Košarkaški klub Cedevita Junior (), also known as Cedevita Junior, is a men's

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based in

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. The club is named after its main sponsor

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, and competes in the Croatian

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. Before its merge to Slovenian team

Cedevita Olimpija Košarkarski klub Cedevita Olimpija (), commonly referred to as KK Cedevita Olimpija or simply Olimpija, is a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club competes in the ABA League and the Premier A Slovenian Bask ...

in 2019, the club won 5

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championships in 5-in-a-row sequence, seven

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titles, three National Supercup title, and one Adriatic Supercup title.

History

Botinec

The club was established in Zagreb in 1991 as KK Botinec, later becoming KK Hiron Botinec for sponsorship reasons. From season to season, the club moved up from the lowest levels of competition until it reached the

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in 2002. In its first season of elite competition, it took 5th place in Croatia, behind the well-known clubs

KK Cibona Košarkaški klub Cibona, commonly referred to as Cibona Zagreb or simply Cibona, is a men's professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association, and compete ...

KK Zadar Košarkaški klub Zadar (), commonly referred to as KK Zadar or simply Zadar, is a men's professional basketball Sports club, club based in Zadar, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the ABA League JTD, Adriatic Basketball A ...

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and

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New name and bigger ambitions

A big step was taken in 2005 when

Atlantic Grupa Atlantic Grupa d.d. is a Croatian multinational company whose business operations include the production, development, sales and distribution of consumer goods with simultaneous market presence in over 40 countries around the world.Croatian league (in the semi-final playoffs Zadar-Cedevita 2–1), played the semi-finals of the

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along with taking 7th place in the strong regional

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as newcomer. Super Season, with the greatest success in Europe, is 10–11 with 3rd place in EuroCup in very first appearance in the competition of that level. Cedevita played EuroCup Final Four after victorious trip near Dynamo Moscow, Aris, Azovmash, Hemofarm Stada, Gran Canaria and Asefa Estiudiantes in Zagreb and Azovmash, Hapoel Galil Gilboa, Unics, Gran Canaria, Estudiantes and Benetton on the road. After a regular 1st place in the Croatian league, Cedevita won Cibona in semi-final playoffs but lost The Finals against Zagreb CO. Also, Cedevita again took 7th place in Adriatic league. First trophies came in 11–12 season with Cup Dražen Petrović and Croatian National Cup Krešimir Ćosić, also with the finals of the ABA league. First Croatian Champions title Croatian league came in the 13–14 season, also with the second Cup Krešimir Ćosić title and the second finals in the ABA league. Cedevita took two U–18 and one Under-16 Croatian Championships titles.

The first national titles (2011–2013)

But one of the best Season, with the greatest success, is 2011–12, with first-ever Trophies for the team. After winning of the Cup Dražen Petrović (Croatian Supercup) against Zagreb, Cedevita took Croatian Cup Krešimir Ćosić for the first time in history, again against Zagreb in The Finals. After playing in Europe, beating French Champion Elan Chalon in qualifications, Cedevita finished the competition in the group, with strong Spartak St. Petersburg, Benetton Treviso, and Bayern. But the real success was 2nd place in the regular season of Adriatic league and crown came with great Finals in Tel Aviv, victory against Partizan in semi-finals and lose against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the finals. With that result, Cedevita had Euroleague place in her pocket. After 2nd place in the Croatian league, Cedevita won Split in semi-final playoffs but lost The Finals against Cibona. Since 2005, the club has been led by great coaches such as the former coach of the Croatian National Team

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, former Olympic Silver Medalist from Seoul and best scorer of the Euroleague

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, former Yugoslavian National Team player

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, former coach of Olympiacos and Panathinaikos and Aleksandar Petrović, National Team player and later Croatian National Team coach (brother of the famous

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) who became the best Eurocup coach in the 2010–11 season. Today, sitting on Cedevita's bench is current National Team of Croatia coach

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who came in 13–14 season and will lead the team in 14–15 season. Before Repeša coach was in 2012–13 four-time European Champion with Jugoplastika Split, Limoges and Panathinaikos, great

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, the successor of the former Croatian champion with Cibona and Belgian champion with Charleroi,

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, who led Cedevita in season, 2011–12. Over the past few years, former Croatian and Bosnian National team members played for the team, including

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, Jurica Žuža, Damir Milačić, Krešimir Novosel, Mate Miliša, Milan Parezanović,

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, Stipe Modrić, Frano Čolak, alongside several excellent American players such as A. J. Guyton,

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, Adam Harrington, God Shammgod,

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or Ramel Bradley. The 2009–10 roster was strong with former Croatian National Team players

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, team captain

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and

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, B National Team player Tomislav Petrović, Bosnia and Herzegovina National Team players Bariša Krasić and Ivan Opačak, Canadian National Team playmaker Jermaine Anderson and Americans Ricardo Marsh and Thomas Mobley, as well as the Under-20 Croatian National Team player Dino Butorac. In younger selections cadets became Champions of Croatia. The 2010–11 roster was especially strong with Žižić, Baždarić, Rudež, Petrović, Butorac, and newcomers as former Croatian National Team players Vedran Vukušić and Vladimir Krstić, ex Cibona player Robert Troha and ex BIH National Team player Vedran Princ. EuroCup MVP was American Dontaye Draper, new Croatian National Team member, EuroCup second team member

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and center

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. In younger selections, juniors and cadets became vice Champions of Croatia. Cedevita started 11–12 season's roster was especially strong with the best foreign player ever in Croatia, three times European Champion with CSKA and Bologna, Slovenian National Team player

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, fine Americans Chris Owens and Chris Warren, ex NBA and National Team player Dalibor Bagarić, new NT players

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and Marko Car, along with Draper, Baždarić, Princ, Vukušić, Petrović, Opačak. In younger selections, juniors became Champions and cadets vice Champions of Croatia. The 2012–13 season was marked by the arrival of the four times European Champion, coach

for the first time ever participation of the club in the

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. Three Croatian National Team members,

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and Luka Babić joined the club, as well as stars like Mickaël Gelabale or

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. Cedevita achieved its first victories at the highest level in Europe, but without passing to the TOP 16. After Maljković left the club, Aleksandar Petrović became the new coach but he also left the club before the end of the season in the Adriatic League in which Cedevita won the 6th place, enough for the participation in the EuroCup's next season. Before leaving, coach Petrović played the Cup finals, and interim coach Jakša Vulić reach the semifinals of the Croatian A-1 League play off. In younger selections juniors became vice Champions of Croatia and cadets, young cadets and Under-12 team played in Final fours.

Five Croatian League titles (2013–2019)

The 2013–14 season started with big change on the bench, with the arrival of

, Croatian National Team coach who led Croatia to the semifinals of European Championships in Slovenia. Repeša had young but strong defense roster with one of the best young players in Europe, 19-year-old

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and 16-year-old Lovro Mazalin. With Bilan, Suton, Tomas, captain Baždarić and Babić from season before, team roster was stronger for occasional NT players

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and Ivan Ramljak and two strong Americans

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and

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. BC Cedevita has won Cup Krešimir Ćosić, against BC Zagreb in the finals 86:68. In EuroCup passed by Elan Chalon, Charleroi and Oldenburg in the second stage, with Bilbao and Dynamo Sassari from a group, and stayed in Top 32 level regardless victories in Zaragoza or Istanbul over Bešiktaš. The club lost two games against

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, 83:84 and 75:74. But the best came latter. In great Final four tournament of ABA league in

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, Cedevita defeat Partizan in front of 15,000 home supporters but lost in the finals from

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. This final is important because it ensured EuroLeague ticket for 14–15 season. The best came at the end of the season, with the first Croatian Champions title and great 3–0 victory in the series against Cibona. In 13–14 season Cedevita has won the new title in junior competition and became U–18 Croatian Champions. In the 2014–15 season Cedevita became Croatian Champion again, with a win 3–1 in the playoffs finals vs Cibona, won Croatian Krešimir Ćosić Cup again and with an ABA league Finals (1–3 against Crvena Zvezda) will play in EuroLeague 15–16. Under-16 team is Croatian Champion, Under-18 team played in the Finals.

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is MVP Under-16 European Championship with gold for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Marko Arapović is a captain silver Under-19 Croatian Team at World Under-19 Cup with a position in best 5 of the tournament. The new 2015–16 season with a new coach,

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and

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as assistant coach brings in some of the best seasons ever in 2015–16. Championships title again also Croatian Krešimir Ćosić Cup with semifinals in ABA league and Top 16 EuroLeague. In the 2016–17 again 4th-time champions with 5th time Croatian Cup, finals of Adriatic ABA League with Top 16 EuroCup.

, Marko Arapović,

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and Luka Babić played at the Olympic Games in Rio and

became the best scorer of

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with Bosnia and Herzegovina National Team. In 2017–18 season the club started with legend player on coach position

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and assistant

on the bench and first trophy, first ever

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in Bar. This season is a record in Croatia because Cedevita was first in Croatian League (5-th in a row)

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as the senior team, also U-19, U-17 and U-11 team and U-15 vice champions. It was time for a 6-th Croatian Cup

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. After TOP-16 in Eurocup Cedevita reaches semifinals of 2017–18 ABA League.

was EuroCup Basketball Rising Star

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and

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. In 2018-2019 season first coach will be

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. The season was one of the worst in club history - poor results in the ABA League and the EuroCup lead to Alonso's firing and the hiring of former player

. While the results improved, Cedevita was eliminated in the Top16 of the EuroCup, and the semifinals of the ABA League. Cedevita won

, but suffered a complete fiasco in the 2018–19 A-1 League, barely qualifying to the finals and getting swept by

Merge with Olimpija Ljubljana

On June 4, 2019, it was announced that Cedevita is about to merge with Slovenian team Olimpija Ljubljana and form

. Some departments of the club, such as the Youth Academy, are planned to stay in Zagreb and continue as KK Cedevita Junior. In June 2019, Cedevita had applied for a change of headquarters from Zagreb to

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, Slovenia. Upon the decision of resettlement, and followed by the confirmation of both assemblies, Cedevita Zagreb and Olimpija Ljubljana made the association of clubs. KK Cedevita Olimpija was established at the meeting on July 8 in

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. The club was a founding member of the Adriatic Basketball Association in 2015. In December 2020, the club's

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were transferred to Cedevita Olimpija.

Cedevita Junior years (2019–present)

Cedevita Junior was established as a new legal entity on May 31, 2019, and registered on June 11 by a local government authority. On June 18, the

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issued a statement where they declined participation of the club in the 2019–20 Croatian League season. In July 2019,

was named a sports director. The club was initially set to play in the bottom division of croatian basketball league by Croatian Basketball Federation, because it was considered as newly formed club. However, after merging with KK Agrodalm and taking its licence, Cedevita Junior began to compete in Prva liga (the second division of croatian basketball league). The club soon promoted to the HT Premijer liga after winning the second division title in 2021 and reached the Croatian Cup Final twice, in 2022 and 2023, but lost to fellow rivals

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on both occasions.

Home arenas

Since the summer of 2019, the club has been playing their home games at the Cedevita Basketball Dome, which is located in the

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Honours

KK Cedevita

Total titles: 16

Identity

After the company

changed its brand colors from red to orange in 2015,Cedevita – A Fresh Dose of Vitamins; A Fresh Dose of Energy!
/ref> the basketball club also re-branded and adopted orange as its main color for the 2016–17 season.

Players

Current roster

Retired numbers

Season-by-season

Cedevita (2009–2019)

Head coaches

;Botinec (1991–2005) * 1991–1993: Tomislav Mlinar * 1993–1994: Roland Janković * 1994–1998: Antonio Ozmec * 1998–2003: Jakša Vulić * 2003–2004: Dejan Jovović; Jakša Vulić * 2004–2005: Jakša Vulić ;Cedevita (2005–2019) * 2005–2006: Srećko Medvedec; Rudolf Jugo * 2006–2007: Jakša Vulić * 2007–2008: Jakša Vulić;

* 2008–2009:

;

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; Zoran Kalpić ; Srećko Medvedec * 2009–2010:

; Aleksandar Petrović * 2010–2011: Aleksandar Petrović;

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* 2011–2012:

* 2012–2013:

; Jakša Vulić ; Aleksandar Petrović ; Jakša Vulić * 2013–2015:

;

* 2015–2017:

;

* 2017–2018:

* 2018–2019:

;

;Cedevita Junior (2019–present) * 2019–2021: Marko Trninić * 2021–2022:

Damir Mulaomerović Damir Mulaomerović (born 19 September 1974) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who is the current coach of KK Dinamo Zagreb. Professional career Mulaomerović started his career with Sloboda Dita in 1990. Not too lo ...

Management

Presidents

* Mladen Veber (2008–2018) * Emil Tedeschi (2018–2019) * Neven Vranković (2019–2020)

General managers / Directors

* Krešimir Novosel (2007–2015) * Davor Užbinec (2015–2019) * Tomislav Zebić (2019–present)

Sports directors

* Matej Mamić (2008–2018) *

(2018–2019) *

(2019–present)

Team managers

Mate Skelin Mate Skelin (born December 13, 1974) and is a Croatian basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for KK BONANZA Junior, Cedevita Junior of the HT Premijer liga, Croatian League. Post-playing career In 2015, KK Cedevita, Cede ...

(2009–2017) * Matko Jovanović (2017–2019) * Zdravko Vučković (2020–2021)

Notable players

* Ryan Boatright *

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* Bariša Krasić *

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References

External links

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KK Cedevita
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Cedevita Junior Sports teams in Zagreb 1991 establishments in Croatia 2019 establishments in Croatia