2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga

The 2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Jelen SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the Serbian SuperLiga, the top football league of Serbia.^[1] The defending champions were Partizan, after having won their fourth Serbian Superliga title in a row at the conclusion of the previous season.

Jelen SuperLiga

Season	2011–12
Champions	Partizan 5th SuperLiga title 24th domestic title
Relegated	Metalac Borac
Champions League	Partizan
Europa League	Red Star Vojvodina Jagodina
Matches played	240
Goals scored	527 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Darko Spalević (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Partizan 5–0 Novi Pazar Red Star 5–0 Metalac
Biggest away win	Metalac 0–5 Red Star
Highest scoring	Javor Ivanjica 2–4 Radnički Partizan 5–1 Borac Radnički 4–2 Rad Spartak 5–1 Vojvodina Sloboda 4–2 Hajduk
Highest attendance	45,355 Red Star–Partizan
Lowest attendance	0 Red Star–Vojvodina
Average attendance	4,008
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Partizan successfully defended their title after a 4–0 victory at Borac Čačak with three games left to play.^[2] It was their fifth consecutive Serbian title and their 24th domestic championship.

Teams

Inđija and Čukarički were relegated to the 2011–12 Serbian First League after the 2010–11 season for finishing in 15th and 16th place, respectively. Čukarički completed a four-year tenure in the league, while Inđija had to immediately return to the First League.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2010–11 First League runners-up Radnički 1923 and third placed Novi Pazar. Radnički will be returning to the top tier for the first time since the season 2001–02. Novi Pazar was granted promotion after 2010–11 First League champions BASK withdrew from the SuperLiga.^[3] This will be their first season in top-tier competition.

Stadiums and locations

Belgrade

Borac

Hajduk

Jagodina

Javor

Metalac

Radnički 1923

Novi Pazar

Sloboda

Smederevo

Spartak

Vojvodina

Belgrade clubs:

BSK Borča
OFK
Partizan
Rad
Red Star

Location of teams in the 2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga

All figures for stadiums include seating capacity only, as many stadiums in Serbia have stands without chairs which would otherwise be the actual number of people able to be seated.^[4]

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Borac	Čačak	Čačak Stadium	8,000
BSK Borča	Belgrade	Stadion Borča	3,000
FK Hajduk	Kula	Stadion Hajduk	5,973[5]
Jagodina	Jagodina	Stadion FK Jagodina	15,000
Javor	Ivanjica	Javor Stadium	10,000
Metalac	Gornji Milanovac	Mladost Stadium (Lučani)	8,000
Novi Pazar	Novi Pazar	Novi Pazar City Stadium	9,000[6]
OFK Beograd	Belgrade	Omladinski Stadium	10,600[7]
Partizan	Belgrade	Partizan Stadium	32,710[8]
Rad	Belgrade	Stadion FK Obilić[9]	4,508[10]
Radnički 1923	Kragujevac	Čika Dača Stadium	15,100[11]
Red Star	Belgrade	Stadion Crvene Zvezde	51,328[12][13]
Sloboda	Užice	Užice City Stadium	5,979[14]
Smederevo	Smederevo	Smederevo City Stadium	16,656[15]
Spartak	Subotica	Subotica City Stadium	13,000
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	Karađorđe Stadium	12,303[16]

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	Shirt sponsor
Borac	Ljubiša Dmitrović	Mario Maslać	NAAI	Skoda Auto
BSK Borča	Goran Milojević	Aleksandar Radunović	hummel	ĐAK
Hajduk Kula	Tomislav Sivić	Milan Bubalo	Joma	—
Jagodina	Simo Krunić	Miloš Stojanović	Nike	—
Javor Ivanjica	Aleksandar Janjić	Filip Stanisavljević	Jako	ALCEA
Metalac	Jovica Škoro	Nenad Živanović	Nike	Metalac
Novi Pazar	Dragoljub Bekvalac	Irfan Vušljanin	Nike	Conto Bene
OFK Beograd	Branko Babić	Ivan Kecojević	Jako	Arena Sport
Partizan	Avram Grant	Saša Ilić	adidas	—
Rad	Marko Nikolić	Tomislav Pajović	Patrick	—
Radnički 1923	Slavenko Kuzeljević	Željko Milošević	Joma	—
Red Star	Robert Prosinečki	Nikola Mikić	Nike	Gazprom
Sloboda Užice	Ljubiša Stamenković	Aleksandar Pejović	Jako	Point Group
Smederevo	Dragan Đorđević	Slaviša Stojanović	Nike	U.S. Steel
Spartak Zlatibor Voda	Zoran Milinković	Vladimir Torbica	Nike	Zlatibor Voda
Vojvodina	Zlatomir Zagorčić	Miroslav Vulićević	Joma	Aleksandar Gradnja

Nike is the official ball supplier for Serbian SuperLiga.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Partizan (C)	30	26	2	2	67	12	+55	80	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Red Star Belgrade	30	21	5	4	57	18	+39	68	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[a]
3	Vojvodina	30	14	10	6	44	26	+18	52
4	Jagodina	30	14	9	7	34	20	+14	51[b]	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[a]
5	Sloboda Užice	30	15	6	9	42	35	+7	51[b]
6	Radnički 1923	30	11	14	5	38	27	+11	47
7	Spartak Zlatibor Voda	30	11	10	9	31	31	0	43
8	OFK Beograd	30	12	4	14	34	36	−2	40
9	Javor Ivanjica	30	11	6	13	28	32	−4	39
10	Rad	30	10	7	13	33	31	+2	37
11	Hajduk Kula	30	9	6	15	28	44	−16	33
12	BSK Borča	30	7	9	14	18	39	−21	30
13	Smederevo	30	9	2	19	22	42	−20	29
14	Novi Pazar	30	6	10	14	21	41	−20	28
15	Borac Čačak (R)	30	4	7	19	16	45	−29	19	Relegation to Serbian First League
16	Metalac G.M. (R)	30	2	9	19	14	48	−34	15

Source: SuperLiga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Red Star as 2011–12 Serbian Cup winners qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Since they finished second in the league, the third-placed team also qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, and the fourth-placed team qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round.
2. Head-to-head points: Jagodina: 4 pts, Sloboda Užice: 1 pts.

Results

Home \ Away	BOR	BSK	HAJ	JAG	JAV	MET	NPZ	OFK	PAR	RAD	RDK	RSB	SUŽ	SME	SZV	VOJ
Borac Čačak		0–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–0	3–1	0–3	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–2
BSK Borča	0–0		0–0	0–4	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–4	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–4
Hajduk Kula	2–1	3–0		0–2	1–4	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	3–1	3–1	0–1
Jagodina	0–0	2–0	0–1		1–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–1
Javor Ivanjica	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–0		1–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–4	1–3	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–0
Metalac G.M.	3–2	1–2	1–3	0–1	1–2		1–1	0–1	0–3	0–1	0–1	0–5	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–3
Novi Pazar	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1		2–1	1–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	0–2	1–2
OFK Beograd	2–0	0–1	2–3	2–0	2–3	2–0	3–0		1–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–3	1–0
Partizan	5–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	5–0	3–0		1–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	4–1
Rad	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–4		2–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–1
Radnički 1923	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	4–2		0–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–0
Red Star Belgrade	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	5–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	3–1	1–1		1–0	4–0	1–0	0–2
Sloboda Užice	2–1	0–1	4–2	1–2	1–0	4–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–1		2–1	2–0	2–2
Smederevo	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–2		1–1	2–0
Spartak Zlatibor Voda	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–4	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	4–1		5–1
Vojvodina	3–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1

Source: SuperLiga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 20 May 2012; Sources: Superliga official website, utakmica.rs, soccerway.com

Pos	Scorer	Team	Goals
1	Darko Spalević	Radnički 1923	19
2	Zvonimir Vukić	Partizan	13
3	Savo Kovačević	Sloboda Užice	12
4	Cadú	Red Star	11
	Lamine Diarra	Partizan
	Nemanja Tomić	Partizan

Awards

Team of the season

Šimić

Maksimović

Tošić

Pauljević

Mladenović

Medo

Milivojević

Vukić

Lazović

Babović

Spalević

Marković

Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Year^[17]

Position	Player	Team
GK	Marko Šimić	Jagodina
DR	Branko Pauljević	Hajduk Kula
DC	Nikola Maksimović	Red Star
DC	Duško Tošić	Red Star
DL	Filip Mladenović	Red Star
MR	Darko Lazović	Red Star
MC	Luka Milivojević	Red Star
MC	Medo	Partizan
MC	Zvonimir Vukić	Partizan
ML	Stefan Babović	Partizan
FW	Darko Spalević	Radnički 1923
FW	Lazar Marković	Partizan

Attendance

The 2011–12 season saw an average attendance by club:^[18]

	Club	Average	Highest	Lowest	Attendance (%)
1	Red Star	19,819	45,355	20*	38.11%
2	Partizan	7,111	21,453	20*	21.68%
3	Novi Pazar	6,636	12,000	20*	55.3%
4	Radnički 1923	5,736	15,000	20*	37.99%
5	Vojvodina	3,767	10,000	1000	23.93%
6	Sloboda	3,567	10,000	700	29.73%
7	Spartak	2,450	13,000	350	18.85%
8	Jagodina	2,267	7,000	1,000	22.67%
9	Hajduk	2,053	5,500	800	18.66%
10	Smederevo	1,747	8,000	400	10.46%
11	BSK Borča	1,399	3,900	80	34.98%
12	Borac	1,387	4,000	300	23.12%
13	Javor	1,013	4,000	300	28.14%
14	Rad	978	3,000	20*	30.56%
15	OFK Beograd	730	3,500	100	5.21%
16	Metalac	537	2,500	200	8.95%

* = due to previous crowd troubles, audience was not allowed on these games

Champion squad

FK Partizan

Goalkeepers: Vladimir Stojković (25); Nikola Petrović (4); Radiša Ilić (2). Defenders: Ivan Ivanov (30/4); Nemanja Rnić (25); Vladimir Volkov (21/1); Aleksandar Miljković (15); Nikola Aksentijević (14/1); Aleksandar Lazevski (8); Miloš Ostojić (6); Vojislav Stanković (4); Anderson Marques (1/1). Midfielders: Stefan Babović (29/4); Nemanja Tomić (28/11); Medo (26); Saša Ilić (25/4); Milan Smiljanić (23); Zvonimir Vukić (21/13); David Manga (9/1); Saša Marković (8/1); Nikola Ninković (4); Dejan Babić (3). Forwards: Lazar Marković (26/6); Lamine Diarra (23/11); Eduardo (16/4); Marko Šćepović (9/4). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Managers: Aleksandar Stanojević; Avram Grant. Transferred out during the season: Vladimir Jovančić (9, to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma); Aleksandar Davidov (1, to Hapoel Acre); Aleksandar Ranković (1, released).

Transfers

For the list of transfers involving SuperLiga clubs during 2011–12 season, please see: List of Serbian football transfers summer 2011 and List of Serbian football transfers winter 2011–12.