# 2021–22 KK Slodes season

The 2021–22 season has been the 12th season in the existence of the basketball club KK Slodes, and historical as it was first season for the club in Basketball League of Serbia.

## Overview

After very successful season, finishing 2nd in Second Basketball League of Serbia, Slodes has got promoted to Basketball League of Serbia for the first time in club's history.

### Off-season

Club's legend Nenad Mišanović decided to retire from basketball and become general manager of the club.
Petar Perković (to Rivers BM), Mihailo Krtolina (to Joker), Luka Sofijanić (to Borac Zemun), Petar Dilparić and Vukota Veličković (to Žarkovo) left the club in off-season.
Assistant coach, Dean Medan has left Slodes to join Darko Russo at Astana.

### Pre-season

In summer 2020, the team started preparing for the Basketball League of Serbia's debut season by extending contracts with crucial players from last season: Uroš Ilić, Mateja Strinić, Branislav Sužnjev and captain Nikola Hristov. Also, adding Matija Radović, center Mihailo Todorović and duo from Dunav- Miloš Antić and Andrija Nešović to the roster.
Crvena zvezda sent Lazar Vasić, Nikola Manojlović and Filip Anđušić on loan to Slodes. Club promoted Marko Đorđević, Strahinja Knežević, Miloš Ilić and Luka Dimitrijević from youth academy to senior squad and landed Milan Nikolić.
On August 19, team played their first friendly game against ABA League team FMP and lost, 83–63. Three days later, Slodes beat OKK Beograd away in Radivoj Korac Hall by 100-102 and recorded its first victory in the preparations for the new season.
On August 31, club announcements changing its name to Slodes Soccerbet due to sponsorship reasons.
Slodes has continued preparations for the upcoming season by playing friendly matches against Dynamic, Kolubara LA 2003, Tamiš and Žitko Basket. Club was supposed to be part of tournament in Smederevska Palanka along with Tamiš, Klik and host Mladost SP but tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

### October

On 2 October, Slodes Soccerbet debuted in Basketball League of Serbia against OKK Beograd and lost in a close match 80–76.
On 9 October, Club played first Basketball League of Serbia home game in Slodes Hall against Vojvodina.
On 10 October, Ivan Pavićević has left club and transferred to Benfica.
Match against Dynamic was broadcast live on Arena Sport TV.
On 23 October, Slodes Soccerbet recorded their first win of the 2021–22 Basketball League of Serbia season by beating Tamiš at home.
Power forward, Uroš Ilić left club for Promo Donji Vakuf.

### November

On 6 November, Slodes Soccerbet recorded their first away victory by beating Dunav after overtime in Park Hall in Stara Pazova.
Milan Nikolić left club for Czech Olomucko.
On 20 November, team managed to comeback after 20 point deficit after first half but unfortunately lost to Kolubara LA 2003 79:78.
On 22 November, Slodes Soccerbet lost to Žitko Basket in Cup of Serbia.

### December

On 15 December, head coach Marko Boras, assistant coach Miloš Šakota, condition coach Aleksa Russo and 5 players have left the club including captain Hristov. Slodes U17 coach Nenad Karanović was appointed as interim coach until club find new head coach.
After previous captain Nikola Hristov left club, Vuk Karadžić was appointed as new team captain.
Karanović led team in matches against Radnički Kragujevac and OKK Belgrade, where he gave chances to young players Luka Dimitrijević and Miloš Ilić due to huge problems with the roster.
On 22 December, Soccerbet ended cooperation with club. Club continued with old name - Slodes.
On 28 December, Igor Polenek was appointed as new head coach.
Crvena zvezda recalled Nikola Manojlović from Slodes and sent him on loan to FMP.

### January

New head coach, Igor Polenek brought Stefan Miljenović, Dušan Hukić and Bogdan Riznić to the club with him.
U17 squad captain Aleksa Anufrijev was promoted to senior squad for match against Tamiš.

### February

Members of U17 squad, Petar Radojković and Uroš Janjić were promoted to senior squad for the match against Dynamic.

### March

On 17 March, Marko Đorđević terminated his contract with the club.

### April

After the match against Mladost Zemun, Igor Polenek got fired and Nenad Karanović was returned as head coach.
The club finished the season with a score of 2 wins and 28 losses and got relegated to the Second Basketball League of Serbia.

## Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

### Players with multiple nationalities

* Andrija Nešović

### Roster changes
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Moving from | Type | Date |
| 13 | SF | Matija Radović | Mladost Zemun | Transfer | Preseason |
| 32 | C | Mihailo Todorović | Kolubara LA 2003 | Transfer | Preseason |
| 18 | SG | Andrija Nešović | Dunav | Transfer | 17 August 2021 |
| 8 | SF | Miloš Antić | Dunav | Transfer | 17 August 2021 |
| 1 | C | Filip Anđušić | Crvena zvezda | Loan | August 2021 |
| 10 | PG | Lazar Vasić | Crvena zvezda | Loan | August 2021 |
| 55 | SG | Nikola Manojlović | Crvena zvezda | Loan | August 2021 |
| 4 | SF | Marko Djordjević | Slodes U19 | Promoted | 2 October 2021 |
| 9 | SG | Strahinja Knežević | Slodes U19 | Promoted | 2 October 2021 |
| 12 | SG | Luka Dimitrijević | Slodes U17 | Promoted | 2 October 2021 |
| 5 | SF | Miloš Ilić | Slodes U17 | Promoted | 2 October 2021 |
| − | SG | Milan Nikolić | Zlatibor | Transfer | 6 November 2021 |
| 7 | PG | Stefan Miljenović | Leotar | Transfer | 11 January 2022 |
| 32 | C | Dušan Hukić | Radnik Bijeljina | Transfer | 11 January 2022 |
| 55 | PF | Aleksa Anufrijev | Slodes U17 | Promoted | 19 January 2022 |
| 11 | SF | Bogdan Riznić | Radnik Bijeljina | Transfer | 31 January 2022 |
| 8 | C | Uroš Janjić | Slodes U17 | Promoted | 3 February 2022 |
| 14 | SF | Petar Radojković | Slodes U17 | Promoted | 3 February 2022 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Moving to | Moving to | Type | Date |
| − | C | Nenad Mišanović | Retired | Retired | Retirement | 10 April 2021 |
| − | SF | Mihailo Krtolina | Joker | | Free transfer | Offseason |
| − | SF | Petar Perković | Rivers BM | | Free transfer | Offseason |
| − | SG | Luka Sofijanić | Borac Zemun | | Free transfer | Offseason |
| − | SG | Petar Dilparić | Žarkovo | | Free transfer | August 2021 |
| − | SG | Vukota Veličković | Žarkovo | | Free transfer | August 2021 |
| − | C | Ivan Pavićević | Benfica | | Transfer | 10 October 2021 |
| 11 | PF | Uroš Ilić | Promo Donji Vakuf | | Transfer | 23 October 2021 |
| − | PG | Milan Nikolić | Olomucko | | Transfer | 14 November 2021 |
| 32 | C | Mihailo Todorović | Tamiš | | Parted ways | 15 December 2021 |
| 4 | PG | Mateja Strinić | Tamiš | | Parted ways | 15 December 2021 |
| 5 | SG | Nikola Hristov | Žitko Basket | | Parted ways | 15 December 2021 |
| 7 | PG | Branislav Sužnjev | Žitko Basket | | Parted ways | 15 December 2021 |
| 8 | SF | Miloš Antić | Primorje Herceg Novi | | Parted ways | 15 December 2021 |
| 55 | SG | Nikola Manojlović | FMP | | Recall from loan | 28 December 2021 |
| 4 | SF | Marko Djordjević | Free agent | | Parted ways | 17 March 2022 |

### Coaching changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
| Slodes | Marko Boras | 15 December 2021 | 16th (2–12) | Nenad Karanović (interim) | 15 December 2021 |
| Slodes | Nenad Karanović (interim) | 28 December 2021 | 16th (2–15) | Igor Polenek | 28 December 2021 |
| Slodes | Igor Polenek | 30 March 2022 | 16th (2–26) | Nenad Karanović | 30 March 2022 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Loss

## Basketball League of Serbia
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Dunav | 30 | 14 | 16 | 2430 | 2485 | −55 | 44 | |
| 13 | OKK Beograd | 30 | 14 | 16 | 2642 | 2694 | −52 | 44 | |
| 14 | Kolubara LA 2003 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2442 | 2549 | −107 | 42 | |
| 15 | Radnički | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2424 | 2464 | −40 | 41 | Relegation to Second League |
| 16 | Slodes SoccerBet | 30 | 2 | 28 | 2297 | 2804 | −507 | 32 | Relegation to Second League |

### Matches

Win  Loss

## Cup of Serbia

Win  Loss