# 2004–05 First League of Serbia and Montenegro

The 2004–05 First League of Serbia and Montenegro (officially known as the Meridian PrvaLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the Serbia and Montenegro's top-level football league since its establishment. It was contested by 16 teams, and FK Partizan won the championship.

## Teams

Budućnost Banatski Dvor, Napredak Kruševac and Radnički Obrenovac were relegated to the 2004–05 Serbian First League while Kom was relegated to the 2004–05 Montenegrin First League after the last season for finishing last.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2003–04 Second League of Serbia and Montenegro east, west, south and north champions Radnički Beograd, Hajduk Beograd, Budućnost Podgorica and Čukarički Stankom.
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Partizan | Belgrade | Partizan Stadium | 32,710 |
| Red Star | Belgrade | Red Star Stadium | 55,538 |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | Karađorđe Stadium | 17,204 |
| Zemun | Zemun, Belgrade | Zemun Stadium | 10,000 |
| Hajduk Kula | Kula | Stadion Hajduk | 6,000 |
| Obilić | Belgrade | FK Obilić Stadium | 4,500 |
| Železnik | Belgrade | Železnik Stadium | 8,000 |
| OFK Beograd | Karaburma, Belgrade | Omladinski Stadium | 20,000 |
| Smederevo | Smederevo | Smederevo City Stadium | 17,200 |
| Sutjeska | Nikšić | Gradski stadion (Nikšić) | 10,800 |
| Zeta | Golubovci | Stadion Trešnjica | 7,000 |
| Borac | Čačak | Čačak Stadium | 6,000 |
| Radnički Jugopetrol | Novi Beograd | Stadion FK Radnički | 5,000 |
| Hajduk Beograd | Belgrade | Stadion Hajduk Lion | 4,500 |
| Čukarički Stankom | Belgrade | Stadion Čukarički | 7,000 |
| Budućnost | Podgorica | Podgorica City Stadium | 17,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Partizan (C) | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 81 | 20 | +61 | 80 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Red Star Belgrade | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 66 | 18 | +48 | 74 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Zeta | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 59 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | OFK Beograd | 30 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 50 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Zemun | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 43 | Ineligible for 2005–06 European competitions |
| 6 | Budućnost Podgorica | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 41 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 7 | Hajduk Kula | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 39 | |
| 8 | Vojvodina | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 38 | |
| 9 | Železnik | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 38 | |
| 10 | Smederevo | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 37 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 11 | Obilić | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 36 | |
| 12 | Radnički Beograd (R) | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 35 | Relegation to Serbian League |
| 13 | Borac Čačak | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 34 | Spared from relegation |
| 14 | Čukarički (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 32 | Relegation to Serbian First League |
| 15 | Sutjeska (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 48 | −27 | 22 | Relegation to Montenegrin First League |
| 16 | Hajduk Beograd (R) | 30 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 76 | −56 | 12 | Relegation to Serbian League |
* 1 2 Radnički Beograd had withdrawn from the competition due to financial problems. Therefore Borac Čačak is stayed in league.
* ↑ Hajduk Beograd were relegated to Serbian League due to financial problems.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOR | BUD | ČUK | HJB | HAJ | OBI | OFK | PAR | RNB | RSB | SME | SUT | VOJ | ŽEL | ZEM | ZET |
| Borac Čačak | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Budućnost Podgorica | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Čukarički | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Hajduk Beograd | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Hajduk Kula | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Obilić | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| OFK Beograd | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Partizan | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Radnički Beograd | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Red Star | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Smederevo | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Sutjeska | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Vojvodina | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Železnik | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Zemun | 2–2 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 |
| Zeta | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |

## Winning squad

Champions: FK Partizan :
| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| 12 Nemanja Jovšić (1/0) 25 Ivica Kralj (24/0) 27 Đorđe Pantić (7/0) | 02 Milivoje Ćirković (9/0) 04 Zoran Mirković (23/2) 05 Branimir Bajić (4/0) 13 Kim Chi-Woo (8/0) 14 Nenad Đorđević (27/2) 16 Ifeanyi Emeghara (24/0) 20 Milovan Milović (15/1) 24 Nemanja Rnić (17/2) 03 Dragoljub Jeremić (2/0)* | 01 Simon Vukčević (26/10) 07 Nenad Brnović (25/6) 10 Dragan Ćirić (13/3) 11 Miroslav Radović (19/3) 18 Branimir Petrović (18/1) 21 Ivan Tomić (24/0) 22 Saša Ilić (22/16) 28 Albert Nađ (20/2) 43 Milan Srećo (1/0) 44 Stefan Babović (9/1) 47 Milan Smiljanić (2/0) 17 Branislav Atanacković (2/0)* | 08 Pierre Boya (22/3) 09 Srđan Radonjić (17/10) 15 Obiora Odita (12/6) 34 Nikola Grubješić (23/11) 23 Bojan Brnović (1/0)* 50 Nenad Marinković (1/0)* |
* Head coach: Vladimir Vermezović
Note: * Played only in the first part of the championship.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Marko Pantelić | Red Star | 21 |
| 2 | Saša Ilić | Partizan | 16 |
| 2 | Boban Stojanović | Borac Čačak | 16 |
| 4 | Nikola Žigić | Red Star | 15 |
| 5 | Nikola Grubješić | Partizan | 12 |
| 5 | Nikola Trajković | Zeta | 12 |
| 5 | Milan Purović | Budućnost Podgorica | 12 |
| 8 | Dražen Milić | Zeta | 11 |
| 9 | Srđan Radonjić | Partizan | 10 |
| 9 | Simon Vukčević | Partizan | 10 |
| 9 | Milanko Rašković | Zeta | 10 |
| 9 | Dušan Đokić | Obilić/Železnik | 10 |