KK Heo Bileća (a.k.a. KK HEO, previously known as KK Hercegovac Bileća) is a Bosnian basketball club that currently competes in the
First League of R Srpska. Founded in 1981, the club is based in
Bileća
Bileća ( sr-cyrl, Билећа) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the town has a population of 7,476 inhabitants, while the municipality has 10,807 inhabitants.
History
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For most of the 2000s, Hercegovac Bileća competed in the
Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the top–tier men's professional basketball league in Bosnia and Herzegovina for men and women, respectively. The league is operated by the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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, the top basketball league in the country. In 2002–03, the club participated in the
FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe is the administrative body for basketball in Europe, within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which includes all 50 national European basketball federations. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIBA Euro ...
Regional Challenge Cup. Hercegovac Bileća later withdrew from the Bosnian top league in 2012 and the club took on a new name in KK HEO and re-joined the second division Srpska Liga. They finished first on the Srpska Liga ladder in both 2012–13 and 2013–14, which earned them promotion to the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina for
2014–15. They returned to the Srpska Liga in 2015–16.
KK HEO Aleksic Komerc Bileca – History
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Notable former players
* Milan Milošević
Milan Milošević (born September 26, 1985) is a Bosnian professional basketball player who plays for Shabab Al Ahli Basket. He also represents the senior men's Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team. He is 2.05 m (6 ft. 8 in.) tall ...
* Draško Albijanić
Draško Albijanić (born December 14, 1986) is a Bosnian professional basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objec ...
* Žarko Vujović
* Željko Bošnjak
* Goran Radmilović
* Dragan Vujović
* Saša Topčov
* Zoran Negovanović
* Lazar Simonović
* Dragan Timotić
References
External links
Team profile
at Eurobasket.com
{{Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Basketball teams established in 2012
2012 establishments in Bosnia and Herzegovina