2020–21 KK Crvena zvezda season explained

See main article: KK Crvena zvezda.

Club:Crvena zvezda mts
Season:2020–21
Champions1 League:ABA League
Championship1:yes
Champions2 League:Serbian League
Championship2:yes
Champions3 League:Serbian Cup
Championship3:yes
Chrtitle:President
Chairman: Nebojša Čović
Manager: Saša Obradović
(until 24 December 2020)
Dejan Radonjić
(from 25 December 2020)
Stadium:Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
League:ABA League
League Result:1st
Playoffs Result:Champions
League2:Serbian League
League2 Result:Champions
Cup1:EuroLeague
Cup1 Result:17th
Cup2:Serbian Cup
Cup2 Result:Winner
Cup3:Adriatic Supercup
Cup3 Result:Canceled
Largest Win:+61

(11 February 2021)
Largest Loss:–29

(22 December 2020)
H Pattern B:_crvena_zvezda_EL2021h
H Pattern S:_crvena_zvezda_EL2021h
A Body:F20D2F
A Pattern B:_3whitestripes
A Shorts:F20D2F
Prevseason:2019–20
Nextseason:2021–22

The 2020–21 KK Crvena zvezda season was the 76th season in the existence of the club. For the season it was referred to as KK Crvena zvezda mts for sponsorship reasons.

The season was the first to be played after the previous season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Summary

Pre-season

In May 2020, the 2019–20 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague.[1] [2] The Serbian SuperLeague had no start due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] On 29 June 2020, the ABA League Assembly canceled the 2020 ABA Super Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

On 25 August 2020, guard Marko Gušić officially signed a four-year professional contract.[5] [6]

On 8 September 2020, guards Dejan Davidovac and Ognjen Dobrić signed a two-year contract extensions.[7] [8] On 29 September, center Ognjen Kuzmić signed a two-year contract extension.[9]

January

On 27 January 2021, center Johnny O'Bryant received a 10-day suspension from the club due to a conflict with head coach Dejan Radonjić during a game against Anadolu Efes.[10] [11]

February

On 6 February, it was reported that 10 players were infected with COVID-19.[12] Reportedly, guards Corey Walden, Quino Colom, Langston Hall, and center Landry Nnoko as well as coaching staff members Nikola Birač, Saša Kosović, and Aleksandar Lukman were infected with the virus.[13] On 9 February, head coach Radonjić announced the Zvezda squad for the Radivoj Korać Cup, adding Crvena zvezda U19 players Nikola Šaranović i Milutin Vujičić to the roster.[14] [15] On 10 February, it was reported that one more player was infected with COVID-19.[16] Later that day, it was announced that the infected player is center Duop Reath.[17] Instead of Reath, the club added center O'Bryant to the squad for Radivoj Korać Cup.[18] The Zvezda won its 7th Cup title (10th overall) following a 73–60 win over Mega Soccerbet in the final.

On 23 February, guard Milutin Vujičić officially signed a four-year professional contract.[19] On 24 February, Crvena zvezda signed professional contracts with two more teenagers from their youth system, center Filip Branković and guard Marko Mihailović.[20] [21]

March

Following a loss to Olympiacos, the club recorded its 8-in-a-row EuroLeague defeat setting the club's new records for defeats.[22]

Players

Current roster

Players with multiple nationalities

Depth chart

On loan

The following players were on loan during the 2020–21 season.

KK Crvena zvezda players out on loan
PlayerPositionTeamOn loan since
SG/SF FMPDecember 2017
August 2018
FMP February 2020
August 2020
FMP
September 2020
PF/C
July 2020 – January 2021
January 2021
December 2019 – May 2021
May 2021
FMP May 2021

Guard Filip Čović retired from professional basketball in May 2021.[23]

Transactions

See also: List of 2020–21 EuroLeague transactions.

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Players Out

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Club

Technical staff

On 8 June 2020, head coach Dragan Šakota parted ways with the Zvezda due to health issues ending his second spell as a head coach.[24] [25] Two days later, the club named Saša Obradović as the new head coach.[26] [27] On the same day, the head coach Obradović introduced his coaching staff; assistant coaches Milenko Bogićević and Bogdan Karaičić, as well as conditioning coach Duško Marković.[28] Prior to that, assistant coaches from the previous season Andrija Gavrilović and Milenko Topić, as well as conditioning coach Aleksandar Lukman left the staff.[29] The sports director Žarko Čabarkapa left the club after the 2019–20 season.[30]

On 24 December 2020, head coach Obradović and the Zvezda parted ways by mutual consent.[31] [32] Following the departure of coach Obradović, assistant coaches Bogićević and Karaičić and conditioning coach Marković left also.[33] On 25 December, the Zvezda hired Dejan Radonjić as the new head coach.[34] [35] Following Radonjić's arrival conditioning coach Lukman and assistant coach Nikola Birač were added to the coaching staff. Both coaches returned to the Zvezda.[36] On 30 December, the Zvezda added two more assistant coaches to the staff, Goran Bošković and Miodrag Dinić.[37] [38]

The following is the technical staff of Crvena zvezda for the 2020–21 season.[39]

Position Staff member
General manager Filip Sunturlić
Team Manager Nebojša Ilić
Head coach Dejan Radonjić
Assistant Coaches Goran Bošković
Miodrag Dinić
Nikola Birač
Saša Kosović
Conditioning Coach Aleksandar Lukman
Physiotherapist Milorad Ćirić
Physicians Nebojša Mitrović
Boris Gluščević

Uniform

Crvena zvezda signed a three-year partnership contract with Adidas on 31 July 2020.[40] [41] Crvena zvezda debuted their new Adidas uniforms for the 2019–20 season after unveiling on 6 September 2020, on the EuroLeague Media Day.[42] [43] The third uniform was unveiled on 8 April 2021.[44]

The following is a list of corporate sponsorship patches on a uniform of Crvena zvezda and uniform designs for the 2020–21 season.

  • Supplier: Adidas
  • Main sponsor: mts
  • Back sponsor: Idea (top), Soccerbet (bottom)
  • Shorts sponsor: None

Pre-season and friendlies

Crvena zvezda played at the 2020 Gloria Cup Basketball Tournament II in Antalya, Turkey which took place from 8–13 September.[45] [46] [47] Afterward, the 2020 Gomelsky Cup was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. It would have been played in Moscow, Russia from 16 to 19 September.[48]

Competitions

Adriatic League

See main article: 2020–21 ABA League First Division.

Matches

Note: All times are local CET (UTC+1) as listed by the ABA League. Some games was played behind closed doors (BCD) due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Playoffs

See main article: ABA League Playoffs.

EuroLeague

See main article: 2020–21 EuroLeague.

Regular season

See main article: Regular Season.

Matches

Note: All times are CET (UTC+1) as listed by EuroLeague. Some games was played behind closed doors (BCD) due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Conclusions of the ABA League j.t.d. Assembly . aba-liga.com . 28 May 2020.
  2. Web site: ECA Shareholders Executive Board announces decisions regarding 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons . euroleaguebasketball.net . 25 May 2020 . 26 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200526020407/https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague-basketball/news/i/am9neim7ahpbaqym/eca-shareholders-executive-board-announces-decisions-regarding-2019-20-and-2020-21-seasons . dead .
  3. Web site: Otkazana košarkaška Superliga Srbije, nema šampiona . novosti.rs . 29 May 2020.
  4. Web site: Conclusions of the ABA League j.t.d. Assembly . aba-liga.com . 29 June 2020.
  5. Web site: Marko Gušić potpisao prvi profesionalni ugovor sa Crvenom zvezdom . kkcrvenazvezda.rs . 25 August 2020 . 11 September 2021.
  6. Web site: Nevesinjac Marko Gušić potpisao profesionalni ugovor sa KK "Crvena zvezda" . hercegovinapromo.com . 11 September 2021.
  7. Web site: Crvena zvezda mts extended with Dobrić and Davidovac . aba-liga.com . 8 September 2020.
  8. Web site: Zvezda extends Dobric, Davidovac . euroleague.net . 8 September 2020.
  9. Web site: Ognjen Kuzmić two more seasons with Crvena zvezda mts . aba-liga.com . 29 September 2020.
  10. Web site: Radonjić: Niko nije iznad kluba, pa ni O'Brajant . mozzartsport.com . 9 February 2021.
  11. Web site: SK saznaje: O Brajant se sukobio sa Radonjićem, suspendovan . sportklub.rs . 29 January 2021 . 9 February 2021.
  12. Web site: DRAMATIČNO NA MALOM KALEMEGDANU: Ukupno 10 zaraženih korona virusom u KK Crvena zvezda . novosti.rs . 7 February 2021.
  13. Web site: Zvezda na kup samo s jednim plejmejkerom, prvi put posle sedam godina nije favorit . mozzartsport.com . 9 February 2021.
  14. Web site: Zvezdinih 13 za Novi Sad: Bez Voldena, Noka, Koloma, Hola i O'Brajanta . mozzartsport.com . 9 February 2021.
  15. Web site: Spisak igrača KK Crvena zvezda mts za Kup Radivoja Koraća . kkcrvenazvezda.rs . 9 February 2021 . 10 February 2021.
  16. Web site: Agonija u Zvezdi, još jedan igrač zaražen koronom . mozzartsport.com . 10 February 2021.
  17. Web site: Crveno-beli putuju u Novi Sad sa velikim problemima . kkcrvenazvezda.rs . 10 February 2021 . 11 February 2021.
  18. Web site: O'Brajant ipak u Zvezdinom timu na Kupu? . mozzartsport.com . 11 February 2021.
  19. Web site: Vujičić potpisao četvorogodišnji ugovor sa Crvenom zvezdom . mozzartsport.com . 23 February 2021.
  20. Web site: Zvezda nastavlja sa starom praksom, ugovori za još dvojicu juniora . mozzartsport.com . 25 February 2021.
  21. Web site: Zvezda ima dvojicu novih seniora . b92.net . 24 February 2021 . 25 February 2021.
  22. Web site: Zvezda postavila negativni rekord, osmi uzastopni poraz u Evroligi . mozzartsport.com . 6 March 2021.
  23. Web site: FILIP ČOVIĆ ZAVRŠIO KARIJERU: Mislim da bih mogao da odigram još nekoliko sezona i to na visokom nivou, ali... . novosti.rs . 30 May 2021.
  24. Web site: Šakota na rastanku sa Zvezdom: Vreme je za mlađeg... . mozzartsport.com . 8 June 2020.
  25. Web site: Čović ni reč o Obradoviću: Dok ja ne odem u penziju, Zvezda se neće srušiti . b92.net . 8 June 2020.
  26. Web site: Crvena zvezda mts appoint club legend Saša Obradović as new head coach . aba-liga.com . 10 June 2020.
  27. Web site: Zvanično: Zvezda predstavila Obradovića . b92.net . 10 June 2020.
  28. Web site: OVO SU POMOĆNICI SAŠE OBRADOVIĆA: Novi trener Crvene zvezde doveo sa sobom renomirani stručni štab . kosarka.hotsport.rs . 10 June 2020 . 10 June 2020.
  29. Web site: Sprema se prvi odlazak iz Zvezde . maxbetsport.rs . 4 June 2020 . 10 June 2020 .
  30. Web site: Fenerbahče dobija pojačanje iz Srbije . mozzartsport.com . 17 November 2020.
  31. Web site: Crvena zvezda mts and head coach Saša Obradović part ways . aba-liga.com . 25 December 2020 . 19 August 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130819141428/http://https/ . dead .
  32. Web site: Zvanično: Rastali se Zvezda i Obradović . mozzartsport.com . 25 December 2020.
  33. Web site: Radonjić pravi stručni štab: Birač se vraća, Kosović ostaje, traže se glavni pomoćni i kondicioni trener . mozzartsport.com . 25 December 2020.
  34. News: ZVANIČNO: Radonjić je Zvezdin! . mozzartsport.com . 25 December 2020.
  35. Web site: Crvena Zvezda reunites with coach Radonjic . euroleague.net . 25 December 2020.
  36. Web site: Lukman u Zvezdi bar do kraja sezone . mozzartsport.com . 30 December 2020.
  37. Web site: Crvena zvezda kompletirala stručni štab . mozzartsport.com . 31 December 2020.
  38. Web site: Kompletiran stručni štab KK Crvena zvezda mts . kkcrvenazvezda.rs . 30 December 2020 . 31 December 2020.
  39. Web site: Crvena zvezda Staff . kkcrvenazvezda.rs . 10 June 2020.
  40. Web site: Adidas novi tehnički sponzor KK Crvena zvezda . kkcrvenazvezda.rs . 31 July 2020 . 1 August 2020.
  41. Web site: Zvanično: Zvezda ima novu opremu . mozzartsport.com . 1 August 2020.
  42. Web site: Crvena zvezda predstavila dres za sezonu 2020/2021 . kkcrvenazvezda.rs . 6 September 2020 . 6 September 2020.
  43. Web site: 2020 Media Day Live: Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade . euroleague.net . 6 September 2020.
  44. Web site: Promocija novog dresa KK Crvena zvezda večeras u 20 časova . kkcrvenazvezda.rs . 8 April 2021 . 9 April 2021.
  45. Web site: BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT II . gloriasportsarena.com.tr . 2 September 2020 . 3 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200903034344/https://www.gloriasportsarena.com.tr/en/cup/gloria-cup-2020/basketball-2020-tournament-2/ . dead .
  46. Web site: Zvezda u septembru protiv Fenerbahčea, Efesa, Galate... . mozzartsport.com . 7 August 2020.
  47. Web site: Basketball stars meet at Gloria Sports Arena . web24.news . 2 September 2020.
  48. Web site: Preseason: Real downs Barcelona, wins Supercup . euroleague.net . 14 September 2020.

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