2020–21 Basketball League of Serbia

The 2020–21 Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашка лига Србије 2020–21.) is the 15th season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the top-tier professional basketball league in Serbia. Also, it's the 77th national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of the nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.

Basketball League of Serbia
Season2020–21
Teams16 (regular season)
21 (total)
DatesSeptember 25, 2020 – April 10, 2021
(First League)
TVArena Sport
Records
Biggest home winDynamic 111–73 Sloga
(3 October 2020)
Biggest away winDunav 93–109 Mladost
(25 September 2020)
Highest scoringMladost 116–114 Radnički
(18 October 2020)
Winning streakMladost
11 games
Losing streakPirot
8 games
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of October 27, 2020.

The season is the first to be played after the previous season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia. The Basketball Federation of Serbia ruled that the 13 teams from the previous season will stay in the league and the three highest-placed clubs from Second League will be promoted. The first-placed team from the previous season, Borac, joins the ABA League.[1][2] Crvena zvezda mts is the defending champion.

The First League began on 25 September 2020.[3] The SuperLeague will start in May 2021.[4]

Teams

A total of 21 teams participated in the 2020–21 Basketball League of Serbia.

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

Access list for the 2020–21 Serbian League[1][2][5]
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from the previous round
Regular season
(16 teams)
Super League
(8 teams)
  • 3 highest-placed teams from the Regular season
Playoffs
(4 teams)
  • 2 group winners from the Super League
  • 2 group runners-ups from the Super League

Promotion and relegation
Teams promoted from the Second League[2][6]
Teams relegated to the Second League

Venues and locations
Location of teams in the 2019–20 season
Team[7] Home city Arena Capacity
Borac Čačak Borac Hall 2,000
Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Aleksandar Nikolić Hall 5,878
Dunav Stari Banovci Park Hall N/A
Dynamic VIP PAY Belgrade Ranko Žeravica Hall 5,000
FMP Belgrade Železnik Hall 3,000
Kolubara LA 2003 Lazarevac Kolubara Sport Center 1,700
Mega Soccerbet Belgrade Mega Factory 700
Metalac Valjevo Valjevo Sports Hall 1,500
Mladost Zemun Master Sport Center 750
Napredak JKP Aleksinac Aleksinac Sports Hall 1,400
Novi Pazar Novi Pazar Pendik Sports Hall 1,600
OKK Beograd Belgrade Mega Factory 700
Partizan NIS Belgrade Štark Arena 18,386
Pirot Pirot Pirot Kej Hall 835
Radnički Kragujevac Jezero Hall 3,750
Sloboda Užice Veliki Park Hall 2,200
Sloga Kraljevo Kraljevo Sports Hall 3,350
Tamiš Pančevo Strelište Sports Hall 1,100
Vojvodina Novi Sad SPC Vojvodina 7,022
Vršac Vršac Millennium Center 4,400
Zlatibor Čajetina Čajetina Sport Center 1,000
Teams that play in the 2020–21 First Adriatic League
Teams that play in the 2020–21 Second Adriatic League

Personnel and sponsorship
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Dunav Mitar Ašćerić Aleksandar Miljković Cvetex —
Dynamic VIP PAY Miro Alilović Marko Čakarević Champion VIP PAY
Kolubara LA 2003 Marko Dimitrijević Nikola Simić — EPS / Grad Lazarevac
Metalac Vladimir Đokić Igor Đuković — —
Mladost Dragan Jakovljević Marko Milenković Champion —
Napredak JKP Nebojša Raičević Nikola Raičević — —
Novi Pazar Darko Kostić Asmir Numanović — Admiral
OKK Beograd Branislav Ratkovica Marko Boltić Adidas —
Pirot Filip Socek Miodrag Stojanović — —
Radnički Kragujevac Igor Todorović Raško Katić — —
Sloboda Oliver Popović Stefan Simić Ardu Sport mts
Sloga Zoran Petrović Uroš Mirković — —
Tamiš Bojan Jovičić Saša Radović — —
Vojvodina Miroslav Nikolić Aleksa Zarić — —
Vršac Vladimir Lučić Miloš Savović Spirit Villager / Element
Zlatibor Strajin Nedović Bogdan Riznić Ardu Sport —

Coaching changes
TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointmentRef.
Vojvodina Filip SocekJune 2020Off-season Miroslav NikolićJune 2020
Mega Soccerbet Dejan Milojević1 June 2020 Vlada Jovanović1 June 2020[8]
OKK Beograd Branko Milisavljević5 June 2020 Branislav Ratkovica5 June 2020[9][10]
Crvena zvezda mts Dragan Šakota8 June 2020 Saša Obradović10 June 2020[11]
Novi Pazar Oliver PopovićJune 2020 Darko Kostić16 June 2020[12][13]
Partizan NIS Andrea Trinchieri2 July 2020 Vlado Šćepanović9 July 2020[14][15]
Kolubara LA 2003 Dušan RadovićAugust 2020 Marko DimitrijevićAugust 2020[16]
Partizan NIS Vlado Šćepanović30 October 2020ABA Sašo Filipovski5 November 2020[17][18]
Sloboda Vladimir Lučić1 November 202015th (1–5) Oliver Popović1 November 2020[19]
Vršac Zoran Todorović2 November 202016th (1–5) Vladimir Lučić2 November 2020[19]
Sloga Saša Pavlović9 November 202014th (2–5) Zoran Petrović9 November 2020[20]
Pirot Marko Spasić15 November 202012th (2–6) Filip Socek16 November 2020[21]
FMP Vladimir Jovanović14 December 2020ABA Bojan Đerić14 December 2020[22]
Crvena zvezda mts Saša Obradović24 December 2020 Dejan Radonjić25 December 2020[23][24]

Regular season

The 2020–21 regular season began on 25 September 2020.[5]

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mladost 14 13 1 1323 1193 +130 27 Qualification to Super League
and ABA 2
2 Vojvodina 14 11 3 1211 1080 +131 25
3 Novi Pazar 15 9 6 1233 1200 +33 24 Qualification to Super League
4 Zlatibor 13 10 3 1152 1065 +87 23
5 Tamiš 14 8 6 1135 1135 0 22
6 Sloboda 14 8 6 1183 1118 +65 22
7 Dynamic VIP PAY 14 7 7 1243 1191 +52 21
8 Napredak JKP 15 6 9 1272 1281 −9 21
9 Kolubara LA 2003 14 7 7 1163 1216 −53 21
10 OKK Beograd 14 5 9 1154 1166 −12 19
11 Dunav 14 5 9 1204 1273 −69 19
12 Metalac 14 5 9 1075 1195 −120 19
13 Radnički 12 6 6 1099 1086 +13 18
14 Pirot 15 3 12 1133 1242 −109 18
15 Vršac 12 4 8 1004 1042 −38 16 Relegation to Second League
16 Sloga 12 3 9 941 1042 −101 15
Updated to match(es) played on 6 January 2021. Source: KLS

Super League

Qualified teams
First ABA League Regular season
Borac
Crvena zvezda mts
FMP
Mega Soccerbet
Partizan NIS		 1st team
2nd team
3rd team

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 ABA League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Playoffs
2 ABA League 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ABA League 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Regular season 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: KLS

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 ABA League 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Playoffs
2 ABA League 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Regular season 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Regular season 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: KLS

Serbian clubs in European competitions
TeamCompetitionProgress
Crvena zvezda mtsEuroLeagueRegular season
Partizan NISEuroCupTop 16

See also

References
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