2022–23 Serbian SuperLiga

The 2022–23 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Mozzart Bet SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th season of the Serbian SuperLiga, Serbia's top football league.^[3] Red Star were the defending champions, having won their 8th SuperLiga and 33rd domestic title in the previous season.

SuperLiga

Season	2022–23
Dates	8 July 2022 – 28 May 2023[1]
Champions	Red Star Belgrade 9th SuperLiga title 34th domestic title
Relegated	Mladost GAT Kolubara
Champions League	Red Star Belgrade TSC
Europa League	Čukarički
Europa Conference League	Partizan Vojvodina
Matches played	296
Goals scored	718 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ricardo Gomes (19 goals)[2]
Biggest home win	Red Star Belgrade 6–0 Radnik Partizan 6–0 Mladost Lučani
Biggest away win	Voždovac 0–6 Red Star Belgrade
Highest scoring	Mladost Lučani 2–5 TSC
Longest winning run	Red Star Belgrade (11 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Red Star Belgrade (37 games)
Longest winless run	Radnik (16 games)
Longest losing run	Novi Pazar (7 games)
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 28 May 2023.

It began on 8 July 2022. As the 2022 FIFA World Cup started on 21 November, the last round before stoppage was held on 12–13 November. The league resumed games on 3 February 2023.

Summary

Format of the competition remained the same as the last season - each team will play each other twice in round-robin format after which top half will play in Championship round and bottom half in Relegation round Play-offs. Last two teams from Relegation round will be relegated while teams finishing 13th and 14th will play Relegations play-off against teams who finished 3rd and 4th in Serbian First League. Teams can have unlimited number of foreign players with maximum of 4 at the pitch at any time. Similarly at least one player born after 1 January 2001 must be on the pitch at any time.^[4]

This season marked the start of a new three-year title sponsorship rights with Mozzart bet betting company.^[5]

Teams

Sixteen teams will compete in the league, the top 14 from previous season and two teams promoted from Serbian First League. Promoted teams were Mladost GAT who are promoted to the SuperLiga for the first time in their history and Javor who will return to the top flight after one-year absence. They will replace Proleter and Metalac.

Stadium and locations

Čukarički	Javor-Matis	Kolubara	Mladost GAT
Čukarički Stadium	Javor Stadium	Kolubara Stadium	Karađorđe Stadium
Capacity: 4,070	Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 2,500	Capacity: 14,458
Mladost Lučani	Belgrade Kolubara Mladost Lučani Napredak Novi Pazar Radnički 1923 Javor Radnički Radnik Spartak TSC Novi Sad Belgrade clubs: Čukaricki Partizan Red Star Voždovac Novi Sad clubs: Mladost GAT Vojvodina Locations of the 2022–23 Serbian SuperLiga teams Čukaricki Partizan Red Star Voždovac Locations of the 2022–23 Serbian SuperLiga teams on the territory of Belgrade Mladost GAT Vojvodina Locations of the 2022–23 Serbian SuperLiga teams on the territory of Novi Sad		Napredak
Stadion Mladost (Lučani)			Mladost Stadium
Capacity: 8,000			Capacity: 10,330[6]
Novi Pazar			Partizan
Novi Pazar City Stadium			Partizan Stadium
Capacity: 12,000			Capacity: 29,775
Radnički 1923	Radnički	Radnik	Red Star
Čika Dača Stadium	Čair Stadium	Surdulica City Stadium	Rajko Mitić Stadium
Capacity: 15,100	Capacity: 18,151	Capacity: 3,312	Capacity: 51,755
Spartak	TSC	Vojvodina	Voždovac
Subotica City Stadium	TSC Arena	Karađorđe Stadium	Shopping Center Stadium
Capacity: 13,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 14,458	Capacity: 5,175

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
Čukarički	Dušan Kerkez	Marko Docić	Adidas	Oliva
Javor-Matis	Milovan Milović	Nemanja Miletić	Miteks	Matis Group
Kolubara	Veroljub Dukanac	Nikola Vasiljević	Seven	Admiralbet
Mladost GAT	Nenad Lalatović	Miloš Milovanović	Joma	GAT doo
Mladost Lučani	Tomislav Sivić	Ivan Milošević	Miteks	Efbet
Napredak	Dragan Perišić	Dejan Kerkez	Givova	mt:s
Novi Pazar	Davor Berber	Filip Kljajić	Nike	Novi Pazar Put
Partizan	Igor Duljaj	Slobodan Urošević	Nike	mt:s
Radnički 1923	Dejan Joksimović	Miloš Vidović	Jako	Mozzart Bet
Radnički Niš	Dragan Šarac	Aleksandar Pejović	Beltona	mt:s
Radnik	Slavoljub Đorđević	Uroš Stojanović	Jako	Efbet
Red Star Belgrade	Miloš Milojević	Milan Borjan	Macron	Gazprom
Spartak	Milan Milanović	Nikola Srećković	Legea	Efbet
TSC	Žarko Lazetić	Saša Tomanović	Capelli Sport	SAT-TRAKT
Vojvodina	Radoslav Batak	Dejan Zukić	Kelme	Srbijagas
Voždovac	Nikola Puača	Stefan Hajdin	Joma	Stadion SC, Efbet

Notes

• 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 the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Čukarički	Milan Lešnjak[7]	Contract expired	19 May 2022	Pre-season	Dušan Kerkez[7]	31 May 2022
Vojvodina	Dragan Radojičić[8]				Milan Rastavac[8]	1 June 2022
Napredak	Zoran Milinković[9]				Dušan Đorđević[9]	1 June 2022
Radnički Niš	Radoslav Batak[10]				Tomislav Sivić[10]	3 June 2022
Novi Pazar	Tomislav Sivić[11]				Vladimir Gaćinović[12]	4 June 2022
Kolubara	Veroljub Dukanac				Dejan Đurđević[13]	7 June 2022
Radnički 1923	Nenad Lalatović[14]				Dejan Joksimović[15]	13 June 2022
Partizan	Aleksandar Stanojević	Resigned	26 May 2022		Ilija Stolica[16]	9 June 2022
Radnik	Dušan Đorđević[9]	Signed with Napredak	1 June 2022		Aleksandar Linta[17]	6 June 2022
Voždovac	Aleksandar Linta[17]	Signed with Radnik	6 June 2022		Nebojša Jandrić[18]	8 June 2022
Mladost GAT	Ljubomir Ristovski[19]	Mutual termination			Branko Žigić[20]	10 June 2022
Radnik	Aleksandar Linta[21]	Sacked	19 July 2022	16th	Dragan Radojičić[22]	2 August 2022
Mladost GAT	Branko Žigić[23]		1 August 2022	11th	Aleksandar Linta[24]
Voždovac	Nebojša Jandrić[25]	Mutual termination	8 August 2022	6th	Nikola Puača[26]	14 August 2022
Partizan	Ilija Stolica[27]	Sacked	11 August 2022	9th	Gordan Petrić[28]	13 August 2022
Radnički Niš	Tomislav Sivić[29]		12 August 2022	15th	Saša Mrkić[30]
Red Star Belgrade	Dejan Stanković[31]	Resigned	26 August 2022	1st	Miloš Milojević[32]	27 August 2022
Radnik	Dragan Radojičić[33]	Sacked	4 September 2022	16th	Dragan Perišić[34]	9 September 2022
Radnički Niš	Saša Mrkić[35]		5 September 2022	13th	Nenad Lalatović[35]	5 September 2022
Mladost GAT	Aleksandar Linta[36]		19 September 2022	15th	Ljubomir Ristovski[37]	20 September 2022
Spartak Subotica	Slavko Petrović[38]		20 September 2022	13th	Ljubiša Dunđerski[39]	22 September 2022
Javor	Igor Bondžulić[40]		3 October 2022	12th	Mladen Dodić[41]	4 October 2022
Novi Pazar	Vladimir Gaćinović[42]	Mutual termination	15 October 2022	5th	Damir Čakar[43]	15 October 2022
Kolubara	Dejan Đurđević[44]		17 October 2022	8th	Veroljub Dukanac[45]	18 October 2022
Radnik	Dragan Perišić[46]		20 October 2022	16th	Simo Krunić[46]	20 October 2022
Novi Pazar	Damir Čakar		14 December 2022	7th	Aleksandar Stanković[47]	14 December 2022
Napredak	Dušan Đorđević[48]	Sacked	19 February 2023	12th	Dragan Perišić[49]	22 February 2023
Vojvodina	Milan Rastavac		25 February 2023	6th	Radoslav Batak[50]	25 February 2023
Partizan	Gordan Petrić		27 February 2023	2nd	Igor Duljaj[51]	27 February 2023
Radnički Niš	Nenad Lalatović[52]		6 March 2023	13th	Dragan Šarac[53]	8 March 2023
Mladost GAT	Ljubomir Ristovski		9 March 2023	15th	Nenad Lalatović[54]	9 March 2023
Mladost Lučani	Dragiša Žunić		18 March 2023	14th	Milorad Kosanović[55]	19 March 2023
Novi Pazar	Aleksandar Stanković			6th	Davor Berber[56]	24 March 2023
Spartak Subotica	Ljubiša Dunđerski[57]		20 March 2023	13th	Milan Milanović[58]	27 March 2023
Mladost Lučani	Milorad Kosanović		10 April 2023	14th	Tomislav Sivić[59]	13 April 2023
Javor	Mladen Dodić[60]		25 May 2023	13th	Milovan Milović	25 May 2023

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification[a]
1	Red Star Belgrade	30	26	4	0	81	14	+67	82	Qualification for the Championship round
2	TSC	30	18	8	4	52	22	+30	62
3	Čukarički	30	19	5	6	56	31	+25	62
4	Partizan	30	17	6	7	57	28	+29	57
5	Vojvodina	30	14	12	4	47	27	+20	54
6	Novi Pazar	30	15	5	10	37	31	+6	50
7	Voždovac	30	11	6	13	24	42	−18	39
8	Radnički 1923	30	10	7	13	29	30	−1	37
9	Kolubara	30	10	7	13	23	45	−22	37	Qualification for the Relegation round
10	Napredak Kruševac	30	8	7	15	22	31	−9	31
11	Radnički Niš	30	7	8	15	30	51	−21	29
12	Javor-Matis	30	7	8	15	28	49	−21	29
13	Spartak Subotica	30	5	10	15	26	43	−17	25
14	Mladost Lučani	30	4	11	15	32	52	−20	23
15	Radnik Surdulica	30	5	8	17	21	44	−23	23
16	Mladost GAT	30	4	8	18	20	45	−25	20

Source: SuperLiga (in Serbian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (if two teams tied); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fair play ranking; 9) Draw.
Notes:

1. Teams will be split into two groups (Final A and Final B) after each have played 30 matches.

Results

Home \ Away	ČUK	JAV	KOL	MNS	MLA	NAP	NPZ	PAR	RDK	RNI	RSU	RSB	SPA	TSC	VOJ	VOŽ
Čukarički		3–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	2–2	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–4	2–0	3–1
Javor-Matis	1–2		0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–4	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2
Kolubara	3–2	1–0		0–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	1–5	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–0
Mladost GAT	0–2	2–3	0–0		1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–4	1–0	1–2	0–4	1–2
Mladost Lučani	0–1	4–1	2–0	0–0		3–1	1–3	0–3	0–0	2–2	3–2	1–2	1–1	2–5	1–1	1–2
Napredak Kruševac	0–0	2–4	4–0	1–0	0–0		0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0
Novi Pazar	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–1		1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0
Partizan	3–2	3–3	1–1	0–4	6–0	1–0	1–0		1–1	4–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	4–1	1–0
Radnički 1923	1–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–3	0–1		1–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–1
Radnički Niš	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–3	3–3	1–3		0–0	1–2	3–0	0–3	1–4	2–3
Radnik Surdulica	0–4	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–3		1–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–0
Red Star Belgrade	3–0	4–1	5–0	4–2	2–0	1–0	5–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	6–0		3–0	1–1	1–1	4–0
Spartak Subotica	1–3	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–4		0–0	1–1	3–0
TSC	1–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–3	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–2		1–1	3–0
Vojvodina	3–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–2		2–1
Voždovac	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–4	1–0	1–0	4–1	0–6	2–0	1–3	0–0

Source: SuperLiga (in Serbian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-offs

Championship round

The top eight teams advanced from the regular season. Teams played each other once.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RSB	TSC	CUK	PAR	VOJ	NPZ	VOZ	RDK
1	Red Star Belgrade (C)	37	30	7	0	96	19	+77	97	Qualification for the Champions League group stage			4–1	4–0		2–1	2–2
2	TSC	37	22	9	6	66	32	+34	75	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round[a]				1–0	1–3	1–1		2–0
3	Čukarički	37	23	6	8	65	38	+27	75	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[b]					1–0	1–0	4–0		2–1
4	Partizan	37	21	8	8	68	34	+34	71	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round		0–0					2–0	2–1	2–1
5	Vojvodina	37	16	15	6	59	35	+24	63	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round					2–2		4–0	2–0
6	Novi Pazar	37	15	6	16	40	49	−9	51				1–4					0–1	0–1
7	Voždovac	37	13	7	17	29	52	−23	46			0–2		1–1					2–1
8	Radnički 1923	37	11	9	17	37	43	−6	42			1–1	1–4			2–2

Source: SuperLiga (in Serbian)
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 goals scored in regular season; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if two teams tied); 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fair play ranking; 10) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Due to Russian suspension, TSC were promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
2. Awarded to third place finisher since winner of the 2022–23 Serbian Cup, Red Star Belgrade, has already qualified for 2023-24 UEFA Champions League

Relegation round

The bottom eight teams from the regular season play in the relegation round. Teams play each other once.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		NAP	SPA	MLA	JAV	KOL	RNI	RSU	MNS
9	Napredak Kruševac	37	10	9	18	27	37	−10	39				1–0		0–1		1–2	0–1
10	Spartak Subotica	37	9	12	16	38	49	−11	39					2–0	3–2			2–2
11	Mladost Lučani	37	9	11	17	40	57	−17	38			0–1						2–0	2–1
12	Javor-Matis	37	9	10	18	35	56	−21	37					0–1		2–0		0–0	0–0
13	Kolubara[a] (R)	37	11	8	18	28	57	−29	35	Relegation to Serbian First League		2–2	0–3	0–1			2–1
14	Radnički Niš (O)	37	9	8	20	37	61	−24	35	Qualification for the play-off			0–1	1–2	3–2				0–1
15	Radnik Surdulica (O)	37	8	11	18	28	50	−22	35							2–1	1–0		1–1
16	Mladost GAT (R)	37	6	12	19	25	49	−24	30	Relegation to Serbian First League		0–0	1–1			1–0

Source: SuperLiga (in Serbian)
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 goals scored in regular season; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if two teams tied); 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fair play ranking; 10) Drawing of lots.
(O) Play-Off Winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Kolubara got 6 points deducted due to match fixing, and was later relegated to the second tier due to multiple irregularities.^[61]

Relegations play-off

Two legged relegation play-off matches will be played between the teams placed 13th and 14th at the end of relegation round and the teams placed 3rd and 4th at the end of Serbian First League Championship round.

First legs

Grafičar v Radnik Surdulica

31 May 2023	Grafičar	1–1	Radnik Surdulica	Voždovac Stadium, Belgrade
18:00	Ivelja 64'		Jokić 87'

Inđija v Radnički Niš

31 May 2023	Inđija	3–1	Radnički Niš	Inđija Stadium, Inđija
16:00	Radosavljević 7' Stojanović 22', 81'		Pavlović 85'

Second legs

Radnik Surdulica v Grafičar

4 June 2023	Radnik Surdulica	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Grafičar	Surdulica City Stadium, Surdulica
16:00	Radulović 40' (pen.) Makarić 89'	Report

Radnički Niš v Inđija

4 June 2023	Radnički Niš	3–0 (4–3 agg.)	Inđija	Čair Stadium, Niš
18:30	Škrbić 25' Belaković 47' Marjanović 61' (pen.)	Report

Individual statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 28 May 2023.^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ricardo Gomes	Partizan	19
2	Aleksandar Katai	Red Star	17
3	Petar Ratkov	TSC	13
	Nikola Čumić	Vojvodina
5	Bibras Natcho	Partizan	12
	Osman Bukari	Red Star
	Andrija Majdevac	Novi Pazar

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Ante Vukušić	Kolubara	Čukarički	3–2	27 August 2022
Ricardo Gomes	Partizan	Kolubara	5–1	4 September 2022
Martin Mirčevski	TSC	Kolubara	3–1	10 September 2022
Ricardo Gomes	Partizan	Mladost Lučani	6–0	11 September 2022
Osman Bukari	Red Star	TSC	4–1	22 April 2023

Player of the week

As of matches played on 28 May 2023.

Round	Player	Club	Goals	Assist	Ref.
1	Mihajlo Banjac	TSC	1	1	[62]
2	Lazar Jovanović	Radnički Niš	1	1	[63]
3	Milan Pavkov	Red Star	1	0	[64]
4	Petar Gigić	Javor	1	3	[65]
5	Nikola Štulić	Radnički Niš (2)	2	0	[66]
6	Mirko Ivanić	Red Star (2)	1	3	[67]
7	Nikola Štulić (2)	Radnički Niš (3)	2	0	[68]
8	Ante Vukušić	Kolubara	3	0	[69]
9	Muhammed Badamosi	Čukarički	2	0	[70]
10	Ricardo Gomes	Partizan	3	1	[71]
11	Martin Mirčevski	TSC (2)	3	0	[72]
12	Saša Jovanović	TSC (3)	1	1	[73]
13	Bibras Natcho	Partizan (2)	2	1	[74]
14	Marko Gobeljić	Red Star (3)	2	0	[75]
15	Kristijan Belić	Partizan (3)	1	0	[76]
16	Aleksandar Pešić	Red Star (4)	2	0	[77]
17	Ricardo Gomes (2)	Partizan (4)	1	0	[78]
18	Slobodan Urošević	Partizan (5)	1	0	[79]
19	Aleksandar Katai	Red Star (5)	2	0	[80]
20	Strahinja Manojlović	Javor (2)	0	0	[81]
21	Cristian	Mladost GAT	1	0	[82]
22	Osman Bukari	Red Star (6)	2	0	[83]
23	Stefan Ranđelović	Radnik Surdulica	0	0	[84]
24	Dejan Zukić	Vojvodina	2	0	[85]
25	Aleksandar Pešić (2)	Red Star (7)	2	0	[86]
26	Vasilije Đurić	Radnički 1923	2	0	[87]
27	Stefan Ranđelović (2)	Radnik Surdulica (2)	0	0	[88]
28	Aleksandar Katai (2)	Red Star (8)	2	0	[89]
29	Aleksandar Katai (3)	Red Star (9)	2	2	[90]
30	Đorđe Ivanović	Čukarički (2)	1	0	[91]
31	Osman Bukari (2)	Red Star (10)	3	0	[92]
32	Nemanja Petrović	TSC (4)	1	0	[93]
33	Miloš Tošeski	Spartak	1	2	[94]
34	Nemanja Petrović (2)	TSC (5)	1	0	[95]
35	Aleksandar Pejović	Radnički Niš (4)	1	1	[96]
36	Petar Ratkov	TSC (6)	2	0	[97]
37	Luka Stojanović	Čukarički (3)	2	0	[98]

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		References
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
July	Žarko Lazetić	TSC	Veljko Simić	Vojvodina	[99][100]
August	Vladimir Gaćinović	Novi Pazar	Nikola Štulić	Radnički Niš	[101][102]
September	Dušan Kerkez	Čukarički	Ricardo Gomes	Partizan	[103][104]
October	Miloš Milojević	Red Star	Aleksandar Pešić	Red Star	[105][106]
February	Aleksandar Stanković	Novi Pazar	Strahinja Manojlović	Javor	[107][108]
March	Radoslav Batak	Vojvodina	Stefan Ranđelović	Radnik Surdulica	[109][110]
April	Miloš Milojević	Red Star	Osman Bukari	Red Star	[111][112]

Team of the Season

Borjan

Eraković

Dragović

Cvetković

Tošić

Docić

Kanga

Jovanović

Katai

Ilić

Gomes

Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season^[113]

Position	Player	Team
GK	Milan Borjan	Red Star
RB	Miloš Cvetković	TSC
CB	Strahinja Eraković	Red Star
CB	Aleksandar Dragović	Red Star
LB	Nemanja Tošić	Čukarički
RW	Saša Jovanović	TSC
CM	Guélor Kanga	Red Star
CM	Marko Docić	Čukarički
AM	Luka Ilić	TSC
LW	Aleksandar Katai	Red Star
FW	Ricardo Gomes	Partizan

Player of the season

• Saša Jovanović (TSC)^[114]

Young player of the season

• Strahinja Eraković (Red Star)^[115]

Coach of the season

• Miloš Milojević (Red Star)^[116]