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

2006–2007: Sinalco Basketball League of Serbia
2007–2009: Swisslion Basketball League of Serbia
2009–2011: Basketball League of Serbia
2011–2013: Agroživ Basketball League of Serbia^[1]
2013–2016: Basketball League of Serbia
2016–present: Mozzart Basketball League of Serbia

League commissioners

2006–2011: Tihomir Bubalo
2011–2013: Predrag Bojić
2013–present: Darko Jovičić

Teams for 2016–17 season

Belgrade

Belgrade clubs:

Beovuk 72
Crvena zvezda
Dynamic
FMP
OKK Beograd
Partizan

Location of teams in the 2016–17 Basketball League of Serbia

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

2006–07 Partizan
2007–08 Partizan Igokea
2008–09 Partizan Igokea
2009–10 Partizan
2010–11 Partizan
2011–12 Partizan mt:s
2012–13 Partizan mt:s
2013–14 Partizan
2014–15 Crvena zvezda Telekom
2015–16 Crvena zvezda Telekom
2016–17 Crvena zvezda mts

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

1945–46 to present (includes the Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League)

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

Rebounds

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

Assists

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

Awards

First League MVP Award

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

Super League MVP Award

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

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
2011–12	Omar Thomas	Crvena zvezda
2012–13	Dragan Milosavljević	Partizan
2013–14	Bogdan Bogdanović	Partizan
2014–15	Milan Mačvan	Partizan
2015–16	Maik Zirbes	Crvena zvezda
2016–17	Ognjen Dobrić	Crvena zvezda

Notable players

Sponsorships and broadcasting rights

Molten
RTS
Arena Sport
SOS Channel (highlights only)

References

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

External links

Official website (in Serbian)
Basketball League of Serbia at eurobasket.com

Basketball League of Serbia
2017–18 teams	Beovuk 72 Borac Crvena zvezda mts Dynamic BG Dunav FMP Beograd Mega Bemax Metalac Farmakom Mladost Admiral Napredak Rubin Partizan NIS OKK Beograd Sloga Spartak Tamiš Vojvodina Vršac Swisslion Zlatibor
Former teams	BKK Radnički Crnokosa FMP (defunct) Jagodina Konstantin Mašinac (defunct) Meridiana (defunct) Novi Sad (defunct) Proleter Lions / Radnički Kragujevac (defunct) Radnički Zastava / KG 06 (defunct) Sloboda Smederevo 1953 Superfund (defunct) Vojvodina Srbijagas (defunct) Vizura (defunct) Zdravlje Železničar
Past seasons	2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Basketball League of Serbia seasons
2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013-14 2014-15 2015–16 2016–17

Basketball in Serbia

Basketball Federation of Serbia
List of venues

National teams

Men	Serbia U20 & U21 U18 & U19 U16 & U17 University 3x3 U18
Women	Serbia U20 & U21 U18 & U19 U16 & U17 University 3x3

League competitions

Men	Adriatic League Basketball League of Serbia Basketball League of Serbia B Serbian First League Serbian Second League
Women	Adriatic League First League of Serbia Second League of Serbia

Cup competitions

Men	Radivoj Korać Cup
Women	Milan Ciga Vasojević Cup

International men's basketball
FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U-21 World Cup U-19 World Cup U-18 World Cup U-17 World Cup U-16 World Cup World Rankings
Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16 African Games
Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA AmeriCup U-18 U-16 CBC Championship Centrobasket COCABA Championship Marchand Cup Pan American Games South American Championship
Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Cup U-18 U-16 Asian Games FIBA Asia Challenge MVP Cup Stanković Cup East Asian Championship East Asian Games SABA Championship SEABA Championship South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Championship West Asian Games William Jones Cup
Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16 Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Belgrade Trophy FIBA European Championship for Small Countries Games of the Small States of Europe World Cup (Turkey)
Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-20 U-18 U-16 Pacific Games
Other tournaments	Arab Nations Basketball Championship Commonwealth Games Diamond Ball FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan Arab Games
Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.

Men's professional basketball leagues

International
tournaments

Africa	African Champions Cup
Americas	Americas League Liga Sudamericana Torneo InterLigas
Asia	Asian Champions Cup ABA Club Championship ASEAN League WABA League
Europe	EuroLeague EuroCup Champions League FIBA Europe Cup Adriatic League 2nd Alpe Adria Cup Balkan League Baltic League

Defunct
tournaments

Americas	Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Argentina Brazil Chile United States ABA (original) CBA IBL USBL WBA
Asia	Japan bj league NBL NBDL JBL
Europe	SuproLeague Saporta Cup Korać Cup EuroCup Challenge EuroChallenge Central European League North European League Czechoslovakia England Russia Serbia and Montenegro Spain Soviet Union Turkey Yugoslavia 2nd

Category

Basketball League of FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)
Teams	BFC Beočin Beobanka Beopetrol Borac Banja Luka Borac Čačak Borovica Budućnost Crvena zvezda FMP Železnik Hemofarm Iva Zorka Lavovi 063 Lovćen Metalac Mornar Nikšić NIS Vojvodina OKK Beograd Partizan Profikolor Proleter Zrenjanin Radnički Belgrade Sloga Kraljevo Spartak Subotica Užice Vojvodina Zdravlje
Related leagues	Basketball League of Serbia Montenegrin Basketball League Yugoslav Federal Basketball League

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