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Košarkarsko društvo Slovan, commonly referred to as KD Slovan or Slovan, is a
basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...
team from
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, Slovenia.


History

The founding of the club was the idea of Stane Urek, who in 1951 proposed the establishment of a basketball club in Poljane at one of the
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high schools. The club was named KK Poljane and got its official permission to play on 13 April in the same year. After just two days, they organised their first tournament, at which they invited Rudar Trbovlje and Krka, both playing in the first national league. The team was also named KK Krim, KK Slavija, KK Odred, and finally KD Slovan – the name they have had until today. After more than 20 years of playing on the basketball court of
Poljane Grammar School The Poljane Upper Secondary School () is located in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is a coeducational nondenominational state secondary general education school for students aged between 15 and 19. It prepares them for university, which the ...
, they moved to
Kodeljevo Hall Kodeljevo Hall is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Ljubljana, Slovenia with a seating capacity of 1,540. It is mostly used for basketball and handball matches as the home ground of KD Slovan Košarkarsko društvo Slovan, commonly referr ...
in the 1974–75 season, where they have been playing ever since.


Season-by-season records


Honours

*
Slovenian First League The Slovenian PrvaLiga (, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten clubs, it operates on a system of prom ...
**Runners-up: 2004–05, 2005–06


References


External links


Official website
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