2023–24 ABA League First Division

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Season	2023–24
Number of games	26 each
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	Arena Sport
Records
Biggest home win	Partizan 101–56 Borac; (27 November 2023)
Biggest away win	FMP 61–105 Partizan; (2 December 2023)
Highest scoring	Budućnost 103–100 Mornar; (5 January 2024)
Winning streak	Crvena zvezda 9 games
Losing streak	Mornar 10 games
Highest attendance	20,007; Partizan 98–87 Crvena zvezda; (30 October 2023)
Lowest attendance	250; SC Derby 93-101 Cibona; (17 November 2023)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 4 December 2023.

The 2023–24 AdmiralBet ABA League is the 22nd season of the ABA League with 14 teams from former Yugoslavia, namely Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia participating in it.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

A total of 14 teams will contest the league in the 2023–24 season (and until the 2024–25 season).^[1]

Promoted	Krka	2022–23 ABA 2 Champion
Relegated	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Finished last

Venues and locations

2023–24 ABA League First Division is located in Yugoslavia

Belgrade

Podgorica

Belgrade clubs:

Crvena zvezda
FMP
Mega
Partizan

Podgorica clubs:

Budućnost
SC Derby

Location of teams in the 2023–24 season

2023–24 ABA League First Division is located in Belgrade

Locations of the teams from Belgrade in the 2023–24 season

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Borac Mozzart	Čačak	Borac Hall	4,000
Budućnost VOLI	Podgorica	Morača Sports Center	6,000
Cedevita Olimpija	Ljubljana	Arena Stožice	12,480
Krka	Novo Mesto	Leon Štukelj Hall	2,500
Cibona	Zagreb	Dražen Petrović Hall	5,400
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	Belgrade	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall	8,000
FMP Meridian	Belgrade	Železnik Hall	3,000
Igokea m:tel	Aleksandrovac	Laktaši Sports Hall	3,050
Mega MIS	Belgrade	Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall	5,000
Mornar Barsko zlato	Bar	Topolica Sport Hall	2,625
Partizan Mozzart Bet	Belgrade	Štark Arena	18,386
SC Derby	Podgorica	Morača Sports Center	6,000
Split	Split	Arena Gripe	3,500
Zadar	Zadar	Krešimir Ćosić Hall	7,997

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Borac Mozzart	Dejan Mijatović	Nemanja Todorović	—	MozzartSport / P.S. Fashion
Budućnost VOLI	Petar Mijović	Petar Popović	Spalding	VOLI / Podgorica Capital City
Cedevita Olimpija	Simone Pianigiani	Edo Murić	Adidas	Cedevita
Cibona	Jakša Vulić	Krešimir Radovčić	GBT	Erste Bank
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	Ioannis Sfairopoulos	Branko Lazić	Adidas	Meridian / mts
FMP Meridian	Nenad Stefanović	Charles Jenkins	Adidas	Meridian
Igokea m:tel	Vladimir Jovanović	Marko Jošilo	GBT	m:tel
Mega MIS	Marko Barać	Luka Cerovina	Adidas	Medical Innovation Solutions / Triglav
Mornar Barsko zlato	Mihailo Pavićević	Sead Šehović	DaCapo	Bar Municipality / Barsko zlato
Krka	Gašper Okorn	Jan Špan		Krka
Partizan Mozzart Bet	Željko Obradović	Kevin Punter	Under Armour	NIS / Mozzart Bet
SC Derby	Andrej Žakelj	Nikola Pavličević	Spalding	Derby
Split	Slaven Rimac	Roko Leni Ukić	Macron	—
Zadar	Danijel Jusup	Marko Ramljak	Macron	OTP Bank / PSK

Referees

A total of 55 ABA officials set to work on the 2023–24 season in ABA 1 and ABA 2:

The list of referees for the 2023–24 season
Dragan Porobić Ernad Karović Ivan Milićević Nermin Nikšić Tomislav Stapić Vladimir Marić Bojan Kruljac Boris Hartman Branimir Galić Denis Hadžić Gordan Terlević Hrvoje Muhvić Josip Radojković Krešimir Katić Krunoslav Peić Luka Kardum Marko Stanković Marko Mustapić Mateo Pavičić	Tomislav Hordov Tomislav Vovk Bojan Popović Igor Dragojević Igor Janjušević Miloš Koljenšić Miodrag Lakićević Radoš Savović Vojislav Lepetić Aleksandar Davidov Boro Antovski Nikola Jakimovski Aleksandar Milojević Dragan Matić Duško Sedlar Ilija Belošević Ivan Stefanović Marko Juras Marko Pecelj	Milivoje Jovčić Miloš Hadžić Radoš Arsenijević Stefan Ćalić Strahinja Dašić Uroš Obrknežević Uroš Nikolić Vladimir Vesković Damir Javor Damjan Gajšek Edo Javor Mario Majkić Matej Boltauzer Milan Nedović Rok Misson Saša Pukl Sašo Petek 0 0

Regular season

The regular season is scheduled to commence on 29 September 2023 and end on 5 April 2024.^[2]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	16	14	2	1417	1179	+238	30	Advance to the Playoffs
2	Partizan Mozzart Bet	16	12	4	1492	1201	+291	28
3	Budućnost VOLI	16	11	5	1340	1247	+93	27
4	Cedevita Olimpija	16	11	5	1376	1358	+18	27
5	Igokea m:tel	16	10	6	1308	1288	+20	26
6	Mega MIS	16	9	7	1375	1290	+85	25
7	Zadar	16	8	8	1298	1258	+40	24
8	SC Derby	16	7	9	1366	1378	−12	23
9	Split	16	7	9	1221	1289	−68	23
10	Borac Mozzart	16	7	9	1264	1346	−82	23
11	Cibona	16	6	10	1266	1358	−92	22
12	FMP Meridian	16	5	11	1262	1388	−126	21
13	Krka	16	3	13	1210	1379	−169	19	Qualification to the relegation playoffs
14	Mornar Barsko zlato	16	2	14	1195	1431	−236	18	Relegation to the Second Division

Updated to match(es) played on 15 January 2024. Source: ABA League

Positions by round

	Advance to the Playoffs		Qualification to the relegation playoffs		Relegated

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Team ╲ Round
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	3	2	3	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Partizan Mozzart Bet	1	1	1	3	2	1	3	5	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2
Budućnost VOLI	2	3	2	2	1	3	1	2	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	3
Cedevita Olimpija	7	9	7	9	7	6	5	4	3	5	5	4	2	3	3	4
Igokea m:tel	12	7	6	5	4	5	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	5	5	5
Mega MIS	9	10	8	6	8	8	6	6	6	7	7	9	8	6	6	6
Zadar	13	13	10	7	5	7	8	7	8	8	8	6	6	7	7	7
SC Derby	5	4	4	4	6	4	7	9	7	6	6	7	7	8	8	8
Split	10	11	12	11	11	11	12	13	12	10	11	11	11	10	10	9
Borac Mozzart	4	5	5	8	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	10
Cibona	11	12	13	13	14	12	11	11	11	12	10	10	10	11	11	11
FMP Soccerbet	8	6	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Krka	6	8	11	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Mornar Barsko zlato	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Updated to match(es) played on 14 January 2024. Source: ABA League

Results

Home \ Away	BOR	BUD	COL	CIB	CZV	FMP	IGO	KRK	MEG	MOR	PAR	SCD	SPL	ZAD
Borac Mozzart	—	67–86		86–79	87–93	96–75	64–70		78–94	79–71		87–76
Budućnost VOLI		—	81–82	93–85		82–76		82–69	73–71	103–100		82–94	72–58	103–73
Cedevita Olimpija	82–78		—	93–91	96–86			91–79	89–87		95–91	102–93	97–68	73–79
Cibona	97–101			—		89–93			69–83	73–72	74–87		81–73
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	90–74	95–86	94–51	84–56	—		80–48			95–75			89–67
FMP Meridian			84–96	72–77	72–83	—		97–99	73–83		61–105	86–99	84–66	77–96
Igokea m:tel		88–74	83–72	87–91	63–81	73–74	—			84–64		91–82	77–80	100–94
Krka	89–80	75–86		54–72	67–90	87–89	80–92	—			56–96			75–88
Mega MIS	89–90		97–86		88–98	86–72	92–76	72–77	—		88–86			91–81
Mornar Barsko zlato		61–87	74–86			75–77		86–83	65–99	—	76–98		76–93	86–78
Partizan Mozzart Bet	101–56	96–83		96–67	98–87		89–91	96–76		110–78	—	99–76
SC Derby				93–101	77–91		81–90	84–70	89–82	94–79		—	91–92	88–75
Split	75–61		93–85				90–95	78–74	88–73		53–76	72–76	—	75–82
Zadar	79–80	57–67		91–64	74–81					92–57	84–68	79–74		—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 January 2024. Source: ABA League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Results by round

The table lists the results of teams in each round.

	Win		Loss		Postponed

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Team ╲ Round
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W
Partizan Mozzart Bet	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W
Budućnost VOLI	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W
Cedevita Olimpija	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L
Igokea m:tel	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	W
Mega MIS	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W
Zadar	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L
SC Derby	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L
Split	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W
Borac Mozzart	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L
Cibona	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L
FMP Soccerbet	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L
Krka	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L
Mornar Barsko zlato	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 15 January 2024. Source: ABA League

Playoffs

As was the case in the previous season, top 8 teams will advance to Playoffs. Quarterfinals will be played in best-of-3 series, while semifinals and finals will be played in best-of-5 series.

Relegation Playoffs

The 13th placed team of the First Division season and the runners-up of the Second Division season should play in the Qualifiers for a spot in the next First Division season.

MVP List

MVP of the Round

Round	Player	Team	PIR
1	Jurij Macura	Krka	31
2	Kenan Kamenjaš	SC Derby	31
3	Luka Božić	Zadar	39
4	Luka Božić (2)	Zadar (2)	29
5	Luka Božić (3)	Zadar (3)	43
6	Nikola Topić	Mega MIS	41
7	Jaka Blažič	Cedevita Olimpija	31
8	Luka Božić (4)	Zadar (4)	48
9	Lovre Runjić	Split	35
10	Luka Božić (5)	Zadar (5)	39
11	Nemanja Nedović	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	32
12	Luka Božić (6)	Zadar (6)	44
13	Luka Božić (7)	Zadar (7)	38
14	Stefan Miljenović	Mega MIS (2)	43
15	Vladimir Mihailović	Budućnost VOLI	33
16	Uroš Luković	Mornar Barsko zlato	32

Source: ABA League

MVP of the Month

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
2023
October	Luka Božić	Zadar	^[3]
November	Karlo Matković	Cedevita Olimpija	^[4]
December	Luka Božić (2)	Zadar (2)	^[5]

Clubs in European competitions

Competition	Team	Progress	Result
EuroLeague	Partizan Mozzart Bet	Regular season	9th (11–10)
EuroLeague	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	Regular season	13th (9–12)
EuroCup	Cedevita Olimpija	Regular season Group A	10th (0–14)
EuroCup	Budućnost VOLI	Regular season Group B	7th (6–8)
Champions League	Igokea m:tel	Regular season Group H	4th (0–6)
	FMP Meridian	Qualification Group II Quarter-finals	Eliminated by Openjobmetis Varese, 71–73
	Mornar Barsko zlato	Qualification Group III Quarter-finals	Eliminated by Monbus Obradoiro, 56–90
FIBA Europe Cup	Mornar Barsko zlato	Regular season Group D	4th (1–5)

References

↑ j.t.d, ABA liga. "Conclusions of the ABA League j.t.d. Assembly : ABA League". ABA Liga. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
↑ "AdmiralBet ABA League". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
↑ "NLB MVP OF SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER: Luka Božić (Zadar)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
↑ "NLB MVP OF NOVEMBER: Karlo Matković (Cedevita Olimpija)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
↑ "NLB MVP OF DECEMBER: Luka Božić (Zadar)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

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[1] .t.d, ABA liga. "Conclusions of the ABA League j.t.d. Assembly : ABA League". ABA Liga. Retrieved 2021-04-21.

[2] "AdmiralBet ABA League". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

[3] "NLB MVP OF SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER: Luka Božić (Zadar)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 2 November 2023.

[4] "NLB MVP OF NOVEMBER: Karlo Matković (Cedevita Olimpija)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

[5] "NLB MVP OF DECEMBER: Luka Božić (Zadar)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

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2023–24 in European men's basketball
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Regional leagues	Adriatic First Division Second Division Junior Alpe Adria Cup Balkan League Czech-Slovakia North League Latvia–Estonia Unike BNXT League
Domestic cups	Albania Belgium Bulgaria Finland France Cup Leaders Cup Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel State Cup League Cup National League Cup Italy Lithuania Netherlands Poland Russia Scotland Serbia Spain Switzerland Swiss Cup SBL Cup Turkey United Kingdom Cup Trophy Ukraine
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International competitions	EuroBasket 2025 qualification