Basketball League of Serbia
Current season, competition or edition: 2016–17 Basketball League of Serbia
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 2006 |
| Inaugural season | 2006–07 |
| CEO | Darko Jovičić |
| No. of teams | 18 |
| Country |
 Serbia
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| Continent |
 FIBA Europe (Europe) |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Crvena zvezda (17th title) (2015–16) |
| Most titles |
Partizan (21 titles) |
| TV partner(s) |
RTS Arena Sport |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Serbian League B |
| Domestic cup(s) | Radivoj Korać Cup |
| Official website | kls.rs (Serbian) |
The Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian: Кошаркашка лига Србије (КЛС) / Košarkaška liga Srbije (KLS)), is the highest men's professional club basketball competition in Serbia. Founded in 2006, it is run by the Basketball Federation of Serbia.
The league, operated by the Basketball Federation of Serbia, consists of Serbian First League which have 14 and Serbian Super League which have 8 teams.
For the 2013–14 season, the top four teams in First League will be promoted to Super League with four Serbian teams from the Adriatic League. The team positioned 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 top four teams in regular part will qualify for the next season of the Adriatic League.
Currently, clubs must have home arenas with capacity of minimum 1,000 seats.
So far, 17 Serbian teams took part in a FIBA or Euroleague Basketball Company club competition since 1958. The most successful club by participation and trophies is Partizan. They had a total of 39 seasons of which 22 in the elite competition, Euroleague. Partizan won four trophies, the Champions Cup in Istanbul in 1992 and 3 Korać Cups in 1978, 1979 and 1989. The second most successful is Crvena zvezda with 30 seasons and one trophy in Europe. They won the Cup Winner's Cup in 1974.
Since its formation in 2001, a total of 8 clubs from Serbia took a part in the regional ABA League. KK Partizan became a champion in six seasons (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013), where first five trophies were won consecutively. FMP Železnik won 2 titles in 2004 and 2006, Crvena zvezda won two titles in 2015, 2016, and KK Vršac won one title in 2005.
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