Basketball League of Serbia

The Basketball League of Serbia (Кошаркашка лига Србије / Košarkaška liga Srbije), commonly abbreviated as 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).

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.

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 COVID-19
 * 2020–21: Crvena zvezda mts
 * 2021–22: Crvena zvezda mts
 * 2022–23: Crvena zvezda Meridianbet
 * 2023–24: Crvena zvezda Meridianbet

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

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.''

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