Košarkaški klub Sloga ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Cлoгa), commonly referred to as KK Sloga, is a men's professional
basketball
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club based in
Kraljevo
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,
Serbia
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. The club plays in the
Basketball League of Serbia
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and the
Adriatic League
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. Their home arena is the
Kraljevo Sports Hall.
Some of the club's star players over the years have included
Vlade Divac
Vlade Divac ( sr-Cyrl, Владе Дивац, ; born February 3, 1968) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player who was most recently the vice president of basketball operations and general manager of the Sacramento King ...
and
Ljubodrag Simonović
Ljubodrag "Duci" Simonović ( sr-Cyrl, Љубодраг Дуци Симоновић, ); born 1 January 1949) is a Serbian philosopher, author and retired basketball player.
He played with Red Star Belgrade, with which he won two National Champi ...
.
History
Sponsorship naming
Sloga has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:
* Sloga Magnohrom: 1990–1991
* Sloga Telekom Srbija: 2000–2001
* Sloga Favorite BM: 2003–2004
* Sloga Société Générale: 2005–2007
Identity
The main color of Sloga, since its foundation, is white. Because of it the Sloga players are often nicknamed ''Beli'' (). Supporters of Sloga are ''Kasapi'' () and they also support the football section of the Sloga Sports Society,
FK Sloga Kraljevo.
Home arena
Sloga plays its home games at the
Kraljevo Sports Hall. The hall is located in
Kraljevo
Kraljevo ( sr-Cyrl, Краљево, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Raška District in central Serbia. It is situated on the confluence of West Morava and Ibar River, Ibar, in the geographical region of ...
and was built in 2015. It has a seating capacity of 3,331 seats.
Players
Current roster
Hall of Famers and greatest players
;Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
;FIBA Hall of Fame
;FIBA's 50 Greatest Players
Coaches
* Milovan Bogojević
(1990–1991)
* Gordan Marković
(1991–1992)
*
Rajko Toroman
Rajko Toroman ( sr-Cyrl, Рајко Тороман; born February 10, 1955) is a Serbian professional basketball coach.
Coaching career
Before 2016, he served as a team consultant for the Barako Bull Energy Cola and the Petron Blaze Boosters ...
(1992)
* Gordan Marković
(1993)
* Srboljub Đorđević
(1994)
*
Nenad Trajković (1995–1996)
* Dragan Kostić
(2002–2003)
*
Miodrag Kadija (2005–2006)
*
Miloš Pejić (2006–2008)
* Dragan Kostić
(2008–2009)
*
Miloš Pejić (2009–2010)
*
Bojan Kusmuk (2010–2011)
* Zoran Milovanović
(2011–2013)
* Mihajlo Drobnjak
(2013)
*
Vladimir Đokić (2013–2014)
* Zoran Petrović
(2014–2016)
* Dragan Kostić
(2016)
*
Boško Đokić
Boško Đokić ( sr-cyr, Бошко Ђокић; 26 October 1953 – 26 January 2019) was a Serbian professional basketball coach and journalist.
Coaching career
Đokić coached teams in Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro and Russia.
Betwee ...
(2016–2017)
*
Bojan Kusmuk (2017)
* Mihajlo Drobnjak
(2017–2018)
* Zoran Petrović
(2018–2019)
* Saša Pavlović
(2019–2020)
* Zoran Petrović
(2020–2021)
* Dragan Kostić
(2021)
*
Marko Dimitrijević (2021–present)
Trophies and awards
Awards
*
BLS First League MVP
**
Miloš Bojović (1) – 2006–07
*
BLS Super League MVP
**
Miloš Bojović (1) – 2006–07
Notable players
*
Vlade Divac
Vlade Divac ( sr-Cyrl, Владе Дивац, ; born February 3, 1968) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player who was most recently the vice president of basketball operations and general manager of the Sacramento King ...
*
Sreten Dragojlović
*
Ljubodrag Simonović
Ljubodrag "Duci" Simonović ( sr-Cyrl, Љубодраг Дуци Симоновић, ); born 1 January 1949) is a Serbian philosopher, author and retired basketball player.
He played with Red Star Belgrade, with which he won two National Champi ...
*
Dragan Todorić
Dragan Todorić (; born 27 July 1954) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and current adviser to the President of Partizan Belgrade. He is known for a rare achievement: taking part—either as a player or subsequently as part of th ...
*
Miloš Babić
Miloš Babić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Бабић; born November 23, 1968) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He is a 7'0" 240 lb power forward/ center.
He played collegiate basketball for the Tennessee Technologic ...
*
Miloš Pejić
*
Slobodan Božović
*
Marko Dimitrijević
*
Stefan Jović
*
Vuk Radivojević
*
Saša Vasiljević
*
Saša Dončić
References
External links
*
KK Slogaat eurobasket.com
Basketball teams in Serbia
Basketball teams in Yugoslavia
Basketball teams established in 1949
1949 establishments in Serbia
Sport in Kraljevo
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