Košarkaški klub Žitko Basket ( sr-cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Житко Баскет), commonly referred to as KK Žitko Basket, is a men's

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club based in

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. They are currently competing in the

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History

The club got media attention in the mid-2010s due to the basketball development of Bogdan Bogdanović who played for their youth system before signed for

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in September 2010. Also, the club got attention in 2020 due to a similarity of their logo with one from the

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. The club logo has the Ada Bridge silhouette. In April 2021, the club won the First Regional League Central Division for the 2020–21 season and got promoted to the

Second League of Serbia The Serbian First League ( sr, Прва лига Србије / Prva liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Прва лига / Mozzart Bet Prva liga) for sponsorship reasons, is the name for the second ...

for the 2021–22 season.

Players

Marko Čakarević Marko Čakarević ( sr-cyr, Марко Чакаревић, born May 13, 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Žitko Basket. Professional career Čakarević started his professional career with the French team ASVEL, where he play ...

Bogdan Riznić Bogdan Riznić (born 24 February 1990) is a Serbian professional basketball player for KK Žitko Basket, Žitko Basket. Riznić played in KK Partizan, Partizan in 2008–09 KK Partizan season, 2008–09 season and won 2008–09 ABA NLB League, A ...

* luka nikolić

Head coaches

Dragan Jakovljević Dragan Jakovljević ( sr-cyr, Драган Јаковљевић; born 23 February 1962) is a Bosnian Serbs, Bosnian Serb former Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward for FK Sarajevo, FC Nantes, ...

(2000–2013, 2014–2019) * Milan Stevanović (2021) * Marko Boras (2021–2022) * Nenad Karanović (2022–present)

Season-by-season

Trophies and awards

Trophies

* First Regional League, Center Division ( 3rd-tier) ** Winners (1): 2020–21

Notable players

;Youth system *

* Bogdan Bogdanović

References

External links

Profile
at srbijasport.net
Profile
at

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Profile
at Belgrade Basketball Association {{DEFAULTSORT:Žitko Žitko Žitko Basketball teams in Belgrade