OKK Beograd
Omladinski košarkaški klub Beograd (Serbian Cyrillic: Омладински кошаркашки клуб Београд), commonly referred to as OKK Beograd, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. They are currently competing in the Basketball League of Serbia. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based sport club OSD Beograd. The club is the league affiliate of Mega Bemax.
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| Nickname | Klonferi | ||
| Leagues | Basketball League of Serbia | ||
| Founded | 1945 | ||
| History | KK Metalac (1945–1950) KK BSK (1950–1958) OKK Beograd (1958–present) | ||
| Arena | Mega Factory | ||
| Capacity | 700 | ||
| Location | Belgrade, Serbia | ||
| Team colors | Blue and White | ||
| President | Aleksa Milošević | ||
| Head coach | Vasilije Budimić | ||
| Affiliation(s) | Mega Basket | ||
| Championships | 4 Yugoslav Leagues 3 Yugoslav Cups | ||
| Website | okkbeograd.org.rs | ||
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The club was founded in 1945 as KK Metalac. In 1950, the club changed its name to KK BSK, and then in 1958 to OKK Beograd, which it keeps to this day.[1] The OKK Beograd squads have won 4 National League championships. They have played three different National League since 1945, including the Yugoslav First Federal League (1945–1992), the First League of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006), and the Serbian League (2006 onward). They have also won 3 National Cup titles.
The club has its own Hall of Fame. The members are Radivoj Korać, Slobodan Gordić, Bogomir Rajković, Trajko Rajković, Miodrag Nikolić, Milorad Erkić and Borislav Stanković.[2] Several members of the club have been inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, including player Radivoj Korać, coach Aleksandar Nikolić and contributors Radomir Šaper and Borislav Stanković. Stanković is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
History
OKK Beograd made most of its achievements during a so-called 'golden era' - a period between 1957 and 1965. The key players of this generation were Radivoj Korać, Slobodan Gordić, Bogomir Rajković, Trajko Rajković, Miodrag Nikolić and Milorad Erkić who would later be the coach of the women's squad, and longtime coordinator of the OKK youth program. They developed under the guidance of coaches Borislav Stanković and Aleksandar Nikolić and team director Radomir Šaper, and went on to win six national trophies and achieve high results in European competitions. In less than a decade, OKK Beograd won four Yugoslav League championships; in 1958, 1960, 1963 and 1964, accompanied by two Yugoslav Cups in 1960 and 1962. The club also reached the semifinals of a European Champions Cup on three occasions, but failed to reach the finals, losing to Academic Sofia in 1959, Spartak Brno in 1964 and Real Madrid in 1965. After 1965, the core of the team went abroad and the results dropped. However, the club did reach the finals of the first-ever Korać Cup in 1972 but lost to another Yugoslav club, Cibona (known at the time as Lokomotiva). Although OKK Beograd remained among the top Serbian and Yugoslav teams, the next trophy was not won until 1993, with the victory in the Yugoslav Cup.
On June 14, 2018, the club signed a contract on sports and technical cooperation with Adriatic League team Mega Basket.[3][4]
Sponsorship naming
The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:
- Beko Beograd (1974–1979)
- InvestEksport Beograd (1993–1994)
Home arenas
OKK Beograd has its own Radivoj Korać Hall (opened in 2016) in Palilula, but plays league matches in Mega Factory.
Players
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Head coaches
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Mioljub Denić (1946–1948)- Radomir Putnik (1949)
- Mihajlo Krnić (1950–1951)
- Aleksandar Nikolić (1952)
- Strahinja Alagić (1953)
- Borislav Stanković (1954–1961)
- Aleksandar Nikolić (1962–1963)
- Borislav Stanković (1964–1965)
- Slobodan Ivković (1966–1967)
- Todor Lazić (1967–1968)
- Borivoje Cenić (1968–1969)
- Borislav Stanković (1969–1970)
- Borivoje Cenić (1970–1971)
- Branislav Rajačić (1971)
- Borivoje Cenić (1971–1972)
- Todor Lazić (1972–1975)
- Branislav Rajačić (1975–1979)
- Slobodan Ivković (1979–1980)
- Branislav Rajačić (1980)
- Slobodan Ivković (1980–1981)
- Petar Marković (1981)
- Slobodan Ivković (1981–1982)
- Duško Vujošević (1982–1983)
- Vojislav Vezović (1983–1984)
- Dragoljub Pljakić (1984–1986)
- Životije Ranković (1986–1987)
- Zdravko Rajačić (1987–1989)
- Veselin Matić (1989–1990)
- Marijan Novović (1990–1991)
- Gordan Todorović (1991–1992)
- Vojislav Vezović (1992)
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Rajko Žižić (1992–1994)- Gordan Todorović (1994)
- Igor Kokoškov (1994–1995)
- Ivan Jeremić (1995)
- Zoran Prelević (1995–1996)
- Slobodan Nikolić (1996–1999)
- Vladimir Jokanović (1999–2001)
- Predrag Jaćimović (2001–2002)
- Nenad Vučinić (2002–2003)
- Jovica Antonić (2003)
- Luka Pavićević (2003–2004)
- Dejan Mijatović (2004–2006)
Slobodan Nikolić (2006–2007)- Marko Ičelić (2007–2011)
- Vlade Đurović (2011–2012)
- Srđan Jeković (2012–2013)
- Vlade Đurović (2013)
- Milovan Stepandić (2013–2015)
- Vlade Đurović (2015–2016)
Darko Kostić (2016–2018)- Branislav Vićentić (2018–2019)
- Branko Milisavljević (2019–2020)
- Branislav Ratkovica (2020–2021)
Vasilije Budimić (2021–present)
Trophies and awards
Domestic competitions
- Yugoslav League (defunct)
- Yugoslav Cup (defunct)
- Winners (3): 1960, 1962, 1992–93
- Runners-up (1): 1959
European competitions
- FIBA European Champions Cup (nowadays EuroLeague)
- FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)
- Runners-up (1): 1972
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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- Dragan Godžić (1947)
- Aleksandar Nikolić (1951–1952)
- Slobodan Gordić (1957–1966)
- Radivoj Korać (1957–1967)
- Miodrag Nikolić (1958–1967)
- Trajko Rajković (1960–1970)
- Miloš Bojović (1963)
- Zvonimir Petričević (1963)
- Zoran Marojević (1965–1972)
- Bogdan Tanjević (1966–1971)
- Žarko Knežević (1968–1980; 1982–1983)
- Rajko Žižić (1971–1980)
- Zoran Radović (1978–1980; 1992–1993; 1994–1995)
- Branko Vukićević (1978–1982)
- Danko Cvjetičanin (1981–1982)
- Zoran Sretenović (1981–1982)
- Zoran Jovanović (1981–1983; 1995–1997)
- Dragan Todorić (1984–1985)
- Aleksandar Glintić (2002–2003)
Paul Henare (2002–2003)- Vladimir Micov (2003–2004)
- Miloš Borisov (2005–2006)
- Vuk Malidžan (2011–2016)
Aleksej Nešović (2012–2013; 2016–2018)- Andrija Bojić (2013–2014; 2015–2016)
- Aleksa Avramović (2014–2015)
Kimani Ffriend (2016–2017)
Karlo Matković (2019–2020)- Nikola Đurišić (2020–2021)
References
- "History of OKK Beograd". okkbeograd.org.rs. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- "Hall of Fame of OKK Beograd". okkbeograd.org.rs. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- "Mega i OKK Beograd potpisali ugovor o saradnji". b92.net. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- "POTPISANA SARADNJA Megini talenti u OKK Beogradu". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 27 July 2018.