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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Teams
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 4,000Metalac Gornji MilanovacMetalac Stadium 4,400 Mladost Lučani Mladost Stadium 8,000 Novi Pazar Novi Pazar City Stadium 12,000 OFK Beograd Belgrade Omladinski Stadium 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 sponsorFK Borac Čačak Ljubiša Stamenković Mario Maslać NAAI Škoda AutoFK Čukarički Milan Lešnjak Igor Matić adidas FK Jagodina Aleksandar Janjić Aleksandar Filipović Legea —FK Javor Ivanjica Mladen Dodić Milovan Milović Erima Matis dooFK Metalac Gornji Milanovac Nenad Vanić Aleksandar Ivanović Image Sport Metalac GroupFK Mladost Lučani Nenad Milovanović Nemanja Krznarić Miteks MiteksFK Novi Pazar Zoran Marić Jasmin Trtovac Macron DragolovcaninOFK Beograd Dragan Radojičić Bogdan Planić Joma DDORFK Partizan Ivan Tomić Saša Ilić adidas mt:sFK Rad Bogdan Korak Nikola Maraš NAAI RubikonFK Radnički Niš Milan Rastavac Aleksandar Jovanović NAAI —FK Radnik Surdulica Miloš Veselinović Miloš Krstić Legea —FK Crvena Zvezda Miodrag Božović Aleksandar Luković Puma GazpromFK 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
Results Each of the 16 competitors in the SuperLiga hosts every other team once in the regular season, for a total of 30 matches.
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.
League table
Results
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.
League table
Results
Individual statistics
Top scorers As of matches played on 22 May 2016.
PosScorerTeamGoals1 Aleksandar KataiRed Star212 Hugo VieiraRed Star203 Valeri BojinovPartizan18 Andrija PavlovićČukarički5 Srđan VujaklijaBorac15
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Andrija Pavlović ČukaričkiVojvodina 4–0 Slavoljub Srnić Red StarVojvodina 3–0 Filip Knežević Borac ČačakRadnik Surdulica 4–2 Hugo Vieira Red StarRadnik Surdulica 5–0 Nenad Marinković VoždovacMladost Lučani 4–1 Andrija Pavlović ČukaričkiBorac 3–1 Stefan Ilić SpartakMetalac 5–1 Saša Marjanović5 Radnički NišRadnik 5–1 Đuro Zec Borac ČačakRadnički Niš 4–1 Aleksandar Katai Red Star Borac Čačak 5–1 Milan Stojanović Metalac Novi Pazar 4–2 5 Player scored five goals
Awards
Team of the Season
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
Player of the season Hugo Vieira (Red Star Belgrade)
Head coach of the season Miodrag Božović (Red Star Belgrade)
Attendances
No. Club Average 1 Crvena zvezda 16,983 2 Partizan 4,332 3 Radnički Niš 3,078 4 Novi Pazar 2,932 5 Vojvodina 2,061 6 Radnik 2,044 7 Metalac 1,737 8 Borac Čačak 1,295 9 Jagodina 1,183 10 Javor 958 11 Zlatibor Voda 767 12 Mladost Lučani 674 13 Čukarički 668 14 Rad 639 15 Voždovac 556 16 OFK 486Source:
References
External links Official website uefa.com soccerway.com