Basketball League of Serbia

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.

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 Basket

Radnički

Hemofarm

Železničar

Vojvodina

Proleter

Smederevo 1953

Sloga

Borac

Metalac

Sloboda

Napredak

Tamiš

Teams that currently participating in the Basketball League of Serbia

Champions

• 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

• Official website