2020–21 Serbian First League

The 2020–21 Serbian First League is the sixteenth season of the Serbian First League since its establishment.

Serbian First League
Season2020–21
Dates14 August 2020 – 19 May 2021[1]
Matches played153
Goals scored363 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorerDušan Savić
(9 goals)
Biggest home winGrafičar 5–1 Sloga
Radnički 1923 4–0 Sloga
Jagodina 4–0 Radnički Pirot
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 runDubočica, Sloga, Železničar 7 games
Longest losing runSloga 6 games
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League format

The league consist of 20 teams: ten teams from the 2019–20 Serbian First League and eight new teams promoted from 2019–20 Serbian First League. Teams will play 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
Location of teams in the 2020–21 Serbian First league
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 Belgrade FK Budućnost Dobanovci Stadium 1,000
Dinamo Vranje Yumco Stadion 4,000
Dubočica Leskovac Leskovac City Stadium 7,000
Grafičar Belgrade Topčiderska zvezda 1,000
IMT Belgrade Old Traktor Arena 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 FK Radnički S.M. Stadium 2,000
Sloga Kraljevo Kraljevo City Stadium 4,000
Trayal Kruševac FK Trayal Stadium 1,500
Zemun Belgrade Zemun City 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.

Personnel, Kits & Sponsor
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer General Sponsor
Borac 1926 Vladimir Stanisavljević Lazar Obradović Givova Auto Čačak doo
Budućnost Dobanovci Dušan Kljajić Slobodan Lučić Macron Gebrüder Weiss
Dinamo Dragan Antić Mlađan Stevanović Nike mt:s
Dubočica Aleksandar Kuzmanović Dušan Savić NAAI ButanGas Group
Grafičar* Milija Žižić Aleksandar Stanković NAAI Millenium Team
IMT Zoran Rendulić Nemanja Marković NAAI SI 011 International doo Beograd
Jagodina Darko Milisavljević Strahinja Jovančić NAAI Municipality of Jagodina
Kabel Zoran Vasiljević Stefan Petrović Kelme Put-invest doo
Kolubara Dejan Nikolić Nikola Vasiljević Seven Sportswear EPS RB Kolubara
Loznica Dragan Micić Miloš Spasenović Sportska Oprema Bull Municipality of Loznica
Radnički 1923 Aleksandar Linta Stevan Kovačević Jako Municipality of Kragujevac
Radnički Pirot Nikola Puača Filip Tolić Umbro Municipality of Pirot
Radnički S.M. Goran Dragoljić Nemanja Petrović Macron Metalfer Steel Mill doo
Sloga Boris Bunjak Đorđe Andrić Umbro Municipality of Kraljevo
Trayal Goran Lazarević Milan Gašić Jako Trayal Corporation
Zemun Milan Rašić Marko Đalović Joma Dunav Insurance
Žarkovo Milan Kuljić Nemanja Šćekić NAAI Rubikon SC
Železničar Marko Perović Dušan Plavšić 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 Petar Divić Sacked 06 September 2020 18th Boris Bunjak[3] 06 September 2020
Radnički Pirot Dejan Čelar[4] Resigned 11 September 2020 10th Nikola Puača[5] 25 September 2020
Grafičar Milija Žižić[6] Resigned 14 September 2020 6th Radomir Koković[7] 23 September 2020
Dubočica Aleksandar Kuzmanović[8] Resigned 21 September 2020 15th Saša Mrkić[9] 22 September 2020

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 Joseph Bempah Abdul Rashid Obuobi Stanislav Goldin
Budućnost Dobanovci Emeka Emerun Lee Jong-chan Michel Vaillant
Dinamo Vranje Miroslav Orlić Val Baiano → Marko Čubrilo
Dubočica Okomayin Segun Onimisi Maksym Andrushchenko → Dušan Savić
Grafičar Richard Odada Vanja Panić Preslav Petrov Norman Campbell → Aleksandar Todorovski
IMT Ismaël Béko Fofana → Dimitrios Tzinovits
Jagodina
Kabel Cyril Nebo Petar Pavlićević
Kolubara Arsen Knežević
Loznica → Branislav Ružić
→ Mihailo Bogićević
OFK Žarkovo Kyril Pakhonov → Nemanja Šćekić
→ Nenad Kiso
Radnički 1923
Radnički Pirot Marko Gjorgjievski Guy Edoa
Radnički S.M. Milan Jelovac Sadick Abubakar Revaz Injgia
Sloga Kraljevo Moses John → Marko Vidović
→ Marko Mihajlović
Trayal Ousman Joof Mirko Drašković
Zemun Nikola Pejović
Železničar Zakaria Suraka → 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 17 12 4 1 31 13 +18 40 Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga
2 Kabel 17 10 5 2 22 9 +13 35
3 Grafičar 17 8 5 4 26 18 +8 29
4 Kolubara 17 8 5 4 21 19 +2 29
5 Borac 1926 17 8 2 7 26 19 +7 26
6 Jagodina 17 6 7 4 16 14 +2 25
7 Loznica 17 6 7 4 24 23 +1 25
8 OFK Žarkovo 17 7 4 6 19 19 0 25
9 IMT 17 6 5 6 23 17 +6 23
10 Budućnost 17 6 4 7 20 20 0 22
11 Dubočica 17 4 8 5 15 19 −4 20 Relegation to Serbian League
12 Trayal 17 5 4 8 17 23 −6 19
13 Radnički Pirot 17 5 4 8 18 28 −10 19
14 Radnički Sremska Mitrovica 17 5 3 9 18 16 +2 18
15 Železničar 17 5 3 9 17 25 −8 18
16 Dinamo 17 5 2 10 24 31 −7 17
17 Zemun 17 4 3 10 13 21 −8 15
18 Sloga 17 3 5 9 13 29 −16 14
Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 2020. 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]

Results
Home \ Away BOR BDO DVR DUB GRA IMT JAG KBL KOL LOZ ŽAR RDK RDP RDS SLO TRA ZEM ŽEL
Borac 1926 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–1
Budućnost 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0
Dinamo 2–3 1–2 0–1 2–4 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–1
Dubočica 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 0–0 1–0
Grafičar 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 5–1 1–0 3–0
IMT 0–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–3 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–0
Jagodina 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
Kabel 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Kolubara 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1
Loznica 4–4 0–0 3–3 1–2 4–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–3
OFK Žarkovo 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–0
Radnički 1923 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 4–0 2–1 3–1
Radnički Pirot 2–2 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1
Radnički Sremska Mitrovica 1–2 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2
Sloga 1–0 0–0 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1
Trayal 0–4 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–1
Zemun 3–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–3 3–1
Železničar 2–1 0–0 0–3 0–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 2020. 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 30 November 2020.[10]

Top goalscorers
Pos Scorer Teams Goals
1 Dušan Savić Dubočica 9
2 Željko Dimitrov Dinamo 8
Dragiša Komarčević Loznica
Nikola Terzić IMT
5 Goran Matić Loznica 7

Hat-tricks
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Nemanja StojićGrafičarSloga5–121 November 2020
Dušan SavićDubočicaRadnički Pirot3–228 November 2020

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