# 2019–20 Serbian First League

The 2019–20 Serbian First League was the 15th season of the Serbian First League since its establishment.

## 2019–20 league format

In 2019–20 season 16 teams competed in regular season. At the end of regular season top 8 teams were supposed to play promotion playoff round, while 8 lowest placed teams were supposed to play in the relegation playoff round. At the end of relegation playoff four bottom placed teams will be relegated to the Serbian League. At the end of promotion playoff round two top placed teams will earn promotion into Serbian SuperLiga, while third and fourth placed teams will play additional two round promotion playoff games against thirteen and fourteen placed teams from 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga.

## Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.

## Teams

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Bačka | Bačka Palanka | Stadion Slavko Maletin Vava | 4,000 |
| Budućnost Dobanovci | Belgrade | Stadion FK Budućnost | 1,000 |
| Dinamo Vranje | Vranje | Surdulica City Stadium | 3,312 |
| Grafičar | Belgrade | Topčiderska zvezda | 1,000 |
| Kabel | Novi Sad | Stadion FK Kabel | 2,000 |
| Kolubara | Lazarevac | Stadion FK Kolubara | 2,500 |
| Metalac | Gornji Milanovac | Stadion Metalac | 4,400 |
| Novi Pazar | Novi Pazar | Gradski Stadion | 13,000 |
| Radnički 1923 | Kragujevac | Čika Dača | 15,100 |
| Radnički Pirot | Pirot | Stadion Dragan Nikolić | 13,816 |
| Sinđelić | Belgrade | Stadion FK Sinđelić | 1,500 |
| Smederevo 1924 | Smederevo | Smederevo Stadium | 17,200 |
| Trayal | Kruševac | Stadion FK Trayal | 1,500 |
| Žarkovo | Belgrade | Stadion FK Žarkovo | 610 |
| Zemun | Belgrade | Zemun Stadium | 9,588 |
| Zlatibor | Čajetina | Stadion Švajcarija | 1,040 |

## Transfers

For the list of transfers involving First League clubs during 2019–20 season, please see: List of Serbian football transfers summer 2019, List of Serbian football transfers winter 2019–20.

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zlatibor | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 54 | Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga |
| 2 | Grafičar | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 54 | |
| 3 | Bačka | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 53 | Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga |
| 4 | Metalac Gornji Milanovac | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 53 | Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga |
| 5 | Kolubara | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 47 | |
| 6 | Radnički Pirot | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 43 | |
| 7 | Kabel | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 42 | |
| 8 | Radnički 1923 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 42 | |
| 9 | Žarkovo | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 40 | |
| 10 | Novi Pazar | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 40 | Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga |
| 11 | Dinamo | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 37 | |
| 12 | Zemun | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 33 | |
| 13 | Trayal | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 31 | |
| 14 | Sinđelić Beograd | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 55 | −28 | 25 | Relegation to Serbian League |
| 15 | Budućnost | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 22 | |
| 16 | Smederevo 1924 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 22 | Relegation to Serbian League |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Zlatibor 4, Grafičar 1.
* ↑ Graficar decided to reject promotion to SuperLiga.
* 1 2 Head-to-head away goals: Metalac G.M. 1, Bačka 0.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Kabel 6, Radnički 1923 0.
* ↑ Kabel were deducted 10 points due to match fixing.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Žarkovo 4, Novi Pazar 1.
* ↑ Novi Pazar promotion to SuperLiga, after Graficar rejected.
* ↑ Sinđelić were relegated due to financial issues.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Budućnost 6, Smederevo 1924 0.
* ↑ Smederevo relegation to Serbian League due to match fixing.
* ↑ Smederevo 1924 were deducted 10 points due to match fixing.

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAČ | BDO | DVR | GRA | KBL | KOL | MET | NPZ | RDK | RDP | SIN | SMD | TRA | ŽAR | ZEM | ZLA |
| Bačka | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Budućnost | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Dinamo | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Grafičar | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Kabel | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Kolubara | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Metalac Gornji Milanovac | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Novi Pazar | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Radnički 1923 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Radnički Pirot | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Sinđelić Beograd | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Smederevo 1924 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Trayal | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Žarkovo | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Zemun | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 |
| Zlatibor | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |

## Individual statistics
### Top scorers

As of matches played on 20 June 2020.
| Pos | Scorer | Teams | Goals |
| 1 | Aleksandar Katanić | Metalac | 19 |
| 2 | Dimitrije Pobulić | Radnički Pirot / Grafičar | 14 |
| 3 | Slađan Nikodijević | Radnički 1923 | 11 |
| 3 | Dejan Đenić | Kolubara | 11 |
| 3 | Krsta Đorđević | Bačka | 11 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Dejan Đenić | Kolubara | Smederevo 1924 | 3–0 | 10 August 2019 |
| Aleksandar Katanić | Metalac | Dinamo | 3–2 | 18 August 2019 |
| Filip Kukuličić | Grafičar | Radnički Pirot | 3–1 | 15 September 2019 |
| Željko Gavrić | Grafičar | Dinamo | 4–2 | 29 September 2019 |
| Nikola Nedeljković | Zlatibor | Sinđelić | 4–2 | 7 March 2020 |
| Krsta Đorđević | Bačka | Novi Pazar | 4–0 | 6 June 2020 |