# 2021–22 Serbian First League

The 2021–22 Serbian First League is the 17th season of the Serbian First League since its establishment.

## League format

The league consist of 16 teams: eight teams from the 2020–21 Serbian First League, six teams relegated from 2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga and two new teams promoted from Serbian League.

## Teams

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Budućnost | Belgrade | Stadion FK Budućnost | 1,000 |
| Grafičar | Belgrade | Topčiderska zvezda | 1,000 |
| IMT | Belgrade | Stadion FK IMT | 1,150 |
| Inđija | Inđija | Inđija Stadium | 4,500 |
| Javor Matis | Ivanjica | Javor Stadium | 3,000 |
| Kabel | Novi Sad | FK Kabel Stadium | 2,000 |
| Loznica | Loznica | Lagator Stadium | 5,000 |
| Mačva | Šabac | Mačva Stadium | 5,494 |
| Mladost GAT | Novi Sad | Stadion FK Mladost | 200 |
| OFK Bačka | Bačka Palanka | Stadion Slavko Maletin Vava | 4,000 |
| Žarkovo | Belgrade | Žarkovo Stadium | 610 |
| Rad | Belgrade | King Peter I Stadium | 3,919 |
| Radnički | Sremska Mitrovica | Stadion FK Radnički | 2,000 |
| Timok 1919 | Zaječar | Zaječar City Stadium | 10,000 |
| Železničar | Pančevo | SC Mladost | 1,200 |
| Zlatibor | Čajetina | Užice City Stadium | 15,000 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Inđija | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 58 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Mladost GAT | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 57 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Javor Matis | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 56 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Železničar | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 52 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | IMT | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 49 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Radnički | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 46 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | OFK Žarkovo | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 8 | Loznica | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 41 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 9 | Mačva | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 39 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Grafičar | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 35 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Rad | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 35 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Budućnost | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 35 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 13 | Zlatibor | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 34 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 14 | Timok 1919 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 33 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 15 | OFK Bačka | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 33 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 16 | Kabel | 30 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 12 | 71 | −59 | 9 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

### Results

| Home \ Away | INĐ | MNS | JAV | ŽEL | MAČ | ŽAR | IMT | RSM | LOZ | RAD | BAČ | ZLA | GRA | BDO | TMK | KBL |
| Inđija | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Mladost GAT | 2–3 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Javor Matis | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Železničar | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Mačva | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| OFK Žarkovo | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| IMT | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| Radnički | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–3 |
| Loznica | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Rad | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| OFK Bačka | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Zlatibor | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 7–0 |
| Grafičar | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Budućnost | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Timok 1919 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 2–0 |
| Kabel | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–3 | |

## Play-offs
### Promotion 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 |
| 1 | Mladost GAT (C, P) | 37 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 72 | Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga |
| 2 | Javor Matis (P) | 37 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 57 | 30 | +27 | 69 | Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga |
| 3 | Železničar | 37 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 68 | Qualification for play-off |
| 4 | IMT | 37 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 67 | Qualification for play-off |
| 5 | Inđija | 37 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 64 | |
| 6 | Žarkovo (R) | 37 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 49 | Relegation to Serbian League |
| 7 | Radnički | 37 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 48 | |
| 8 | Loznica | 37 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 45 | |
* ↑ OFK Žarkovo were relegated due to financial issues.

### Results

| Home \ Away | IMT | INĐ | JAV | LOZ | MNS | RSM | ŽAR | ŽEL |
| IMT | | | | | | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Inđija | 0–1 | | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | | |
| Javor Matis | 2–4 | | | 1–0 | | 3–1 | | 1–1 |
| Loznica | 0–4 | 2–1 | | | 0–2 | | | |
| Mladost GAT | 2–3 | | 0–2 | | | | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Radnički | | | | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | |
| OFK Žarkovo | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | | | |
| Železničar | | 3–1 | | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | |

### Relegation round

The bottom eight teams from the regular season play in the relegation round. Teams play each other once.

#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 9 | Grafičar | 37 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 51 | |
| 10 | Mačva | 37 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 48 | |
| 11 | Rad | 37 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 48 | |
| 12 | Zlatibor | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 47 | |
| 13 | Budućnost (R) | 37 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 45 | Relegation to Serbian League |
| 14 | Timok 1919 (R) | 37 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 40 | Relegation to Serbian League |
| 15 | OFK Bačka (R) | 37 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 39 | Relegation to Serbian League |
| 16 | Kabel (R) | 37 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 15 | 89 | −74 | 13 | Relegation to Serbian League |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BDO | GRA | KBL | MAČ | BAČ | RAD | TMK | ZLA |
| Budućnost | | 0–2 | | | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 |
| Grafičar | | | 5–0 | | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Kabel | 1–1 | | | 2–1 | | | | 0–1 |
| Mačva | 1–1 | 1–1 | | | | | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| OFK Bačka | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | | | |
| Rad | | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | |
| Timok 1919 | 1–1 | | 5–0 | | 3–0 | | | |
| Zlatibor | | | | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | |

## Individual statistics
### Top scorers

As of matches played on 22 May 2022.
| Pos | Scorer | Teams | Goals |
| 1 | Milan Vidakov | Mladost GAT | 18 |
| 2 | Pavle Ivelja | Javor | 14 |
| 3 | Borisav Burmaz | Grafičar | 12 |
| 3 | Vladimir Lučić | IMT | 12 |
| 5 | Luka Gojković | Rad | 11 |
| 5 | Vladan Milosavljev | Inđija | 11 |
| 5 | Lazar Milošev | Železničar | 11 |
| 5 | Vladimir Radočaj | IMT | 11 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Brana Ilić | Železničar | Grafičar | 3–0 | 21 August 2021 |
| Nikola Žakula | Inđija | IMT | 4–0 | 10 October 2021 |
| Luka Čumić $^4$ | Zlatibor | Kabel | 7–0 | 6 December 2021 |
| Borisav Burmaz | Grafičar | Zlatibor | 5–1 | 28 March 2022 |
| Lazar Nikolić | Javor | Kabel | 4–0 | 10 April 2022 |
| Borisav Burmaz | Grafičar | Kabel | 5–0 | 15 April 2022 |
| Borisav Burmaz $^4$ | Grafičar | Rad | 4–0 | 8 May 2022 |
$^4$ Player scored four goals