The Basketball League of Serbia (), commonly abbreviated as KLS, is a top-tier men's professional

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league in Serbia. Founded in 2006. It is currently not 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 * Swisslion 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 * 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

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'' * 2020–21: Crvena zvezda mts * 2021–22: Crvena zvezda mts * 2022–23: Crvena zvezda Meridianbet * 2023–24: Crvena zvezda Meridianbet * 2024–25: ''TBD''

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 * BLS Playoff MVP

Notable players

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

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* Zoran Erceg * Marko Gudurić * Milan Gurović *

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* Uroš Tripković * Novica Veličković * Čedomir Vitkovac * Rade Zagorac * Jonah Bolden * Nathan Jawai * Aleks Marić * Steven Marković *

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* Filip Videnov *

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* 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 *

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* Aleksandar Pavlović * Nikola Peković * Slavko Vraneš *

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References

External links

*
Basketball League of Serbia
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