# 2021–22 Serbian SuperLiga

The 2021–22 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Linglong Tire SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season of the Serbian SuperLiga. Red Star were the defending champions, having won their 7th SuperLiga and 32nd domestic title in the previous season. Start and end dates, fixtures and competition format were released on 22 June 2021.

## Summary

The number of teams in the league for this season was reduced from 20 to 16 from last season which had increased number of teams due to COVID-19 pandemic. Before the start of the season, on 16 June 2021, it was announced that number of teams in the league will again be reduced at the end of season - this time to 14. Because of that 4 teams will be relegated while only 2 will be promoted from Serbian First League. Rule about bonus players was also changed for this season - each team now must have at least one player born in 2000 or younger in the squad for the duration of entire match.
Decision about decreasing number of teams for a next season was revised on 6 July 2021 when Football Association of Serbia decided that number of teams in top flight will remain 16. Format was officially reverted to the one used in 19–20 season - each team will play each other twice in round-robin format after which top half will play in Championship round and bottom half in Relegation-round play-offs. Last two teams from Relegation round will be relegated while teams finishing 13th and 14th will play Relegations play-off against teams who finished 3rd and 4th in Serbian First League. Rule about foreign players registration was also changed. Instead of maximum of 4 foreign players in match protocol teams can now have unlimited number of foreign players with maximum of 4 at the pitch at any time. For the first time in Serbian SuperLiga history Video assistant referee will be used on all matches.
This season marked the start of a new three-year TV deal. Deal was signed with Telekom Srbija and their subsidiary Arena Channels Group. They will pay 3 million-a-year for the next three seasons, a record breaking deal for Serbian SuperLiga.

### Impact of COVID-19 pandemic

At the start of this season it was announced that, for the first time since 2019–20 season, attendance will be allowed for all matches. With limitation that no more than 50% of maximum capacity can be filled.

## Teams

Sixteen teams competed in the league; the top 14 from previous season and two teams promoted from Serbian First League. Promoted teams were Radnički 1923 who returned to the top flight after an absence of six years, and Kolubara who were promoted to the SuperLiga for the first time in their history. They replaced Javor, Rad, Bačka, Inđija, Mačva and Zlatibor.

### Venues

| Čukarički | Kolubara | Metalac | Mladost |
| Čukarički Stadium | Kolubara Stadium | Metalac Stadium | Mladost Stadium |
| Capacity: 4,070 | Capacity: 2,500 | Capacity: 4,400 | Capacity: 5,944 |
| Napredak Kruševac | Novi Pazar | Partizan | Proleter |
| Mladost Stadium | City Stadium | Partizan Stadium | Karađorđe Stadium |
| Capacity: 10,331 | Capacity: 13,000 | Capacity: 29,775 | Capacity: 14,458 |
| Radnički 1923 | Radnički Niš | Radnik | Red Star Belgrade |
| Čika Dača | Čair Stadium | City Stadium | Rajko Mitić Stadium |
| Capacity: 15,100 | Capacity: 18,151 | Capacity: 3,312 | Capacity: 51,755 |
| Spartak Subotica | TSC | Vojvodina | Voždovac |
| City Stadium | TSC Arena | Karađorđe Stadium | Shopping Center Stadium |
| Capacity: 13,000 | Capacity: 4,500 | Capacity: 14,458 | Capacity: 5,175 |

### 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 |
| Čukarički | Milan Lešnjak | Marko Docić | Adidas | Oliva |
| Kolubara | Dejan Đurđević | Nikola Vasiljević | Seven | Oktagonbet |
| Metalac | Milija Žižić | Ilija Milićević | NAAI | Metalac AD |
| Mladost | Dragiša Žunić | Ivan Milošević | Miteks | Miteks |
| Napredak | Zoran Milinković | Dejan Kerkez | Givova | mt:s |
| Novi Pazar | Tomislav Sivić | Mirza Delimeđac | Nike | Novi Pazar Put |
| Partizan | Aleksandar Stanojević | Lazar Marković | Nike | mt:s |
| Proleter | Dušan Bajić | Branislav Jovanović | Wulfz | Wulfz |
| Radnički 1923 | Nenad Lalatović | Stevan Kovačević | Jako | Mozzart Bet |
| Radnički | Radoslav Batak | Nikola Stevanović | Macron | mt:s |
| Radnik | Dušan Đorđević | Uroš Stojanović | Jako | Efbet |
| Red Star Belgrade | Dejan Stanković | Milan Borjan | Macron | Gazprom |
| Spartak | Nebojša Vučković | Mihajlo Ivančević | Legea | Vinarija Čoka |
| TSC | Žarko Lazetić | Saša Tomanović | Capelli Sport | SAT-TRAKT |
| Vojvodina | Dragan Radojičić | Nemanja Čović | Kelme | Srbijagas |
| Voždovac | Aleksandar Linta | Stefan Hajdin | Adidas | Stadion SC |
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 the table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Kolubara | Zoran Milinković | Signed with Borac Banja Luka | 24 May 2021 | Pre-season | Dragan Radojičić | 9 June 2021 |
| Novi Pazar | Davor Berber | Contract expired | 28 May 2021 | Pre-season | Milan Milanović | 9 June 2021 |
| Radnik | Slavoljub Đorđević | Signed with Vojvodina | 9 June 2021 | Pre-season | Igor Bondžulić | 14 June 2021 |
| Vojvodina | Nenad Lalatović | Signed with Radnički | 9 June 2021 | Pre-season | Slavoljub Đorđević | 9 June 2021 |
| Radnički 1923 | Dejan Joksimović | Contract expired | 10 June 2021 | Pre-season | Vladimir Radenković | 10 June 2021 |
| Radnički | Aleksandar Stanković | Contract expired | 11 June 2021 | Pre-season | Nenad Lalatović | 11 June 2021 |
| Kolubara | Dragan Radojičić | Sacked | 13 June 2021 | Pre-season | Dejan Đurđević | 13 June 2021 |
| Mladost | Darko Rakočević | Contract expired | 19 June 2021 | Pre-season | Ivan Stefanović | 19 June 2021 |
| Radnički | Nenad Lalatović | Signed with Al Batin | 24 June 2021 | Pre-season | Aleksandar Stanković | 26 June 2021 |
| Proleter | Branko Žigić | Sacked | 4 August 2021 | 14th | Dušan Bajić | 8 August 2021 |
| Čukarički | Dušan Đorđević | Sacked | 16 August 2021 | 6th | Saša Ilić | 17 August 2021 |
| Radnički | Aleksandar Stanković | Sacked | 24 August 2021 | 12th | Radomir Koković | 1 September 2021 |
| Radnik | Igor Bondžulić | Sacked | 10 September 2021 | 9th | Dušan Đorđević | 13 September 2021 |
| Novi Pazar | Milan Milanović | Sacked | 13 September 2021 | 15th | Kenan Kolašinac | 13 September 2021 |
| Radnički | Radomir Koković | Sacked | 21 September 2021 | 12th | Radoslav Batak | 23 September 2021 |
| Voždovac | Predrag Rogan | Sacked | 22 September 2021 | 9th | Aleksandar Linta | 24 September 2021 |
| Spartak | Vladimir Buač | Sacked | 3 October 2021 | 13th | Vladimir Gaćinović | 7 October 2021 |
| Novi Pazar | Kenan Kolašinac | Sacked | 16 October 2021 | 16th | Dragan Radojičić | 16 September 2021 |
| TSC | Mladen Krstajić | Sacked | 19 October 2021 | 4th | Mirko Jovanović | 26 October 2021 |
| Radnički 1923 | Vladimir Radenković | Sacked | 15 November 2021 | 14th | Zoran Milinković | 15 November 2021 |
| TSC | Mirko Jovanović | Sacked | 29 November 2021 | 8th | Žarko Lazetić | 29 November 2021 |
| Metalac | Žarko Lazetić | Signed with TSC | 29 November 2021 | 14th | Milija Žižić | 29 November 2021 |
| Napredak | Milan Đuričić | Mutual termination | 27 December 2021 | 5th | Ivan Stefanović | 3 January 2022 |
| Mladost | Ivan Stefanović | Mutual termination | 3 January 2022 | 11th | Dragiša Žunić | 3 January 2022 |
| Radnički 1923 | Zoran Milinković | Sacked | 7 February 2022 | 16th | Nenad Lalatović | 7 February 2022 |
| Spartak | Vladimir Gaćinović | Resigned | 14 February 2022 | 10th | Nebojša Vučković | 14 February 2022 |
| Novi Pazar | Dragan Radojičić | Resigned | 22 February 2022 | 15th | Tomislav Sivić | 22 February 2022 |
| Vojvodina | Slavoljub Đorđević | Sacked | 14 March 2022 | 5th | Dragan Radojičić | 15 March 2022 |
| Napredak | Ivan Stefanović | Sacked | 22 March 2022 | 8th | Zoran Milinković | 23 March 2022 |
| Čukarički | Saša Ilić | Mutual termination | 11 April 2022 | 3rd | Milan Lešnjak | 12 April 2022 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Red Star Belgrade | 30 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 79 | 17 | +62 | 81 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Partizan | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 68 | 10 | +58 | 79 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Čukarički | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 48 | 27 | +21 | 54 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | TSC | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 41 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Radnički Niš | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 40 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Voždovac | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 40 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Vojvodina | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 39 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 8 | Napredak Kruševac | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 37 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 9 | Mladost Lučani | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 36 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Radnik Surdulica | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 36 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Spartak Subotica | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 34 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Kolubara | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 34 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 13 | Radnički 1923 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 14 | Proleter Novi Sad | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 49 | −26 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 15 | Metalac G.M. | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 27 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 16 | Novi Pazar | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 49 | −24 | 25 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ČUK | KOL | MET | MLA | NAP | NPZ | PAR | PNS | RKG | RNI | RSU | RSB | SPA | TSC | VOJ | VOŽ |
| Čukarički | | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Kolubara | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–7 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Metalac G.M. | 0–3 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Mladost Lučani | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 |
| Napredak Kruševac | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Novi Pazar | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Partizan | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Proleter Novi Sad | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Radnički 1923 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Radnički Niš | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Radnik Surdulica | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Spartak Subotica | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 |
| TSC | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Vojvodina | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | | 2–0 |
| Voždovac | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |

## Play-offs
### Championship round

The top eight teams advanced from the regular season. Teams played each other once.

#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RSB | PAR | ČUK | RNI | VOŽ | TSC | VOJ | NAP |
| 1 | Red Star Belgrade (C) | 37 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 95 | 19 | +76 | 100 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | | | |
| 2 | Partizan | 37 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 85 | 13 | +72 | 98 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round | | | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | |
| 3 | Čukarički | 37 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 60 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round | | | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 0–0 |
| 4 | Radnički Niš | 37 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 51 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round | | | | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| 5 | Voždovac | 37 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 49 | | | 0–3 | | | | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 6 | TSC | 37 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 48 | | 0–4 | | | | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| 7 | Vojvodina | 37 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 45 | | 0–3 | | 0–3 | | | | | 2–0 |
| 8 | Napredak Kruševac | 37 | 10 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 51 | −20 | 38 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | | 0–4 | | | | |

### Relegation round

The bottom eight teams from the regular season play in the relegation round. Teams play each other once.

#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | RSU | KOL | MLA | SPA | NPZ | RDK | MET | PNS |
| 9 | Radnik Surdulica | 37 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 51 | | | 3–0 | | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 3–3 | |
| 10 | Kolubara | 37 | 14 | 4 | 19 | 42 | 65 | −23 | 46 | | | | 3–0 | | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 11 | Mladost Lučani | 37 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 45 | | 2–3 | | | 2–1 | | 0–0 | | 0–0 |
| 12 | Spartak Subotica | 37 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 60 | −15 | 44 | | | 2–1 | | | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 3–1 |
| 13 | Novi Pazar | 37 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 41 | Qualification for play-off | 0–1 | | 1–1 | | | 2–1 | | |
| 14 | Radnički 1923 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 35 | Qualification for play-off | | 1–2 | | | | | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| 15 | Metalac G.M. (R) | 37 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 42 | 65 | −23 | 33 | Relegation to Serbian First League | | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | | |
| 16 | Proleter Novi Sad (R) | 37 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 57 | −32 | 32 | Relegation to Serbian First League | 0–0 | | | | 0–2 | | 0–0 | |

## Relegations play-off

Two legged relegation play-off matches will be played between the teams placed 13th and 14th at the end of relegation round and the teams placed 3rd and 4th at the end of Serbian First League Promotion round.

### Second legs
## Individual statistics
### Top scorers

As of matches played on 22 May 2022.
| Pos | Scorer | Teams | Goals |
| 1 | Ricardo Gomes | Partizan | 29 |
| 2 | Aleksandar Katai | Red Star | 24 |
| 3 | Mirko Ivanić | Red Star | 17 |
| 4 | Ben | Red Star | 13 |
| 4 | Uroš Đuranović | Kolubara | 13 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Aleksandar Katai | Red Star | Mladost Lučani | 5–1 | 21 November 2021 |
| Aleksandar Katai | Red Star | Novi Pazar | 5–0 | 6 March 2022 |
| Aleksandar Katai | Red Star | Radnički Niš | 5–1 | 2 April 2022 |
| Mirko Ivanić | Red Star | TSC | 4–0 | 20 April 2022 |

### Player of the week

As of matches played on 22 May 2022.
| Round | Player | Club | Goals | Assist |
| 1 | Đorđe Jovanović | Napredak | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Bibras Natkho | Partizan | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Mihajlo Banjac | TSC | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Uroš Đuranović | Kolubara | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Saša Marjanović | Napredak | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Srđan Hrstić | Spartak | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Ricardo Gomes | Partizan | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Aleksandar Katai | Red Star | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Saša Jovanović | Mladost | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Ivan Obradović | Partizan | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Queensy Menig | Partizan | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Ivan Milosavljević | Voždovac | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Milan Rodić | Red Star | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Nikola Terzić | Partizan | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Miljan Škrbić | Radnički Niš | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Nikola Petrić | Proleter | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Aleksandar Katai $^{(2)}$ | Red Star | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | Ben | Red Star | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Aleksandar Stanisavljević | Voždovac | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Uroš Đuranović $^{(2)}$ | Kolubara | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Milan Pavkov | Red Star | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Janko Tumbasević | Mladost | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Miloš Đokić | Kolubara | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Saša Marjanović $^{(2)}$ | Napredak | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Marko Rakonjac | Čukarički | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | Aleksandar Katai $^{(3)}$ | Red Star | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | Siniša Babić | Radnik Surdulica | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Stefan Vukić | TSC | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Aleksandar Katai $^{(4)}$ | Red Star | 3 | 1 |
| 30 | Saša Marjanović $^{(3)}$ | Napredak | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Miloš Filipović | Kolubara | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Mirko Ivanić | Red Star | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Nemanja Nikolić | Spartak | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | Aleksandar Katai $^{(5)}$ | Red Star | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | Miloš Spasić | Radnik | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | Ricardo Gomes $^{(2)}$ | Partizan | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Nikola Jojić | Mladost | 2 | 0 |