Basketball League of Serbia

Basketball League of Serbia
Founded	2006
First season	2006–07
Country	Serbia
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Serbian League B
Domestic cup(s)	Radivoj Korać Cup
Current champions	Crvena zvezda (19th title) ; (2017–18)
Most championships	Partizan (21 titles)
CEO	Darko Jovičić
TV partners	RTS; Arena Sport
Website	kls.rs
	2018–19 season

The Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian: Кошаркашка лига Србије (КЛС) / Košarkaška liga Srbije (KLS)), is the highest tier level (excluding the level 0 ABA) 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

Current teams

Belgrade

Belgrade clubs:

Beovuk 72
Crvena zvezda
Dynamic
FMP
OKK Beograd
Partizan

Location of teams in the 2018–19 season

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Beovuk 72	Belgrade	Mega Factory	700
Borac	Čačak	Borac Hall	2,000
Crvena zvezda mts	Belgrade	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall	5,878
Dunav	Stari Banovci	Park Hall
Dynamic VIP PAY	Belgrade	Dynamic Arena	500
FMP	Belgrade	Železnik Hall	3,000
Mega Bemax	Sremska Mitrovica	Mega Factory	700
Metalac	Valjevo	Valjevo Sports Hall	1,500
Mladost	Zemun	Vizura Sports Center	1,500
Novi Pazar	Novi Pazar	Sports Hall Pendik	1,600
OKK Beograd	Belgrade	SC Šumice	1,300
Partizan NIS	Belgrade	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall	5,878
Sloboda	Užice	Veliki Park Hall	2,200
Spartak	Subotica	SC Dudova Šuma	3,000
Tamiš	Pančevo	Strelište Sports Hall	1,100
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SPC Vojvodina	7,022
Vršac	Vršac	Millennium Center	4,400
Zlatibor	Čajetina	WAI TAI - STC Zlatibor	712

	Teams that play in the 2018–19 First Adriatic League
	Teams that play in the 2018–19 Second 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
2017–18 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	4	2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18	5
Vršac	0		3
FMP	0		2

Play-off Finals

Season	Home court advantage	Result	Home court disadvantage	1st of Regular Season	Record	Champion's Coach
2006–07	Partizan	3–1	Crvena zvezda	Hemofarm	12–2	Duško Vujošević
2007–08	Partizan Igokea	3–1	Hemofarm	Partizan Igokea	12–2	Duško Vujošević (2)
2008–09	Partizan Igokea	3–2	Crvena zvezda	Partizan Igokea	6–0	Duško Vujošević (3)
2009–10	Partizan	3–0	Hemofarm	Partizan	13–1	Duško Vujošević (4)
2010–11	Partizan	3–0	Hemofarm	Partizan	13–1	Vlada Jovanović
2011–12	Partizan mt:s	3–1	Crvena zvezda	Partizan mt:s	12–2	Vlada Jovanović (2)
2012–13	Partizan mt:s	3–1	Crvena zvezda	Partizan mt:s	12–2	Duško Vujošević (5)
2013–14	Partizan	3–1	Crvena zvezda Telekom	Partizan	13–1	Duško Vujošević (6)
2014–15	Crvena zvezda Telekom	3–0	Partizan NIS	Crvena zvezda Telekom	13–1	Dejan Radonjić
2015–16	Crvena zvezda Telekom	3–1	Partizan NIS	Crvena zvezda Telekom	6–0	Dejan Radonjić (2)
2016–17	Crvena zvezda mts	3–0	FMP	Crvena zvezda mts	13–1	Dejan Radonjić (3)
2017–18	Crvena zvezda mts	3–0	FMP	FMP	9–1	Milenko Topić

All–time national champions

Total number of national champions won by Serbian clubs. Table includes titles won during the Yugoslav First Federal League (1945–1992) and First League of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006) as well.

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	19	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, 2017–18	14
OKK Beograd	4	1958, 1960, 1963, 1964	1
Proleter Zrenjanin	1	1956	4
Radnički Belgrade	1	1972–73

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	2	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
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
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

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 Winners' Cup in 1974.

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

Notable players

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

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

Basketball League of Serbia (KLS)
Current team rosters • Federation
2018–19 teams	Beovuk 72 Borac Crvena zvezda Dynamic Dunav FMP Mega Bemax Metalac Mladost Novi Pazar Partizan OKK Beograd Sloboda Spartak Tamiš Vojvodina Vršac Zlatibor
Former teams	BKK Radnički Crnokosa Ergonom (defunct) FMP Železnik (defunct) Jagodina Konstantin Kragujevački Radnički Mašinac (defunct) Meridiana (defunct) Napredak Kruševac Novi Sad (defunct) Proleter Lions / Radnički Kragujevac (defunct) Radnički Zastava / KG 06 (defunct) Sloga Smederevo 1953 Superfund (defunct) Vojvodina Srbijagas (defunct) Vizura (defunct) Zdravlje Železničar Inđija
MVP Awards	First League Super League Playoff
Past seasons	2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 Current season

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 (includes Oceania) U-18 U-16 Asian Games FIBA Asia Challenge 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 (defunct) 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.

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 Ergonom Hemofarm Iva Zorka Lavovi 063 Lions Lovćen Metalac Mornar Napredak Nikšić NIS Vojvodina OKK Beograd Partizan Primorka Profikolor Proleter Radnički Sloga Spartak Užice Vojvodina Zastava Zdravlje
Related leagues	B League Basketball League of Serbia Montenegrin Basketball League Yugoslav Federal Basketball League


Founded	2006 (2006)
First season	2006–07
Country	Serbia
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Serbian League B
Domestic cup(s)	Radivoj Korać Cup
Current champions	Crvena zvezda (19th title) (2017–18)
Most championships	Partizan (21 titles)
CEO	Darko Jovičić
TV partners	RTS Arena Sport
Website	kls.rs
2018–19 season