# 2023–24 Serbian First League

The 2023–24 Serbian First League is the 19th season of the Serbian First League since its establishment.

## League format

The league consist of 16 teams: ten teams from the previous season, two teams relegated from 2022–23 Serbian SuperLiga and four new teams promoted from Serbian League. Tekstilac will make their debut in competition. Each team 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 Relegation Play-off. Last four teams from Relegation round will be relegated.

## Teams

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Dubočica | Leskovac | Dubočica Stadium | 8,136 |
| Grafičar | Belgrade | South artificial grass field of Red Star Stadium | 1,000 |
| Inđija Toyo Tires | Inđija | Toyo Tires Arena | 4,500 |
| Jedinstvo | Ub | Stadion "Dragan Džajić" | 4,000 |
| Kolubara | Lazarevac | Kolubara Stadium | 2,500 |
| Mačva | Šabac | Stadion FK Mačva Šabac | 5,494 |
| Metalac | Gornji Milanovac | Stadion Metalac | 4,400 |
| Mladost GAT | Novi Sad | GAT Arena | 1,400 |
| Novi Sad 1921 | Čelarevo | Stadion "ČSK Čelarevo" | 3,000 |
| OFK Beograd | Belgrade | Omladinski Stadium | 19,100 |
| OFK Vršac | Vršac | Gradski stadion Vršac | 5,000 |
| Radnički | New Belgrade | Stadion FK Radnički (NBG) | 5,000 |
| Radnički | Sremska Mitrovica | Gradski stadion | 2,000 |
| Sloboda | Užice | Radomir Antić Stadium | 12,000 |
| Smederevo 1924 | Smederevo | Smederevo Stadium | 17,200 |
| Tekstilac | Odžaci | Gradski stadion Odžaci | 3,000 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | OFK Beograd | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 25 | +29 | 62 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Jedinstvo | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 52 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Inđija | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 50 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Tekstilac | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 48 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Smederevo 1924 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 48 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Radnički SM | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Mačva | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 8 | Grafičar | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 9 | Dubočica | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 41 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | OFK Vršac | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 39 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Metalac | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 37 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Kolubara | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 36 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 13 | Mladost GAT | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 34 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 14 | Sloboda | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 33 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 15 | Novi Sad 1921 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 52 | −27 | 22 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 16 | Radnički Beograd | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 54 | −27 | 19 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
* 1 2 Tekstilac are ahead of Smederevo 1924 on head-to-head points: Tekstilac; 4, Smederevo 1924; 0.
* 1 2 3 Radnički SM are ahead of Mačva and Grafičar on head-to-head points: Radnički SM; 9, Mačva; 5, Grafičar; 2.
* ↑ Radnički Beograd were deducted 6 points due to match fixing.

### Results

| Home \ Away | DUB | GRA | INĐ | JED | KOL | MAČ | MET | MNS | NVS | OFK | VRŠ | RBG | RSM | SLO | SME | TEK |
| Dubočica | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Grafičar | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Inđija | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Jedinstvo | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Kolubara | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| Mačva | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Metalac | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Mladost GAT | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Novi Sad 1921 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| OFK Beograd | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| OFK Vršac | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Radnički Beograd | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 |
| Radnički SM | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Sloboda | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Smederevo 1924 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 |
| Tekstilac | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |

## Individual statistics
### Top scorers

As of matches played on 19 May 2024.
| Pos | Scorer | Teams | Goals |
| 1 | Dejan Georgijević | OFK Beograd | 16 |
| 2 | Kwaku Karikari | Jedinstvo | 15 |
| 3 | Zubairu Ibrahim | Jedinstvo | 12 |
| 4 | Nikola Furtula | Kolubara | 11 |
| 5 | Saša Marković | OFK Beograd | 10 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Aleksandar Kahvić | OFK Beograd | Metalac | 4–1 | 13 August 2023 |
| Aleksandar Kahvić | OFK Beograd | Dubočica | 5–3 | 3 September 2023 |
| Darko Stojanović | Tekstilac | Radnički Beograd | 5–0 | 11 December 2023 |