KK Željezničar Sarajevo (Košarkaški klub Željezničar Sarajevo in
English: Željezničar Sarajevo Basketball Club), also known as Željezničar Sarajevo is the basketball section of the multi-sport society
SD Željezničar, based in
Sarajevo
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,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
History
Basketball is the second most popular sport in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The men's KK Željezničar team was one of the Yugoslavian clubs from the Bosnian region in the 1960s and 1970s, but when the
Yugoslav Wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related#Naimark, Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and Insurgency, insurgencies that took place from 1991 to 2001 in what had been the Socialist Federal Republic of ...
led to
the breakup of the
Yugoslav federation in 1992, the men's team ceased to exist. In the overall Yugoslav championship table 1946–1991, the men's KK Željezničar Sarajevo occupies 24th place. They spent six seasons in the top flight. In 2024, the men's team was established again.
The women's team,
ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo, won the Yugoslav championship (in which they were regular participants) in 1971, and lost Yugoslav Basketball Cup final in both 1988 and 1989. Since Bosnia-Herzegovina became independent, with its own basketball league and cup competitions, ŽKK Željezničar has won the Bosnian championship title 9 times, Bosnian Cup 8 times and the WABA League in 2003.
Accomplishments
Note that all results after 1992 are for
ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo, the women's basketball team from the Željezničar Sarajevo sports club.
*Champions of
Yugoslav Women's Basketball League (1) - 1971
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Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Women) (11) - 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
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Basketball Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Women) (9) - 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
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WABA League (1) - 2003
*National League Winners (12):- 1971, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. There were three separated league and cup competitions in Bosnia and Herzegovina before the 2002/2003 season and, before that season, only several joint play-offs were played to determine one final champion or cup winner. KK Željezničar also won four championship and four cup titles in one of those regions.
*Regional champions (4) - 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001.
*Regional Cup winners (4) - 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001.
External links
Official website of Basketball clubWebsite of Željezničar's supporters
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Basketball teams in Yugoslavia
Basketball teams in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sport in Sarajevo