# 2020–21 Serbian First League

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

## League format

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.

## Team changes

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

## Teams

| 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

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.
* Grafičar is affiliated and branched with Red Star Belgrade

### Managerial changes

| 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 | 06 September 2020 |
| Radnički Pirot | Dejan Čelar | Resigned | 11 September 2020 | 10th | Nikola Puača | 25 September 2020 |
| Grafičar | Milija Žižić | Resigned | 14 September 2020 | 6th | Radomir Koković | 23 September 2020 |
| Dubočica | Aleksandar Kuzmanović | Resigned | 21 September 2020 | 15th | Saša Mrkić | 22 September 2020 |
| Radnički Pirot | Nikola Puača | Resigned | 11 April 2021 | 16th | Dragan Perišić | 15 April 2021 |

### Foreign players

* 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

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

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Radnički 1923 (C, P) | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 69 | Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga |
| 2 | Kolubara (P) | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 69 | Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga |
| 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 | Relegation to Serbian League |
| 12 | Dubočica (R) | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 39 | Relegation to Serbian League |
| 13 | Dinamo (R) | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 38 | Relegation to Serbian League |
| 14 | Borac 1926 (R) | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 36 | Relegation to Serbian League |
| 15 | Trayal (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 35 | Relegation to Serbian League |
| 16 | Jagodina (R) | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 29 | Relegation to Serbian League |
| 17 | Zemun (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 51 | −27 | 27 | Relegation to Serbian League |
| 18 | Sloga (R) | 34 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 53 | −29 | 26 | Relegation to Serbian League |
* 1 2 Head-to-head away goals: Radnički 1923 1, Kolubara 0.
* 1 2 Head-to-head away goals: Radnički Pirot 1, Dubočica 0.
* ↑ Borac were deducted 6 points due to match fixing.
* ↑ Jagodina were deducted 6 points due to match fixing.

## Results

| 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 | |

## Individual statistics
### Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 19 May 2021.
| Pos | Scorer | Teams | Goals |
| 1 | Dragiša Komarčević | Loznica | 14 |
| 2 | Dušan Savić | Dubočica | 12 |
| 2 | Aleksandar Mesarović | Kabel | 12 |
| 4 | Goran Matić | Loznica | 11 |
| 4 | Slobodan Stanojlović | Loznica | 11 |

### Hat-tricks

| 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 |