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Basketball League of Serbia
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2015–16 Basketball League of Serbia
SportBasketball
Founded2006
First season2006–07
CEODarko Jovičić
No. of teams18
CountrySerbia Serbia
ContinentEurope FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)		Crvena zvezda (17th title)
(2015–16)
Most titlesPartizan
(21 titles)
TV partner(s)RTS
Arena Sport
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 (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 2015–16 season

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Location of teams in the 2015–16 Basketball League of Serbia
Team City Arena Capacity Head coach
Spartak Subotica SC Dudova šuma 2,500 Predrag Borilović
Borac Mozzart Sport Čačak Hala kraj Morave 2,000 Raško Bojić
Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Pionir Hall 5,878[2] Dejan Radonjić
Napredak Rubin Kruševac Kruševac Sports Hall 2,500 Boško Đokić
Beovuk 72 Beograd Vizura Sports Center 1,500
Mladost Admiral Zemun Pinki Hall 2,300
Konstantin Niš Čair Sports Center 4,000[3] Marko Cvetković
Mega Leks Sremska Mitrovica SPC Pinki Hall 3,000 Dejan Milojević
Metalac Farmakom Valjevo Valjevo Sports Hall 1,500 Vladimir Đokić
OKK Beograd Belgrade SC Šumice 1,300 Vlade Đurović
Partizan NIS Belgrade Hall Aleksandar Nikolić 5,878 [4] Petar Božić
FMP Železnik Belgrade Železnik Hall 1,700 Milan Gurović
Jagodina Jagodina JASSA Sports Center 2,600 Aleksandar Ićić
Sloga Kraljevo Hala sportova Kraljevo 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 1,030 Dušan Alimpijević
Vršac Swisslion Vršac Millennium Center 4,400 Oliver Popović
Teams that play in the 2015–16 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
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

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

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.
  2. ^ http://www.tasmajdan.rs/hala-aleksandar-nikolic
  3. ^ http://sccair.rs/objekti/hala-cair/
  4. ^ http://www.tasmajdan.rs/hala-aleksandar-nikolic
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