A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | CH | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
Season | 2007–08 |
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Champions | Partizan 1st SuperLiga title 20th domestic title |
Relegated | Bežanija Mladost Lučani Smederevo |
Champions League | Partizan (second qualifying round) |
UEFA Cup | Red Star Vojvodina Borac Čačak |
Matches played | 198 |
Goals scored | 452 (2.28 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Nenad Jestrović (13) |
Biggest home win | Red Star 5–0 Napredak (2 April 2008) Vojvodina 5–0 Borac Čačak (30 April 2008) |
Biggest away win | Banat 0–4 Napredak (3 May 2008) |
Highest scoring | Bežanija 6–2 Banat (29 March 2008) |
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The 2007–08 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Meridian SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the second season since its establishment in 2006. Red Star Belgrade were the defending SuperLiga champions, having won their twenty-fifth national title the season before.
The SuperLiga changed its format from this season. The League was no longer divided into a playoff and play-out group midway through the campaign. Instead the 12 teams played each other three times in a conventional league format. For the SuperLiga's inaugural season and this one the league had been named the Meridian SuperLiga. This however, was the last season that Meridian Bank had sponsorship rights to the SuperLiga. The rights to the Serbian SuperLiga were bought by Jelen and starting from the 2008–09 season the league was known as the Jelen SuperLiga.
European placing
Like in many previous seasons, the allocation of European spots based on the final 2007–08 league and cup standings turned out to be messy.
According to the propositions, the second UEFA Cup spot is supposed to go to the Serbian Cup winner. However, since the Cup was won by FK Partizan, a club that also won the league, the second UEFA Cup spot went to the 2007–08 Serbian Cup finalist FK Zemun. This created problems, since FK Zemun couldn't obtain the UEFA licence for the year due to poor financial situation at the club, and their UEFA Cup spot went to the 4th placed league team - Borac Čačak. Now, since Borac Čačak earned a 2008 Intertoto Cup berth based on finishing 4th in the league, they now passed their Intertoto Cup spot down to 9th placed OFK Beograd because Napredak Kruševac, Čukarički, Mladost Lučani, and Hajduk Kula (5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th placed teams in the league, respectively) didn't want it.
This created a bizarre situation whereby a team that finished fourth from the bottom barely avoiding relegation playoff (OFK Beograd) still got to play in the 2008 Intertoto Cup.
Participating clubs and their stadia
The following twelve clubs competed in the 2007–08 Serbian SuperLiga season.
Team | Stadium | Capacity |
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Crvena zvezda | Stadion Crvena Zvezda | 55,000 |
Partizan | Partizan Stadium | 32,710 |
Vojvodina | Karađorđe Stadium | 20,000 |
Banat | Karađorđev Park Stadium | 18,700 |
Smederevo | Smederevo City Stadium | 17,200 |
OFK Beograd | Omladinski stadion | 16,000 |
Hajduk Kula | Stadion Hajduk | 12,000 |
Napredak | Kruševac Stadium | 10,811 |
Bežanija | Bežanija Stadium | 9,350 |
Mladost Lučani | Stadion Mladost | 8,000 |
Borac Čačak | Čačak Stadium | 7,600 |
Čukarički | Čukarički Stadium | 6,600 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Partizan (C) | 33 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 63 | 23 | +40 | 80 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Red Star | 33 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 65 | 22 | +43 | 75 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
3 | Vojvodina | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 62 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
4 | Borac Čačak | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 46 | |
5 | Napredak | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 41 | |
6 | Čukarički | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 40 | |
7 | Mladost Lučani | 33 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 38 | |
8 | Hajduk Kula | 33 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 37 | |
9 | OFK Beograd | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 36 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round |
10 | Smederevo | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 36 | Qualification for relegation play-off |
11 | Banat (R) | 33 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 28 | Relegation to Serbian First League |
12 | Bežanija (R) | 33 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 19 |
Results
The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.