KK Igokea

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Igokea
Igokea logo
LeaguesAdriatic League
Bosnian League (de facto relegated)
Champions League
Founded23 July 1973; 48 years ago (1973-07-23)
HistoryKK Potkozarje
(1973–1997)
KK Igokea
(1997–present)
ArenaLaktaši Sports Hall
Capacity3,050
LocationAleksandrovac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Team colorsMidnight blue, lake blue, white
     
PresidentBoris Spasojević
General managerVuk Radivojević
Head coachDragan Bajić
Affiliation(s)Borac Banja Luka
Championships7 National Championship
8 National Cup
Retired numbers1 (6)
WebsiteIgokea.rs

Košarkaški klub Igokea (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Игокеа), commonly referred to as KK Igokea or as Igokea m:tel due to sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball club based in Aleksandrovac near Laktaši, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in the Adriatic League, the Bosnian League and the Champions League. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association.[1]

History[]

Even though they have become well known to the broader basketball public in the territory of the former Yugoslavia only several years ago, when they joined the regional competition called the Adriatic League, Igokea is a club with a long-lasting tradition. Its beginnings go back into 23 July 1973, when KK Potkozarje was established in Aleksandrovac by a group of enthusiasts that set themselves the main goal to introduce basketball to local youth and teach them the basics. In the second half of the 1990s, the club was renamed to Igokea and that's when the club's main emphasis was put on its youth categories and got another dimension and adopted the highest ambitions at the senior level. The Igokea's first trophy came in 2001 when the club from Aleksandrovac conquered the entire competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina and became champion. Six years later, it won its first national cup trophy. By now the club has won six championship and five cup trophies. In the 2010–11 season, Igokea participated in the ABA League for the first time and in 2013 it reached the regional league's final four tournaments, securing themselves also a spot in the Eurocup and that's when it entered the biggest international stage.

2012–13 ABA League controversy[]

At the beginning of the 2012–13 ABA League season, the ABA League Board announced that starting this season the only way to qualify for the European Club Competitions under ULEB, will be through Adriatic League and not the national championships of each ABA country member. ABA League Board also informed clubs and the public that the winner of the regular season will directly qualify for the Euroleague Group Phase in the 2013–14 season and that the second ABA team in Euroleague will be the Final Four winner. If the same team wins the regular season and the Final Four, then the second-placed team from the regular season will go to Euroleague. The third-placed team from the regular season would enter the Qualification for the 2013–14 Euroleague. In February 2013, when it became clear that Igokea will win the regular season, Euroleague Basketball clarified the situation of the Adriatic League spots saying the three first teams in the Final Four will qualify. Due to the different interpretations of both associations, Euroleague and Liga ABA negotiated a solution to be applied only for the 2012–13 season. Finally, both organizations agreed that if the team is in the first positions after the Regular Season meets all of the B-licence minimum requirements, will qualify to Euroleague. In this case, KK Igokea doesn't meet the required criteria, so Euroleague Basketball applied the 2012-13 Euroleague Bylaws by which the 2013 ABA Final Four champion and the runner-up will take the first two Adriatic positions in this order, whilst the next highest regular-season team will take the final Adriatic position.[2]

2013–14 European Club Competitions[]

On 25 June 2013, the Igokea's Executive Board announced that the club won't compete in the 2013–14 Euroleague Qualifying rounds because their home arena doesn't meet the standards for the Euroleague B license (mainly because of the capacity). Instead, the club competed in the 2013–14 EuroCup.[3]

Sponsorship naming[]

KK Igokea has had several names through the years due to its sponsorship:

  • Igokea Partizan: 2007–2009
  • Igokea m:tel: 2021–present

Home arena[]

Laktaši Sports Hall
Main article: Laktaši Sports Hall

Igokea plays its home games at the Laktaši Sports Hall (Serbian Cyrillic: Хала спортова у Лакташима). The hall is located in Laktaši. The small hall has a seating capacity of 3,050 seats.

Players[]

Main page: Category:KK Igokea players

Retired numbers[]

KK Igokea retired numbers
No. Player Position Tenure Date
6 Milan Dozet SF 2010–2014 February 7, 2016[4]

Current roster[]

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

Igokea roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G 4 Serbia 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 30 – (1991-04-10)10 April 1991
PG 5 United States Starks, Markel 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 30 – (1991-02-21)21 February 1991
G 8 United States Robinson, James 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 – (1994-03-04)4 March 1994
F/C 10 Serbia Tanasković, Nikola 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (1997-10-21)21 October 1997
SG 12 Serbia Radanov, Aleksa 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (1998-02-01)1 February 1998
F 16 Serbia Jošilo, Marko 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1992-10-16)16 October 1992
PG 19 Bosnia and Herzegovina Talić, Darko 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (1998-02-23)23 February 1998
SF 22 Serbia Ilić, Dalibor 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 21 – (2000-03-04)4 March 2000
F/C 23 United States Stephens, Deshawn 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1989-10-09)9 October 1989
G 24 United States Waller, Antabia 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 33 – (1988-07-11)11 July 1988
F/C 42 Serbia Fundić, Stefan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1994-06-30)30 June 1994
F/C 45 Serbia Đorđević, Stefan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 23 – (1998-12-04)4 December 1998
PG 77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 20 – (2001-08-05)5 August 2001
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Serbia Marko Barać
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Milutin Latinčić
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Zoran Petković
Team manager
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: September 26, 2021

Depth chart[]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Deshawn Stephens Nikola Tanasković
PF Stefan Đorđević Marko Jošilo Stefan Fundić
SF Dalibor Ilić Srđan Kočić
SG James Robinson Aleksa Radanov
PG Markel Starks Antabia Waller Darko Talić

Head coaches[]

Main page: Category:KK Igokea coaches

Honours[]

Honours No. Years
National competitions – 14
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Championship Winners 7 2000–01, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2019–20
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Cup Winners 8 2007, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Competitions of Republika Srpska (2nd-tier) – 13
R Srpska First League Winners 2 1999–00, 2000–01
Winners 11 1999–00, 2000–01, N/A, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2020–21

International record[]

Season Achievement Notes
EuroCup
2013–14 Regular season 6th in Group E with Khimki, Hapoel Jerusalem, Pınar Karşıyaka, Lukoil Academic, and CSU Asesoft
Champions League
2020–21 Playoffs 3rd in Group J with Lenovo Tenerife, San Pablo Burgos, and VEF Rīga
2016–17 Second round Eliminated by Mornar, 71–69 and 60–83
FIBA Saporta Cup
2001–02 Regular season 5th in Group D with Slovakofarma Pezinok, Iraklis, FMP, Split CO, and Keravnos Keo
FIBA Korać Cup
2000–01 Round of 64 Eliminated by Fenerbahçe, 78–75 and 65–73

Management[]

Current officeholders are:

References[]

  1. ^ "Company registration info: ABA LIGA j.t.d." aba-liga.com. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Euroleague Basketball - ABA League Agreement on Access to the 2013-14 Euroleague". Euroleague. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Igokea odustala od Eurolige" (in Serbian). Nezavisne Novine. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Dozet: Velika sreća i čast što pod svodove dvorane u Laktašima ide moj dres". nezavisne.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 September 2017.

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