Country Serbia Relegation to Serbian First League Number of teams 16 Confederation UEFA Levels on pyramid 1 | Level on pyramid 1 Most championships Red Star (27 titles) Founded 2006 Domestic cup Serbian Cup | |
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International cup(s) Champions League
Europa League Current champions Red Star (27th title)
(2015–16) Current champion Red Star Belgrade (27th title) Teams Red Star Belgrade, FK Partizan, FK Radnički Niš, FK Vojvodina, FK Čukarički Profiles | ||
The Serbian SuperLiga (Serbian: Суперлига Србије, Superliga Srbije) is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League (Prva liga Srbija, second Serbian football tier). The SuperLiga was formed during the summer of 2005 as the country's top football league competition in Serbia and Montenegro. Since summer 2006 after the secession of Montenegro from Serbia, the league only has Serbian clubs.
Contents
- Competition
- Qualification for UEFA competitions
- History
- First League of Serbia and Montenegro 1992 2006
- Serbian Superliga 2006
- All time table 20062016
- Current clubs
- Stadiums
- Top scorers
- Most apps
- Goalkeepers
- Foreign players
- Superliga records and statistics
- The Golden Star
- Names of the competition
- Television
- Internet
- Sponsorships
- References
Serbian clubs used to compete in the Yugoslav First League. This competition was formed in 1923 and lasted until 2003. After the downfall of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991 a new Yugoslavia would be formed that would be named FR Yugoslavia with Montenegro and Serbia. They kept the name Yugoslavia until 2003 when the country changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro: this union lasted until 2006 when Montenegro gained independence and formed its own league, the Montenegrin First League.
The current SuperLiga champions are Red Star Belgrade. UEFA currently ranks the league 27th in Europe of 54 leagues. The league was known as Meridian Prva liga/Super liga from 2004 until 2008. The league's official sponsor until 2015 was beer brand Jelen pivo, thus resulted in the league's official name to be Jelen Super liga.
Competition
The SuperLiga began as a league with a playoff system in an attempt to boost ratings and improve competition. After the first season however, the SuperLiga changed its format. The 2007–08 season was the first to be played in a more traditional format. The league no longer divided into a play-off and play-out group midway through the campaign. Instead, the 12 teams began playing each other three times in a more conventional league format. After two seasons with that format the Football Association of Serbia decided to add 4 teams to the SuperLiga. The 2009–10 season will be the first with a 16 team league played in a conventional league format of one home and one away match rather than the previous 3 match encounters. This drops the match schedule from 33 rounds to 30.
As of the 2015-16 season, the league reverted to its previous playoff system, whereby the top 8 placed teams compete in the championship round at the end of the season and the 8 lowest placed teams play in the relegation playoff round. The two bottom placed teams are relegated to the second division, the Serbian Prva Liga. The third lowest-placed team is then sent to a relegation playoff against the third-placed team in the second division. Whichever team wins will play in the SuperLiga the following season.
Qualification for UEFA competitions
The champions of the SuperLiga are drawn into the primary qualifying rounds for the UEFA Champions League, while the second and third placed teams are drawn into the primary qualifying rounds for the UEFA Europa League.
History
The Yugoslav First League started being played in 1923, and gathered the best clubs from the former Yugoslavia. In 1991, clubs from Slovenia and Croatia left and formed their own league systems, and in 1992 so did the clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia. The Yugoslav First League was played since 1992 with clubs from Serbia and Montenegro, until 2006, when Montenegro declared independence and subsequently formed its own league system. Since 2006 the league is formed exclusively by clubs from Serbia and got renamed into Serbian SuperLiga.
First League of Serbia and Montenegro (1992 - 2006)
In 1992 the Yugoslav First League became the First League of FR Yugoslavia (Prva savezna liga or Meridian SuperLiga) and was played since then with the clubs from Serbia and Montenegro.
The league winner had access to the UEFA Champions League qualifications rounds, and the 2nd, 3rd and the Cup winner had played in the UEFA Cup. The bottom clubs would be relegated to the two Second Leagues depending on the republic they were based in, the Second League of Serbia (Druga savezna liga Srbija) and the Second League of Montenegro (Druga savezna liga grupa Crna Gora).
In 2002, FR Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro, and the league was named First League of Serbia and Montenegro between 2002 and its dissolution, in 2006. In 2006 Serbia and Montenegro separated and formed their own top leagues (Serbian SuperLiga and Montenegrin First League). Serbian SuperLiga was officially declared the successor of the First Leagues of FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.
A total of 41 clubs participated between 1992 and 2006, being 34 from Serbia, 6 from Montenegro and one from Bosnia and Herzegovina (Borac Banja Luka was temporarily based in Serbia in early 1990s). A total of 3 clubs were champions, all from Serbia, Partizan (8 times), Red Star (5 times) and Obilić (once).
Serbian Superliga (2006 - )
A total of 28 clubs participated between 2006 and 2013 in the Serbian Superliga. After 8 seasons, Partizan has won 7 championship titles and Red Star has won 1 championship title. Also, Partizan is a record holder of winning 6 consecutive champion titles.
All-time table 2006–2016
The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Serbian SuperLiga at any time since its formation in 2006 to the current season. Teams playing in the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga season are indicated in bold. A total of 29 teams have played in the Serbian SuperLiga. The table is accurate as of the end of the 2015–16 season.
League or status at 2016–17:
Current clubs
The following 16 clubs compete in the Jelen SuperLiga during the 2015–16 season.
Stadiums
Serbian top level football has been played in 27 stadiums since its formation in 2006. The top-three stadiums in SuperLiga by seating capacity are Belgrade based Red Star Stadium and Partizan Stadium, and Čair Stadium in Niš.
Top scorers
As of April 10, 2016Most apps
As of June 9, 2015Goalkeepers
As of October 4, 2014Foreign players
See List of all former and current foreign football players in Serbia
Superliga records and statistics
Attendance
Single game
Players
Clubs
Season
Goalkeepers
Vladimir Stojković playing for Partizan
The Golden Star
Based on an idea of Umberto Agnelli, the honor of Golden Star for Sports Excellence was introduced to recognize sides that have won multiple championships or other honours by the display of gold stars on their team badges and jerseys.
The current officially-sanctioned SuperLiga stars are:
Names of the competition
Television
Serbian Superliga games are broadcast live on Arena Sport and sometimes on RTV (some broadcast matches of clubs from Vojvodina) and RTS (sometimes broadcast Eternal derby).
The Eternal derby is the game that attracts most attention from the foreign media. In 2010, the 139 Eternal derby was broadcast in 19 countries and over 60 foreign correspondents were present.
Internet
Matches of Serbian Superliga are broadcast on the website www.kliksport.rs.