Košarkaški klub Spartak ( sr-cyr, Кошаркашки клуб Спартак), commonly referred to as Spartak Subotica or Spartak Office Shoes for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional

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based in

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. They are currently competing in the

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(KLS) and the

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History

The club was founded in 1945 and was named after Jovan Mikić Spartak, an Olympic

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from

, who was killed in 1944. After finishing at the 7th place in the canceled 2019–20 season of the Second League of Serbia (2nd-tier), the club failed to fulfill the League requirements and got relegated to the 4th-tier Second Regional League for the 2020–21 season. In August 2021, the

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confirmed a disaffiliation of

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and their merge into Spartak. The club took the Fair Play's spot for the 2021–22 Second Serbian League season.

Sponsorship naming

The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship: * Sinalco Spartak (2003–2007) * Spartak Office Shoes (2021–present)

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Squad changes for the 2024–25 season

In

Out

Coaches

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(1986–1988) * Goran Miljković (1989–1993) * Goran Mijović (1993–1994) * Zoran Kovačević (1994) *

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(1995–1997) * Slobodan Lukić (1997) *

Srećko Sekulović Srećko Sekulović ( sr-cyr, Срећко Секуловић; born 12 June 1962), credited as Szrecsko Szekulovics in Hungary, is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. Playing career Sekulović played for Spartak Subotica ...

(1997–2000) * Radomir Kisić (2001–2002) *

Jovica Antonić Jovica Antonić ( sr-cyr, Јовица Антонић, born 13 July 1966) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is the youth system coordinator for the Crvena zvezda youth system. Playing career A point guard, Anton ...

(2002) *

Vojkan Benčić Vojkan Benčić (; born March 6, 1969) is a Serbian basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for the Scotts Lakers of the Ireland National League Division 1. Playing career Benčić played for the Crvena zvezda, ...

(2005–2006) * Vuk Stanimirović * Blagoja Ivić (2009–2010) *

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(2012–2013) * Filip Socek (2014–2015) *

Dušan Alimpijević Dušan Alimpijević ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Алимпијевић; born 9 March 1986) is a Serbian basketball coach who is currently head coach of Beşiktaş Emlakjet of the Turkish Super League (BSL). Coaching career Early years Alimpijević ...

(2015–2017) *

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(2017) *

Nenad Čanak Nenad Čanak ( sr-Cyrl, Ненад Чанак, ; born 2 November 1959) is a Serbian politician. He is the co-founder and former leader of the centre-left League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina. He was the President of the Assembly of Vojvodina f ...

(2017) *

Dragoljub Vidačić Dragoljub "Ljuba" Vidačić (born December 26, 1970) is a Serbian basketball coach and former player. Early life Born to a father from Trebinje and mother from Gornji Milanovac, Vidačić was raised in Višegrad with three older brothers. Coach ...

(2017–2018) *

Slobodan Ljubotina Slobodan Ljubotina ( sr-cyr, Слободан Љуботина; born 11 January 1984) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. Playing career Ljubotina started his basketball career with Spartak Subotica, making his debut in ...

(2018–2019) * Slobodan Bjelica (2019–2020) * Blagoja Ivić (2020) * Deni Katanić (2020–2021) * Filip Socek (2021) *

(2021–2022) *

Oliver Kostić Oliver Kostić ( sr-cyr, Оливер Костић; born 20 February 1973) is a Serbian professional basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the Serbia national team. Coaching career Between 2005 and 2010, Kostić was an assi ...

(2022–2023) *

Željko Lukajić Željko "Struja" Lukajić ( sr-cyr, Жељко Лукајић; born December 14, 1958) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. Coaching career Lukajić began coaching in 1986 when he was the head coach of KK Famos Hrasnica for the 1986–1987 ...

(2023) *

Vlada Jovanović Vladimir "Vlade" Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Владимир "Владе" Јовановић; born 4 July 1973) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. He currently serves as the head coach for Spartak Subotica of the Serbian League (KLS) and t ...

(2023–present)

Trophies and awards

Trophies

* Second League of Serbia ( 2nd-tier) ** Winner (1): 2021–22 * League Cup of Serbia (2nd-tier) **Winner (1):

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(defunct) ** ''Runners-up'' (1): 1994–95

Honours

Domestic competitions

* FR Yugoslav League : ''Third place (1)'': 1992–93 *

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: ''Runners-up (1)'': 1994–95

Regional competitions

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: Winners (1): 2023–24

Notable players

Branko Cvetković Branko Cvetković ( sr-cyr, Бранко Цветковић, born 5 March 1984) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. He also represented the Serbian national team internationally. He is 2.00 m (6 ft 6 ¾ in) tall and p ...

Vladimir Đokić Vladimir Đokić ( sr-cyr, Владимир Ђокић; born April 25, 1971) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for Vršac of the Basketball League of Serbia. Playing career A point guard, Đoki� ...

Marko Jagodić-Kuridža Marko Jagodić-Kuridža ( sr-cyr, Марко Јагодић Куриџа; born May 15, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player for KK Vojvodina of the ABA League Second Division, ABA 2 League and the Košarkaška Liga Srbije, KLS. He als ...

* Nikola Kalinić *

Dejan Koturović Dejan Koturović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Котуровић; born 31 March 1972) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. Playing career Europe During his professional career, Koturović played for Spartak Subotica, Partizan, ...

* Dragan Lukovski *

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Oliver Popović Oliver Popović ( sr-cyr, Оливер Поповић; born 18 March 1970) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. Playing career He was a Yugoslav champion (1987, 1989, and 1998) and Cup holder (1989), silver medalist of ...

* Petar Popović *

Kemal Karahodžić Kemal Karahodžić ( sr-Cyrl, Кемал Карахоџић; born July 26, 1989) is a Hungarian professional basketball player for Kecskemét of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A. He also represents the Hungarian national team internationally. Internati ...

* Gracin Bakumanya

International record

References

External links

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KK Spartak Subotica
at srbijasport.net
KK Spartak Subotica
at eurobasket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Spartak Subotica, KK Basketball teams in Serbia Basketball teams in Yugoslavia Basketball teams established in 1945 Sport in Subotica 1945 establishments in Serbia