Basketball League of Serbia

Basketball League of Serbia
Current season or competition:
2011–12 Basketball League of Serbia
Sport Basketball
Founded 2006
Inaugural season 2006–07
No. of teams 18
Country(ies) Serbia
Continent Europe
Most recent champion(s) Partizan
Most titles Partizan (18 titles)
TV partner(s) RTS
Official website kls.rs

Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian: Кошаркашка лига Србије, Košarkaška liga Srbije) is the highest professional club basketball league in Serbia. It was founded in 2006.

Contents

Rules

Competition format

The league, operated by the Basketball Federation of Serbia, consists of Serbian First League which have 14 and Serbian Super League which have 10 teams. For 2010–11 season, the top four teams in First League will be promoted to Super League with four Serbian teams from Adriatic League. The teams positioned 13th and 14th in First League will be relegated to a lower league - Basketball League of Serbia B. The best 4 clubs in Super League goes to Playoff stage and qualify for the next season of Adriatic League.

Arena standards

Currently, clubs must have home arenas with capacity of minimum 1000 seats.

History

The first basketball league in Serbia started in 1945 as the Yugoslav Basketball League.

Other competitions

Teams for 2011–12 season

Team City Arena Capacity
Partizan mt:s* Belgrade Pionir Hall 8.150
Hemofarm* Vršac Millennium Center 5.000
Radnički* Kragujevac Lake Hall 4.000
Crvena zvezda* Belgrade Pionir Hall 8.150
Smederevo 1953 Smederevo Sports Hall Smederevo 3.000
Železničar Inđija Sports Hall Inđija 0.600
Metalac Valjevo Valjevo Sports Hall 1.500
Proleter Naftagas Zrenjanin Medison Hall 3.000
OKK Beograd Belgrade Sport Eko Hall 1.000
Tamiš Pančevo Strelište Sports Hall 1.100
Napredak Rubin Kruševac Kruševac Sports Hall 2.500
Sloboda Užice Veliki Park Sports Hall 2.200
Sloga Kraljevo Kraljevo Sports Hall 1.500
Borac Čačak Borac Sports Hall 2.500
Vojvodina Srbijagas Novi Sad Spens Sports Center 11,000
Mega Vizura Belgrade Vizura Sports Center 1.500
BKK Radnički Belgrade SC Šumice 2.000
Radnički FMP Belgrade Basket City Hall 1.000

Relegated to Basketball League of Serbia B

(*) Teams which play in Adriatic League and Serbian Super League

Teams that currently participating in the Basketball League of Serbia

Champions

Season Champion Runner-up Result Champion's Coach
2006–07 Partizan Crvena zvezda 3–1 Duško Vujošević
2007–08 Partizan Hemofarm 3–1 Duško Vujošević
2008–09 Partizan Crvena zvezda 3–2 Duško Vujošević
2009–10 Partizan Hemofarm 3–0 Duško Vujošević
2010–11 Partizan Hemofarm 3–0 Vlade Jovanović
Club Titles Years Won
Partizan
5
 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Championship winning teams

Team Championships Years Won
Partizan 18 1976, 1979, 1981, 1987, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Crvena zvezda 15 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1969, 1972, 1993, 1994, 1998
OKK Beograd 4 1958, 1960, 1963, 1964
Proleter 1 1956
Radnički Beograd 1 1973
Yugoslav Army 1 1945

Serbian basketball clubs in European competitions

Euroleague

Club Appearances Years
Partizan
20
 1977, 1980, 1982, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2001†, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Crvena zvezda
5
 1970, 1973, 1993, 1999, 2000,
OKK Beograd
4
 1959, 1961, 1964, 1965
Radnički Beograd
1
 1974
Hemofarm
1
 2011

Eurocup

Ex. European Cup Winner's Cup, Saporta Cup

Club Appearances Years
Crvena zvezda
11
 1972, 1974, 1975, 1991, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
FMP Železnik
9
 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Hemofarm
7
 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Partizan
5
 1967, 1990, 1996, 1999, 2000
Radnički Beograd
3
 1977, 1999, 2000
KK IMT
2
 1988, 2004
KK Spartak
2
 1993, 1996
BFC Beočin
1
 1997
KK Beobanka
1
 1998

EuroChallenge

Ex. Korac Cup

Club Appearances Years
Crvena zvezda
12
 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998
Partizan
11
 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989
Vojvodina
8
 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007
FMP Železnik
4
 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010
Borac Čačak
3
 1974, 1980, 1985
Radnički Beograd
3
 1980, 1993, 1999
KK Spartak
3
 1997, 1998, 2000
Hemofarm
3
 2001, 2002, 2004
OKK Beograd
2
 1972, 1978
KK Beobanka
2
 1997, 1999
Sloboda Užice
1
 1993
BFC Beočin
1
 1996
KK Borovica
1
 1996
KK Iva Zorka Pharma
1
 1997
KK IMT
1
 2000
Zdravlje
1
 2002
KK Lavovi
1
 2005

Individual Awards

First League MVP Award

Season MVP Team
2006-07 Miloš Bojović Sloga
2007-08 Nikola Ilić Borac
2008-09 Uroš Mirković Mašinac
2009-10 Aleksandar Mladenović Ergonom
2010-11 Nenad Šulović Napredak Rubin

Super League MVP Award

Season MVP Team
2006-07 Miloš Bojović Sloga
2007-08 Nikola Ilić Borac
2008-09 Novica Veličković Partizan
2009-10 Miroslav Raduljica FMP
2010-11 Marko Ljubičić Metalac

Playoff MVP Award

Season MVP Team
2006-07 Milan Gurović Crvena zvezda
2007-08 Nikola Peković Partizan
2008-09 Novica Veličković Partizan
2009-10 Bo McCalebb Partizan
2010-11 Curtis Jerrells Partizan

Notable players

See also

External links

2011–12 Basketball League of Serbia
Super League
First League
BKK Radnički · Borac · Mega Vizura · Metalac · Napredak Rubin · OKK Beograd · Proleter Naftagas · Radnički FMP · Sloboda · Sloga · Smederevo 1953 · Tamiš · Vojvodina Srbijagas · Železničar
Basketball League of Serbia seasons
International men's basketball
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.