The 2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Jelen SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the Serbian SuperLiga, the top football league of Serbia. The season began on 26 August 2012 and ended on 25 May 2013.
A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 14 sides from the 2011–12 season and two promoted from the 2011–12 Serbian First League. Partizan successfully defended their title. Last two teams, BSK Borča and Smederevo were relegated, while 14th team played play-off with 3rd placed team from 2012–13 Serbian First League.
Teams Metalac and Borac Čačak were relegated to the 2012–13 Serbian First League after the last season for finishing in 16th and 15th place, respectively. Metalac completed a three-year tenure in the league, while Borac were relegated after competing in top-tier football for nine seasons.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2011–12 First League champions Radnički Niš and runners-up Donji Srem. Radnički returned to the top tier for the first time since the season 2002–03, while this was the first season in top-tier competition for Donji Srem.
Stadiums and locations
All figures for stadiums include seating capacity only, as many stadiums in Serbia have stands without seats which would otherwise depict the actual number of people able to attend football matches not regulated by UEFA or FIFA.
TeamCityStadiumCapacityBSK Belgrade Špinjata 2,500Stadium at BSK Borča official website, Retrieved 21 September 2012 Karađorđe Stadium 12,303Hajduk Kula Stadion Hajduk 5,973 Jagodina Jagodina City Stadium 15,000Javor Ivanjica Javor Stadium 5,000 Novi Pazar Novi Pazar City Stadium 12,000OFK Belgrade Omladinski Stadium 19,100Partizan Belgrade Partizan Stadium 32,710Rad Belgrade Stadion Kralj Petar I 6,000Radnički 1923 Kragujevac Čika Dača Stadium 15,100Radnički Niš Čair Stadium 18,151Juzne Vesti – Sport – Radovi na stadionu idu po planu. (in Serbian) Retrieved 17 January 2012.Red Star Belgrade Red Star Stadium 55,538Sloboda Užice Užice City Stadium 12,000 Smederevo Smederevo City Stadium 17,200FK Smederevo: Stadion FK Smederevo (in Serbian)Spartak Zlatibor Voda Subotica Subotica City Stadium 13,000 Novi Sad Karađorđe Stadium 12,303
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 sponsorBSK Borča Miodrag Radanović Aleksandar Radunović hummel ĐAKDonji Srem Bogić Bogićević Miloš Josimov Joma Industrija Đurđević PećinciHajduk Kula Milan Milanović Lazar Veselinović Joma —Jagodina Simo Krunić Miloš Stojanović NAAI —Javor Ivanjica Mladen Dodić Milovan Milović Jako Alcea / MatisNovi Pazar Nebojša Vučićević Emir Lotinac Joma Conto BeneOFK Beograd Zoran Milinković Nemanja Nikolić Onze11 S.R.L FOXPartizan Vuk Rašović Saša Ilić adidas Lav pivoRad Marko Nikolić Uroš Vitas Joma —Radnički 1923 Dragoljub Bekvalac Željko Milošević Joma —Radnički Niš Saša Mrkić Predrag Stamenković Legea —Red Star Ricardo Sá Pinto Nenad Milijaš Legea GazpromSloboda Ljubiša Stamenković Aleksandar Pejović Jako Point Group / Farmakom MBSmederevo Ljubomir Ristovski Dejan Živković NAAI Municipality of SmederevoSpartak Petar Kurćubić Vladimir Torbica Erreà Zlatibor VodaVojvodina Nebojša Vignjević Miroslav Vulićević Joma Volkswagen
Nike is the official ball supplier for Serbian SuperLiga.
Transfers For the list of transfers involving SuperLiga clubs during 2012–13 season, please see: List of Serbian football transfers winter 2012–13 and List of Serbian football transfers summer 2012.
League table
Results
Statistics Top scorers Sources: Superliga official website, soccerway.com PosScorerTeamGoals1 Miloš StojanovićJagodina192 Predrag RanđelovićSloboda183 Lazar VeselinovićHajduk174 Đorđe DespotovićSpartak125 Ognjen MudrinskiRed Star11 Nemanja KojićPartizan / Rad Aboubakar OumarouVojvodina
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Vladimir Radivojević Javor Smederevo 5–0 Ognjen Mudrinski Red Star Radnički Niš 3–2 Eliomar Javor OFK Beograd 3–1 Aleksandar Nosković Spartak Jagodina 3–1 Lazar Veselinović Hajduk Jagodina 3–0 Miloš Stojanović Jagodina Rad 3–0 Nenad Milijaš Red Star Spartak 4–1
Team of the Season
SuperLiga Team of the YearMozzart Sport (Serbian): Idealnih 11 Superlige: Partizan pet, Voša tri, Zvezda, Hajduk i Srem po jednog predstavnika! (VIDEO) – 27 May 2013 Position Player Team GK Vladimir Stojković Partizan DR Miroslav Vulićević Vojvodina DC Ivan Ivanov Partizan DC Branislav Trajković Vojvodina DL Miloš Josimov Donji Srem MR Aboubakar Oumarou Vojvodina MC Luka Milivojević Red Star MC Sasa Ilić Partizan ML Lazar Marković Partizan FW Lazar Veselinović Hajduk Kula FW Aleksandar Mitrović Partizan
Fair play award Team Donji Srem
Attendance The 2012–13 season saw an average attendance by club: ClubAverageHighestLowestAttendance (%)1Red Star16,22145,1554,93031.19%2Partizan7,62230,00020*23.24%3Radnički Niš4,61313,0001,50030.75%4Novi Pazar4,3006,50020*28.93%5Vojvodina3,7477,00070023.8%6Sloboda3,20710,0001,20026.73%7Radnički 19233,16811,00020*20.98%8Jagodina2,90712,00080029.07%9Smederevo1,7337,00030010.38%10Spartak1,5477,00040011.9%11Hajduk1,4483,00020*13.16%12Donji Srem1,1135,0002007.07%13Rad9802,60050030.63%14Javor9003,50040025%15BSK Borča8533,00030021.33%16OFK Beograd7574,0001505.41% * due to previous crowd troubles, audience was not allowed on some games
Champion squad FK Partizan Goalkeepers: Vladimir Stojković (21/1); Nikola Petrović (10); Živko Živković (1).
Defenders: Ivan Ivanov (29/4); Aleksandar Miljković (24); Aleksandar Lazevski (17); Miloš Ostojić (13/1); Vladimir Volkov (12/1); Tomislav Pajović (12); Vojislav Stanković (7); Branko Pauljević (5); Marko Živković (2); Stefan Aškovski (1).
Midfielders: Saša Ilić (25/5); Milan Smiljanić (24/1); Nikola Ninković (21/4); Miloš Jojić (20/4); Saša Marković (17/2); Predrag Luka (14/3); Darko Brašanac (11/1); Eliomar (7); Goran Lovre (4); Dejan Babić (2); Filip Knežević (1); Andrija Živković (1); Danilo Pantić (1).
Forwards: Aleksandar Mitrović (25/10); Lazar Marković (19/7); Marko Šćepović (17/6); Nemanja Kojić (13/6).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Managers: Vladimir Vermezović; Vuk Rašović.
On the roster but haven't played in a league game: Žarko Tomašević
Transferred out during the season: Stefan Šćepović (14/8, to Ashdod); Nemanja Tomić (13/3, to Gençlerbirliği); Medo (8, to Bolton Wanderers); Mohamed Zubya (4/1, released); Nikola Aksentijević (3, to SBV Vitesse); Sreten Sretenović (1, to Gyeongnam); Zvonimir Vukić (to PAOK); Radiša Ilić (retired).
References
External links
SuperLiga at UEFA.com SuperLiga at soccerway.com Statistics