2008–09 Serbian SuperLiga

The 2008–09 Serbian SuperLiga season (known as the Jelen SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the third since its establishment in 2006. It began on 16 August 2008[1] and ended on 30 May 2009. Partizan Belgrade successfully defended their title.

Jelen SuperLiga
Season2008–09
ChampionsPartizan
2nd SuperLiga title
21st domestic title
RelegatedBanat Zrenjanin
Champions LeaguePartizan
Europa LeagueVojvodina
Red Star
Goals scored420
Average goals/game2.12
Top goalscorerLamine Diarra (19)
Biggest home winVojvodina 6–1 OFK Beograd (9 May 2009)
Biggest away winJagodina 1–5 Red Star (16 May 2009)
Rad 1–5 Partizan (16 May 2009)
Highest scoringČukarički 4–4 Vojvodina (8 April 2009)

Team changes from 2007–08

FK Bežanija were relegated to the Serbian First League after finishing in 12th place. Promoted from the First League were champions FK Javor Ivanjica and runners-up FK Jagodina.

FK Smederevo, having finished in 10th place, had to play a two-legged play-off against the fourth-placed team from the First League, FK Rad. Rad won 4–3 on aggregate and thus were promoted to the SuperLiga while Smederevo were also relegated.

FK Mladost Lučani declined their participation for the 2008–09 season due to financial problems on 2 July 2008.[2] The spot left behind by Mladost was given to 11th placed (second to last) FK Banat Zrenjanin by the Serbian Football Association on the basis that the club has "better sponsors and more committed community support" than the other candidate for a free spot – FK Smederevo. This drew protests from FK Smederevo management who thought that their club has a better claim to stay in SuperLiga for the 2008–09 season based on their 2007–08 league finish. They even launched an official complaint with UEFA, but the answer they got was that UEFA stands by the Serbian Football Association's decision.

Future changes

At the end of the 2007–08 season several SuperLiga clubs, most notably FK Bežanija, proposed an expansion of the league from 12 to 16 teams for 2008–09.[3] The FSS board rejected that proposal. However, it was decided that the 2009–10 season will feature 16 teams. Only one team will be directly relegated, while five First League clubs will be directly promoted.[4]

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in the Serbian SuperLiga 2008–09
Team City Stadium Capacity
Banat Zrenjanin Karađorđev Park Stadium 13,500
Borac Čačak Čačak Stadium 6,000
Čukarički Čukarica, Belgrade Čukarički Stadion 5,000
Hajduk Kula Stadion Hajduk 11,000
FK Jagodina Jagodina Stadion FK Jagodina 15,000
Javor Ivanjica Ivanjica Stadium 5,000
Napredak Kruševac Stadion Mladost 10,811
OFK Beograd Belgrade Omladinski Stadion 13,912
Partizan Belgrade Partizan Stadium 32,887
Rad Belgrade Stadion Kralj Petar I 6,000
Red Star Belgrade Stadion Crvena Zvezda 55,000
FK Vojvodina Novi Sad Karađorđe Stadium 15,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Partizan (C) 33 25 5 3 63 15 +48 80 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Vojvodina 33 18 7 8 46 25 +21 61 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Red Star Belgrade 33 17 8 8 59 32 +27 59 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
4 Javor Ivanjica 33 13 14 6 39 27 +12 53
5 Borac Čačak 33 9 13 11 28 35 −7 40
6 Napredak Kruševac 33 10 8 15 28 37 −9 38
7 Hajduk Kula 33 9 11 13 23 34 −11 38
8 Rad 33 7 15 11 27 35 −8 36
9 Čukarički 33 9 8 16 30 39 −9 35
10 Jagodina 33 10 4 19 28 47 −19 34
11 OFK Beograd 33 8 9 16 28 54 −26 33
12 Banat Zrenjanin (R) 33 7 10 16 21 40 −19 31 Relegation to Serbian First League
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Because cup winners Partizan qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, the losing cup finalists, First League club Sevojno, qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Therefore, league runners-up will qualify for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.

First and second round
Home \ Away BAN BOR ČUK HAJ JAG JAV NAP OFK PAR RAD RSB VOJ
Banat Zrenjanin 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 4–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1
Borac Čačak 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Čukarički 3–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–3 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–1
Hajduk Kula 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–2
Jagodina 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–4 0–1
Javor Ivanjica 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0
Napredak Kruševac 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–4 1–1 1–2 2–1
OFK Beograd 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 2–2 2–1
Partizan 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Rad 1–1 0–2 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–0
Red Star Belgrade 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 0–2 4–0 5–1 0–2 2–0 3–1
Vojvodina 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0
Source: soccerway.com
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The game of Round 13 was awarded to Rad with a score of 3–0[5] because Čukarički had been suspended by the league committee[6] over unpaid debts to former player Mirko Poledica.[7]

Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games):[8]

Round 23 Round 24 Round 25 Round 26 Round 27 Round 28 Round 29 Round 30 Round 31 Round 32 Round 33
1 – 12 01 – 2 3 – 01 01 – 4 5 – 01 01 – 6 7 – 01 01 – 08 09 – 01 01 – 10 11 – 01
2 – 11 11 – 3 2 – 12 02 – 3 4 – 02 02 – 5 6 – 02 02 – 07 08 – 02 02 – 09 10 – 02
3 – 10 10 – 4 4 – 11 11 – 5 3 – 12 03 – 4 5 – 03 03 – 06 07 – 03 03 – 08 09 – 03
4 – 09 09 – 5 5 – 10 10 – 6 6 – 11 11 – 7 4 – 12 04 – 05 06 – 04 04 – 07 08 – 04
5 – 08 08 – 6 6 – 09 09 – 7 7 – 10 10 – 8 8 – 11 11 – 09 05 – 12 05 – 06 07 – 05
6 – 07 12 – 7 7 – 08 12 – 8 8 – 09 12 – 9 9 – 10 12 – 10 10 – 11 12 – 11 06 – 12
Home \ Away BAN BOR ČUK HAJ JAG JAV NAP OFK PAR RAD RSB VOJ
Banat Zrenjanin 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Borac Čačak 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–3[lower-alpha 1]
Čukarički 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 4–4
Hajduk Kula 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0
Jagodina 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–5
Javor Ivanjica 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0
Napredak Kruševac 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2
OFK Beograd 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–1
Partizan 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–0
Rad 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–5 2–2
Red Star Belgrade 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–2 0–1
Vojvodina 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 6–1 0–2
Source: soccerway.com
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match was registered with a score of 0–3 due to Borac's use of ineligible player.[9]

Top scorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Lamine Diarra Partizan
19
2 Nenad Milijaš Red Star Belgrade
18
3 Dragan Mrđa Vojvodina
13
4 Nikola Simić Javor Ivanjica
12
5 Almami Moreira Partizan 9
Eugene Sepuya Čukarički Stankom
Dušan Tadić Vojvodina

Source: superliga.rs

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Lamine DiarraPartizanOFK Beograd5-123 November 2008
Dragan MrđaVojvodinaOFK Beograd6–19 May 2009
Nenad MilijašJagodinaRed Star1-516 May 2009

Awards

Player of the Year

Nenad Milijaš and Almami Moreira both received the same number of votes therefore they both share the title as co-winners.

Team of the Year

The All Star team was voted on at the end of the season by the 12 coaches of each SuperLiga team.[10] Almami Moreira was the only player to receive all 12 votes.

Božović
Đorđević
Dmitrović
Stevanović
Obradović
Fejsa
Milijaš
Tomić
Koroman
Moreira
Diarra
Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Year
GKMladen BožovićPartizan
RBIvan StevanovićPartizan
CBNenad ĐorđevićPartizan
CBBoban DmitrovićBorac Čačak
LBIvan ObradovićPartizan
DMLjubomir FejsaPartizan
RMNemanja TomićPartizan
CMNenad MilijašRed Star
LMOgnjen KoromanRed Star
AMAlmami MoreiraPartizan
STLamine DiarraPartizan

Champion squad
1. FK Partizan

Goalkeepers: Mladen Božović (33)
Defenders: Ivan Obradović (29); Ivan Stevanović (26/1); Srđa Knežević (24/1); Nenad Đorđević (22/1); Marko Jovanović (16); Goran Gavrančić (12); Rajko Brežančić (7); Aleksandar Kosorić (2); Milovan Sikimić (2); Bogdan Stević (1).
Midfielders: Ljubomir Fejsa (27); Almami Moreira (27/9); Adem Ljajić (24/5); Radosav Petrović (21/1); Juca (18/2); Nemanja Tomić (14/2); Nikola Vujović (11/3); Danijel Marčeta (2); Branko Mihajlović (1); Vojkan Miljković (1).
Forwards: Miloš Bogunović (32/6); Lamine Diarra (29/19); Washington (12/4); Brana Ilić (11/2); Aleksandar Đoković (1).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Slaviša Jokanović.

On the roster but have not played in a league game: Darko Božović; Aleksandar Radosavljević.

Transferred out during the season: Vladimir Branković (on loan to Sevojno); Nenad Brnović (on loan to Rad); Dragan Čadikovski (to Incheon); Đorđe Lazić (to Metalurh); Nenad Marinković (to Teleoptik); Aleksandar Miljković (to Teleoptik); Alexis N'Gambi (to Daugava); Veljko Paunović (retired); Milan Perić (on loan to Jagodina); Zoran Tošić (to Manchester United); Kamel Zaiem (to Al-Khor).

References
  1. SuperLiga: Trio za titulu, jedan ispada, MTS Mondo, August 15, 2008 (in Serbian)
  2. Mladost iz Lučana napustila Superligu, MTS Mondo, July 2, 2008 (in Serbian)
  3. Ostojić: Više klubova - veći kvalitet (in Serbian)
  4. IO FSS: U MSL ostaje 12 klubova (in Serbian)
  5. "Rad – Čukarički 3:0" (in Serbian). 18 November 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  6. Otkazana utakmica Rad - Čukarički (in Serbian)
  7. Čukarički pred suspenzijom (in Serbian)
  8. "RASPORED OD 23. DO 33. KOLA PRVENSTVA – "BERGEROVE TABLICE"" (PDF) (in Serbian). Partizan Belgrade official web site. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  9. Borac - Voša 0:3 za zelenim stolom (in Serbian)
  10. Награђени најбољи актери Јелен Супер лиге, FSS.rs, May 28, 2009
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