KK Zlatibor

Zlatibor
Leagues Basketball League of Serbia
Founded September 16, 1979 (1979-09-16)[1]
History KK Zlatibor
(1979–present)
Location Čajetina, Serbia
Team colors Blue, Orange and White
              
President Rajko Pelverović
Head coach Vanja Guša
Championships 1 National League Cup
Website www.kkzlatibor.rs
Uniforms

Košarkaški klub Zlatibor (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Златибор, English: Zlatibor Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Zlatibor, is a men's professional basketball club based in Čajetina, Serbia. They are currently competing in the Basketball League of Serbia.

History

Basketball beginnings in Čajetina came with success of amateur sport competition in western Serbia known as the MOSI. Pioneers of basketball in Čajetina, Sead Begović and Radomir Raković among the others founded KK Zlatibor on 19 September 1979. The first club president was Aleksandar Vasiljević. Most of its history, Zlatibor played in 3rd-tier league West Division with several attempts of attacking 1st place which leads to the higher league. Finally, in 2015 after the win against neighbor-team Priboj from Priboj, Zlatibor got promoted to Second League of Serbia. In 2016–17 season, Zlatibor won the Second League of Serbia and got promoted to the Basketball League of Serbia for the 2017–18 season.[2]

Zlatibor recognized four former players for great achievements in club's history as the Legends: Sead Begović, Radomir Raković, Želimir Džambić and Duško Pantović.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

KK Zlatibor roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 5 Serbia Vorkapić, Petar 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (1995-03-15)15 March 1995
SG 6 Serbia Milekić, Matija 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 18 – (2000-09-26)26 September 2000
PG 8 Serbia Bjelica, Krsto 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1988-03-26)26 March 1988
SF 9 Serbia Gašić, Luka 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 19 – (1998-12-02)2 December 1998
C 10 Serbia Vesović, Bogdan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 19 – (1999-08-28)28 August 1999
G 11 Russia Lobarev, Pavel 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 21 – (1997-10-05)5 October 1997
F/C 12 Serbia Smolović, Radenko 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 28 – (1990-04-19)19 April 1990
G 13 Serbia Simović, Nemanja 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – (1995-11-19)19 November 1995
G/F 16 Serbia Čorbić, Boško 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 23 – (1995-08-09)9 August 1995
G/F 21 Serbia Riznić, Bogdan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 28 – (1990-02-24)24 February 1990
C 33 Montenegro Marojević, Radomir 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 37 – (1981-03-27)27 March 1981
PF 44 Serbia Rondović, Nikola 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1991-03-27)27 March 1991
SG 55 Serbia Babović, Božidar 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 23 – (1995-01-09)9 January 1995
PF 77 Serbia Pavlović, Nikola 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (1996-05-13)13 May 1996
C 88 Serbia Karalić, Nemanja 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1988-06-22)22 June 1988
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Serbia Strajin Nedović
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: October 7, 2018

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Notable players

See also

References

  1. ↑ History of KK Zlatibor
  2. ↑ MLADOST SP – ZLATIBOR 88:93
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