Košarkaški klub Zlatibor ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Златибор, ), commonly referred to as KK Zlatibor or Zlatibor Gold Gondola due to sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional

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club based in

Čajetina Čajetina ( sr-cyr, Чајетина) is a small town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of western Serbia. According to the 2022 census results, the municipality has 14,585 inhabitants. One of the most notable settlements in the mun ...

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. They are currently competing in the

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and the

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History

Basketball beginnings in

came with the success of amateur sports competition in western Serbia known as the MOSI. Pioneers of basketball in Čajetina, Sead Begović, and Radomir Raković among the others founded KK Zlatibor on 19 September 1979. The first club president was Aleksandar Vasiljević. Most of its history, Zlatibor played in 3rd-tier league West Division with several attempts of attacking 1st place which leads to the higher league. Finally, in 2015 after the win against neighbor-team Priboj from

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, the club got promoted to the Second League of Serbia. In the 2016–17 season, Zlatibor won the Second League and got promoted to the

for the 2017–18 season. That year Zlatibor ended up in 4th place which took them to the second phase –

. After group phase and matches against Crvena Zvezda, Borac, Mega Bemax, Tamiš, and Mladost, the club advanced to the playoffs with a 4–6 record. The same year, the club won the 2018 Cup of Serbia, advancing to quarterfinals of the 2018 Radivoj Korać Cup. Zlatibor recognized four former players for great achievements in the club's history as the Legends: Sead Begović, Radomir Raković, Želimir Džambić, and Duško Pantović. In April 2022, Zlatibor won the

for the 2021–22 season following a 78–73 overtime win over

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. In June 2022, Zlatibor got a invitation from the FIBA Basketball Champions League for the 2022–23 season. Later, they withdrawn. In June 2022, the club added retired NBA Player

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to its managing board.

Players

Retired numbers

Current roster

Coaches

Mladen Šekularac Mladen Šekularac ( sr-cyrl, Младен Шекуларац; born January 29, 1981) is a Montenegrin basketball coach and former professional player. Playing career At one point Šekularac was considered to be one of the biggest European tal ...

(2015) * Predrag Jaćimović (2015–2016) * Dušan Radović (2016–2017) *

Vanja Guša Vanja Guša ( sr-cyr, Вања Гуша; born 28 July 1966) is a Serbian basketball Coach (basketball), coach. Early life Guša was born in Zadar, Socialist Republic of Croatia, SR Croatia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugosla ...

(2017–2019) * Strajin Nedović (2019–present)

Trophies and awards

Trophies

**Winner (1): 2021–22 * Second League of Serbia (2nd-tier) **Winner (1): 2016–17 * First Regional League of Serbia (3rd-tier) **Winner (1): 2014–15 * League Cup of Serbia (2nd-tier) **Winner (1): 2017–18

Individual awards

* ABA League Second Division MVP Award (1): ** Dušan Kutlešić – 2021–22 * Serbian League MVP Award (1): ** Dušan Kutlešić – 2021–22

Notable players

* Robert Songolo Ngijol * Nikola Vasić *

References

External links

KK Zlatibor official website

Profile
at eurobasket.com {{Men's Basketball Teams in Serbia

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Basketball teams established in 1979