Basketball League of Serbia

Basketball League of Serbia

Current season, competition or edition: 2016–17 Basketball League of Serbia
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2006
Inaugural season	2006–07
CEO	Darko Jovičić
No. of teams	18
Country	Serbia
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Crvena zvezda (17th title) (2015–16)
Most titles	Partizan (21 titles)
TV partner(s)	RTS Arena Sport
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Serbian League B
Domestic cup(s)	Radivoj Korać Cup
Official website	kls.rs (Serbian)

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–present: Basketball League of Serbia

League commissioners

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

Teams for 2016–17 season

Belgrade

Mladost

Spartak

Vršac

Smederevo

Konstantin

Borac

Sloga

Napredak

Tamiš

Mega

Metalac

Dunav

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	Hala kraj Morave	2.000	Raško Bojić
Crvena zvezda mts	Belgrade	Hall Aleksandar Nikolić	5.878	Dejan Radonjić
Dunav	Stari Banovci	Hala Park		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	Sports Hall Pinki	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	Hall Aleksandar Nikolić	5.878	Aleksandar Džikić
Sloga	Kraljevo	Hala Sportova	3.350	Boško Đokić
Smederevo 1953	Smederevo	Sports Hall Smederevo	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

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	2	2014–15, 2015–16	5
Vršac	0		3

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

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	17	1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2014–15, 2015–16	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	3		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		2	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

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

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

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

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

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

Notable players

Nemanja Aleksandrov Nemanja Bjelica Bogdan Bogdanović Dejan Borovnjak Zlatko Bolić Branko Cvetković Marko Čakarević Tadija Dragićević Zoran Erceg Milan Gurović Nikola Jokić Nikola Kalinić Raško Katić Dušan Kecman Marko Kešelj Dragan Labović Vladimir Lučić Milan Mačvan Marko Marinović Boban Marjanović

Stefan Marković Branko Milisavljević Dragan Milosavljević Nemanja Nedović Ivan Paunić Miljan Pavković Kosta Perović Vuk Radivojević Miroslav Raduljica Igor Rakočević Milovan Raković Aleksandar Rašić Boris Savović Miloš Teodosić Milenko Tepić Milenko Topić Uroš Tripković Novica Veličković Čedomir Vitkovac Vladan Vukosavljević

Nathan Jawai Aleks Marić Steven Marković Ratko Varda Milt Palacio Filip Videnov Jan Veselý Joffrey Lauvergne Stephane Lasme Rawle Marshall István Németh Dāvis Bertāns Bo McCalebb Pero Antić Predrag Samardžiski Omar Cook Vladimir Dašić Predrag Drobnjak Nikola Peković Slavko Vraneš

Jaka Blažič Goran Jagodnik Duşan Çantekin Vonteego Cummings James Gist Dominic James Charles Jenkins Curtis Jerrells Michael Lee DeMarcus Nelson Lawrence Roberts Michael Scott David Simon Omar Thomas Terrico White Marcus Williams

Sponsorships and broadcasting rights

• Molten
• RTS
• Arena Sport
• SOS Channel (highlights only)

See also

• Radivoj Korać Cup
• Basketball Federation of Serbia
• Serbia national basketball team
• Yugoslav Basketball League

References

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

External links

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