The Basketball League of Serbia ( sr, Кошаркашка лига Србије, Košarkaška liga Srbije; abbr. КЛС or KLS), is a top-tier men's professional

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league in Serbia. Founded in 2006, it is run by the Basketball Federation of Serbia (KSS).

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

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. 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 *

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Basketball League of Serbia: 2007–2009 * Agroživ Basketball League of Serbia: 2011–2013 * Mozzart Basketball League of Serbia: 2016–2019 * Admiral Bet Basketball League of Serbia: 2021–present

Champions

* 2006–07

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: ** AK Partizan, athletics **Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling **Džudo Klub Partizan, judo ** FK Partizan, association fo ...

* 2007–08 Partizan Igokea * 2008–09 Partizan Igokea * 2009–10

* 2010–11

* 2011–12 Partizan mt:s * 2012–13 Partizan mt:s * 2013–14

* 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

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

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.''

Statistical leaders

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Awards

* BLS First League MVP *

BLS Super League MVP The BLS Super League MVP, or Serbian Super League MVP, is the award bestowed to the player that is deemed to be the "Most Valuable Player" during the second part of a season of the Basketball League of Serbia. The Basketball League of Serbia is the ...

* BLS Playoff MVP

Notable players

* Nemanja Aleksandrov * Stefan Birčević * Nemanja Bjelica * Bogdan Bogdanović * Luka Bogdanović * Zlatko Bolić * Branko Cvetković *

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* Tadija Dragićević *

Zoran Erceg Zoran Erceg ( Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ерцег; born 11 January 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he played the power forward posit ...

* Marko Gudurić * Milan Gurović *

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* Nikola Kalinić *

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* Dušan Kecman * Marko Kešelj * Ognjen Kuzmić * Dragan Labović * Vladimir Lučić * Milan Mačvan * Marko Marinović * Boban Marjanović * Stefan Marković *

Branko Milisavljević Branko Milisavljević ( sr, Бранко Милисављевић; born 21 July 1976) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for Podgorica of the Prva A Liga and the ABA League Second Division. Stan ...

* Dragan Milosavljević *

Nemanja Nedović Nemanja Nedović ( sr-Cyrl, Немања Недовић; ; born 16 June 1991) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He also represented the senior Serbian national basketball t ...

* Ivan Paunić * Kosta Perović *

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* Miroslav Raduljica * Igor Rakočević * Milovan Raković *

Aleksandar Rašić Aleksandar Rašić ( sr, Александар Рашић; born March 16, 1984) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He represented the Serbia national basketball team internationally. Professional career Rašić began his profess ...

* Boris Savović * Marko Simonović * Miloš Teodosić * Milenko Tepić * Milenko Topić *

Uroš Tripković Uroš Tripković ( sr-cyr, Урош Трипковић; born September 11, 1986) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he played as a shooting guard a ...

Novica Veličković Novica Veličković ( sr-cyr, Новица Величковић; born 5 October 1986) is a Serbian former professional basketball player who is the team manager for Mega Basket of the Basketball League of Serbia and the ABA League. He also repr ...

* Čedomir Vitkovac * Rade Zagorac * Jonah Bolden * Nathan Jawai * Aleks Marić * Steven Marković * Ratko Varda * Milt Palacio * Filip Videnov * Ivica Zubac * Jan Veselý *

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* Léo Westermann * Stéphane Lasme * Maik Zirbes *

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* István Németh * Dāvis Bertāns * Corey Webster * Bo McCalebb * Pero Antić * Predrag Samardžiski *

Omar Cook Omar-Sharif Cook ( sr, Omar-Šarif Kuk / Омар-Шариф Кук; born January 28, 1982) is an American-Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League. He ...

* Vladimir Dašić * Predrag Drobnjak *

Aleksandar Pavlović Aleksandar "Saša" Pavlović ( Anglicized: Sasha Pavlovic, sr-cyr, Александар "Саша" Павловић; born November 15, 1983) is a Serbian-Montenegrin basketball executive and former professional basketball player who spent ten se ...

* Nikola Peković *

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* Jaka Blažič * Goran Jagodnik * Edo Murić * Duşan Çantekin * Semih Erden * Vonteego Cummings * James Gist * Dominic James * Charles Jenkins * Curtis Jerrells * Michael Lee *

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* DeMarcus Nelson * Lawrence Roberts * Michael Scott * David Simon * Omar Thomas * Nate Wolters *

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* Marcus Williams

References

External links

*
Basketball League of Serbia
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2006 establishments in Serbia Professional sports leagues in Serbia