Serbian League East ( Serbian : Српска лига Исток / Srpska liga Istok) is one of four sections of the Serbian League , third tier of professional football in Serbia. The other three sections are Serbian League Belgrade , Serbian League Vojvodina and Serbian League West . It is also the highest regional league for the eastern part of Serbia .
6-675: The league was founded in 2003 following a merger between the Serbian League Niš and the Serbian League Timok . The league is formed by 16 clubs which play all against one another twice, once at home, once away. Champion Serbian League East goes to Serbian First League . From Serbian League East relegated 3 teams in Zone Leagues . The following 16 clubs compete in the Serbian League East during
12-630: 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 league is usually formed by 16 clubs which play all against one another twice, once at home, once away. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020,
18-590: The 2023–24 season. The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Serbian League East at any time since its formation in 2006 to the current season. Teams playing in the 2015–16 Serbian League East season are indicated in bold . A total of 42 teams have played in the Serbian League East. The table is accurate as of the end of the 2014–15 season. League or status at 2015–16: Serbian First League The Serbian First League ( Serbian : Прва лига Србије / Prva liga Srbije ), referred to as
24-619: The Football Association of Serbia completed a restructure of the league system, and in season 2020/2021 that meant 18 clubs would be competing in the Serbian First League, the number of clubs will go back to the usual 16 following the conclusion of the 2020-2021 season. The top two clubs are directly promoted to the Serbian SuperLiga , Third team going into the playoff, and playing against 14 teams from
30-739: The Super League, while the bottom are relegated to the Serbian League . The Football Association of Serbia announced that in the 2015–16 Serbian First League 4 clubs will be relegated. 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
36-662: 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. After Montenegro's independence,
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