2022–23 Basketball League of Serbia

The 2022–23 Admiral Bet Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашка лига Србије 2022–23.) is the 17th 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.

2022–23 Basketball League of Serbia
League	Basketball League of Serbia
Season	2022–23
Dates	1 October 2022 – 15 April 2023 (First League) May–June 2023 (Playoffs)
Games played	30 each (First League)
Teams	16 (First League) 21 (total)
TV partner(s)	Arena Sport

Crvena zvezda mts is the 7-time defending champion.

Teams

A total of 21 teams participate in the 2022–23 Basketball League of Serbia.^[1]

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

Access list for the 2022–23 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
Super League (8 teams)	3 Adriatic League teams (Borac, FMP, Mega)	5 highest-placed teams from the First League
Playoffs (4 teams)	2 Adriatic League teams (Crvena zvezda, Partizan)	2 group winners from the Super League

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from the Second League

• Spartak Office Shoes
• Čačak 94

Teams relegated to the Second League

• Radnički Kragujevac
• Slodes SoccerBet

Venues and locations

Belgrade

Mladost

Kolubara

Vršac

Vojvodina

Zlatibor

Čačak 94

Borac

Tamiš

Sloga

Metalac

Dunav

Novi Pazar

Sloboda

Zdravlje

Spartak

Belgrade clubs:

Crvena zvezda
Dynamic
FMP
Mega
OKK Beograd
Partizan

Location of clubs in the 2022–23 season

Club	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Borac Mozzart	Čačak	Borac Hall	3,000
Crvena zvezda mts	Belgrade	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall	5,878
Čačak 94 Quantox	Čačak	Borac Hall	3,000
Dunav	Stari Banovci	Park Hall	—
Dynamic Balkan Bet	Belgrade	Ranko Žeravica Hall	5,000
FMP Meridian	Belgrade	Železnik Hall	3,000
Kolubara LA 2003	Lazarevac	Kolubara Sport Center	1,700
Mega MIS	Belgrade	Mega Factory Hall	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 Hall	700
Partizan Mozzart Bet	Belgrade	Štark Arena	18,386
Sloboda	Užice	Veliki Park Hall	2,200
Sloga	Kraljevo	Kraljevo Sports Hall	3,350
Spartak Office Shoes	Subotica	Dudova Šuma Sports Center	3,000
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 Gold Gondola	Čajetina	Čajetina Sport Center	1,000

	Clubs in the 2022–23 First Adriatic League
	Clubs in the 2022–23 Second Adriatic League

First League

Personnel and sponsorship

Club	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Čačak 94 Quantox	Ivan Radovanović	Radenko Pilčević	Ardu Sport	Quantox
Dunav	Mitar Ašćerić	Vuk Malidžan	—	Grad Stara Pazova
Dynamic Balkan Bet	Saša Nikitović	Nenad Šulović	Ardu Sport	Balkan Bet
Kolubara LA 2003	Saša Pavlović	Vukašin Sinđelić	Seven	MaxBet / Grad Lazarevac
Metalac	Branislav Ratkovica	Marko Bajić	Peak	—
Mladost MaxBet	Dragan Jakovljević	Marko Milenković	CK	MaxBet
Novi Pazar	Ivica Vukotić	Asmir Numanović	Maluro	Numanović
OKK Beograd	Vule Avdalović	Nenad Miljenović	Naai	—
Sloboda	Velimir Gašić	David Miladinović	Ardu Sport	mts
Sloga	Marko Dimitrijević	Stefan Matović	Maluro	—
Spartak Office Shoes	Željko Lukajić	Predrag Prlja	—	Office Shoes
Tamiš	Bojan Jovičić	Ivan Smiljanić	—	—
Vojvodina	Miloš Isakov Kovačević	Marko Ljubičić	Ardu Sport	—
Vršac	Siniša Matić	Bratislav Jeković	Ardu Sport	Villager / Element
Zdravlje	Nikola Ristić	Milan Radivojević	Maluro	—
Zlatibor Gold Gondola	Strajin Nedović	Nemanja Protić	Ardu Sport	Boje i fasade Maxima

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment	Ref.
Vojvodina	Miroslav Nikolić	15 June 2022	Off-season	Miloš Isakov Kovačević	16 June 2022	[2][3]
OKK Beograd	Vasilije Budimić	17 June 2022		Vule Avdalović	17 June 2022	[4]
Sloboda	Oliver Popović	23 June 2022		Velimir Gašić	23 June 2022	[5][6]
Kolubara LA 2003	Stevan Mijović	June 2022		Branko Jorović	4 July 2022	[7][8]
	Branko Jorović	9 July 2022		Darko Kostić	July 2022	[9]
Novi Pazar	Darko Kostić	July 2022		Vasilije Budimić	9 July 2022	[10][11]
Vršac	Siniša Matić	July 2022		Vladimir Đokić	July 2022
Čačak 94 Quantox	Ivan Radovanović	July 2022		Vladimir Lučić	July 2022
Zdravlje	Lazar Spasić	31 October 2022	13th (1–5)	Nikola Ristić	31 October 2022	[12]
Spartak Office Shoes	Srećko Sekulović	6 November 2022	5th (5–2)	Oliver Kostić	9 November 2022	[13]
Dunav	Milivoje Lazić	November 2022	16th (1–6)	Mitar Ašćerić	November 2022	[14]
Novi Pazar	Vasilije Budimić	24 November 2022	12th (2–7)	Ivica Vukotić	24 November 2022	[15]
Čačak 94 Quantox	Vladimir Lučić	28 November 2022	16th (1–9)	Ivan Radovanović	28 November 2022	[16]
Kolubara LA 2003	Darko Kostić	2022		Saša Pavlović	2022
Spartak Office Shoes	Oliver Kostić	4 January 2023	5th (9–6)	Željko Lukajić	4 January 2023	[17]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zlatibor Gold Gondola	30	22	8	2544	2338	+206	52	Qualification to Super League and ABA 2
2	Spartak Office Shoes	30	22	8	1790	1719	+71	52
3	Vojvodina	30	22	8	1765	1644	+121	52	Qualification to Super League
4	Metalac	30	20	10	1806	1588	+218	50
5	OKK Beograd	30	18	12	1757	1711	+46	48
6	Dinamik	30	18	12	1636	1540	+96	48
7	Tamiš	30	15	15	1620	1628	−8	45
8	Vršac	30	14	16	1808	1690	+118	44
9	Sloga	30	13	17	1590	1600	−10	43
10	Mladost MaxBet	30	13	17	1760	1803	−43	43
11	Čačak 94 Quantox	30	12	18	1626	1718	−92	42
12	Sloboda	30	12	18	1617	1675	−58	42
13	Novi Pazar	30	10	20	1623	1732	−109	40
14	Zdravlje	30	9	21	1609	1688	−79	39
15	Kolubara LA 2003	30	9	21	1588	1768	−180	39	Relegation to Second League
16	Dunav	30	11	19	1578	1837	−259	41

Updated to match(es) played on 28 December 2022. Source: KLS, SrbijaSport

SuperLeague

The Playoffs are the second stage of the 2022–23 Serbian League season. On 29 May 2023, Partizan announced withdrawal from the 2023 Serbian League playoffs following numerous postponements in the 2023 ABA League Finals.^[18]

Qualified teams

First ABA League	BLS First League
1 Partizan Mozzart Bet 2 Crvena zvezda Meridianbet 3 FMP Soccerbet 4 Mega MIS 5 Borac Mozzart	1 Zlatibor Gold Gondola 2 Spartak Office Shoes 3 Vojvodina 4 Metalac 5 OKK Beograd

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Borac Mozzart	Dejan Mijatović	Nemanja Todorović	—	P.S. Fashion / MozzartSport
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	Duško Ivanović	Branko Lazić	Adidas	Meridian
FMP Soccerbet	Nenad Stefanović	Charles Jenkins		Soccerbet
Mega MIS	Marko Barać	Luka Cerovina		Medical Innovation Solutions
Metalac	Branislav Ratkovica	Marko Bajić	Peak	—
OKK Beograd	Vule Avdalović	Nenad Miljenović	Naai	—
Partizan Mozzart Bet	Željko Obradović	Kevin Punter	Under Armour	NIS / Mozzart
Spartak Office Shoes	Željko Lukajić	Predrag Prlja	—	Office Shoes
Vojvodina	Miloš Isakov Kovačević	Marko Ljubičić	Ardu Sport	—
Zlatibor Gold Gondola	Strajin Nedović	Nemanja Protić	Ardu Sport	Boje i fasade Maxima

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment	Ref.
Mega MIS	Vlada Jovanović	16 June 2022	Off-season	Marko Barać	20 June 2022	[19][20][21]
Crvena zvezda mts	Dejan Radonjić	30 June 2022		Vladimir Jovanović	8 July 2022	[22][23][24]
	Vladimir Jovanović	13 November 2022		Duško Ivanović	14 November 2022	[25][26]
Borac Mozzart	Marko Marinović	28 November 2022		Dejan Mijatović	28 November 2022	[27][28][29]

SuperLeague Playoffs

Teams involved:

• 3 lowest-placed Serbian teams from the Adriatic League: FMP Soccerbet, Mega MIS, Borac Mozzart
• 5 highest-placed teams from the First League: Zlatibor Gold Gondola, Spartak Office Shoes, Vojvodina, Metalac, OKK Beograd

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts			FMP	OKK	SPA	ZLA
1	FMP Soccerbet	6	5	1	564	494	+70	11	Qualification to SuperLeague Final Four		—	95–91	98–80	112–81
2	OKK Beograd	6	4	2	550	474	+76	10			82–84	—	87–67	91–76
3	Spartak Office Shoes	6	3	3	502	520	−18	9			82–78	80–101	—	103–81
4	Zlatibor Gold Gondola	6	0	6	463	591	−128	6			78–97	72–98	75–90	—

Source: KLS, SrbijaSport

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		MEG	BOR	VOJ	MET
1	Mega MIS	6	5	1	531	458	+73	11	Qualification to SuperLeague Final Four		—	92–78	96–64	88–77
2	Borac Mozzart	6	4	2	511	486	+25	10			87–82	—	90–83	100–74
3	Vojvodina	6	3	3	480	498	−18	9			74–83	80–61	—	99–92
4	Metalac	6	0	6	472	552	−80	6			78–90	75–95	76–80	—

Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: KLS, SrbijaSport

SuperLeague Final Four

Teams involved:

• 2 highest-placed Serbian teams from the First ABA League: Partizan Mozzart Bet (withdraw), Crvena zvezda Meridianbet
• 2 winners of the SuperLeague Playoffs: FMP Soccerbet, Mega MIS

	Semifinals						Finals
							Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	94	82
							FMP Soccerbet	70	72
	Mega MIS	72	70
	FMP Soccerbet	75	96

Clubs in European competitions

Competition	Team	Progress	Result
EuroLeague	Partizan Mozzart Bet	Playoffs	Eliminated in Quarterfinals by Real Madrid, 2–3
	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	Regular season	10th (17–17)
Champions League	FMP Meridian	Qualification Group D	Eliminated in final by Bakken Bears, 88–82

See also

• List of current Basketball League of Serbia team rosters
• 2022–23 Second Men's League of Serbia (basketball)
• 2022–23 Radivoj Korać Cup
• 2022–23 Basketball Cup of Serbia
• 2022–23 ABA League First Division
• 2022–23 ABA League Second Division
• 2022–23 First Women's Basketball League of Serbia
• 2022–23 KK Crvena zvezda season
• 2022–23 KK Partizan season

References

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External links

• Official website
• Serbian League Playoff at srbijasport.net