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.
To First League Promoted from Serbian League Borac 1926 Dubočica IMT Jagodina Loznica Radnički Sremska Mitrovica Sloga Železničar
From First League Relegated to Serbian League Sinđelić Smederevo 1924
Promoted to 2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga Bačka Metalac Novi Pazar Zlatibor
Teams
TeamCityStadiumCapacityBorac 1926ČačakČačak City Stadium8,000Budućnost DobanovciDobanovciFK Budućnost Dobanovci Stadium1,000DinamoVranjeStadion Yumco4,000DubočicaLeskovacLeskovac City Stadium7,000GrafičarBelgradeTopčiderska zvezda1,000IMTBelgradeStadion FK IMT1,150JagodinaJagodinaJagodina City Stadium15,000KabelNovi SadFK Kabel Stadium2,000KolubaraLazarevacFK Kolubara Stadium2,500LoznicaLoznicaLagator Stadium5,000Radnički 1923KragujevacČika Dača15,100RadničkiPirotStadion Dragan Nikolić13,816RadničkiSremska MitrovicaStadion FK Radnički2,000SlogaKraljevoKraljevo City Stadium4,000TrayalKruševacFK Trayal Stadium1,500ZemunBelgradeZemun Stadium9,588ŽarkovoBelgradeFK Žarkovo Stadium610ŽelezničarPančevoSC Mladost1,200
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 BeogradJagodina Darko Milisavljević Strahinja Jovančić NAAI Municipality of JagodinaKabel Zoran Vasiljević Stefan Petrović Kelme Put-invest dooKolubara Zoran Milinković Nikola Vasiljević Seven EPS RB KolubaraLoznica Dragan Micić Miloš Spasenović Bull Municipality of LoznicaRadnički 1923 Aleksandar Linta Stevan Kovačević Jako Municipality of KragujevacRadnički Pirot Dragan Perišić Filip Tolić Umbro Municipality of PirotRadnički Sremska Mitrovica Goran Dragoljić Nemanja Petrović Macron Metalfer Steel Mill dooSloga Boris Bunjak Đorđe Andrić NAAI Municipality of KraljevoTrayal Goran Lazarević Milan Gašić Jako Trayal CorporationZemun Milan Rašić Marko Đalović Joma Dunav InsuranceŽarkovo Milan Kuljić Nemanja Šćekić Macron Rubikon SCŽelezničar 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 TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentSloga Petar DivićSacked06 September 202018th Boris Bunjak06 September 2020Radnički Pirot Dejan ČelarResigned11 September 202010th Nikola Puača25 September 2020Grafičar Milija ŽižićResigned14 September 20206th Radomir Koković23 September 2020Dubočica Aleksandar KuzmanovićResigned21 September 202015th Saša Mrkić22 September 2020Radnički Pirot Nikola PuačaResigned11 April 202116th Dragan Perišić15 April 2021
Foreign players Foreign players: The number of foreign players that clubs can use during the game is four.
TeamPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Naturalized 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
Results
Individual statistics Top goalscorers As of matches played on 19 May 2021.
PosScorerTeamsGoals1 Dragiša KomarčevićLoznica142 Dušan SavićDubočica12 Aleksandar MesarovićKabel4 Goran MatićLoznica11 Slobodan StanojlovićLoznica
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Nemanja Stojić GrafičarSloga 5–1 Dušan Savić DubočicaRadnički Pirot 3–2 Predrag Sikimić ŽelezničarJagodina 5–2 Slobodan Stanojlović LoznicaZemun 6–0
References
External links Official website srbijasport.net