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1977–78 Yugoslav First Basketball League
The 1977–78 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 34th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia. Teams Classification The winning roster of KK Bosna, Bosna: * Rođeni Krvavac * Anto Đogić * Predrag Benaček * Boško Bosiočić * Nihad Izić * Ratko Radovanović * Mladen Ostojić * Žarko Varajić * Mirza Delibašić * Dragan Zrno * Sabit Hadžić * Svetislav Pešić * Sabahudin Bilalović * Sulejman Duraković Coach: Bogdan Tanjević Results Scoring leaders # Dragan Kićanović (Partizan) - 894 points (34.4 ppg) # Dražen Dalipagić (Partizan) - 875 points (33.7 ppg) # Branko Skroče (Zadar) - 779 points (30.0 ppg) # Branko Kovačević (basketball), Branko Kovačević (Metalac Valjevo) - 717 points (27.6 ppg) # Mirza Delibašić (Bosna) - 694 points (26.7 ppg) Qualification in 1978-79 season European competitions 1978–79 FIBA European Champions Cup, FIBA European Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugoslav First Basketball League
The First Federal Basketball League () was the highest tier level men's professional club basketball competition in SFR Yugoslavia. Founded in 1945 and folded in 1992 (1991-92 Winer Broker YUBA League), it was run by the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia. With a total of 16 European-wide trophy winners and 11 finalists, the Yugoslav First Basketball League was one of the strongest European national domestic basketball leagues of all time. Although each of the former Yugoslav countries have their own national domestic leagues, the six nations also now take part in the ABA League (commonly known as the Adriatic League), which was founded in 2001; and which is, the closest basketball league in existence today, that is similar to the former Yugoslav Basketball League. History After the end of Second World War in Yugoslavia in 1945, there arose a need for athletic development in the fledgling nation. Post-WW2 Yugoslavia was (with the exception of major cities such as Belgrade, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist Republic Of Macedonia
The Socialist Republic of Macedonia ( mk, Социјалистичка Република Македонија, Socijalistička Republika Makedonija), or SR Macedonia, commonly referred to as Socialist Macedonia or Yugoslav Macedonia, was one of the six constituent republics of the post-World War II Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and a nation state of the Macedonians. After the transition of the political system to parliamentary democracy in 1990, the Republic changed its official name to Republic of Macedonia in 1991,''On This Day'' – Macedonian Information Agency – MIA , see: 1991 and with the beginning of the |
Bogdan Tanjević
Bogdan Tanjević ( sr-cyr, Богдан Тањевић; born 13 February 1947), nicknamed "Boša" ( it, Boscia) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player. He is best known for being KK Bosna's head coach when the club became the top-tier level European-wide champions by winning the FIBA European Champions Cup in the 1978–79 season as well as for coaching the Italian national team to the gold medal at EuroBasket 1999. He was elected to the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2019. Early life Tanjević was born on 13 February 1947 in Pljevlja, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia. Four years later, in 1951, four-year-old Bogdan was brought to Sarajevo, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina due to his Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) officer father Strahinja Tanjević getting reassigned there. Growing up in Sarajevo, he spent most of his summers back in Montenegro in his grandfather's village on the slopes of the Ljubišnja mountain near Pljevlja. Attending Veselin Masleša primary school in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabahudin Bilalović
Sabahudin "Dino" Bilalović (7 May 1960 – 29 July 2003) was a Bosnian professional basketball player. About He was born in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1979, as a player of KK Bosna Sarajevo, in his early career years, he won the Euroleague at the time European Champions Cup. National team career He made the national team of Yugoslavia in the early nineties for the 1990 Goodwill Games, the second games which took place in Seattle, United States, along with Dražen Petrović, Toni Kukoč, Žarko Paspalj, Dino Rađa other great stars of Yugoslavian basketball. Later, in the first appearance of Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team, in EuroBasket 1993, he was the Top Scorer of the tournament averaging 25 (24.6) points per game: * ''vs.'' Latvia ''he scored'' 36 points, * ''vs.'' Estonia ''he scored'' 29 points, * ''vs.'' Croatia ''he scored'' 28 points, * ''vs.'' Sweden ''he scored'' 26 points. * ''vs.'' Italy ''he scored'' 22 points. * ''vs.'' Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetislav Pešić
Svetislav "Kari" Pešić ( sr-cyrl, Светислав "Кари" Пешић; born August 28, 1949) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Serbia men's national team. Playing career During his club playing career, Pešić played with Pirot (1964–1967), Partizan (1967–1971), and Bosna (1971–1979). As a member of Bosna, he won a Yugoslav Cup and a Yugoslav League championship, in 1978. Also, he won the FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) championship in 1979 with Bosna. Coaching career Club coaching career On the club level, Pešić won the triple crown in 2003, while he was the head coach of FC Barcelona. On 16 November 2010, he was named the head coach of Power Electronics Valencia, for the rest of the 2010–11 season. In November 2012, Pešić was named the head coach of the German team Bayern Munich. On 28 February 2015, he extended his contract with the club until 2017. On 24 July 2016, he left Bayern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabit Hadžić
Sabit Hadžić (7 August 1957 – 3 March 2018) was a Bosnian basketball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec .... He also worked as a basketball coach. He died on 3 March 2018 after a reported stroke. He was 60. References 1957 births 2018 deaths[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirza Delibašić
Mirza Delibašić (9 January 1954 – 8 December 2001) was a Bosnian professional basketball player and coach. Delibašić was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors. He is widely considered one of the best shooters in the history of European basketball. Early life Delibašič was born in Tuzla, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina to Izet Delibašić, a native of Kakanj, and Zajkana (née Mehičević) from Ljubuški. Young Mirza took up tennis, excelling at it. By the age of fourteen, he switched to basketball. Club career Mirza Delibašić, nicknamed Kinđe, led his club Bosna to the EuroLeague Championship in 1979. He played his first games at age of 15 for KK Sloboda Dita, Tuzla's basketball club. Three years later, in 1971, he signed a contract with KK Bosna. After leaving Bosna, Delibašić went to the Spanish Primera División, where he ended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žarko Varajić
Žarko Varajić ( sr-cyr, Жарко Варајић; 26 December 1951 – 23 June 2019) was a Serbian professional basketball player and executive. He represented the Yugoslavia national team internationally. Early career Growing up in Nikšić, Varajić pursued football in the FK Sutjeska youth system before fully devoting to basketball by switching to the basketball club within the same sports society — KK Sutjeska — and playing for its youth teams. Playing career In 1970, eighteen-year-old Varajić joined KK Bosna, a club competing in the second-tier level of Yugoslav basketball. With young players such as Anto Đogić, Rođeni Krvavac, and center Zdravko Čečur on its roster, the club sought a league promotion to the top-tier level Yugoslav First League, a feat that had been eluding them for decades. During the summer of 1971, the club's head coaching post was taken over by the 24-year-old Bogdan Tanjević, who had just retired from playing. The young squad led by a y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratko Radovanović
Ratko "Raša" Radovanović (; born 16 October 1956) is a Serbian former professional basketball player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia, at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Early life Born in the town of Nevesinje within the Herzegovina region, Radovanović, still an infant, was brought by his parents to Nikšić, PR Montenegro where he grew up. A tall and lanky kid, Radovanović took up basketball in Nikšić on an informal, recreational basis in 1969. In May 1970, the senior Yugoslav national team won the 1970 FIBA World Championship, resulting in an explosion of popularity for the sport throughout the country — a trend Radovanović followed, as he started training a lot more seriously. It wasn't long before he got noticed by the Bosna sports society general secretary Vukašin "Vule" Vukalović who recommended the youngster to KK Bosna head coach Bogdan Tanjević. Club career KK Bosna Radovanović arrived to Sarajevo in October 1972, having just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nihad Izić
Nihad Izić ( tr, Nihat İziç; born 20 June 1959) is a Turkish-Bosnian professional basketball coach and former player. Playing career Izić started to play basketball in his hometown team Radnik Bijeljina. Afterwards, he joined Bosna where he won an EuroLeague title for the 1978–79 season. Izić won two Yugoslav Leagues and a Yugoslav Cup with Bosnia, alongside Mirza Delibašić, Ratko Radovanović, and Žarko Varajić. In 1982, Izić moved to Istanbul, Turkey where he played for İstanbul Bankası Yenişehir and Galatasaray. He retired as a player with Galatasaray in 1987. National team career Izic was a member of the Yugoslavia Juniors team that won the bronze medal at the 1978 European Championship for Juniors held in Italy. Over six tournament games, he averaged 14.9 points per game. Coaching career Izic coached Fenerbahçe during the 2000–01 TBL season. Izic won the 2nd-tier Turkish First League in 2009 with Tofaş. Turkey national teams In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predrag Benaček
Predrag Benaček (born 29 March 1959) is a Bosnian professional basketball coach and former player who is the current head coach for Olomoucko of the Czech National League. Playing career A power forward, Benaček played 20 seasons in Yugoslavia, Greece, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic between 1975 and 1996. During his playing days, he played for Bosna, Panionios, Maribor, and Pardubice. He retired as a player with Pardubice in 1996. National team career Benaček was a member of the Yugoslavia Juniors team that won the bronze medal at the 1978 European Championship for Juniors held in Italy. Over six tournament games, he averaged 14.9 points per game. Benaček was a member of the Yugoslavia national team, alongside Krešimir Ćosić, Dragan Kićanović, Dražen Dalipagić and Mirza Delibašić, that won the silver medal at the EuroBasket 1981 held in Czechoslovakia. Over six tournament games, he averaged four points per game. Coaching career After retirement in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anto Đogić
Anto Đogić (born 18 April 1952) is a retired Bosnian professional basketball player. Playing career During his professional career, Đogić played most notably for Bosna. National team career Đogić won the gold medal with the Yugoslav national team at the 1977 EuroBasket in Belgium where he was coached by Aleksandar Nikolić Aleksandar "Aca" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Александар "Аца" Николић; 28 October 1924 – 12 March 2000) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He was also a professor at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Sp .... Footers ;Notes ;References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dogic, Anto Living people 1952 births Basketball players from Sarajevo Croat sportspeople from Bosnia and Herzegovina Yugoslav men's basketball players FIBA EuroBasket-winning players KK Bosna Royal players Bosnia and Herzegovina men's basketball players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |