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

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from

Šibenik Šibenik () is a historic city in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is a political, educational, transport, industrial and tourist center of Šibenik-Knin County, and is also the ...

, 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 a ...

History

The club was founded on 2 November 2010 under the name of Šibenik Stari Grad ( en, Šibenik Old Town). 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

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, 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

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as head coach, and signing

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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,

Miro Jurić Miro Jurić (born 10 August 1972) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as an assistant coach for Šibenka of the Croatian League. National team career Jurić was a member of the cadet Yugoslavia n ...

. 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; en, Šibenka Citizens' Basketball Club).

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) *

(2016–2018) *

(2018–2019) * Edi Dželalija (2019–2020) *

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(2020–2021) *

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(2021–present)

Management

Notable players

Roko Badžim Roko Badžim (born August 18, 1997) is a Croatian professional basketball player for AYOS Konyaspor of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Standing at , he plays at the combo guard position. Professional career GKK Šibenik (2012–2017) Ba ...

* Domagoj Bašić * Ivan Blaće * Filip Bundović *

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* Nikola Došen *

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* Martin Junaković * Franko Kaštropil * Nikola Korač * Milija Miković * Ivan Mileković * Ozren Mišić *

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* Krešimir Radovčić * Ivan Siriščević *

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* Ljubo Šamadan * Henrik Širko *

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* Toni Vitali *

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* Zoran Vrkić * Filip Vukičević

Notes

References

External links

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