 Napredak occupied after the first half of the season the bottom half of table, but the new team started a series of victories and they finished the 2011-12 Serbian First League season as 6th, barely missing promotion to the first-tier, the Serbian SuperLiga.On 17 September 2012, Karić was replaced by new director Vladimir Arsić.One of the first acts under the new management was the redesign of the club's logo.