Košarkaški klub Radnički ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Раднички), commonly referred to as KK Radnički Kragujevac, was a men's professional

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, last based in

Kragujevac Kragujevac ( sr-Cyrl, Крагујевац, ) is the fourth largest city in Serbia and the administrative centre of the Šumadija District. It is the historical centre of the geographical region of Šumadija in central Serbia, and is situated on ...

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. The club was founded in

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in 1994 and was in 2009 relocated to Kragujevac.

History

Early years

The club was founded on 4 April 1994 in

as KK Kondivik. It began at the very bottom, competing in the lowest level of basketball pyramid in

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Swisslion Takovo

In 2001, after gaining promotion to the First Serbian league (third-tier competition in the country), along with securing a sponsorship from the Swisslion Takovo confectionery company, Kondivik changed its name to KK Lions. Under that name the greatest progress in club's history began, achieving promotion in three competition ranks in the period of three years. In 2004 the club placed first in the league and changed the name again this time to KK Swisslion Takovo. After the same season, after the reorganization of the league loses the first league status which returns already in 2006. In the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons, the club won the top spot in the basketball league of Serbia in superior fashion, thus gaining a spot in the Superliga as well as the national cup (

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) finals.

Radnički Kragujevac

After winning the qualification playoff series over

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 club based in Novi Sad, Serbia, and ...

3–0, the club got a spot in the Adriatic League. KK Swisslion Takovo was supposed to move from Vršac to

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. However, the club's longtime sponsor, Swisslion Takovo company withdrew their investment in the club before the start of the debut season in the Adriatic League. According to the word of that time president of the ABA league, Gornji Milanovac does not meet the requirements in the field of hotel accommodation (because the main hotel bankrupted) and changed ABA League basketball rules about basketball terrain. Hand of rescue to the team was provided by the

City of Kragujevac Kragujevac ( sr-Cyrl, Крагујевац, ) is the List of cities in Serbia, fourth largest city in Serbia and the administrative centre of the Šumadija District. It is the historical centre of the geographical region of Šumadija in central Se ...

, specifically the city's mayor

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and his associates. The club relocated to Kragujevac on October 21, 2009, was given the name of the famous club that already existed in the city - KK Radnički. During the debut 2009–10 season, Radnički was the "biggest surprise" in regional and national competitions. In the Adriatic League, the club had seized the 11th position with 11 wins and 15 defeats. For the 2010–11 season, Radnički was considered the favorite in almost every game in Kragujevac. The results were better than the previous year so and the club won the 10th place.

Names of the club through history

Home arena

Hala Jezero (

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: Хала Језеро,

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: The Jezero Hall) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the city of

. It was the home ground of basketball club Radnički and has a capacity of 5,320 seats.

Supporters

Crveni Djavoli (

: Црвени Ђаволи,

: The Red Devils) or Djavoli are the organized supporters of the

based football club Radnički Kragujevac. Besides football club, they also support other sport sections of the Radnički Kragujevac Sport Association.

Players

Coaches

;Lions/Swisslion Vršac (2001–2009) * Zoran Todorović (2001–2003) * Miroslav Popov (2003–2004) *

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(2004) *

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(2004–2005) * Aleksandar Bućan (2005) * Srećko Sekulović (2005–2006) * Boško Đokić (2006–2007) *

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(2007–2009) ;Radnički Kragujevac (2009–2014) *

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(2009–2014)

Season-by-season

Trophies and awards

Trophies

* First B League of Serbia and Montenegro (2nd-tier) **Winners (1) – 2005–06

Awards

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– 2011–12 **

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– 2012–13 *

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** Michael Lee – 2010–11 **

– 2011–12 **

– 2012–13

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* Danilo Mijatović * Stefan Sinovec *

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* Stefan Jović *

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* Miloš Janković *

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* Dušan Knežević *

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* Miloš Borisov *

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International record

References

External links

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