| Competition: | Jelen SuperLiga |
| Season: | 2008–09 |
| Winners: | Partizan 2nd SuperLiga title 21st domestic title |
| Relegated: | Banat Zrenjanin |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Partizan |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Vojvodina Red Star |
| League Topscorer: | Lamine Diarra (19) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Vojvodina 6–1 OFK Beograd (9 May 2009) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Jagodina 1–5 Red Star (16 May 2009) Rad 1–5 Partizan (16 May 2009) |
| Highest Scoring: | Čukarički 4–4 Vojvodina (8 April 2009) |
| Matches: | 198 |
| Total Goals: | 420 |
| Prevseason: | 2007–08 |
| Nextseason: | 2009–10 |
The 2008–09 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Jelen SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the league since its establishment in 2006. It began on 16 August 2008[1] and ended on 30 May 2009. Partizan Belgrade successfully defended their title.
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.
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]
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.
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games):[5]
| Round 23 | Round 24 | Round 25 | Round 26 | Round 27 | Round 28 | Round 29 | Round 30 | Round 31 | Round 32 | Round 33 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–12 | 1 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 4 | 5 – 1 | 1 – 6 | 7 – 1 | 1 – 8 | 9 – 1 | 1 – 10 | 11 – 1 | |
| 2–11 | 11–3 | 2–12 | 2 – 3 | 4 – 2 | 2 – 5 | 6 – 2 | 2 – 7 | 8 – 2 | 2 – 9 | 10 – 2 | |
| 3–10 | 10–4 | 4–11 | 11–5 | 3–12 | 3 – 4 | 5 – 3 | 3 – 6 | 7 – 3 | 3 – 8 | 9 – 3 | |
| 4 – 9 | 9 – 5 | 5–10 | 10–6 | 6–11 | 11–7 | 4–12 | 4 – 5 | 6 – 4 | 4 – 7 | 8 – 4 | |
| 5 – 8 | 8 – 6 | 6 – 9 | 9 – 7 | 7–10 | 10–8 | 8–11 | 11 – 9 | 5 – 12 | 5 – 6 | 7 – 5 | |
| 6 – 7 | 12–7 | 7 – 8 | 12–8 | 8 – 9 | 12–9 | 9–10 | 12–10 | 10–11 | 12–11 | 6 – 12 |
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bgcolor=gold |  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 | |||
| Dušan Tadić | Vojvodina |
Source: superliga.rs
| Player | For ! | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partizan | OFK Beograd | 5–1 | ||
| Vojvodina | OFK Beograd | 6–1 | ||
| Jagodina | Red Star | 1–5 | ||
Nenad Milijaš and Almami Moreira both received the same number of votes therefore they both share the title as co-winners.
The All Star team was voted on at the end of the season by the 12 coaches of each SuperLiga team.[6] Almami Moreira was the only player to receive all 12 votes.
| Mladen Božović | Partizan | ||
| RB | Ivan Stevanović | Partizan | |
| CB | Nenad Đorđević | Partizan | |
| CB | Boban Dmitrović | Borac Čačak | |
| LB | Ivan Obradović | Partizan | |
| DM | Ljubomir Fejsa | Partizan | |
| RM | Nemanja Tomić | Partizan | |
| CM | Nenad Milijaš | Red Star | |
| LM | Ognjen Koroman | Red Star | |
| AM | Almami Moreira | Partizan | |
| ST | Lamine Diarra | Partizan |
