2024–25 FK Novi Pazar season

FK Novi Pazar
2024–25 season
Manager	Nikola Trajković
Stadium	Novi Pazar City Stadium
Serbian SuperLiga	6th
Serbian Cup	Pre-season
Top goalscorer	League: ; Adem Ljajić (2); All: ; Adem Ljajić (2)
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season is the 97th year in the history of FK Novi Pazar, and the club's fifth consecutive season in Serbian SuperLiga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Serbian Cup.

Squad

As of 20 July 2024^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	SRB	Dragan Bojat
3	DF	SRB	Nemanja Miletić
4	DF	SRB	Ognjen Mršić
5	MF	SRB	Semir Alić
6	DF	NGA	Toheeb Dare Bamigboye
7	FW	SRB	Viktor Živojinović
8	MF	SRB	Sead Islamović
9	MF	SRB	Aleksandar Mesarović
13	MF	NGA	Adetunji Rasaq Adeshina
14	MF	SRB	Darko Stojanović
15	DF	SRB	Filip Bačkulja
16	FW	NGA	Ejike Julius Opara
20	MF	GUI	Seydouba Soumah (captain)
22	MF	SRB	Adem Ljajić
23	FW	SRB	Irfan Kahrović


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	POR	Rafael Floro
25	GK	NGA	Ajia Soliu Yakub
27	FW	SRB	Ognjen Bjeličić
29	FW	SRB	Darko Isailović
31	DF	SRB	Luka Čermelj
33	DF	SRB	Ivan Lakićević
44	FW	SRB	Marko Šćepović
71	GK	SRB	Filip Pajović
—	FW	NED	Rodney Antwi
80	FW	SRB	Filip Knežević
—	MF	SRB	Aleksandar Kovačević
—	MF	RSA	Kurt Abrahams
—	GK	SRB	Ivan Kostić
—	FW	SRB	Stefan Dimić

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	SRB	Lazar Slavković (at Budućnost Dobanovci)
—	GK	BIH	Bakir Brajlović (at FK Goražde)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SRB	Ibrahim Fijuljanin (at Zlatibor Čajetina)
—	FW	SRB	Savo Arambašić (at Metalac)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
DF	Ognjen Mršić	Napredak Kruševac	Free	1 July 2024
DF	Ognjen Bjeličić	Ħamrun Spartans	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
DF	Nemanja Miletić	Javor Ivanjica	Free	1 July 2024
DF	Ebenezer Annan	Bologna	€350,000	1 July 2024
DF	Darko Isailović	Radnički Sremska Mitrovica	Free	1 July 2024
MF	Darko Stojanović	FK IMT	Free	1 July 2024
FW	Rodney Antwi	Hibernians	Free	1 July 2024
MF	Ivan Lakićević	Železničar Pančevo	Free	2 July 2024
DF	Filip Bačkulja	Metalac Gornji Milanovac	Undisclosed	5 July 2024
MF	Aleksandar Kovačević	Železničar Pančevo	Free	18 July 2024

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date
DF	Daris Karišik	FK FAP	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
MF	Abdoulaye Cissé	Hapoel Hadera		1 July 2024
GK	Nikola Mirković	Čukarički	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
FW	Marko Obradović	Napredak Kruševac		1 July 2024
DF	Emir Azemović			1 July 2024
DF	Ebenezer Annan	Red Star Belgrade	€550,000	1 July 2024

Friendlies

Pre-season

4 July 2024 Friendly	Novi Pazar	2–2	APOEL	Zlatibor, Serbia
18:00				Stadium: Stadion Švajcarija

7 July 2024 Friendly	Novi Pazar	0–1	Pari Nizhny Novgorod
19:00 UTC+3			Magkeev 25'

11 July 2024 Friendly	Novi Pazar	2–0	OFK Petrovac
19:30 UTC+2

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serbian SuperLiga	21 July 2024		Matchday 1	30	11	7	12	46	54	−8	036.67
Serbian Cup				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				30	11	7	12	46	54	−8	036.67

Last updated: 13 April 2025
Source: Soccerway

Serbian SuperLiga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	Mladost Lučani	30	11	9	10	32	35	−3	42	Qualification for the Championship round
7	TSC	30	12	5	13	47	44	+3	41
8	Novi Pazar	30	11	7	12	46	54	−8	40
9	Čukarički	30	10	9	11	37	40	−3	39	Qualification for the Relegation round
10	IMT	30	10	7	13	37	46	−9	37	Qualification for the Relegation round

Source: SuperLiga (in Serbian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (if two teams tied); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fair play ranking; 9) Draw.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
31	12	7	12	48	55	−7	43	7	3	5	29	30	−1	5	4	7	19	25	−6

Last updated: 13 April 2025.
Source: soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	W
Position	4	6	4	7	9	12	8	8	11	7	10	11	10	8	10	10	11	10	11	10	11	10	8	8	8	8	9	7	8	8	6

Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2025. Source: worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 10 June 2024.^[2]

21 July 2024 1	Novi Pazar	3–2	Spartak Subotica	Novi Pazar
17:30 UTC+2	Adeshina 23' Lakićević 25' Ljajić 31', 78' Bjeličić 50' Alić 64' Bačkulja 74'		Bogićević 30' Todoroski 39' Ubiparip 83' Atule 90+2'	Stadium: Novi Pazar City Stadium Referee: Milan Stefanović

3 August 2024 3	Novi Pazar	0–0	OFK Beograd	Novi Pazar
17:30 CEST	Semir Alić 70'	Report	Vujadinović 13' Aleksa Cvetković 37'	Stadium: Novi Pazar City Stadium Referee: Stefan Jeknić

10 August 2024 4	Red Star Belgrade	4–1	Novi Pazar	Belgrade
20:00 CEST	Seol Young-woo 9' Bruno Duarte 60' Elšnik 80' Mimović 81' Rodríguez 86'	Report	Mesarović 10' Bačkulja 18' Adeshina 40' Ejike Julius Opara 51' Sead Islamović 60'	Stadium: Rajko Mitić Stadium Attendance: 8,174 Referee: Nikola Radaković

17 August 2024 5	Novi Pazar	0–1	Mladost Lučani	Novi Pazar
17:30 CEST	Mesarović 33' Adeshina 88'	Report	Ognjen Krsmanović 29' Andrić 90+3'	Stadium: Novi Pazar City Stadium Attendance: 1,700 Referee: David Matić

24 August 2024 6	Tekstilac Odžaci	2–1	Novi Pazar	Bačka Palanka
19:00 CEST	Dejan Đurić 10' Nikola Kodžić 24' Leontije Vasić 83' Stefan Šavija 85'	Report	Sead Islamović 44' Bačkulja 54'	Stadium: Slavko Maletin Vava Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Andrija Stojanović

31 August 2024 7	Novi Pazar	3–1	Jedinstvo Ub	Novi Pazar
17:00 CEST	Ljajić 26' (pen.) 48' 57' Sead Islamović 45+2' Ejike Julius Opara 57' Đuranović 72' Mesarović 80'	Report	Tomás Agustín Pérez 3' Kristoffersen 71' Strahinja Rakić 86'	Stadium: Novi Pazar City Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Novak Simović