Volleyball club Niš (Serbian: Odbojkaški klub Niš), is a professional
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
team based in
Niš
Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names in other languages) is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 183,164, while ...
,
Serbia
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. It plays in the
Serbian volley league
The Serbian Superliga ( sr, Суперлига Србије / Superliga Srbije) is the highest level of men's volleyball in Serbia and it is organized by Serbian Volleyball Federation. Serbia Volleyball League is currently contested by 10 clubs.
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History
Volleyball club Niš (OK Niš) is a successor team of a former volleyball club Student Niš. The club was founded on 24.06.1972. and during that time, the team was a competitor of lower Serbian leagues. Games and practices were conducted at the basketball club Radnički outdoor court, until 1973, when "22. December" Hall was opened.
In the season 1975-1976, volleyball club Niš (volleyball club Student, at the time) won title of 2nd league East champion, and played in promotion play-offs with the winner of the 2nd league South, Rabotnički
Skopje
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The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...
. Student won that play-off game with 3-1, and was promoted into the 1st league of
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
. It was the club's biggest achievement until promotion to
Wiener Staditsche Superliga in 2014-2015 season.
Club name was officially changed in 1997.
2015-2016 squad
External links
Club's web page: http://oknis.co.rs/
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Volleyball clubs in Serbia
Sport in Niš
Volleyball clubs established in 1972