Građanski košarkaški klub Šibenka, commonly referred to as GKK Šibenka or simply Šibenka, is a men's professional

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club from

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, Croatia, that plays in the Croatian League and the

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. The club considers itself a successor to notable and folded

KK Šibenik Košarkaški klub Šibenik, commonly referred to as KK Šibenik or simply Šibenik, was a men's professional basketball club based in Šibenik, Croatia. It was considered one of the best Croatian basketball clubs. In 2010, KK Šibenik bankrupted ...

History

The club was founded on 2 November 2010 under the name of Šibenik Stari Grad (). In August 2011, the club changed its name to GKK Šibenik. As famous club,

, bankrupted, GKK Šibenik competed with local Jolly Šibenik to become most popular basketball club in town, carrying the legendary club's colors and playing in the same basketball hall, Baldekin. GKK Šibenik won the sympathies of many Šibenik residents who now see the club as a successor to the famous KK Šibenik. In 2012–13 season of the second-tier A-2 Liga, the club came first being promoted to the

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. Today, they also plays in the first tier of the Croatian basketball league system,

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. In September 2016, the club management announced replacing Jeronimo Šarin with Vladimir Anzulović as head coach, and signing Miralem Halilović,

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, Luka Pandurić, and Ivan Siriščević. Lastly, the club finished in third in the domestic league season, defeating

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in the playoffs quarter-finals, and losing to powerhouse,

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, in the semifinals of the 2016–17 A-1 League playoffs. In the next season, the club finished in fifth place after losing in the quarter-finals of the

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. Head coach Anzulović left bench, which was taken by his former assistant,

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. On 13 June 2019, after domestic league season was finished, a longtime main sponsor,

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, announced that they will leave the club after six years of the partnership. On 27 June, the club confirmed and presented newly formed board led by its president, Ante Burić. On 6 August, the club management announced the club has changed name to GKK Šibenka (''Građanski košarkaški klub Šibenka'' fully; ).

Home arena

Šibenka plays their home games at the Baldekin Sports Hall, which is located in

. The arena was opened in 1973. It has a

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of 900 or 1,726 if needed.

Honours

Domestic competitions

* First Men's League : Winners (1):

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Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Head coaches

* Jeronimo Šarin (2010–2016) * Vladimir Anzulović (2016–2018) *

(2018–2019) * Edi Dželalija (2019–2020) * Dženan Rahimić (2020–2021) *

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(2021–present)

Management

Notable players

* Roko Badžim * Domagoj Bašić * Ivan Blaće * Filip Bundović *

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* Georgios Diamantakos * Nikola Došen *

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* Tomislav Gabrić * Miralem Halilović *

* Martin Junaković * Franko Kaštropil * Nikola Korač * Milija Miković * Ivan Mileković * Ozren Mišić * Toni Nakić * Teo Petani * Krešimir Radovčić * Ivan Siriščević *

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* Ljubo Šamadan *

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* Toni Vitali *

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* Filip Vukičević

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sibenka, GKK GKK Sibenka Basketball teams in Croatia Basketball teams established in 2010 2010 establishments in Croatia