Košarkaški klub Borac Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Борац Земун, ), commonly referred to as KK Borac Zemun, is a men's

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based in

Zemun Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; hu, Zimony) is a municipality in the city of Belgrade. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown Belgrade. The developme ...

, near

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. They are currently competing in the

Second Basketball League of Serbia Second Men's League of Serbia ( sr-cyr, Друга мушка лига Србије, Druga muška liga Srbije), previously Basketball League of Serbia B, is the second-tier level men's professional basketball league in Serbia. Founded in 2006, it ...

History

The club was found in April 2009 as a

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of Mladost Zemun under the name ZKK Mladost 2009 (Zemunski košarkaški klub Mladost 2009). In 2014, the club was disaffiliated from Mladost and changed its name to KK Borac Zemun. The club used to play in the 3rd-tier First Regional League of Serbia, Center Division. In September 2020, they got a wild card and promotion to the

for the 2020–21 season following withdrawal of

. In January 2022, the club won the 2nd-tier Cup of Serbia, after a 86–79 win over Radnički Kragujevac in the final. It qualified them for the 2022 Radivoj Korać Cup.

Home arena

Borac Zemun plays its home games at the

Pinki Hall Pinki Cultural and Sports Center ( sr-Cyrl, Културно спортски центар Пинки), commonly known as Pinki Hall ( sr-Cyrl, Хала Пинки), is an indoor multi-sports venue located in Belgrade's municipality of Zemun, Ser ...

. The hall is located in the Zemun Municipality in

and was built in 1974, and renovated in 2015. It has a seating capacity of 5,000 seats.

Players

* Stefan Balmazović * Igor Mijajlović

Head coaches

* Vedran Popović (2019–2021) *

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(2021–2022) * Pavle Trifunović (2022) * Marko Boras (2022–present)

Trophies and awards

Trophies

* League Cup of Serbia (2nd-tier) **Winner (1): 2021–22

References

External links

Profile
at srbijasport.net
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at

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