# 2016–17 FK Partizan season

The 2016–17 season is Fudbalski klub Partizan's the 70th season in existence and the club's 11th season in competing in the Serbian SuperLiga.

## Season overview

On 14 July 2016, Partizan opened season with a 0–0 home draw against Zagłębie Lubin in second qualifying round for the UEFA Europa League. A week later, in Lubin, after penalty drama Partizan was eliminated. Three days later, Partizan opened season in Serbian SuperLiga with another draw (0–0) against novice in SuperLiga (Bačka) at Karađorđe Stadium. In next round, Partizan has lost against Napredak at Mladost Stadium. In that match, Partizan has scored first goal in the season, after 388 minutes. That goal was scored by Valeri Bojinov from penalty spot. After that match, coach Ivan Tomić resigned from the position. On 4 August 2016, coach Marko Nikolić returned to Partizan on a two-year deal. On 10 August, Partizan made first victory in the season, by beating Javor 2–0 in Ivanjica. On 17 September 2016, Partizan beat Red Star 1–0 at home in Eternal derby. The winning goal has scored Leonardo in 89th minute. The difference on the standings with reduced from nine to six points. Partizan made six consecutive wins before he draw (1–1) against Radnički Niš at home, on 22 October. After that match, Partizan made four more consecutive wins before he draw (0–0) against Vojvodina at Karađorđe Stadium, on 30 November. On 15 December, in the last match of the year, Leonardo's goals in 54th minute and in 63rd minute (second goal was from a free kick) was enough for Partizan to beat Spartak 2–0 at home. Partizan finished a year at second place, six points behind Red Star.
On 19 February, Partizan made first victory in 2017 (1–0 away), against Rad. On 4 March, Partizan drew 1–1 at Rajko Mitić Stadium, in Eternal derby, against Red Star. Red Star take the lead in 34th minute (the ball has leave the pitch, but referee did not see). Uroš Đurđević has scored equalizer in 88th minute for Partizan. After that match, Partizan made six consecutive wins before play-off. On 18 April, in first match of play-off, Partizan made a huge victory at Rajko Mitić Stadium, in Eternal derby, against Red Star. Leonardo scored the leading goal, from a free kick in 21st minute, Red Star equalized in 48th minute. Partizan take the lead again, Léandre Tawamba scored a goal in 68th minute. Leonardo score one more goal, in 79th minute for a 3–1 away victory. After that match, Partizan and Red Star had the same number of points, but Red Star had the advantage because had more points before play-off. Four days later, Partizan beat Vojvodina 1–0 at home. Uroš Đurđević has scored a goal in 34th second of the match. On 6 May, after Red Star's defeat Partizan erupt on 1st place. Partizan was on the 1st place for the first time after 637 days. On 13 May, Partizan made very important victory (2–1 at home) against Voždovac. Four days later, Partizan made a key victory for title. Leonardo has scored in 47th minute and Uroš Đurđević in 60th and 73rd minute for 3–1 away victory over Radnički Niš. On 21 May, Partizan beat Mladost Lučani 5–0 at home in front of 26,785 fans and won 27th title.
On 27 May, in the Serbian Cup Final, in his last match for Partizan, Nikola Milenković scored a header against Partizans' biggest rival, Red Star which won the game 1–0 and clinched Partizans' double of the season, winning both the league and cup competitions. After a great season, Miroslav Vulićević, Bojan Ostojić, Everton Luiz, Leonardo and Uroš Đurđević was named in the Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season due to his performances throughout the season. Uroš Đurđević was named for the Serbian SuperLiga Player of the Season and coach Marko Nikolić was named for the Serbian SuperLiga Coach of the season.

## Transfers

In
Date
Position
Name
From
Type
Ref.
2 June 2016
MF
Petar Đuričković
Radnički Niš
Transfer
3 June 2016
MF
Milan Radin
Voždovac
Transfer
3 June 2016
DF
Nemanja Miletić
Javor
Transfer
7 June 2016
MF
Saša Marjanović
Radnički Niš
Transfer
8 June 2016
MF
Jovan Nišić
Teleoptik
Loan return
8 June 2016
MF
Uroš Damnjanović
Sinđelić Beograd
Loan return
15 June 2016
MF
Miroslav Radović
Olimpija
Transfer
15 June 2016
MF
Marko Janković
Olympiacos
Loan
21 June 2016
FW
Nikola Đurđić
Augsburg
Transfer
1 July 2016
DF
Bojan Ostojić
Čukarički
Transfer
8 July 2016
MF
Leonardo
Anzhi Makhachkala
Free transfer
29 July 2016
GK
Nemanja Stevanović
Čukarički
Transfer
22 August 2016
FW
Uroš Đurđević
Palermo
Transfer
31 August 2016
FW
Sava Petrov
Teleoptik
Sign
24 November 2016
DF
Strahinja Bošnjak
Teleoptik
Sign
26 November 2016
FW
Léandre Tawamba
Kairat
Free transfer
16 January 2017
DF
Mohamed El Monir
Dinamo Minsk
Free transfer
Out
Date
Position
Name
To
Type
Ref.
9 June 2016
LB
Nikola Leković
Lechia Gdańsk
Loan return
10 June 2016
GK
Živko Živković
Skoda Xanthi
Transfer
10 June 2016
MF
Andrija Živković
Benfica
Free transfer
16 June 2016
MF
Veljko Birmančević
Teleoptik
Loan
18 June 2016
DF
Marko Jovanović
Bnei Yehuda
Free transfer
23 June 2016
MF
Nemanja Glavčić
Spartak Subotica
Loan
25 June 2016
FW
Ismaël Béko Fofana
Čukarički
Transfer
8 July 2016
DF
Nemanja Petrović
Chaves
Transfer
19 July 2016
DF
Ivan Bandalovski
Unattached
Released
19 July 2016
MF
Saša Lukić
Torino
Transfer
27 July 2016
DF
Aleksandar Subić
Sloboda Tuzla
Loan
17 August 2016
DF
Miladin Stevanović
Kayserispor
Transfer
19 August 2016
MF
Marko Golubović
Sinđelić Beograd
Loan
25 August 2016
MF
Darko Brašanac
Real Betis
Transfer
30 August 2016
MF
Miroslav Radović
Legia Warsaw
Transfer
31 August 2016
GK
Bojan Šaranov
Qarabağ
Free transfer
16 December 2016
DF
Gregor Balažic
Ural
Free transfer
24 January 2017
DF
Cédric Gogoua
Riga
Free transfer
31 January 2017
FW
Nikola Đurđić
Randers
Transfer
17 February 2017
FW
Valeri Bojinov
Meizhou Hakka
Free transfer
17 February 2017
LB
Miroslav Bogosavac
Čukarički
Transfer
26 February 2017
MF
Uroš Damnjanović
Slovan Bratislava
Transfer
6 March 2017
DF
Miloš Ostojić
BATE Borisov
Free transfer :

## Players
### Squad

| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 12 | Filip Kljajić | GK | (1990-08-16) 16 August 1990 (age 34) | Rad | |
| 61 | Marko Jovičić | GK | (1995-02-02) 2 February 1995 (age 29) | Teleoptik | |
| 85 | Nemanja Stevanović | GK | (1992-05-08) 8 May 1992 (age 32) | Čukarički | |
| Defenders |||||||
| 4 | Miroslav Vulićević | RB | (1985-05-29) 29 May 1985 (age 39) | Vojvodina | Vice-captain |
| 5 | Strahinja Bošnjak | CB | (1999-02-18) 18 February 1999 (age 25) | Youth system | |
| 6 | Lazar Ćirković | CB | (1992-08-22) 22 August 1992 (age 32) | Rad | |
| 13 | Mohamed El Monir | LB | (1992-04-08) 8 April 1992 (age 32) | Dinamo Minsk | |
| 23 | Bojan Ostojić | CB | (1984-02-12) 12 February 1984 (age 40) | Čukarički | |
| 26 | Nemanja Miletić | LB | (1991-07-26) 26 July 1991 (age 33) | Javor Ivanjica | |
| 31 | Nikola Milenković | CB | (1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 (age 27) | Youth system | Second vice-captain |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 7 | Nemanja Mihajlović | LW / RW | (1996-01-19) 19 January 1996 (age 28) | Rad | |
| 11 | Petar Đuričković | CM / AM | (1991-06-20) 20 June 1991 (age 33) | Radnički Niš | |
| 17 | Saša Marjanović | DM / CM | (1987-11-13) 13 November 1987 (age 37) | Radnički Niš | |
| 21 | Marko Jevtović | DM | (1993-07-24) 24 July 1993 (age 31) | Novi Pazar | |
| 22 | Saša Ilić | CM / AM | (1977-12-30) 30 December 1977 (age 46) | Red Bull Salzburg | Captain |
| 25 | Everton Luiz | DM / CM | (1988-05-24) 24 May 1988 (age 36) | St. Gallen | |
| 27 | Nebojša Kosović | CM / AM | (1995-02-24) 24 February 1995 (age 29) | Standard Liège | |
| 29 | Milan Radin | DM / RB | (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 33) | Voždovac | |
| 42 | Leonardo | LW / SS / ST | (1992-03-18) 18 March 1992 (age 32) | Anzhi Makhachkala | |
| 91 | Alen Stevanović | RW / LW | (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 33) | Torino | |
| 95 | Marko Janković | RW / LW / AM | (1995-07-09) 9 July 1995 (age 29) | Olympiacos | |
| Forwards |||||||
| 3 | Léandre Tawamba | ST / CF / AM | (1989-12-20) 20 December 1989 (age 34) | Kairat | |
| 8 | Vladimir Đilas | ST / CF | (1983-03-03) 3 March 1983 (age 41) | Borac Banja Luka | |
| 9 | Dušan Vlahović | ST / CF | (2000-01-28) 28 January 2000 (age 24) | Youth system | |
| 32 | Uroš Đurđević | ST / CF | (1994-03-02) 2 March 1994 (age 30) | Palermo | |
| 70 | Sava Petrov | ST / CF | 18 June 1998 (age 19) | Youth system | |
| 99 | Đorđe Jovanović | ST / CF | 15 February 1999 (age 17) | Youth system | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serbian SuperLiga | 37 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 78 | 22 | +56 | 081.08 |
| Serbian Cup | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 083.33 |
| UEFA Europa League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | 45 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 87 | 24 | +63 | 077.78 |

### Serbian SuperLiga
#### Regular season
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Red Star Belgrade | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 75 | 25 | +50 | 79 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Partizan | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 17 | +42 | 73 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Vojvodina | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 59 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Napredak Kruševac | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 52 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Mladost Lučani | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 48 | Qualification for the Championship round |

##### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

##### Results
#### Championship round
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Partizan (C) | 37 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 78 | 22 | +56 | 58 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Red Star Belgrade | 37 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 93 | 33 | +60 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Vojvodina | 37 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Mladost Lučani | 37 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Radnički Niš | 37 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 32 | |
| 6 | Napredak Kruševac | 37 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 30 | |
| 7 | Voždovac | 37 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 27 | |
| 8 | Javor Ivanjica | 37 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 22 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Serbian Cup, Partizan, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

##### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

##### Results
### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 27 May 2017

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | SuperLiga | SuperLiga | Serbian Cup | Serbian Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 3 | FW | CMR | Léandre Tawamba | 18 | 2 | 10+5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Miroslav Vulićević | 43 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Lazar Ćirković | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SRB | Nemanja Mihajlović | 30 | 2 | 12+13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | SRB | Vladimir Đilas | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Dušan Vlahović | 9 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SRB | Petar Đuričković | 20 | 2 | 2+13 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SRB | Filip Kljajić | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | LBY | Mohamed El Monir | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SRB | Saša Marjanović | 8 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SRB | Marko Jevtović | 29 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Saša Ilić | 26 | 0 | 6+16 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SRB | Bojan Ostojić | 30 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Everton Luiz | 33 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Miletić | 36 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | MNE | Nebojša Kosović | 22 | 3 | 11+5 | 3 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SRB | Milan Radin | 12 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | SRB | Nikola Milenković | 40 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | SRB | Uroš Đurđević | 34 | 28 | 28+1 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | BRA | Leonardo | 38 | 26 | 31+3 | 24 | 3+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | GK | SRB | Nemanja Stevanović | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | SRB | Alen Stevanović | 19 | 2 | 11+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 95 | MF | MNE | Marko Janković | 38 | 4 | 23+7 | 4 | 4+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | SRB | Đorđe Jovanović | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Partizan on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Partizan during the season: ||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | SVN | Gregor Balažic | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Darko Brašanac | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Miroslav Radović | 9 | 2 | 6+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SRB | Miroslav Bogosavac | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SRB | Uroš Damnjanović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | SRB | Nikola Đurđić | 17 | 1 | 7+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | SRB | Bojan Šaranov | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | DF | CIV | Cédric Gogoua | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | FW | BUL | Valeri Bojinov | 22 | 7 | 15+5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | SuperLiga | Serbian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 32 | Uroš Đurđević | 24 | 4 | 0 | 28 |
| 2 | MF | 42 | Leonardo | 24 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| 3 | FW | 86 | Valeri Bojinov | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 95 | Marko Janković | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 27 | Nebojša Kosović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | 31 | Nikola Milenković | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 10 | Miroslav Radović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 7 | Nemanja Mihajlović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 91 | Alen Stevanović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 11 | Petar Đuričković | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 3 | Léandre Tawamba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 21 | Marko Jevtović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | 26 | Nemanja Miletić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 23 | Bojan Ostojić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 25 | Everton Luiz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 40 | Nikola Đurđić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 81 | 9 | 0 | 90 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | SuperLiga | SuperLiga | Serbian Cup | Serbian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Miroslav Vulićević | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Dušan Vlahović | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Miroslav Radović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Petar Đuričković | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Mohamed El Monir | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Saša Ilić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Bojan Ostojić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Everton Luiz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Nemanja Miletić | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Nebojša Kosović | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Milan Radin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | Nikola Đurđić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | Leonardo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | DF | Cédric Gogoua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 86 | FW | Valeri Bojinov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | MF | Marko Janković | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 |