Košarkaški klub Radnik ( sr-cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Радник, ), currently known as Radnik Elvaco MetPro due to sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional
basketball
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club
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
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based in
Bijeljina
Bijeljina ( sr-cyrl, Бијељина) is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the provincial center of Semberija, a geographic region in the country's northeast. Administratively, Bijeljina is part of the Republika Srpska e ...
,
Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Feder ...
, Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are currently competing in the
First League of R Srpska.
History
The club is formed on 20 May 1961 as OKK Bijeljina and renamed as KK Radnik later.
Sponsorship naming
The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:
* Radnik BNB (2014–2019)
* Radnik Elvaco MetPro (2019–present)
Players
Head coaches
* Ružda Trhulj
(1962–''N/A'')
* Zoran Andrić
(2006–2007)
* Igor Mihajlović
(2008–2011)
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Predrag Jaćimović
Predrag "Peca" Jaćimović ( sr-cyr, Предраг Јаћимовић) is a Serbian basketball coach.
Coaching career
Jaćimović coached Lavovi 063, OKK Beograd, Ergonom, Napredak Aleksinac, Crnokosa, Zlatibor and Konstantin. He also coa ...
(2011–2013)
* Bogdan Stanojević
(2013–2014)
* Igor Mihajlović
(2014–2015)
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Branislav Vićentić
Branislav Vićentić ( sr-cyr, Бранислав Вићентић; born July 5, 1971) is a Serbian basketball coach and former player.
Playing career
Vićentić played for Yugoslav teams OKK Beograd, Bobanik and Beobanka. In 1998, he move ...
(2015–2018)
* Vladimir Radovanović
(2018–present)
Trophies and awards
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First League of Republika Srpska
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The league champion is promoted to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ...
(2nd-tier)
**Winners (4): 2003–04, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2016–17
Notable former players
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Nihad Izić
Nihad Izić ( tr, Nihat İziç; born 20 June 1959) is a Turkish-Bosnian professional basketball coach and former player.
Playing career
Izić started to play basketball in his hometown team Radnik Bijeljina. Afterwards, he joined Bosna where ...
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Slobodan Popović
Slobodan Popović (Cyrillic: Слободан Поповић; born 28 September 1962 in Inđija) is a Serbian former middle distance runner competing primarily in the 800 metres. He represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 19 ...
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Dragiša Šarić
Dragiša Šarić ( sr-cyr, Драгиша Шарић; 27 January 1961 – 19 July 2008) was a Serbian basketball player and coach.
Career Club career
Šarić played for several clubs in his country, most notably with the KK Partizan generation tha ...
References
External links
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* at
eurobasket.com
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