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Crvena zvezda mts
2018–19 KK Crvena zvezda season
Nickname	Crveno-beli (The Red-Whites) Zvezda (The Star)
Leagues	Basketball League of Serbia ABA League EuroCup
Founded	4 March 1945; 73 years ago (1945-03-04)
History	KK Crvena zvezda (1945–present)
Arena	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Štark Arena
Capacity	5,878[1] 18,386[2]
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Team colors	Red, white
Main sponsor	Mobile Telephony of Serbia
President	Nebojša Čović
General manager	Filip Sunturlić
Team manager	Nebojša Ilić
Head coach	Milan Tomić
Team captain	Branko Lazić
Affiliation(s)	Youth team FMP (2013–present)
Championships	1 FIBA Saporta Cup 3 ABA League 1 ABA League Supercup 19 National Championships 9 National Cups
Retired numbers	1 (8)
Website	www.kkcrvenazvezda.rs

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Košarkaški klub Crvena zvezda (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Црвена звезда, English: Red Star Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Crvena zvezda or simply Crvena zvezda, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia, the major part of the Red Star multi-sports club. KK Crvena zvezda is a part of the Adriatic Basketball Association and competes in the ABA League, the EuroCup and in the Basketball League of Serbia.

The Crvena zvezda squads have won 19 National League championships, including in 10-in-a-row and current 4-in-a-row sequences. They have played three different National Leagues since 1945, including Yugoslav First Federal League (1945–1992), First League of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006) and Serbian League (2006 onward). They have also won 9 National Cup titles, 3 Adriatic League Championships, one Adriatic Supercup and one FIBA Saporta Cup. The team play domestic home matches in the Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, and the EuroLeague home matches in Štark Arena. Zvezda's supporters are known as Delije.

Some of the club's star players over the years have included: Aleksandar Gec, Nebojša Popović, Aleksandar Nikolić, Borislav Stanković, Srđan Kalember, Ratomir Vićentić, Sreten Dragojlović, Vladimir Cvetković, Ljubodrag Simonović, Zoran Slavnić, Dragan Kapičić, Dragiša Vučinić, Žarko Koprivica, Rajko Žižić, Slobodan Nikolić, Predrag Bogosavljev, Zoran Radović, Boban Janković, Saša Obradović, Nebojša Ilić, Aleksandar Trifunović, Milenko Topić, Zlatko Bolić, Igor Rakočević, Milan Gurović, Nemanja Bjelica, Boban Marjanović, Stefan Jović and Marko Simonović.

History

1945–1968: Early years and ten consecutive championship titles

The club was founded on 4 March 1945, as a basketball section of Sports Society Red Star. By winning the first of ten consecutive championship titles after the Second World War, the golden age of Red Star began. No domestic national selection could be imagined without seven or eight Red Star basketball players and the first quintet featured Nebojša Popović, Tullio Rochlitzer, Aleksandar Gec, Ladislav Demšar and Srđan Kalember. Their style was unique, they made basketball popular in Serbia and achieved first international results for former Yugoslavia, playing in an open-air court at Kalemegdan fortress. The greatness of this team cannot be disputed. They were pioneers of Yugoslavian basketball who achieved amazing results, entertaining the audience with their game style, just as with their squad harmony both on and off the court. After a decade filled with nothing but success, game scores started to decline, generation shift arrived and it took Red Star fourteen long years to win another trophy.

1968–1972: A giant reborn

That long-awaited eleventh title was won in the 1968–69 season, when Red Star won all six games against Jugoplastika, Zadar and Partizan, therefore proving to be better than all three fierce rivals. Led by Vladimir Cvetković, the title was won by Dragan Kapičić, Zoran Lazarević, Ivan Sarjanović, Ljubodrag Simonović, Srđan Skulić, Zoran Slavnić, Tihomir Pavlović, Nemanja Đurić, Miroslav Todosijević, Dragiša Vučinić and Dubravko Kapetanović. At that time, they were the youngest championship winning team in Yugoslavian basketball. The twelfth title was won in the 1971–72 season, after which Red Star's league success deteriorated gradually. In the 70s the club won the Yugoslav Cup three times, and most of the work in those years was done by Slavnić, Simonović, Kapičić, Vučinić and Živković. This generation of players definitely failed to certify their talent by winning only two national championships and three national cups, although they were widely considered capable of achieving much more.

1972–1990: Continental competitions

Crvena zvezda also had significant international success, having played in five continental cup finals so far. They lost the first European Cup Winners' Cup finals to Italian powerhouse Simmenthal Milano in 1972 by a score of 70–74. Then, in 1974, they defeated Spartak ZJŠ Brno from Czechoslovakia by a score of 86–75. This team's third finals in the European Cup Winners' Cup were lost to Spartak Leningrad by a score of 62–63 in 1975. In the club's first Korać Cup finals, in Paris in 1984, the French Orthez won by a score of 97–73. In the Korać Cup second finals in 1998, Zvezda played two matches with Rielo Mash Verona from Italy. They triumphed in the away match with 74–68 score, but lost the home match by 64–73. With the total score being 138–141, the precious trophy wasn't won.

1990–2002: Another comeback

The 1990s started promisingly. Throughout the 1991–92 season, which was the last one in Yugoslavia, Red Star played some inspired basketball, reaching the play-off finals versus arch-rival Partizan that coached by Željko Obradović won the EuroLeague that season. In a twist of fate, Red Star was led that season by the legendary Partizan coach Duško Vujošević. Though they lost the finals series, the young Crveno-beli team showed plenty of promise. The thirteenth championship title was won after a gap of no less than 21 years, in 1993. In the fifth match of the play-off finals Red Star beat fierce rivals and Pionir Hall co-tenants Partizan. The players who won that championship title are: Saša Obradović, Nebojša Ilić, Zoran Jovanović, Mile Marinković, Nikola Jovanović, Mileta Lisica, Dejan Tomašević, Dragoljub Vidačić, Aleksandar Trifunović, Rastko Cvetković, Slobodan Kaličanin, Predrag Stojaković and Srđan Jovanović. In the next season, Red Star won its fourteenth national championship title literally without any problems. In the play-off finals Partizan was beaten by 4–1 overall. Red Star won the championship for the fifteenth time in 1998. The main star of that team was without any doubt Yugoslavian national team power forward Milenko Topić, and other influential players were Igor Rakočević, Oliver Popović and Zlatko Bolić.

2002–2011: "European Red Star" project, struggles

In the early part of 2002, the club got a complete new management. Individuals from the political and business milieu close to ruling Democratic Party, such as Živorad Anđelković, Goran Vesić and Igor Žeželj, took over key positions in the club.

From summer 2002 onward, the project called Evropska Zvezda (European Red Star) was thought up in order to slowly and methodically return the club on the path of its former glory by achieving results that would see the club play EuroLeague again. To that end, new management hired Slovenian coach Zmago Sagadin who became Red Star's organizational centerpiece. In his first season Sagadin did not actually coach the team (the formal head coach role was given to Aleksandar Trifunović), but he did make all the important personnel decisions from the role of a sporting director. Under Sagadin's guidance Red Star entered the Adriatic League (a privately owned regional competition in which he holds ownership stake) for the 2002–03 season. In August 2003, ahead of the 2003–04 season, Sagadin took over the coaching duties formally as well. Despite all the efforts, the club did not manage to win any major trophies in this period, and in November 2004 Sagadin got fired.

In the next couple of years the club struggled to get back on a winning streak, and only managed to win the 2004 and 2006 national cup (Radivoj Korać Cup) finals. The first of them was held in Novi Sad, where Red Star beat the national champion Partizan, then the host Vojvodina and, finally, KK FMP from Železnik. All three matches were won in overtime, which is something to remember, especially when it is known that those matches were played without some of the best players, including the team captain Igor Rakočević who missed the final match. Besides Rakočević, the cup was won by Goran Jeretin, Vuk Radivojević, Milan Dozet, Miloš Mirković, Norman Richardson, Milko Bjelica, Aleksandar Đurić, Vladislav Dragojlović, Luka Bogdanović, Čedomir Vitkovac and Aleksej Nešović. The 2006 cup was won in Belgrade when Red Star won superiorly against Hemofarm Vršac by 80–65. The team was coached by Dragan Šakota and featured the likes of Goran Jeretin, Milan Gurović, Gerrod Henderson, Miroslav Raičević, Larry O'Bannon, Igor Milošević, Vujadin Subotić, Nenad Mišanović, Vladislav Dragojlović, Čedomir Vitkovac, Vuk Radivojević and Pero Antić.

With the failure of the project "European Red Star" in 2008, Slobodan Vučićević became the president of Red Star and brought new life into the club. Svetislav Pešić became the head coach, and a new team was assembled, including some notable players such as Nemanja Bjelica, Marko Kešelj, Vladimir Štimac, Andre Owens, Lawrence Roberts but the club failed to win a trophy that year, and at the end of the season, both Slobodan Vučićević and Svetislav Pešić left the club.

In the following two seasons, the club experienced a decline and financial problems, which culminated in the 2010–11 season when the club had a budget of only 500.000 euros. Red Star finished 13th in the Adriatic League, and 5th in the Serbian league, failing to qualify for the Adriatic League the following season.

2011–2017: New era of success and Radonjić's titles

A huge debt of 15 million euros threatened the very existence of the club.^[3] The club was saved from bankruptcy when Nebojša Čović became president of KK Crvena Zvezda.^[4] He prepared a plan for the financial reorganization. In the first year of his presidency, Svetislav Pešić became a head coach for the second time.^[5] Even though the season was without success in the Adriatic League, Pesic managed to bring his team to the finals, eventually losing to a much stronger Partizan team 3–1 in the series. Pesic left the club at the end of the season, and his assistant Milivoje Lazić became the new head coach.^[6] Red Star had big ambitions for the 2012–13 season, bringing back Igor Rakočević for the 3rd time, and signing players such as DeMarcus Nelson, Elton Brown, Boris Savović. But Lazić was fired after only 2 games in the season after losing the games against KK Zadar and KK Split, and Vlada Vukoičić was brought in to replace him.^[7] Vukoicic managed to win the Serbian cup, and managed to advance to the Last 16 EuroCup stage, but he was sacked as well after a very bad start in the domestic league. Dejan Radonjić replaced him,^[8] but he was unable to win the Adriatic League and the Serbian League, losing to Partizan in both finals.

The season of 2013–14 was a historic one for the club, as Red Star was back in the EuroLeague after 15 years. The club had a very successful season in the European competitions, led by the new signings Charles Jenkins, Blake Schilb, Jaka Blažič and Boban Marjanović and had a record of 4–6 in the group stage of the EuroLeague. This wasn't enough to advance to the knockout phase, but the team did reach the semifinals of the EuroCup. Red Star was eventually eliminated in the semifinals of the Adriatic league, losing to Cibona, and failed to win the domestic title yet again, losing to Partizan in a series which will be remembered more by incidents and a brawl in game 1.^[9]

Team for season 2014–15

In the summer of 2014, Red Star signed Nikola Kalinić^[10] and Stefan Jović^[11] from KK Radnički Kragujevac, NBA prospect Nemanja Dangubić,^[12] center Maik Zirbes^[13] and finalized a huge signing of point guard Marcus Williams.^[14] In season 2014–15, the club participated in EuroLeague,^[15] winning 6 out of 10 games in regular season, reaching Top 16 and seeing its average home attendance rising to 14483.^[16] In Adriatic league, it set a new record of 20 consecutive victories,^[17] ending league competition with score 24–2, losing only to Krka and Partizan. In the playoffs, Zvezda triumphed over Partizan 3–1 in the semifinals,^[18] and 3–1 over Cedevita Zagreb in the finals,^[19] winning its first trophy in this competition and securing a place in Euroleague in the 2015–2016 season. Zvezda also won Radivoj Korać Cup for the third time in a row.^[20] In Basketball League of Serbia, Zvezda entered playoffs with 13 wins and only one lost game. In the semifinals, it defeated Mega Leks 2–0, and in the final triumphed over great rival Partizan, 3–0.^[21]

Team started preparing for season 2015–16 by re-signing coach Radonjić^[22] and guard Branko Lazić^[23] for two years each. Team captain Luka Mitrović extended his contract until summer 2017. Williams, Marjanović, Kalinić, Jenkins and Blažič left the club, and roster was reinforced by Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Stefan Nastić, Ryan Thompson and Gal Mekel. From its development team FMP, Zvezda promoted MVP of 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, Marko Gudurić. First part of the season was marked by mixed results and a lot of squad changes. Due to serious injuries of Mitrović and Dangubić, club brought back Marko Simonović, and later on landed Quincy Miller. Out-of-form Schortsanitis and Mekel were replaced by Vladimir Štimac and returning Marcus Williams. Mid-season, club also released Williams and Thompson, replacing them with Vasilije Micić and Tarence Kinsey. Results improved, and Red Star ended group stage of EuroLeague with a 5–5 score, reaching third place of group A, qualifying for Top 16 stage.^[24] Successful European season continued as Zvezda ended fourth in Top 16 Group E, with a score of 7 wins and seven losses.^[25] In the playoffs, it was stopped by CSKA Moscow, who eventually went on to lift EuroLeague trophy. In ABA league, Zvezda entered playoffs from the second position, facing another EuroLeague team – Cedevita – and, defeating them twice, advanced to final series.^[26] In the finals, Zvezda pulled a 3-0 against Mega Leks, defending the ABA league title. Zvezda ended another spectacular season by defending the Serbian league title beating Partizan 3-1 in the finals.^[27]

Season 2016–17 saw Zvezda parting ways with its two star players, Zirbes and Miller, as well as Kinsey, Štimac and Micić. During the pre-season, the club signed Ognjen Kuzmić,^[28]Milko Bjelica^[29] and Charles Jenkins,^[30] brought talented Petar Rakićević^[31] and promoted Ognjen Dobrić from its development team.^[32] When the season already began, the club brought on Nate Wolters who was waived by Detroit Pistons.^[33] Squad was finally completed mid-season, with the addition of Deon Thompson to the roster.^[34] Building on previous years tactics, Zvezda's trademark became its strong, aggressive defense, pressure on the ball, intercepting passes, steals and resulting fast breaks.^[35][36] In January 2017, coach Dejan Radonjić achieved his 200th victory leading Zvezda.^[37] He also brought another Radivoj Korać Cup to the team.^[38] Zvezda has ended the regular ABA league season with 25 wins on their record, while losing only once, which was the best regular season record made by any team in the history of the regional competition so far.^[39] Team narrowly stayed out of Top 8, ending up on 9th place, having the same number of victories as 8th placed Darussafaka, but having worse head-to-head record. However, it decisively defended ABA league trophy, defeating Budućnost (2-1) and Cedevita (3-0) on its way.^[40] In the domestic championship, Zvezda ended league part with the score of 13-1, defeated Mega Leks (2-0) and FMP (3-0) in the playoffs, and lifted another trophy.

2017–present: After coach Radonjić

2017–18 roster

During the summer of 2017, the head coach Radonjić didn't sign new contract, and the club parted ways with no less than eleven players, including key figures in the last couple of years such as Simonović, captain Mitrović, Jenkins, Jović, Kuzmić and Gudurić. Young prospect Dušan Alimpijević was named as the head coach.^[41][42] Depleted roster was reinforced by James Feldeine and Taylor Rochestie, veterans Pero Antić and Marko Kešelj and a quartet of young players: Mathias Lessort, Nikola Radičević, Stefan Janković and Nikola Jovanović. Zvezda also brought in Dragan Apić, Dejan Davidovac and Stefan Lazarević from its development team FMP. Half of rebuilt team hasn't previously played a single game in Euroleague.

Breaking with defense oriented philosophy of Radonjić era, the staple of Zvezda's game became 3 point shot. In December 2017. roster was further strengthened with combo guard Dylan Ennis, while Apić and Lazarević got loaned back to FMP.^[43] Last player to arrive was Slovenian national team center Alen Omić,^[44] while underperforming Radičević parted ways with the club. Zvezda finished first in the regular part of ABA league, having 19 wins and 3 losses, and reached finals by defeating Mornar 2-1 in series, but lost 3-1 in final series to Budućnost. Defeat meant that club will not participate in Euroleague next year, which triggered downsizing. Management terminated contract with Dylan Ennis and Milko Bjelica, and reinforced squad with Filip Čović and young prospect Aleksa Radanov from FMP.^[45] Poor start in domestic KLS forced coach Alimpijević to resign, and his assistant Milenko Topić took over as interim head coach. Modified team managed to win the Superleague title, beating FMP in the finals, but the season was generally deemed to be unsuccessful due to failure to secure a spot in Euroleague.

Squad rebuilding in summer of 2018 started with signing Milan Tomić as a head coach. Soon to follow were the players Billy Baron, Michael Ojo and two centers from Radonjić era: Maik Zirbes and Dušan Ristić. Zvezda also added experienced Stratos Perperoglou and Mouhammad Faye, as well as point guard Joe Ragland. Last one to sign was combo guard Nemanja Nenadić from development team FMP. Zvezda started season well, convincingly winning ABA League Super Cup tournament by beating last season champion Budućnost in the final game.^[46] Tomić struck a great balance between hard defense and versatile offense, causing team to grab first spot at the beginning of ABA League as well as EuroCup Group A. Bad streak in EuroCup during November caused Zvezda to finish group phase on third spot, which was still good enough for it to advance to the next stage. In ABA, Zvezda ended first part of the season with 11-0, having defeated every opponent in the league.

Identity

The main colors of Crvena zvezda, since its foundation, are red and white. The crest is a red five-pointed star, white and gold framed, on a red-white shield. In addition, the whole crest is framed with gold color. There are a golden star on the top of their emblem, symbolizing the 10 national titles won. The typical kit of the team is a shirt with red and white vertical stripes, and red or white shorts. Crvena zvezda used also as away kit or third kit, an all-blue jersey, but very rarely, so that the club used all the colors of the Serbian flag.

Sponsors and Manufacturers

Since 1986, Crvena zvezda has a specific kit manufacturer and a kit sponsor. The following table details the shirt sponsors and kit suppliers by year:

Sponsorship naming

Crvena zvezda has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

Home arenas

Crvena zvezda players practice under the command of head coach Svetislav Pešić in September 2008

The Crvena zvezda plays their domestic home games at Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, located in the Belgrade municipality of Palilula. The arena, then named Pionir Hall, was built in 1973 in eleven months, by Energoprojekt. Basketball was popular in Yugoslavia at the time, and although the Aleksandar Nikolić Hall hosted many different sport events (volleyball, handball) it became known as a basketball arena. It has a seating capacity of 5,878.^[48] The Aleksandar Nikolić Hall is also the home of Zvezda's main rival Partizan.

The Crvena zvezda plays domestic the EuroLeague home matches in Štark Arena.^[49] Club holds the highest attendance records for three EuroLeague seasons: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17.

Supporters

Delije is an umbrella name referring to the supporters of various sports clubs that compete under the Red Star Belgrade Sports Society banner. The name is derived from the Serbian word delija, meaning "brave, hero". The name Delije first began to be used by hardcore Red Star supporters during the late 1980s, with official inauguration taking place on 7 January 1989.

Players

Current roster

Crvena zvezda mts roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 7001120000000000000♠12 Baron, Billy 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb) 28 – (1990-12-11)11 December 1990 PG 7000300000000000000♠3 Čović, Filip 7000180000000000000♠1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 7001720000000000000♠72 kg (159 lb) 29 – (1989-06-05)5 June 1989 SF 7000700000000000000♠7 Davidovac, Dejan 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb) 24 – (1995-01-17)17 January 1995 G/F 7001130000000000000♠13 Dobrić, Ognjen 7000200000000000000♠2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 7001930000000000000♠93 kg (205 lb) 24 – (1994-10-27)27 October 1994 PF 7001110000000000000♠11 Faye, Mouhammad 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb) 33 – (1985-09-14)14 September 1985 F 7000400000000000000♠4 Kešelj, Marko 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7001940000000000000♠94 kg (207 lb) 31 – (1988-01-02)2 January 1988 SG 7001100000000000000♠10 Lazić, Branko (C) 7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 30 – (1989-01-12)12 January 1989 G 7000900000000000000♠9 Nenadić, Nemanja 7000197000000000000♠1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb) 25 – (1994-01-02)2 January 1994 C 7001500000000000000♠50 Ojo, Michael 7000216000000000000♠2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 7002138000000000000♠138 kg (304 lb) 26 – (1993-01-05)5 January 1993 SF 7000500000000000000♠5 Perperoglou, Stratos 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002104000000000000♠104 kg (229 lb) 34 – (1984-08-07)7 August 1984 SG 7000200000000000000♠2 Radanov, Aleksa 7000202000000000000♠2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001840000000000000♠84 kg (185 lb) 21 – (1998-02-01)1 February 1998 PG 7000100000000000000♠1 Ragland, Joe 7000182000000000000♠1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 7001800000000000000♠80 kg (176 lb) 29 – (1989-11-11)11 November 1989 C 7001140000000000000♠14 Ristić, Dušan 7000214000000000000♠2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) 7002111000000000000♠111 kg (245 lb) 23 – (1995-11-27)27 November 1995 SG 7001230000000000000♠23 Rivers, K. C. 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001970000000000000♠97 kg (214 lb) 31 – (1987-03-01)1 March 1987 PF 7001220000000000000♠22 Simanić, Boriša 7000213000000000000♠2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 7001920000000000000♠92 kg (203 lb) 20 – (1998-03-20)20 March 1998 C 7001330000000000000♠33 Zirbes, Maik 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7002115000000000000♠115 kg (254 lb) 29 – (1990-01-29)29 January 1990	Head coach Milan Tomić Assistant coach(es) Andrija Gavrilović Milenko Topić Saša Kosović Strength & conditioning coach(es) Aleksandar Lukman Team manager Nebojša Ilić Legend (C) Team captain (DC) Deputy team captain Injured Roster Transactions Updated: February 11, 2019

Depth chart

Retired numbers

KK Crvena zvezda retired numbers
No	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure	Ref.
8		Igor Rakočević	SG	1994–2000, 2003–2004, 2012–2013	[50]

Players on the NBA draft

Position	Player	Year	Round	Pick	Drafted by
SG	Igor Rakočević	2000	2nd round	51st	Minnesota Timberwolves
PF	Tadija Dragićević#	2008	2nd round	53rd	Utah Jazz, traded to Houston Rockets
PF / SF	Nemanja Bjelica	2010	2nd round	35th	Washington Wizards, traded to Minnesota Timberwolves
PF	Luka Mitrović#	2015	2nd round	60th	Philadelphia 76ers, traded to Sacramento Kings
PF	Jonah Bolden	2017	2nd round	36th	Philadelphia 76ers

Team captains

Second-generation players

The following is a list of father-and-son combinations who have played for Crvena zvezda.

Coaches

Dejan Radonjić leads for the most games coached and the most games won.

History

There have been 38 head coaches in the club's history. Montenegrin coach Dejan Radonjić is the all-time leader in both regular season games coached and wins. Nebojša Popović won 10 National Championships, while Radonjić won 3 National Cups and he is the only head coach who won multiple Cup tournaments. Radonjić and Bratislav Đorđević won both a National Championship and a National Cup. Also, Crvena zvezda won 3 Adriatic Championships under Radonjić. Coach Aleksandar Nikolić won the only European-wide competition in the club's history, the FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup in 1974.

Nikolić and Ranko Žeravica are members of FIBA Hall of Fame as coaches, while Nikolić is a member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. American coach Tom Ludwig, hired in 1997, was the first foreign head coach, and the only non-European. Montenegrin Radonjić and Slovenian Zmago Sagadin were the other foreign head coaches. Head coaches Vladislav Lučić and Aleksandar Trifunović were hired three times.

Head coaches Popović, Aleksandar Gec, Milan Bjegojević, Đorđe Andrijašević, Nikolić, Nemanja Đurić, Strahinja Alagić, Dragiša Vučinić, Zoran Slavnić, Lučić, Stevan Karadžić, Trifunović and Milenko Topić were also Crvena zvezda's players. Popović and Vučinić were player-coaches, while Popović, Bjegojević and Topić won the National Championships both as the players and head coaches.

The four-time EuroLeague-winning head coach, Božidar Maljković was an assistant coach for Crvena zvezda in the 1980s. Further notable assistant coaches include Marin Sedlaček, Velibor Radović and Saša Kosović.

The current head coach is Milan Tomić, a Serbian-Greek coach and former player. He has been the head coach since July 2018. Tomić won the 2018 Adriatic Supercup.

Notable head coaches

Trophies

Total titles: 33

Source: Crvena zvezda

Youth selections

History

Some of the most notable home-grown players are Zoran Slavnić, a member of the 50 greatest players in the history of FIBA international basketball, as selected in 1991, then Igor Rakočević – the three-time EuroLeague Top Scorer, Peja Stojaković – the NBA All-Star player and FIBA EuroBasket MVP, as well as Vladimir Cvetković and Dragan Kapičić.

Further notable home-grown players include Goran Rakočević, Ivan Sarjanović, Žarko Koprivica, Slobodan Nikolić, Predrag Bogosavljev, Boban Janković, Mirko Milićević, Branislav Prelević, Aleksandar Trifunović, Nebojša Ilić, Saša Obradović, Rastko Cvetković, Nikola Jestratijević, Miloš Vujanić, Vladimir Radmanović, Milutin Aleksić, Milko Bjelica, Luka Bogdanović, Tadija Dragićević, Nemanja Nedović and Marko Gudurić.

Aleksandar Đorđević (one of 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors), Marko Jarić and Vladimir Micov were also members of the Crvena zvezda's youth selections but they haven't played a single game for the first team.

Current coaching staff

• U19: Bojan Đerić


• U16: Slobodan Klipa
  

Management

Notable players

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to KK Crvena zvezda.

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  KK Crvena zvezda official website (in Serbian)
  


• Club info at Adriatic league official site


• Crvena Zvezda Sports Association


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  Latest news from KK Crvena zvezda (Serbian) at kapiten.rs