TheSerbian football league system is a series ofinterconnected leagues forassociation football clubs inSerbia. The system has a hierarchical format withpromotion and relegation between leagues at different levels.
The number of teams promoted between leagues or divisions varies, and promotion is usually contingent on meeting criteria set by the higher league, especially concerning appropriate facilities and finances. The top two levels contain one league each. Below this, the levels have progressively more parallel leagues, which each cover progressively smaller geographic areas. The top two leagues are under direct jurisdiction of theSerbian Football Association. From the 3rd level on, divided geographically into 4 leagues, the leagues are under the jurisdiction of one of the 4 football association subdivisions, Belgrade, East, Vojvodina and West.
In the top of the pyramid is theSerbian SuperLiga containing 16 clubs as of 2010–11 season. Below the SuperLiga is found theSerbian First League containing 18 clubs. The last 4 are relegated into theSrpska Liga, the 3rd level, divided into 4 leaguesSerbian League Belgrade,Serbian League East,Serbian League Vojvodina andSerbian League West every one of them containing 16 clubs. Until 2006 the clubs fromMontenegro were also included, and the league's structure below and including 3rd level was slightly different because of it. The current Serbian league system is partially inherited from the pre-1992Yugoslav league system, being back then the current 3rd tier, theSerbian League, unified and it was one of the 6 republic leagues forming the 4th level in the Yugoslav league pyramid, being under First and Second Federal League and Inter-republican Leagues.
Serbian SuperLiga was reduce from 16 to 14 from 2026–27 and 12 from 2027–28 will four teams relegated to PrvaLiga, while two teams promoted to SuperLiga.
| Serbian SuperLiga 16 teams (14 teams and12 teams from 2026–27 and 2027–28)
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| Serbian First League 16 teams (14 teams and12 teams from 2028–29 and 2029–30)
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| Serbian League West 16 teams
| Serbian League East 16 teams
| Serbian League Belgrade 16 teams
| Serbian League Vojvodina 16 teams
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| West Morava Zone League 12 teams Winner achievesPromotion toSerbian League West. | Podunavlje-Šumadija Zone League 12 teams Winner achievesPromotion toSerbian League West. | Kolubara-Mačva Zone League 12 teams Winner achievesPromotion toSerbian League West. | Šumadija-Raška Zone League 12 teams Winner achievesPromotion toSerbian League West. | Zone League West 16 teams Winner achieves Promotion toSerbian League East. | Zone League East 16 teams Winner achieves Promotion toSerbian League East. | Zone League South 18 teams Winner achieves Promotion toSerbian League East. | Zone League Centre 16 teams Winner achieves Promotion toSerbian League East. | Belgrade Zone League 16 teams 1st &2nd placed achievePromotion toSerbian League Belgrade. | Vojvodina League North 16 teams Winner achievesPromotion to Serbian League Vojvodina. | Vojvodina League East 16 teams Winner achievesPromotion to Serbian League Vojvodina. | Vojvodina League South 16 teams Winner achievesPromotion to Serbian League Vojvodina. |
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6-th tier Serbian Intermunicipal League (52 divisions) | |||||||||||
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Until 2013 only two levels existed. For the 2013/14 season a new first level, called the Super liga was created.[1]
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