Basketball League of Serbia

Basketball League of Serbia

Founded	2006; 18 years ago (2006)
First season	2006–07
Country	Serbia
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	18
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 (23rd title) (2022–23)
Most championships	Crvena zvezda (23 titles)
CEO	Aleksandar Grujin
Commissioner	Darko Jovičić
TV partners	RTS Arena Sport
Website	kls.rs
2022–23 BLS season

The Basketball League of Serbia (BLS) (Serbian: Кошаркашка лига Србије / Košarkaška liga Srbije; abbr. КЛС / 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:

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 None declared
• 2020–21 Crvena zvezda mts
• 2021–22 Crvena zvezda mts
• 2022–23 Crvena zvezda Meridianbet
• 2023–24

Titles by club

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

Spartak

Vojvodina

Zlatibor

Novi Pazar

Sloboda

SPD Radnički

Metalac

Vršac

Sloga

Mladost

Zdravlje

Tamiš

Joker

Belgrade

Čačak

Belgrade clubs:

Crvena zvezda
Dynamic
FMP
Mega
OKK Beograd
Partizan

Čačak clubs:

Borac
Čačak 94

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Location of clubs in the 2023–24 season

Standings

First League

SuperLeague Play-off finals

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]

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[5] 2019–20 Andrija Simović Zlatibor 19-57[6] 2020–21 Andreja Stevanović Radnički 23.32[7]

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

Awards

• BLS First League MVP
• BLS Super League MVP
• BLS Playoff MVP

Notable players

See also

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

References

External links

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