2021–22 Basketball League of Serbia

2021–22 Basketball League of Serbia
2021–22 Basketball League of Serbia
League	Basketball League of Serbia
Season	2021–22
Dates	22 October 2021 – 9 April 2022; (First League); 7–24 May 2022; (SuperLeague Playoffs); 10–19 June 2022; (SuperLeague Final Four);
Games played	30 each (First League)
Teams	16 (First League); 21 (total)
Regular season
ABA 2 League	Zlatibor; Sloga
Champions League	FMP Meridian
Season MVP	Dušan Kutlešić
Relegated	Radnički Kragujevac; Slodes Soccerbet
Finals
Champions	Crvena zvezda mts
Runners-up	FMP Meridian
Semifinalists	Mega Mozzart; Partizan NIS
Finals MVP	Nikola Ivanović
Awards
SuperLeague MVP	Not awarded
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Dušan Kutlešić
Rebounds	Strahinja Gavrilović
Assists	Nemanja Nikolić
Index Rating	Dušan Kutlešić
Records
Biggest home win	Mladost MaxBet 109–64 Metalac; (3 December 2021)
Biggest away win	OKK Beograd 68–106 Zlatibor; (12 December 2021)
Highest scoring	Mladost MaxBet 130–94 Novi Pazar; (12 December 2021)
Lowest scoring	Zdravlje 57–60 Vojvodina; (22 October 2021)
Losing streak	23, Slodes
Highest attendance	4,236; Crvena zvezda mts 114–78 Mega Mozzart; (10 June 2022)
Lowest attendance	20; Dynamic VIP PAY 77–68 Zdravlje; (27 October 2021)
Average attendance	886, Sloga
Seasons
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of June 19, 2022.

The 2021–22 Admiral Bet Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашка лига Србије 2021–22.) was the 16th season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the top-tier professional basketball league in Serbia. Also, it is the 78th national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of the nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.

Teams

A total of 21 teams participated in the 2021–22 Basketball League of Serbia as confirmed by the Basketball Federation of Serbia on 30 June 2021.^[1] Crvena zvezda mts was the defending champion.

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

Access list for the 2021–22 Serbian League
	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from the previous round
First League (16 teams)	14 highest-placed teams from the last season 2 highest-placed teams from the Second League
SuperLeague Playoffs (8 teams)	2 lowest-placed teams from the Adriatic League teams (Borac, Mega Mozzart)	6 highest-placed teams from the First League
SuperLeague Final Four (4 teams)	3 highest-placed teams from the Adriatic League teams (Crvena zvezda, Partizan, FMP Meridian)	Winner from the SuperLeague Playoffs

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from the Second League

Teams relegated to the Second League

Venues and locations

Belgrade

Belgrade clubs:

Crvena zvezda
Dynamic
FMP
Mega
OKK Beograd
Partizan
Slodes

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Location of clubs in the 2021–22 season

Club^[1]	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Borac	Čačak	Borac Hall	2,000
Crvena zvezda mts	Belgrade	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall	5,878
Dunav	Stari Banovci	Park Hall	—
Dynamic VIP PAY	Belgrade	Ranko Žeravica Hall	5,000
FMP Meridian	Belgrade	Železnik Hall	3,000
Kolubara LA 2003	Lazarevac	Kolubara Sport Center	1,700
Mega Mozzart	Belgrade	Mega Factory	700
Metalac	Valjevo	Valjevo Sports Hall	1,500
Mladost MaxBet	Zemun	Master Sport Center	750
Novi Pazar	Novi Pazar	Pendik Sports Hall	1,600
OKK Beograd	Belgrade	Mega Factory	700
Partizan NIS	Belgrade	Štark Arena	18,386
Radnički	Kragujevac	Jezero Hall	3,750
Sloboda	Užice	Veliki Park Hall	2,200
Slodes SoccerBet	Belgrade	Slodes Hall	2,000
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
Zdravlje	Leskovac	SRC Dubočica	3,600
Zlatibor	Čajetina	Čajetina Sport Center	1,000

	Clubs that play in the 2021–22 First Adriatic League not playing in the regular season.
	Clubs that play in the 2021–22 Second Adriatic League

First League

The 2021–22 First League season started on 2 October 2021.^[2]

Personnel and sponsorship

Team^[3]	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Dunav	Milivoje Lazić	Aleksandar Miljković	Cvetex	—
Dynamic VIP PAY	Saša Nikitović		Ardu Sport	VIP PAY
Kolubara LA 2003	Stevan Mijović	Nikola Simić	Seven	EPS / Grad Lazarevac
Metalac	Branislav Ratkovica	Igor Mijajlović	Peak	—
Mladost MaxBet	Dragan Jakovljević	Marko Milenković	CK	MaxBet
Novi Pazar	Darko Kostić	Asmir Numanović	Unit	Admiral
OKK Beograd	Vasilije Budimić	Marko Boltić	Adidas	—
Radnički	Filip Socek	Raško Katić	Seven	City of Kragujevac
Sloboda	Oliver Popović		Ardu Sport	mts
Slodes SoccerBet	Nenad Karanović	Vuk Karadžić	—	SoccerBet
Sloga	Marko Dimitrijević		Maluro	—
Tamiš	Bojan Jovičić	Saša Radović	STX	—
Vojvodina	Miroslav Nikolić	Krsto Bjelica	Peak	—
Vršac	Siniša Matić	Miloš Dimić	Ardu Sport	Villager / Element
Zdravlje	Lazar Spasić	Milan Radivojević	Maluro	—
Zlatibor	Strajin Nedović	Dušan Kutlešić	Ardu Sport	Boje i fasade Maxima

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment	Ref.
OKK Beograd	Branislav Ratkovica	26 May 2021	Off-season	Vasilije Budimić	26 May 2021	^[4]
Metalac	Vladimir Đokić	7 June 2021		Branislav Ratkovica	7 June 2021	^[5]
Tamiš	Nebojša Vidić	June 2021		Bojan Jovičić	June 2021
Vršac	Vladimir Lučić	August 2021		Vladimir Đokić	12 August 2021	^[6]^[7]
Dunav	Mitar Ašćerić	August 2021		Milivoje Lazić	1 September 2021	^[8]
Kolubara LA 2003	Marko Dimitrijević	August 2021		Stevan Mijović	August 2021
Sloga	Dragan Kostić	August 2021		Marko Dimitrijević	August 2021
Slodes Soccerbet	Marko Boras	15 December 2021	16th (2–12)	Nenad Karanović (interim)	15 December 2021
Slodes Soccerbet	Nenad Karanović (interim)	28 December 2021	16th (2–15)	Igor Polenek	28 December 2021
Radnički	Ivica Vukotić	21 February 2022	13th (9–12)	Filip Socek	21 February 2022	^[9]^[10]
Vršac	Vladimir Đokić	18 March 2022	7th (13–13)	Siniša Matić	18 March 2022	^[11]
Slodes	Igor Polenek	30 March 2022	16th (2–26)	Nenad Karanović	30 March 2022

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zlatibor	30	22	8	2762	2414	+348	52	Qualification to Super League and ABA 2
2	Sloga	30	20	10	2559	2465	+94	50	Qualification to Super League and ABA 2
3	Vojvodina	30	19	11	2475	2284	+191	49	Qualification to Super League
4	Mladost MaxBet	30	19	11	2781	2648	+133	49
5	Dynamic VIP PAY	30	18	12	2584	2414	+170	48
6	Sloboda	30	16	14	2638	2507	+131	46
7	Tamiš	30	15	15	2480	2474	+6	45
8	Metalac	30	15	15	2415	2528	−113	45
9	Novi Pazar	30	15	15	2467	2599	−132	45
10	Zdravlje	30	14	16	2368	2450	−82	44
11	Vršac	30	14	16	2453	2438	+15	44
12	Dunav	30	14	16	2430	2485	−55	44
13	OKK Beograd	30	14	16	2642	2694	−52	44
14	Kolubara LA 2003	30	12	18	2442	2549	−107	42
15	Radnički	30	11	19	2424	2464	−40	41	Relegation to Second League
16	Slodes SoccerBet	30	2	28	2297	2804	−507	32	Relegation to Second League

Source: KLS, SrbijaSport

SuperLeague

The Playoffs are the second stage of the 2021–22 Serbian League season. The Super League was canceled due to ABA League schedule conflict and the qualified teams will play in the Playoffs.

On 9 June 2022, Partizan announced withdrawal from the 2022 Serbian League playoffs following numerous incidents in the 2022 ABA League Finals.^[12]

Qualified teams

First ABA League	Regular season
Borac Crvena zvezda mts FMP Meridian Mega Mozzart Partizan NIS	1 Zlatibor 2 Sloga 3 Vojvodina 4 Mladost MaxBet 5 Dynamic VIP PAY 6 Sloboda

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Borac Čačak	Marko Marinović	Uroš Čarapić	—	P.S. Fashion
Crvena zvezda mts	Dejan Radonjić	Branko Lazić	Adidas	mts / SoccerBet
Dynamic VIP PAY	Saša Nikitović		Ardu Sport	VIP PAY
FMP Meridian	Nenad Stefanović	Marko Radonjić	Adidas	—
Mega Mozzart	Vlada Jovanović	Luka Cerovina	Adidas	Mozzart
Mladost MaxBet	Dragan Jakovljević	Marko Milenković	CK	MaxBet
Partizan NIS	Željko Obradović	Rade Zagorac	Under Armour	NIS / mts
Sloboda	Oliver Popović		Ardu Sport	mts
Sloga	Marko Dimitrijević		Maluro	—
Vojvodina	Miroslav Nikolić	Krsto Bjelica	Peak	—
Zlatibor	Strajin Nedović	Dušan Kutlešić	Ardu Sport	Boje i fasade Maxima

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment	Ref.
FMP Meridian	Vanja Guša	1 June 2021	Off-season	Nenad Stefanović	2 June 2021	^[13]^[14]
Partizan NIS	Aleksandar Matović	25 June 2021	Off-season	Željko Obradović	25 June 2021	^[15]^[16]

SuperLeague Playoffs

Teams involved:

2 lowest-placed Serbian teams from the Adriatic League: Borac, Mega Mozzart
6 highest-placed teams from the First League: Zlatibor, Sloga, Vojvodina, Mladost MaxBet, Dynamic VIP PAY, Sloboda

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

7–9 May

Mega Mozzart	2
		14–16 May
Sloboda	0
		Mega Mozzart	2
7–9 May
		Vojvodina	0
Sloga	0
				22–24 May
Vojvodina	2
				Mega Mozzart	2
7–9 May
				Borac	0
Borac	2
		14–18 May
Dynamic VIP PAY	0
		Borac	2
7–9 May
		Mladost MaxBet	1
Zlatibor	0

Mladost MaxBet	2

SuperLeague Final Four

Teams involved:

3 highest-placed Serbian teams from the First ABA League: Crvena zvezda mts, Partizan NIS (withdraw), FMP Meridian
winner of the SuperLeague Playoffs: Mega Mozzart

Semifinals		Final

10−12 June

Crvena zvezda mts	2
		June
Mega Mozzart	1
		Crvena zvezda mts	2

		FMP Meridian	0
Partizan NIS

FMP Meridian	w/o

2021–22 Basketball League of Serbia Champions
Crvena zvezda mts 22nd title

References

^ ^a ^b "Lista odluka dozvola za sezonu klubova 1.MLS" (PDF). lige.kss.rs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "OBAVLJEN ŽREB ZA KOŠARKAŠKU LIGU SRBIJE: Sloga na startu protiv Zdravlja". novosti.rs. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^ "Propala ideja o KLS sa 20 klubova i uključivanjem mladih timova Zvezde i Partizana". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Predstavljen novi stručni štab seniorskog tima OKK Beograda". okkbeograd.org.rs. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
^ "Trenerska rokada u Metalcu: Đokić otišao, Ratkovica došao". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
^ "Ilić dobio novog trenera u Vršcu". bhbasket.ba. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ "ĐOKIĆ PONOVO U VRŠCU". kkvrsac.rs. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ "Crno-beli tandem Radovanović i Petrović igraće za Dunav na dvojnu licencu". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "Vukotić podneo ostavku, Filip Socek novi trener Radničkog". kgsport.info. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ "Filip Socek novi trener košarkaša kragujevačkog „Radničkog"". danas.rs. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ "Siniša Matić novi trener košarkaša Vršca". evrsac.rs. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
^ "Partizan završio sezonu". b92.net. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
^ "Vanja Guša više nije trener FMP". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "Stefanović novi trener FMP-a". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ "Željko Obradović has returned to Partizan NIS". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
^ "ZVANIČNO: Partizan potvrdio, vratio se Žoc!". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

External links

Official website
League at srbijasport.net

[kss3006-1] "Lista odluka dozvola za sezonu klubova 1.MLS" (PDF). lige.kss.rs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[2] "OBAVLJEN ŽREB ZA KOŠARKAŠKU LIGU SRBIJE: Sloga na startu protiv Zdravlja". novosti.rs. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[3] "Propala ideja o KLS sa 20 klubova i uključivanjem mladih timova Zvezde i Partizana". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[4] "Predstavljen novi stručni štab seniorskog tima OKK Beograda". okkbeograd.org.rs. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

[5] "Trenerska rokada u Metalcu: Đokić otišao, Ratkovica došao". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

[6] "Ilić dobio novog trenera u Vršcu". bhbasket.ba. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[7] "ĐOKIĆ PONOVO U VRŠCU". kkvrsac.rs. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[8] "Crno-beli tandem Radovanović i Petrović igraće za Dunav na dvojnu licencu". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[9] "Vukotić podneo ostavku, Filip Socek novi trener Radničkog". kgsport.info. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

[10] "Filip Socek novi trener košarkaša kragujevačkog „Radničkog"". danas.rs. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

[11] "Siniša Matić novi trener košarkaša Vršca". evrsac.rs. Retrieved 24 March 2022.

[12] "Partizan završio sezonu". b92.net. Retrieved 9 June 2022.

[13] "Vanja Guša više nije trener FMP". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[14] "Stefanović novi trener FMP-a". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

[15] "Željko Obradović has returned to Partizan NIS". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[16] "ZVANIČNO: Partizan potvrdio, vratio se Žoc!". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

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2021–22 Basketball League of Serbia

Contents

Teams

Distribution

Promotion and relegation

Venues and locations

First League

Personnel and sponsorship

Coaching changes

Standings

SuperLeague

Qualified teams

Personnel and sponsorship

Coaching changes

SuperLeague Playoffs

SuperLeague Final Four

See also

References

External links

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