest winning run	Grafičar, Novi Sad 1921, Železničar 5 games
Longest unbeaten run	IMT, Radnički Sremska Mitrovica, Sloboda 10 games
Longest winless run	Rad 11 games
Longest losing run	Grafičar, Metalac, Rad, Radnički, Zlatibor 4 games
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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

League format

The league consisted 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

Belgrade

Radnički Sremska Mitrovica

Belgrade clubs:

Grafičar
IMT
Rad
Radnički

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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^[a]
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	Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga
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	Qualification for play-off
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:

^ 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	INĐ	RSM	JED	NVS	RBG
1	IMT (C, P)	37	22	9	6	63	36	+27	75	Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga		1–1	0–0			4–3	7–1
2	Železničar (P)	37	20	8	9	63	35	+28	68	Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga			2–2	0–1	3–0	5–3
3	Grafičar	37	17	9	11	65	46	+19	60	Qualification for play-off					2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0
4	Inđija	37	13	15	9	46	35	+11	54	Qualification for play-off	2–0		3–0					0–1
5	Radnički SM	37	13	14	10	43	38	+5	53		1–3			1–1			4–2	5–0
6	Jedinstvo	37	14	11	12	45	38	+7	53					1–1	1–0		3–0
7	Novi Sad	37	14	8	15	44	51	−7	50			3–2		2–0				2–2
8	Radnički NB	37	13	6	18	32	50	−18	45		1–3	0–3				1–1

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.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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	37	11	18	8	42	41	+1	51			0–4	1–0		3–0	1–0
10	OFK Vršac	37	13	9	15	39	42	−3	48				2–2	1–4		2–1		0–0
11	Mačva	37	11	15	11	37	40	−3	48					1–1	2–1	2–1	0–2
12	Metalac	37	12	12	13	42	42	0	48		1–1				1–0		1–1	4–1
13	Loznica (R)	37	10	11	16	40	54	−14	41	Relegation to Serbian League		2–1					5–1	3–0
14	Trayal (R)	37	10	10	17	37	46	−9	40					1–1	1–1			4–0
15	Zlatibor (R)	37	7	12	18	36	54	−18	33		1–2	0–1				2–0
16	Rad (R)	37	5	15	17	37	63	−26	30		1–1		1–2				2–3

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 28 May 2023.^[2]

Pos	Scorer	Teams	Goals
1	Krsta Đorđević	Radnički SM	15
1	Miloš Luković	IMT	15
3	Slaviša Stojanović	Inđija	14
4	Dario Grgić	Železničar	13
	Dragiša Komarčević	Loznica
	Kwaku Karikari	Jedinstvo

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Nikola Dišić	Zlatibor	Sloboda	4–1	4 September 2022
Jovan Mituljikić	Grafičar	Rad	6–1	12 November 2022

References

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

External links

[5] Teams will be split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each have played 30 matches.

[raspored-1] Raspored takmicenja at prvaliga.rs (in Serbian) 19-7-2022.

[lista-strelaca-2] "Prva liga - Lista strelaca". www.prvaliga.rs.

[propozicije-3] ПРОПОЗИЦИЈЕ ТАКМИЧЕЊА ЗА ПРВЕНСТВО ПРВЕ ЛИГЕ СРБИЈЕ У ФУДБАЛУ ЗА ТАКМИЧАРСКУ СЕЗОНУ 2022/2023 at prvaliga.rs (in Serbian) 19-7-2022.

[promocije-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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v t e Serbian First League
2024–25 clubs	Borac 1926 Dubočica Grafičar Beograd Inđija Javor Ivanjica Mačva Šabac Mladost Novi Sad OFK Vršac Radnički Sremska Mitrovica Radnik Surdulica Sloboda Užice Sloven Ruma Smederevo 1924 Trayal Kruševac Voždovac Zemun
Former clubs	Bačka Banat Zrenjanin BASK Bečej 1918 Bežanija BSK Borča Budućnost Dobanovci ČSK Čelarevo Čukarički Dinamo Vranje Dolina Padina Donji Srem Hajduk Beograd IMT Jagodina Jedinstvo Ub Jedinstvo Užice Kabel Kolubara Loznica Metalac Gornji Milanovac Mladenovac Mladi Radnik Mladost Apatin Mladost Lučani Moravac Mrštane Napredak Kruševac Novi Pazar Novi Sad 1921 Obilić OFK Beograd OFK Niš OFK Odžaci Proleter Novi Sad PSK Pančevo Rad Radnički 1923 Radnički Beograd Radnički Niš Radnički Nova Pazova Radnički Pirot Radnički Šid Radnički Sombor Sevojno Sinđelić Beograd Sinđelić Niš Sloga Kraljevo Sloga Petrovac Spartak Subotica Srem Tekstilac Odžaci Teleoptik Temnić 1924 Timok 1919 TSC Vlasina Žarkovo Železničar Pančevo Zlatibor Čajetina
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