KK Celje

Celje
Nickname	Celjski vitezi (The Celje's Knights)
Leagues	Slovenian Second League
Founded	1950
History	Celjski vitez 2011–2012
Arena	Gimnasium Center Hall
Capacity	350
Location	Celje, Slovenia
Team colors	Yellow, Blue
Main sponsor	ECE Celje
President	Pieter Lakamotiv
Championships	1 Slovenian Third League
Website	Official website
Uniforms
Home Away

Košarkarski Klub Celje (English: Celje Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Celje or simply Celje, is a professional basketball team that is based in Celje, Slovenia. The team currently competes in the Slovenian Second League under the name ECE Celje due to sponsorship reasons.^[1]

History

In 1950, the Railway Sport Association in the context with the Basketball club Celje was established, where the basketball players from Kladivar moved to. This club, later Kovinotehna, Libela, Merx, and Inpos had constantly raised new generations of basketball. By the name Libela, the Celje basketball club almost qualified for the First basketball league of Yugoslavia in two consecutive seasons (1978–79 and 1979–80), under the coaching of Zmago Sagadin and Mile Čepin.

After the World Championships in Ljubljana (1970) in the overcrowded city park, the future Olympic champions, basketball players of the Soviet Union Olympics played a friendly match with the team of Celje.

Arena

The team play their home games at the 300 capacity Gimnasium Center Hall in Celje.

Sponsorship names

• Luxuris Celje (2012–2014)
• ECE Celje (2014–present)

Honours

Slovenian Third League:

• 2013–14
• 2012–13

Seasons

Season	3. SKL	Cup	Coach	Roster
2013–14	Champions	2nd Round	Igor Pučko	Rok Pirih, Erik Felicijan, Primož Kobale, Rok Bregar, Davor Gradič, Klemen Oset, Benjamin Pungartnik, Matic Jan, Robi Gobec, Sebastjan Germek, Qendrim Hajdaraj, Ardian Krasniqi, Tadej Jug, Aleksandar Andjušić
2012–13	Runners-Up	2nd Round	Husein Kahvedžić	Iztok Kočevar, Marko Dmitrašinović, Rok Bregar, Enis Kahvedžić, Anže Skaza, Boštijan Zorko, Sebastjan Germek, Alen Kahvedžić, Domen Ambrož, Tadej Jug, Rožle Penca, Qendrim Hajdaraj, Rok Mavrin, Matic Jan, Robi Gobec, Aleksandar Andjušić, Matija Jošt, Vid Pirš

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Luxuris Celje roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 4 Pirih, Rok 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 27 – 30 July 1989 PG 5 Felicijan, Erik 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 29 – 19 June 1987 G 6 Kobale, Primož (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 40 – 26 June 1976 G/F 7 Bregar, Rok 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – 20 October 1986 G 8 Gradič, Davor 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 – 15 September 1994 G 9 Oset, Klemen 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 24 – 13 April 1992 G 10 Pungartnik, Benjamin 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 34 – 4 May 1982 G/F 11 Jan, Matic 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 28 – 24 May 1988 F 12 Gobec, Robi 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 24 – 17 April 1992 F 13 Germek, Sebastijan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 30 – 20 May 1986 C 14 Hajdaraj, Qendrim 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 26 – 13 May 1990 C 15 Krasniqi, Ardian 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – 22 January 1990 G/F 16 Jug, Tadej 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – 25 January 1987	Head coach Igor Pučko Assistant coach(es) Milenko Andjušić Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: Septembre 07, 2012

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Reserve	Injured
C	Qendrim Hajdaraj	Ardian Krasniqi
PF	Sebastjan Germek	Robi Gobec
SF	Rok Bregar	Matic Jan	Davor Gradič
SG	Primož Kobale	Klemen Oset
PG	Erik Felicijan	Rok Pirih	Benjamin Pungartnik

Coaching history

• Husein Kahvedžić – 2011–2/2013
• Igor Pučko – 2/2013–present

References

1. KK Celje (25 October 2012). "Nov generalni sponzor Košarkarskega kluba Celje > LUXURIS Comodities" [New club's general sponsor in LUXURIS Comodities] (in Slovenian). KK Celje official website. Retrieved 28 June 2014.

External links

• Official website (Slovene)