Basketball League of Serbia

Basketball League of Serbia
Founded	2006; 18 years ago
First season	2006–07
Country	Serbia
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	22
Level on pyramid	1st
Feeder to	Adriatic Second League
Relegation to	Second League
Domestic cup(s)	Radivoj Korać Cup; Cup of Serbia
Current champions	Crvena zvezda (24th title) ; (2023–24)
Most championships	Crvena zvezda (24 titles)
CEO	Aleksandar Grujin
Commissioner	Darko Jovičić
TV partners	RTS; Arena Sport
Website	kls.rs
	2024–25 BLS season

The Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian: Кошаркашка лига Србије / Košarkaška liga Srbije), commonly abbreviated as KLS, is a top-tier men's professional basketball league in Serbia. Founded in 2006. It is currently not run by the Basketball Federation of Serbia (KSS).^[1]

Rules

Competition format

The league, operated by the Basketball Federation of Serbia, consists of two stages: the First League which has 16 teams and the SuperLeague which has 8 teams.

Since the 2017–18 season, the top 8 teams in First League are promoted to Super League with five Serbian teams from the ABA League. Two lowest-placed teams, positioned 15th and 16th in the First League, are relegated to a lower-tier league – Second Basketball League of Serbia. Teams positioned 1st and 2nd in First League will be qualified for the next season's ABA League Second Division. The SuperLeague has 8 clubs divided into 2 groups of 4 teams. The best 4 clubs (top 2 teams from groups A and B each) in the SuperLeague go to the Playoff stage.

The following is the access list for current season:

Access list for the 2022–23 Serbian League
	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from the previous round
First League (16 teams)	14 highest-placed teams from the last season 2 highest-placed teams from the Second League
Super League (8 teams)	5 Adriatic League teams	3 highest-placed teams from the First League
Playoffs (4 teams)		2 group winners from the Super League 2 group runners-ups from the Super League

Arena standards

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

History

Sponsorship naming

The League has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

Sinalco Basketball League of Serbia: 2006–2007
Swisslion Basketball League of Serbia: 2007–2009
Agroživ Basketball League of Serbia: 2011–2013^[2]
Mozzart Basketball League of Serbia: 2016–2019
Admiral Bet Basketball League of Serbia: 2021–present

Champions

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
2018–19: Crvena zvezda mts
2019–20: Cancelled due to COVID-19
2020–21: Crvena zvezda mts
2021–22: Crvena zvezda mts
2022–23: Crvena zvezda Meridianbet
2023–24: Crvena zvezda Meridianbet

Titles by club

Club	Champions	Winning years	Runner-up
Crvena zvezda	9	2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24	5
Partizan	8	2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14	4
FMP	0		4
Vršac	0		3
Mega	0		1

League commissioners

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

League CEOs

2006–2014: Dragan Gogić
2014–2021: Leon Deleon
2021–present: Aleksandar Grujin

Current teams

Belgrade

Čačak

Belgrade clubs:

Crvena zvezda
Dynamic
FMP
Mega
OKK Beograd
Partizan
Mladost
BKK Radnički

Čačak clubs:

Borac
Čačak 94

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Location of clubs in the 2024–25 season

Club	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Borac	Čačak	Borac Hall	4,000
Čačak 94	Čačak	SC Mladost	1,000
Crvena zvezda	Belgrade	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall	8,000
Dynamic	Belgrade	SC Dynamic	/
FMP	Belgrade	Železnik Hall	3,700
Novi Pazar	Novi Pazar	Doguš Sports Academy	800
Joker	Sombor	City Hall Mostonga	1,400
Mega	Belgrade	Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall	3,500
Metalac	Valjevo	Valjevo Sports Hall	2,500
Mladost	Belgrade	Master Sports Center	1,350
OKK Beograd	Belgrade	Dejan Milojević Training Center	700
Partizan	Belgrade	Belgrade Arena	18,000
Radnički	Kragujevac	Jezero Hall	3,570
Sloboda	Užice	Veliki Park Hall	2,200
Sloga	Kraljevo	Kraljevo Sports Hall	3,350
Spartak	Subotica	Dudova Šuma Sports Hall	3,500
Tamiš	Pančevo	Strelište Sports Hall	1,100
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SPC Vojvodina	6,987
Vršac	Vršac	Millennium Center	4,400
Mladost SP	Smederevska Palanka	OŠ Vuk Karadžić Sports Hall	500
Zlatibor	Čajetina	Čajetina Sports Hall	1,000
BKK Radnički	Belgrade	David Kalinić Sports Hall	1,000

	Clubs in the 2024–25 First Adriatic League
	Clubs in the 2024–25 Second Adriatic League

Standings

First League

Season	Clubs	Top seeder (Rc)	Runner-up (Rc)
2006–07	12	Vojvodina Srbijagas (21–1)	Sloga (14–8)
2007–08	12	Swisslion Takovo (17–5)	Vizura (14–8)
2008–09	14	Swisslion Takovo (22–4)	Borac Čačak (17–5)
2009–10	14	Borac Čačak (20–6)	Tamiš (19–7)
2010–11	14	FMP Železnik (22–4)	OKK Beograd (19–7)
2011–12	14	Vojvodina Srbijagas (23–3)	Radnički Beograd (19–7)
2012–13	14	Vojvodina Srbijagas (20–6)	Mega Basket (20–6)
2013–14	14	FMP (20–6)	Crnokosa (18–8)
2014–15	12	FMP (19–3)	Konstantin (17–7)
2015–16	12	FMP (24–2)	Borac Čačak (18–8)
2016–17	14	Vršac (22–4)	Borac Čačak (20–6)
2017–18	14	Borac Čačak (20–6)	Dynamic BG (19–7)
2018–19	14	Borac Čačak (22–4)	Novi Pazar (20–6)
2019–20	14	Borac Čačak (23–3)	Sloboda (20–6)
2020–21	16	Mladost Zemun (28–2)	Vojvodina (26–4)
2021–22	16	Zlatibor (22–8)	Sloga (20–10)
2022–23	16	Zlatibor (22–8)	Spartak (22–8)
2023–24	16	Vojvodina (26–4)	Spartak (24–6)

SuperLeague Play-off finals

Season	Home court advantage	Result	Home court disadvantage	SuperLeague top seeders	Record
2006–07	Partizan (14)	3–1	Crvena zvezda	Hemofarm	12–2
2007–08	Partizan Igokea (15)	3–1	Hemofarm	Partizan Igokea	12–2
2008–09	Partizan Igokea (16)	3–2	Crvena zvezda	Partizan Igokea	6–0
2009–10	Partizan (17)	3–0	Hemofarm	Partizan	13–1
2010–11	Partizan (18)	3–0	Hemofarm	Partizan	13–1
2011–12	Partizan mt:s (19)	3–1	Crvena zvezda	Partizan mt:s	12–2
2012–13	Partizan mt:s (20)	3–1	Crvena zvezda	Partizan mt:s	12–2
2013–14	Partizan (21)	3–1	Crvena zvezda Telekom	Partizan	13–1
2014–15	Crvena zvezda Telekom (16)	3–0	Partizan NIS	Crvena zvezda Telekom	13–1
2015–16	Crvena zvezda Telekom (17)	3–1	Partizan NIS	Crvena zvezda Telekom	6–0
2016–17	Crvena zvezda mts (18)	3–0	FMP	Crvena zvezda mts	13–1
2017–18	Crvena zvezda mts (19)	3–0	FMP	FMP	9–1
2018–19	Crvena zvezda mts (20)	3–1	Partizan NIS	Crvena zvezda mts / Partizan NIS	10–0
2019–20	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Crvena zvezda mts (21)	2–1	Mega Soccerbet	Not held	—
2021–22	Crvena zvezda mts (22)	2–0	FMP Meridian	Not held	—
2022–23	Crvena zvezda mts (23)	2–0	FMP Soccerbet	Not held	—
2023–24	Crvena zvezda mts (24)	2–0	Partizan Mozzart Bet	Not held	—

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.^[3]

Club	Champions	Winning years	Runner-up
Crvena zvezda	24	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, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24	14
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	18
OKK Beograd	4	1958, 1960, 1963, 1964	1
Proleter Zrenjanin	1	1956	4
Radnički Belgrade	1	1972–73

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	Aleksa Avramović	Borac Čačak	20.7
2016–17
2017–18	Orlando Coleman	Radnički	22.47^[4]
2018–19	Đorđe Dželetović	Vojvodina	24.00^[4]
2019–20	Andrija Simović	Zlatibor	19-57^[4]
2020–21	Andreja Stevanović	Radnički	23.32^[4]

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	Stefan Fundić	Beovuk 72	10.3
2016–17
2017–18	Lazar Zorčić	Dunav	7.74
2018–19	Milenko Veljković	OKK Beograd	10.57
2019–20	Aleksandar Vuletić	Kolubara	9.46
2020–21	Đorđe Simeunović	Napredak Aleksinac	10.8

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	Filip Čović	FMP Beograd	6.5
2016–17
2017–18	Vuk Malidžan	Mladost	7.24
2018–19	Aleksandar Vasić	Metalac	8.27
2019–20	Svetozar Popović	Borac	9.45
2020–21	Mert Akay	Dynamic	9.63