2020–21 Basketball League of Serbia

The 2020–21 Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашка лига Србије 2020–21.) is the 15th season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the top-tier professional basketball league in Serbia. Also, it's the 77th national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of the nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.

Basketball League of Serbia
Season	2020–21
Duration	September 25, 2020 – April 10, 2021 (First League)
Games played	30 each (regular season)
Teams	16 (regular season) 21 (total)
TV partner(s)	Arena Sport
Regular season
Season MVP	Đorđe Simeunović
Relegated	Napredak JKP Pirot
Finals
Champions	Crvena zvezda mts
Runners-up	Mega Soccerbet
Semifinalists	Partizan NIS Borac
Finals MVP	Ognjen Dobrić
Records
Biggest home win	Dynamic 111–73 Sloga (3 October 2020)
Biggest away win	Dynamic 54–82 Vojvodina (7 February 2021)
Highest scoring	Mladost 116–114 Radnički (18 October 2020)
Winning streak	22 games Mladost
Losing streak	8 games Pirot
← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of April 7, 2021.

The season is the first to be played after the previous season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia. The Basketball Federation of Serbia ruled that the 13 teams from the previous season will stay in the league and the three highest-placed clubs from Second League will be promoted. The first-placed team from the previous season, Borac, joins the ABA League.^[1][2] Crvena zvezda mts is the defending champion.

The First League began on 25 September 2020.^[3] The SuperLeague will start in May 2021.^[4]

Teams

A total of 21 teams participated in the 2020–21 Basketball League of Serbia.

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

Access list for the 2020–21 Serbian League^[1][2][5]

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from the previous round
First League (16 teams)	13 teams from the last season 3 highest-placed teams from the Second League
Playoffs (8 teams)	5 Adriatic League teams (Borac, Crvena zvezda mts, FMP, Mega Soccerbet, Partizan NIS)	3 highest-placed teams from the First League

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from the Second League^[2][6]

• Radnički Kragujevac
• Sloga
• Pirot

Teams relegated to the Second League

• None^[2]

Venues and locations

Belgrade

Mladost

Kolubara

Napredak

Vršac

Vojvodina

Zlatibor

Borac

Tamiš

Radnički

Pirot

Sloga

Metalac

Dunav

Novi Pazar

Sloboda

Belgrade clubs:

Crvena zvezda
Dynamic
FMP
Mega
OKK Beograd
Partizan

Location of teams in the 2020–21 season

Team[7]	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	Kolubara Sport Center	1,700
Mega Soccerbet	Belgrade	Mega Factory	700
Metalac	Valjevo	Valjevo Sports Hall	1,500
Mladost MaxBet	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
Pirot	Pirot	Pirot Kej Hall	835
Radnički	Kragujevac	Jezero Hall	3,750
Sloboda	Užice	Veliki Park Hall	2,200
Sloga	Kraljevo	Kraljevo Sports Hall	3,350
Tamiš	Pančevo	Strelište Sports Hall	1,100
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SPC Vojvodina	7,022
Vršac	Vršac	Millennium Center	4,400
Zlatibor	Čajetina	Čajetina Sport Center	1,000

	Teams that play in the 2020–21 First Adriatic League
	Teams that play in the 2020–21 Second Adriatic League

Regular season

The 2020–21 regular season began on 25 September 2020.^[5]

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Dunav	Mitar Ašćerić	Aleksandar Miljković	Cvetex	—
Dynamic VIP PAY	Saša Nikitović	Marko Čakarević	Champion	VIP PAY
Kolubara LA 2003	Marko Dimitrijević	Nikola Simić	—	EPS / Grad Lazarevac
Metalac	Vladimir Đokić	Igor Đuković	—	—
Mladost MaxBet	Dragan Jakovljević	Marko Milenković	Champion	—
Napredak JKP	Dušan Jelić	Nikola Raičević	—	—
Novi Pazar	Darko Kostić	Asmir Numanović	—	Admiral
OKK Beograd	Branislav Ratkovica	Marko Boltić	Adidas	—
Pirot	Filip Socek	Miodrag Stojanović	—	—
Radnički Kragujevac	Ivica Vukotić	Raško Katić	Seven	City of Kragujevac
Sloboda	Oliver Popović	Stefan Simić	Ardu Sport	mts
Sloga	Dragan Kostić	Uroš Mirković	—	—
Tamiš	Nebojša Vidić	Saša Radović	—	—
Vojvodina	Miroslav Nikolić	Aleksa Zarić	Peak	—
Vršac	Vladimir Lučić	Miloš Savović	Spirit	Villager / Element
Zlatibor	Strajin Nedović	Bogdan Riznić	Ardu Sport	—

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment	Ref.
Vojvodina	Filip Socek	June 2020	Off-season	Miroslav Nikolić	June 2020
OKK Beograd	Branko Milisavljević	5 June 2020		Branislav Ratkovica	5 June 2020	[8][9]
Novi Pazar	Oliver Popović	June 2020		Darko Kostić	16 June 2020	[10][11]
Kolubara LA 2003	Dušan Radović	August 2020		Marko Dimitrijević	August 2020	[12]
Sloboda	Vladimir Lučić	1 November 2020	15th (1–5)	Oliver Popović	1 November 2020	[13]
Vršac	Zoran Todorović	2 November 2020	16th (1–5)	Vladimir Lučić	2 November 2020	[13]
Sloga	Saša Pavlović	9 November 2020	14th (2–5)	Zoran Petrović	9 November 2020	[14]
Pirot	Marko Spasić	15 November 2020	12th (2–6)	Filip Socek	16 November 2020	[15]
Sloga	Zoran Petrović	15 January 2021	12th (6–10)	Dragan Kostić	15 January 2021	[16]
Radnički	Igor Todorović	23 January 2021	16th (6–10)	Ivica Vukotić	23 January 2021
Napredak JKP	Nebojša Raičević	8 February 2021	12th (7–13)	Dušan Jelić	8 February 2021	[17][18]
Dynamic VIP PAY	Miro Alilović	12 February 2021	6th (9–11)	Saša Nikitović	12 February 2021	[19]
Tamiš	Bojan Jovičić	10 March 2021	7th (11–12)	Nebojša Vidić	10 March 2021	[20]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mladost MaxBet	30	28	2	2868	2583	+285	58	Qualification to Super League and ABA 2
2	Vojvodina	30	26	4	2631	2266	+365	56
3	Zlatibor	30	19	11	2625	2476	+149	49	Qualification to Super League
4	Dynamic VIP PAY	30	16	14	2670	2600	+70	46
5	Novi Pazar	30	16	14	2491	2490	+1	46
6	Vršac	30	15	15	2617	2657	−40	45
7	Sloboda	30	15	15	2555	2463	+92	45
8	Tamiš	30	14	16	2560	2554	+6	44
9	Kolubara LA 2003	30	13	17	2460	2588	−128	43
10	OKK Beograd	30	12	18	2525	2527	−2	42
11	Radnički	30	12	18	2660	2725	−65	42
12	Metalac	30	12	18	2296	2472	−176	42
13	Sloga	30	11	19	2431	2604	−173	41
14	Dunav	30	11	19	2516	2684	−168	41
15	Napredak JKP	30	11	19	2507	2561	−54	41	Relegation to Second League
16	Pirot	30	9	21	2385	2547	−162	39

Source: KLS, SrbijaSport

Super League

The Super League was canceled and the qualified teams were played in the Playoffs.^[21]

Qualified teams

First ABA League	Regular season
1 Crvena zvezda mts 2 Mega Soccerbet 3 Partizan NIS 4 FMP 5 Borac	1 Mladost MaxBet 2 Vojvodina 3 Zlatibor

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Borac Čačak	Marko Marinović	Uroš Čarapić	—	P.S. Fashion
Crvena zvezda mts	Dejan Radonjić	Branko Lazić	Adidas	mts
FMP	Vanja Guša	Radoš Šešlija		FMP
Mega Soccerbet	Vlada Jovanović	Milenko Tepić		Soccerbet / Tehnomanija
Mladost MaxBet	Dragan Jakovljević	Marko Milenković	Champion	—
Partizan NIS	Aleksandar Matović	Novica Veličković	Under Armour	NIS / mts
Vojvodina	Miroslav Nikolić	Aleksa Zarić	Peak	—
Zlatibor	Strajin Nedović	Bogdan Riznić	Ardu Sport	—

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment	Ref.
Mega Soccerbet	Dejan Milojević	1 June 2020	Off-season	Vlada Jovanović	1 June 2020	[22]
Crvena zvezda mts	Dragan Šakota	8 June 2020		Saša Obradović	10 June 2020	[23]
Partizan NIS	Andrea Trinchieri	2 July 2020		Vlado Šćepanović	9 July 2020	[24][25]
	Vlado Šćepanović	30 October 2020		Milivoje Lazić (interim)	30 October 2020	[26]
	Milivoje Lazić (interim)	5 November 2020		Sašo Filipovski	5 November 2020	[27]
FMP	Vladimir Jovanović	14 December 2020		Bojan Đerić (interim)	14 December 2020	[28]
Crvena zvezda mts	Saša Obradović	24 December 2020		Dejan Radonjić	25 December 2020	[29][30]
FMP	Bojan Đerić (interim)	13 February 2021		Vanja Guša	13 February 2021	[31][32]
Partizan NIS	Sašo Filipovski	9 March 2021		Aleksandar Matović	9 March 2021	[33]

Playoffs

Main article: 2021 Basketball League of Serbia playoffs

The playoffs are scheduled to start on May 27, 2021, and end on June 13, 2021.^[34]

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	31 May–1 June
	Crvena zvezda mts	2
					4–6 June
	Zlatibor	0
					Crvena zvezda mts	2
	27–29 May
					Borac	0
	FMP	0
									9–13 June
	Borac	2
									Crvena zvezda mts	2
	27–29 May
									Mega Soccerbet	1
	Mega Soccerbet	2
					1–5 June
	Vojvodina	0
					Mega Soccerbet	2
	27–29 May
					Partizan NIS	1
	Partizan NIS	2
	Mladost MaxBet	0

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Crvena zvezda mts	2–0	Zlatibor	74–56	91–68	—
FMP	0–2	Borac	67–77	85–92	—
Mega Soccerbet	2–0	Vojvodina	77–66	95–87	—
Partizan NIS	2–0	Mladost MaxBet	70–50	94–84	—

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Crvena zvezda mts	2–0	Borac	101–70	80–57	—
Mega Soccerbet	2–1	Partizan NIS	94–86	77–81	82–68

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Crvena zvezda mts	2–1	Mega Soccerbet	98–69	79–86	77–65

2020–21 Basketball League of Serbia Champions
Crvena zvezda mts 21st title

Serbian clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Crvena zvezda mts	EuroLeague	Regular season
Partizan NIS	EuroCup	Top 16

See also

• List of current Basketball League of Serbia team rosters
• 2020–21 Second Men's League of Serbia (basketball)
• 2020–21 Radivoj Korać Cup
• 2020–21 ABA League First Division
• 2020–21 ABA League Second Division
• 2020–21 First Women's Basketball League of Serbia
• 2020–21 KK Crvena zvezda season
• 2020–21 KK Partizan season