Košarkaški klub Studentski centar (

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. KK Studentski centar), commonly referred to as SC Derby due to sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional

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based in

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. The club currently competes in the

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and the

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. SC Derby has won one

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(in 2021) and one

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(in 2023) in its history.

History

The club was founded in 1997 in

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, then part of

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. The club's founder is the Podgorica Student Dormitory. In 2015, the club got promoted to the Montenegrin First A League for the 2015–16 season. In 2020, the club joined the Second Adriatic League for the 2020–21 season. The club was league affiliate of Budućnost VOLI. On 31 August 2021, the club announced a change of their name to SC Derby due to sponsorship reasons. On 20 September 2023, SC Derby won the

after their upset win over Partizan in the final, 81-83. The game winner was hit by Borna Kapusta with 4.6 seconds left in the game.

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Coaches

* Slavenko Rakočević (2012–2014) * Ljubiša Gojšina (2014–2016) * Slavenko Rakočević (2016–2017) * Stefan Klikovac (2017–2019) * Nenad Trajković (2019–2021) * Andrej Žakelj (2021–2023) * Dejan Jakara (2023–present)

Trophies and awards

Trophies

**Winner (1): 2023 *

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(1st-tier) **Finalist (1): 2022–23 *

(2nd-tier) **Winner (1):

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Individual awards

* ABA League Second Division MVP Award (1): **

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–

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(1): **

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– 2021–22

Notable players

* Igor Drobnjak * Aleksa Ilić *

Nikola Pavličević Nikola Pavličević (born August 11, 1988) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player who plays for Studentski centar of the Montenegrin Basketball League and the ABA League The ABA League, renamed the ABA League First Division in 2017 ...

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* Loren Jackson *

Fletcher Magee Fletcher Magee (born November 13, 1996) is an American basketball player for Budućnost Podgorica of the ABA League and the Prva A Liga. He played college basketball for Wofford College. While playing for the Terriers, he was named the Southern ...

* Justin Edwards *

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References

External links

*
Club Profile
at eurobasket.com
Club Profile
at realgm.com {{ABA League Studenski centar Studenski centar Studenski centar 1997 establishments in Montenegro KK Budućnost