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Wikipedia - Serbian SuperLiga
The Serbian Super League (Serbian: Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), stylized as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, 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 operates a system of promotion and relegation with Serbian First League, the second tier in the Serbian football pyramid. Serbian Super League is usually contested by 16 clubs, but the 2020–21 season was contested by 20 clubs, because the Football Association of Serbia restructured the league due to the COVID-19 pandemic, operating a system of promotion and relegation with Serbian First League, the second tier in the Serbian football pyramid.
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 had Serbian clubs.
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 13th in Europe of 55 leagues. The league was known as Meridian SuperLiga from 2005 until 2008. The league's official sponsor until 2015 was beer brand Jelen pivo, this resulted in the league's official name to be Jelen SuperLiga.
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.
Serbian League (1920–1922 / 1940–1944 / 1946)
| Club | Titles | Years won |
|---|---|---|
| OFK Beograd | 5
|
1920, 1921, 1941, 1943, 1944 |
| Jugoslavija | 2
|
1922, 1942 |
| Red Star | 1
|
1946 |
Kingdom of Yugoslavia League (1923–1940)
| Club | Titles | Years won | Runners up |
|---|---|---|---|
| OFK Beograd | 5
|
1931, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1939 | 4
|
| Jugoslavija | 2
|
1924, 1925 | 3
|
Yugoslav First League (1946–1992)
| Club | Titles | Years won | Runners up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Star | 19
|
1951, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992 | 9
|
7
|
| Partizan | 11
|
1947, 1949, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1987 | 9
|
8
|
| Vojvodina | 2
|
1966, 1989 | 3
|
2
|
| OFK Beograd | 2
|
2
| ||
| Radnički Beograd | 2
| |||
| Radnički Niš | 2
|
First League of Federal Republic Yugoslavia/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).
| Season | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Top scorer(s) | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992–93 | Partizan (12) | Red Star | Vojvodina | Anto Drobnjak (Red Star) Vesko Mihajlović (Vojvodina) |
22 |
| 1993–94 | Partizan (13) | Red Star | Vojvodina | Savo Milošević (Partizan) | 21 |
| 1994–95 | Red Star (21) | Partizan | Vojvodina | Savo Milošević (Partizan) | 30 |
| 1995–96 | Partizan (14) | Red Star | Vojvodina | Vojislav Budimirović (Čukarički) | 23 |
| 1996–97 | Partizan (15) | Red Star | Vojvodina | Zoran Jovičić (Red Star) | 21 |
| 1997–98 | Obilić (1) | Red Star | Partizan | Saša Marković (Železnik / Red Star) | 27 |
| 1998–99 | Partizan (16) | Obilić | Red Star | Dejan Osmanović (Hajduk Kula) | 16 |
| 1999–00 | Red Star (22) | Partizan | Obilić | Mateja Kežman (Partizan) | 27 |
| 2000–01 | Red Star (23) | Partizan | Obilić | Petar Divić (OFK Beograd) | 27 |
| 2001–02 | Partizan (17) | Red Star | Sartid | Zoran Đurašković (Mladost Lučani) | 27 |
| 2002–03 | Partizan (18) | Red Star | OFK Belgrade | Zvonimir Vukić (Partizan) | 22 |
| 2003–04 | Red Star (24) | Partizan | Železnik | Nikola Žigić (Red Star) | 19 |
| 2004–05 | Partizan (19) | Red Star | Zeta | Marko Pantelić (Red Star) | 21 |
| 2005–06 | Red Star (25) | Partizan | Voždovac | Srđan Radonjić (Partizan) | 20 |
| Club | Titles | Years Won | Runners up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partizan | 8
|
1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005 | 5
|
1
|
| Red Star | 5
|
1995, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006 | 8
|
1
|
| Obilić | 1
|
1998 | 1
|
2
|
| Vojvodina | 5
| |||
| Sartid | 1
| |||
| OFK Beograd | 1
| |||
| Železnik | 1
| |||
| Voždovac | 1
|
Serbian Superliga (2006–)
A total of 39 clubs participated between 2006 and 2023 in the Serbian Superliga. After 18 seasons, Red Star has won 10 championship titles and Partizan has won 8 championship title. Also, Red Star is record holder by winning 7 consecutive champion titles.
| Season | Champions | Runners up | Third place | Top scorer(s) | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–07 | Red Star (26) | Partizan | Vojvodina | Srđan Baljak (Banat) | 18 |
| 2007–08 | Partizan (20) | Red Star | Vojvodina | Nenad Jestrović (Red Star) | 13 |
| 2008–09 | Partizan (21) | Vojvodina | Red Star | Lamine Diarra (Partizan) | 19 |
| 2009–10 | Partizan (22) | Red Star | OFK | Dragan Mrđa (Vojvodina) | 22 |
| 2010–11 | Partizan (23) | Red Star | Vojvodina | Ivica Iliev (Partizan) Andrija Kaluđerović (Red Star) |
13 |
| 2011–12 | Partizan (24) | Red Star | Vojvodina | Darko Spalević (Radnički Kragujevac) | 19 |
| 2012–13 | Partizan (25) | Red Star | Vojvodina | Miloš Stojanović (Jagodina) | 19 |
| 2013–14 | Red Star (27) | Partizan | Jagodina | Dragan Mrđa (2) (Red Star) | 19 |
| 2014–15 | Partizan (26) | Red Star | Čukarički | Patrick Friday Eze (Mladost Lučani) | 15 |
| 2015–16 | Red Star (28) | Partizan | Čukarički | Aleksandar Katai (Red Star) | 21 |
| 2016–17 | Partizan (27) | Red Star | Vojvodina | Uroš Đurđević (Partizan) Leonardo (Partizan) |
24 |
| 2017–18 | Red Star (29) | Partizan | Radnički Niš | Aleksandar Pešić (Red Star) | 25 |
| 2018–19 | Red Star (30) | Radnički Niš | Partizan | Nermin Haskić (Radnički Niš) | 24 |
| 2019–20 | Red Star (31) | Partizan | Vojvodina | Vladimir Silađi (TSC) Nenad Lukić (TSC) Nikola Petković (Javor) |
16 |
| 2020–21 | Red Star (32) | Partizan | Čukarički | Milan Makarić (Radnik) | 25 |
| 2021–22 | Red Star (33) | Partizan | Čukarički | Ricardo Gomes (Partizan) | 29 |
| 2022–23 | Red Star (34) | TSC | Čukarički | Ricardo Gomes (2) (Partizan) | 19 |
| 2023–24 | Red Star (35) | Partizan | TSC | Matheus Saldanha (Partizan) Miloš Luković (IMT) |
17 |
| 2024–25 |
| Club | Titles | Years Won | Runners up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Star | 10
|
2007, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | 7
|
1
|
| Partizan | 8
|
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017 | 7
|
1
|
| Vojvodina | 1
|
7
| ||
| Radnički Niš | 1
|
1
| ||
| TSC | 1
|
1
| ||
| Čukarički | 5
| |||
| Jagodina | 1
| |||
| OFK Beograd | 1
|
The tournament features 20 teams that compete in a round-robin format, playing each other twice throughout the season. The teams battle it out for the coveted championship title, as well as for qualification spots in European competitions such as the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.
The Serbia Super Liga attracts a passionate fan base, with stadiums often filled with enthusiastic supporters creating an electric atmosphere. The matches are known for their intensity, skillful play, and fierce rivalries, adding to the excitement of the tournament.
Some of the most successful and popular clubs in Serbian soccer history participate in the Serbia Super Liga, including Red Star Belgrade and Partizan Belgrade. These two clubs have a long-standing rivalry known as the "Eternal Derby," which is considered one of the fiercest and most passionate derbies in European football.
The tournament also serves as a platform for young Serbian talent to showcase their skills and attract attention from scouts and clubs from around the world. Many players who have emerged from the Serbia Super Liga have gone on to have successful careers in top European leagues.
Overall, the Serbia Super Liga is a thrilling and competitive soccer tournament that showcases the best of Serbian football. With its passionate fans, historic rivalries, and talented players, it continues to grow in popularity and cement its place as one of the top leagues in the region.