Basketball League of Serbia

The Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian: Кошаркашка лига Србије / Košarkaška liga Srbije), commonly abbreviated as 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]

Basketball League of Serbia

Founded	2006; 19 years ago (2006)
First season	2006–07
Country	Serbia
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	22
Level on pyramid	1st
Feeder to	Adriatic Second League
Relegation to	Second League
Domestic cup(s)	Radivoj Korać Cup Cup of Serbia
Current champions	Partizan (9th title) (2024–25)
Most championships	Crvena zvezda Partizan (9 titles each)
CEO	Aleksandar Grujin
Commissioner	Darko Jovičić
TV partners	RTS Arena Sport
Website	kls.rs
2024–25 BLS season

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:

Access list for the 2022–23 Serbian League

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from the previous round
First League (16 teams)	14 highest-placed teams from the last season 2 highest-placed teams from the Second League
Super League (8 teams)	5 Adriatic League teams	3 highest-placed teams from the First League
Playoffs (4 teams)		2 group winners from the Super League 2 group runners-ups from the Super League

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: Cancelled due to COVID-19
• 2020–21: Crvena zvezda mts
• 2021–22: Crvena zvezda mts
• 2022–23: Crvena zvezda Meridianbet
• 2023–24: Crvena zvezda Meridianbet
• 2024–25: Partizan Mozzart Bet

Titles by club

Club	Champions	Winning years	Runner-up
Crvena zvezda	9	2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24	5
Partizan	9	2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2024–25	4
FMP	0		4
Vršac	0		3
Mega	0		1
Spartak Subotica	0		1

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

Radnički

Metalac

Vršac

Sloga

Tamiš

Joker

Mladost SP

Belgrade

Čačak

Belgrade clubs:

Crvena zvezda
Dynamic
FMP
Mega
OKK Beograd
Partizan
Mladost
BKK Radnički

Čačak clubs:

Borac
Čačak 94

Location of clubs in the 2024–25 season

Club	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Borac	Čačak	Borac Hall	4,000
Čačak 94	Čačak	SC Mladost	1,000
Crvena zvezda	Belgrade	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall	8,000
Dynamic	Belgrade	SC Dynamic	/
FMP	Belgrade	Železnik Hall	3,700
Novi Pazar	Novi Pazar	Doguš Sports Academy	800
Joker	Sombor	City Hall Mostonga	1,400
Mega	Belgrade	Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall	3,500
Metalac	Valjevo	Valjevo Sports Hall	2,500
Mladost	Belgrade	Master Sports Center	1,350
OKK Beograd	Belgrade	Dejan Milojević Training Center	700
Partizan	Belgrade	Belgrade Arena	18,000
Radnički	Kragujevac	Jezero Hall	3,570
Sloboda	Užice	Veliki Park Hall	2,200
Sloga	Kraljevo	Kraljevo Sports Hall	3,350
Spartak	Subotica	Dudova Šuma Sports Hall	3,500
Tamiš	Pančevo	Strelište Sports Hall	1,100
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SPC Vojvodina	6,987
Vršac	Vršac	Millennium Center	4,400
Mladost SP	Smederevska Palanka	OŠ Vuk Karadžić Sports Hall	500
Zlatibor	Čajetina	Čajetina Sports Hall	1,000
BKK Radnički	Belgrade	David Kalinić Sports Hall	1,000

	Clubs in the 2024–25 First Adriatic League
	Clubs in the 2024–25 Second Adriatic League

Standings

First League

Season	Clubs	Top seeder (Rc)	Runner-up (Rc)
2006–07	12	Vojvodina Srbijagas (21–1)	Sloga (14–8)
2007–08	12	Swisslion Takovo (17–5)	Vizura (14–8)
2008–09	14	Swisslion Takovo (22–4)	Borac Čačak (17–5)
2009–10	14	Borac Čačak (20–6)	Tamiš (19–7)
2010–11	14	FMP Železnik (22–4)	OKK Beograd (19–7)
2011–12	14	Vojvodina Srbijagas (23–3)	Radnički Beograd (19–7)
2012–13	14	Vojvodina Srbijagas (20–6)	Mega Basket (20–6)
2013–14	14	FMP (20–6)	Crnokosa (18–8)
2014–15	12	FMP (19–3)	Konstantin (17–7)
2015–16	12	FMP (24–2)	Borac Čačak (18–8)
2016–17	14	Vršac (22–4)	Borac Čačak (20–6)
2017–18	14	Borac Čačak (20–6)	Dynamic BG (19–7)
2018–19	14	Borac Čačak (22–4)	Novi Pazar (20–6)
2019–20	14	Borac Čačak (23–3)	Sloboda (20–6)
2020–21	16	Mladost Zemun (28–2)	Vojvodina (26–4)
2021–22	16	Zlatibor (22–8)	Sloga (20–10)
2022–23	16	Zlatibor (22–8)	Spartak (22–8)
2023–24	16	Vojvodina (26–4)	Spartak (24–6)
2024–25	16	Vršac Meridianbet (25–5)	Zlatibor Mozzart (21–9)

SuperLeague Play-off finals

Season	Home court advantage	Result	Home court disadvantage	SuperLeague top seeders	Record
2006–07	Partizan (14)	3–1	Crvena zvezda	Hemofarm	12–2
2007–08	Partizan Igokea (15)	3–1	Hemofarm	Partizan Igokea	12–2
2008–09	Partizan Igokea (16)	3–2	Crvena zvezda	Partizan Igokea	6–0
2009–10	Partizan (17)	3–0	Hemofarm	Partizan	13–1
2010–11	Partizan (18)	3–0	Hemofarm	Partizan	13–1
2011–12	Partizan mt:s (19)	3–1	Crvena zvezda	Partizan mt:s	12–2
2012–13	Partizan mt:s (20)	3–1	Crvena zvezda	Partizan mt:s	12–2
2013–14	Partizan (21)	3–1	Crvena zvezda Telekom	Partizan	13–1
2014–15	Crvena zvezda Telekom (16)	3–0	Partizan NIS	Crvena zvezda Telekom	13–1
2015–16	Crvena zvezda Telekom (17)	3–1	Partizan NIS	Crvena zvezda Telekom	6–0
2016–17	Crvena zvezda mts (18)	3–0	FMP	Crvena zvezda mts	13–1
2017–18	Crvena zvezda mts (19)	3–0	FMP	FMP	9–1
2018–19	Crvena zvezda mts (20)	3–1	Partizan NIS	Crvena zvezda mts / Partizan NIS	10–0
2019–20	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Crvena zvezda mts (21)	2–1	Mega Soccerbet	Not held	—
2021–22	Crvena zvezda mts (22)	2–0	FMP Meridian	Not held	—
2022–23	Crvena zvezda mts (23)	2–0	FMP Soccerbet	Not held	—
2023–24	Crvena zvezda mts (24)	2–0	Partizan Mozzart Bet	Not held	—
2024–25	Partizan Mozzart Bet (22)	2–0	Spartak Subotica	Not held	—

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]

Club	Champions	Winning years	Runner-up
Crvena zvezda	24	1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24	14
Partizan	22	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, 2024–25	18
OKK Beograd	4	1958, 1960, 1963, 1964	1
Proleter Zrenjanin	1	1956	4
Radnički Belgrade	1	1972–73

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[4] 2019–20 Andrija Simović Zlatibor 19-57[4] 2020–21 Andreja Stevanović Radnički 23.32[4]

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 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: Category: Basketball League of Serbia players and List of foreign basketball players in Serbia

• Nemanja Aleksandrov
• Stefan Birčević
• Nemanja Bjelica
• Bogdan Bogdanović
• Luka Bogdanović
• Zlatko Bolić
• Branko Cvetković
• Marko Čakarević
• Tadija Dragićević
• Zoran Erceg
• Marko Gudurić
• Milan Gurović
• Nikola Jokić
• Stefan Jović
• Nikola Kalinić
• Raško Katić
• Dušan Kecman
• Marko Kešelj
• Ognjen Kuzmić
• Dragan Labović
• Branko Lazić
• Vladimir Lučić
• Milan Mačvan
• Marko Marinović
• Boban Marjanović
• Stefan Marković
• Branko Milisavljević
• Dragan Milosavljević
• Nemanja Nedović
• Ivan Paunić
• Kosta Perović
• Vuk Radivojević
• Miroslav Raduljica
• Igor Rakočević
• Milovan Raković
• Aleksandar Rašić
• Boris Savović
• Marko Simonović
• Miloš Teodosić
• Milenko Tepić
• Milenko Topić
• Uroš Tripković
• Novica Veličković
• Čedomir Vitkovac
• Rade Zagorac
• Jonah Bolden
• Nathan Jawai
• Aleks Marić
• Steven Marković
• Ratko Varda
• Milt Palacio
• Filip Videnov
• Ivica Zubac
• Jan Veselý
• Jamar Wilson
• Joffrey Lauvergne
• Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot
• Léo Westermann
• Stéphane Lasme
• Maik Zirbes
• Rawle Marshall
• István Németh
• Dāvis Bertāns
• Corey Webster
• Bo McCalebb
• Pero Antić
• Predrag Samardžiski
• Omar Cook
• Vladimir Dašić
• Predrag Drobnjak
• Aleksandar Pavlović
• Nikola Peković
• Slavko Vraneš
• Jaka Blažič
• Goran Jagodnik
• Edo Murić
• Duşan Çantekin
• Semih Erden
• Vonteego Cummings
• James Gist
• Dominic James
• Charles Jenkins
• Curtis Jerrells
• Michael Lee
• Quincy Miller
• DeMarcus Nelson
• Lawrence Roberts
• Michael Scott
• David Simon
• Omar Thomas
• Duane Washington
• Nate Wolters
• Terrico White
• Marcus Williams

See also

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