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

Season	2023–24
Dates	5 August 2023 – 26 May 2024[1]
Champions	OFK Beograd
Promoted	OFK Beograd Jedinstvo Ub Tekstilac Odžaci
Relegated	RFK Novi Sad 1921 Radnički Beograd
Matches played	296
Goals scored	639 (2.16 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dejan Georgijević (15 goals)[2]
Biggest home win	Tekstilac 5 – 0 Radnički Beograd
Biggest away win	Grafičar 0 – 5 OFK Beograd
Highest scoring	Dubočica 3 – 5 OFK Beograd
Longest winning run	Inđija, OFK Beograd (4 games)
Longest unbeaten run	OFK Beograd (15 games)
Longest winless run	Mladost GAT (13 games)
Longest losing run	Five teams (4 games)
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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

Belgrade

Novi Sad

Dubočica

Kolubara

Inđija Toyo Tires

Jedinstvo

Mačva

Metalac

OFK Vršac

Radnički SM

Tekstilac

Sloboda

Smederevo 1924

Belgrade clubs:

Grafičar
OFK Beograd
Radnički

Novi Sad clubs:

Novi Sad 1921
Mladost GAT

Location of teams in the 2023–24 Serbian First league

Radnički

OFK Beograd

Grafičar

Locations of the 2023–24 Serbian First League teams from Belgrade

Mladost GAT

Novi Sad 1921

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
Grafičar	Belgrade	South artificial grass field of Red Star Stadium	1,000
Inđija Toyo Tires	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	1,400
Novi Sad 1921	Čelarevo	Stadion "ČSK Čelarevo"	3,000
OFK Beograd	Belgrade	Omladinski Stadium	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	30	19	5	6	54	25	+29	62	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Jedinstvo	30	15	7	8	38	30	+8	52
3	Inđija	30	15	5	10	37	25	+12	50
4	Tekstilac	30	13	9	8	37	21	+16	48[a]
5	Smederevo 1924	30	12	12	6	34	23	+11	48[a]
6	Radnički SM	30	11	9	10	27	27	0	42[b]
7	Mačva	30	11	9	10	29	24	+5	42[b]
8	Grafičar	30	11	9	10	43	42	+1	42[b]
9	Dubočica	30	10	11	9	26	30	−4	41	Qualification for the Relegation round
10	OFK Vršac	30	10	9	11	25	27	−2	39
11	Metalac	30	9	10	11	25	31	−6	37
12	Kolubara	30	9	9	12	38	40	−2	36
13	Mladost GAT	30	8	10	12	29	34	−5	34
14	Sloboda	30	8	9	13	22	31	−9	33
15	Novi Sad 1921	30	6	4	20	25	52	−27	22
16	Radnički Beograd[c]	30	6	7	17	27	54	−27	19

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. Tekstilac are ahead of Smederevo 1924 on head-to-head points: Tekstilac; 4, Smederevo 1924; 0.
2. Radnički SM are ahead of Mačva and Grafičar on head-to-head points: Radnički SM; 9, Mačva; 5, Grafičar; 2.
3. Radnički Beograd were deducted 6 points due to match fixing.

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	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	3–5	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0
Grafičar	1–2		1–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–5	1–2	4–2	0–1	5–1	1–2	2–2
Inđija	2–2	0–0		0–1	0–2	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–0
Jedinstvo	2–0	3–1	1–1		3–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1
Kolubara	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–3		3–2	1–1	0–2	4–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–3	0–0	2–4	1–1
Mačva	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0		2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–0
Metalac	0–0	1–3	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–2		0–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0
Mladost GAT	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–4	3–1	1–0	1–0		0–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0
Novi Sad 1921	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–1		1–0	3–2	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–1	1–0
OFK Beograd	1–0	0–2	0–0	3–0	4–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	4–1		1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–0
OFK Vršac	0–0	2–3	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1		0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1
Radnički Beograd	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–4	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–2	1–0		0–1	0–1	0–3	1–3
Radnički SM	1–1	2–1	1–2	4–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0		1–1	0–0	1–0
Sloboda	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–1		1–1	0–2
Smederevo 1924	3–0	1–2	2–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0		0–0
Tekstilac	1–0	4–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	5–0	5–2	3–1	1–0

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]

Pos	Scorer	Teams	Goals
1	Dejan Georgijević	OFK Beograd	16
2	Kwaku Karikari	Jedinstvo	15
3	Zubairu Ibrahim	Jedinstvo	12
4	Nikola Furtula	Kolubara	11
5	Saša Marković	OFK Beograd	10

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Aleksandar Kahvić	OFK Beograd	Metalac	4–1	13 August 2023
Aleksandar Kahvić	OFK Beograd	Dubočica	5–3	3 September 2023
Darko Stojanović	Tekstilac	Radnički Beograd	5–0	11 December 2023