Basketball League of Serbia

Basketball League of Serbia
The Basketball League of Serbia (BLS) (abbr. КЛС or KLS), is a top-tier men's professional basketball 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 ABA League. 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 None declared
2020–21 Crvena zvezda mts
2021–22 Crvena zvezda mts
2022–23 Crvena zvezda Meridianbet
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
Marko Čakarević
Tadija Dragićević
Zoran Erceg
Marko Gudurić
Milan Gurović
Nikola Jokić
Stefan Jović
Nikola Kalinić
Raško Katić
Dušan Kecman
Marko Kešelj
Ognjen Kuzmić
Dragan Labović
Branko Lazić
Vladimir Lučić
Milan Mačvan
Marko Marinović
Boban Marjanović
Stefan Marković
Branko Milisavljević
Dragan Milosavljević
Nemanja Nedović
Ivan Paunić
Kosta Perović
Vuk Radivojević
Miroslav Raduljica
Igor Rakočević
Milovan Raković
Aleksandar Rašić
Boris Savović
Marko Simonović
Miloš Teodosić
Milenko Tepić
Milenko Topić
Uroš Tripković
Novica Veličković
Čedomir Vitkovac
Rade Zagorac
Jonah Bolden
Nathan Jawai
Aleks Marić
Steven Marković
Ratko Varda
Milt Palacio
Filip Videnov
Ivica Zubac
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
Predrag Drobnjak
Aleksandar Pavlović
Nikola Peković
Slavko Vraneš
Jaka Blažič
Goran Jagodnik
Edo Murić
Duşan Çantekin
Semih Erden
Vonteego Cummings
James Gist
Dominic James
Charles Jenkins
Curtis Jerrells
Michael Lee
Quincy Miller
DeMarcus Nelson
Lawrence Roberts
Michael Scott
David Simon
Omar Thomas
Nate Wolters
Terrico White
Marcus Williams
See also
Radivoj Korać Cup
Basketball Federation of Serbia
Serbia national basketball team
Yugoslav Basketball League
References
External links
Basketball League of Serbia at eurobasket.com
Serbia
Serbia
Serbia
2006 establishments in Serbia
Professional sports leagues in Serbia