KK Sutjeska

KK Sutjeska
Montenegrin League ABA League
Founded	1948; 76 years ago (1948)
History	List KK Sutjeska (1948–1955) KK Nikšić (1955–1957) KK Partizan (1957–1962) KK Mladost (1962–1966) KK Sutjeska (1966–1970) KK Partizan (1970–1974) KK Sutjeska (1974–2003) KK Nikšić (2003–2010) KK Sutjeska (2010–present)
Arena	Nikšić Sports Center
Capacity	3,000
Location	Nikšić, Montenegro
Team colors	Blue and White
President	Saša Miličić
General manager	Zoran Marojević
Head coach	Dragan Nikolić
Championships	1 Montenegrin Cup
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KK Sutjeska is a men's professional basketball club based in

KK Sutjeska was established in 1948. The first basic basketball elements given to the youth of Nikšić were brought by Vojislav Spasojević, a basketball coach from Belgrade. Immediately after the initiative was taken, Vule Vukalović joined the team's administrative team along with the help of international referee Dragan Jakšić—and a serious basketball team began to take form.

The first competition in which KK Sutjeska participated in was in 1950, in a Montenegro-wide championship held in Cetinje, where Sutjeska beat Jedinstvo 24–20.

In 1955, KK Sutjeska changed its name to KK Nikšić. The name didn't last long—in 1957 the name was changed yet again, this time to KK Partizan Nikšić. In 1962 the name was changed to KK Mladost. That year in the regional championship of Montenegro, six teams competed and in the end, it was actually KK Mladost who became champions—without a single lost match. The players that represented KK Mladost in 1962 included names such as Burić, Plamenac, Gvozdenović, Šturanović, Krstajić, Jovović, Zeković, Mijatović, Baletić, Filipovski, Vušurović and Nikolić.

In 1966 KK Mladost changed its name back to KK Sutjeska, but in 1970 the name was changed again to KK Partizan. Finally, in 1974, the team changed its name from Partizan to KK Sutjeska without taking away the Sutjeska name until 2003, when the club was known under a couple of names up until 2010. In 2010 the club was registered back to the traditional name of KK Sutjeska.

On February 9, 2013, in the final match of the

On September 10, 2015, Sutjeska was admitted in the 2015–16 ABA League.^[2] It was their first Regional competition.

Players

Current roster

KK Sutjeska roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 1 Zahiragić, Adi 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1995-02-24)24 February 1995 PG 4 Milović, Vasilije 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 22 – (2001-05-11)11 May 2001 G 5 Varajić, Ilija 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – (2002-06-18)18 June 2002 C 9 Koprivica, Miloš 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 29 – (1995-03-24)24 March 1995 SF 10 Ćalić, Marko 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 38 – (1986-02-28)28 February 1986 C 11 Vujović, Miloš 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – (1996-01-16)16 January 1996 SF 12 Bojić, Bogdan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (1999-03-03)3 March 1999 SG 13 Vuković, Radoš 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – (2002-02-07)7 February 2002 PF 14 Spasojević, Radosav 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1992-02-28)28 February 1992 SF 15 Tomašević, Vladimir 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 33 – (1991-01-13)13 January 1991 C 17 Vujošević, Radoje 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 34 – (1989-05-05)5 May 1989 G/F 23 Gutović, Ognjen 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 22 – (2001-11-23)23 November 2001	Head coach Darko Vujačić Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: March 22, 2022

Head coaches

Supporters and rivalries

"The Dukes" (Vojvode) is the popular name for fervent Sutjeska fans. They were established in Nikšić as an NGO in 1988 and are one of the largest groups of supporters in Montenegro.^[3] They tend to follow all sports teams that compete under the “Sutjeska” name, home and away matches.^[4]

The biggest Sutjeska rival is

External links

• Eurobasket.com KK Sutjeska Page