2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga
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The 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Jelen SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) is the tenth season of the Serbian SuperLiga since its establishment.
Teams
The league contains 16 teams. 13 teams from the 2014–15 Serbian SuperLiga, two new teams from the 2014–15 Serbian First League and one Relegation Playoff winner.
Changes from 2015–16
Structural changes
The competition has been split into two stages, a conventional season and playoffs.
Regular season
Each of the 16 competitors in the SuperLiga hosts every other team once in the regular season, for a total of 30 matches. A win earns three points and a draw earns one point. Teams are ranked by total points, then by total wins and finally by goal difference, number of scored goals, number of away goals and number of away wins. If teams are still level, a test-match is played in two legs to determine the final order in the standings. A playoff phase is then played from March to May
Championship Playoff
The point system in the championship playoff is the same as during the regular season, except that each team starts with half of the points they won in the regular season, rounded up to the nearest integer. The points gained by rounding are deducted in the case of a tie.
The top 8 teams from the regular season enter the championship playoff, with the first-placed team winning the championship of Serbia. Each team plays their opponents once, and the teams are ranked by points, points from rounding, wins, etc. as in the regular season.
Playoff
Teams ranked 9 to 16 after the regular season enter the playoffs, with the last two placed teams will be regulated to the Serbian First League. Each team plays their opponents once.