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Basketball League of Serbia
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2015–16 Basketball League of Serbia
File:Agrozivkls.jpg
Official KLS logo
SportBasketball
Founded2006
First season2006–07
CEODarko Jovičić
No. of teams18
CountrySerbia Serbia
ContinentEurope FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)		Crvena Zvezda
(2014–15)
Most titlesPartizan
(21 titles)
TV partner(s)RTS
Arena Sport
SOS Channel
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toSerbian League B
Domestic cup(s)Radivoj Korać Cup
Official websitekls.rs Template:Sr icon

The Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian: Кошаркашка лига Србије, Košarkaška liga Srbije), abbreviated as 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 1000 seats.

History

Names of the competition

  • 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

Commissioners

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

Other competitions

Current teams

The following 16 clubs compete in the Basketball League of Serbia during the 2014–15 season:

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Location of teams in the 2014–15 Basketball League of Serbia
Team City Arena Capacity Head coach
Spartak Subotica SC Dudova Šuma 3.000 Predrag Borilović
Borac Mozzart Sport Čačak Hala kraj Morave 4.000 Raško Bojić
Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade Pionir Hall 8.150 Dejan Radonjić
Napredak Rubin Kruševac Kruševac Sports Hall 2.500 Boško Đokić
Konstantin Niš Čair Sports Center 5.000 Marko Cvetković
Mega Vizura Belgrade New Belgrade Sports Hall 5.000 Dejan Milojević
Metalac Farmakom Valjevo Valjevo Sports Hall 1.500 Vladimir Đokić
OKK Beograd Belgrade SC Šumice 2.000 Vlade Đurović
Partizan NIS Belgrade Pionir Hall 8.150 Petar Božić
FMP Belgrade Železnik Hall 2.000 Milan Gurović
Jagodina Jagodina JASSA Sports Center 2.600 Aleksandar Ićić
Sloga Kraljevo New Ribnica hall 3.350 Vladimir Đokić
Smederevo 1953 Smederevo Sports Hall Smederevo 2.600 Zoran Todorović
Tamiš Pančevo Strelište Sports Hall 1.100 Darko Jovičić
Vojvodina Srbijagas Novi Sad SPC Vojvodina 1.100 Dušan Alimpijević
Vršac Swisslion Vršac Millennium Center 5.000 Oliver Popović
Teams from Adriatic League

Title holders

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
1
Crvena Zvezda
1
2014-15
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 Vršac
12–2
2007-08
Partizan
3–1
Hemofarm Vršac Partizan
12–2
2008-09
Partizan
3–2
Crvena Zvezda Partizan
6–0
2009-10
Partizan
3–0
Hemofarm Vršac Partizan
13–1
2010-11
Partizan
3–0
Hemofarm Vršac Partizan
13–1
2011-12
Partizan
3–1
Crvena Zvezda Partizan
12–2
2012-13
Partizan
3–1
Crvena Zvezda Partizan
12–2
2013-14
Partizan
3–1
Crvena Zvezda Partizan
13–1
2014-15
Crvena Zvezda
3–0
Partizan Crvena Zvezda
13–1

All–time table

Super League

  • 2006–07 to present
Pos. Team Town S P W L F A Pts 1º 2º 1st App
1 Partizan Belgrade 7 90 78 12 168 6 – 2006–07
2 Crvena zvezda Belgrade 7 90 57 33 147 1 1 2006–07
3 Vršac Vršac 6 76 52 24 128 1 3 2006–07
4 FMP Železnik Belgrade 5 62 39 23 101 – 3 2006–07
5 Vojvodina Srbijagas Novi Sad 5 62 38 24 100 – – 2006–07

All–time champions

Club Champions Winning years Runners 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
15
Crvena Zvezda
16
1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2014–15
15
OKK Belgrade
4
1958, 1960, 1963, 1964
1
Proleter Zrenjanin
1
1956
4
Radnički Belgrade
1
1972-73
0
Vršac
5
FMP
3
BFC Beočin
1

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 1 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 1 0 0 0 0
Mega Basket 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

FIBA and Euroleague Basketball Company

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 one title in 2015, and Hemofarm won one title in 2005.

Statistical leaders

Awards

Notable players

See also: Category: Basketball League of Serbia players

Sponsorships and broadcasting rights

See also

References

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