HKK Zrinjski Mostar ( hr, Hrvatski košarkaški klub Zrinjski Mostar, en, Croat Basketball Club Zrinjski Mostar) is a

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team from the city of

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. The club plays in the

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History

The club is part of the

Zrinjski Mostar Zrinjski Mostar is a sports association from the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was formed in 1905. Member clubs *Football: **HŠK Zrinjski Mostar *Basketball: **HKK Zrinjski Mostar (men's) **ŽKK Zrinjski Mostar (women's) *Han ...

sport society. Since the national championship was formed in 1997, it has spent all but two seasons in the top league: the inaugural season and the 2003–04 season. For the 2003–04 season, Zrinjski was relegated to the regional Croatian league, but bounced back the following year to return to the top level of play. Since its return to the national championship it has placed in the top half of the table as well as reaching the semifinals in the

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twice. The club's current coach is Zoran Glomazić. A feeder club, often known as Zrinjski II, plays in the lower Croatian league. Fans of HKK Zrinjski are known as

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. In 2018, the club won their first

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title.

Achievements

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**Champions (1): 2017–18 * A1 League of Herzeg Bosnia **Champions (1): 2003–04

Players

Current roster

Notable former players

Bojan Bogdanovic, Austria v Croatia 2012 (cropped)

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* Pero Dujmović * Željko Šakić * Ante Mašić

Notable former coaches

* Nedjeljko Zelenika * Rudolf Jugo * Dejan Parežanin * Boris Džidić * Ivan Vujičić * Zoran Glomazić * Senad Muminović

External links

Zrinjski website
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