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			{{short description\|Serbian footballer}}
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2013}}
			{{Use dmy dates\|date=September 2023}}
	{{Infobox football biography		{{Infobox football biography
	\|name = Ljubomir Fejsa		\| name = Ljubomir Fejsa
	\|image = ~~Zenit~~-~~Benf~~ ~~(9)~~.jpg		\| image = Fejsa CSKA-Benfica UCL201718.jpg
			\| image_size = 200px
	\|caption = Fejsa playing for ] in 2016
			\| caption = Fejsa playing for ] in 2017
	\|fullname = Ljubomir Fejsa
			\| fullname = Ljubomir Fejsa
	\|birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1988\|08\|14\|df=y}}
			\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1988\|08\|14\|df=y}}
	\|birth_place = ], ]
			\| birth_place = <!-- At the time of Fejsa's birth, the official name was still Titov Vrbas. -->], ], ]
	\|height = {{height\|m=1.85}}
	\|position= ]		\| height = 1.85 m
			\| position = ]
	\|currentclub = ]		\| currentclub =
	\|clubnumber = 5		\| clubnumber =
	\|youthyears1 = 2006 \| youthclubs1 = ]		\| youthyears1 = 2006
			\| youthclubs1 = ]
	\|years1 = 2006–2008 \| clubs1 = ] \| caps1 = 58 \| goals1 = 2		\| years1 = 2006–2008
			\| clubs1 = ]
			\| caps1 = 58
			\| goals1 = 2
	\|years2 = 2008–2011 \| clubs2 = ] \| caps2 = 49 \| goals2 = 2		\| years2 = 2008–2011
			\| clubs2 = ]
			\| caps2 = 49
			\| goals2 = 2
	\|years3 = 2011–2013 \| clubs3 = ] \| caps3 = 20 \| goals3 = 0		\| years3 = 2011–2013
			\| clubs3 = ]
			\| caps3 = 20
			\| goals3 = 0
	\|years4 = ~~2013–~~ \| clubs4 = ] \| caps4 = 63 \| goals4 = 1		\| years4 = 2013–2020
			\| clubs4 = ]
			\| caps4 = 114
			\| goals4 = 1
	\|years5 = 2015 \| clubs5 = ] \| caps5 = 2 \| goals5 = 0		\| years5 = 2015
			\| clubs5 = ]
			\| caps5 = 2
			\| goals5 = 0
			\| years6 = 2020
	\|nationalyears1 = 2008–2011 \| nationalteam1 = ] \| nationalcaps1 = 23 \| nationalgoals1 = 2
			\| clubs6 = → ] (loan)
	\|nationalyears2 = 2007– \| nationalteam2 = ] \| nationalcaps2 = 23 \| nationalgoals2 = 0
			\| caps6 = 13
	\|club-update = 21:52, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
			\| goals6 = 0
	\|nationalteam-update = 14 October 2016
			\| years7 = 2020–2021
			\| clubs7 = ]
			\| caps7 = 23
			\| goals7 = 1
			\| years8 = 2022–2023
			\| clubs8 = ]
			\| caps8 = 25
			\| goals8 = 0
			\| nationalyears1 = 2008–2011
			\| nationalteam1 = ]
			\| nationalcaps1 = 23
			\| nationalgoals1 = 2
			\| nationalyears2 = 2007–2019
			\| nationalteam2 = ]
			\| nationalcaps2 = 25
			\| nationalgoals2 = 0
			\| club-update = 21 May 2023
			\| nationalteam-update = 8 June 2019
	}}		}}
	'''Ljubomir Fejsa''' (]: Љубомир Фејса, ]: Любомир Фейса; born 14 August 1988) is a Serbian professional ] who plays as a ] for Portuguese club ] and the ].

			'''Ljubomir Fejsa''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl\|Љубомир Фејса}}, {{IPA\|sh\|ʎǔbomir fě:jsa\|pron}}; born 14 August 1988) is a Serbian professional ] who last played for ] as a ]. He competed for ].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref>
	At club level, he has won ten consecutive league titles across three countries (Serbia, Greece and Portugal) since the ].<ref name="three-times champion, thrice">http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/liga/benfica/fejsa-e-obra-tres-vezes-tricampeao-nove-titulos-seguidos</ref>

			From 2008–09 to 2016–17, Fejsa won ten consecutive league titles across three clubs – three with Partizan, three with ] and four with ], winning both the ] and the ] in the 2013–14 season.<ref name="consecutive league titles">{{cite news\|last=Silva\|first=Tiago Filipe\|date=14 May 2017\|title=Fejsa, o "bom menino" que virou papa títulos\|trans-title=Fejsa, the "good boy" who became title eater\|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/o-decacampeao/benfica/fejsa-o-bom-menino-que-virou-papa-titulos\|language=pt\|website=Maisfutebol\|access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref>

	==Club career==		==Club career==
	===Partizan===		===Partizan===
	On 1 July 2008, it was announced that Fejsa ~~finally~~ signed for ] after the club ~~was~~ interested in him for over a year. He signed a five-year contract and was given the number 5 shirt for Partizan.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://www.partizan.rs/vest.php?Jezik=sr&IDV=465&akcija=show&prikaz1=2008&prikaz2=7&sec=2 \|title=Fejsa novi član Partizana! \|language=~~Serbian~~ \|publisher=partizan.rs \|date=1 July 2008 \|~~accessdate~~=6 April 2010}}</ref>		On 1 July 2008, it was announced that Fejsa signed for ] after the club had been interested in him for over a year. He signed a five-year contract and was given the number 5 shirt for Partizan.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://www.partizan.rs/vest.php?Jezik=sr&IDV=465&akcija=show&prikaz1=2008&prikaz2=7&sec=2 \|title=Fejsa novi član Partizana! \|language=sr \|publisher=partizan.rs \|date=1 July 2008 \|access-date=6 April 2010 }}{{dead link\|date=January 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In the three seasons he spent in Partizan, Fejsa won three Serbian ] as well as two trophies in the ]. In the 2008/09 season. and 2009/10. Fejsa was included in the ideal team of the domestic championship. In April 2010, in a friendly match between the national teams of Serbia and ] (3:0), Fejsa injured his anterior cruciate ligaments, after which he spent more than a year out of the field, and he played again only at the end of the 2010/11 season.

	===Olympiacos===		===Olympiacos===
	On 21 June 2011 Fejsa signed with ] with a transfer fee of €3 million and signed a three plus one-year contract.<ref></ref> His first appearance was in a friendly 1–0 win against Galatasaray. He scored his first goal against ] during another friendly match. He showed good form at the beginning of 2011–12 season, and had impressive performances during the early stages of Champions League Groups. However, he was injured during training and missed the rest of the season.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Fejsa out, Vidic doubtful for key Serbia clash\|url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/fejsa-out-vidic-doubtful-key-serbia-clash\|work=fourfourtwo\|date=8 October 2011}}</ref>		On 21 June 2011 Fejsa signed with ] with a transfer fee of €3 million and signed a three plus one-year contract.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.zurnal.rs/2011/06/21/ljubomir-fejsa-potpisao-za-olimpijakos-2/index.html\|title=СПОРТСКИ ЖУРНАЛ\|website=СПОРТСКИ ЖУРНАЛ}}</ref> His first appearance was in a friendly 1–0 win against Galatasaray. He scored his first goal against ] during another friendly match. He showed good form at the beginning of 2011–12 season, and had impressive performances during the early stages of Champions League Groups. However, he was injured during training and missed the rest of the season.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Fejsa out, Vidic doubtful for key Serbia clash\|url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/fejsa-out-vidic-doubtful-key-serbia-clash\|work=fourfourtwo\|date=8 October 2011}}</ref>

	During the ], when ] was named the head coach of ], Fejsa was regularly benched and barely made any appearance during the Portuguese coach stay at the club. In February 2013, when Leonardo Jardim was sacked by Olympiacos due to the crowds dismay because of the playing style of the team, coach ] was hired and he immediately made Fejsa one of the starters.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.olympiacos.org/article/19400/anakoinosi-tis-pae-olympiakos\|script-title=el:Ανακοίνωση της ΠΑΕ Ολυμπιακός\|~~accessdate~~=19 January 2013\|publisher=olympiacos.org\|language=~~Greek~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.olympiacos.org/article/20065/epoxi-mitsel-ston-olympiako\|script-title=el:Εποχή Μίτσελ στον Ολυμπιακό\|~~accessdate~~=4 February 2013\|publisher=olympiacos.org\|language=~~Greek~~}}</ref> He made decent appearances, despite being benched for most of the season and he was called back to ] for the ].		During the ], when ] was named the head coach of Olympiacos, Fejsa was regularly benched and barely made any appearance during the Portuguese coach stay at the club. In February 2013, when Leonardo Jardim was sacked by Olympiacos due to the crowds dismay because of the playing style of the team, coach ] was hired and he immediately made Fejsa one of the starters.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.olympiacos.org/article/19400/anakoinosi-tis-pae-olympiakos\|script-title=el:Ανακοίνωση της ΠΑΕ Ολυμπιακός\|access-date=19 January 2013\|publisher=olympiacos.org\|language=el}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.olympiacos.org/article/20065/epoxi-mitsel-ston-olympiako\|script-title=el:Εποχή Μίτσελ στον Ολυμπιακό\|access-date=4 February 2013\|publisher=olympiacos.org\|language=el}}</ref> He made decent appearances, despite being benched for most of the season and he was called back to ] for the ].

	===Benfica===		===Benfica===
	On 23 August 2013, Fejsa signed a five year contract with Benfica, for a reported fee of €4,5 million.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Fejsa no Benfica por cinco milhões\|~~trans_title~~=Fejsa in Benfica for five million\|url=~~http~~://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2013/08/22/fejsa_no_benfica_por_cinco_milh_.html\|work=desporto.sapo.pt\|date=23 August 2013}}</ref> ~~The deal was confirmed in an interview on ] by Benfica president, ].~~<ref>{{cite web\|title=Vieira confirma: Fejsa é jogador do Benfica\|~~trans_title~~=Vieira confirms:Fejsa is a Benfica player\|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/benfica/benfica-liga-fejsa-luis-filipe-vieira-transferencias/1482736-1456.html\|work=maisfutebol.iol.pt\|date=23 August 2013}}</ref>		On 23 August 2013, Fejsa signed a five-year contract with ] for a reported fee of €4.5 million.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Fejsa no Benfica por cinco milhões\|trans-title=Fejsa in Benfica for five million\|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2013/08/22/fejsa_no_benfica_por_cinco_milh_.html\|work=desporto.sapo.pt\|date=23 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Vieira confirma: Fejsa é jogador do Benfica\|trans-title=Vieira confirms:Fejsa is a Benfica player\|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/benfica/benfica-liga-fejsa-luis-filipe-vieira-transferencias/1482736-1456.html\|work=maisfutebol.iol.pt\|date=23 August 2013}}</ref>

			Fejsa made his debut on 19 September 2013 in a ] match against ].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Fejsa convenceu na estreia a titular: "Pulmão inesgotável"\|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/benfica-liga-anderlecht-liga-dos-campeoes-fejsa-moreira/523a335c84ae71bb97048767.html\|work=maisfutebol.iol.pt\|date=19 September 2013}}</ref> He appear sporadically in the first half of the season, but with ]'s transfer to Chelsea, he became the sole option to the position, appearing far more regularly, until an injury in early April 2014 sidelined him for the next months.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Fejsa lesionado não viaja com o Benfica para a Holanda\|url=http://www.noticiasaominuto.com/desporto/197610/fejsa-lesionado-nao-viaja-com-o-benfica-para-a-holanda\|work=noticiasaominuto.com\|date=2 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Fejsa pode não jogar mais este ano\|url=http://www.zerozero.pt/noticia.php?id=138053\|work=zerozero.pt\|date=29 May 2014}}</ref>

			On 2 February 2015, Benfica registered Fejsa at the ], enabling him to play the rest of ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ligaportugal.pt/media/51916/listagem-registo-contratos-dia-02-02-2015.pdf \|title=Liga Portugal \|language=pt \|date=2 February 2015 \|publisher=] \|access-date=3 February 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203124958/http://www.ligaportugal.pt/media/51916/listagem-registo-contratos-dia-02-02-2015.pdf \|archive-date=3 February 2015 }}</ref> He returned to competition, debuting for the ] in ] on 11 March. A month later, he returned to Benfica's first-team, as a substitute, and scored the fifth goal of the match against ] (5–1) in ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.ligaportugal.pt/oou/jogo/20142015/1/28/1 \|title=Benfica – Académica (Jornada 28 Liga NOS 2014–2015) – Liga Portugal \|language=pt \|date=11 April 2015 \|publisher=] \|access-date=18 April 2015}}</ref>

			On 29 January 2020, he was loaned out to Spanish ] side ] until the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/agora/noticias/2020/01/29/futebol-benfica-fejsa-transferencia-emprestimo-alaves-ate-final-da-epoca\|title=Fejsa no Alavés\|trans-title=Fejsa at Alavés\|publisher=]\|language=pt\|date=29 January 2020\|access-date=1 February 2020}}</ref>

			===Al-Ahli===
	Fejsa made his debut on 19 September 2013 in a ] match against ].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Fejsa convenceu na estreia a titular: «Pulmão inesgotável»\|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/benfica-liga-anderlecht-liga-dos-campeoes-fejsa-moreira/523a335c84ae71bb97048767.html\|work=maisfutebol.iol.pt\|date=19 September 2013}}</ref> He appear sporadically in the first half of the season, but with ] transfer to Chelsea, he became the sole option to the position, appearing far more regularly, until an injury in early April 2014 sidelined him for the next months.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Fejsa lesionado não viaja com o Benfica para a Holanda\|url=http://www.noticiasaominuto.com/desporto/197610/fejsa-lesionado-nao-viaja-com-o-benfica-para-a-holanda\|work=noticiasaominuto.com\|date=2 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Fejsa pode não jogar mais este ano\|url=http://www.zerozero.pt/noticia.php?id=138053\|work=zerozero.pt\|date=29 May 2014}}</ref>
			Fejsa left Benfica on 24 September 2020, signing with Saudi Arabian club ] for two seasons.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.abola.pt/nnh/noticias/ver/861660\|title=Al-Ahli confirma Fejsa\|trans-title=Al-Ahli confirms Fejsa\|newspaper=]\|language=pt\|date=24 September 2020}}</ref>

			===Return to Partizan and retirement===
	On 2 February 2015, Benfica registered Fejsa at the ], enabling him to play the rest of ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.ligaportugal.pt/media/51916/listagem-registo-contratos-dia-02-02-2015.pdf \|title=Liga Portugal \|language=Portuguese \|date=2 February 2015 \|publisher=] \|format=PDF \|accessdate=3 February 2015}}</ref> On 11 March 2015, he returned to competition, debuting for the ] in ].
			Fejsa returned to Partizan in January 2022.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.mozzartsport.com/fudbal/vesti/ljubomir-fejsa-zaduzio-broj-15-i-potpisao-na-godinu-i-po-dana/410438\|title=Ljubomir Fejsa zadužio broj 15 i potpisao na godinu i po dana\|website=mozzartsport.com\|date=27 January 2022 \|accessdate=10 October 2024 \|lang=sr}}</ref> He left Partizan after his contract expired at the end of the ].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.mozzartsport.com/fudbal/vesti/najbolje-za-sve-ljubomir-fejsa-odlazi-iz-partizana/452510\|title=Najbolje za sve: Ljubomir Fejsa odlazi iz Partizana\|website=mozzartsport.com\|date=28 May 2023 \|accessdate=10 October 2024 \|lang=sr}}</ref>

			He officially announced his retirement on 9 October 2024.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/quase-20-anos-depois-fejsa-anuncia-o-final-da-carreira-com-o-querido-benfica-no-coracao-2024100913180920287\|title=Fejsa anuncia final de carreira com o «querido Benfica e portugueses no coração» \|agency=] \|date=9 October 2024 \|accessdate=10 October 2024 \|lang=pt}}</ref>
	On 11 April 2015, he returned to Benfica's first-team, as a substitute, and scored the fifth goal of the match against ] (5–1) in ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.ligaportugal.pt/oou/jogo/20142015/1/28/1 \|title=Benfica – Académica (Jornada 28 Liga NOS 2014–2015) – Liga Portugal \|language=Portuguese \|date=11 April 2015 \|publisher=] \|access-date=18 April 2015}}</ref>

	==International career==		==International career==
	He made his senior ~~international~~ debut for Serbia under head coach ] with a substitute appearance during the rescheduled ] at home against ] on 24 November 2007.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Serbia 1–0 Kazakhstan\|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/report/em-qualifikation-2006-2007-gruppe-a-serbien-kasachstan/\|work=worldfootball.net\|date=24 November 2007}}</ref>		Fejsa made his senior debut for the ] under the guidance of head coach ] with a substitute appearance during the rescheduled ] at home against ] on 24 November 2007.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Serbia 1–0 Kazakhstan\|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/report/em-qualifikation-2006-2007-gruppe-a-serbien-kasachstan/\|work=worldfootball.net\|date=24 November 2007}}</ref> He also made substitute appearances against ], ] and ] in the ].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Serbia 1–1 Italy\|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/report/em-qualifikation-2010-2011-gruppe-c-serbien-italien/\|work=worldfootball.net\|date=7 October 2011}}</ref> He earned a total of 25 caps (no goals scored)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/joeg-recintlp.html\|title=Yugoslavia (Serbia (and Montenegro)) - Record International Players\|access-date=29 July 2024\|website=]}}</ref> and his final international was a June 2019 ] match away against ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=27149\|title=Ljubomir Fejsa, international football player\|access-date=29 July 2024\|website=EU-football.info}}</ref>
	Also making late appearances during the ] qualification process making features against ].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Serbia 1–1 Italy\|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/report/em-qualifikation-2010-2011-gruppe-c-serbien-italien/\|work=worldfootball.net\|date=7 October 2011}}</ref>

	==Career statistics==		==Career statistics==
	===Club===		===Club===
	{{~~updated~~\|~~match~~ ~~played~~ 29 ~~April 2017~~}}<ref>{{ForaDeJogo\|~~accessdate~~=17 ~~April~~ 2017}}</ref>		{{Updated\|end of 2021–22 season}}<ref>{{ForaDeJogo\|access-date=1 August 2017}}</ref>
	{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"		{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
	\|-		\|-
	!rowspan="2"\|Club		!rowspan="2"\|Club
	!rowspan="2"\|Season		!rowspan="2"\|Season
	!colspan="2"\|League		!colspan="3"\|League
	!colspan="2"\|Cup		!colspan="2"\|National Cup
	!colspan="2"\|]		!colspan="2"\|Continental
	!colspan="2"\|Other{{refn\|group=lower-alpha\|Includes ] and ]}}		!colspan="2"\|Other{{refn\|group=lower-alpha\|Includes ] and ]}}
	!colspan="2"\|Total		!colspan="2"\|Total
	\|-		\|-
	!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals		!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
	\|-		\|-
	\|rowspan="4"\|]		\|rowspan="4"\|]
	\|]		\|]
			\|]
	\|4\|\|0\|\| \|\| \|\|—\|\|—\|\|—\|\|—\|\| \|\|
			\|4\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"\|–\|\|colspan="2"\|–\|\|4\|\|0
	\|-		\|-
	\|]		\|]
			\|Serbian SuperLiga
	\|22\|\|1\|\| \|\| \|\|0\|\|0\|\|—\|\|—\|\| \|\|
			\|22\|\|1\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"\|–\|\|22\|\|1
	\|-		\|-
	\|]		\|]
			\|Serbian SuperLiga
	\|32\|\|1\|\| \|\| \|\|2\|\|0\|\|—\|\|—\|\| \|\|
			\|32\|\|1\|\|0\|\|0\|\|2\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"\|–\|\|34\|\|1
	\|-		\|-
	!Total		! colspan="2" \|Total
	!58!!2!! !! !!2!!0!!—!!—!! !!		!58!!2!!0!!0!!2!!0!!colspan="2"\|–!!60!!2
	\|-		\|-
	\|rowspan="4"\|]		\|rowspan="4"\|]
	\|]		\|]
			\|Serbian SuperLiga
	\|27\|\|0\|\|3\|\|0\|\|5\|\|0\|\|—\|\|—\|\|35\|\|0
			\|27\|\|0\|\|3\|\|0\|\|5\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"\|–\|\|35\|\|0
	\|-		\|-
	\|]		\|]
			\|Serbian SuperLiga
	\|20\|\|2\|\|3\|\|0\|\|9\|\|0\|\|—\|\|—\|\|32\|\|2
			\|20\|\|2\|\|3\|\|0\|\|9\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"\|–\|\|32\|\|2
	\|-		\|-
	\|]		\|]
			\|Serbian SuperLiga
	\|2\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|—\|\|—\|\|2\|\|0
			\|2\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"\|–\|\|2\|\|0
	\|-		\|-
	!Total		!colspan="2"\|Total
	!49!!2!!6!!0!!14!!0!!~~—!!—~~!!69!!2		!49!!2!!6!!0!!14!!0!!colspan="2"\|–!!69!!2
	\|-		\|-
	\|rowspan="4"\|]		\|rowspan="4"\|]
	\|]		\|]
			\|]
	\|4\|\|0\|\|1\|\|0\|\|3\|\|0\|\|—\|\|—\|\|8\|\|0
			\|4\|\|0\|\|1\|\|0\|\|3\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"\|–\|\|8\|\|0
	\|-		\|-
	\|]		\|]
			\|Super League Greece
	\|15\|\|0\|\|8\|\|1\|\|4\|\|0\|\|—\|\|—\|\|27\|\|1
			\|15\|\|0\|\|8\|\|1\|\|4\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"\|–\|\|27\|\|1
	\|-		\|-
	\|]		\|]
			\|Supe league Greece
	\|1\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|—\|\|—\|\|1\|\|0
			\|1\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"\|–\|\|1\|\|0
	\|-		\|-
	!Total		!colspan="2"\|Total
	!20!!0!!9!!1!!7!!0!!~~—!!—~~!!36!!1		!20!!0!!9!!1!!7!!0!!colspan="2"\|–!!36!!1
	\|-		\|-
	\|rowspan="5"\|]		\|rowspan="8"\|]
	\|]		\|]
			\|]
	\|16\|\|0\|\|2\|\|0\|\|7\|\|0\|\|2\|\|0\|\|27\|\|0		\|16\|\|0\|\|2\|\|0\|\|7\|\|0\|\|2\|\|0\|\|27\|\|0
	\|-		\|-
	\|\|]		\|\|]
			\|Primeira Liga
	\|5\|\|1\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|1\|\|0\|\|6\|\|1		\|5\|\|1\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|1\|\|0\|\|6\|\|1
	\|-		\|-
	\|\|]		\|\|]
			\|Primeira Liga
	\|19\|\|0\|\|1\|\|0\|\|6\|\|0\|\|2\|\|0\|\|28\|\|0		\|19\|\|0\|\|1\|\|0\|\|6\|\|0\|\|2\|\|0\|\|28\|\|0
	\|-		\|-
	\|\|]		\|\|]
			\|Primeira Liga
	\|23\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|7\|\|1\|\|2\|\|0\|\|32\|\|1
			\|25\|\|0\|\|1\|\|0\|\|7\|\|1\|\|2\|\|0\|\|35\|\|1
	\|-		\|-
			\|\|]
	!Total
			\|Primeira Liga
	!63!!1!!3!!0!!20!!1!!7!!0!!93!!2
			\|28\|\|0\|\|2\|\|0\|\|4\|\|0\|\|1\|\|0\|\|35\|\|0
			\|-
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	{{updated\|match played 9 ~~October~~ ~~2016~~}}<ref>{{NFT player\|pid=24753~~\|accessdate=~~}}</ref>		{{updated\|match played 7 June 2019}}<ref>{{NFT player\|pid=24753}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 05:10, 28 December 2024

Serbian footballer

Ljubomir Fejsa
Personal information
Fejsa playing for Benfica in 2017
Full name	Ljubomir Fejsa
Date of birth	(1988-08-14) 14 August 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Titov Vrbas, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2006	Hajduk Kula
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2008	Hajduk Kula	58	(2)
2008–2011	Partizan	49	(2)
2011–2013	Olympiacos	20	(0)
2013–2020	Benfica	114	(1)
2015	Benfica B	2	(0)
2020	→ Alavés (loan)	13	(0)
2020–2021	Al-Ahli	23	(1)
2022–2023	Partizan	25	(0)
International career
2008–2011	Serbia U21	23	(2)
2007–2019	Serbia	25	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2019

Ljubomir Fejsa (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубомир Фејса, pronounced [ʎǔbomir fě:jsa]; born 14 August 1988) is a Serbian professional footballer who last played for Partizan as a defensive midfielder. He competed for Serbia at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

From 2008–09 to 2016–17, Fejsa won ten consecutive league titles across three clubs – three with Partizan, three with Olympiacos and four with Benfica, winning both the Super League Greece and the Primeira Liga in the 2013–14 season.

Club career

Partizan

On 1 July 2008, it was announced that Fejsa signed for FK Partizan after the club had been interested in him for over a year. He signed a five-year contract and was given the number 5 shirt for Partizan. In the three seasons he spent in Partizan, Fejsa won three Serbian Championship Titles as well as two trophies in the Serbian Cup. In the 2008/09 season. and 2009/10. Fejsa was included in the ideal team of the domestic championship. In April 2010, in a friendly match between the national teams of Serbia and Japan (3:0), Fejsa injured his anterior cruciate ligaments, after which he spent more than a year out of the field, and he played again only at the end of the 2010/11 season.

Olympiacos

On 21 June 2011 Fejsa signed with Olympiacos with a transfer fee of €3 million and signed a three plus one-year contract. His first appearance was in a friendly 1–0 win against Galatasaray. He scored his first goal against Inter Milan during another friendly match. He showed good form at the beginning of 2011–12 season, and had impressive performances during the early stages of Champions League Groups. However, he was injured during training and missed the rest of the season.

During the 2012–13 season, when Leonardo Jardim was named the head coach of Olympiacos, Fejsa was regularly benched and barely made any appearance during the Portuguese coach stay at the club. In February 2013, when Leonardo Jardim was sacked by Olympiacos due to the crowds dismay because of the playing style of the team, coach Míchel was hired and he immediately made Fejsa one of the starters. He made decent appearances, despite being benched for most of the season and he was called back to Serbia national football team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Benfica

On 23 August 2013, Fejsa signed a five-year contract with Benfica for a reported fee of €4.5 million.

Fejsa made his debut on 19 September 2013 in a Champions League match against Anderlecht. He appear sporadically in the first half of the season, but with Nemanja Matić's transfer to Chelsea, he became the sole option to the position, appearing far more regularly, until an injury in early April 2014 sidelined him for the next months.

On 2 February 2015, Benfica registered Fejsa at the LPFP, enabling him to play the rest of the season. He returned to competition, debuting for the reserve team in Segunda Liga on 11 March. A month later, he returned to Benfica's first-team, as a substitute, and scored the fifth goal of the match against Académica (5–1) in Primeira Liga.

On 29 January 2020, he was loaned out to Spanish La Liga side Alavés until the end of the season.

Al-Ahli

Fejsa left Benfica on 24 September 2020, signing with Saudi Arabian club Al-Ahli for two seasons.

Return to Partizan and retirement

Fejsa returned to Partizan in January 2022. He left Partizan after his contract expired at the end of the 2022–23 season.

He officially announced his retirement on 9 October 2024.

International career

Fejsa made his senior debut for the Serbia national team under the guidance of head coach Javier Clemente with a substitute appearance during the rescheduled UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier at home against Kazakhstan on 24 November 2007. He also made substitute appearances against Northern Ireland, Faroe Islands and Italy in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying. He earned a total of 25 caps (no goals scored) and his final international was a June 2019 European Championship qualification match away against Ukraine.

Career statistics

Club

As of end of 2021–22 season

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hajduk Kula	2005–06	Serbian SuperLiga	4	0	0	0	–		–		4	0
	2006–07	Serbian SuperLiga	22	1	0	0	0	0	–		22	1
	2007–08	Serbian SuperLiga	32	1	0	0	2	0	–		34	1
	Total		58	2	0	0	2	0	–		60	2
Partizan	2008–09	Serbian SuperLiga	27	0	3	0	5	0	–		35	0
	2009–10	Serbian SuperLiga	20	2	3	0	9	0	–		32	2
	2010–11	Serbian SuperLiga	2	0	0	0	0	0	–		2	0
	Total		49	2	6	0	14	0	–		69	2
Olympiacos	2011–12	Super League Greece	4	0	1	0	3	0	–		8	0
	2012–13	Super League Greece	15	0	8	1	4	0	–		27	1
	2013–14	Supe league Greece	1	0	0	0	0	0	–		1	0
	Total		20	0	9	1	7	0	–		36	1
Benfica	2013–14	Primeira Liga	16	0	2	0	7	0	2	0	27	0
	2014–15	Primeira Liga	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
	2015–16	Primeira Liga	19	0	1	0	6	0	2	0	28	0
	2016–17	Primeira Liga	25	0	1	0	7	1	2	0	35	1
	2017–18	Primeira Liga	28	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	35	0
	2018–19	Primeira Liga	18	0	2	0	12	0	1	0	33	0
	2019–20	Primeira Liga	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
	Total		114	1	8	0	38	1	9	0	169	2
Benfica B	2014–15	Segunda Liga	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
Alavés (loan)	2019–20	La Liga	13	0	0	0	—		—		13	0
Al Ahli	2020–21	Saudi Pro League	22	1	1	0	—		0	0	23	1
	2021–22	Saudi Pro League	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
	Total		23	1	1	0	–		0	0	24	1
Partizan	2021–22	Serbian SuperLiga	2	0	0	0	0	0	–		2	0
Partizan	2022–23	Serbian SuperLiga	23	0	0	0	9	0	–		32	0
Career total			304	6	24	1	70	1	9	0	407	8

Includes Taça da Liga and Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

International

As of match played 7 June 2019

Year	Apps	Goals
Serbia
2007	1	0
2008	0	0
2009	0	0
2010	1	0
2011	3	0
2012	5	0
2013	6	0
2014	1	0
2015	5	0
2016	1	0
2017	0	0
2018	1	0
2019	1	0
Total	25	0

Honours

Partizan

Olympiacos

Benfica

Primeira Liga: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19
Taça de Portugal: 2013–14, 2016–17
Taça da Liga: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2016, 2017
UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2013–14

Individual

Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season: 2008–09, 2009–10

References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ljubomir Fejsa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
^ Silva, Tiago Filipe (14 May 2017). "Fejsa, o "bom menino" que virou papa títulos" [Fejsa, the "good boy" who became title eater]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2017.
"Fejsa novi član Partizana!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
"СПОРТСКИ ЖУРНАЛ". СПОРТСКИ ЖУРНАЛ.
"Fejsa out, Vidic doubtful for key Serbia clash". fourfourtwo. 8 October 2011.
Ανακοίνωση της ΠΑΕ Ολυμπιακός (in Greek). olympiacos.org. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
Εποχή Μίτσελ στον Ολυμπιακό (in Greek). olympiacos.org. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
"Fejsa no Benfica por cinco milhões" [Fejsa in Benfica for five million]. desporto.sapo.pt. 23 August 2013.
"Vieira confirma: Fejsa é jogador do Benfica" [Vieira confirms:Fejsa is a Benfica player]. maisfutebol.iol.pt. 23 August 2013.
"Fejsa convenceu na estreia a titular: "Pulmão inesgotável"". maisfutebol.iol.pt. 19 September 2013.
"Fejsa lesionado não viaja com o Benfica para a Holanda". noticiasaominuto.com. 2 April 2014.
"Fejsa pode não jogar mais este ano". zerozero.pt. 29 May 2014.
"Liga Portugal" (PDF) (in Portuguese). LPFP. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
"Benfica – Académica (Jornada 28 Liga NOS 2014–2015) – Liga Portugal" (in Portuguese). LPFP. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
"Fejsa no Alavés" [Fejsa at Alavés] (in Portuguese). Benfica. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
"Al-Ahli confirma Fejsa" [Al-Ahli confirms Fejsa]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 24 September 2020.
"Ljubomir Fejsa zadužio broj 15 i potpisao na godinu i po dana". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 27 January 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
"Najbolje za sve: Ljubomir Fejsa odlazi iz Partizana". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 28 May 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
"Fejsa anuncia final de carreira com o «querido Benfica e portugueses no coração»" (in Portuguese). A Bola. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
"Serbia 1–0 Kazakhstan". worldfootball.net. 24 November 2007.
"Serbia 1–1 Italy". worldfootball.net. 7 October 2011.
"Yugoslavia (Serbia (and Montenegro)) - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
"Ljubomir Fejsa, international football player". EU-football.info. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
Ljubomir Fejsa at ForaDeJogo (archived). Retrieved 1 August 2017.
Ljubomir Fejsa at National-Football-Teams.com
^ Ljubomir Fejsa at Soccerway

External links

Ljubomir Fejsa stats at Utakmica.rs (archived) (in Serbian)
Ljubomir Fejsa – FIFA competition record (archived)
Ljubomir Fejsa – UEFA competition record (archive)
Ljubomir Fejsa at Olympedia (archive)
Ljubomir Fejsa at Olympics.com

v t e Serbia men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics
1 Stojković (c) 2 Jovanović 3 Kolarov 4 Kačar 5 Rajković 6 Pavlović 7 Smiljanić 8 Gulan 9 Rakić 11 D. Tošić 12 Tadić 13 Fejsa 14 Mrdaković 15 Živković 16 Tomović 17 Z. Tošić 18 Stamenković 19 Kaluđerović Coach: Đukić

Awards

v t e 2008–09 SuperLiga Team of the Season
GK: Božović DF: Stevanović DF: Obradović DF: Đorđević DF: Dmitrović MF: Fejsa MF: Milijaš MF: Tomić MF: Koroman MF: Moreira FW: Diarra

v t e 2009–10 SuperLiga Team of the Season
GK: Stamenković DF: Ninkov DF: Lomić DF: Vilotić DF: Krstajić MF: Fejsa MF: Petrović MF: Lazetić MF: Tadić MF: Moreira FW: Mrđa

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