ABA League

ABA League JTD
Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 ABA League
ABA Liga JTD logo
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2001
Inaugural season	2001–02
CEO	Krešimir Novosel
No. of teams	14
Countries	Serbia Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro Macedonia Slovenia
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Crvena Zvezda (1st title) (2014–15)
Most titles	Partizan (6 titles)
TV partner(s)	Arena Sport
Official website	(English)

The ABA League JTD, commonly known as the Adriatic League, is a regional professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia). In later years, the league also consisted of clubs from the Czech Republic, Israel, Hungary and Bulgaria that received wild card invitations. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league was also known as the Goodyear League from 2001 until 2006, and as the NLB League from 2006 until 2011.

The league exists alongside scaled-down national leagues in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. All but one of Adriatic League clubs join their country's own competitions in late spring after the Adriatic League regular season and post-season have been completed.

The Adriatic League is a private venture, founded in 2001 and run by Slovenian limited liability company called Sidro. Adriatic Basketball Association is the body that organizes the league and is a full member of ULEB as well as a voting member of the Euroleague board. The competition can thus be considered a local version of the Europe-wide Euroleague, in which a few Adriatic League clubs also compete.

The formation of the Adriatic League has inspired similar regional competitions all over Europe such as: Baltic Basketball League (started in 2004), Central European Basketball League (2008-2010), Balkan International Basketball League (2008), and VTB United League (2008).

History

At various points throughout mid-to-late 1990s, in the years following the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia and ensuing Yugoslav Wars, different basketball administrators from the newly independent Balkan states floated and informally discussed the idea of re-assembling a joint basketball competition to fill the void left by the dissolution of the Yugoslav Basketball League whose last season was 1991–92.^[1]

However, no concrete action towards that end was taken before the summer 2000 ULEB-supported creation of Euroleague Basketball Company under the leadership of Jordi Bertomeu that immediately confronted FIBA Europe, then proceeded to take a handful of top European clubs into its new competition for the 2000-01 season thereby opening an organizational split in European club basketball. During the 2000-01 split in the continent's top club competition, local Balkan basketball administrators from the ULEB-affiliated clubs Cibona, Olimpija, and Budućnost (that already competed in this new 'breakaway' Euroleague competition) shifted the discussions of creating a regional Balkan-wide basketball league into higher gear.

Such a competition was agreed in principal at a meeting in Ljubljana on 3 July 2001 by representatives of four basketball clubs: Bosna, Budućnost, Cibona, and Olimpija. Though club representatives from four countries attended the meeting, the main individuals behind the venture were six Slovenians and Croatians: Roman Lisac, Zmago Sagadin (at the time head coach of Olimpija and arguably the biggest authority figure in Slovenian basketball), Radovan Lorbek (at the time president of Olimpija), Josip Bilić, Danko Radić, and Bože Miličević (at the time president of Cibona). Established as a private venture, the league was placed under the umbrella of Sidro d.o.o. company that was registered in Slovenia on 14 September 2001. The company actually controls the competition through legal entity called Adriatic Basketball Association (ABA), which also manages the league's day-to-day operations.

The 2001 establishment of the Balkan-wide regional Adriatic League meant that existing FIBA-affiliated national basketball leagues in Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina underwent major re-organization with their respective top clubs leaving their domestic competitions to compete in the regional one. The ABA clubs returned in late spring for the end of the domestic season.

On the public relations front, Adriatic League was met with strong and mixed reactions. Though many hailed it as an important step for the development of club basketball in the Balkans region, many others felt that it brings no new quality and that it's not worth dismantling three domestic leagues. There was a lot of negative reaction from political circles, especially in Croatia, with even TV panel discussions being broadcast on Croatian state television. A very vociferous opinion in the country saw the league's formation as a political attempt to reinstate Yugoslavia.^[2] The league organizers for their part did their best to appease the Croatian public with statements such as the one delivered by Radovan Lorbek in Slobodna Dalmacija in September 2001:

“

This is not a Yugoslav league, and it will never become a Yugoslav league. The Adriatic League has no clubs from Serbia and Macedonia, therefore the Adriatic League and Yugoslav league are not the same thing.^[3]^[4]

”

Ten years later, in a 2011 interview for the Serbian newspaper Press, Roman Lisac explained the league's behind the scenes strategy during its nascent stages was actually quite different:

“

I'm convinced the league would've never been able to survive without Serbian clubs. Getting Crvena Zvezda and Partizan to join the league was something that we worked on from day one. However, the situation ten years ago was not that simple. Too much antagonistic post-war politics was still all around us, and it made our task all the more difficult. Everything that smelled of old Yugoslavia caused a lot of resistance both in Croatia and in Serbia. I repeat, the idea of having both Crvena Zvezda and Partizan in the league was there from the very beginning, but we avoided talking about it publicly because of politics.^[5]

”

On 28 September 2001, the league announced a five-year sponsorship deal with Slovenian company Sava Tires from Kranj, a subsidiary of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. The deal also included naming rights, hence from 2001 until 2006, the competition was known as the Goodyear League.

Debut season

With twelve clubs taking part in the inaugural 2001–02 season, the competition commenced in fall 2001 with four teams from Slovenia, four teams from Croatia, three teams from Bosnia-Herzegovina, and one team from FR Yugoslavia. The very first game was contested in Ljubljana between Olimpija and Široki on Saturday, 29 September 2001 at 5:30pm.^[6]

Though the competition purported to gather the strongest sides from former Yugoslavia, as mentioned, teams from Serbia were noticeably absent, particularly Belgrade powerhouses and biggest regional crowd draws Partizan and Crvena Zvezda. In addition to no clubs from Serbia proper, the league had no Serb-dominated clubs from Bosnia-Herzegovina either. Since the league founders mostly avoided talking about the issue due to fears of media backlash, the fact that no invitations were extended to Serbian clubs was generally explained through security issues due to organizers' fears of crowd trouble if Croatian and Serbian clubs were to start playing again in the same competition. Then in early February 2002, the public got a preview of just that when Cibona and Partizan met in Zagreb as part of that season's Euroleague group stage. In a nationalistically charged and incident-filled encounter, Croatian fans peppered the Partizan players with rocks, flares, and even ceramic tiles before physically assaulting Partizan head coach Duško Vujošević in the guest team dressing room after the game.^[7]

The Adriatic League debut season was marked by dwindling attendances and lukewarm media support. Still the league did receive a bit of a shot in the arm on 24 February 2002, when its managing body ABA got accepted as full member of ULEB.^[8]

Second season

For the 2002–03 season, the league remained at the total number of 12 teams, while it went through major re-tooling internally. By the time season started, four teams dropped out (Sloboda Dita, Budućnost, Triglav, and Geoplin Slovan) to be replaced by: Israeli powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv, Crvena Zvezda (the first team from Serbia in the competition), the Bosnian outfit KK Borac, and Croatian club KK Zagreb.

Getting Maccabi on board brought the league some much needed credibility and positive media exposure. Still, it was understood all along the Tel Aviv club wouldn't stick around for long. Much more important for the league's long term business was negotiating acceptable terms for the Serbian clubs to join the competition. To that end, Lorbek and Lisac went to Belgrade in early April 2002 with an offer of taking in three clubs from FR Yugoslavia for the Adriatic League's 2002–03 season.^[9] The offer was flatly rejected initially by the representatives of five YUBA league clubs - Partizan, Crvena Zvezda, Hemofarm, FMP, and Budućnost - as their unified platform was either all five or nothing. Taking in all five required expanding the league to 14 teams, which was something the league organizers weren't prepared to do due to the associated increase in operating costs. The negotiated agreement thus fell through for the time being. However, it didn't take long for dents to appear in the unified front put forth by five YUBA league clubs - in May 2002 Crvena Zvezda's management (three businessmen close to the ruling Democratic Party in Serbia: Živorad Anđelković, Igor Žeželj, and Goran Vesić) hired Zmago Sagadin to be the club's new general manager - and soon after, in June 2002, the club broke the ranks by negotiating terms on its own thus agreeing to join the Adriatic League for the 2002–03 season.^[10]

Maccabi Tel Aviv left the league after one season, but the league expanded to 14 teams for 2003–04, and to 16 for 2004–05.

The league reverted to 14 teams for 2005–06. In September 2006 the league signed a general sponsorship contract with Nova Ljubljanska banka (NLB) and was renamed to NLB League, whilst keeping Goodyear as one of the major sponsors.

In 2010, the Czech club Nymburk joined the league for the first time.

In 2011, in search of increased level of competition, the Israeli powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv returned to the league after an eight-year absence. In next 2012–13 season, the ABA League is going to have the one Macedonian team, MZT Skopje and one Hungarian team, Szolnoki Olaj.

Logos

Logo 2001–2006
Logo 2006–2011
Logo 2011-2015
Logo 2015-

All-time participants (2001–2015)

The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Adriatic League at any time since its formation in 2001 (as Goodyear League) to the current season. Teams playing in the 2015–16 ABA League season are indicated in bold. A total of 33 teams from 10 countries have played in the Adriatic League.

Club	01 – 02	02 – 03	03 – 04	04 – 05	05 – 06	06 – 07	07 – 08	08 – 09	09 – 10	10 – 11	11 – 12	12 – 13	13 – 14	14 – 15	15 – 16	Total seasons	Highest finish
Borac Banja Luka	50 !–	11 !11th	13 !13th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	2	11 !11th
Bosna	12 !12th	12 !12th	50 !–	08 !QF	07 !QF	10 !10th	50 !–	07 !7th	13 !13th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	7	07 !Quarter-finals
Igokea	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	11 !11th	50 !–	03 !SF^R	06 !6th	12 !12th	1 !	5	03 !Semi-finals
Sloboda Tuzla	05 !5th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	1	05 !5th
Široki	06 !6th	09 !9th	12 !12th	13 !13th	11 !11th	11 !11th	12 !12th	50 !–	10 !10th	09 !9th	05 !5th	10 !10th	14 !14th	50 !–	50 !–	12	05 !5th
Levski Sofia	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	14 !14th	50 !–	1	14 !14th
Cedevita	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	07 !7th	07 !7th	02 !2nd	06 !6th	02 !2nd	01 !2nd	1 !	7	02 !2nd
Cibona	03 !SF	05 !5th	02 !2nd^R	06 !QF	05 !QF	03 !SF	08 !QF	02 !2nd	02 !2nd^R	12 !12th	07 !7th	11 !11th	01 !1st	11 !11th	1 !	15	01 !1st
Split	08 !8th	10 !10th	09 !9th	15 !15th	50 !–	14 !14th	10 !10th	10 !10th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	14 !14th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	8	08 !8th
Šibenka	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	11 !11th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	1	11 !11th
Triglav osiguranje	10 !10th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	1	10 !10th
Zadar	07 !7th	01 !1st	08 !8th	07 !QF	08 !QF	07 !7th	03 !SF	05 !5th	08 !8th	14 !14th	50 !–	12 !12th	13 !13th	08 !8th	1 !	14	01 !1st
Zagreb	50 !–	06 !6th	11 !11th	12 !12th	13 !13th	12 !12th	11 !11th	13 !13th	06 !6th	05 !5th	09 !9th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	10	05 !5th
Nymburk	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	08 !8th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	1	08 !8th
Szolnoki Olaj	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	13 !13th	12 !12th	07 !7th	50 !–	3	07 !7th
Maccabi Tel Aviv	50 !–	02 !2nd	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	01 !1st^R	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	2	01 !1st
MZT Skopje	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	07 !7th	09 !9th	13 !13th	1 !	4	07 !7th
Budućnost	09 !9th	50 !–	05 !5th	14 !14th	50 !–	05 !5th	06 !QF	06 !6th	05 !5th	04 !SF	04 !SF	05 !5th	05 !5th	01 !SF	1 !	13	04 !Semi-finals
Lovćen	50 !–	50 !–	14 !14th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	1	14 !14th
Sutjeska	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	1 !	1	50 !N/A
Crvena Zvezda	50 !–	03 !SF^R	04 !SF	03 !SF	03 !SF	06 !6th	05 !QF	04 !SF	09 !9th	13 !13th	10 !10th	02 !2nd	03 !SF^R	01 !1st^R	1 !	14	02 !1st
FMP	50 !–	50 !–	01 !1st	04 !SF	01 !1st	02 !2nd^R	07 !QF	08 !8th	12 !12th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	7	01 !1st
Mega	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	08 !8th	10 !10th	1 !	3	08 !8th
Metalac Valjevo	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	06 !6th	1 !	2	06 !6th
Partizan	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	02 !2nd	02 !2nd^R	01 !1st	01 !1st^R	01 !1st^R	01 !1st	01 !1st^R	03 !SF	01 !1st	04 !SF	01 !SF	1 !	12	01 !1st
Radnički Kragujevac	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	11 !11th	10 !10th	08 !8th	04 !SF	11 !11th	50 !–	50 !–	5	04 !Semi-finals
Vojvodina Novi Sad	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	06 !QF	50 !–	09 !9th	14 !14th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	3	05 !Quarter-finals
Vršac	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	01 !1st^R	04 !SF	04 !SF	02 !2nd	03 !SF	03 !SF	06 !6th	12 !12th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	8	01 !1st
Helios Domžale	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	16 !16th	12 !12th	08 !8th	13 !13th	12 !12th	14 !14th	50 !–	13 !13th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	7	08 !8th
Krka	02 !2nd	07 !7th	07 !7th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	11 !11th	50 !–	03 !SF	11 !11th	09 !9th	07 !7th	09 !9th	1 !	10	02 !2nd
Olimpija	01 !1st^R	04 !SF	03 !SF	05 !QF	10 !10th	09 !9th	04 !SF	09 !9th	04 !SF	02 !2nd	06 !6th	08 !8th	10 !10th	05 !5th	1 !	15	01 !1st
Slovan	11 !11th	50 !–	10 !10th	10 !10th	09 !9th	13 !13th	14 !14th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	6	09 !9th
Tajfun	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	1 !	1	50 !N/A
Zlatorog Laško	04 !SF	08 !8th	06 !6th	09 !9th	14 !14th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	14 !14th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	6	04 !Semi-finals

^R - Regular season champions

Competition

Competition system

As of the 2013–14 season the league comprises a 26-game regular season, with the top 4 sides making the play-offs.^[11]

From 2002 through 2004, four teams qualified, and the playoffs were termed the "Final Four"; starting in 2005, eight teams advanced to the "Final Eight" round. All playoff rounds consist of one-off knockout matches, unusual among European leagues. However, since all Adriatic League clubs play in domestic leagues at the same time, and many also play in the Euroleague, the current format has the virtue of limiting fixture congestion for the playoff sides.

National standings

The coefficient is the sum of all victories clubs from a certain country achieve in a regular season divided by the number of clubs from that country. By using this coefficient majority of places for current season are allocated, while the remaining places are given via wild cards from league board. ^[12]

Country	No.	2014–15 coeff.	2015–16 no. of clubs
Montenegro	1	14.50	2
Serbia	3	13.00	3
Croatia	3	12.33	3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	9.00	1
Macedonia	1	9.00	1
Slovenia	2	8.33	2

Current season teams (2015–2016)

Country	Teams	Qualification	Team	City	Venue (Capacity)	European participation in 2015–16 season
Serbia	4
		1st in the Basketball League of Serbia	Crvena Zvezda	Belgrade	Pionir Hall (8,150)	Euroleague
		2nd in the Basketball League of Serbia	Partizan	Belgrade	Pionir Hall (8,150)
		3rd in the Basketball League of Serbia	Metalac	Valjevo	Valjevo Sports Hall (2,500)
		4rd in the Basketball League of Serbia	Mega Leks	Sremska Mitrovica	Sports Hall Pinki (3,000)
Croatia	3
		1st place in the A-1 League	Cedevita	Zagreb	Dom Sportova (3,500)	Euroleague
		2nd place in the A-1 League	Cibona	Zagreb	Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)	FIBA Europe Cup
		3rd place in the A-1 League	Zadar	Zadar	Krešimir Ćosić Hall (9,000)
Slovenia	3
		Champion of the 1.A SKL	Tajfun	Šentjur	Golovec Hall (2,500)	FIBA Europe Cup
		1st place in 1.A SKL	Krka	Novo mesto	Leon Štukelj Hall (3,000)	FIBA Europe Cup
		Wild card	Union Olimpija	Ljubljana	Arena Stožice (12,480)	Eurocup
Montenegro	2
		Champion of Montenegrin Basketball League	Budućnost	Podgorica	Morača Sports Center (5,000)	Eurocup
		Wild card	Sutjeska	Nikšić	Nikšić Sports Center (3,000)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	Champion of Premijer liga BiH	Igokea	Aleksandrovac	Laktaši Sports Hall (3,050)
Macedonia	1	Champion of Macedonian First League	MZT Skopje	Skopje	Jane Sandanski Arena (7,500)

Title holders

2001-02 Olimpija (Union)
2002-03 Zadar
2003-04 FMP (Reflex)
2004-05 Vršac (Hemofarm)
2005-06 FMP
2006-07 Partizan
2007-08 Partizan
2008-09 Partizan
2009-10 Partizan
2010-11 Partizan

2011-12 Maccabi Tel Aviv (Electra)
2012-13 Partizan
2013-14 Cibona
2014-15 Crvena Zvezda

Finals

Year	Champion	Score	Second place
Year	Final			Semifinals
2001-02 Details	Olimpija (Union)	73–59	Krka	Pivovarna Laško	Cibona (VIP)
2002-03 Details	Zadar	91–88	Maccabi Tel Aviv (Elite)	Crvena Zvezda	Olimpija (Union)
2003-04 Details	FMP (Reflex)	71–70	Cibona (VIP)	Crvena Zvezda	Olimpija (Union)
2004-05 Details	Vršac (Hemofarm)	89–76	Partizan (Pivara MB)	FMP (Reflex)	Crvena Zvezda
2005-06 Details	FMP	73–72	Partizan	Crvena Zvezda	Vršac (Hemofarm)
2006-07 Details	Partizan	179–165 (85–83 / 94–82)	FMP	Cibona (VIP)	Vršac (Hemofarm)
2007-08 Details	Partizan (Igokea)	69–51	Vršac (Hemofarm)	Olimpija (Union)	Zadar
2008-09 Details	Partizan	63–49	Cibona (VIP)	Crvena Zvezda	Vršac (Hemofarm)
2009-10 Details	Partizan	75–74 (OT)	Cibona (VIP)	Vršac (Hemofarm)	Olimpija (Union)
2010-11 Details	Partizan	77–74	Olimpija (Union)	Budućnost (m:tel)	Krka
2011-12 Details	Maccabi Tel Aviv (Electra)	87–77	Cedevita	Budućnost (VOLI)	Partizan (mt:s)
2012-13 Details	Partizan (mt:s)	71–63	Crvena Zvezda (Telekom)	Igokea	Radnički Kragujevac
2013-14 Details	Cibona	72–59	Cedevita	Crvena Zvezda (Telekom)	Partizan
2014-15 Details	Crvena Zvezda (Telekom)	Play-off 3–1	Cedevita	Partizan (NIS)	Budućnost (VOLI)

Titles by club

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion Years
1.	Partizan	6	2	2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2012-13
2.	FMP	2	1	2003-04, 2005-06
3.	Cibona	1	3	2013-14
4.	Olimpija	1	1	2001-02
5.	Vršac	1	1	2004-05
6.	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1	1	2011-12
7.	Crvena Zvezda	1	1	2014-15
8.	Zadar	1		2002-03
9.	Cedevita		3
10.	Krka		1

Titles by country

Rank	Country	Titles	Runners-up
1.	Serbia	7	3
2.	Serbia and Montenegro	3	2
3.	Croatia	2	6
4.	Slovenia	1	2
5.	Israel	1	1

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player

Season	Player	Team	RPG
2001–02	Marino Baždarić	Triglav osiguranje	17.64
2002–03	Kenyan Weaks	Pivovarna Laško	19.33
2003–04	Dejan Milojević	Budućnost	29.35
2004–05	Dejan Milojević	Partizan	30.35
2005–06	Dejan Milojević	Partizan	26.21
2006–07	Milan Gurović	Crvena Zvezda	29.30
2007–08	Tadija Dragićević	Crvena Zvezda	21.93
2008–09	Ante Tomić	Zagreb	22.42
2009–10	Chester Mason	Široki	19.96
2010–11	Luka Žorić	Zagreb	23.62
2011–12	David Simon	Radnički	22.27
2012–13	Aleksandar Ćapin	Radnički	20.43
2013–14	Dario Šarić	Cibona	21.15
2014–15	Nikola Jokić	Mega Leks	21.96

Top Scorer

Season	Player	Team	PPG
2001–02	Marino Baždarić	Triglav osiguranje	26.23
2002–03	Kenyan Weaks	Pivovarna Laško	20.14
2003–04	Igor Rakočević	Crvena Zvezda	23.22
2004–05	Dejan Milojević	Partizan	21.77
2005–06	Dejan Milojević	Partizan	17.68
2006–07	Milan Gurović	Crvena Zvezda	28.60
2007–08	Tadija Dragićević	Crvena Zvezda	20.46
2008–09	Dragan Labović	FMP	17.96
2009–10	Andrija Žižić	Cedevita	17.12
2010–11	Michael Lee	Radnički	19.60
2011–12	David Simon	Radnički	19.38
2012–13	Aleksandar Ćapin	Radnički	17.48
2013–14	Dario Šarić	Cibona	16.27
2014–15	Malcolm Armstead	Krka	17.56

Adriatic League records

Source:^[13] ^[14]

Players

Highest Index Ratings in a Game
- 59 by Dejan Milojević, Budućnost vs Reflex on 3 January 2004

Most Points in a Game
- 45 by Milan Gurović, Crvena Zvezda at FMP on 30 September 2006

Most Two Point Field Goals Made in a Game
- 17 by Márton Báder, Szolnoki Olaj at Široki on 7 October 2012

Most Three Point Field Goals Made in a Game
- 10 by Josip Sesar, Široki vs. Union Olimpija on 19 November 2005
- 10 by Teemu Rannikko, Union Olimpija at Zagreb on 18 December 2005

Most Free Throws Made in a Game
- 19 by Igor Rakočević, Crvena Zvezda at Reflex on 16 April 2004
- 19 by Milan Gurović, Crvena Zvezda at FMP on 30 September 2006
- 19 by Milan Gurović, Crvena Zvezda vs. FMP on 16 December 2006
- 19 by Damir Mulaomerović, Zagreb vs. FMP on 19 January 2010

Most Rebounds in a Game
- 23 by Tommy Smith, Split vs. Reflex on 4 October 2003
- 23 by Boris Savović, Hemofarm vs. Radnički Kragujevac on 22 October 2011

Most Assists in a Game
- 18 by Marko Marinović, Radnički Kragujevac at MZT Skopje on 29 March 2014

Most Steals in a Game
- 9 by Curtis McCants, Split vs. Zagreb on 16 December 2003
- 9 by Andrés Rodríguez, Union Olimpija at Partizan on 7 November 2004
- 9 by Jure Močnik, Helios at Split on 6 April 2005
- 9 by Goran Jeretin, Crvena Zvezda at Partizan on 30 April 2005

Most Blocks in a Game
- 7 by Smiljan Pavič, Union Olimpija vs. Bosna on 27 November 2004
- 7 by Slavko Vraneš, Partizan at Cibona on 10 January 2010
- 7 by Shawn James, Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Zlatorog Laško on 5 January 2012

Most Turnovers in a Game
- 11 by Jiri Welsch, Union Olimpija at Pivovarna Laško on 9 February 2002
- 11 by Nikola Korać, Sutjeska at Mega Leks on 30 October 2015

Clubs

Longest winning streak
- 20 games by Crvena Zvezda for the 2014–15 season.

Longest losing streak
- 21 games by Levski Sofia for the 2014–15 season.

Biggest Winning Margin
- 50 points by Partizan playing vs Široki for the 2010–11 season.
- 50 points by Zadar playing vs Bosna for the 2009–10 season.
- 50 points by Cibona playing vs Banjalučka pivara for the 2003–04 season.

Most Won Games in a Season
- Union Olimpija won 20 out of 22 games for the 2001–02 season.
- Partizan won 24 out of 26 games for the 2007–08 season.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv won 24 out of 26 games for the 2011–12 season.
- Crvena Zvezda won 24 out of 26 games for the 2014–15 season.

Most Lost Games in a Season
- Bosna lost 21 out of 22 games for the 2002–03 season.

Most Points scored in a Season
- Hemofarm scored 2591 points in 30 games for the 2004–05 season.
- Crvena Zvezda scored 2325 points in 26 games for the 2006–07 season.

Lowest Scored Points in a Season
- Bosna scored 1443 points in 22 games for the 2001–02 season.
- Zlatorog Laško scored 1688 points in 26 games for the 2011–12 season.

All-time leaders

From the 2001–02 to the 2014–15 season:

Accumulated
Points	Siniša Štemberger	2472
Rebounds	Todor Gečevski	1314
Assists	Jakov Vladović	711
Steals	Nebojša Joksimović	355
Blocks	Slavko Vraneš	272
Index Ratings	Todor Gečevski	3212
Games Played	Čedomir Vitkovac	300

Notable players

Well-known basketball players who have played in the Adriatic League include:

Australia

Belize

Milt Palacio

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Filip Videnov

Canada

Croatia

Czech Republic

Finland

France

Gabon

Stephane Lasme

Greece

Guyana

Rawle Marshall

Hungary

Israel

Jamaica

Latvia

Macedonia

Montenegro

Nigeria

Panama

Chris Warren

Puerto Rico

Serbia

Slovenia

Turkey

United Kingdom

Matthew Bryan-Amaning

United States

References

↑ Mitrović: Bogosavljev je dao ideju;Press, 11 July 2011
↑ Jadranska liga ili samoubistvo pod obručima;NSPM, 31 December 2008
↑ Deset godina NLB lige: Kako je Partizan gurnut u Jadran;Press, 15 July 2011
↑ Jadranska liga donosi košarkašku REVOLUCIJU!;Slobodna Dalmacija, 28 Septembar 2001
↑ Lisac: Jadranska liga bi propala bez Srba;Press, 23 July 2011
↑ Deset godina NLB lige: Huligani odložili ulazak Partizana;Press, 12 July 2011
↑ Deset godina NLB lige: Huligani odložili ulazak Partizana;Press, 12 July 2011
↑ Deset godina Jadranske lige: Košarka nas je održala;Press, 10 July 2011
↑ Deset godina NLB lige: Zvezdin izlazak na Jadran;Press, 13 July 2011
↑ Deset godina NLB lige: Zvezdin izlazak na Jadran;Press, 13 July 2011
↑ "ADRIATIC LEAGUE - Players showing off World Cup credentials". FIBA. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
↑ "National Standings". abaliga.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
↑ "Individual Statistics". abaliga.com. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
↑ "ABA League – interesting facts and figures". abaliga.com. Retrieved 2 October 2014.

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Current teams	Budućnost VOLI Cedevita Cibona Crvena zvezda Telekom Igokea Krka-Telekom Mega Leks Metalac Valjevo MZT Skopje Aerodrom Partizan NIS Sutjeska Tajfun Šentjur Union Olimpija Zadar

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