# 2022–23 Serbian First League

The 2022–23 Serbian First League was the 18th season of the Serbian First League since its establishment.

## League format

The league consisted of 16 teams: seven teams from the previous season, one team relegated from 2021–22 Serbian SuperLiga, five new teams promoted from Serbian League and Novi Sad 1921 who was merged with Proleter Novi Sad. Each time 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 Promotion Play-off. Last four teams from Relegation round will be relegated.

## Teams

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Grafičar | Belgrade | South artificial grass field of Red Star Stadium | 1,000 |
| IMT | Belgrade | Stadion FK IMT | 1,150 |
| Inđija | Inđija | Inđija Stadium | 4,500 |
| Jedinstvo | Ub | Stadion Dragan Džajić | 4,000 |
| Loznica | Loznica | Lagator Stadium | 5,000 |
| Mačva | Šabac | Mačva Stadium | 5,494 |
| Metalac | Gornji Milanovac | Stadion Metalac | 4,400 |
| Novi Sad 1921 | Novi Sad | Detelinara Stadium | 6,000 |
| OFK Vršac | Vršac | Vršac City Stadium | 5,000 |
| Rad | Belgrade | King Peter I Stadium | 3,919 |
| Radnički | Belgrade | Stadion kraj Studenjaka | 5,000 |
| Radnički | Sremska Mitrovica | Stadion FK Radnički | 2,000 |
| Sloboda | Užice | Radomir Antić Stadium | 12,000 |
| Trayal | Kruševac | Stadion FK Trayal | 1,500 |
| Železničar | Pančevo | SC Mladost | 1,200 |
| Zlatibor | Čajetina | Stadion Švajcarija | 1,040 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | IMT | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 61 | Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga |
| 2 | Železničar | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 25 | +22 | 57 | Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga |
| 3 | Grafičar | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 57 | 38 | +19 | 50 | Qualification for play-off |
| 4 | Radnički SM | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 45 | Qualification for play-off |
| 5 | Jedinstvo | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 44 | |
| 6 | Novi Sad | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 43 | |
| 7 | Inđija | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 43 | |
| 8 | Radnički NB | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 40 | |
| 9 | Sloboda | 30 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 37 | |
| 10 | OFK Vršac | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 37 | |
| 11 | Mačva | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 37 | |
| 12 | Metalac | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 35 | |
| 13 | Trayal | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 35 | Relegation to Serbian League |
| 14 | Loznica | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 31 | Relegation to Serbian League |
| 15 | Rad | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 28 | Relegation to Serbian League |
| 16 | Zlatibor | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 23 | Relegation to Serbian League |
* ↑ Teams will be split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each have played 30 matches.

### Results

| Home \ Away | IMT | ŽEL | GRA | RSM | JED | NVS | RBG | INĐ | SLO | VRŠ | MAČ | MET | TRA | LOZ | RAD | ZLA |
| IMT | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Železničar | 2–0 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 |
| Grafičar | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 5–1 |
| Radnički SM | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Jedinstvo | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Novi Sad | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Radnički NB | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Inđija | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Sloboda | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| OFK Vršac | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Mačva | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Metalac | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Trayal | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Loznica | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–5 | 2–0 |
| Rad | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 |
| Zlatibor | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | |

## Play-offs
### Championship 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 | IMT | ŽEL | GRA | INĐ | RSM | JED | NVS | RBG |
| 1 | IMT (C, P) | 37 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 63 | 36 | +27 | 75 | Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga | | 1–1 | 0–0 | | | 4–3 | 7–1 | |
| 2 | Železničar (P) | 37 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 63 | 35 | +28 | 68 | Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga | | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–3 | | |
| 3 | Grafičar | 37 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 60 | Qualification for play-off | | | | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Inđija | 37 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 54 | Qualification for play-off | 2–0 | | 3–0 | | | | | 0–1 |
| 5 | Radnički SM | 37 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 53 | | 1–3 | | | 1–1 | | | 4–2 | 5–0 |
| 6 | Jedinstvo | 37 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 53 | | | | | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | |
| 7 | Novi Sad | 37 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 50 | | | 3–2 | | 2–0 | | | | 2–2 |
| 8 | Radnički NB | 37 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 45 | | 1–3 | 0–3 | | | | 1–1 | | |

### Relegations round

The bottom 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 | SLO | VRŠ | MAČ | MET | LOZ | TRA | ZLA | RAD |
| 9 | Sloboda | 37 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 51 | | | 0–4 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | | |
| 10 | OFK Vršac | 37 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 48 | | | | 2–2 | 1–4 | | 2–1 | | 0–0 |
| 11 | Mačva | 37 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 48 | | | | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | |
| 12 | Metalac | 37 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 48 | | 1–1 | | | | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| 13 | Loznica (R) | 37 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 41 | Relegation to Serbian League | | 2–1 | | | | | 5–1 | 3–0 |
| 14 | Trayal (R) | 37 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 40 | Relegation to Serbian League | | | | 1–1 | 1–1 | | | 4–0 |
| 15 | Zlatibor (R) | 37 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 33 | Relegation to Serbian League | 1–2 | 0–1 | | | | 2–0 | | |
| 16 | Rad (R) | 37 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 37 | 63 | −26 | 30 | Relegation to Serbian League | 1–1 | | 1–2 | | | | 2–3 | |

## Individual statistics
### Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 28 May 2023.
| Pos | Scorer | Teams | Goals |
| 1 | Krsta Đorđević | Radnički SM | 15 |
| 1 | Miloš Luković | IMT | 15 |
| 3 | Slaviša Stojanović | Inđija | 14 |
| 4 | Dario Grgić | Železničar | 13 |
| 4 | Dragiša Komarčević | Loznica | 13 |
| 4 | Kwaku Karikari | Jedinstvo | 13 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Nikola Dišić | Zlatibor | Sloboda | 4–1 | 4 September 2022 |
| Jovan Mituljikić | Grafičar | Rad | 6–1 | 12 November 2022 |