2008–09 Serbian First League

Serbian First League
Season 2008–09
Champions BSK Borča
Promoted BSK Borča
Smederevo
Mladi Radnik
Spartak Zlatibor Voda
Metalac
Relegated Voždovac
FK Hajduk Beograd
Goals scored 619
Average goals/game 2.15
Top goalscorer Marko Pavićević (13)

The Serbian First Football League (Serbian: Prva Liga Telekom Srbija) is the second-highest football league in Serbia. The league is operated by the Serbian FA. 18 teams will compete in this league for the 2008–09 season. Five teams will be promoted to the Serbian Superliga and two will be relegated the Serbian League, the third-highest division overall in the Serbian football league system.

League table

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 BSK Borča (C) (P) 34 20 10 4 45 16 +29 70
2 Smederevo (P) 34 19 9 6 47 24 +23 66
3 Mladi Radnik (P) 34 18 8 8 37 24 +13 62
4 Spartak Zlatibor Voda (P) 34 17 9 8 46 27 +19 60
5 Metalac (P) 34 15 10 9 38 30 +8 55
6 Inđija 34 15 10 9 49 34 +15 55
7 Sevojno 34 13 12 9 53 37 +16 51
8 ČSK 34 14 8 12 31 35 –4 50
9 Srem 34 11 11 12 33 35 –2 44
10 Mladost Apatin 34 11 10 13 29 30 –1 43
11 Novi Sad 34 11 9 14 41 42 –1 42
12 Kolubara 34 10 12 12 33 36 –3 42
13 Dinamo Vranje 34 9 12 13 36 39 –3 39
14 Mladost Lučani 34 10 8 16 25 43 –18 38
15 Bežanija 34 8 13 13 34 40 –6 37
16 Novi Pazar 34 10 6 18 33 47 –14 36
17 Voždovac (R) 34 7 11 16 32 43 –11 32
18 Hajduk Beograd (R) 34 2 4 28 20 80 –60 10
Direct promotion to Serbian Superliga
Qualification to UEFA Europa League (via Serbian Cup 2008–09)
Direct relegation to Srpska Liga

|} Updated to games played on 13 June 2009
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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