2021–22 Basketball League of Serbia
# 2021–22 Basketball League of Serbia

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. 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**

* Zdravlje Leskovac
* Slodes SoccerBet

**Teams relegated to the Second League**

* Napredak JKP
* Pirot

### Venues and locations

| Club | 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.

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| OKK Beograd | Branislav Ratkovica | 26 May 2021 | Off-season | Vasilije Budimić | 26 May 2021 |
| Metalac | Vladimir Đokić | 7 June 2021 | Off-season | Branislav Ratkovica | 7 June 2021 |
| Tamiš | Nebojša Vidić | June 2021 | Off-season | Bojan Jovičić | June 2021 |
| Vršac | Vladimir Lučić | August 2021 | Off-season | Vladimir Đokić | 12 August 2021 |
| Dunav | Mitar Ašćerić | August 2021 | Off-season | Milivoje Lazić | 1 September 2021 |
| Kolubara LA 2003 | Marko Dimitrijević | August 2021 | Off-season | Stevan Mijović | August 2021 |
| Sloga | Dragan Kostić | August 2021 | Off-season | 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 |
| Vršac | Vladimir Đokić | 18 March 2022 | 7th (13–13) | Siniša Matić | 18 March 2022 |
| 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 | Qualification to Super League |
| 5 | Dynamic VIP PAY | 30 | 18 | 12 | 2584 | 2414 | +170 | 48 | Qualification to Super League |
| 6 | Sloboda | 30 | 16 | 14 | 2638 | 2507 | +131 | 46 | Qualification to Super League |
| 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 |

## 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.

### 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 | |
| Partizan NIS | Aleksandar Matović | 25 June 2021 | Off-season | Željko Obradović | 25 June 2021 | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7–9 May | 7–9 May | | | |
| Mega Mozzart | 2 | | | |
| Mega Mozzart | 2 | 14–16 May | 14–16 May | | |
| Sloboda | 0 | 14–16 May | 14–16 May | |
| Sloboda | 0 | Mega Mozzart | 2 | |
| 7–9 May | 7–9 May | | Mega Mozzart | 2 | |
| 7–9 May | 7–9 May | Vojvodina | 0 | |
| Sloga | 0 | Vojvodina | 0 | |
| Sloga | 0 | | | | 22–24 May | 22–24 May |
| Vojvodina | 2 | | | | 22–24 May | 22–24 May |
| Vojvodina | 2 | | | | Mega Mozzart | 2 |
| 7–9 May | 7–9 May | | | | | Mega Mozzart | 2 |
| 7–9 May | 7–9 May | | | | Borac | 0 |
| Borac | 2 | | | | Borac | 0 |
| Borac | 2 | 14–18 May | 14–18 May | | | |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | 0 | 14–18 May | 14–18 May | | | |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | 0 | Borac | 2 | | | |
| 7–9 May | 7–9 May | | Borac | 2 | | | |
| 7–9 May | 7–9 May | Mladost MaxBet | 1 | |
| Zlatibor | 0 | Mladost MaxBet | 1 | |
| 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 10−12 June | 10−12 June |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 2 |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 2 | June | June |
| Mega Mozzart | 1 | June | June |
| Mega Mozzart | 1 | Crvena zvezda mts | 2 |
| | | FMP Meridian | 0 |
| Partizan NIS | | FMP Meridian | 0 |
| FMP Meridian | w/o | | |

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