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 2017–18 season. Two teams will be promoted to the Serbian SuperLiga. Four teams will be relegated to the Serbian League, the third-highest division overall in the Serbian football league system.
Bratstvo Prigrevica, the winner of
2016–17 Serbian League Vojvodina decided to forfeit its promotion, as did the second-placed
Omladinac Novi Banovci
FK Omladinac Novi Banovci () is a football club based in Novi Banovci, Vojvodina, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League Vojvodina, the third tier of the national league system
The National League System comprises the six levels of the ...
. As a consequence, third-placed
TSC Bačka Topola TSC may refer to:
Organizations
* Technology Service Corporation, a US engineering company
* Terrorist Screening Center, a division of the National Security Branch of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation
* The Shopping Channel, a Canadian televis ...
took the vacant place.
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at Football Association of Serbia
The Football Association of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски савез Србије, ФСС / ) is the governing body of football in Serbia, based in Belgrade. It organizes Serbian football leagues, namely the Serbian Superliga, the Serbia ...
official website, 30-6-2017 The season begun in August 2017 and will end in May 2018.
Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2016–17 season.
To First League
Promoted from Serbian League
* Teleoptik
* Temnić 1924
* TSC
* Radnički 1923
Relegated from Serbian SuperLiga
The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...
* Metalac
Metalac a.d. ( sr-cyr, Металац) is a Serbian manufacturing company based in Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. With around 2,000 employees, it is one of the largest companies in Moravica District.
History
Metalac was founded in 1959 in Gornji Mila ...
* Novi Pazar
Novi Pazar ( sr-cyr, Нови Пазар, lit. "New Bazaar"; ) is a city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. As of the 2011 census, the urban area has 66,527 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 100,410 inhabi ...
From First League
Relegated to Serbian League
* Kolubara
The Kolubara ( sr-cyr, Колубара, ) is a long river in western Serbia; it is an eastern, right tributary to the Sava river.
General overview
Kolubara is formed by the two small rivers Obnica and Jablanica.
''Obnica'' is the river in W ...
* BSK Borča
* OFK Odžaci
Omladinski fudbalski klub Odžaci, founded in 1969, is an association football club based in Odžaci, Serbia that hosts games at the City Stadium. The club added a youth football club in 2013.
The club received media attention for transportation ...
* OFK Beograd
OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karabur ...
Promoted to Serbian SuperLiga
The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...
* Mačva Šabac
* Zemun
Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; hu, Zimony) is a municipality in the city of Belgrade. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown Belgrade. The developm ...
2017–18 teams
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
''Including matches played on 31 May 2018; Source
Prva liga official website
'
Hat-tricks
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:2017-18 Serbian First League
Serbian First League seasons
2017–18 in Serbian football leagues
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hung ...