2004–05 First League of Serbia and Montenegro

First League of Serbia and Montenegro

Season	2004–05
Champions	Partizan 19th domestic title
Relegated	Radnički Beograd Čukarički Sutjeska Nikšić Hajduk Beograd
Champions League	Partizan
UEFA Cup	Red Star Zeta OFK Beograd
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Budućnost Smederevo
Matches played	240
Goals scored	624 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marko Pantelić (21)
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The 2004–05 First League of Serbia and Montenegro (officially known as the Meridian PrvaLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the Serbia and Montenegro's top-level football league since its establishment. It was contested by 16 teams, and FK Partizan won the championship.

Teams

Budućnost Banatski Dvor, Napredak Kruševac and Radnički Obrenovac were relegated to the 2004–05 Serbian First League while Kom was relegated to the 2004–05 Montenegrin First League after the last season for finishing last.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2003–04 Second League of Serbia and Montenegro east,west,south and north champions Radnički Beograd, Hajduk Beograd, Budućnost Podgorica and Čukarički Stankom.

Belgrade

Borac

Budućnost

Hajduk K.

Smederevo

Sutjeska

Vojvodina

Zeta

Belgrade clubs:

Čukarički
Hajduk B.
Obilić
OFK Beograd
Partizan
Radnički JP
Red Star
Zemun
Železnik

Location of teams in the 2004–05 First League

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Partizan	Belgrade	Partizan Stadium	32,710
Red Star	Belgrade	Red Star Stadium	55,538
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	Karađorđe Stadium	17,204
Zemun	Zemun, Belgrade	Zemun Stadium	10,000
Hajduk Kula	Kula	Stadion Hajduk	6,000
Obilić	Belgrade	FK Obilić Stadium	4,500
Železnik	Belgrade	Železnik Stadium	8,000
OFK Beograd	Karaburma, Belgrade	Omladinski Stadium	20,000
Smederevo	Smederevo	Smederevo City Stadium	17,200
Sutjeska	Nikšić	Gradski stadion (Nikšić)	10,800
Zeta	Golubovci	Stadion Trešnjica	7,000
Borac	Čačak	Čačak Stadium	6,000
Radnički Jugopetrol	Novi Beograd	Stadion FK Radnički	5,000
Hajduk Beograd	Belgrade	Stadion Hajduk Lion	4,500
Čukarički Stankom	Belgrade	Stadion Čukarički	7,000
Budućnost	Podgorica	Podgorica City Stadium	17,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Partizan (C)	30	25	5	0	81	20	+61	80	2005–06 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Red Star Belgrade	30	23	5	2	66	18	+48	74	2005–06 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round
3	Zeta	30	18	5	7	52	30	+22	59
4	OFK Beograd	30	16	2	12	51	36	+15	50
5	Zemun	30	12	7	11	31	34	−3	43	Ineligible for 2005–06 European competitions
6	Budućnost Podgorica	30	12	5	13	37	37	0	41	2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
7	Hajduk Kula	30	10	9	11	34	37	−3	39
8	Vojvodina	30	10	8	12	31	37	−6	38
9	Železnik	30	11	5	14	38	45	−7	38
10	Smederevo	30	9	10	11	28	36	−8	37	2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
11	Obilić	30	10	6	14	35	47	−12	36
12	Radnički Beograd (R)	30	10	5	15	33	38	−5	35	Relegation to 2005–06 Serbian League ^1
13	Borac Čačak	30	9	7	14	34	44	−10	34	Spared from relegation ^1
14	Čukarički (R)	30	8	8	14	32	41	−9	32	Relegation to 2005–06 Serbian First League
15	Sutjeska Nikšić (R)	30	5	7	18	21	48	−27	22	Relegation to 2005–06 Montenegrin First League
16	Hajduk Beograd (R)	30	2	6	22	20	76	−56	12	Relegation to 2005–06 Serbian League ^2

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Radnički Beograd was withdraw from the competition due to financial problems. Therefore Borac Čačak is stayed in league.
² Hajduk Beograd was relegated to Serbian League due to financial problems.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Champion squad

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
12 Nemanja Jovšić (1/0) 25 Ivica Kralj (24/0) 27 Đorđe Pantić (7/0)	02 Milivoje Ćirković (9/0) 04 Zoran Mirković (23/2) 05 Branimir Bajić (4/0) 13 Kim Chi-Woo (8/0) 14 Nenad Đorđević (27/2) 16 Ifeanyi Emeghara (24/0) 20 Milovan Milović (15/1) 24 Nemanja Rnić (17/2) 03 Dragoljub Jeremić (2/0)*	01 Simon Vukčević (26/10) 07 Nenad Brnović (25/6) 10 Dragan Ćirić (13/3) 11 Miroslav Radović (19/3) 18 Branimir Petrović (18/1) 21 Ivan Tomić (24/0) 22 Saša Ilić (22/16) 28 Albert Nađ (20/2) 43 Milan Srećo (1/0) 44 Stefan Babović (9/1) 47 Milan Smiljanić (2/0) 17 Branislav Atanacković (2/0)*	08 Pierre Boya (22/3) 09 Srđan Radonjić (17/10) 15 Obiora Odita (12/6) 34 Nikola Grubješić (23/11) 23 Bojan Brnović (1/0)* 50 Nenad Marinković (1/0)*

• Head coach: Vladimir Vermezović

Note: * Played only in the first part of the championship.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marko Pantelić	Red Star	21
2	Saša Ilić	Partizan	16
	Boban Stojanović	Borac Čačak	16
4	Nikola Žigić	Red Star	15
5	Nikola Grubješić	Partizan	12
	Nikola Trajković	Zeta	12
	Milan Purović	Budućnost Podgorica	12
8	Dražen Milić	Zeta	11
9	Srđan Radonjić	Partizan	10
	Simon Vukčević	Partizan	10
	Milanko Rašković	Zeta	10
	Dušan Đokić	Obilić/Železnik	10

External links

• Tables and results at RSSSF