The Serbian First League (Serbian: Прва лига Србије / Prva liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier in professional Serbia's football league. The league was formed in 2005, following a reshuffle of the second tier Serbo-Montenegrin divisions. It is operated by the Football Association of Serbia.
The Serbian First League is the successor of the Yugoslav Second League. With the break-up of SFR Yugoslavia in 1992, the clubs from the newly independent states of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia joined to their own newly formed leagues, while Serbia and Montenegro remained united and renamed into FR Yugoslavia with the clubs from both republics kept competing in the league. In 2003, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was renamed to Serbia and Montenegro and the football league followed suit. Finally, after Montenegrin independence in 2006, the Montenegrin clubs withdrew and formed their own league.
In 2005, a reshuffle of the second tier of the Serbo-Montenegrin football league system saw two parallel leagues set up, for each republic.
Season | Champions | Runners-up | Third place |
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2005–06 | Bežanija | Mladost Apatin | Čukarički |
After Montenegro's independence, the Serbian First League kept the name and single league format readopted in 2005.
Season | Champions | Runners up | Third place | Top scorer(s) | Goals |
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2006–07 | Mladost Lučani (3) | Čukarički | Napredak Kruševac | Filip Đorđević (Rad) | 16 |
2007–08 | Javor Ivanjica (2) | Jagodina | BSK Borča | Igor Pavlović (Jagodina) | 17 |
2008–09 | BSK Borča | Smederevo | Mladi Radnik | Marko Pavićević (Sevojno) | 15 |
2009–10 | Inđija | Sevojno | Kolubara | Borivoje Filipović (Inđija) | 12 |
2010–11 | BASK | Radnički Kragujevac | Novi Pazar | Darko Spalević (Radnički Kragujevac) | 13 |
2011–12 | Radnički Niš (3) | Donji Srem | Mladost Lučani | Ivan Pejčić (Radnički Niš) | 13 |
2012–13 | Napredak Kruševac (7) | Čukarički | Voždovac | Milanko Rašković (Borac Čačak) | 19 |
2013–14 | Mladost Lučani (4) | Borac Čačak | Metalac Gornji Milanovac | Predrag Živadinović (Mladost Lučani) | 15 |
2014–15 | Radnik Surdulica | Javor Ivanjica | Metalac Gornji Milanovac | Stefan Dražić (Javor) | 13 |
2015–16 | Napredak Kruševac (8) | OFK Bačka | ČSK Čelarevo | Nenad Lukić (Bežanija) | 14 |
2016–17 | Mačva Šabac | Zemun | Sloboda Užice | Uroš Đerić (Sloboda Užice) | 19 |
2017–18 | Proleter Novi Sad | Dinamo Vranje | Metalac Gornji Milanovac | Zakaria Suraka (Dinamo Vranje) | 17 |
2018–19 | TSC | Javor Ivanjica | Inđija | Ivan Marković (Javor Ivanjica) | 29 |
2019–20 | Zlatibor | Grafičar | OFK Bačka | Aleksandar Katanić (Metalac Gornji Milanovac) | 19 |
2020–21 | Radnički Kragujevac | Kolubara | Kabel | Dragiša Komarčević (Loznica) | 14 |
2021–22 | Mladost Novi Sad | Javor Ivanjica | Železničar Pančevo | Milan Vidakov (Mladost Novi Sad) | 18 |
2022–23 | IMT | Železničar Pančevo | Grafičar | Krsta Đorđević (Radnički SM) Miloš Luković (IMT) |
15 |
2023–24 | OFK Beograd | Jedinstvo | Inđija | Dejan Georgijević (OFK Beograd) | 17 |