2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga explained

Competition:	SuperLiga
Season:	2020–21
Winners:	Red Star Belgrade 7th SuperLiga title 32nd domestic title
Relegated:	Javor Rad Bačka Inđija Mačva Zlatibor
Continentalcup1:	Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Red Star Belgrade
Continentalcup2:	Europa Conference League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Čukarički Partizan Vojvodina
League Topscorer:	Milan Makarić (25 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	TSC 7–0 Novi Pazar
Matches:	380
Total Goals:	1024
Longest Wins:	Red Star Belgrade 22 games
Longest Unbeaten:	Red Star Belgrade 38 games
Longest Winless:	OFK Bačka 18 games
Longest Losses:	OFK Bačka 9 games
Prevseason:	2019–20
Nextseason:	2021–22
Updated:	16:17, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

The 2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Linglong Tire SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the fifteenth of the Serbian SuperLiga. Red Star were the defending champions from the previous season.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga season, no club has been relegated to the Serbian First League, and four clubs from the 2019–20 Serbian First League were promoted to the 2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga.^[1]

Teams

The league consisted of 20 teams: sixteen teams from the 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga and four new teams from the 2019–20 Serbian First League, Zlatibor Čajetina who are making their debut in top tier, Metalac Gornji Milanovac who are returning after a 3-year absence from top tier, OFK Bačka who are making a immediate return to top tier and Novi Pazar who also are returning to top tier after a 3-year absence.

Venues

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Bačka	Bačka Palanka	Slavko Maletin Vava Stadium	4,000
Čukarički	Belgrade	Čukarički Stadium	4,070
Inđija	Inđija	Inđija Stadium	4,500
Javor-Matis	Ivanjica	Ivanjica Stadium	3,000
Mačva	Šabac	Mačva Stadium	5,494
Metalac	Gornji Milanovac	Metalac Stadium	4,400
Mladost	Lučani	Mladost Stadium	5,944
Napredak	Kruševac	Mladost Stadium	10,331
Novi Pazar	Novi Pazar	Novi Pazar City Stadium	13,000
	Belgrade	Partizan Stadium	29,775
Proleter	Novi Sad	Karađorđe Stadium	14,458
Rad	Belgrade	King Peter I Stadium	3,919
Radnički	Niš	Čair Stadium	18,151
Radnik	Surdulica	Surdulica City Stadium	3,312
Red Star	Belgrade	Rajko Mitić Stadium	51,755
Spartak	Subotica	City Stadium	13,000
TSC	Bačka Topola	Stadion Senta	5,000
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	Karađorđe Stadium	14,458
	Belgrade	Shopping Center Stadium	5,175
Zlatibor	Čajetina	Užice City Stadium	15,000

Personnel, Kits and General sponsor

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	General Sponsor
Bačka	Nenad Vanić	Stefan Jovanović	Joma	AD Podunavlje
Čukarički	Dušan Đorđević	Marko Docić	Adidas	ADOC
Inđija	Dejan Čelar	Brana Ilić	Adidas	Mitsubishi^[2]
Javor-Matis	Igor Bondžulić	Nedeljko Piščević	Miteks	Matis Group
Mačva	Dragan Aničić	Filip Pejović	NAAI	Municipality of Šabac
Metalac	Žarko Lazetić	Miloš Vranjanin	NAAI	Metalac AD
Mladost	Nenad Milovanović (caretaker)	Ivan Milošević	Miteks	Milan Blagojević - Namenska
Napredak	Goran Stevanović	Jovan Markoski	Givova	Delta Holding
Novi Pazar	Kenan Kolašinac	Admir Kecap	Nike	Municipality of Novi Pazar
Partizan	Aleksandar Stanojević	Vladimir Stojković	Nike	mt:s
Proleter	Branko Žigić	Siniša Babić	NAAI	Novi Sad - Gas
Rad	Milan Milanović	Branislav Milošević	NAAI	mt:s
Radnički	Vladimir Gaćinović	Borivoje Ristić	Macron	mt:s
Radnik	Slavoljub Đorđević	Dušan Stevanović	Jako	mt:s
Red Star Belgrade		Milan Borjan	Macron	Gazprom
	Vladimir Buač	Stefan Milošević	Legea	Vinarija Čoka
TSC	Mladen Krstajić	Saša Tomanović	Adidas	SAT-TRAKT
Vojvodina	Nenad Lalatović	Nikola Drinčić	Kelme	Srbijagas
Voždovac	Jovan Damjanović	Jovan Nišić	Adidas	Stadion SC
Zlatibor	Zoran Njeguš	Rade Glišović	NAAI	Galens

Nike is the official ball supplier for Serbian SuperLiga.

Kelme is the official sponsor of the Referee's Committee of the Football Association of Serbia.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Radnik	Simo Krunić^[3]	Sacked	26 August 2020	15th	Slavoljub Đorđević^[4]	1 September 2020
Partizan	Savo Milošević	Resigned	1 September 2020	5th	Aleksandar Stanojević^[5]	1 September 2020
Rad		Resigned	2 September 2020	19th	Zoran Njeguš^[6]	2 September 2020
Čukarički		Signed by Al Dhafra	17 September 2020	6th	Dušan Đorđević^[7]	17 September 2020
Mladost		Signed by Al Dhafra	22 September 2020	6th	Nenad Milovanović (caretaker) ^[8]	22 September 2020
Napredak	Dragan Ivanović^[9]	Resigned	28 September 2020	19th	Ivan Babić (caretaker)	28 September 2020
Inđija	Bratislav Živković^[10]	Resigned	30 September 2020	14th	Dejan Čelar^[11]	7 October 2020
Napredak	Ivan Babić (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	5 October 2020	19th	Goran Stevanović^[12]	5 October 2020
Radnički		Sacked	7 October 2020	7th	Milan Đuričić^[13]	7 October 2020
Rad	Zoran Njeguš	Resigned	8 October 2020	15th	Milan Milanović^[14]	8 October 2020
Radnički	Milan Đuričić ^[15]	Resigned	26 November 2020	10th	Vladimir Gaćinović^[16]	27 November 2020
TSC	Zoltan Sabo^[17]	Death	15 December 2020	12th	Mladen Krstajić^[18]	4 January 2021

Foreign players

• Foreign players: there are no restrictions on a number of signed foreign players, but clubs can only register up to four foreign players for a single match-day squad.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Naturalized Players
Bačka	Luka Pisačić	Ryohei Miyazaki	Jevgēņijs Kazačoks	Kaspars Svārups	Filip Mitrović			→ Danilo Radjen
Čukarički	Andrej Bosnić	Milan Savić	Asmir Kajević	Marko Rakonjac				→ Stefan Kovač
Inđija	Daniel Kamy	Modou Jobe	Milisav Perošević	Daniil Chalov
Javor Matis	Boubacari Doucouré	Ibrahim Tanko	Alija Krnić					→ Stefan Vico
Mačva	Dilan Ortiz	Mario Nikolić	Omar Kočar	Vanja Panić				→ Sandro Zukić
Metalac	Ljubiša Pecelj	Dong Li	Prestige Mboungou					→ Nikola Sukacev
Mladost		Obeng Regan						→ Petar Jovanović → Maksim Milović → Obiora Odita → Miloš Šatara
Napredak	Mitar Ćuković							→ Igor Zonjić
Novi Pazar	Almir Aganspahić	Nemanja Dragutinović	Abdoulaye Cissé					→ Bojica Nikčević → Periša Pešukić
Partizan	Macky Bagnack	Jean-Christophe Bahebeck	Seydouba Soumah	Bibras Natcho	Takuma Asano			→ Filip Holender → Nemanja Jović → Aleksandar Šćekić → Igor Vujačić
Proleter	Leandro Pinto	Nikola Gluščević						→ Jovan Ilić
Rad	Savo Gazivoda	Ilija Tučević
Radnički								→ Filip Kasalica
Radnik	Edin Biber	Witan Sulaeman	Zoran Danoski					→ Nikola Bogdanovski
Red Star	El Fardou Ben	Sékou Sanogo	Axel Bakayoko	Guélor Kanga	Diego Falcinelli	Filippo Falco	Richard Odada	→ Milan Borjan → Miloš Degenek → Mirko Ivanić → Nikola Krstović
Spartak	Filip Dujmović	Noboru Shimura	Andrija Rajović	Nikša Vujanović				→ Mišo Dubljanić
TSC								→ Slavko Damjanović → Stefan Santrač → Janko Tumbasević
Vojvodina	Momčilo Mrkaić	Slavko Bralić						→ Nikola Drinčić → Siniša Saničanin
Voždovac	Abdul Rashid Obuobi	Justas Lasickas	Miloš Milović	Nikola Vujnović	Georgiy Bratukhin			→ Nemanja Milojević
Zlatibor	Daniel Sudar	Ismar Hairlahović	Marko Maletić	Eliomar	Matej Nikolov	Shabat Logua		→ Danilo Dašić

Transfers

For the list of transfers involving SuperLiga clubs during 2020–21 season, please see: List of Serbian football transfers summer 2020.

League table

Individual statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 19 May 2021.^[19]

Pos	Scorer	Teams	Goals
1	Milan Makarić	Radnik	25
2	Takuma Asano	Partizan	18
Milan Bojović	Mladost
Nenad Lukić	TSC
5	Mirko Ivanić	Red Star	16
Luka Luković	Javor Matis
Lazar Tufegdžić	Spartak

Hat-tricks

Player	For !	Against	Result	Date
	Spartak	Bačka	3–1
	Metalac	TSC	3–2
Takuma Asano	Partizan	Inđija	5–0
Aleksandar Katai	Red Star	TSC	5–0
Luka Marković	Novi Pazar	Vojvodina	3–0
Milan Makarić	Radnik	Zlatibor	4–1
Alen Melunović	Napredak	Proleter	5–0
Milan Makarić	Radnik	Mačva	5–0
Nenad Gavrić	Radnički Niš	Bačka	5–1

Player of the week

As of matches played on 15 May 2021.

Round	Player	Club	Goals	Assists	Ref.
1	Viktor Živojinović	Proleter	2	0	^[20]
2	Lazar Tufegdžić	Spartak	3	0	^[21]
3	Marko Docić	Čukarički	2	1	^[22]
4	Siniša Saničanin	Vojvodina	1	0	^[23]
5	Aleksandar Katanić	Metalac G.M.	3	0	^[24]
6	Aleksandar Katai	Red Star	3	1	^[25]
7	Nemanja Kojić	Radnički Niš	1	1	^[26]
8	Siniša Babić	Proleter	1	1	^[27]
9	Nenad Lukić	TSC	1	2	^[28]
10	Luka Marković	Novi Pazar	3	0	^[29]
11	Nenad Lukić (2)	TSC	2	1	^[30]
12	Nikola Drinčić	Vojvodina	1	1	^[31]
13	Asmir Kajević	Čukarički	2	0	^[32]
14	Milan Đokić	Zlatibor	2	0	^[33]
15	Milan Makarić	Radnik	1	2	^[34]
16	Filip Holender	Partizan	2	1	^[35]
17	Dobrivoje Velemir	Bačka	1	2	^[36]
18	Petar Đuričković	Radnički Niš	2	0	^[37]
19	Miljan Vukadinović	Vojvodina	2	0	^[38]
20	Luka Luković	Javor Matis	2	1	^[39]
21	Miljan Vukadinović (2)	Vojvodina	2	0	^[40]
22	Branislav Tomić	Novi Pazar	1	0	^[41]
23	Đuro Zec	TSC	2	0	^[42]
24	Takuma Asano	Partizan	1	2	^[43]
25	Milan Pavkov	Red Star	2	0	^[44]
26	Ben	Red Star	1	0	^[45]
27	Dejan Milićević	TSC	2	0	^[46]
28	Danko Kiković	Novi Pazar	1	1	^[47]
29	Đorđe Jovanović	Čukarički	2	1	^[48]
30	Andrija Kaluđerović	Rad	2	0	^[49]
31	Igor Maksimović	Metalac G.M.	1	1	^[50]
32	Miodrag Gemović	Vojvodina	2	0	^[51]
33	Alen Melunović	Napredak	3	0	^[52]
34	Milan Makarić (2)	Radnik	3	1	^[53]
35	Nemanja Mladenović	Rad	1	1	^[54]
36	Mirko Ivanić	Red Star	2	2	^[55]
37	Alen Melunović (2)	Napredak	2	0	^[56]
38	Nenad Gavrić	Radnički Niš	3	0	^[57]

External links

• • UEFA

Notes and References

1. Web site: ИО ФСС УСВОЈЕН ПРЕДЛОГ ЗАЈЕДНИЦЕ КЛУБОВА. Super liga. Srbije. Super liga Srbije.
2. Web site: У Инђији рефлектори до краја године, Мицубиши генерални спонзор. zurnal.rs. sr.
3. Web site: Krunić više nije trener surduličkog Radnika. juznevesti.com. sr.
4. Web site: Prvi seniorski klub u trenerskoj karijeri Slaboljuba Đorđevića. mozzartsport.com. sr.
5. Web site: ZVANIČNO: Aleksandar Stanojević novi trener Partizana. mozzartsport.com. sr.
6. Web site: ГРАЂЕВИНАРИ ПРОМОВИСАЛИ НОВОГ ТРЕНЕРА. fkrad.rs. sr. 2020-09-02. 2020-09-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20200903015530/http://fkrad.rs/gradjevinari-promovisali-novog-trenera/. dead.
7. Web site: Dušan Đorđević novi šef struke Čukaričkog, zahvalnost kluba Aleksandru Veselinoviću . fkcukaricki.com. sr.
8. Web site: Neško Milovanović na klupi Mladosti protiv Zvezde . b92.net. sr.
9. Web site: Драган Ивановић поднео оставку: Кад кола крену низбрдо, тешко их је зауставити. zurnal.rs. sr.
10. Web site: Братислав Живковић поднео оставку, Инђија без тренера. zurnal.rs. sr.
11. Web site: Inđija: Predstavljen novi šef stručnog štaba Dejan Čelar . superliga.rs. sr.
12. Web site: Plavi Stevanović novi trener Napretka. mozzartsport.com. sr.
13. Web site: Niš: Na stadionu Čair predstavljen novi šef struke Milan Đuričić . superliga.rs. sr.
14. Web site: Милан Милановић поново на Бањици . zurnal.rs. sr.
15. Web site: Radnički bez trenera: Đuričić podneo ostavku . mozzartsport.com. sr.
16. Web site: Gaćinović novi trener Radničkog iz Niša . mozzartsport.com. sr.
17. https://sportklub.rs/fudbal/srbija-super-liga/preminuo-zoltan-sabo/ Preminuo Zoltan Sabo
18. Web site: Krstajić promovisan u Bačkoj Topoli: TSC kao bundesligaš . mozzartsport.com. sr.
19. Web site: Super liga - Lista strelaca. www.superliga.rs. 2020-08-01. 2021-05-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20210507143834/https://www.superliga.rs/sezona-2020-21/lista-strelaca. dead.
20. Web site: Igrač kola: Novajlija Viktor Živojinović najzaslužniji za trijumf Proletera . www.superliga.rs. 3 August 2020.
21. Web site: IGRAČ KOLA: HET-TRIK LAZARA TUFEGDŽIĆA ZA TRIJUMF SPARTAKA U BAČKOJ PALANCI . www.superliga.rs. 6 August 2020.
22. Web site: Igrač kola: Sjajna partija Marka Docića za ubedljiv trijumf ’’brđana’’ . www.superliga.rs. 10 August 2020.
23. Web site: Igrač kola: Sjajna partija Siniše Saničanina za ubedljiv trijumf Novosađana . www.superliga.rs. 17 August 2020.
24. Web site: IGRAČ KOLA: HET-TRIK SJAJNOG ALEKSANDRA KATANIĆA ZA VELIKO IZNENAĐENJE U SENTI . www.superliga.rs. 23 August 2020.
25. Web site: IGRAČ KOLA: FANTASTIČNI ALEKSANDAR KATAI NEZAUSTAVLJIV ZA EKIPU TSC-A. www.superliga.rs. 31 August 2020.
26. Web site: Igrač kola: Iskusni Nemanja Kojić najzaslužniji za trijumf Nišlija u Senti. www.superliga.rs. 14 September 2020.
27. Web site: Igrač kola: Iskusni Siniša Babić najzaslužniji za trijumf Slanobaraca u Subotici. www.superliga.rs. 22 September 2020.
28. Web site: Igrač kola: Još jedna sjajna partija Nenada Lukića za pobedu nad Subotičanima. www.superliga.rs. 29 September 2020.
29. Web site: Igrač kola: Het-trik mladog Luke Markovića za veliki trijumf Novog Pazara. www.superliga.rs. 5 October 2020.
30. Web site: Igrač kola: Još jedna sjajna partija Nenada Lukića za ubedljiv trijumf TSC-a . www.superliga.rs. 19 October 2020.
31. Web site: Igrač kola: Iskusni Nikola Drinčić najzaslužniji za novi trijumf Novosađana . www.superliga.rs. 27 October 2020.
32. Web site: Igrač kola: Sjajna partija iskusnog Asmira Kajevića za ubedljiv trijumf ’’brđana’’ . www.superliga.rs. 2 November 2020.
33. Web site: Igrač kola: Sjajni Milan Đokić za pobedu Zlatiboraca u Novom Pazaru . www.superliga.rs. 9 November 2020.
34. Web site: Igrač kola: Nova sjajna partija Milana Makarića za novi trijumf Surduličana . www.superliga.rs. 23 November 2020.
35. Web site: Igrač kola: Filip Holender najzaslužniji za ubedljiv trijumf crno-belih u Senti . www.superliga.rs. 1 December 2020.
36. Web site: Igrač kola: Sjajni Dobrivoje Velemir najzaslužniji za važan trijumf Bačke . www.superliga.rs. 8 December 2020.
37. Web site: Igrač kola: Dva pogotka sjajnog Petra Đuričkovića za važan trijumf Nišlija . www.superliga.rs. 16 December 2020.
38. Web site: Igrač kola: Ulazak sjajnog Miljana Vukadinovića odlučio novosadski derbi . www.superliga.rs. 20 December 2020.
39. Web site: Igrač kola: Sjajna partija Luke Lukovića za ubedljiv trijumf Ivanjičana . www.superliga.rs. 8 February 2021.
40. Web site: Igrač kola: Dva pogotka raspoloženog Vukadinovića za veliki bod Novosađana. www.superliga.rs. 13 February 2021.
41. Web site: Igrač kola: Sjajna partija Branislava Tomića za trijumf Novog Pazara nad Nišlijama . www.superliga.rs. 18 February 2021.
42. Web site: Igrač kola: Dva pogotka Đura Zeca za ubedljiv trijumf TSC-a u ’’bačkom derbiju’’. www.superliga.rs. 22 February 2021.
43. Web site: Igrač kola: Raspoloženi Takuma Asano odličan u trijumfu nad Inđijom. www.superliga.rs. 1 March 2021.
44. Web site: Igrač kola: Dva pogotka Milana Pavkova za važan trijumf crveno-belih. www.superliga.rs. 4 March 2021.
45. Web site: Igrač kola: Sjajna partija El Fardou Bena za pobedu u derbiju kola . www.superliga.rs. 8 March 2021.
46. Web site: Igrač kola: Dva pogotka raspoloženog Dejana Milićevića za trijumf TSC-a. www.superliga.rs. 19 February 2021.
47. Web site: Igrač kola: Odlična partija Danka Kikovića za ubedljiv trijumf Novog Pazara . www.superliga.rs. 22 March 2021.
48. Web site: Igrač kola: Sjajna partija Đorđa Jovanovića za ubedljiv trijumf ’’brđana’’ . www.superliga.rs. 4 April 2021.
49. Web site: Igrač kola: Iskusni Andrija Kaluđerović za pobedu Rada nad Novosađanima . www.superliga.rs. 9 April 2021.
50. Web site: Igrač kola: Raspoloženi Igor Maksimović za tri boda Metalca u Surdulici . www.superliga.rs. 13 April 2021.
51. Web site: Igrač kola: Dva pogotka Miodraga Gemovića za nova tri boda Vojvodine . www.superliga.rs. 19 April 2021.
52. Web site: Igrač kola: Het-trik Alena Melunovića i ubedljiv trijumf ’’čarapana’’ . www.superliga.rs. 26 April 2021.
53. Web site: Igrač kola: Partija sezone Milana Makarića za ubedljiv trijumf Radnika u Šapcu . www.superliga.rs. 29 April 2021.
54. Web site: Igrač kola: Raspoloženi ’’građevinar’’ Nemanja Mladenović za remi sa šampionom . www.superliga.rs. 8 May 2021.
55. Web site: Igrač kola: Ulazak raspoloženog Mirka Ivanića pokrenuo crveno-bele . www.superliga.rs. 9 May 2021.
56. Web site: Igrač kola: Sjajna partija Alena Melunovića za osiguran opstanak Kruševljana . www.superliga.rs. 16 May 2021.
57. Web site: Igrač kola: Het-trik Nenada Gavrića za opstanak Nišlija u elitnom rangu . www.superliga.rs. 20 May 2021.