- Basketball League of Serbia
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Basketball League of Serbia Current season or competition:
2011–12 Basketball League of Serbia
Sport Basketball Founded 2006 Inaugural season 2006–07 No. of teams 18 Country(ies) Serbia
Continent Europe
Most recent champion(s) Partizan Most titles Partizan (18 titles) TV partner(s) RTS Official website kls.rs Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian: Кошаркашка лига Србије, Košarkaška liga Srbije) is the highest professional club basketball league in Serbia. It was founded in 2006.
Contents
Rules
Competition format
The league, operated by the Basketball Federation of Serbia, consists of Serbian First League which have 14 and Serbian Super League which have 10 teams. For 2010–11 season, the top four teams in First League will be promoted to Super League with four Serbian teams from Adriatic League. The teams positioned 13th and 14th in First League will be relegated to a lower league - Basketball League of Serbia B. The best 4 clubs in Super League goes to Playoff stage and qualify for the next season of Adriatic League.
Arena standards
Currently, clubs must have home arenas with capacity of minimum 1000 seats.
History
The first basketball league in Serbia started in 1945 as the Yugoslav Basketball League.
Other competitions
- Serbian Basketball Cup
Teams for 2011–12 season
Team City Arena Capacity Partizan mt:s* Belgrade Pionir Hall 8.150 Hemofarm* Vršac Millennium Center 5.000 Radnički* Kragujevac Lake Hall 4.000 Red Star* Belgrade Pionir Hall 8.150 Smederevo 1953 Smederevo Sports Hall Smederevo 3.000 Železničar Inđija Sports Hall Inđija 0.600 Metalac Valjevo Valjevo Sports Hall 1.500 Proleter Naftagas Zrenjanin Medison Hall 3.000 OKK Beograd Belgrade Sport Eko Hall 1.000 Tamiš Pančevo Strelište Sports Hall 1.100 Napredak Rubin Kruševac Kruševac Sports Hall 2.500 Sloboda Užice Veliki Park Sports Hall 2.200 Sloga Kraljevo Kraljevo Sports Hall 1.500 Borac Čačak Borac Sports Hall 2.500 Vojvodina Novi Sad Spens Sports Center 11,000 Mega Vizura Belgrade Vizura Sports Center 1.500 Radnički Belgrade SC Šumice 2.000 Radnički Basket Beograd Basket City Hall 1.000 Promoted to Basketball League of Serbia
- Radnički Beograd
- Radnički Basket
Relegated to Basketball League of Serbia B
- Crnokosa
- Superfund
(*) Teams which play in Adriatic League and Serbian Super League
Partizan
Red Star
OKK Beograd
Mega Vizura
Radnički
Radnički BasketTeams that currently participating in the Basketball League of SerbiaChampions
- 2006–07 to present: Basketball League of Serbia
Season Champion Runner-up Result Champion's Coach 2006–07 Partizan Red Star 3–1 Duško Vujošević
2007–08 Partizan Hemofarm 3–1 Duško Vujošević
2008–09 Partizan Red Star 3–2 Duško Vujošević
2009–10 Partizan Hemofarm 3–0 Duško Vujošević
2010–11 Partizan Hemofarm 3–0 Vlade Jovanović
Club Titles Years Won Partizan 5 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Championship winning teams
- Including titles in SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia
Team Championships Years Won Partizan 18 1976, 1979, 1981, 1987, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Red Star 15 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1969, 1972, 1993, 1994, 1998 OKK Beograd 4 1958, 1960, 1963, 1964 Proleter 1 1956 Radnički Beograd 1 1973 Yugoslav Army 1 1945 Serbian basketball clubs in European competitions
Euroleague
Club Appearances Years Partizan 20 1977, 1980, 1982, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2001†, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Crvena zvezda 5 1970, 1973, 1993, 1999, 2000, OKK Beograd 4 1959, 1961, 1964, 1965 KK Radnički Beograd 1 1974 Hemofarm 1 2011 Eurocup
Ex. European Cup Winner's Cup, Saporta Cup
EuroChallenge
Ex. Korac Cup
Individual Awards
First League MVP Award
Season MVP Team 2006-07 Miloš Bojović
Sloga 2007-08 Nikola Ilić
Borac Čačak 2008-09 Uroš Mirković
Mašinac 2009-10 Aleksandar Mladenović
Ergonom 2010-11 Nenad Šulović
Napredak Rubin Super League MVP Award
Season MVP Team 2006-07 Miloš Bojović
Sloga 2007-08 Nikola Ilić
Borac Čačak 2008-09 Novica Veličković
Partizan 2009-10 Miroslav Raduljica
FMP 2010-11 Marko Ljubičić
Metalac Playoff MVP Award
Season MVP Team 2006-07 Milan Gurović
Red Star 2007-08 Nikola Peković
Partizan 2008-09 Novica Veličković
Partizan 2009-10 Bo McCalebb
Partizan 2010-11 Curtis Jerrells
Partizan Notable players
Novica Veličković
Miloš Teodosić
Uroš Tripković
Kosta Perović
Nemanja Bjelica
Milenko Tepić
Kosta Perović
Miroslav Raduljica
Milan Mačvan
Marko Kešelj
Milan Gurović
Stefan Marković
Aleksandar Rašić
Dejan Milojević
Zoran Erceg
Boban Marjanović
Ivan Paunić
Milovan Raković
Dušan Kecman
Marko Čakarević
Miljan Pavković
Vladan Vukosavljević
Tadija Dragićević
Dragan Labović
Čedomir Vitkovac
Dejan Borovnjak
Zlatko Bolić
Branko Milisavljević
Marko Marinović
Aleks Marić
Nathan Jawai
Steven Marković
Milt Palacio
Filip Videnov
Jan Veselý
Stephane Lasme
István Németh
Nikola Peković
Slavko Vraneš
Predrag Samardžiski
Goran Jagodnik
Vonteego Cummings
Bo McCalebb
Lawrence Roberts
James Gist
Curtis Jerrells
Omar Cook
Michael Lee
See also
- Yugoslav Basketball League
- Serbia national basketball team
External links
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