Helios Suns

Helios Suns
Nickname	Barvarji (The Painters)
Leagues	Slovenian League
Founded	1949; 73 years ago (1949)
Arena	Komunalni center Hall
Capacity	2,500
Location	Domžale, Slovenia
Team colors	Blue, Orange, White
Main sponsor	Helios d.o.o
President	Gunther Vesko
Head coach	Dejan Jakara
Championships	2 Slovenian Leagues 1 Slovenian Cup 1 Alpe Adria Cup
Website	helios-suns.si
Home Away

The Helios Suns are a men's professional basketball club based in Domžale, Slovenia. The Helios Suns currently participates in the Premier A Slovenian League. They have won the national league in the 2006–07 and 2015–16 seasons. Since 1981, their main sponsor is local chemical company Helios.^[1] Their home arena is Komunalni center Hall.

History[]

In August 2014, the team changed its name from KK Helios Domžale to Helios Suns.^[2]

Honours[]

League[]

• Slovenian First League:

Winners: 2006–07, 2015–16

Runners-up: 2007–08, 2008–09

Cup[]

• Slovenian Cup:

Winners: 2007

Runners-up: 2008, 2011, 2013

• Slovenian Supercup:

Runners-up: 2007, 2008, 2016

Regional[]

• Alpe Adria Cup:

Winners: 2015–16

Runners-up: 2016–17

Players[]

Current roster[]

Helios Suns roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 2 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2002-03-15)15 March 2002 G 3 Bratec, Aljaž 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (1998-05-31)31 May 1998 SG 4 Ferme, Tadej 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 30 – (1991-10-17)17 October 1991 PG 5 Pašajlić, Miroslav 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 26 – (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 SG 6 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 17 – (2004-10-14)14 October 2004 F 7 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 19 – (2003-02-05)5 February 2003 PG 8 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 26 – (1995-03-27)27 March 1995 F 10 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 23 – (1998-12-02)2 December 1998 F 21 Mahkovic, Blaž 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1990-03-21)21 March 1990 PF 28 Jois, Venkatesha 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1993-07-07)7 July 1993 PF 31 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 18 – (2003-12-17)17 December 2003 PF 34 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 20 – (2001-08-05)5 August 2001 C 55 Šantelj, Leon 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1995-04-25)25 April 1995	Head coach Dejan Jakara Assistant coach(es) Grega Nachbar Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 29 September 2021

Depth chart[]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Leon Šantelj	Venkatesha Jois
PF	Blaž Mahkovic
SF
SG	Tadej Ferme	Aljaž Bratec
PG		Miroslav Pašajlić

Head coaches[]

The following is a list of head coaches since 2005:

• Memi Bečirović, July 2005–June 2007
• Zoran Martič, June 2007–June 2008
• Rade Mijanović, June 2008–December 2008
• Radovan Trifunović, December 2008–February 2010
• Ivan Sunara, February 2010–May 2010
• Radovan Trifunović, June 2010–June 2011
• Zmago Sagadin, June 2011–May 2014
• Gregor Hafnar, June 2014–January 2015
• Gašper Okorn, January 2015–December 2015
• Jakša Vulić, December 2015–January 2017
• Dejan Čikić, January 2017–May 2017
• Jovan Beader, May 2017–November 2018
• Dejan Jakara, November 2018–present

European matches[]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1992–93	Korać Cup	1st Round	Hiefenech Telekurs	95–68	108–77
		2nd Round	Avtodor	55–69	85–87
1993–94	Korać Cup	1st Round	Leuven ABB	84–84	78–89
1994–95	Korać Cup	1st Round	USK Erpet Praha	77–100	75–106
1997–98	Korać Cup	Group Stage (Group M)	Maccabi Rishon	67–74	72–91
			Aeroporti	60–71	52–80
			Vojvodina	65–68	73–78
1998–99	Korać Cup	1st Round	Sloboda Dita	64–70	68–75
2010–11	EuroChallenge	Qualifying	BK Prostějov	62–70	69–84
2015–16	FIBA Europe Cup	Group Stage (Group I)	Ventspils	72–81	62–67
			Pieno žvaigždės	71–80	77–86
			PGE Turów	50–58	97–86
2016–17	Champions League	Group Stage (Group A)	Monaco	59–63	55–59
			Banvit	53–60	56–74
			ČEZ Nymburk	57–67	55–85
			Aris	54–62	54–72
			Fraport Skyliners	56–61	62–72
			Ironi Nahariya	60–69	61–76
			Bakken Bears	78–59	74–68

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Slovene)