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The Meridian SuperLiga Chronicle

A comprehensive look at the 2005-06 season, the final chapter of top-tier football in Serbia and Montenegro.

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Season Overview

A League in Transition

The 2005โ€“06 Serbia and Montenegro SuperLiga marked the fourth and final season of the top-level football league in Serbia and Montenegro. Officially known as the Meridian SuperLiga due to sponsorship, it featured 16 competing teams.

Red Star's Dominance

Red Star Belgrade emerged as the champions, securing their 25th domestic title. Their performance was exceptionally strong throughout the season, demonstrating clear superiority over their rivals.

Relegation and European Spots

At the conclusion of the season, Javor Ivanjica, Rad, and Obiliฤ‡ were relegated from the top flight. European qualification saw Red Star Belgrade enter the Champions League, while Partizan, Hajduk Kula, and OFK Beograd secured berths in the UEFA Cup. Zeta qualified for the Intertoto Cup.

Participating Clubs

Club Details

The league comprised 16 clubs from across Serbia and Montenegro. Here is a breakdown of the participating teams, their home cities, stadiums, and capacities:

Club City Stadium Capacity
Partizan Belgrade Partizan Stadium 32,710
Red Star Belgrade Red Star Stadium 55,538
Vojvodina Novi Sad Kara%C4%91or%C4%91e Stadium 17,204
Zemun Zemun, Belgrade Zemun Stadium 10,000
Hajduk Kula Kula Stadion Hajduk 6,000
Obili%C4%87 Belgrade FK Obili%C4%87 Stadium 4,500
Vo%C5%BEdovac Belgrade %C5%BDeleznik Stadium 8,000
OFK Beograd Karaburma, Belgrade Omladinski Stadium 20,000
Smederevo Smederevo Smederevo City Stadium 17,200
Zeta Golubovci Stadion Tre%C5%A1njica 7,000
Borac %C4%8Ca%C4%8Dak %C4%8Ca%C4%8Dak Stadium 6,000
Budu%C4%87nost Podgorica Podgorica Podgorica City Stadium 17,000
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje Gradski stadion (Bijelo Polje) 5,000
Javor Ivanjica Stadion Ivanjica 5,000
Budu%C4%87nost Banatski Dvor Banatski Dvor Stadion Mirko Vu%C4%8Durevi%C4%87 4,000
Rad Belgrade Stadion Kralj Petar I 6,000

League Standings

Final Classification

The league table reflects the competitive landscape of the 2005-06 season, determining the champion, European qualifiers, and relegated teams.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 30 25 3 2 73 23 +50 78 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Partizan 30 22 5 3 53 17 +36 71 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round[a]
3 Vo%C5%BEdovac 30 15 6 9 52 38 +14 51 Ineligible for 2006%E2%80%9307 European competitions
4 Hajduk Kula 30 13 11 6 41 26 +15 50 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round[a]
5 Zeta 30 14 5 11 42 36 +6 47 Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round and Montenegrin First League
6 OFK Beograd 30 13 5 12 35 29 +6 44 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round[a]
7 Borac %C4%8Ca%C4%8Dak 30 12 8 10 32 27 +5 44
8 Budu%C4%87nost Banatski Dvor 30 13 5 12 34 31 +3 44
9 Vojvodina 30 11 10 9 28 27 +1 43
10 Zemun 30 11 8 11 34 39 โˆ’5 41
11 Smederevo 30 11 6 13 30 37 โˆ’7 39
12 Javor Ivanjica (R) 30 8 8 14 22 35 โˆ’13 32 Relegation to Serbian First League
13 Rad (R) 30 9 4 17 27 35 โˆ’8 31
14 Budu%C4%87nost Podgorica[b] 30 6 10 14 24 43 โˆ’19 25 Qualification for Montenegrin First League
15 Obili%C4%87 (R) 30 3 6 21 23 53 โˆ’30 15 Relegation to Serbian First League
16 Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje 30 3 2 25 18 72 โˆ’54 11 Qualification for Montenegrin First League
Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Match Results

Scoreline Matrix

This table details the outcome of every match played in the 2005-06 SuperLiga season. Home team results are listed vertically, and away team results horizontally.

Home \ Away BOR BBD BUD HAJ JAV JED OBI OFK PAR RAD RSB SME VOJ V%C5%BDD ZEM ZET
Borac %C4%8Ca%C4%8Dak 0โ€“1 2โ€“0 1โ€“0 0โ€“0 2โ€“0 1โ€“3 1โ€“1 0โ€“2 2โ€“1 2โ€“1 4โ€“0 1โ€“0 0โ€“1 2โ€“0 0โ€“1
Budu%C4%87nost Banatski Dvor 0โ€“1 2โ€“1 2โ€“0 1โ€“1 5โ€“1 3โ€“0 1โ€“0 1โ€“1 0โ€“1 0โ€“3 2โ€“0 1โ€“0 0โ€“0 3โ€“0 3โ€“1
Budu%C4%87nost Podgorica 1โ€“1 0โ€“2 0โ€“0 3โ€“1 2โ€“0 2โ€“1 2โ€“2 0โ€“1 2โ€“1 1โ€“2 1โ€“2 0โ€“0 2โ€“0 1โ€“1 1โ€“1
Hajduk Kula 2โ€“2 1โ€“0 1โ€“0 3โ€“0 2โ€“0 1โ€“0 3โ€“0 0โ€“0 1โ€“0 2โ€“2 1โ€“0 0โ€“0 2โ€“0 6โ€“1 3โ€“1
Javor Ivanjica 0โ€“2 4โ€“2 0โ€“0 0โ€“0 1โ€“0 0โ€“0 1โ€“0 0โ€“1 1โ€“0 1โ€“2 1โ€“0 2โ€“2 0โ€“1 2โ€“0 1โ€“0
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje 2โ€“1 2โ€“0 0โ€“1 1โ€“3 0โ€“2 2โ€“1 0โ€“1 2โ€“3 1โ€“4 0โ€“4 2โ€“3 1โ€“1 2โ€“2 0โ€“2 0โ€“4
Obili%C4%87 0โ€“0 1โ€“0 0โ€“0 0โ€“1 0โ€“0 5โ€“0 0โ€“1 0โ€“2 0โ€“1 2โ€“3 0โ€“2 0โ€“1 2โ€“5 0โ€“2 0โ€“0
OFK Beograd 1โ€“1 0โ€“1 3โ€“0 2โ€“1 3โ€“2 4โ€“0 3โ€“1 0โ€“1 1โ€“0 0โ€“1 3โ€“0 0โ€“1 2โ€“2 2โ€“0 0โ€“1
Partizan 1โ€“0 2โ€“0 3โ€“0 0โ€“0 6โ€“0 2โ€“0 4โ€“2 0โ€“1 2โ€“0 0โ€“0 2โ€“1 3โ€“0 2โ€“3 0โ€“0 1โ€“0
Rad 0โ€“3 0โ€“1 2โ€“1 0โ€“0 1โ€“0 2โ€“0 1โ€“1 1โ€“2 1โ€“2 2โ€“4 0โ€“2 1โ€“1 3โ€“1 0โ€“1 3โ€“0
Red Star 1โ€“0 5โ€“1 4โ€“0 4โ€“1 2โ€“0 4โ€“0 4โ€“2 2โ€“0 2โ€“0 1โ€“0 2โ€“0 3โ€“1 3โ€“1 2โ€“1 3โ€“2
Smederevo 0โ€“0 1โ€“1 1โ€“1 1โ€“1 1โ€“0 1โ€“0 3โ€“1 2โ€“1 0โ€“1 0โ€“1 1โ€“3 1โ€“0 1โ€“2 3โ€“2 4โ€“1
Vojvodina 0โ€“1 1โ€“0 0โ€“0 0โ€“0 1โ€“1 2โ€“0 1โ€“0 1โ€“0 2โ€“3 2โ€“0 1โ€“0 1โ€“0 2โ€“2 2โ€“1 3โ€“1
Vo%C5%BEdovac 4โ€“0 1โ€“1 4โ€“1 2โ€“1 2โ€“1 3โ€“1 4โ€“0 0โ€“1 1โ€“3 2โ€“1 0โ€“2 3โ€“0 2โ€“0 1โ€“2 1โ€“0
Zemun 1โ€“1 2โ€“0 3โ€“1 2โ€“2 1โ€“0 2โ€“1 2โ€“0 3โ€“1 0โ€“2 0โ€“0 0โ€“2 0โ€“0 1โ€“1 2โ€“2 2โ€“1
Zeta 3โ€“1 1โ€“0 3โ€“0 5โ€“3 1โ€“0 3โ€“0 4โ€“1 0โ€“0 1โ€“3 1โ€“0 2โ€“2 0โ€“0 2โ€“1 1โ€“0 1โ€“0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Squad

Red Star Belgrade's Title Winners

The championship-winning squad for Red Star Belgrade, under the management of Walter Zenga, featured a blend of domestic talent and international players. Key contributors in league matches are detailed below:

Coach: Italy Walter Zenga

Players (league matches/league goals):

  • Milan Dudiฤ‡ (28/3)
  • Aleksandar Lukoviฤ‡ (27/3)
  • Boลกko Jankoviฤ‡ (26/12)
  • Nenad Kovaฤeviฤ‡ (25/1)
  • Duลกan Basta (25/0)
  • Milan Puroviฤ‡ (24/11)
  • Nikola ลฝigiฤ‡ (23/12)
  • Dejan Milovanoviฤ‡ (23/2)
  • Vladimir Stojkoviฤ‡ (21/0) (goalkeeper)
  • Milan Biลกevac (20/0)
  • Vladimir Mudriniฤ‡ (20/0)
  • Marko Peroviฤ‡ (18/3)
  • Nebojลกa Joksimoviฤ‡ (18/0)
  • Dragan Mladenoviฤ‡ (17/3)
  • Milanko Raลกkoviฤ‡ (13/5)
  • Nikola Trajkoviฤ‡ (13/2)
  • Nenad Milijaลก (10/4) (signed from FK Zemun)
  • Duลกan ฤokiฤ‡ (9/8) (signed from FK Voลพdovac)
  • Radovan Krivokapiฤ‡ (9/0)
  • Ivan Ranฤ‘eloviฤ‡ (9/0) (goalkeeper)
  • Ardian ฤokaj (8/2)
  • Bojan Miladinoviฤ‡ (6/0)
  • Takayuki Suzuki (6/0) (signed from Kashima Antlers)
  • Haminu Draman (4/1)
  • Boban Stojanoviฤ‡ (4/0)
  • Duลกan Anฤ‘elkoviฤ‡ (3/0) (signed from FK Voลพdovac)
  • Marko Panteliฤ‡ (3/0) (sold to Hertha BSC Berlin)
  • Zoran Banoviฤ‡ (1/0) (goalkeeper)
  • Filip ฤorฤ‘eviฤ‡ (1/0)
  • Slavoljub ฤorฤ‘eviฤ‡ (1/0)
  • Nenad Tomoviฤ‡ (1/0)
  • Jagoลก Vukoviฤ‡ (1/0)

Top Goalscorers

Leading the Line

The following players were the top marksmen in the 2005-06 Serbian SuperLiga season:

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Serbia and Montenegro Sr%C4%91an Radonji%C4%87 Partizan
20
2 Serbia and Montenegro Du%C5%A1an %C4%90oki%C4%87 Vo%C5%BEdovac/Red Star
19
3 Serbia and Montenegro Bo%C5%A1ko Jankovi%C4%87 Red Star 12
Serbia and Montenegro Dra%C5%BEen Mili%C4%87 Zeta
Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Milija%C5%A1 Zemun/Red Star
Serbia and Montenegro Nikola %C5%BDigi%C4%87 Red Star
7 Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Osmanovi%C4%87 Hajduk Kula 11
Serbia and Montenegro Milan Purovi%C4%87 Red Star
9 Serbia and Montenegro Jovan Damjanovi%C4%87 Borac %C4%8Ca%C4%8Dak 9
Serbia and Montenegro Nikola Drin%C4%8Di%C4%87 Budu%C4%87nost Banatski Dvor
Serbia and Montenegro Neboj%C5%A1a Marinkovi%C4%87 Partizan/Vo%C5%BEdovac
Serbia and Montenegro Ljubi%C5%A1a Vukelja Vojvodina
Serbia and Montenegro Ivan Vukovi%C4%87 Zeta

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References

References

  1.  OFK Beograd qualified for 2006รขย€ย“07 UEFA Cup as runner-up of 2005รขย€ย“06 Serbia and Montenegro Cup.
  2.  Buduร„ย‡nost Podgorica were deducted 3 points due to leaving the pitch in protest 11 minutes before full time during their March 2006 match versus FK Zeta. In the match, FK Zeta had just scored an equalizer that Buduร„ย‡nost felt was offside.
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