2020–21 Serbian First League

The 2020–21 Serbian First League was the 16th season of the Serbian First League since its establishment.

Serbian First League
Season2020–21
Dates14 August 2020 – 19 May 2021[1]
ChampionsRadnički 1923
PromotedRadnički 1923
Kolubara
RelegatedBorac 1926
Dinamo
Dubočica
Trayal
Radnički Pirot
Sloga Kraljevo
Zemun
Jagodina
Matches played306
Goals scored704 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorerDragiša Komarčević
(14 goals)
Biggest home winLoznica 7–0 Dubočica
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 runJagodina 16 games
Longest losing runSloga 6 games

League format

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The league consisted of 18 teams: ten teams from the 2019–20 Serbian First League and eight new teams promoted from 2019–20 Serbian League. Teams played 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

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The following teams have changed division since the 2019–20 season.

Teams

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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 Dobanovci FK Budućnost Dobanovci Stadium 1,000
Dinamo Vranje Stadion Yumco 4,000
Dubočica Leskovac Leskovac City Stadium 7,000
Grafičar Belgrade Topčiderska zvezda 1,000
IMT Belgrade Stadion FK IMT 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 Stadion FK Radnički 2,000
Sloga Kraljevo Kraljevo City Stadium 4,000
Trayal Kruševac FK Trayal Stadium 1,500
Zemun Belgrade Zemun Stadium 9,588
Žarkovo Belgrade FK Žarkovo Stadium 610
Železničar Pančevo SC Mladost 1,200

Personnel, Kits and Main sponsor

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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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   Zoran Milinković   Nikola Vasiljević Seven EPS RB Kolubara
Loznica   Dragan Micić   Miloš Spasenović Bull Municipality of Loznica
Radnički 1923   Aleksandar Linta   Stevan Kovačević Jako Municipality of Kragujevac
Radnički Pirot   Dragan Perišić   Filip Tolić Umbro Municipality of Pirot
Radnički Sremska Mitrovica   Goran Dragoljić   Nemanja Petrović Macron Metalfer Steel Mill doo
Sloga   Boris Bunjak   Đorđe Andrić NAAI Municipality of Kraljevo
Trayal   Goran Lazarević   Milan Gašić Jako Trayal Corporation
Zemun   Milan Rašić   Marko Đalović Joma Dunav Insurance
Žarkovo   Milan Kuljić   Nemanja Šćekić Macron 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

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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
Radnički Pirot   Nikola Puača[10] Resigned 11 April 2021 16th   Dragan Perišić[11] 15 April 2021

Foreign players

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  • 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
Žarkovo   Kyril Pakhonov    Nemanja Šćekić
   Nenad Kiso
Radnički 1923
Radnički Pirot   Marko Gjorgjievski   Guy Edoa
Radnički Sremska Mitrovica   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

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For the list of transfers involving First League clubs during 2020–21 season, please see: List of Serbian football transfers summer 2020.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Radnički 1923 (C, P) 34 20 9 5 52 26 +26 69[a] Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga
2 Kolubara (P) 34 21 6 7 53 31 +22 69[a]
3 Kabel 34 18 11 5 41 18 +23 65
4 IMT 34 18 6 10 57 35 +22 60
5 Loznica 34 15 9 10 57 42 +15 54
6 Žarkovo 34 16 5 13 35 34 +1 53
7 Grafičar 34 13 12 9 46 34 +12 51
8 Budućnost 34 14 8 12 39 37 +2 50
9 Radnički Sremska Mitrovica 34 14 5 15 39 30 +9 47
10 Železničar 34 13 5 16 38 43 −5 44
11 Radnički Pirot (R) 34 10 9 15 32 46 −14 39[b] Relegation to Serbian League
12 Dubočica (R) 34 9 12 13 30 43 −13 39[b]
13 Dinamo (R) 34 11 5 18 39 53 −14 38
14 Borac 1926 (R) 34 11 9 14 38 37 +1 36[c]
15 Trayal (R) 34 9 8 17 31 44 −13 35
16 Jagodina (R) 34 7 14 13 30 48 −18 29[d]
17 Zemun (R) 34 7 6 21 24 51 −27 27
18 Sloga (R) 34 5 11 18 24 53 −29 26
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2021. 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]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head away goals: Radnički 1923 1, Kolubara 0.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head away goals: Radnički Pirot 1, Dubočica 0.
  3. ^ Borac were deducted 6 points due to match fixing.[12]
  4. ^ Jagodina were deducted 6 points due to match fixing.[12]

Results

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Home \ Away RDK KOL KBL IMT ŽAR BDO LOZ GRA RDS ŽEL BOR DVR DUB TRA RDP ZEM JAG SLO
Radnički 1923 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–2 4–0
Kolubara 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1
Kabel 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–0
IMT 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 5–2 2–3 1–0 0–2 1–3 0–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 6–1
Žarkovo 2–0 0–3 0–2 1–3 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0
Budućnost 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–0
Loznica 3–1 4–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 4–4 3–3 7–0 1–0 1–1 6–0 4–2 2–1
Grafičar 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 5–1
Radnički Sremska Mitrovica 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0
Železničar 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 5–2 1–0
Borac 1926 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–0
Dinamo 2–1 2–4 0–2 1–3 2–0 2–3 2–3 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 3–1
Dubočica 2–2 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 3–1 3–1 0–0
Trayal 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–3 0–2 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–2 2–1 0–4 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–1
Radnički Pirot 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1
Zemun 1–1 1–4 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–0
Jagodina 0–0 0–3 2–3 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–0
Sloga 0–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2021. 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

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Top goalscorers

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As of matches played on 19 May 2021.[13]

Pos Scorer Teams Goals
1   Dragiša Komarčević Loznica 14
2   Dušan Savić Dubočica 12
  Aleksandar Mesarović Kabel
4   Goran Matić Loznica 11
  Slobodan Stanojlović Loznica

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
  Nemanja Stojić Grafičar Sloga 5–1 21 November 2020
  Dušan Savić Dubočica Radnički Pirot 3–2 28 November 2020
  Predrag Sikimić Železničar Jagodina 5–2 7 April 2021
  Slobodan Stanojlović Loznica Zemun 6–0 15 May 2021

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