The 2018–19 season was the 74th Crvena zvezda season in the existence of
the club. The team played in the
Basketball League of Serbia
The Basketball League of Serbia ( sr, Кошаркашка лига Србије, Košarkaška liga Srbije; abbr. КЛС or KLS), is a top-tier men's professional basketball league in Serbia. Founded in 2006, it is run by the Basketball Federatio ...
, in the
Adriatic League
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and in the
EuroCup.
Crvena zvezda won their first
Adriatic Supercup trophy, the fourth Adriatic League Championship, and the 20th National Championship.
Overview
In summer 2018 the team started with signing
Milan Tomić
Milan Tomić ( sr, Милaн Томић, Greek: Μίλαν Τόμιτς (Milan Tomits); born July 24, 1973) is a Serbian-Greek professional basketball coach and former player.
Tomić has spent almost all of his professional playing and coaching c ...
as a head coach. Soon to follow were the players
Billy Baron
William James Baron (born December 11, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He is a 1.88 m (6'2") tall shooting guard.
High school
Baron attended and ...
,
Michael Ojo and two centers from Radonjić era:
Maik Zirbes
Maik Zirbes (born 29 January 1990) is a German professional basketball player for Benfica of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol. He also represents the senior German national basketball team in the international competitions. Standing at , he p ...
and
Dušan Ristić
Dušan Ristić ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Ристић; born November 27, 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Lenovo Tenerife of the Liga ACB. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.
Early career
Dušan grew up with ...
. Zvezda also added experienced
Stratos Perperoglou
Efstratios "Stratos" Perperoglou ( Greek: Στράτος Περπέρογλου; born August 7, 1984) is a Greek former professional basketball player. He is 2.03 m (6'8") tall and he played mainly at the small forward position.
Professional care ...
and
Mouhammad Faye
Mouhammad "Mo" Faye (born September 14, 1985) is a Senegalese former professional basketball player who last played for Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the LNB Pro A. He also represents the senior Senegalese national team.
Early life and high scho ...
, as well as point guard
Joe Ragland
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. The last one to sign was combo guard
Nemanja Nenadić
Nemanja Nenadić ( sr-cyr, Немања Ненадић; born 2 January 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Río Breogán of the Liga ACB.
Playing career
Nenadić played for Slodes, Tamiš, Pirot, Vojvodina Srbijagas and D ...
from development team FMP.
After the end of the
2017–18 season,
Stefan Janković decided to part ways with Crvena zvezda even though he was under contract with them, with both parties having different views on his contract status.
His contract status was since then under review by the
Basketball Federation of Serbia
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The organization represents Serbia in ...
and
FIBA
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.
Crvena zvezda started the season well, convincingly winning
ABA Super Cup tournament by beating last season ABA champion
Budućnost in the final game.
Tomić struck a great balance between hard defense and versatile offense, causing team to grab the first spot at the beginning of ABA League, as well as the EuroCup Group A. Bad streak in EuroCup during November caused the Zvezda to finish group phase on the third spot, which was still good enough for it to advance to the next stage. In ABA, Zvezda ended the first part of the season with 11-0, having defeated every opponent in the league.
Players
Squad information
Players with multiple nationalities
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Michael Ojo
*
Joe Ragland
Joseph Alexander Ragland (born November 11, 1989) is an American-Liberian professional basketball player for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for North Platte Community College and Wichita Stat ...
*
K. C. Rivers
Depth chart
On loan
Players In
Source
ABA League
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Players Out
Notes:
*
1 On loan during the
2018–19 ABA season.
Club
Technical Staff
Source
Crvena zvezda Staff
Technical Staff changes
Kit
*Supplier:
Nike
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* Nike (name), a surname and feminine given ...
*Main sponsor:
mts
*Left shoulder sponsor:
Mitsubishi Motors
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(top),
Komercijalna banka
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History
The bank was founded on 1 December 1970 in Belgr ...
(bottom)
*Shorts sponsor:
AIK Banka
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Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall
Overview
Adriatic League
Regular season
Results by round
Matches
Playoffs
EuroCup
Regular season: Group A
Regular season results by round
Regular season matches
Top 16: Group G
Top 16 results by round
Top 16 matches
Serbian Super League
The 2018–19 Basketball League of Serbia was the 13th season of the Serbian highest professional basketball league and the Super League, as the second part of the season, and was held from April 27 to June 17, 2019.
Regular season
Results by round
Matches
Playoffs
Radivoj Korać Cup
The 2019 Radivoj Korać Cup was 13th season of the Serbian cup tournament and was held within February 2019.
Adriatic Supercup
Individual awards
Adriatic League
;MVP of the Round
;
Ideal Starting Five
;
Finals MVP
;Super Cup MVP
Serbian League
;
Finals MVP
Statistics
Adriatic League
EuroCup
Serbian Super League
Radivoj Korać Cup
ABA Super Cup
See also
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2018–19 Red Star Belgrade season
The 2018–19 season was Red Star's 13th in the Serbian SuperLiga and 73rd consecutive season in the top flight of Yugoslav and Serbian football. The club participated in the Serbian SuperLiga, the Serbian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
Pre- ...
*
2018–19 KK Partizan season
References
External links
KK Crvena zvezda official websiteCrvena zvezdaon
Adriatic League
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EuroCup
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Crvena zvezda
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in B ...
Crvena zvezda
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in B ...