Serbian Superliga
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| Country | Serbia |
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| Confederation | UEFA |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Serbian First League |
| Domestic cup(s) | Serbian Cup |
| International cup(s) |
Champions League Europa League |
| Current champions |
Red Star (27th title) (2015–16) |
| Most championships | Red Star (27 titles) |
| Top goalscorer | Andrija Kaluđerović (61 goals) |
| TV partners | Arena Sport |
| Website | superliga.rs |
 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga
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The Serbian SuperLiga (Serbian: Суперлига Србије, Superliga Srbije) is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League (Prva liga Srbija, second Serbian football tier). The SuperLiga was formed during the summer of 2005 as the country's top football league competition in Serbia and Montenegro. Since summer 2006 after the secession of Montenegro from Serbia, the league only has Serbian clubs.
Serbian clubs used to compete in the Yugoslav First League. This competition was formed in 1923 and lasted until 2003. After the downfall of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991 a new Yugoslavia would be formed that would be named FR Yugoslavia with Montenegro and Serbia. They kept the name Yugoslavia until 2003 when the country changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro: this union lasted until 2006 when Montenegro gained independence and formed its own league, the Montenegrin First League.
The current SuperLiga champions are Red Star Belgrade. UEFA currently ranks the league 27th in Europe of 54 leagues. The league was known as Meridian Prva liga/Super liga from Autumn 2004 until Summer 2008. The league's official sponsor until Summer 2015 was beer maker Jelen pivo, thus resulted in the league's official name to be Jelen Super liga.
The SuperLiga began as a league with a playoff system in an attempt to boost ratings and improve competition. After the first season however, the SuperLiga changed its format. The 2007–08 season was the first to be played in a more traditional format. The league no longer divided into a play-off and play-out group midway through the campaign. Instead, the 12 teams began playing each other three times in a more conventional league format. After two seasons with that format the Football Association of Serbia decided to add 4 teams to the SuperLiga. The 2009–10 season will be the first with a 16 team league played in a conventional league format of one home and one away match rather than the previous 3 match encounters. This drops the match schedule from 33 rounds to 30.
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