OKK Beograd

OKK Beograd
OKK Beograd
Nickname	Klonferi
Leagues	Basketball League of Serbia
Founded	1945; 76 years ago
History	KK Metalac; (1945–1950); KK BSK; (1950–1958); OKK Beograd; (1958–present) OKK Beko Beograd 1974-1985
Arena
Capacity	2,000
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Team colors	Blue and White;
President	Aleksa Milošević
Head coach	Vasilije Budimić
Affiliation(s)	Mega Basket
Championships	4 Yugoslav Leagues; 3 Yugoslav Cups
Website	okkbeograd.org.rs
Home	Away

Omladinski košarkaški klub Beograd (Serbian Cyrillic: Омладински кошаркашки клуб Београд), commonly referred to as OKK Beograd, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. They are currently competing in the Basketball League of Serbia. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based sport club OSD Beograd. The club is the league affiliate of Mega Bemax.

The club was founded in 1945 as KK Metalac. In 1950, the club changed its name to KK BSK, and then in 1958 to OKK Beograd, which it keeps to this day.^[1] The OKK Beograd squads have won 4 National League championships. They have played three different National League since 1945, including the Yugoslav First Federal League (1945–1992), the First League of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006), and the Serbian League (2006 onward). They have also won 3 National Cup titles.

The club has its own Hall of Fame. The members are Radivoj Korać, Slobodan Gordić, Bogomir Rajković, Trajko Rajković, Miodrag Nikolić, and Borislav Stanković.^[2] Several members of the club have been inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, including player Radivoj Korać, coach Aleksandar Nikolić and contributors Radomir Šaper and Borislav Stanković. Stanković is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.

History[]

OKK Beograd made most of its achievements during a so-called 'golden era' - a period between 1957 and 1965. The key players of this generation were Radivoj Korać, Slobodan Gordić, Bogomir Rajković, Trajko Rajković, Miodrag Nikolić and Milorad Erkić who would later be the coach of the women's squad, and longtime coordinator of the OKK youth program. They developed under the guidance of coaches Borislav Stanković and Aleksandar Nikolić and team director Radomir Šaper, and went on to win six national trophies and achieve high results in European competitions. In less than a decade, OKK Beograd won four Yugoslav League championships; in 1958, 1960, 1963 and 1964, accompanied by two Yugoslav Cups in 1960 and 1962. The club also reached the semifinals of a European Champions Cup on three occasions, but failed to reach the finals, losing to Academic Sofia in 1959, Spartak Brno in 1964 and Real Madrid in 1965. After 1965, the core of the team went abroad and the results dropped. However, the club did reach the finals of the first-ever Korać Cup in 1972 but lost to another Yugoslav club, Cibona (known at the time as Lokomotiva). Although OKK Beograd remained among the top Serbian and Yugoslav teams, the next trophy was not won until 1993, with the victory in the Yugoslav Cup.

On June 14, 2018, the club signed a contract on sports and technical cooperation with Adriatic League team Mega Basket.^[3]^[4]

Sponsorship naming[]

The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

Beko Beograd (1974–1979)
InvestEksport Beograd (1993–1994)

Home arenas[]

OKK Beograd has its own Radivoj Korać Hall (opened in 2016) in Palilula, but plays league matches in .

Players[]

Current roster[]

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

OKK Beograd roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
SG	1		1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	19 – (2002-08-07)7 August 2002
G	4	Bogavac, Luka (TW)	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	18 – (2003-09-20)20 September 2003
SG	6		2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	18 – (2003-05-23)23 May 2003
PG	8		1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	18 – (2003-03-21)21 March 2003
PG	9		1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	25 – (1996-09-17)17 September 1996
PF	10		2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	19 – (2002-10-30)30 October 2002
PF	11		2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	18 – (2003-01-01)1 January 2003
PG	13		1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	18 – (2003-07-26)26 July 2003
C	14		2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	30 – (1991-01-01)1 January 1991
SF	15		1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	20 – (2001-11-08)8 November 2001
SF	23		1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	18 – (2003-02-25)25 February 2003
C	33	(TW)	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	19 – (2002-03-25)25 March 2002
SF	–		1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	17 – (2004-08-09)9 August 2004

Head coach

Assistant coach(es)

Veselin Petrović

Legend

(C) Team captain
(L) On loan
(TW) Two-way affiliate player
Injured

Roster

Updated: December 25, 2021

Head coaches[]

Mioljub Denić (1946–1948)
(1949)
(1950–1951)
Aleksandar Nikolić (1952)
Strahinja Alagić (1953)
Borislav Stanković (1954–1961)
Aleksandar Nikolić (1962–1963)
Borislav Stanković (1964–1965)
Slobodan Ivković (1966–1967)
Todor Lazić (1967–1968)
Borivoje Cenić (1968–1969)
Borislav Stanković (1969–1970)
Borivoje Cenić, Branislav Rajačić (1970–1971)
Borivoje Cenić (1971–1972)
Todor Lazić (1972–1975)
Branislav Rajačić (1975–1979)
Slobodan Ivković (1979–1980)
Branislav Rajačić, Slobodan Ivković, (1980–1981)
Slobodan Ivković, Duško Vujošević (1981–1982)
Duško Vujošević (1982–1983)
Vojislav Vezović (1983–1984)
Dragoljub Pljakić (1984–1985)
Dragoljub Pljakić, (1985–1986)
, Zdravko Rajačić (1986–1987)
Zdravko Rajačić (1987–1989)
Veselin Matić (1989–1990)
Marijan Novović (1990–1991)
Marijan Novović, , Vojislav Vezović (1991–1992)
Rajko Žižić (1992–1993)
Rajko Žižić, (1993–1994)
Igor Kokoškov, Ivan Jeremić (1994–1995)
Zoran Prelević (1995–1996)
Slobodan Nikolić (1996–1999)
Slobodan Nikolić, Vladimir Jokanović (1999–2000)
Vladimir Jokanović (2000–2001)
Predrag Jaćimović (2001–2002)
Predrag Jaćimović, Nenad Vučinić, Jovica Antonić (2002–2003)
Luka Pavićević (2003–2004)
Dejan Mijatović (2004–2006)
Slobodan Nikolić (2006–2007)
Marko Ičelić (2007–2011)
Marko Ičelić, Vlade Đurović (2011–2012)
Srđan Jeković (2012–2013)
Vlade Đurović, Milovan Stepandi�� (2013–2014)
Milovan Stepandić (2014–2015)
Vlade Đurović (2015–2016)
Darko Kostić (2016–2018)
Branislav Vićentić (2018–2019)
Branko Milisavljević (2019–2020)
Branislav Ratkovica (2020–2021)
(2021–present)

Trophies and awards[]

Domestic competitions[]

Yugoslav League (defunct)

Winners (4): 1958, 1960, 1963, 1964

Runners-up (1): 1962

Yugoslav Cup (defunct)

Winners (3): 1960, 1962, 1992–93

Runners-up (1): 1959

European competitions[]

FIBA European Champions Cup (nowadays EuroLeague)

Semifinalists (3): 1958–59, 1963-64, 1964-65

FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)

Runners-up (1): 1972

Notable players[]