KK Olimpija
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Olimpija has won 23 National League championships, including eight consecutive titles between 1992 and 1999. They have played in two different National Leagues since 1946, the Yugoslav Federal League (1946–1991) and the Slovenian League (1991–2019). Olimpija has won three regional league championships, one in the Adriatic League and two championships in the Central European League. They have also won 20 National Cup tournaments, 8 National Supercup titles, and one FIBA Saporta Cup. In July 2019, the team merged with Cedevita, forming a new club Cedevita Olimpija.
History
Olimpija basketball club was founded in 1946 as a section of the Svoboda Physical Culture Society. The first basketball game was played the same year against Udarnik and Olimpija came out on top with the score of 37–14. Late in 1946, the club was renamed Enotnost and was known by that name until 1954 when it assumed the name AŠK Olimpia.
Olimpija won its first Yugoslav League title in the 1957 season under the direction of the coach/player Boris Kristančić. In the following years, Olimpija won five more Yugoslav titles, in 1959, 1961, 1962, 1966, and 1970. A new era for the club began with Slovenia's independence when Olimpija won eight consecutive league titles between 1992 and 1999.
On the international stage, the 1993–94 season was the club's best season as they won the European Cup against the Spanish ACB League club Taugrés under the direction of coach Zmago Sagadin. In the 2001–02 season, Olimpija won the "Small Triple Crown", taking the Slovenian League championship, Slovenian Cup, and the Adriatic League.
On 8 July 2019, Olimpija merged with Croatian team Cedevita, forming Cedevita Olimpija.[1][2]
The club was a founding member of the Adriatic Basketball Association in 2015.[3] In November 2020, the club's shares were transferred to Mornar Bar.[4]
Names through history
The club was established in 1946 as the basketball department of the larger sports club Svoboda. Later, the name of the club was changed several times. Since 1976 and until its dissolution in 2019, the name of the club included the sponsorship name.
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Arenas
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Notable players
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- Ivo Daneu – has won the Yugoslav national championship six times with Olimpija and earned over 200 appearances for the Yugoslavia national basketball team. In 2007, he became the first Slovenian player included in the FIBA Hall of Fame.[6]
- Borut Bassin – became the most valuable player of the 1967 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four after scoring 30 points against Real Madrid. Bassin has also won the silver medal with Yugoslavia at the 1967 FIBA World Championship.[7]
- Marko Milič – former Olimpija and Slovenia national team captain, he became the first Slovenian player to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[8]
- Vinko Jelovac – earned 240 appearances for the Yugoslavia national team, with which he won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[9]
- Peter Vilfan – spent most of his career playing for Olimpija; he became the first captain of the Slovenia national team after the country gained independence in 1991.[10]
- Jure Zdovc – Regarded as one of the best point guards in Europe during the time of his career, Zdovc played for Olimpija in three spells between the 1980s and the early 2000s. Zdovc has won the EuroBasket with Yugoslavia in 1989 and 1991, and became the world champion with the team in 1990.[11]
A total of 16 former Olimpija players have played in the NBA:
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Retired numbers
| colspan="7" style="Template:Basketball color cell"|Olimpija retired numbers | ||||||
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| 12 | Template:Flagicon | Marko Milič | PF | 1994–1997, 1999–2000, 2006–2009 | 2015 | [12] |
| 13 | Template:Flagicon | Ivo Daneu | PG | 1956–1970 | 2007 | [13][14] |
Players in the NBA draft
| style="Template:Basketball color cell"| Position | style="Template:Basketball color cell"| Player | style="Template:Basketball color cell"| Year | style="Template:Basketball color cell"| Round | style="Template:Basketball color cell"| Pick | style="Template:Basketball color cell"| Drafted by |
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| PF | Template:Flagicon Marko Milič | 1997 | 2nd round | 33rd | Philadelphia 76ers |
| C | Template:Flagicon Vladimir Stepania | 1998 | 1st round | 27th | Seattle SuperSonics |
| C | Template:Flagicon Primož Brezec | 2000 | 1st round | 27th | Indiana Pacers |
| SG/SF | Template:Flagicon Jiří Welsch | 2002 | 1st round | 16th | Philadelphia 76ers |
| SG/PG | Template:Flagicon Yotam Halperin# | 2006 | 2nd round | 53rd | Seattle SuperSonics |
| PG | Template:Flagicon Goran Dragić* | 2008 | 2nd round | 45th | San Antonio Spurs |
| PF | Template:Flagicon Dāvis Bertāns | 2011 | 2nd round | 42nd | Indiana Pacers |
| PG | Template:Flagicon Issuf Sanon# | 2018 | 2nd round | 44th | Washington Wizards |
| PF | Template:Flagicon Luka Šamanić | 2019 | 1st round | 19th | San Antonio Spurs |
Honours
Domestic competitions
- Winners (17): 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2016–17, 2017–18
- Runners-up (8): 2002–03, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2018–19
- Winners (20): 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017
- Runners-up (3): 2004, 2007, 2014
- Winners (8): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017
- Runners-up (5): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018
- Yugoslav League (defunct)
- Winners (6): 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1969–70
- Runners-up (8): 1953, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1965, 1967, 1967–68, 1968–69
- Yugoslav Cup (defunct)
- Runners-up (5): 1960, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1981–82, 1986–87
- Yugoslav 1. B League (defunct)
- Winners: 1984–85, 1986–87
- Slovenian Republic League (defunct)
- Winners: 1946, 1947
European competitions
- FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct)
Regional competitions
- Central European League (defunct)
- Winners: 1993, 1994
Other competitions
- Fourth place: 1998
Notable performances in European and worldwide competitions
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| Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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| 1959–60 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by Rīgas ASK, 79–95 (L) in Ljubljana and 63–79 (L) in Riga | |
| 1961–62 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Real Madrid, 105–91 (W) in Ljubljana and 53–69 (L) in Madrid | |
| 1962–63 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by Spartak ZJŠ Brno, 86–83 (W) in Ljubljana and 72–79 (L) in Brno | |
| 1966–67 | Final Four | third place in Madrid, lost to Real Madrid 86–88 in the semi-final, defeated Slavia VŠ Praha 88–83 in the third place game | |
| 1970–71 | Quarter-finals | third place in a group with Ignis Varese, Slavia VŠ Praha and Olympique Antibes | |
| 1996–97 | Final Four | third place in Rome, lost to Olympiacos 65–74 in the semi-final, defeated ASVEL 86–79 in the third place game | |
| 1999–00 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2–1 by FC Barcelona, 67–70 (L) in Barcelona, 71–64 (W) in Ljubljana & 66–71 (L) in Barcelona | |
| 2000–01 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2–0 by Kinder Bologna, 79–80 (L) in Bologna and 79–81 (L) in Ljubljana | |
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| 1967–68 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by Slavia VŠ Praha, 64–95 (L) in Prague and 82–70 (W) in Ljubljana | |
| 1968–69 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Slavia VŠ Praha, 76–83 (L) in Ljubljana and 61–82 (L) in Prague | |
| 1982–83 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Scavolini Pesaro, 78–97 (L) in Pesaro and 92–107 (L) in Ljubljana | |
| 1991–92 | Semi-finals | eliminated 2–1 by PAOK, 81–68 (W) in Ljubljana, 61–79 (L) & 86–104 (L) in Thessaloniki | |
| 1992–93 | Quarter-finals | third place in a group with Efes Pilsen, NatWest Zaragoza, CSKA Moscow, Hapoel Tel Aviv and ASK Brocēni | |
| 1993–94 | Champions | defeated Taugrés 91–81 in the final of the FIBA European Cup in Lausanne | |
| 1995–96 | Quarter-finals | 6th place in a group with PAOK, Dynamo Moscow, Zrinjevac, Kalev and Nobiles Włocławek | |
The road to the FIBA European Cup victory
1993–94 FIBA European Cup
| Round | Team | Home | Away |
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| Top 12 | Template:Flagicon Rabotnički | 89–77 | 80–66 |
| Template:Flagicon Tofaş | 87–78 | 103–90 | |
| Template:Flagicon Taugrés | 86–73 | 63–67 | |
| Template:Flagicon Fidefinanz Bellinzona | 77–62 | 53–50 | |
| Template:Flagicon Croatia Osiguranje | 68–76 | 84–79 | |
| Semi-final | Template:Flagicon Sato Aris | 84–78 | 79–83 |
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| Final | Template:Flagicon Taugrés | 91–81 | |
Season-by-season records
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Head coaches
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- Template:Flagicon Boris Kristančič (195?–1967)
- Template:Flagicon Lazar Lečić (1973–1975)
- Template:Flagicon Krešimir Ćosić (1976–1978)
- Template:Flagicon Lazar Lečić (1978–1982)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Zmago Sagadin (1985–1994)
- Template:Flagicon Sergej Ravnikar (1995)
- Template:Flagicon Peter Vilfan (1995)
- Template:Flagicon Janez Drvarič (1995–1996)
- Template:Flagicon Žarko Đurišić (1996)
- Template:Flagicon Zmago Sagadin (1996–2002)
- Template:Flagicon Tomo Mahorič (2002–2003)
- Template:Flagicon Sašo Filipovski (2003–2005)
- Template:Flagicon Josip Grdović (2005)
- Template:Flagicon Denis Bajramović (2005)
- Template:Flagicon Zmago Sagadin (2005–2006)
- Template:Flagicon Tomo Mahorič (2006)
- Template:Flagicon Gašper Okorn (2006–2007)
- Template:Flagicon Memi Bečirović (2007–2008)
- Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Džikić (2008)
- Template:Flagicon Jure Zdovc (2008–2011)
- Template:Flagicon Miro Alilović (2011)
- Template:Flagicon Sašo Filipovski (2011–2013)
- Template:Flagicon Miro Alilović (2013)
- Template:Flagicon Aleš Pipan (2013–2015)
- Template:Flagicon Memi Bečirović (2015)
- Template:Flagicon Gašper Potočnik (2015–2016)
- Template:Flagicon Gašper Okorn (2016–2018)
- Template:Flagicon Zoran Martič (2018)
- Template:Flagicon Saša Nikitović (2018–2019)
- Template:Flagicon Jure Zdovc (2019)
References
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- ↑ Union Olimpija Ljubljana retires Marko Milic's jersey.
- ↑ Olympic Legends – Ivo Daneu.
- ↑ SLO – Daneu reflects on amazing Hall of Fame career [part I].
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External links
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