Košarkaški klub Vojvodina Srbijagas ( sr-cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Војводина Србијагас), commonly referred to as KK Vojvodina Srbijagas, was a men's professional

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based in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

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. The club participated 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 ...

and

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. They played their home games in

SPC Vojvodina SPC Vojvodina ( sr-cyr, СПЦ Војводина), short for Sports and Business Center Vojvodina ( sr, Спортски и пословни центар Војводина, Sportski i poslovni centar Vojvodina), commonly referred to as SPENS ( s ...

. The club was also known as Nova Vojvodina () to distinguish it from the same-name town rivals

KK Vojvodina Košarkaški klub Vojvodina ( sr-cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Војводина, en, Vojvodina Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Vojvodina or simply Vojvodina, is a professional basketball Sports club, club based in Novi Sad, ...

. The club disbanded before the 2016–17 season due to a bad financial situation, when the sponsor,

Srbijagas Srbijagas (full legal name: '' J.P. Srbijagas'') is the state-owned natural gas provider in Serbia with headquarters in Novi Sad. History Srbijagas was established on 1 October 2005 as a result of restructuring the integrated petroleum company NI ...

, ceased their investments in the team. It was not a member of the Vojvodina Sport Society, but a successor of the KK Beobanka and

KK Novi Sad Košarkaški klub Novi Sad ( sr-cyr, Кошаркашки клуб Нови Сад), commonly referred to as КK Novi Sad, was a men's professional basketball club based in Novi Sad, Serbia. In their last five seasons, the club played in the Baske ...

clubs.

History

KK Beobanka period

KK Beobanka was a club based in

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FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup A relationship breakup, breakup, or ...

(now

). The club competed in the

First League of FR Yugoslavia The First League of Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Прва савезна лига / Prva savezna liga) was the top football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed following the breakup of Yu ...

from 1995 to 2000. Their matches were played at the Palata sportova. Their biggest success was the participation in the 1997–98 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Cup final where they lost to the Budućnost. They participated in European competitions – the

FIBA Korać Cup The FIBA Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971–72 and 2001–02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the FIBA European Champions' Cup (later renamed th ...

( 1996–97, and 1998–99) and the

FIBA EuroCup FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier level transnational men's professional continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run ...

( 1997–98). It was coached by

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. The club was legally disbanded in summer of 2000, relocated to

, and renamed to KK NIS Vojvodina.

Relocation to Novi Sad: Vojvodina period

;KK NIS Vojvodina Shortly afterward, the

Petroleum Industry of Serbia Naftna Industrija Srbije ( sr, Нафтна Индустрија Србије, lit=Petroleum Industry of Serbia; abbr. NIS / НИС) is a Serbian multinational oil and gas company with headquarters in NIS building, Novi Sad, Serbia. NIS is one of ...

(NIS) took over the founding rights and became the owner of the entire capital of Beobanka/Vojvodina Srbijagas. Thus was created ''KK NIS Vojvodina'' before the start of the 2000–01 season. In their debut season in the

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, they finished in eighth place during the regular season, and qualified for the playoffs, where they were eliminated in the first round by

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after two games. ;KK Vojvodina Srbijagas In 2006, the club changed its name back to the simpler KK Vojvodina Srbijagas. In 2011, the club was merged with another local team,

. The merger was done to help strengthen the financial position of the clubs. In the summer of 2016, however, Vojvodina Srbijagas went into

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and subsequently it was dissolved.

Arena

Sports Center Vojvodina is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in

and it has a capacity of 11,500 seats. *

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, Belgrade (1995–2000) *

, Novi Sad (2000–2016)

Head coaches

;Beobanka *

Zoran Slavnić Zoran "Moka" Slavnić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Мока Славнић; born 26 October 1949) is a Serbian retired professional basketball player and coach. He played with Crvena zvezda and with Partizan. One of the best European point guards ...

(1993–1994) *

(1994–2000) ;Vojvodina * Srđan Antić (2000) *

Milovan Stepandić Milovan Stepandić ( sr-cyr, Милован Степандић; December 18, 1954 – January 15, 2020) was a Serbian professional basketball coach. Coaching career Stepandić coached Budućnost, Iva Zorka Šabac, Borac Čačak and NIS Vojv ...

(2000–2002) *

Miodrag Baletić Miodrag Baletić (15 October 1948 – 12 March 2021) was a Montenegrin professional basketball Coach (basketball), coach. References External links Eurobasket Women (2011) , FIBA Europe
1948 births 2021 deaths KK Budućnost coaches KK Bos ...

(2002) *

Miroslav Nikolić Miroslav "Muta" Nikolić ( sr, Мирослав Николић; born 8 January 1956) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. Playing career Nikolić played professional basketball for KK Goša from Smederevska Palanka, OK ...

(2002–2003) * Nikola Lazić (2003–2004) * Jovica Arsić (2004–2005) *

Vlade Đurović Vlade Đurović ( sr-cyr, Владе Ђуровић; born 16 May 1948) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. Early life Born in 1948 to Bosnian Serb parents Danilo Đurović from Sokolac and Mileva Cerović from Rogatica� ...

(2005) *

Velimir Gašić Velimir Gašić ( sr-cyr, Велимир Гашић; born 10 May 1964) is a Serbian professional basketball coach for Sloboda Užice of the Basketball League of Serbia. Early life Gašić was born in Aleksandrovac, SR Serbia, in 1964, but only ...

(2006–2007) *

Zoran Sretenović Zoran Sretenović ( sr-cyr, Зоран Сретеновић; 5 August 1964 – 28 April 2022) was a Serbian basketball coach and player. Playing career Sretenović played for several clubs in his country and abroad, most notably with Jugoplast ...

(2008) * Milan Minić (2008–2009) *

(2009) *

Siniša Matić Siniša Matić ( sr-cyr, Синиша Матић; born 13 March 1967) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. Coaching career Matić coached Zemun Lasta, Novi Sad, Vojvodina Srbijagas, Metalac Valjevo, and Karpoš Sokoli. In summer 20 ...

(2011–2013) * Dušan Alimpijević (2013–2015) * Dejan Parežanin (2015–2016)

Season by season

Notable players

KK Beobanka players

* Petar Božić * Zoran Stevanović *

Luka Pavićević Luka Pavićević ( sr-cyr, Лука Павићевић; born 17 June 1968) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player. Most lately, he served as the head coach for Alvark Tokyo of the B.League. Professional career A point ...

* Mlađan Šilobad * Aleksandar Glintić * Vladimir Kuzmanović * Goran Ćakić *

Oliver Popović Oliver Popović ( sr-cyr, Оливер Поповић; born 18 March 1970) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. Playing career He was a Yugoslav champion (1987, 1989, and 1998) and Cup holder (1989), silver medalist of ...

* Vojkan Benčić *

Marko Ivanović Marko Ivanović ( sr-cyr, Марко Ивановић; born July 24, 1962) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player. He is currently serving as the general manager for Borac Čačak of the Basketball League of Serbia. Pos ...

* Stevan Nađfeji *

Milan Preković Milan Preković (born April 6, 1973) is a former Serbian professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with ...

KK Vojvodina players

Milan Gurović Milan Gurović ( sr-cyrl, Милан Гуровић; born 17 June 1975) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and current basketball coach. During his pro career, he played for numerous clubs from all over Europe. Gurović was also ...

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Milenko Tepić Milenko Tepić ( sr, Миленко Тепић; born February 27, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player. He is 2.02 m (6 ft 7.5 in) tall, and a combo guard-point forward. Professional career Tepić began his ...

Ivan Paunić Ivan Paunić ( sr-cyr, Иван Паунић; born January 27, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Russian team PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban, Lokomotiv Kuban of the VTB United League, and of the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup until the team ...

Zlatko Bolić Zlatko Bolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Златко Болић; born February 6, 1974) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player. He currently serves as the general secretary of the Basketball Federation of Serbia. He was one of ...

Nenad Čanak Nenad Čanak ( sr-Cyrl, Ненад Чанак, ; born 2 November 1959) is a Serbian politician. He is the co-founder and former leader of the centre-left League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina. He was the President of the Assembly of Vojvodina f ...

Miljan Pavković Miljan Pavković (; born April 20, 1981) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for Šenčur of the Slovenian League and the ABA League 2. Professional career Pavković started his professional career ...

Vanja Plisnić Vanja Plisnić ( sr-cyr, Вања Плиснић; born July 28, 1980) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He is a 2,05 m tall power forward. With FMP Železnik Plisnić won the 2003 Serbia & Montenegro National Cup and the 2004 ...

Jovo Stanojević Jovan "Jovo" Stanojević (Cyrillic: Јово Станојевић; born 27 September 1977) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Professional career Stanojević began his professional career at the age of 16, playing with Vojvodina ...

* Predrag Šuput *

Milan Dozet Milan Dozet ( sr-cyr, Милан Дозет; born 12 May 1979) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player. He is currently serving as the sporting director for Crvena zvezda. Standing at , he played at the small forward posit ...

Aleksandar Čubrilo Aleksandar Čubrilo (born November 25, 1975) is a former Serbian professional basketball player. Biography Born in Zadar, in today's Croatia. He moved to Belgrade and spent the best years of his playing career in Serbian powerhouse KK Partizan. D ...

Dušan Đorđević Dušan Đorđević (; born 29 March 1983) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Oostende of the BNXT League. Đorđević plays the point guard and is well known for his play making and leadership abilities. During his career he has wo ...

Đorđe Gagić Đorđe Gagić ( sr-cyr, Ђорђе Гагић, born December 28, 1990) is a Serbian professional basketball player who last played for Lietkabelis of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroCup. He also represented the Serbian nati ...

* Mile Ilić * Strahinja Milošević *

Čedomir Vitkovac Čedomir Vitkovac ( sr-cyr, Чедомир Витковац, born October 28, 1982) is a Serbian professional basketball player who last played for Mornar Bar of the ABA League and the Montenegrin League. Vitkovac holds the record of total games ...

Stefan Pot Stefan Pot ( sr-cyr, Стефан Пот; born 15 July 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Falco KC Szombathely of the Hungarian League. Playing career Pot has started his professional career at Spartak Subotica, from which h ...

Dragoljub Vidačić Dragoljub "Ljuba" Vidačić (born December 26, 1970) is a Serbian basketball coach and former player. Early life Born to a father from Trebinje and mother from Gornji Milanovac, Vidačić was raised in Višegrad with three older brothers. Coach ...

Filip Čović Filip Čović ( sr-cyr, Филип Човић; born 5 June 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player who is a director for FMP of the Basketball League of Serbia and the ABA League. Professional career A product of t ...

Stefan Stojačić Stefan Stojačić (; born February 20, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player. His younger brother, Strahinja Stojačić, is also a basketball player. They played together in the 2010–11 season with Radnički Kragujevac. Professio ...

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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 ...

* Uroš Mirković *

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* Milan Milovanović * Jovan Novak * Miljan Pupović *

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Vladimir Golubović Vladimir Golubović ( sr-cyrl, Владимир Голубовић; born 24 February 1986) is a Serbian-born Montenegrin professional basketball player who last played for CB Sevilla, Real Betis Energía Plus of the Liga ACB. Standing at , he pla ...

* Dragan Zeković *

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* Feliks Kojadinović *

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* Smiljan Pavič *

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* Reggie Freeman *

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* Paul Grant

International record

References

External links

KK Beobanka on the FIBA Europe site

KK Vojvodina Srbijagas
at eurobasket.com
KK Vojvodina Srbijagas
at srbijasport.net {{Men's Basketball Teams in Serbia Defunct basketball teams in Serbia Basketball teams in Belgrade Sport in Novi Sad Basketball teams disestablished in 2016 1995 establishments in Serbia 2016 disestablishments in Serbia