Serbian Superliga

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Serbian Superliga
Serbian Superliga 2006-07
Sport	Football
Founded	2006
No. of teams	12
Country	Serbia
Current champions	none (inagural season)

Serbian Superliga (Serbian: Meridian Superliga or Меридијан Суперлига) is the top football league in Serbia. Currently the sponsored name of the league is Meridian Superliga. UEFA currently ranks the league 19th in Europe^[1]

Contents 1 Format 2 History 3 Champions 4 Superliga clubs 4.1 Current Superliga clubs 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Format

The champion of the Meridian SuperLeague starts the qualifications for the UEFA Champions League from the second round. The Second and third placed teams start the qualifications for the UEFA Cup from the second round, as well as the National Cup winner if this winner has not already qualified. The Fourth placed team is Serbia's representative in the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

The last three teams at the end of the season get relegated to Second League called Prva Liga Telekom Srbija (First League Telecom Serbia).

[edit] History

While Serbia and Montenegro were part of the socialist Yugoslavia, their top league was the Yugoslav First League. When SFRY dissolved, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was formed in 1992 and the Serbian and Montenegrin teams played in this league, although it was still named Yugoslav First League. In 2003 the FR Yugoslavia was renamed to Serbia and Montenegro and the football league followed suit. The league of Serbia and Montenegro had 16 teams, but Meridian SuperLeague has 12 teams. Meridian SuperLeague will kick-off for the first time on 5th August 2006

[edit] Champions

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1992/93 - FK Partizan Beograd 1993/94 - FK Partizan Beograd 1994/95 - FK Crvena zvezda Beograd 1995/96 - FK Partizan Beograd 1996/97 - FK Partizan Beograd 1997/98 - FK Obilić Beograd 1998/99 - FK Partizan Beograd 1999/00 - FK Crvena zvezda Beograd 2000/01 - FK Crvena zvezda Beograd 2001/02 - FK Partizan Beograd Serbia and Montenegro 2002/03 - FK Partizan Beograd 2003/04 - FK Crvena zvezda Beograd 2004/05 - FK Partizan Beograd 2005/06 - FK Crvena zvezda Beograd Serbian Superliga 2006/07 - Not played yet

[edit] Superliga clubs

[edit] Current Superliga clubs

The following twelve clubs are competing in the inagural Serbian Superliga during the 2006-07 season.

• Crvena zvezda, Belgrade
• Partizan, Belgrade
• OFK Beograd, Belgrade
• FK Voždovac, Belgrade
• FK Zemun, Belgrade
• FK Bežanija, Belgrade
• FK Vojvodina, Novi Sad
• FK Smederevo, Smederevo
• Borac, Čačak
• FK Banat, Zrenjanin
• Hajduk, Kula
• Mladost, Apatin

[edit] See also

• List of football clubs in Serbia
• Serbia national football team
• Serbian Superliga 2006-07

[edit] References

1. ^ UEFA Country Ranking 2007

[edit] External links

• Meridian SuperLiga

	Serbian Superliga • 2006-07 v • d • e
Banat Zrenjanin | Borac Čačak | Bežanija | Crvena zvezda (Red Star) | Hajduk Kula | OFK Beograd | Mladost Apatin | Partizan | Smederevo | Vojvodina | Voždovac | Zemun

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