| Season | 2007–08 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 198 |
| Goals | 452 (2.28 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Nenad Jestrović (13) |
| Biggest home win | Red Star 5–0Napredak (2 April 2008) Vojvodina 5–0Borac Čačak (30 April 2008) |
| Biggest away win | Banat 0–4Napredak (3 May 2008) |
| Highest scoring | Bežanija 6–2Banat (29 March 2008) |
2008–09 → | |
The2007–08Serbian SuperLiga (known as theMeridian 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 theMeridian SuperLiga. This however, was the last season thatMeridian Bank had sponsorship rights to the SuperLiga. The rights to the Serbian SuperLiga were bought byJelen and starting from the2008–09 season the league was known as theJelen SuperLiga.
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 finalistFK 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 a2008 Intertoto Cup berth based on finishing 4th in the league, they now passed their Intertoto Cup spot down to 9th placedOFK Beograd becauseNapredak Kruševac,Čukarički,Mladost Lučani, andHajduk 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 the2008 Intertoto Cup.
The following twelve clubs competed in the 2007–08 Serbian SuperLiga season.
| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Stadium | 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 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Partizan(C) | 33 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 63 | 23 | +40 | 80 | Qualification forChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Red Star | 33 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 65 | 22 | +43 | 75 | Qualification forUEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Vojvodina | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 62 | Qualification forUEFA 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 forIntertoto Cup second round |
| 10 | Smederevo | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 36 | Qualification forrelegation play-off |
| 11 | Banat(R) | 33 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 28 | Relegation toSerbian First League |
| 12 | Bežanija(R) | 33 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 19 |
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.
| Home \ Away | BAN | BEŽ | BOR | ČUK | HAJ | MLA | NAP | OFK | PAR | RSB | SME | VOJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banat Zrenjanin | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | |
| Bežanija | 6–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| Borac Čačak | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | |
| Čukarički | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
| Hajduk Kula | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | |
| Mladost | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | |
| Napredak Kruševac | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | |
| OFK Beograd | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
| Partizan | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | |
| Red Star Belgrade | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Smederevo | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–0 | |
| Vojvodina | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Home \ Away | BAN | BEŽ | BOR | ČUK | HAJ | NAP | MLA | OFK | PAR | RSB | SME | VOJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banat Zrenjanin | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |||||||
| Bežanija | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | |||||||
| Borac Čačak | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | ||||||
| Čukarički | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | ||||||
| Hajduk Kula | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |||||||
| Napredak Kruševac | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||||||
| Mladost | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | ||||||
| OFK Beograd | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |||||||
| Partizan | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||||||
| Red Star Belgrade | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 5–1 | ||||||
| Smederevo | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |||||||
| Vojvodina | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nenad Jestrović | Red Star | 13 |
| 2 |  Lamine Diarra | Partizan | 12 |
 Stevan Jovetić | Partizan | ||
| Predrag Ranđelović | Bežanija | ||
| 5 | Gojko Kačar | Vojvodina | 11 |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nenad Jestrović | Red Star | Smederevo | 2-5 | 11 November 2007 |
 Misdongarde Betolngar | Red Star | Napredak | 5–0 | 2 April 2008 |
| Nenad Milijaš | Red Star | Bežanija | 4-1 | 12 April 2008 |
Champions:FK Partizan (coach:Miroslav Đukić until 18 round,Slaviša Jokanović from 18 round)
Players(League matches/league goals)
Zoran Tošić (32/8)Lamine Diarra (31/12)Đorđe Lazić (30/6)
Almani Moreira (28/7)
Darko Maletić (28/0)Stevan Jovetić (27/12)
Juca (25/5)Nemanja Rnić (25/0)Darko Božović (24/0)Ivan Obradović (19/0)
Aleksandar Lazevski (16/2)Žarko Lazetić (15/1)Nikola Mitrović (15/0)Nenad Đorđević (14/6)Ednilson (14/0)Mladen Božović (10/0)Srđa Knežević (10/0)Milan Vještica (9/0)Marko Jovanović (9/0)Dragan Čadikovski (7/2)Slaven Stjepanović (7/1)Marko Ćetković (6/0)Milovan Sikimić (5/0)Risto Lakić (2/0)The third-placed team form the bottom in 2007–08 SuperLiga (FK Smederevo) plays the winner of the 4-team playoff consisting of 3rd to 6th placed teams from 2007 to 2008 Serbian First League (FK Rad). The playoff has a home-and-away tie format
The following teams were promoted to theMeridian SuperLiga at the end of the 2007–08 season:
The following teams wererelegated to theSerbian First League at the end of the 2007–08 season based on their performance:
However, following speculation on 29 June 2008 that 7th placed SuperLiga team -Mladost fromLučani - might decline the opportunity to compete in 2008–09 SuperLiga season due to lacking the funds required to compete at the top level,[3] the official confirmation of their decision came on 2 July 2008.[4] The possibility of Mladost Lučani being relegated two levels down toSrpska Liga as punishment was initially talked about, nut the club was eventually moved only one level down to First League for the 2008–09 season.
By the decision ofSerbian Football Association (FSS), the relegated team that ended up keeping its SuperLiga status as a result of Mladost's withdrawal became 11th placedBanat Zrenjanin, not the 10th placed FK Smederevo. The FA made the decision based on their opinion that Banat Zrenjanin has better support of the sponsors and its community (city ofZrenjanin) than doesFK Smederevo.
The decision caused a lot of controversy and protest from FK Smederevo officials who claimed they should've been given the opportunity to retain the SuperLiga status after Mladost's withdrawal. They even launched an official appeal withUEFA, but it got rejected.[5]
So, in the end, the three 2007–08 SuperLiga teams that will not compete in the 2008–09 SuperLiga season are:
