Basketball League of Serbia

Basketball League of Serbia
Country  Serbia
Confederation FIBA Europe
Founded 2006 (2006)
First season 2006–07
Number of teams 18
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to Serbian League B
Domestic cup(s) Radivoj Korać Cup
Current champions Crvena zvezda (18th title)
Most championships Partizan (21 titles)
TV partners RTS
Arena Sport
Website kls.rs
2016–17 Basketball League of Serbia

The Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian: Кошаркашка лига Србије (КЛС) / Košarkaška liga Srbije (KLS)), is the highest men's professional club basketball competition in Serbia. Founded in 2006, it is run by the Basketball Federation of Serbia.

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 8 teams.

For the 2013–14 season, the top four teams in First League will be promoted to Super League with four Serbian teams from the Adriatic League. The team positioned 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 top four teams in regular part will qualify for the next season of the Adriatic League.

Arena standards

Currently, clubs must have home arenas with capacity of minimum 1,000 seats.

History

Competition name

League commissioners

Teams for 2016–17 season

Team City Arena Capacity Head coach
Beovuk 72 Belgrade Vizura Sports Center 1,500 Rajko Mirković
Borac Čačak Borac Hall 2,000 Raško Bojić
Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Aleksandar Nikolić Hall 5,878 Dejan Radonjić
Dunav Stari Banovci Park Hall Vuk Stanimirović
Dynamic Belgrade Dynamic Arena Miroslav Nikolić
FMP Železnik Železnik Hall 3,000 Slobodan Klipa
Konstantin Niš Čair Sports Center 4,000 Predrag Jaćimović
Mega Leks Sremska Mitrovica Pinki Hall 2,500 Dejan Milojević
Metalac Valjevo Valjevo Sports Hall 1,500 Mihailo Poček
Mladost Admiral Zemun Pinki Hall 2,300 Dragan Nikolić
Napredak Rubin Kruševac Kruševac Sports Hall 2,500 Oliver Popović
OKK Beograd Belgrade SC Šumice 1,300 Darko Kostić
Partizan NIS Belgrade Aleksandar Nikolić Hall 5,878 Aleksandar Džikić
Sloga Kraljevo Kraljevo Sports Hall 3,350 Boško Đokić
Smederevo 1953 Smederevo Smederevo Hall 2,800 Zoran Todorović
Spartak Subotica SC Dudova Šuma 3,000 Dušan Alimpijević
Tamiš Pančevo Strelište Sports Hall 1,100 Bojan Jovičić
Vršac Vršac Millennium Center 4,400 Milan Gurović
Teams that play in the 2016–17 Adriatic League

Title holders

Titles by club

Club Champions Winning years Runner-up
Partizan
8
2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
2
Crvena zvezda
3
2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
5
Vršac
0
3
FMP
0
1

Play-off Finals

Season Home court advantage Result Home court disadvantage 1st of Regular Season Record
2006–07
Partizan
3–1
Crvena zvezda Hemofarm
12–2
2007–08
Partizan Igokea
3–1
Hemofarm Partizan Igokea
12–2
2008–09
Partizan Igokea
3–2
Crvena zvezda Partizan Igokea
6–0
2009–10
Partizan
3–0
Hemofarm Partizan
13–1
2010–11
Partizan
3–0
Hemofarm Partizan
13–1
2011–12
Partizan mt:s
3–1
Crvena zvezda Partizan mt:s
12–2
2012–13
Partizan mt:s
3–1
Crvena zvezda Partizan mt:s
12–2
2013–14
Partizan
3–1
Crvena zvezda Telekom Partizan
13–1
2014–15
Crvena zvezda Telekom
3–0
Partizan NIS Crvena zvezda Telekom
13–1
2015–16
Crvena zvezda Telekom
3–1
Partizan NIS Crvena zvezda Telekom
6–0
2016–17
Crvena zvezda mts
3–0
FMP Crvena zvezda mts
13–1

All–time champions

Club Champions Winning years Runner-up
Partizan
21
1975–76, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1986–87, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
16
Crvena zvezda
18
1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
14
OKK Beograd
4
1958, 1960, 1963, 1964
1
Proleter Zrenjanin
1
1956
4
Radnički Belgrade
1
1972–73

Serbian basketball clubs in international competitions

Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Regional
Euroleague
(1958 - )
Eurocup
(2002 - )
Saporta Cup
(1966 - 2002)
FIBA Europe Cup
(2015 - )
EuroChallenge
(2003 - 2015)
Korać Cup
(1971 - 2002)
ABA League
(2001 - )
Balkan League
(2008 - )
C RU SF C RU SF C RU SF C RU SF C RU SF C RU SF C RU SF C RU SF
Partizan 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 6 2 4 0 0 0
OKK Beograd 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crvena zvezda 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 1 6 0 0 0
Radnički Beograd 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vršac 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
FMP Železnik 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
Radnički Kragujevac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mega Basket 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

FIBA European League and Euroleague

So far, 17 Serbian teams took part in a FIBA or Euroleague Basketball Company club competition since 1958. The most successful club by participation and trophies is Partizan. They had a total of 39 seasons of which 22 in the elite competition, Euroleague. Partizan won four trophies, the Champions Cup in Istanbul in 1992 and 3 Korać Cups in 1978, 1979 and 1989. The second most successful is Crvena zvezda with 30 seasons and one trophy in Europe. They won the Cup Winner's Cup in 1974.

ABA

Since its formation in 2001, a total of 8 clubs from Serbia took a part in the regional ABA League. KK Partizan became a champion in six seasons (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013), where first five trophies were won consecutively. FMP Železnik won 2 titles in 2004 and 2006, Crvena zvezda won two titles in 2015, 2016, and KK Vršac won one title in 2005.

Statistical leaders

Points

Season Player Team PPG
2006–07 Serbia Miloš Bojović Sloga 21.9
2007–08 Serbia Zoran Erceg FMP Železnik 18.1
2008–09 Serbia Zlatko Bolić Radnički Invest 22.8
2009–10 Serbia Miroslav Raduljica FMP Železnik 21.1
2010–11 Serbia Branko Milisavljević Mega Vizura 20.5
2011–12 Serbia Miloš Bojović Železničar 23.5
2012–13 Bosnia and Herzegovina Marko Popović Sloga 18.6
2013–14 Montenegro Bojan Bakić Metalac 18.4
2014–15 Serbia Miloš Dimić Vršac Swisslion 21.6
2015–16
2016–17

Rebounds

Season Player Team RPG
2006–07 United States Kebu Stewart Crvena zvezda 6.2
2007–08 Serbia Nikola Ilić Borac Čačak 4.8
2008–09 Serbia Uroš Mirković Mašinac 8.5
2009–10 Serbia Miroslav Raduljica FMP Železnik 8.6
2010–11 Serbia Sava Lešić Crvena zvezda 10.9
2011–12 Serbia Darko Balaban Smederevo 1953 8.8
2012–13 Serbia Boban Marjanović Mega Vizura 11.7
2013–14 Serbia Novica Veličković Mega Vizura 8.3
2014–15 Serbia Nikola Jokić Mega Leks 10.4
2015–16
2016–17

Assists

Season Player Team APG
2006–07 Serbia Miloš Teodosić FMP Železnik 5.4
2007–08 United States Omar Cook Crvena zvezda 7.3
2008–09 Serbia Bojan Jovičić Tamiš 6.3
2009–10 Serbia Vid Žarković Proleter Zrenjanin 7.2
2010–11 Serbia Marko Ljubičić Metalac Valjevo 6.4
2011–12 Serbia Miljan Pavković Radnički Kragujevac 6.9
2012–13 Bosnia and Herzegovina Marko Popović Sloga Kraljevo 8.1
2013–14 Serbia Marko Marinović Radnički Kragujevac 8.1
2014–15 Serbia Saša Đorđević 6.5
2015–16
2016–17

Awards

First League MVP Award

Season MVP Team
2006–07 Serbia Miloš Bojović Sloga
2007–08 Serbia Nikola Ilić Borac Čačak
2008–09 Serbia Uroš Mirković Mašinac
2009–10 Serbia Aleksandar Mladenović Ergonom
2010–11 Serbia Nenad Šulović Napredak Rubin
2011–12 Serbia Darko Balaban Smederevo 1953
2012–13 Serbia Boban Marjanović Mega Vizura
2013–14 Serbia Andrija Bojić OKK Beograd
2014–15 Serbia Vuk Malidžan OKK Beograd
2015–16 Serbia Aleksa Avramović Borac Čačak
2016–17 Jamaica Kimani Ffriend Dynamic

Super League MVP Award

Season MVP Team
2006–07 Serbia Miloš Bojović Sloga
2007–08 Serbia Nikola Ilić Borac Čačak
2008–09 Serbia Novica Veličković Partizan
2009–10 Serbia Miroslav Raduljica FMP Železnik
2010–11 Serbia Marko Ljubičić Metalac Valjevo
2011–12 Serbia Miloš Dimić Radnički FMP
2012–13 Serbia Boban Marjanović Mega Vizura
2013–14 Serbia Boban Marjanović Crvena zvezda
2014–15 Serbia Boban Marjanović Crvena zvezda
2015–16 Serbia Aleksa Avramović Borac Čačak
2016–17 Serbia Marko Čakarević Dynamic

Playoff MVP Award

Season MVP Team
2006–07 Serbia Milan Gurović Crvena zvezda
2007–08 Montenegro Nikola Peković Partizan
2008–09 Serbia Novica Veličković Partizan
2009–10 United States Bo McCalebb Partizan
2010–11 United States Curtis Jerrells Partizan
2011–12 United States Omar Thomas Crvena zvezda
2012–13 Serbia Dragan Milosavljević Partizan
2013–14 Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović Partizan
2014–15 Serbia Milan Mačvan Partizan
2015–16 Germany Maik Zirbes Crvena zvezda
2016–17 Serbia Ognjen Dobrić Crvena zvezda

Notable players

Sponsorships and broadcasting rights

See also

References

  1. "Kompanija Agroživ generalni sponzor KLS". kls.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 5 May 2013.
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