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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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 Partizan 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 for the 2021–22 season.

Players

Marko Čakarević Marko Čakarević ( sr-cyr, Марко Чакаревић, born May 13, 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player who last played for Qingdao Eagles. Professional career Čakarević started his professional career with the French team ASV ...

Bogdan Riznić Bogdan Riznić (born 24 February 1990) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Žitko Basket. Riznić played in Partizan in 2008–09 season and won Adriatic League, Radivoj Korać Cup and Basketball League of Serbia The Basketball ...

* Matija Belić

Head coaches

Dragan Jakovljević Dragan Jakovljević ( sr-Cyrl, 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 (2022–2023) * Marko Ljubojević (2023–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:Zitko Žitko Žitko Basketball teams in Belgrade