2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga

SuperLiga
Season	2015–16
Champions	Red Star; 3rd SuperLiga Title; 28th domestic title
Champions League	Red Star
Matches played	272
Goals scored	680 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aleksandar Katai (21)
Biggest home win	Partizan 6–0 Jagodina
Biggest away win	Čukarički 2–7 Red Star
Highest scoring	Čukarički 2–7 Red Star
Longest winning run	Red Star 24 games
Longest unbeaten run	Red Star 31 games
Highest attendance	40,261 Red Star 3–1 Partizan
Total attendance	454.566
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The 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga is the tenth season of the Serbian SuperLiga, the top tier of league football in Serbia. The season started on 17 July 2015 and finished on 21 May 2016. Partizan were the defending champions.

Changes from 2014–15

Structural changes

The competition has been split into two stages, regular season and playoffs.^[1]

Regular season

Each of the 16 competitors in the SuperLiga hosts every other team once in the regular season, for a total of 30 matches. A win earns three points and a draw earns one point. Teams are ranked by total points, then by total wins and finally by goal difference, number of scored goals, number of away goals and number of away wins. If teams are still level, a test-match is played in two legs to determine the final order in the standings. A playoff phase is then played from March to May.^[1]

Championship playoff

The point system in the championship playoff is the same as during the regular season, except that each team starts with half of the points they won in the regular season, rounded up to the nearest integer.^[1]

The top eight teams from the regular season enter the championship playoff, with the first-placed team winning the championship of Serbia. Each team plays their opponents once. In the case of a tie, the number of points won in the regular season will be used as a primary tie-breaker.^[1]

Relegation playoff

Teams ranked 9 to 16 after the regular season enter the relegation playoffs, with the last two placed teams will be relegated to the Serbian First League. Each team plays their opponents once.^[1]

Teams

Belgrade

Belgrade clubs:

Čukaricki
OFK Beograd
Partizan
Rad
Red Star
Voždovac

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Location of teams in 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga

The league contains 16 teams: thirteen teams from the 2014–15 Serbian SuperLiga, two new teams from the 2014–15 Serbian First League and the winner of the play-offs between the 14th placed team from the 2014–15 SuperLiga and the third placed team from the 2014–15 First League. Radnik, the 2014–15 First League champion, joins the top level for the first time in its history. Runners-up Javor are back just one year after their relegation. Metalac won the play-off against Napredak Kruševac and returns to the top level after three years.

Stadiums and locations

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Borac	Čačak	Čačak Stadium	8,000
Čukarički	Belgrade	Čukarički Stadium	4,070
Jagodina	Jagodina	City Stadium	15,000
Javor	Ivanjica	Ivanjica Stadium	4,000
Metalac	Gornji Milanovac	Metalac Stadium	4,400
Mladost	Lučani	Mladost Stadium	8,000
Novi Pazar	Novi Pazar	City Stadium	12,000
OFK Beograd	Belgrade	Omladinski stadion	19,100
Partizan	Belgrade	Partizan Stadium	32,710
Rad	Belgrade	King Peter I Stadium	6,000
Radnički	Niš	Čair Stadium	18,151
Radnik	Surdulica	City Stadium	3,500
Red Star	Belgrade	Rajko Mitić Stadium	55,538
Spartak	Subotica	City Stadium	13,000
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	Karađorđe Stadium	14,458
Voždovac	Belgrade	Shopping Center Stadium	5,200

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Front shirt sponsor
FK Borac Čačak	Ljubiša Stamenković	Mario Maslać	NAAI	Škoda Auto
FK Čukarički	Milan Lešnjak	Igor Matić	adidas	ADOC [sr]
FK Jagodina	Aleksandar Janjić	Aleksandar Filipović	Legea	—
FK Javor Ivanjica	Mladen Dodić	Milovan Milović	Erima	Matis doo
FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac	Nenad Vanić	Aleksandar Ivanović	Image Sport	Metalac Group
FK Mladost Lučani	Nenad Milovanović	Nemanja Krznarić	Miteks	Miteks
FK Novi Pazar	Zoran Marić	Jasmin Trtovac	Macron	Dragolovcanin
OFK Beograd	Dragan Radojičić	Bogdan Planić	Joma	DDOR
FK Partizan	Ivan Tomić	Saša Ilić	adidas	mt:s
FK Rad	Bogdan Korak	Nikola Maraš	NAAI	Rubikon
FK Radnički Niš	Milan Rastavac	Aleksandar Jovanović	NAAI	—
FK Radnik Surdulica	Miloš Veselinović	Miloš Krstić	Legea	—
FK Crvena Zvezda	Miodrag Božović	Aleksandar Luković	Puma	Gazprom
FK Spartak Subotica	Andrey Chernyshov	Vladimir Torbica	Legea	—
FK Vojvodina	Nenad Lalatović	Nino Pekarić	Umbro	—
FK Voždovac	Bratislav Živković	Miloš Pavlović	NAAI	Stadion SC

Select Sport is the official ball supplier for Serbian SuperLiga.

Transfers

For the list of transfers involving SuperLiga clubs during 2014–15 season, please see: List of Serbian football transfers summer 2015 and List of Serbian football transfers winter 2015–16.

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Red Star Belgrade	30	26	4	0	82	19	+63	82	Qualification for the championship round
2	Partizan	30	16	6	8	59	37	+22	54
3	Čukarički	30	15	8	7	37	22	+15	53
4	Borac Čačak	30	12	10	8	37	29	+8	46^[a]
5	Vojvodina	30	12	10	8	44	38	+6	46^[a]
6	Radnički Niš	30	12	9	9	26	23	+3	45
7	Voždovac	30	10	10	10	30	29	+1	40
8	Radnik Surdulica	30	9	11	10	34	46	−12	38
9	Javor Ivanjica	30	8	11	11	21	24	−3	35^[b]	Qualification for the relegation round
10	Metalac Gornji Milanovac	30	8	11	11	29	35	−6	35^[b]
11	Mladost Lučani	30	7	12	11	25	38	−13	33
12	Novi Pazar	30	7	10	13	21	39	−18	31
13	OFK Beograd	30	8	4	18	27	44	−17	28
14	Spartak Subotica^[c]	30	6	10	14	20	37	−17	26^[d]
15	Jagodina	30	5	11	14	22	43	−21	26^[d]
16	Rad	30	5	11	14	30	41	−11	26^[d]

Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored (if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play ranking; 8) Draw.^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Borac Čačak–Vojvodina 4–2, Vojvodina–Borac Čačak 1–1.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Metalac G.M.–Javor Ivanjica 0–0, Javor Ivanjica–Metalac G.M. 1–0.
^ Spartak Subotica were penalized two points.^{[citation needed]}
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head record: Spartak Subotica 8pts, Jagodina 5pts, Rad 2pts.

Results

Each of the 16 competitors in the SuperLiga hosts every other team once in the regular season, for a total of 30 matches.

Home \ Away	BOR	ČUK	JAG	JAV	MET	MLA	NPZ	OFK	PAR	RAD	RNI	RSU	RSB	SPA	VOJ	VŽD
Borac Čačak		1–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–3	0–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	0–0	4–2	1–1
Čukarički	1–0		2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–7	3–0	1–1	0–0
Jagodina	0–0	1–3		1–0	0–1	0–3	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	0–0
Javor Ivanjica	0–1	0–0	1–1		1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	2–0	0–1	0–0
Metalac Gornji Milanovac	2–0	1–2	1–4	0–0		0–0	3–2	3–1	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1
Mladost Lučani	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–0		1–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–2	0–0
Novi Pazar	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–3		1–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–4	0–0	1–1	1–1
OFK Beograd	1–1	0–3	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0		2–1	2–0	0–2	3–0	2–6	2–0	1–0	2–1
Partizan	2–1	0–1	6–0	3–2	4–0	4–0	3–0	2–1		1–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	0–2	3–0
Rad	2–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–2	1–0	1–1	2–2		2–0	4–1	0–3	3–3	2–2	0–2
Radnički Niš	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0		1–1	1–2	1–0	0–3	0–0
Radnik Surdulica	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1		0–2	1–0	2–2	1–3
Red Star Belgrade	4–2	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	5–0		4–0	3–0	2–0
Spartak Subotica	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–3	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–3		2–1	0–2
Vojvodina	1–1	0–4	3–1	2–0	3–2	3–0	4–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	0–2	2–3	0–0	1–1		2–1
Voždovac	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–3	1–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–3	0–1	0–0

Source: ^[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Championship round

The top eight teams advance from the regular season. Points from the regular season are halved with half points rounded up. Teams play each other once.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Red Star Belgrade (C)	37	30	5	2	97	27	+70	54	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Partizan	37	20	7	10	72	44	+28	40	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
3	Čukarički	37	19	8	10	48	35	+13	39	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Vojvodina	37	16	11	10	57	44	+13	36	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Radnički Niš	37	16	9	12	40	35	+5	35
6	Borac Čačak	37	14	11	12	46	43	+3	30
7	Voždovac	37	11	12	14	34	36	−2	25
8	Radnik Surdulica	37	11	11	15	41	65	−24	25

Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points in regular season; 4) Head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if two teams tied); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fair-play ranking; 9) Play-off (if two teams tied); 10) Draw (if three or more teams tied).
(Note: Criterion 9 is only used if deciding Champion and places for European competitions.)^[4]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Serbian Cup, Partizan, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the second-placed team (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Results

Home \ Away	BOR	ČUK	PAR	RNI	RSU	RSB	VOJ	VŽD
Borac Čačak				4–1	3–1	1–5		0–0
Čukarički	3–1			1–5	2–1		1–2
Partizan	2–0	1–2					3–2	2–1
Radnički Niš			1–0		5–1			2–0
Radnik Surdulica			0–4			1–4	1–0
Red Star Belgrade		1–2	1–1	2–0			1–3
Vojvodina	2–0			4–0				0–0
Voždovac		2–0			1–2	0–1

Source: ^[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

The bottom eight teams from the regular season play in the relegation round. Points from the regular season are halved with half points rounded up. Teams play each other once.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
9	Mladost Lučani	37	11	14	12	34	44	−10	31
10	Spartak Subotica	37	11	11	15	37	42	−5	29
11	Metalac Gornji Milanovac	37	10	15	12	41	48	−7	28
12	Rad	37	9	13	15	40	47	−7	27
13	Javor Ivanjica	37	10	13	14	25	29	−4	26
14	Novi Pazar	37	10	10	17	29	50	−21	25
15	OFK Beograd (R)	37	9	5	23	38	58	−20	18	Relegation to the Serbian First League
16	Jagodina (R)	37	5	13	19	29	61	−32	15	Relegation to the Serbian First League

Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points in regular season; 4) Head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if two teams tied); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fair-play ranking; 9) Play-off (if two teams tied); 10) Draw (if three or more teams tied).
(Note: Criteria 9 is only used if deciding places for relegation.)^[1]
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	JAG	JAV	MET	MLA	NPZ	OFK	RAD	SPA
Jagodina		0–0		0–1			1–1
Javor Ivanjica			1–1	0–1		1–0		0–2
Metalac Gornji Milanovac	2–1			2–2	4–2	1–1
Mladost Lučani					1–0	3–1	1–3	0–0
Novi Pazar	3–2	0–2					1–0	0–1
OFK Beograd	6–2				1–2			1–3
Rad		1–0	1–1			2–1
Spartak Subotica	5–1		5–1				1–2

Source: ^[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Individual statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 22 May 2016.^[5]

Pos	Scorer	Team	Goals
1	Aleksandar Katai	Red Star	21
2	Hugo Vieira	Red Star	20
3	Valeri Bojinov	Partizan	18
3	Andrija Pavlović	Čukarički	18
5	Srđan Vujaklija	Borac	15

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Andrija Pavlović	Čukarički	Vojvodina	4–0	21 July 2015
Slavoljub Srnić	Red Star	Vojvodina	3–0	21 October 2015
Filip Knežević	Borac Čačak	Radnik Surdulica	4–2	28 November 2015
Hugo Vieira	Red Star	Radnik Surdulica	5–0	12 December 2015
Nenad Marinković	Voždovac	Mladost Lučani	4–1	5 March 2016
Andrija Pavlović	Čukarički	Borac	3–1	15 April 2016
Stefan Ilić	Spartak	Metalac	5–1	23 April 2016
Saša Marjanović⁵	Radnički Niš	Radnik	5–1	28 April 2016
Đuro Zec	Borac Čačak	Radnički Niš	4–1	3 May 2016
Aleksandar Katai	Red Star	Borac Čačak	5–1	18 May 2016
Milan Stojanović	Metalac	Novi Pazar	4–2	21 May 2016

⁵ Player scored five goals

Awards

Team of the Season

Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Year^[6]

Position	Player	Team
GK	Damir Kahriman	Red Star

DR	Filip Stojković	Čukarički
DC	Aleksandar Luković	Red Star
DC	Bojan Ostojić	Čukarički
DL	Luis Ibáñez	Red Star

MR	Aleksandar Katai	Red Star
AM	Marko Grujić	Red Star
MC	Mitchell Donald	Red Star
ML	Nemanja Mihajlović	Partizan

FW	Hugo Vieira	Red Star
FW	Andrija Pavlović	Čukarički