# 2016–17 Serbian First League

The Serbian First Football League (Serbian: Prva liga Srbije) is the second-highest football league in Serbia. The league is operated by the Serbian FA. 16 teams competed in the league for the 2016–17 season. Two teams were promoted to the Serbian SuperLiga. Four teams were relegated to the Serbian League, the third-highest division overall in the Serbian football league system. Due to extreme financial difficulties, Sloga Petrovac application for 2016–17 season was rejected. On an emergency meeting in the Serbian FA, on 18 July 2016, it was announced that Sloboda Užice would, as a consequence of Sloga's relegation, stay in the league for 2016–17 season. The season begun in August 2016 and ended in May 2017.

## 2016–17 teams

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Kit manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor |
| Bežanija | Belgrade | Stadion FK Bežanija | 4,000 | Sportika SA | |
| BSK Borča | Belgrade | Vizelj Park | 2,500 | Hummel | |
| Budućnost Dobanovci | Belgrade | Stadion FK Budućnost | 1,000 | Legea | |
| Dinamo Vranje | Vranje | Stadion Yumco | 4,000 | Nike | |
| ČSK Čelarevo | Čelarevo | Stadion Pivare | 3,000 | Joma | Lav pivo |
| Zemun | Zemun | Zemun Stadium | 10,000 | Umbro | |
| Inđija | Inđija | Stadion FK Inđija | 4,500 | NAAI | |
| Jagodina | Jagodina | Jagodina City Stadium | 15,000 | Legea | |
| Kolubara | Lazarevac | Stadion FK Kolubara | 2,000 | Erima | Lasta Beograd |
| Mačva Šabac | Šabac | Stadion FK Mačva | 8,000 | NAAI | |
| OFK Beograd | Belgrade | Omladinski Stadium | 19,100 | Joma | DDOR |
| OFK Odžaci | Odžaci | Gradski stadion | 2,000 | NAAI | Vimeksim |
| Proleter Novi Sad | Novi Sad | Stadion Slana Bara | 2,000 | NAAI | Elektrovojvodina d.o.o. |
| Radnički Pirot | Pirot | Stadion Dragan Nikolić | 13,816 | Umbro | Tigar Tyres |
| Sinđelić Beograd | Belgrade | Stadion FK Sinđelić | 1,500 | Unit | Rubikon |
| Sloboda Užice | Užice | Užice City Stadium | 12,000 | Jako | UNITRAG |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Mačva Šabac (C, P) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 62 | Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga |
| 2 | Zemun (P) | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 61 | Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga |
| 3 | Sloboda Užice | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 54 | |
| 4 | Inđija | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 48 | |
| 5 | Bežanija | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 47 | |
| 6 | Radnički Pirot | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 43 | |
| 7 | Jagodina | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 41 | |
| 8 | Dinamo Vranje | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 39 | |
| 9 | Sinđelić Beograd | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 37 | |
| 10 | Budućnost Dobanovci | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 37 | |
| 11 | Proleter Novi Sad | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 36 | |
| 12 | ČSK | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 34 | |
| 13 | Kolubara (R) | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 32 | Relegation to the Serbian League |
| 14 | BSK Borča (R) | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 32 | Relegation to the Serbian League |
| 15 | OFK Odžaci (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 26 | Relegation to the Serbian League |
| 16 | OFK Beograd (R) | 30 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 53 | −28 | 18 | Relegation to the Serbian League |
* 1 2 3 4 Mačva Šabac, BSK Borča, ČSK and Bežanija deducted one point for suspected match fixing.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEŽ | BSK | BDO | DVR | ČSK | ZEM | INĐ | JAG | KOL | MAČ | OFK | ODŽ | PNS | RPI | SIN | SUŽ |
| Bežanija | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| BSK Borča | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Budućnost Dobanovci | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Dinamo Vranje | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| ČSK Čelarevo | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Zemun | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Inđija | 1–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Jagodina | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Kolubara | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Mačva Šabac | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| OFK Beograd | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| OFK Odžaci | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Proleter Novi Sad | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Radnički Pirot | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Sinđelić Beograd | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 1–2 |
| Sloboda Užice | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

Source: Prva liga official website
| Pos | Scorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Uroš Đerić | Sloboda | 19 |
| 2 | Bojan Matić | Mačva | 14 |
| 3 | Nemanja Subotić | Budućnost | 13 |
| 4 | Miroslav Lečić | Jagodina | 10 |
| 4 | Nenad Lukić | Zemun | 10 |
| 4 | Denis Ristov | Radnički | 10 |
| 7 | Stefan Dimić | Zemun | 9 |
| 7 | Mladen Lazarević | Mačva | 9 |
| 7 | Milan Mirosavljev | Proleter | 9 |
| 7 | Lazar Tufegdžić | OFK Beograd / Sinđelić | 9 |

### Own goals

| Player | For | Game | Date |
| Lazar Tufegdžić (OFK Beograd) | OFK Odžaci | OFK Beograd – OFK Odžaci 0:2 | 13 August 2016 |
| Draško Đorđević (Bežanija) | BSK | BSK – Bežanija 1:0 | 17 September 2016 |
| Nikola Jaćimović (Budućnost) | Proleter | Budućnost – Proleter 1:1 | 13 November 2016 |
| Mladen Lazarević (Mačva) | Sinđelić | Sinđelić – Mačva 2:2 | 29 April 2017 |
| Milan Joksimović (Sloboda) | Bežanija | Bežanija – Sloboda 4:1 | 27 May 2017 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Miroslav Lečić | Jagodina | Kolubara | 3:0 | 11 March 2017 |
| Nemanja Subotić | Budućnost | Dinamo | 3:0 | 29 April 2017 |
| Stefan Dimić | Zemun | OFK Beograd | 3:0 | 13 May 2017 |
| Lazar Vladisavljević | Budućnost | Radnički | 3:0 | 27 May 2017 |