BKK Radnički

BKK Radnički
Nickname	Krstaši (The Crusaders)
Leagues	Basketball League of Serbia
Founded	7 June 1945
History	BKK Radnički 1945–present
Arena	SC Šumice, Belgrade (capacity: 1,000)
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Team colors	red, blue and white
President	Dušan Ivković
Head coach	Nebojša Knežević
Championships	1 National Championship 1 National Cup
Uniforms
Home Away

BKK Radnički (Serbian Cyrillic: БКК Раднички) is a Serbian professional basketball club from Belgrade. The club currently participates in the Basketball League of Serbia. BKK stands for Beogradski košarkaški klub.

History

The club was founded on 7 June 1945 in the Belgrade's neighborhood of Crveni Krst, which is where their nickname krstaši (the Crusaders) comes from. Radnički achieved biggest success during the 1970s, when the generation coached by Slobodan Ivković won the title of Yugoslav League champion in 1973. The club also won a Yugoslav Cup in 1976, and reached another cup final in 1978.

During this decade, Radnički also had good results in continental competitions. In 1974, they reached the semi-finals of a Champions Cup, where they were stopped by reigning European champions, Ignis Varese.^[1] In 1977, Radnički reached the finals of a Cup Winners' Cup where they lost to Forst Cantù by a single point margin, 86–87.^[2]

Arena

Sports Center Šumice is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the Voždovac municipality of Belgrade and it has a capacity of 1,000 seats. Radnički also has its own little hall in Crveni Krst.

Players

Notable former players

• Darko Balaban
• Nemanja Bezbradica
• Luka Bogdanović
• Petar Božić
• Dragutin Čermak
• Miroljub Damnjanović
• Dušan Ivković
• Slobodan Ivković
• Srećko Jarić
• Ranko Žeravica
• Zoran Jovanović
• Aleksandar Nađfeji
• Stevan Nađfeji
• Milovan Tasić
• Nemanja Đurić
• Luka Pavićević
• Dragoslav Ražnatović
• Slađan Stojković
• Dragiša Šarić
• Žarko Vučurović
• Dušan Vukčević
• Vanja Plisnić
• Dragan Ivković (Dragi Ivković)
• Milun Marović
• Dragan Vučinić
• Vladimir Dragutinović
• Braca Karati
• Boško Đokić
• Slobodan Zimonjić
• Radovan Marović
• Srđan Dabić
• Dušan Trivalić
• Jovica Veljović
• Zoran Prelević
• Miroslav Đorđević
• Aleksandar Čubrilo
• Goran Ćakić
• Nebojša Bogdanović
• Zoran Kovačević
• Branko Banjanin
• Vladeta Milovanović
• Dušan Zupančić
• Nikola Bjegović
• Dragoljub Zmijanac
• Marko Čakarević
• Mlađen Šljivančanin
• Vojkan Benčić
• Aleksandar Nađfeji
• Dragan Aleksić
• Boris Raičević
• Dejan Parežanin
• Aleksandar Avlijaš
• Dušan Nedić
• Bojan Obradović
• Igor Perović
• Ognjen Vukićević
• Dušan Đorđević
• Bogdan Riznić

Notable former coaches

• Slobodan Ivković
• Ranko Žeravica
• Borivoje Cenić
• Božidar Maljković (1980–1982)
• Dušan Ivković (1982–1984)
• Bratislav Đorđević
• Milan Vasojević
• Dragoljub Pljakić
• Rajko Toroman
• Duško Vujošević (1999–2001)
• Miroslav Nikolić

Honours and achievements

Total titles: 2

Domestic competitions

Yugoslav League

• Winners (1): 1972–73

Yugoslav Cup

• Winners (1): 1975–76

Best results in European competitions

Season	Achievement	Notes
Euroleague
1973–74	Semi-finals	Eliminated by Ignis Varese away 78–105 (L) and home 70–83 (L) in semi-finals
FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
1976–77	Runners-up	Defeated by Forst Cantù 86–87 in final
FIBA Korać Cup
1998–99	Eighth-finals	Eliminated by Panionios home 74–88 (L) and away 71–81 (L) in eighth-finals

In European and worldwide competitions

References

1. "Champions Cup 1973–74". linguasport.com. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
2. "Cup Winners' Cup 1976–77". linguasport.com. Retrieved 5 February 2013.

External links

• BKK Radnički at kls.rs
• BKK Radnički at eurobasket.com