2019–20 Basketball League of Serbia

Basketball League of Serbia
Basketball League of Serbia
Season	2019–20
Duration	October 5, 2019 – March 15, 2020
Teams	18
TV partner(s)	Arena Sport
Finals
Champions	None declared
	← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of May 1, 2019.

The 2019–20 Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашка лига Србије 2019–20.) is the 14th season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the highest professional basketball league in Serbia. Also, it's the 76th national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.

The regular season began in October 2019 and ended in March 2020. The SuperLeague season was suspended prior to its start due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 28 May 2020, the League Assembly canceled definitely the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]^[2]

Crvena zvezda mts was the defending champion and as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the League Assembly decided not to recognize any team as the champion for the season.^[3] The SuperLeague season would have been played in April and May 2020. The playoffs would have been played in June 2020.

Teams

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

Access list for 2019–20 Serbian League
	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from the previous round
First League (14 teams)	12 highest-placed teams from the last season 2 highest-placed teams from the Second League
Super League (12 teams)	4 Adriatic League teams (Crvena zvezda mts, FMP, Mega Bemax, Partizan NIS)	8 highest-placed teams from the First League
Playoffs (4 teams)		2 group winners from the Super League 2 group runners-up from the Super League

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from the Second League^[4]

Teams relegated to the Second League

Venues and locations

Belgrade

Belgrade clubs:

Crvena zvezda
Dynamic
FMP
Mega
OKK Beograd
Partizan

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Location of teams in the 2019–20 season

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Borac	Čačak	Borac Hall	2,000
Crvena zvezda mts	Belgrade	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall	5,878
Dunav	Stari Banovci	Park Hall
Dynamic VIP PAY	Belgrade	Ranko Žeravica Hall	5,000
FMP	Belgrade	Železnik Hall	3,000
Kolubara LA 2003	Lazarevac	SRC Kolubara	1,700
Mega Bemax	Belgrade	Mega Factory	700
Metalac	Valjevo	Valjevo Sports Hall	1,500
Mladost	Zemun	Master Sport Center	750
Napredak JKP	Aleksinac	Aleksinac Sports Hall	1,400
Novi Pazar	Novi Pazar	Pendik Sports Hall	1,600
OKK Beograd	Belgrade	Mega Factory	700
Partizan NIS	Belgrade	Štark Arena	18,386
Sloboda	Užice	Veliki Park Hall	2,200
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 2019–20 First Adriatic League
	Teams that play in the 2019–20 Second Adriatic League

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Borac	Marko Marinović	Uroš Čarapić	—	P.S. Fashion
Dunav	Mitar Ašćerić	Aleksandar Miljković	Cvetex	Best Shop Group
Dynamic VIP PAY	Miro Alilović	Dušan Beslać	Champion	VIP PAY
Kolubara LA 2003	Dušan Radović	Nikola Simić	—	—
Metalac	Vladimir Đokić	Aleksandar Vasić	—	—
Mladost	Dragan Jakovljević	Lazar Stefanović	—	—
Napredak JKP	Nebojša Raičević	Nikola Raičević	—	—
Novi Pazar	Oliver Popović	Asmir Numanović	Cvetex	Barbosa
OKK Beograd	Branko Milisavljević		Adidas	—
Sloboda	Vladimir Lučić	Petar Marić	—	—
Tamiš	Bojan Jovičić	Saša Radović	unit-sport	Grad Pančevo
Vojvodina	Filip Socek	Aleksa Zarić	Peak	Roda
Vršac	Zoran Todorović	Miloš Savović	Spirit	Villager
Zlatibor	Strajin Nedović	Radomir Marojević	Ardu	Dino park

Coaching changes

Round	Team	Outgoing coach	Date(s) of change	Incoming coach	Ref.
Off-season	OKK Beograd	Branislav Vićentić	7 June 2019	Branko Milisavljević	^[6]
	Borac	Jovica Arsić	29 June 2019	Marko Marinović	^[7]
	Mladost Zemun	Marko Barać	24 July 2019	Dragan Jakovljević	^[8]
	Metalac	Mihailo Poček	27 September 2019	Vladimir Đokić	^[9]
	Vojvodina	Filip Socek	September 2019	Marko Skoko	^[10]
6th	Kolubara LA 2003	Žarko Simić	Nevember 2019	Dušan Radović	^[11]
7th	Vojvodina	Marko Skoko	November 2019	Filip Socek	^[12]
18th	Vršac	Darko Kostić	6 February 2020	Zoran Todorović	^[13]

First League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Borac	26	23	3	2291	1996	+295	49	Qualified to 2020–21 ABA 1
2	Sloboda	26	20	6	2360	2154	+206	46	Qualification to 2020–21 ABA 2
3	Zlatibor	26	17	9	2334	2171	+163	43	Qualification to 2020–21 ABA 2
4	Novi Pazar	26	17	9	2333	2259	+74	43
5	Dynamic VIP PAY	26	16	10	2224	2080	+144	42
6	Mladost	26	15	11	2299	2339	−40	41	Promotion to 2020–21 ABA 2
7	Napredak JKP	26	11	15	2072	2027	+45	37
8	Metalac	26	10	16	2087	2215	−128	36
9	Kolubara LA 2003	26	10	16	2089	2250	−161	36
10	Dunav	26	10	16	2116	2232	−116	36
11	Tamiš	26	10	16	1986	2056	−70	36
12	Vršac	26	9	17	2081	2176	−95	35
13	OKK Beograd	26	9	17	2099	2149	−50	35
14	Vojvodina	26	5	21	2159	2426	−267	31

Source: SrbijaSport

Serbian clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Crvena zvezda mts	EuroLeague	Regular season
Partizan NIS	EuroCup	Quarterfinals

References

^ "Otkazana košarkaška Superliga Srbije, nema šampiona". novosti.rs. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ "SAOPŠTENJE UK KLS". kls.rs. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ "PEHAR OSTAJE U VLASNIŠTVU ZVEZDE! Odsviran kraj: Košarku ove sezone u Srbiji više NEĆEMO GLEDATI, samo jedan klub bio za nastavak Superlige!". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ "Druga liga KLS Sezona: 2018-2019". srbijasport.net. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
^ "Košarka: Posle poraza od Zlatibora Spartak se seli u niži rang". subotica.com. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
^ "Milisavljević novi trener OKK Beograda: Nastavićemo sa afirmacijom mladih igrača". novosti.rs. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^ "LOGIČAN IZBOR Marko Marinović preuzeo Borac iz Čačka". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
^ "Dragan Jakovljević novi trener Mladosti iz Zemuna". novosti.rs. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
^ "Vladimir Đokić ponovo u Metalcu". basketballsphere.com. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
^ "KK Vojvodina u novu sezonu sa juniorima u timu, Muta Nikolić "x faktor" za trenutno stanje". 021.rs. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
^ "Aba ligaš pred lazarevačkom publikom". kls.rs. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
^ "Vojvodina gostuje u Pančevu". kls.rs. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
^ "ZORAN TODOROVIĆ TRENER KK VRŠCA". vrsacsport.in.rs. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

External links

Official website
League at srbijasport.net

[1] "Otkazana košarkaška Superliga Srbije, nema šampiona". novosti.rs. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

[2] "SAOPŠTENJE UK KLS". kls.rs. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

[3] "PEHAR OSTAJE U VLASNIŠTVU ZVEZDE! Odsviran kraj: Košarku ove sezone u Srbiji više NEĆEMO GLEDATI, samo jedan klub bio za nastavak Superlige!". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

[4] "Druga liga KLS Sezona: 2018-2019". srbijasport.net. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

[5] "Košarka: Posle poraza od Zlatibora Spartak se seli u niži rang". subotica.com. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

[6] "Milisavljević novi trener OKK Beograda: Nastavićemo sa afirmacijom mladih igrača". novosti.rs. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

[7] "LOGIČAN IZBOR Marko Marinović preuzeo Borac iz Čačka". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

[8] "Dragan Jakovljević novi trener Mladosti iz Zemuna". novosti.rs. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

[9] "Vladimir Đokić ponovo u Metalcu". basketballsphere.com. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

[10] "KK Vojvodina u novu sezonu sa juniorima u timu, Muta Nikolić "x faktor" za trenutno stanje". 021.rs. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[11] "Aba ligaš pred lazarevačkom publikom". kls.rs. Retrieved 30 December 2019.

[12] "Vojvodina gostuje u Pančevu". kls.rs. Retrieved 30 December 2019.

[13] "ZORAN TODOROVIĆ TRENER KK VRŠCA". vrsacsport.in.rs. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

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v t e 2019–20 in European men's basketball
Domestic leagues	Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Northern Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom England Scotland
Regional leagues	Adriatic Alpe Adria Cup Balkan League Latvia–Estonia
Domestic cups	Albania Belgium Bulgaria Finland France Cup Leaders Cup Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel State Cup League Cup Italy Lithuania Netherlands Poland Russia Scotland Serbia Spain Switzerland Swiss Cup SBL Cup Turkey United Kingdom Cup Trophy Ukraine
Supercups	Adriatic Belgium France Israel Italy Netherlands Spain Turkey Ukraine
Continental competitions	EuroLeague Regular season EuroCup Champions League Playoffs Final Eight Final FIBA Europe Cup Playoffs Next Generation Tournament
International competitions	EuroBasket 2022 qualification 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification