ŽOK Luka Bar explained

ŽOK Luka Bar is a Montenegrin women's volleyball club founded in 1992. Based in seaside town of Bar, named after Port of Bar (Montenegrin: Luka Bar), it's the most successful Montenegrin women's volleyball club, with the most titles in domestic competitions.

History

Founded as a part of Port of Bar, ŽOK Luka Bar soon became most successful Montenegrin club, and the only club from Montenegro which played in FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro First League.[1] Since the middle of nineties, Luka Bar is continuously playing in the elite-round of women's volleyball, often with participation in European Cups.[2]
From 1994 to 2006, biggest success of Luka Bar in domestic competitions was placement to the Yugoslav Cup finals on seasons 1997-98 and 2002-03.[3]
After the Montenegrin independence, Luka Bar became first winner of Montenegrin women's volley league and Montenegrin women's volleyball Cup.
For the first time in club's history, Luka Bar participated in CEV Women's Champions League during the season 2016-17, but eliminated in first leg against Estonian team Kohila VC (2-3; 1-3).[4] Luka Bar continued international season 2016-17 in Women's CEV Cup - eliminating VC Tirol Innsbruck (3-1; 1-3) in first leg, but then defeated against Budowlani Łódź (0-3; 0-3).
Until today, Luka Bar won numerous trophies in domestic competitions and became the greatest women's volleyball club in Montenegro, and among most successful at the territory of former Yugoslavia.

Honours and achievements

European competitions

SeasonCompetitionRoundOpponentResultVenue
USC MünsterMünster
Kanti SchaffhausenMünster
Volley 80 PétangeMünster
MuszyniankaBar
MuszyniankaMuszyna
Jedinstvo BrčkoBar
Jedinstvo BrčkoBrčko
Dresdner SCDresden
Dresdner SCBar
Apollon LimassolBar
Apollon LimassolLimassol
Kohila VCKohila
Kohila VCBar
VC Tirol InnsbruckInnsbruck
VC Tirol InnsbruckBar
Budowlani ŁódźBar
Budowlani ŁódźŁódź

Team squad

Season 2016–2017, as of January 2017.[5]

NumberPlayerPositionHeight (m)Weight (kg)Birth date
Dragana PeruničićOutside hitter1.876519 November 1992
Danijela BarjaktarovićSetter1.75601 March 1996
Marija BojovićSetter1.796519 February 1991
Melisa CenovićLibero1.696024 August 1998
Ksenija DevićLibero1.65505 February 2001
Sejla DurakovićOutside hitter1.826825 May 1999
Vesna JoksimovićOutside hitter1.827025 December 1984
Tijana KrutaMiddle blocker1.826830 November 1998
Jasna RosićOutside hitter1.795316 January 2001
Mirjana RosićMiddle blocker1.87702 January 1995
Milana RovčaninOutside hitter1.786928 May 1992
Anja VujanovićMiddle blocker1.87718 August 1995
Dijana VukovićOpposite1.876822 March 1999
Coach

Vladimir Milačić

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Istorijat ŽOK "Luka Bar" . www.lukabar.me . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160911184936/http://www.lukabar.me/index.php/en/istorijat-zok-luka-bar . 2016-09-11.
  2. Web site: CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball . www.cev.lu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103110937/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/CompetitionTeamDetails.aspx?TeamID=8034&ID=571 . 2012-11-03.
  3. Web site: Kup Srbije za seniorke 1990-2010. . www.ossrb.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150507053031/http://www.ossrb.org/kup-srbije-za-seniorke-1990-2010.html . 2015-05-07.
  4. Web site: Competition . www.cev.lu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160705234238/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/Competition.aspx?ID=968&PID=1500 . 2016-07-05.
  5. Web site: Luka Bar - Team 2016–17 . . 4 January 2017.