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2018–19 Serbian First League

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Serbian First League
Season2018–19
ChampionsTSC
PromotedTSC
Javor
Inđija
RelegatedBečej
Novi Pazar
Teleoptik
Sloboda
Matches played296
Goals scored705 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorerIvan Marković (29)
Biggest home winMetalac 7–0 Sloboda
Biggest away winNovi Pazar 0–5 Radnički
Highest scoringJavor 6–3 Novi Pazar
Longest winning runTSC 13 games
Longest unbeaten runTSC 31 games
Longest winless runNovi Pazar 23 games
Longest losing runSloboda 8 games

The Serbian First League (Serbian: Prva liga Srbije) is the second-highest football league in Serbia. The league is operated by the Serbian FA. 16 teams compete in the league for the 2018–19 season.

Format 2018–19

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As of the 2018-19 season, the league reverted to its previous playoff system, whereby the top 8 placed teams compete in the promoted round at the end of the season and the 8 lowest placed teams play in the relegation playoff round. The four bottom placed teams are relegated to the Serbian League. The Fourteenth team from Super League is then sent to a playoff against the winner of the First League play off. At the end of the season, the top two teams and the winner of the play-offs are promoted to the Super League. The First League play-offs is a knock-out competition for the teams finishing the season in third to sixth place with the winner being promoted to the Super League. In the play-offs, the third-placed team plays against the sixth-placed team and the fourth-placed team plays against the fifth-placed team. [1]

Team changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season.

To First League

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Promoted from Serbian League

Relegated from Serbian SuperLiga

From First League

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Relegated to Serbian League

Promoted to Serbian SuperLiga

2018–19 teams

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Team City Stadium Capacity Kit manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
Bečej Bečej Gradski stadion kraj Tise 1,296 NAAI Gebrüder Weiss
Bežanija Belgrade Stadion FK Bežanija 4,000 Macron BIOeliksir
Borac Čačak Čačak Stadium 8,000 NAAI Škoda Auto
Budućnost Dobanovci Belgrade Stadion FK Budućnost 1,000 Legea
Inđija Inđija Stadion FK Inđija 4,500 NAAI ZUTI Market
Javor Ivanjica Javor Stadium 4,000 Miteks Matis
Metalac Gornji Milanovac Stadion Metalac 4,400 NAAI Metalac a.d.
Novi Pazar Novi Pazar Novi Pazar City Stadium 13,000 Givova
Radnički 1923 Kragujevac Čika Dača Stadium 15,100 NAAI Grad Kragujevac
Sinđelić Belgrade Stadion FK Sinđelić 1,500 NAAI AMS Osiguranje
Sloboda Užice Užice City Stadium 12,000 NAAI UNITRAG
Teleoptik Zemun SC Partizan-Teleoptik 5,000 Nike
Trayal Kruševac Stadion FK Trayal 1,500 Hummel Trayal Corporation
TSC Bačka Topola Bačka Topola City Stadium 5,000 Adidas SAT-TRAKT Communications
Žarkovo Belgrade Stadion FK Žarkovo 610 NAAI Rubikon Shipping Company
Zlatibor Čajetina Stadion Švajcarija 1,040 Ardu Sport Galens Invest

Transfers

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For the list of transfers involving First League clubs during 2018–19 season, please see: List of Serbian football transfers summer 2018 and List of Serbian football transfers winter 2018–19.

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 TSC 30 20 8 2 64 19 +45 68 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Javor Matis 30 19 6 5 61 27 +34 63
3 Inđija 30 17 6 7 48 21 +27 57
4 Zlatibor 30 16 2 12 41 30 +11 50
5 Radnički 1923 30 14 7 9 36 32 +4 49
6 Metalac Gornji Milanovac 30 13 9 8 45 32 +13 48
7 Bežanija 30 14 3 13 40 38 +2 45
8 Sinđelić 30 11 11 8 28 24 +4 44
9 Žarkovo 30 11 8 11 37 38 −1 41 Qualification for the Relegation round
10 Trayal Kruševac 30 12 5 13 27 32 −5 41
11 Bečej 30 10 6 14 33 37 −4 36
12 Budućnost Dobanovci 30 8 9 13 26 35 −9 33
13 Teleoptik 30 6 9 15 26 44 −18 27
14 Borac Čačak 30 6 7 17 23 44 −21 25
15 Sloboda Užice 30 5 6 19 16 56 −40 21
16 Novi Pazar 30 3 8 19 13 55 −42 17
Source: Prva Liga (in Serbian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (if two teams tied); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fair play ranking; 9) Draw.

Results

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Home \ Away BEČ BEŽ BOR BDO INĐ JAV MET NPZ RDK SIN SLO TLO TRA TSC ŽAR ZLA
Bečej 1–2 0–0 5–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–5 0–2
Bežanija 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–2 1–3
Borac Čačak 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–4 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–3 3–1 2–0
Budućnost Dobanovci 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–0
Inđija 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 5–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 4–0 2–1 2–0
Javor Matis 1–2 4–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 6–3 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 7–1 2–1
Metalac Gornji Milanovac 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 4–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 7–0 1–1 3–1 2–5 0–0 2–0
Novi Pazar 0–4 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–3 2–0 0–5 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0
Radnički 1923 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–2
Sinđelić Beograd 0–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–0
Sloboda Užice 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–3 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–3
Teleoptik 3–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–4 0–4 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 2–1 0–1
Trayal Kruševac 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 3–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1
TSC 2–1 4–1 0–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 6–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–2
Žarkovo 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–2
Zlatibor 1–2 0–3 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–3 3–0
Source: Prva liga (in Serbian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-offs

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Promotion round

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The top eight teams advanced from the regular season. Points from the regular season were halved with half points rounded up. Teams played each other once.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 TSC (C, P) 37 26 9 2 80 27 +53 53 Promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga
2 Javor Matis (P) 37 23 8 6 78 37 +41 46
3 Inđija (P) 37 20 7 10 57 29 +28 39 Qualification for promotion play-off
4 Radnički 1923 37 16 11 10 42 36 +6 35
5 Metalac Gornji Milanovac 37 15 12 10 51 35 +16 33
6 Zlatibor 37 18 3 16 48 42 +6 32
7 Bežanija[a] (R) 37 15 5 17 48 50 −2 28 Relegation to Serbian League
8 Sinđelić 37 11 13 13 35 43 −8 24
Source: Prva Liga (in Serbian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points in regular season; 4) Head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) Head-to-head goals scored in regular season; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if two teams tied); 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fair play ranking; 10) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

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Home \ Away BEŽ INĐ JAV MET RDK SIN TSC ZLA
Bežanija 3–1 2–2 2–3
Inđija 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–0
Javor Matis 3–1 3–1 1–1 4–1
Metalac Gornji Milanovac 2–0 1–1 3–0
Radnički 1923 0–0 0–0 2–0
Sinđelić Beograd 1–3 1–2 2–2
TSC 1–0 4–2 1–0 2–1
Zlatibor 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–3
Source: Prva liga (in Serbian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation round

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The bottom eight teams from the regular season play in the relegation round. Points from the regular season are halved with half points rounded up. Teams play each other once.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
9 Trayal 37 15 7 15 38 40 −2 32
10 Budućnost Dobanovci 37 13 9 15 35 41 −6 32
11 Žarkovo 37 14 9 14 42 44 −2 31
12 Borac Čačak[a] (R) 37 10 9 18 34 49 −15 27 Relegation to Serbian League
13 Bečej (R) 37 12 8 17 39 44 −5 26
14 Novi Pazar[a] 37 7 8 22 28 63 −35 21
15 Teleoptik (R) 37 7 10 20 31 58 −27 18 Relegation to Serbian League
16 Sloboda Užice (R) 37 6 8 23 22 70 −48 16
Source: Prva Liga (in Serbian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points in regular season; 4) Head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) Head-to-head goals scored in regular season; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if two teams tied); 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fair play ranking; 10) Drawing of lots.
(R) Relegated
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Results

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Home \ Away BEČ BOR BDO NPZ SLO TLO TRA ŽAR
Bečej 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0
Borac Čačak 3–1 2–0 1–0
Budućnost Dobanovci 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–2
Novi Pazar 5–0 0–2 3–0
Sloboda Užice 1–1 1–4 2–1
Teleoptik 2–1 0–1 2–2
Trayal 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1
Žarkovo 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0
Source: Prva liga (in Serbian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Promotion play-off

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Promotions round final position
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 Inđija 37 20 7 10 57 29 +28 39
4 Radnički 1923 37 16 11 10 42 36 +6 35
5 Metalac Gornji Milanovac 37 15 12 10 51 35 +16 33
6 Zlatibor 37 18 3 16 48 42 +6 32

Semi-finals

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Inđija2–1Zlatibor
Report
Attendance: 1,000
Radnički 19232–2Metalac Gornji Milanovac
Report
Penalties
4–1
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Igor Stojiljković

Final

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Inđija1–1Radnički 1923
Report
Penalties
3–0
Referee: Novak Simović

Individual statistics

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Top scorers

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As of matches played on 5 May 2019.[3]

Pos Scorer Teams Goals
1 Serbia Ivan Marković Javor Matis 29
2 Serbia Nenad Lukić Inđija / TSC 22
Serbia Nikola Petković Javor Matis
4 Serbia Vladimir Silađi TSC 19
5 Serbia Lazar Milošev Budućnost Dobanovci 15

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
Serbia Ivan Marković Javor Matis Teleoptik 4–0 8 September 2018
Serbia Marko Rajić Žarkovo Bečej 5–1 9 September 2018
Serbia Nikola Tripković Borac Čačak Žarkovo 3–1 8 October 2018
Serbia Mladen Kovačević Bečej Sloboda Užice 3–0 13 October 2018
Serbia Mladen Kovačević Bečej Budućnost Dobanovci 5–1 9 November 2018
Serbia Ivan Marković Javor Matis Žarkovo 7–1 18 November 2018
Serbia Nikola Petković Javor Matis Novi Pazar 6–3 6 March 2019
Serbia Ivan Marković Javor Matis Zlatibor 4–1 14 April 2019

References

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  1. ^ PRVA LIGA SRBIJE: ŠTA DONOSI NOVI SISTEM TAKMIČENJA at prvaliga.rs (in Serbian) 20-7-2018.
  2. ^ Prva liga Srbije: Nakon Bežanije i čačanski Borac istupio iz takmičenja
  3. ^ "Prva liga - Lista strelaca". www.prvaliga.rs. Archived from the original on 2019-03-31.
  1. ^ a b Bežanija and Borac were relegated due to financial issues. Their places was taken by Kolubara who was promoted from Serbian League Belgrade and Novi Pazar who avoided relegation.[2]
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