Omladinski košarkaški klub Beograd ( sr-cyr, Омладински кошаркашки клуб Београд), commonly referred to as OKK Beograd, is a men's professional

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club based in

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, Serbia. They are currently competing in the

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. It is part of the multi-sports

-based sport club

OSD Beograd Omladinsko sportsko društvo Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, Омладинско спортско друштво Београд, lit=Youth sports association Belgrade), commonly abbreviated as OSD Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОСД Београд, link=no), is a mul ...

. The club is the league affiliate of Mega Basket. The club was founded in 1945 as KK Metalac. In 1950, the club changed its name to KK BSK, and then in 1958 to OKK Beograd, which it keeps to this day. The OKK Beograd squads have won 4 National League championships. They have played three different National League since 1945, including the Yugoslav First Federal League (1945–1992), the

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(1992–2006), and the Serbian League (2006 onward). They have also won 3 National Cup titles. The club has its own Hall of Fame. The members are

Radivoj Korać Radivoj Korać ( sr-cyrl, Радивој Кораћ; 5 November 1938 – 2 June 1969) was a Serbian and Yugoslav professional basketball player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Korać is well-known ...

Slobodan Gordić Slobodan "Rica" Gordić ( sr-cyr, Слободан "Рица" Гордић; born 28 September 1937)Bogomir Rajković, Trajko Rajković, Miodrag Nikolić,

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, and

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. Several members of the club have been inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, including player Korać, coach Aleksandar Nikolić and contributors Radomir Šaper and Stanković. Stanković and Korać are members of the

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History

OKK Beograd made most of its achievements during a so-called 'golden era' - a period between 1957 and 1965. The key players of this generation were Radivoj Korać, Slobodan Gordić, Bogomir Rajković, Trajko Rajković, Miodrag Nikolić and Milorad Erkić who would later be the coach of the women's squad, and longtime coordinator of the OKK youth program. They developed under the guidance of coaches Borislav Stanković and Aleksandar Nikolić and team director Radomir Šaper, and went on to win six national trophies and achieve high results in European competitions. In less than a decade, OKK Beograd won four

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championships; in 1958, 1960, 1963 and 1964, accompanied by two

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

s in 1960 and 1962. The club also reached the semifinals of a European Champions Cup on three occasions, but failed to reach the finals, losing to Academic Sofia in 1959, Spartak Brno in 1964 and

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in 1965. After 1965, the core of the team went abroad and the results dropped. However, the club did reach the finals of the first-ever

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in 1972 but lost to another Yugoslav club,

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(known at the time as ''Lokomotiva''). Although OKK Beograd remained among the top Serbian and Yugoslav teams, the next trophy was not won until 1993, with the victory in the Yugoslav Cup. On June 14, 2018, the club signed a contract on sports and technical cooperation with

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team Mega Basket.

Sponsorship naming

The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship: * Beko Beograd: 1974–1979 * InvestEksport Beograd: 1993–1994

Logos

File:Metalac-logo.png, 1945–1950 File:Bsk-logo.png, 1950–1958 File:Okk-beograd-logo.png, 1958–present File:Okk-beograd.png, Alternate logo

Home arenas

* Šumice Hall * Radivoj Korać Hall (2016–present) * Mega Factory Hall (2018–present)

Players

Current roster

Head coaches

* Mioljub Denić (1946–1948) *

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(1949) * Mihajlo Krnić (1950–1951) * Aleksandar Nikolić (1952) * Strahinja Alagić (1953) *

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(1954–1961) * Aleksandar Nikolić (1962–1963) *

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(1964–1965) * Slobodan Ivković (1966–1967) * Todor Lazić (1967–1968) * Borivoje Cenić (1968–1969) *

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(1969–1970) * Borivoje Cenić (1970–1971) * Branislav Rajačić (1971) * Borivoje Cenić (1971–1972) * Todor Lazić (1972–1975) * Branislav Rajačić (1975–1979) * Slobodan Ivković (1979–1980) * Branislav Rajačić (1980) * Slobodan Ivković (1980–1981) * Petar Marković (1981) * Slobodan Ivković (1981–1982) *

Duško Vujošević Duško Vujošević ( sr-Cyrl, Душко Вујошевић; born 3 March 1959) is a Montenegrin and Serbian professional basketball coach. Early life Duško Vujošević was born in Titograd (modern-day Podgorica), PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavi ...

(1982–1983) * Vojislav Vezović (1983–1984) *

Dragoljub Pljakić Dragoljub Pljakić ( sr-cyr, Драгољуб Пљакић; August 28 1937 – June 28 2011), nicknamed "Pljaka", was a Serbian basketball player and coach. Playing career Pljakić spent the major part of his playing career with Radnički fro ...

(1984–1986) * Životije Ranković (1986–1987) * Zdravko Rajačić (1987–1989) * Veselin Matić (1989–1990) *

Marijan Novović Marijan Novović ( sr-cyr, Маријан Нововић; February 10, 1947 – September 5, 2013), also known by his nickname Šilja (), was a Serbian basketball coach and player. Playing career In his playing days, he spent his career with O ...

(1990–1991) * Gordan Todorović (1991–1992) * Vojislav Vezović (1992) * Rajko Žižić (1992–1994) * Gordan Todorović (1994) *

Igor Kokoškov Igor Stefan Kokoškov ( sr-Cyrl, Игор Стефан Кокошков; born December 17, 1971) is a Serbian professional basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He had spen ...

(1994–1995) * Ivan Jeremić (1995) * Zoran Prelević (1995–1996) *

Slobodan Nikolić Slobodan Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Слободан Николић; born June 14, 1959) is a Serbian basketball coach and former player. Playing career Nikolić played for the Crvena zvezda of the Yugoslav First League from 1975 to 1987 and from 1989 ...

(1996–1999) * Vladimir Jokanović (1999–2001) *

Predrag Jaćimović Predrag "Peca" Jaćimović ( sr-cyr, Предраг Јаћимовић) is a Serbian basketball coach. Coaching career Jaćimović coached Lavovi 063, OKK Beograd, Ergonom, Napredak Aleksinac, Crnokosa, Zlatibor and Konstantin. He also coach ...

(2001–2002) *

Nenad Vučinić Nenad Vučinić ( sr-cyr, Ненад Вучинић; born 7 April 1965) is a Serbian-New Zealand basketball coach and former player. He once served as the interim head coach for Philippines men's national basketball team, with Chot Reyes replac ...

(2002–2003) *

Jovica Antonić Jovica Antonić ( sr-cyr, Јовица Антонић, born July 13, 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, Anto ...

(2003) * Luka Pavićević (2003–2004) * Dejan Mijatović (2004–2006) *

(2006–2007) * Marko Ičelić (2007–2011) *

Vlade Đurović Vlade Đurović ( sr-cyr, Владе Ђуровић; born 16 May 1948) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. Early life Born in 1948 to Bosnian Serb parents Danilo Đurović from Sokolac and Mileva Cerović from Rogatica� ...

(2011–2012) * Srđan Jeković (2012–2013) *

(2013) * Milovan Stepandić (2013–2015) *

(2015–2016) * Darko Kostić (2016–2018) * Branislav Vićentić (2018–2019) * Branko Milisavljević (2019–2020) * Branislav Ratkovica (2020–2021) * Vasilije Budimić (2021–2022) * Vule Avdalović (2022–present)

Hall of Famers, greatest players and contributors

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

FIBA Hall of Fame

FIBA Order of Merit recipients

FIBA's 50 Greatest Players

50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors

Season-by-season

Trophies and awards

Trophies

(defunct) **Winners (4):

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...

, 1964 *

(defunct) **Winners (3): 1960, 1962, 1992–93 *

FIBA Korać Cup The FIBA Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971–72 and 2001–02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the FIBA European Champions' Cup (later renamed th ...

(defunct) **''Runners-up (1)'': 1972

Awards

BLS First League MVP The BLS First League MVP, or the Serbian First League MVP, is the award bestowed to the player that is deemed to be the "Most Valuable Player" during the first part of a season of the Basketball League of Serbia. The Basketball League of Serbia is ...

** Andrija Bojić (1) – 2013–14 ** Vuk Malidžan (1) – 2014–15 * Yugoslav League Top Scorer **

(7) – 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965

Notable players

;1940s * Dragan Godžić ;1950s * Aleksandar Nikolić *

* Bogomir Rajković ;1960s *

Slobodan Gordić Slobodan "Rica" Gordić ( sr-cyr, Слободан "Рица" Гордић; born 28 September 1937)Radivoj Korać Radivoj Korać ( sr-cyrl, Радивој Кораћ; 5 November 1938 – 2 June 1969) was a Serbian and Yugoslav professional basketball player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Korać is well-known ...

* Miodrag Nikolić * Trajko Rajković * Miloš Bojović * Zvonimir Petričević * Zoran Marojević * Bogdan Tanjević ;1970s * Žarko Knežević * Rajko Žižić *

Branko Vukićević Branko Vukićević (born 18 December 1961) is a Serbian former basketball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Vukićević played for Cibona Zagreb Košarkaški klub Cibona, commonly referred to as Cibona Zagreb or s ...

;1980s * Danko Cvjetičanin * Zoran Sretenović * Dragan Todorić ;1990s * Zoran Jovanović * Nebojša Zorkić *

Zoran Radović Zoran Radović (born February 17, 1961 in Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian basketball player and current FIBA administrator. Early career and college Known for tenacious defensive skills, Radović started playing basket ...

;2000s * Paul Henare * Miloš Borisov * Aleksandar Glintić * Vladimir Micov ;2010s * Aleksej Nešović * Karlo Matković *

Kimani Ffriend Kimani Ffriend (born 29 July 1977) is Jamaican former professional basketball player. He played at the center position. College career Ffriend played NCAA college basketball with the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1999 to 2001. Prior that, Ffriend ...

Aleksa Avramović Aleksa Avramović ( sr-cyr, Алекса Аврамовић; born October 25, 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. Youth career Avramović played in ...

* Andrija Bojić * Vuk Malidžan ;2020s * Nikola Đurišić

International record

References

External links

Official website
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