KK Vršac
Vršac Meridianbet | |
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Leagues | Basketball League of Serbia |
Founded | 1946 |
Arena | Millennium Centar |
Capacity | 5000 |
Location | Vršac, Serbia |
Team colors | Maroon, White |
President | Kristian Serman |
Head coach | Lazar Spasić |
Championships | 1 Adriatic League |
Website | kkvrsac.rs |
Košarkaški klub Vršac Meridianbet (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Вршац Меридианбет), commonly referred to as KK Vršac Meridianbet, is a men's professional basketball club based in Vršac, Serbia. They are currently competing in the Basketball League of Serbia. Their home arena is the Millennium Centar, with a capacity of 4,400.
Over the years, the club competed under different names, mostly after sponsor companies, carrying for an extended period of time the name of pharmaceutical company Hemofarm.
History
The club was founded in 1946 under the name KK Jedinstvo. From 1959 to 1967, the club competed under the name KK Mladost, when the name got changed to KK Inex Brixol due to sponsorship reasons. In the 1968–69 season, they won first place in the Vojvodina lower-league. In 1977, the club changed its name again, this time to KK Agropanonija. Four years later, in 1981, they again became champions of Vojvodina, which has won them the right to participate in the
The Hemofarm years: 1992–2012
Under the sponsorship of the
Hemofarm's top league status was achieved in the 1997–98 season, under the guidance of coach
In the 2001–02 season, they played the playoff semifinal of the national championship, where they were, this time, stopped by
The 2004–05 season was the most successful in the club's history. As rookies, they won the regional
In the 2005–06 season, they played once again in the
In the 2008–09 season, the team was taken over by
In the middle of the 2011–12 season,
KK Vršac (2012–present)
In the summer of 2012, the club changed its name back to KK Vršac.
A few days after the end of the 2023/2024 season, on April 16, the club announced that it had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Meridianbet.
Sponsorship naming
The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:
- Hemofarm STADA (2007–2012)
- Vršac Swisslion (2014–2016)
- Vršac Meridianbet (2024 - )
Logos
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1992–2012
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2012–present
Players
Current roster
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Updated: August 24, 2022 |
Players on the NBA draft
Position | Player | Year | Round | Pick | Drafted by |
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C | Darko Miličić | 2003
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1st round | 2nd | Detroit Pistons |
Coaches
- Hemofarm (1992–2012)
- Miroslav Popov (1993–1994)
- Miroslav Kanjevac (1994–1995)
- Marin Sedlaček (1995–1996)
- Ivan Jeremić (1996–1997)
- Slobodan Lukić (1997–1998)
- Željko Lukajić (1998–2005)
- Luka Pavićević (2005)
- Miroslav Nikolić (2005–2008)
- Vlada Vukoičić (2008)
- Stevan Karadžić (2008–2010)
- Željko Lukajić (2010–2012)
- Dušan Gvozdić (2012, interim)
- Nebojša Bogavac (2012)
- Vršac (2012–present)
- Oliver Popović (2012–2014)
- Dušan Gvozdić (2014–2015)
- Miloš Pejić (2015–2016)
- Milan Gurović (2016)
- Vladimir Đokić (2016–2018)
- Goran Topić (2018)
- Mihajlo Mitić (2018)
- Branko Maksimović (2018)
- Darko Kostić (2019–2020)
- Zoran Todorović (2020)
- Vladimir Lučić (2020–2021)
- Vladimir Đokić (2021–2022)
- Siniša Matić (2022)
- Vladimir Đokić (2022–present)
Season-by-season
Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | Postseason | W–L | National Cup | Adriatic competitions | European competitions | ||||
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Hemofarm | ||||||||||||
1996–97 | 2 | YUBA B League | 5 | — | 20–14 | N/A | — | |||||
1997–98 | 2 | YUBA B League | C | — | N/A | N/A | — | |||||
1998–99 | 1 | YUBA League | 10 | Not held | 7–15 | N/A | — | |||||
1999–00 | 1 | YUBA League | 4 | Semifinalist | 15–12 | N/A | — | |||||
2000–01 | 1 | YUBA League | 6 | Semifinalist | 12–15 | Quarterfinalist | 3 Korać Cup | 2nd | 11–5 | |||
2001–02 | 1 | YUBA League | 4 | Semifinalist | 17–13 | N/A | — | 3 Korać Cup | T16 | 5–5 | ||
2002–03 | 1 | YUBA League | 5 | Quarterfinalist | 15–10 | Runners up | — | 4 Champions Cup | 4th | 14–5 | ||
2003–04 | 1 | BLSM First League | 2 | Runners up | 31–11 | Quarterfinalist | — | 3 Europe League | QF | 11–6 | ||
2004–05 | 1 | BLSM Super League | 2 | Runners up | 14–6 | Quarterfinalist | ABA League | C | 25–8 | 2 ULEB Cup | SF | 9–7 |
2005–06 | 1 | BLSM Super League | B3 | — | 6–4 | Runners up | ABA League | SF | 17–11 | 2 ULEB Cup | SF | 12–4 |
2006–07 | 1 | BLS Super League | 1 | Semifinalist | 12–4 | Semifinalist | ABA League | SF | 18–10 | 2 ULEB Cup | T16 | 6–6 |
2007–08 | 1 | BLS Super League | 3 | Runners up | 12–9 | Runners up | ABA League | 2nd | 19–12 | 2 ULEB Cup | T16 | 7–7 |
2008–09 | 1 | BLS Super League | B2 | Semifinalist | 6–4 | Semifinalist | ABA League | SF | 19–8 | 2 Eurocup | SF | 5–3 |
2009–10 | 1 | BLS Super League | 2 | Runners up | 14–5 | Semifinalist | ABA League | SF | 17–10 | 2 Eurocup | RS | 1–5 |
2010–11 | 1 | BLS Super League | 2 | Runners up | 12–8 | Quarterfinalist | ABA League | 6 | 14–12 | 2 Eurocup | T16 | 5–7 |
2011–12 | 1 | BLS Super League | 8 | — | 4–10 | Semifinalist | ABA League | 12 | 7–19 | — | ||
Vršac | ||||||||||||
2012–13 | 1 | BLS First League | 6 | — | 14–12 | Quarterfinalist | — | — | ||||
2013–14 | 1 | BLS First League | 7 | — | 13–13 | — | — | — | ||||
2014–15 | 1 | BLS First League | 5 | — | 13–9 | Semifinalist | — | — | ||||
2015–16 | 1 | BLS First League | 10 | — | 11–15 | — | — | — | ||||
2016–17 | 1 | BLS First League | 1 | SL 7th | 25–15 | Quarterfinalist | — | — | ||||
2017–18 | 1 | BLS First League | 3 | Quarterfinalist | 20–18 | — | ABA 2nd League | SF | 18–8 | — | ||
2018–19 | 1 | BLS First League | 9 | — | 11–15 | — | ABA 2nd League | 12 | 1–21 | — | ||
2019–20 | 1 | BLS First League | 12 | Abd | 9–17 | — | — | — | ||||
2020–21 | 1 | BLS First League | 6 | — | 15–15 | — | — | — | ||||
2021–22 | 1 | BLS First League | 11 | — | 14–16 | — | — | — |
Trophies and awards
Trophies
- Serbia and Montenegro League
- Runners-up (2) – 2004, 2005
- Basketball League of Serbia
- Radivoj Korać Cup
- Runners-up (3) – 2003, 2006, 2008
- Adriatic League
- Winners (1) – 2005
- Runners-up (1) – 2008
- Winners (1) –
- FIBA Korać Cup
- Runners-up (1) – 2001
Notable players
- Milan Mačvan
- Boban Marjanović
- Stefan Marković
- Darko Miličić
- Marko Simonović
- Danilo Anđušić
- Mladen Jeremić
- Zlatko Bolić
- Petar Božić
- Đorđe Gagić
- Nemanja Dangubić
- Miloš Dimić
- Raško Katić
- Predrag Šuput
- Vladimir Tica
- Milenko Topić
- Nemanja Krstić
- Bojan Krstović
- Nikola Milutinov
- Nenad Mišanović
- Luka Mitrović
- Jovan Novak
- Miljan Pavković
- Slavko Stefanović
- Vanja Plisnić
- Petar Popović
- Dragoljub Vidačić
- Vladan Vukosavljević
- Jasmin Hukić
- Aleksej Nešović
- Marko Šutalo
- Saša Vasiljević
- Bojan Bakić
- Nebojša Bogavac
- Miloš Borisov
- Ivan Maraš
- Nemanja Radović
- Boris Savović
- Goran Jagodnik
- Nebojša Joksimović
- Rawle Marshall
- Márton Báder
- Jerome Jordan
- Moon Tae-Jong
- Mustafa Abdul-Hamid
- Robert Conley
- Vonteego Cummings
- Gerrod Henderson
- Kyle Hill
- Trey Johnson
- Rashad Wright
International record
Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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EuroCup | |||
2008–09 | Semifinals | Eliminated by Lietuvos rytas , 68–73
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2005–06 | Semifinals | Eliminated by Aris TT Bank, 151–153 (1–1) | |
2004–05 | Semifinals | Eliminated by Makedonikos, 172–180 (1–1) | |
2007–08 | Top 16 | Eliminated by Akasvayu Girona , 133–156 (0–2)
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2006–07 | Top 16 | Eliminated by UNICS, 137–185 (0–2) | |
2010–11 | Top 16 | 4th in Group K with ČEZ Nymburk (2–4)
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2009–10 | Regular season | 4th in Group B with Triumph Lyubertsy (1–5)
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FIBA EuroChallenge | |||
2003–04 | Quarter-finals | Eliminated by UNICS, 1–2 | |
FIBA Korać Cup | |||
2000–01 | Runners-up | Eliminated by Unicaja , 116–148 (0–2)
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2001–02 | Round of 16 | Eliminated by Maroussi Telestet, 140–156 (0–2) | |
FIBA EuroCup Challenge | |||
2002–03 | 3rd place game | Eliminated by Ventspils, 90–91 |
See also
References
- ^ "All the players are free to leave Hemofarm Vrsac". sportando.net. January 25, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
- ^ "Crisis at KK Hemofarm Vrsac: Coach resigns, sponsor pulls out, six players declared free agents". ballineurope.com. January 25, 2012. Archived from the original on July 19, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
External links
- Official website (in Serbian)