# 2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga

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.
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| BSK | Belgrade | Špinjata | 2,500 |
| Donji Srem | Pećinci | Karađorđe Stadium | 12,303 |
| Hajduk | Kula | Stadion Hajduk | 5,973 |
| Jagodina | Jagodina | Jagodina City Stadium | 15,000 |
| Javor | Ivanjica | Javor Stadium | 5,000 |
| Novi Pazar | Novi Pazar | Novi Pazar City Stadium | 12,000 |
| OFK | Belgrade | Omladinski Stadium | 19,100 |
| Partizan | Belgrade | Partizan Stadium | 32,710 |
| Rad | Belgrade | Stadion Kralj Petar I | 6,000 |
| Radnički 1923 | Kragujevac | Čika Dača Stadium | 15,100 |
| Radnički | Niš | Čair Stadium | 18,151 |
| Red Star | Belgrade | Red Star Stadium | 55,538 |
| Sloboda | Užice | Užice City Stadium | 12,000 |
| Smederevo | Smederevo | Smederevo City Stadium | 17,200 |
| Spartak Zlatibor Voda | Subotica | Subotica City Stadium | 13,000 |
| Vojvodina | 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 sponsor |
| BSK Borča | Miodrag Radanović | Aleksandar Radunović | hummel | ĐAK |
| Donji Srem | Bogić Bogićević | Miloš Josimov | Joma | Industrija Đurđević Pećinci |
| Hajduk Kula | Milan Milanović | Lazar Veselinović | Joma | — |
| Jagodina | Simo Krunić | Miloš Stojanović | NAAI | — |
| Javor Ivanjica | Mladen Dodić | Milovan Milović | Jako | Alcea / Matis |
| Novi Pazar | Nebojša Vučićević | Emir Lotinac | Joma | Conto Bene |
| OFK Beograd | Zoran Milinković | Nemanja Nikolić | Onze11 S.R.L | FOX |
| Partizan | Vuk Rašović | Saša Ilić | adidas | Lav pivo |
| Rad | 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 | Gazprom |
| Sloboda | Ljubiša Stamenković | Aleksandar Pejović | Jako | Point Group / Farmakom MB |
| Smederevo | Ljubomir Ristovski | Dejan Živković | NAAI | Municipality of Smederevo |
| Spartak | Petar Kurćubić | Vladimir Torbica | Erreà | Zlatibor Voda |
| Vojvodina | 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Partizan (C) | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 71 | 16 | +55 | 73 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Red Star Belgrade | 30 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 62 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Vojvodina | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 61 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Jagodina | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 50 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Sloboda Užice | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 45 | |
| 6 | OFK Beograd | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 45 | |
| 7 | Rad | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 44 | |
| 8 | Hajduk Kula | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 38 | |
| 9 | Spartak Zlatibor Voda | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 36 | |
| 10 | Javor Ivanjica | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 34 | |
| 11 | Donji Srem | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 34 | |
| 12 | Radnički Niš | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 34 | |
| 13 | Radnički 1923 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 31 | |
| 14 | Novi Pazar | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 30 | |
| 15 | BSK Borča (R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 57 | −31 | 30 | Relegation to Serbian First League |
| 16 | Smederevo (R) | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 53 | −35 | 15 | Relegation to Serbian First League |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Novi Pazar–BSK Borča 1–1, BSK Borča–Novi Pazar 2–3.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BSK | DSR | HAJ | JAG | JAV | NPZ | OFK | PAR | RAD | RDK | RNI | RSB | SUŽ | SME | SZV | VOJ |
| BSK Borča | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 |
| Donji Srem | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Hajduk Kula | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Jagodina | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Javor Ivanjica | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 |
| Novi Pazar | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| OFK Beograd | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Partizan | 7–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 |
| Rad | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Radnički 1923 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Radnički Niš | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 7–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 |
| Sloboda Užice | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Smederevo | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Spartak Zlatibor Voda | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 0–1 |
| Vojvodina | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

Sources: Superliga official website, soccerway.com
| Pos | Scorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Miloš Stojanović | Jagodina | 19 |
| 2 | Predrag Ranđelović | Sloboda | 18 |
| 3 | Lazar Veselinović | Hajduk | 17 |
| 4 | Đorđe Despotović | Spartak | 12 |
| 5 | Ognjen Mudrinski | Red Star | 11 |
| 5 | Nemanja Kojić | Partizan / Rad | 11 |
| 5 | Aboubakar Oumarou | Vojvodina | 11 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Vladimir Radivojević | Javor | Smederevo | 5–0 | 18 August 2012 |
| Ognjen Mudrinski | Red Star | Radnički Niš | 3–2 | 2 September 2012 |
| Eliomar | Javor | OFK Beograd | 3–1 | 29 September 2012 |
| Aleksandar Nosković | Spartak | Jagodina | 3–1 | 17 November 2012 |
| Lazar Veselinović | Hajduk | Jagodina | 3–0 | 27 February 2013 |
| Miloš Stojanović | Jagodina | Rad | 3–0 | 6 April 2013 |
| Nenad Milijaš | Red Star | Spartak | 4–1 | 13 April 2013 |

### Team of the Season

SuperLiga Team of the Year :
| 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:
| | Club | Average | Highest | Lowest | Attendance (%) |
| 1 | Red Star | 16,221 | 45,155 | 4,930 | 31.19% |
| 2 | Partizan | 7,622 | 30,000 | 20* | 23.24% |
| 3 | Radnički Niš | 4,613 | 13,000 | 1,500 | 30,75% |
| 4 | Vojvodina | 3,747 | 7,000 | 700 | 23.8% |
| 5 | Novi Pazar | 5,736 | 6,500 | 20* | 28.93% |
| 6 | Sloboda | 3,207 | 10,000 | 1,200 | 26.73% |
| 7 | Radnički 1923 | 3,168 | 11,000 | 20* | 20.98% |
| 8 | Jagodina | 2,907 | 12,000 | 800 | 29.07% |
| 9 | Smederevo | 1,733 | 7,000 | 300 | 10.38% |
| 10 | Spartak | 1,547 | 7,000 | 400 | 11.9% |
| 11 | Hajduk | 1,448 | 3,000 | 20* | 13.16% |
| 12 | Donji Srem | 1,113 | 5,000 | 200 | 7,07% |
| 13 | Rad | 980 | 2,600 | 500 | 30.63% |
| 14 | Javor | 900 | 3,500 | 400 | 25% |
| 15 | BSK Borča | 853 | 3,000 | 300 | 21.33% |
| 16 | OFK Beograd | 757 | 4,000 | 150 | 5.41% |
* 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).