# 2024–25 ABA League First Division

The 2024–25 AdmiralBet ABA League is the 23rd season of the ABA League with first time ever expansion format to 16 teams. Teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia will participate in it, but also with inclusion of the new team Dubai from UAE, which would be the first time since the 2014–15 season that a team outside the territory of the former Yugoslavia would compete in the league.

## Promotion and relegation

| Promoted | Spartak Office Shoes | 2023–24 ABA 2 Champion |
| Affiliation | Dubai Basketball | No competition |
| Relegated | No teams were relegated. | No teams were relegated. |

## Venues and locations

| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
| Borac Mozzart | Čačak | Borac Hall | 4,000 |
| Budućnost VOLI | Podgorica | Morača Sports Center | 6,000 |
| Cedevita Olimpija | Ljubljana | Arena Stožice | 12,480 |
| Cibona | Zagreb | Dražen Petrović Hall | 5,400 |
| Crvena zvezda Meridianbet | Belgrade | Aleksandar Nikolić Hall | 8,000 |
| Dubai Basketball | Dubai | Coca-Cola Arena | 17,000 |
| FMP Soccerbet | Belgrade | Železnik Hall | 3,000 |
| Igokea m:tel | Aleksandrovac | Laktaši Sports Hall | 3,050 |
| Krka | Novo Mesto | Leon Štukelj Hall | 2,500 |
| Mega Superbet | Belgrade | Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall | 5,000 |
| Mornar Barsko zlato | Bar | Topolica Sport Hall | 2,625 |
| Partizan Mozzart Bet | Belgrade | Štark Arena | 18,386 |
| SC Derby | Podgorica | Morača Sports Center | 6,000 |
| Spartak Office Shoes | Subotica | Dudova Šuma Hall | 2,000 |
| Split | Split | Arena Gripe | 3,500 |
| Zadar | Zadar | Krešimir Ćosić Hall | 7,997 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Borac Mozzart | Saša Ocokoljić | Uroš Čarapić | | MozzartSport / P.S. Fashion |
| Budućnost VOLI | Andrej Žakelj | Aleksa Ilić | Spalding | VOLI / Podgorica Capital City |
| Cedevita Olimpija | Zvezdan Mitrović | Jaka Blažič | Adidas | Cedevita |
| Cibona | Josip Sesar | Krešimir Radovčić | GBT | Erste Bank |
| Crvena zvezda Meridianbet | Ioannis Sfairopoulos | Branko Lazić | Adidas | Meridian / mts |
| Dubai Basketball | Jurica Golemac | Klemen Prepelič | Adidas | |
| FMP Soccerbet | Saša Nikitović | Ognjen Kuzmić | Adidas | Soccerbet |
| Igokea m:tel | Nenad Stefanović | Dragan Milosavljević | GBT | m:tel |
| Krka | Dejan Jakara | Jan Špan | | Krka |
| Mega Superbet | Marko Barać | Kosta Kondić | Adidas | Medical Innovation Solutions |
| Mornar Barsko zlato | Mihailo Pavićević | Milija Miković | DaCapo | Bar Municipality / Barsko zlato |
| Partizan Mozzart Bet | Željko Obradović | Vanja Marinković | Under Armour | NIS / Mozzart Bet |
| SC Derby | Petar Mijović | Nikola Pavličević | Spalding | Derby |
| Spartak Office Shoes | Vlada Jovanović | Miloš Milisavljević | | Office Shoes |
| Split | Veljko Mršić | Shannon Shorter | Macron | Groupama |
| Zadar | Danijel Jusup | Marko Ramljak | Macron | OTP Bank / PSK |

### Coaching changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
| Igokea | Marko Cvetković | end of 2023–24 season | Off-season | Nenad Stefanović | 18 June 2024 |
| Krka | Gašper Okorn | 28 May 2024 | Off-season | Dejan Jakara | 22 June 2024 |
| Cedevita Olimpija | Zoran Martič | 3 June 2024 | Off-season | Zvezdan Mitrović | 3 June 2024 |
| Cibona | Dino Repeša | 7 June 2024 | Off-season | Chris Thomas | 29 August 2024 |
| Borac Mozzart | Dejan Mijatović | 18 June 2024 | Off-season | Saša Ocokoljić | 5 July 2024 |
| SC Derby | Dejan Jakara | 18 June 2024 | Off-season | Petar Mijović | 19 June 2024 |
| Cibona | Chris Thomas | 13 October 2024 | 15th (1–3) | Bariša Krasić | 13 October 2024 |
| Cibona | Bariša Krasić | 28 December 2024 | 15th (2–12) | Josip Sesar | 28 December 2024 |
| Split | Slaven Rimac | 3 January 2025 | 11th (6–9) | Veljko Mršić | 13 January 2025 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Partizan Mozzart Bet | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1396 | 1117 | +279 | 28 | Advance to the Playoffs |
| 2 | Budućnost VOLI | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1335 | 1131 | +204 | 28 | Advance to the Playoffs |
| 3 | Crvena zvezda Meridianbet | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1317 | 1168 | +149 | 28 | Advance to the Playoffs |
| 4 | Dubai Basketball | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1276 | 1181 | +95 | 26 | Advance to the Playoffs |
| 5 | Spartak Office Shoes | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1263 | 1208 | +55 | 24 | Advance to the Playoffs |
| 6 | Igokea m:tel | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1238 | 1251 | −13 | 24 | Advance to the Playoffs |
| 7 | Zadar | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1124 | 1097 | +27 | 23 | Advance to the Playoffs |
| 8 | Mega Superbet | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1213 | 1187 | +26 | 23 | Advance to the Playoffs |
| 9 | Cedevita Olimpija | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1235 | 1228 | +7 | 23 | |
| 10 | FMP Soccerbet | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1206 | 1273 | −67 | 22 | |
| 11 | Split | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1173 | 1236 | −63 | 21 | |
| 12 | Borac Mozzart | 15 | 5 | 10 | 1140 | 1248 | −108 | 20 | |
| 13 | SC Derby | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1243 | 1293 | −50 | 19 | |
| 14 | Krka | 15 | 3 | 12 | 1221 | 1309 | −88 | 18 | |
| 15 | Cibona | 15 | 2 | 13 | 1120 | 1315 | −195 | 17 | Qualification to the relegation playoffs |
| 16 | Mornar Barsko zlato | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1136 | 1394 | −258 | 16 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Positions by round

| Advance to the Playoffs | Qualification to the relegation playoffs | Relegated |
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Partizan Mozzart Bet | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Budućnost VOLI | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Crvena zvezda Meridianbet | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Dubai Basketball | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Igokea m:tel | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Cedevita Olimpija | 13 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Spartak Subotica | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Mega Superbet | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Zadar | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| FMP Soccerbet | 4 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| Borac Mozzart | 15 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| SC Derby | 6 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Split | 10 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Krka | 12 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Cibona | 14 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Mornar Barsko zlato | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BOR | BUD | COL | CIB | CZV | DBC | FMP | IGO | KRK | MEG | MOR | PAR | SPR | SPL | SCD | ZAD |
| Borac Mozzart | — | 82–88 | 74–94 | | | 74–87 | 92–72 | 75–88 | 80–71 | | 90–71 | 60–89 | 66–73 | 61–73 | 78–76 | |
| Budućnost VOLI | | — | 95–78 | 88–77 | 73–75 | 89–78 | | 111–77 | 97–87 | 77–69 | 110–79 | | 75–78 | 97–75 | 107–84 | 84–77 |
| Cedevita Olimpija | | 71–91 | — | | 74–69 | 84–92 | 91–58 | 85–90 | 84–82 | 93–82 | 114–72 | | 91–82 | 76–74 | 100–86 | |
| Cibona | 62–89 | | 66–75 | — | | 74–102 | 85–86 | | 74–81 | | 82–64 | 59–93 | | 72–71 | 75–69 | 69–87 |
| Crvena zvezda Meridianbet | 105–85 | 89–96 | 92–86 | 88–78 | — | 92–107 | 97–63 | 91–68 | | | 91–72 | 89–84 | | 96–66 | | 87–76 |
| Dubai Basketball | 98–74 | | 84–85 | 90–61 | | — | | | 91–76 | 80–83 | 104–66 | | 80–79 | | 98–86 | |
| FMP Meridian | 74–67 | 88–91 | 75–62 | 89–84 | | | — | | | 89–87 | | 64–91 | 89–88 | 98–91 | 78–55 | 67–83 |
| Igokea m:tel | 72–79 | 71–76 | 91–78 | 95–84 | 82–92 | | 83–70 | — | | 90–87 | 101–97 | 80–107 | | 92–87 | 105–97 | 94–89 |
| Krka | 79–90 | | | 92–97 | 67–79 | | 106–109 | 80–85 | — | 70–80 | 103–90 | 77–79 | 87–89 | | 97–91 | 73–81 |
| Mega Superbet | 98–74 | 93–79 | | 88–58 | 76–81 | 66–95 | 83–80 | 64–73 | 87–94 | — | 84–59 | 90–100 | | 84–82 | | |
| Mornar Barsko zlato | 90–98 | 86–84 | 82–92 | 92–85 | 69–110 | | 76–81 | | | 83–113 | — | 78–105 | 66–76 | | | 55–81 |
| Partizan Mozzart Bet | 96–66 | 90–97 | 78–76 | 113–78 | | 82–61 | 90–65 | | 96–63 | | | — | 103–80 | 110–64 | 95–80 | 100–75 |
| Spartak Subotica | | | | 88–84 | 87–94 | 84–90 | 93–86 | 86–75 | 102–83 | 110–86 | 85–64 | 80–89 | — | 82–79 | 79–89 | |
| Split | 70–59 | 48–83 | 69–75 | | 85–78 | 74–81 | | 74–79 | 83–78 | 90–80 | 87–73 | | 71–91 | — | 88–85 | 73–77 |
| SC Derby | | | | 101–86 | 81–89 | 86–87 | 82–76 | | 101–90 | 77–82 | 99–91 | 60–80 | 84–76 | | — | 86–62 |
| Zadar | 89–67 | 55–91 | 81–73 | 82–69 | 77–84 | 63–71 | | 76–79 | 72–63 | 65–68 | | 71–75 | 76–66 | | 71–58 | — |

### Results by round

The table lists the results of teams in each round.
| Win | Loss | Postponed |
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Partizan Mozzart Bet | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Budućnost VOLI | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L |
| Crvena zvezda Meridianbet | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L |
| Dubai Basketball | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W |
| Igokea m:tel | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W |
| Cedevita Olimpija | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W |
| Spartak Office Shoes | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W |
| Mega Superbet | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W |
| Zadar | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | W |
| FMP Soccerbet | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L |
| Borac Mozzart | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | L |
| SC Derby | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | L |
| Split | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L |
| Krka | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Cibona | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W |
| Mornar Barsko zlato | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |

## MVP List
### MVP of the Round

| Round | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Amar Gegić | Zadar | 32 |
| 2 | Rasheed Sulaimon | Budućnost VOLI | 29 |
| 3 | Rasir Bolton | Spartak Office Shoes | 31 |
| 4 | Miha Cerkvenik | Krka | 34 |
| 5 | Shannon Shorter | Split | 33 |
| 6 | Shannon Shorter (2) | Split (2) | 27 |
| 7 | Rasir Bolton (2) | Spartak Office Shoes (2) | 30 |
| 8 | Zoran Nikolić | SC Derby | 32 |
| 9 | Balša Koprivica | Partizan Mozzart Bet | 43 |
| 10 | Codi Miller-McIntyre | Crvena zvezda MeridianBet | 39 |
| 11 | Brynton Lemar | Cedevita Olimpija | 30 |
| 12 | JaCorey Williams | Dubai Basketball | 33 |
| 13 | Kenan Kamenjaš | Budućnost VOLI (2) | 37 |
| 14 | Diante Baldwin | Borac Mozzart | 32 |
| 15 | Terrell Carter | Igokea m:tel | 35 |
| 16 | Nate Mason | Dubai (2) | 34 |
| 17 | Paulius Valinskas | Borac Mozzart (2) | 30 |
| 18 | Umoja Gibson | Spartak Office Shoes (3) | 34 |
| 19 | Mihailo Petrović | Mega Superbet | 33 |
| 20 | Filip Barna | FMP Soccerbet | 32 |
| 21 | Luka Cerovina | Spartak Office Shoes (4) | 39 |
| 22 | Bogoljub Marković | Mega Superbet (2) | 34 |
Source: ABA League

### MVP of the Month

| Month | Player | Team |
| 2024 ||||
| September & October | Bogoljub Marković | Mega MIS |
| November | Rasir Bolton | Spartak Office Shoes |
| December | Kenan Kamenjaš | Budućnost VOLI |
| 2025 ||||
| January | Bryce Jones | Igokea m:tel |
| February | Filip Bundović | Cibona |

## Clubs in European competitions

| Competition | Team | Progress | Result |
| EuroLeague | Crvena zvezda Meridianbet | Regular season | |
| EuroLeague | Partizan Mozzart Bet | Regular season | |
| EuroCup | Cedevita Olimpija | Regular season Group B | |
| EuroCup | Budućnost VOLI | Regular season Group A | |
| Champions League | Igokea m:tel | Regular season Group A | 4th (2–4) |
| Champions League | FMP Soccerbet | Regular season Group H | 4th (1–5) |
| Champions League | Spartak Office Shoes | Qualification rounds - Quarter-finals | Eliminated by BC Juventus |