Ženski košarkaški klub Partizan 1953 ( sr-cyr, Женски кошаркашки клуб Партизан, English: Women's Basketball Club Partizan), commonly referred to as ŽKK Partizan 1953 or simply Partizan, is a women's professional basketball club based in Belgrade,

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hung ...

. Since 2015, the club has been competing under the legal name Partizan 1953. It is part of the multi-sports club

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: ** AK Partizan, athletics **Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling **Džudo Klub Partizan, judo ** FK Partizan, association fo ...

. They are currently competing in the

Serbian First League The Serbian First League ( sr, Прва лига Србије / Prva liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Прва лига / Mozzart Bet Prva liga) for sponsorship reasons, is the name for the second ...

. The club won seven

national championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, i ...

, five national cups and two

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. They play their home games at the Sports Hall "Ranko Žeravica".

History

Formation and early years (20th century)

The club was founded in 1953. Three times a champion

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, in the seasons 1983–84, 1984–85 and 1985–86. Partizan were then lead Jelica Komnenović,

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, Olivera Krivokapić,

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, Dragana Simić, Merhunisa Omerović, Zorana Cvetković, Radmila Lekić, Dragana Boreli, Olgica Mašić, Sonja Krnjaja, Zorica Ivetić, Andreja Pukšić, Tanja Stevanović... Partizan is in this period and twice won the

Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, c ...

in 1985 and 1986.

Marina Maljković's era (2009–2013)

After the dissolution of

did not have success until the 2009–10 when they became champions Serbia. The following 2010–11 was more successful because the players of Partizan won the double crown, winning the

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and

. In the season 2011–12 Partizan is the first time won the

triumph in the final tournament of the

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. The club's was better in the final of the domestic Čelik score of 74:65 . At the end of the season, Partizan won again

which was a total of 6 Champion in the history of the club. In the season 2012–13 Partizan were won by

after the final of the

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team won

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with 103:71. The most effective players were American

Brooke Queenan Brooke Queenan (born April 10, 1984) is an American retired professional basketball player. She played the power forward position, last for WBC Bnot Hertzeliya in Israel. With ŽKK Partizan she won national Championship (2012–13), national Cup ...

with 23 points,

Milica Dabović Milica Dabović ( sr-cyr, Милица Дабовић; born 16 February 1982) is a Serbian professional women's basketball player. She represented the Serbian national basketball team. Standing at , she played at the point guard position. Intern ...

with 21 and

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with 19 points. Partizan is the

completed no defeats, and defended trophy. After 20 wins from as many matches in the regular part of the league, the Final Four of the

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won in first the semi-finals

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to 94:72, and in the finals as well as the Cup was better than

with 70:45. At the end of the season and seventh Champion's title by winning the final play-off Championship of Serbia over the team

Turbulence and recovery (2013–2015)

During the summer of 2013 the club had major financial problems for which they were threatened to be extinguish club, but despite the club survive. As a result, coach

Marina Maljković Marina Maljković ( sr-Cyrl, Марина Маљковић; born September 26, 1981) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. She currently serves as a head coach for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Super League and for the Serbia women's national ...

and almost the entire team left the club. In the next season the club came in from the rejuvenated squad. In the

Partizan lost in the final of the

with result 90:64. In the championship of Serbia in the semi-finals lost to eternal rivals Red Star, and in the regional league in the quarterfinals lost to teams of Budućnost Volcano. In the 2014-15 season the club substituted by with identical composition as the last season with the ambition to consolidate the club financially and as regards the sporting aspect to at least repeat the results of last season. In the regional league is Partizan finished at 5th place in Group A, in the championship Serbia lost to the team of

in the semi-finals and in Cup he lost in the semifinals of the

Partizan 1953 (2015–present)

During 2015, the club is in the senior competition gave up participating in all competitions, the club formally stayed to function to restore the debts he had. In the meantime, established a new club under the name Partizan 1953 in which have moved all players from the previous club. Club he started from Second league of Serbia as the lowest rank of competition in Serbia. After season 2015–16, club is provided back to the first division, which is also provided participate in regional league in next season by giving up certain clubs from Serbia that are based on the results in the previous season to provide.

Arena

Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall

Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the

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municipality and it has a capacity of 5,000 seats.

Vizura Sports Center

Vizura Sports Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the

Zemun Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; hu, Zimony) is a municipality in the city of Belgrade. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown Belgrade. The developm ...

municipality and it has a capacity of 1,500 seats.

Supporters

The Grobari (

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: Гробари) are supporters of the Belgrade football club

. They generally support all clubs within the Sports Association Partizan, especially football and basketball teams.

Honours

Domestic

National Championships – 7 *'' First League of SFR Yugoslavia:'' **Winners (3): 1984, 1985, 1986 *'' First League of Serbia:'' **Winners (4):

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, 2011,

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National Cups – 5 *'' Cup of SFR Yugoslavia:'' **Winners (2): 1985, 1986 *'' Cup of Serbia:'' **Winners (3): 2011, 2013,

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International

International titles – 2 *'' Adriatic League Women:'' **Winners (2): 2011–12,

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Current squad

Partizan management

''As of 19 April 2017''

Notable former players

*Ljiljana Stanojević *Mirjana Mujbegović *

*Olivera Krivokapić *Zorana Cvetković *Dragana Boreli *Zorica Ivetić *Olgica Mašić *Radmila Lekić *Sonja Krnjaja *Dragana Marković *Tanja Stevanović * Jelica Komnenović *

*Jelena Popović *

*Andreja Pukšić *Dragana Simić *Merhunisa Omerović *Mirjana Prljević *Olja Petrović *Jasmina Milojković *Jelica Čanak *Tamara Ružić * Hajdana Radunović *Nataša Ivančević *

Mina Maksimović Mina Maksimovic (born May 1, 1983) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. She was also selected to play for the Serbian national team. She was born in Kragujevac, Serbia. Education * 2014 - 2018 University of Ottawa, Bachelor of S ...

*Katica Krivić *Branka Stojićević *Sanja Vesel *Tanja Vesel *Tanja Stokić *Dijana Bukovac *Mirjana Medić *Aleksandra Radulović *Jadranka Savić *Sanja Lancoš *Svetlana Stanić *

Ivanka Matić Ivanka Matić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иванка Матић; born 29 May 1979 in Vlasenica, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian professional basketball player. She plays as a Center (basketball), center for the Ta ...

*Tanja Turanjanin *Ljiljana Božičković *Slavica Ilić *Tamara Velanac *Gordana Tešić *Aleksandra Samardžić *

Ilvana Zvizdić Ilvana Zvizdić (born 14 January 1971 in Sarajevo) is a former Yugoslav and Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country ...

*Jelica Dabović *Aleksandra Kukulj *Dušanka Ćirković *

Iva Roglić Iva Roglić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ива Роглић; born 23 March 1988, in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian female basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on ...

*Dina Šesnić *

Jefimija Karakašević Jefimija Karakašević ( sr, Јефимија Кaрaкaшевић; born 13 August 1989) is Serbian female basketball player. Personal life Jefimija is a sister of Serbian basketball player Jovana Karakašević Jovana Karakašević ( sr, Јо ...

Alicia Gladden Alicia Gladden (May 28, 1985 – April 19, 2013) was an American women's basketball player. As a member of ŽKK Partizan, she had won the Women's Adriatic League and national championships in 2012. Gladden had also played in the EuroCup Women ...

Jelena Špirić Jelena Špirić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Шпирић; born 11 August 1983, in Belgrade) is a former Serbian women's basketball player and she played at forward position for the University of Nebraska, Lincoln A university () is an in ...

*Sanja Kovrlija *

Suzana Milovanović Suzana Milovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Сузана Миловановић, born 12 November 1979 in Loznica, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian female basketball player. She plays small forward position. External linksProfileat fibaeurope.comProfile< ...

*Jovana Milovanović *Ivana Drmanac *Andrijana Vasović *Jovana Vukoje *Ljiljana Tomašević *Jelena Dangubić *

Jelena Maksimović Jelena Maksimović (Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets us ...

*Biljana Stjepanović *Svetlana Petrović *Milena Krstajić *

Bojana Vulić Bojana Vulić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бојана Вулић; born 28 May 1984) is a former Serbian professional basketball player and member of Serbia women's national basketball team, national team of Serbia. Professional career Before basketball ...

*Tijana Brdar *Jelena Radić *Mirjana Velisavljević *Milena Vukićević *

Sheena Moore Sheena Sharese Moore (born October 23, 1984) is an American professional basketball player. She plays at the point guard position. With ŽKK Partizan she won 2 national championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sp ...

*Jasmine Stone * Latoya Williams * Maja Miljković *Nataša Bučevac * Dunja Prčić *Neda Đurić *

Mirjana Beronja Mirjana Beronja (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирјана Бероња; born 12 July 1986) is a Serbian women's basketball player. She currently plays for Swedish Udominate Basket. With Partizan she won 3 national championships (2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/ ...

* Tamara Radočaj * Nevena Jovanović *

Biljana Stanković Biljana Stanković ( Serbian Cyrillic: Биљана Станковић; born 11 September 1974 in Vršac, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian basketball coach and former Serbian and Yugoslavian basketball player. She played at the point guard positi ...

Saša Čađo Saša Čađo ( sr-cyr, Саша Чађо, born July 13, 1989) is a Serbian professional women's basketball player who plays for İstanbul Üniversitesi SK of the Turkish League. She also represents the Serbian national basketball team. Internati ...

Ivona Jerković Ivona Jerković (born July 2, 1984 in Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian women's basketball player. She plays for ŽKK Partizan in Serbia. She also played for Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball, Fenerbahç ...

Nataša Kovačević Nataša Kovačević-Stojaković (; sr-Cyrl, Наташа Ковачевић-Стојаковић, ; born 20 May 1994) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at , she played in the small forward position for Serbian Leagu ...

Marija Prlja Marija Prlja (Serbian Cyrillic: Марија Прља, born 11 December 1987 in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a ...

Jelena Antić Jelena Antić (, born 17 June 1991) is a Macedonian professional basketball player. She played for Namur Capitale , Ludovika-FCSM Csata , Wisła Can-Pack Kraków, Luleå Basket, Alba Iulia, Maccabi Ashdod, Zkk Partizan, Vardar Mladinec, Libe ...

*Aleksandra Vujović * Jovana Karakašević *Jovana Popović *

Irena Matović Irena Matović (born 23 May 1988) is a Montenegrin basketball player for Enea AZS Poznań and the Montenegrin national team. She participated at the EuroBasket Women 2017 The 2017 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called Eur ...

Jovana Pašić Jovana Pašić (born 12 May 1992) is a Montenegrin basketball player. Honours Vojvodina * National Cup of Serbia (1): 2014-15 Radivoj Korać Radivoj Korać ( sr-cyrl, Радивој Кораћ; 5 November 1938 – 2 June 1969) was a S ...

* Jelena Vučetić *

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Jelena Ivezić Jelena Ivezić (born 17 March 1984 in Slavonski Brod, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Croatian female basketball player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) ...

Bojana Janković Bojana Janković (born May 7, 1983) is a former Serbian professional basketball player. She is currently the sports director in ŽKK Partizan. With ŽKK Partizan she won 3 national Championships (2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12), national cup (20 ...

* Lidija Vučković *Julijana Vojinović *

Miljana Bojović Miljana Bojović ( sr-cyr, Миљана Бојовић, born in Titova Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia on 17 May 1987), formerly known as Miljana Musović, is a Serbian women basketball player, currently playing for Polkowice. She has played the Eurob ...

Notable former coaches

Borislav Ćorković Borislav "Reba" Ćorković ( sr-cyr, Борислав Ћорковић; 9 January 1933 – 26 January 2006) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. Playing career During the 1950s, Ćorković played basketball for Dinamo Pančevo ...

* Dragoljub Pljakić *

Vladislav Lučić Vladislav "Lale" Lučić ( sr-cyr, Владислав Лучић; born August 7, 1941) is a Serbian former professional basketball coach and player. Biography He won 2 National Championships with Red Star Belgrade in 1992–93 and 1993–94 sea ...

*Ljiljana Stanojević *

Dragomir Bukvić Dragomir Bukvić ( sr-cyr, Драгомир Буквић; born 29 April 1954) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. Playing career Bukvić started to play basketball for youth teams of Sloboda Tuzla and Radnički Belg ...

Miroslav Kanjevac Miroslav Kanjevac ( sr-cyr, Мирослав Кањевац; born 18 December 1963) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. Coaching career Men's basketball Kanjevac coached Profikolor, Hemofarm and Kovin. Women's basketball Kanjev ...

*Slađan Ivić *

Dragan Vuković Dragan Vuković ( sr-cyr, Драган Вуковић; born August 26, 1963) is a Serbian basketball coach. He currently serves as a head coach for the Crvena zvezda of the Women's Basketball League of Serbia and the Women's Adriatic League. ...

*Milan Dabović *

Srđan Antić Srđan "Riki" Antić ( sr-cyr, Срђан "Рики" Антић; born 10 December 1960) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. Early life Antić played basketball in Partizan Belgrade, but unfortunately his career as a basketball player e ...

References

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