2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga

The 2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Linglong Tire SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the fifteenth of the Serbian SuperLiga. Red Star were the defending champions from the previous season.

SuperLiga

Season	2020–21
Dates	31 July 2020 – 19 May 2021;[1]
Champions	Red Star Belgrade 7th SuperLiga title 32nd domestic title
Relegated	Javor Rad Bačka Inđija Mačva Zlatibor
Champions League	Red Star Belgrade
Europa Conference League	Čukarički Partizan Vojvodina
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,024 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Milan Makarić (25 goals)
Biggest home win	TSC 7–0 Novi Pazar
Biggest away win	Inđija 0–6 Partizan
Highest scoring	Rad 7–1 Mačva
Longest winning run	Red Star Belgrade 22 games
Longest unbeaten run	Red Star Belgrade 38 games
Longest winless run	OFK Bačka 18 games
Longest losing run	OFK Bačka 9 games
← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 16:17, 19 May 2021 (UTC).

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga season, no club has been relegated to the Serbian First League, and four clubs from the 2019–20 Serbian First League were promoted to the 2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga.^[2]

Teams

Belgrade

Bačka

Inđija

Javor

Mačva

Metalac

Mladost

Napredak

Novi Pazar

Radnički

Radnik

Spartak

TSC

Zlatibor

Novi Sad

Belgrade clubs:

Čukaricki
Partizan
Rad
Red Star
Voždovac

Novi Sad clubs:

Proleter
Vojvodina

Locations of the 2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga teams

Čukaricki

Partizan

Rad

Red Star

Voždovac

Locations of the 2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga teams on the territory of Belgrade

The league consisted of 20 teams: sixteen teams from the 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga and four new teams from the 2019–20 Serbian First League, Zlatibor Čajetina who are making their debut in top tier, Metalac Gornji Milanovac who are returning after a 3-year absence from top tier, OFK Bačka who are making a immediate return to top tier and Novi Pazar who also are returning to top tier after a 3-year absence.

Venues

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Bačka	Bačka Palanka	Slavko Maletin Vava Stadium	4,000
Čukarički	Belgrade	Čukarički Stadium	4,070
Inđija	Inđija	Inđija Stadium	4,500
Javor-Matis	Ivanjica	Ivanjica Stadium	3,000
Mačva	Šabac	Mačva Stadium	5,494
Metalac	Gornji Milanovac	Metalac Stadium	4,400
Mladost	Lučani	Mladost Stadium	5,944
Napredak	Kruševac	Mladost Stadium	10,331
Novi Pazar	Novi Pazar	Novi Pazar City Stadium	13,000
Partizan	Belgrade	Partizan Stadium	29,775
Proleter	Novi Sad	Karađorđe Stadium	14,458
Rad	Belgrade	King Peter I Stadium	3,919
Radnički	Niš	Čair Stadium	18,151
Radnik	Surdulica	Surdulica City Stadium	3,312
Red Star	Belgrade	Rajko Mitić Stadium	51,755
Spartak	Subotica	City Stadium	13,000
TSC	Bačka Topola	Stadion Senta	5,000
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	Karađorđe Stadium	14,458
Voždovac	Belgrade	Shopping Center Stadium	5,175
Zlatibor	Čajetina	Užice City Stadium	15,000

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
Bačka	Nenad Vanić	Stefan Jovanović	Joma	AD Podunavlje
Čukarički	Dušan Đorđević	Marko Docić	Adidas	ADOC
Inđija	Dejan Čelar	Brana Ilić	Adidas	Mitsubishi[3]
Javor-Matis	Igor Bondžulić	Nedeljko Piščević	Miteks	Matis Group
Mačva	Dragan Aničić	Filip Pejović	NAAI	Municipality of Šabac
Metalac	Žarko Lazetić	Miloš Vranjanin	NAAI	Metalac AD
Mladost	Nenad Milovanović (caretaker)	Ivan Milošević	Miteks	Milan Blagojević - Namenska
Napredak	Goran Stevanović	Jovan Markoski	Givova	Delta Holding
Novi Pazar	Kenan Kolašinac	Admir Kecap	Nike	Municipality of Novi Pazar
Partizan	Aleksandar Stanojević	Vladimir Stojković	Nike	mt:s
Proleter	Branko Žigić	Siniša Babić	NAAI	Novi Sad - Gas
Rad	Milan Milanović	Branislav Milošević	NAAI	mt:s
Radnički	Vladimir Gaćinović	Borivoje Ristić	Macron	mt:s
Radnik	Slavoljub Đorđević	Dušan Stevanović	Jako	mt:s
Red Star Belgrade	Dejan Stanković	Milan Borjan	Macron	Gazprom
Spartak	Vladimir Buač	Stefan Milošević	Legea	Vinarija Čoka
TSC	Mladen Krstajić	Saša Tomanović	Adidas	SAT-TRAKT
Vojvodina	Nenad Lalatović	Nikola Drinčić	Kelme	Srbijagas
Voždovac	Jovan Damjanović	Jovan Nišić	Adidas	Stadion SC
Zlatibor	Zoran Njeguš	Rade Glišović	NAAI	Galens

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 table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Radnik	Simo Krunić[4]	Sacked	26 August 2020	15th	Slavoljub Đorđević[5]	1 September 2020
Partizan	Savo Milošević	Resigned	1 September 2020	5th	Aleksandar Stanojević[6]	1 September 2020
Rad	Branko Mirjačić	Resigned	2 September 2020	19th	Zoran Njeguš[7]	2 September 2020
Čukarički	Aleksandar Veselinović	Signed by Al Dhafra	17 September 2020	6th	Dušan Đorđević[8]	17 September 2020
Mladost	Goran Stanić	Signed by Al Dhafra	22 September 2020	6th	Nenad Milovanović (caretaker) [9]	22 September 2020
Napredak	Dragan Ivanović[10]	Resigned	28 September 2020	19th	Ivan Babić (caretaker)	28 September 2020
Inđija	Bratislav Živković[11]	Resigned	30 September 2020	14th	Dejan Čelar[12]	7 October 2020
Napredak	Ivan Babić (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	5 October 2020	19th	Goran Stevanović[13]	5 October 2020
Radnički	Radoslav Batak	Sacked	7 October 2020	7th	Milan Đuričić[14]	7 October 2020
Rad	Zoran Njeguš	Resigned	8 October 2020	15th	Milan Milanović[15]	8 October 2020
Radnički	Milan Đuričić [16]	Resigned	26 November 2020	10th	Vladimir Gaćinović[17]	27 November 2020
TSC	Zoltan Sabo[18]	Death	15 December 2020	12th	Mladen Krstajić[19]	4 January 2021

Foreign players

• Foreign players: there are no restrictions on a number of signed foreign players, but clubs can only register up to four foreign players for a single match-day squad.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Naturalized Players
Bačka	Luka Pisačić	Ryohei Miyazaki	Jevgēņijs Kazačoks	Kaspars Svārups	Filip Mitrović			→ Danilo Radjen
Čukarički	Andrej Bosnić	Milan Savić	Asmir Kajević	Marko Rakonjac				→ Stefan Kovač
Inđija	Daniel Kamy	Modou Jobe	Milisav Perošević	Daniil Chalov
Javor Matis	Boubacari Doucouré	Ibrahim Tanko	Alija Krnić					→ Stefan Vico
Mačva	Dilan Ortiz	Mario Nikolić	Omar Kočar	Vanja Panić				→ Sandro Zukić
Metalac	Ljubiša Pecelj	Dong Li	Prestige Mboungou					→ Nikola Sukacev
Mladost	Regis Baha	Obeng Regan						→ Petar Jovanović → Maksim Milović → Obiora Odita → Miloš Šatara
Napredak	Mitar Ćuković							→ Igor Zonjić
Novi Pazar	Almir Aganspahić	Nemanja Dragutinović	Abdoulaye Cissé					→ Bojica Nikčević → Periša Pešukić
Partizan	Macky Bagnack	Jean-Christophe Bahebeck	Seydouba Soumah	Bibras Natcho	Takuma Asano			→ Filip Holender → Nemanja Jović → Aleksandar Šćekić → Igor Vujačić
Proleter	Leandro Pinto	Nikola Gluščević						→ Jovan Ilić
Rad	Savo Gazivoda	Ilija Tučević
Radnički								→ Filip Kasalica
Radnik	Edin Biber	Witan Sulaeman	Zoran Danoski					→ Nikola Bogdanovski
Red Star	El Fardou Ben	Sékou Sanogo	Axel Bakayoko	Guélor Kanga	Diego Falcinelli	Filippo Falco	Richard Odada	→ Milan Borjan → Miloš Degenek → Mirko Ivanić → Nikola Krstović
Spartak	Filip Dujmović	Noboru Shimura	Andrija Rajović	Nikša Vujanović				→ Mišo Dubljanić
TSC								→ Slavko Damjanović → Stefan Santrač → Janko Tumbasević
Vojvodina	Momčilo Mrkaić	Slavko Bralić						→ Nikola Drinčić → Siniša Saničanin
Voždovac	Abdul Rashid Obuobi	Justas Lasickas	Miloš Milović	Nikola Vujnović	Georgiy Bratukhin			→ Nemanja Milojević
Zlatibor	Daniel Sudar	Ismar Hairlahović	Marko Maletić	Eliomar	Matej Nikolov	Shabat Logua		→ Danilo Dašić

Transfers

For the list of transfers involving SuperLiga clubs during 2020–21 season, please see: List of Serbian football transfers summer 2020.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Red Star Belgrade (C)	38	35	3	0	114	20	+94	108	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Partizan	38	31	2	5	95	20	+75	95	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Čukarički	38	22	8	8	69	34	+35	74
4	Vojvodina	38	21	8	9	62	41	+21	71
5	TSC	38	17	7	14	68	50	+18	58
6	Radnik Surdulica	38	16	7	15	55	49	+6	55
7	Mladost Lučani	38	15	9	14	43	59	−16	54
8	Proleter Novi Sad	38	15	8	15	40	47	−7	53
9	Metalac	38	13	13	12	48	53	−5	52
10	Spartak Subotica	38	15	7	16	54	53	+1	52
11	Napredak Kruševac	38	14	8	16	44	51	−7	50
12	Novi Pazar	38	14	7	17	50	60	−10	49
13	Radnički Niš	38	13	10	15	37	39	−2	49
14	Voždovac	38	13	9	16	49	59	−10	48
15	Rad (R)	38	14	6	18	44	57	−13	48	Relegation to Serbian First League
16	Javor-Matis (R)	38	12	10	16	45	53	−8	46
17	Inđija (R)	38	10	5	23	29	66	−37	35
18	Zlatibor (R)	38	7	8	23	28	64	−36	29
19	Mačva (R)	38	7	4	27	26	81	−55	25
20	Bačka (R)	38	3	7	28	24	68	−44	16

Source: SuperLiga (in Serbian), Soccerway
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.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BAČ	ČUK	INĐ	JAV	MAČ	MET	MLA	NAP	NPZ	PAR	PNS	RAD	RNI	RSU	RSB	SPA	VOJ	VOŽ	TSC	ZLA
Bačka		1–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–4	0–2	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–5	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–1
Čukarički	1–0		3–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	4–2	3–0	4–0	0–2	1–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–3	5–1	3–3	3–2	0–0	2–0
Inđija	1–0	0–1		3–2	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–6	0–5	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–5	3–4	0–2	0–1	0–3	1–0
Javor-Matis	1–1	1–2	1–1		2–0	1–3	4–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–5	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–1
Mačva Šabac	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–0		2–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	0–2	0–5	0–3	0–4	2–5	0–2	1–4	1–0
Metalac G.M.	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1		1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	3–3	2–1	0–0	2–0
Mladost Lučani	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1		0–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	4–1	2–2	0–4	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–2
Napredak Kruševac	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0		0–0	1–3	5–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–4	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–1
Novi Pazar	0–0	1–3	1–0	2–3	4–0	1–0	4–1	2–1		3–2	5–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–2
Partizan	2–1	1–0	5–0	4–0	2–0	3–0	4–0	3–0	4–1		1–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–1	5–1
Proleter Novi Sad	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–3		2–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2
Rad	3–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	7–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	3–2	0–5	1–0		0–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–3	1–3	0–2
Radnički Niš	5–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–2		0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–1
Radnik Surdulica	1–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	1–2	2–3	2–1	4–1	0–2	2–0	4–2	0–0		1–4	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–3	2–1
Red Star Belgrade	2–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	4–0	5–1	4–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	3–0	2–1		3–2	1–0	6–0	5–0	6–1
Spartak Subotica	1–0	4–2	1–0	0–2	3–2	4–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–2		0–1	3–0	2–2	3–0
Vojvodina	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	4–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–1		2–0	0–1	2–1
Voždovac	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	4–0	3–2	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	5–0	1–3	1–4	2–1	1–3		2–0	1–1
TSC	3–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–3	5–0	1–3	7–0	0–4	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–3	3–0	2–2	4–1		5–1
Zlatibor	1–0	1–5	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	1–4	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–1

Source: (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.

Individual statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 19 May 2021.^[20]

Pos	Scorer	Teams	Goals
1	Milan Makarić	Radnik	25
2	Takuma Asano	Partizan	18
	Milan Bojović	Mladost
	Nenad Lukić	TSC
5	Mirko Ivanić	Red Star	16
	Luka Luković	Javor Matis
	Lazar Tufegdžić	Spartak

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Lazar Tufegdžić	Spartak	Bačka	3–1	5 August 2020
Aleksandar Katanić	Metalac	TSC	3–2	21 August 2020
Takuma Asano	Partizan	Inđija	5–0	22 August 2020
Aleksandar Katai	Red Star	TSC	5–0	31 August 2020
Luka Marković	Novi Pazar	Vojvodina	3–0	3 October 2020
Milan Makarić	Radnik	Zlatibor	4–1	4 October 2020
Alen Melunović	Napredak	Proleter	5–0	24 April 2021
Milan Makarić	Radnik	Mačva	5–0	29 April 2021
Nenad Gavrić	Radnički Niš	Bačka	5–1	19 May 2021

Player of the week

As of matches played on 15 May 2021.

Round	Player	Club	Goals	Assists	Ref.
1	Viktor Živojinović	Proleter	2	0	[21]
2	Lazar Tufegdžić	Spartak	3	0	[22]
3	Marko Docić	Čukarički	2	1	[23]
4	Siniša Saničanin	Vojvodina	1	0	[24]
5	Aleksandar Katanić	Metalac G.M.	3	0	[25]
6	Aleksandar Katai	Red Star	3	1	[26]
7	Nemanja Kojić	Radnički Niš	1	1	[27]
8	Siniša Babić	Proleter	1	1	[28]
9	Nenad Lukić	TSC	1	2	[29]
10	Luka Marković	Novi Pazar	3	0	[30]
11	Nenad Lukić (2)	TSC	2	1	[31]
12	Nikola Drinčić	Vojvodina	1	1	[32]
13	Asmir Kajević	Čukarički	2	0	[33]
14	Milan Đokić	Zlatibor	2	0	[34]
15	Milan Makarić	Radnik	1	2	[35]
16	Filip Holender	Partizan	2	1	[36]
17	Dobrivoje Velemir	Bačka	1	2	[37]
18	Petar Đuričković	Radnički Niš	2	0	[38]
19	Miljan Vukadinović	Vojvodina	2	0	[39]
20	Luka Luković	Javor Matis	2	1	[40]
21	Miljan Vukadinović (2)	Vojvodina	2	0	[41]
22	Branislav Tomić	Novi Pazar	1	0	[42]
23	Đuro Zec	TSC	2	0	[43]
24	Takuma Asano	Partizan	1	2	[44]
25	Milan Pavkov	Red Star	2	0	[45]
26	Ben	Red Star	1	0	[46]
27	Dejan Milićević	TSC	2	0	[47]
28	Danko Kiković	Novi Pazar	1	1	[48]
29	Đorđe Jovanović	Čukarički	2	1	[49]
30	Andrija Kaluđerović	Rad	2	0	[50]
31	Igor Maksimović	Metalac G.M.	1	1	[51]
32	Miodrag Gemović	Vojvodina	2	0	[52]
33	Alen Melunović	Napredak	3	0	[53]
34	Milan Makarić (2)	Radnik	3	1	[54]
35	Nemanja Mladenović	Rad	1	1	[55]
36	Mirko Ivanić	Red Star	2	2	[56]
37	Alen Melunović (2)	Napredak	2	0	[57]
38	Nenad Gavrić	Radnički Niš	3	0	[58]