Košarkaški klub Metalac ( sr-cyr, Кошаркашки клуб Металац), commonly referred to as KK Metalac, is a men's professional

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club based in

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. They are currently competing in the

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History

Metalac was established on 24 March 1948 as KK Budućnost Valjevo. Six days later, the club played its first official game in

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against Borac and lost 69:19. In a relatively short period of time, they managed to qualify for a higher level of competition, entering the South Group of a then minor Serbian League under the new name Metalac in 1954. Due to financial problems in 1960, the club had to leave all competitions and restart from scratch again a year after. In 1973 Metalac managed to qualify for the First Yugoslav Federal League by beating Mladost Zemun in the last round of the competition, gaining a decisive advantage over Vojvodina Novi Sad. In the last round Luka Vidacic from Herceg-Novi scored a club record of 57 points. Metalac spent six consecutive seasons in the First League and managed to beat at least once all the big clubs of Yugoslav basketball in that period. They played their last game in Yugoslav First Federal League on 31 March 1979 against Jugoplastika in

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. During the last couple of years, professional basketball in Valjevo is on the rise again. Metalac qualified for the top level of club competition in Serbia in 2007–08 and since then managed to progress to the

Superleague phase five times. They have constantly been a serious contender for a spot in the

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over the past few seasons and finally became part of it in 2014–15 after Radnički Kragujevac opted out because of financial instability. 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 FMP.

Sponsorship naming

The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship: * Metalac Family One: 1992–1993 * Big Enex Metalac: 1993–1995 * Metalac Koteks: 2012–2013 * Metalac Farmakom: 2013–2016

Players

Current roster

Head coaches

* Čedomir Vidaković (1954–1955) *

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(1960–1974) * Dragoljub Pljakić (1976–1977) *

(1980–1985) * Zoran Kovačević (1985–1987) *

(1987–1988) *

(1989–1990) * Mihailo Poček (1990–1992) * Dragomir Nikitović (1992) * Zoran Kovačević (1992–1993) * Vojislav Kecojević (1993–1995) * Dragan Simeunović (2005–2008) *

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(2008–2009) * Aleksandar Icić (2009) * Milovan Stepandić (2009–2010) * Velimir Gašić (2010) * Milovan Stepandić (2010–2011) * Boško Đokić (2011–2012) * Dragan Nikolić (2012–2013) * Milovan Stepandić (2013) * Siniša Matić (2013–2014) * Vladimir Đokić (2014–2016) * Mihailo Poček (2016–2019) * Vladimir Đokić (2019–2021) * Branislav Ratkovica (2021–2023) * Saša Milićević (2023) * Srđan Flajs (2023-2024)

Notable players

* Stefan Birčević * Petar Božić *

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* Zlatko Bolić * Duško Bunić *

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* Vladimir Đokić * Mile Ilić * Marko Ljubičić * Aleksandar Mitrović * Petar Popović * Stefan Sinovec * Kimani Ffriend * Marko Dujković *

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* Vladimir Dašić * Ivan Maraš * Slavko Vraneš * Reggie Freeman * Ashton Mitchell * Renaldo Woolridge * Sava Lešić * Uroš Luković * Đorđe Majstorović * Nikola Jevtović * Marko Jošilo * Nikola Malešević * Marko Ljubičić * Nemanja Protić * Nikola Otašević * Brano Đukanović * Miloš Janković * Đukan Đukanović * Aleksandar Vasić * Bojan Krstović * Nenad Nerandžić * Igor Đuković * Nikola Tomašević * Miroslav Pašajlić * Aleksa Stepanović * Miloš Glišić * Zoran Paunović *

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* Shamiel Stevenson * Jorden Duffy * Charles Manning Jr * Ibrahim Durmo * Radoš Šešlija * Miloš Grubor * Terry Armstrong

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Metalac Valjevo Metalac Valjevo Sport in Valjevo Basketball teams in Yugoslavia Basketball teams established in 1948