ŽKK Crvena zvezda

Crvena zvezda
Nickname	Crveno-bele (Red and Whites)
Leagues	Basketball League of Serbia Adriatic League
Founded	4 March 1945; 76 years ago (1945-03-04)
History	ŽKK Crvena zvezda (1945–present)
Arena	Železnik Hall
Capacity	3,000
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Team colors	Red and White
President	Anđelka Vukmirović
Head coach	Dragan Vuković
Championships	1 EuroLeague 32 National Championships 13 National Cups
Website	kkzcrvenazvezda.rs
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Ženski košarkaški klub Crvena zvezda (Serbian Cyrillic: Женски кошаркашки клуб Црвена звезда, English: Red Star Women Basketball Club), commonly referred to as ŽKK Crvena zvezda or simply Crvena zvezda, is a women's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia and the major part of the Red Star multi-sports club. Crvena zvezda competes in the Adriatic League and in the Basketball League of Serbia.

The Crvena zvezda squads have won a record 32 National League championships, including in 15-in-a-row and 6-in-a-row sequences. They have played three different National League since 1945, including Yugoslav Women's Basketball League (1945–1992), First Women's Basketball League of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006) and Serbian League (2006 onward). They have also won a record 13 National Cup titles and one EuroLeague Women Championship.

Some of the club's star players over the years have included: Cmiljka Kalušević, Snežana Zorić, Vukica Mitić, Zorica Ðurković, Jasmina Milosavljević, Sofija Pekić, Anđelija Arbutina and Ana Joković.

History[]

Red Star was the major powerhouse in the early stages of the Yugoslav Championship, winning 15 championships in a row between 1945 and 1960.^[1] In 1958, it was the first team to represent Yugoslavia in the newly founded European Cup, reaching the tournament's semifinals.^[2]

The team wasn't able to win the national championship between 1964 and 1972, but it emerged in the second half of the 1970s winning six national titles in a row. In 1979, it achieved its greatest success by winning the European Cup beating BSE Budapest in the final by 97-62. As of 2019, this remains the highest scoring in a European Cup / Euroleague final. Red Star was the first of only two teams from Yugoslavia to win the competition.^[3]

Red Star again reached the European Cup final in 1981, losing this time to Daugava Riga. The following years were less successful, and the team had to wait until 1990 to return to the competition, marking its seventh appearance in the semifinals.

During the Yugoslav Wars, Red Star was disqualified from the 1992–93 European Champions Cup in accordance with the UNSC Resolution 757. The team returned to European competition in 1996 through the second tier Ronchetti Cup. It has since appeared in the Ronchetti Cup and its successor the Eurocup in 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2009, with modest results.

Arena[]

Supporters[]

Honours[]

Total titles: 46

Other international achievements[]

• EuroLeague Women:
  • Winners (1): 1978–79
  • Runners-up (1): 1980–81
  • Third place (1): 1989–90
  • Semi-finals (5): 1958–59, 1959–60, 1963–64, 1977–78, 1979–80
• Ronchetti Cup:
  • Semi-finals (2): 1972–73, 1974–75
• Adriatic League:
  • Runners-up (1): 2013–14
  • Semi-finals (2): 2017–18, 2018–19

Players[]

Current roster[]

Crvena zvezda roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 1 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 22 – (1999-07-10)10 July 1999 PG 3 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 19 – (2001-09-28)28 September 2001 PG 4  (C) 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 22 – (1999-04-16)16 April 1999 PF 5 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 16 – (2005-01-13)13 January 2005 SF 7 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 20 – (2001-07-21)21 July 2001 SG 8 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 21 – (1999-11-26)26 November 1999 PF 9 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 16 – (2004-11-24)24 November 2004 SF 10 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 20 – (2001-03-08)8 March 2001 SF 11 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 17 – (2004-04-02)2 April 2004 PF 12 Janković, Maša 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 21 – (2000-02-01)1 February 2000 SG 13 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 20 – (2001-04-06)6 April 2001 PG 14 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 19 – (2002-05-07)7 May 2002 PF 15 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (1998-01-30)30 January 1998 SF 20 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 18 – (2003-04-23)23 April 2003 SG 23 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 16 – (2005-01-06)6 January 2005 PF 24 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 17 – (2004-06-05)5 June 2004 SG 30 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 18 – (2003-03-31)31 March 2003	Head coach Dragan Vuković Assistant coach(es) Nemanja Planojević Strength & conditioning coach(es) Boris Ristanović Team manager Zoran Kovačić Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: September 29, 2020

Honored numbers[]

Crvena zvezda honored numbers
No	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure	Ref.
4		Anđelija Arbutina	SG	1983–1994	[4]
8		Vukica Mitić	PG		[4]
12		Zorica Ðurković	SG		[4]
		Snežana Zorić	SG	1964–1976	[4]
15		Sofija Pekić	C		[4]

Coaches[]

Notable players[]

See also[]

• List of basketball clubs in Serbia by major honours won

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Fan page at facebook.com
• Profile at eurobasket.com
• Profile on srbijasport.net