KK Radnički Kragujevac (2009–2014)

KK Radnički Kragujevac (2009–2014)
Košarkaški klub Radnički, commonly referred to as KK Radnički Kragujevac, was a men's professional basketball club, last based in Kragujevac, Serbia.
The club was founded in Vršac in 1994 and was in 2009 relocated to Kragujevac.
History
Early years
The club was founded on 4 April 1994 in Vršac as KK Kondivik. It began at the very bottom, competing in the lowest level of basketball pyramid in FR Yugoslavia.
Swisslion Takovo
In 2001, after gaining promotion to the First Serbian league (third-tier competition in the country), along with securing a sponsorship from the Swisslion Takovo confectionery company, Kondivik changed its name to KK Lions. Under that name the greatest progress in club's history began, achieving promotion in three competition ranks in the period of three years.
In 2004 the club placed first in the league and changed the name again this time to KK Swisslion Takovo. After the same season, after the reorganization of the league loses the first league status which returns already in 2006.
In the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons, the club won the top spot in the basketball league of Serbia in superior fashion, thus gaining a spot in the Superliga as well as the national cup (Kup Radivoja Koraća) finals.
Radnički Kragujevac
After winning the qualification playoff series over KK Vojvodina 3–0, the club got a spot in the Adriatic League. KK Swisslion Takovo was supposed to move from Vršac to Gornji Milanovac. However, the club's longtime sponsor, Swisslion Takovo company withdrew their investment in the club before the start of the debut season in the Adriatic League. According to the word of that time president of the ABA league, Gornji Milanovac does not meet the requirements in the field of hotel accommodation (because the main hotel bankrupted) and changed ABA League basketball rules about basketball terrain. Hand of rescue to the team was provided by the City of Kragujevac, specifically the city's mayor Veroljub Stevanović and his associates. The club relocated to Kragujevac on October 21, 2009, was given the name of the famous club that already existed in the city - KK Radnički.
During the debut 2009–10 season, Radnički was the "biggest surprise" in regional and national competitions. In the Adriatic League, the club had seized the 11th position with 11 wins and 15 defeats.
For the 2010–11 season, Radnički was considered the favorite in almost every game in Kragujevac. The results were better than the previous year so and the club won the 10th place.
Names of the club through history
Home arena
Hala Jezero (Serbian Cyrillic: Хала Језеро, English: The Jezero Hall) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the city of Kragujevac. It was the home ground of basketball club Radnički and has a capacity of 5,320 seats.
Supporters
Crveni Djavoli (Serbian Cyrillic: Црвени Ђаволи, English: The Red Devils) or Djavoli are the organized supporters of the Kragujevac based football club Radnički Kragujevac. Besides football club, they also support other sport sections of the Radnički Kragujevac Sport Association.
Players
Coaches
Lions/Swisslion Vršac (2001–2009)
Zoran Todorović (2001–2003)
Miroslav Popov (2003–2004)
Milovan Stepandić (2004)
Miodrag Baletić (2004–2005)
Aleksandar Bućan (2005)
Srećko Sekulović (2005–2006)
Boško Đokić (2006–2007)
Dejan Mijatović (2007–2009)
Radnički Kragujevac (2009–2014)
Miroslav Nikolić (2009–2014)
Season-by-season
Trophies and awards
Trophies
First B League of Serbia and Montenegro (2nd-tier)
Winners (1) – 2005–06
Awards
ABA League MVP
David Simon – 2011–12
Aleksandar Ćapin – 2012–13
ABA League Top Scorer
Michael Lee – 2010–11
David Simon – 2011–12
Aleksandar Ćapin – 2012–13
Notable players
Boban Marjanović
Dragan Milosavljević
Nenad Miljenović
Miljan Pavković
Nikola Kalinić
Marko Marinović
Danilo Mijatović
Stefan Sinovec
Stefan Birčević
Stefan Jović
Bojan Krstović
Sava Lešić
Marko Brkić
Miloš Dimić
Nikola Jevtović
Uroš Nikolić
Nenad Šulović
Uroš Lučić
Ratko Varda
Dušan Katnić
Predrag Miletić
Miloš Janković
Mladen Pantić
Vladimir Vuksanović
Strahinja Stojačić
Vladan Vukosavljević
Filip Šepa
Saša Bratić
Vukašin Aleksić
Duško Bunić
Marko Čakarević
Vladislav Dragojlović
Nenad Mišanović
Miljan Rakić
Radenko Pilčević
Dušan Knežević
Aleksandar Ćapin
Aleksej Nešović
Steven Marković
Mark Worthington
Matthew Bryan-Amaning
Yunus Çankaya
Miloš Borisov
Boris Bakić
Aleksei Kotishevskiy
Anton Gaddefors
Mouphtaou Yarou
Dušan Mlađan
Terrico White
Michael Lee
Michael Scott
D. J. Seeley
Kyle Visser
David Simon
International record
References
External links
KK Radnički Kragujevac at abaliga.com
KK Radnički Kragujevac at eurobasket.com
KK Radnički Kragujevac at Facebook
Swisslion Takovo at srbijasport.net
Radnicki Kragujevac
Basketball teams established in 1994
Basketball teams disestablished in 2014
Sport in Kragujevac
Sport in Vršac