2018–19 Serbian First League


The Serbian First League 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

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 Liga is then sent to a playoff against the winner of the Prva Liga play off. At the end of the season, the top two teams and the winner of the play-offs are promoted to the Super Liga. The Prva liga 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 Liga. 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.

Team changes

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

To First League

Promoted from Serbian League
Relegated from Serbian SuperLiga
Relegated to Serbian League
Promoted to Serbian SuperLiga
TeamCityStadiumCapacityKit manufacturerShirt Sponsor
1,296 NAAIGebrüder Weiss
4,000 MacronBIOeliksir
8,000 NAAIŠkoda Auto
1,000 Legea
4,500 NAAIZUTI Market
4,000 MiteksMatis doo
4,400 NAAIMetalac
13,000 Givova
15,100 NAAIGrad Kragujevac
1,500 NAAIAMS Osiguranje
12,000 NAAIUNITRAG
5,000 Nike
1,500 HummelTrayal
5,000 AdidasSAT-TRAKT Communications
610 NAAIRubikon Shipping Company
1,040 Ardu SportGalens Invest

Transfers

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

League table

Results

Play-offs

Promotion round

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

Results

Relegation round

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

Results

Promotion Play-off

Semi-finals

Final

Individual statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 5 May 2019.

Hat-tricks