KK Crvena zvezda accomplishments and records explained

See main article: KK Crvena zvezda. This page details the all-time statistics, records, and other achievements pertaining to the Crvena zvezda. Crvena zvezda is a Serbian men's professional basketball team currently playing in the ABA League, the EuroLeague and in the Basketball League of Serbia.

Overview

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2017–18 season.

Honours

See also: List of basketball clubs in Serbia by major honours won and List of European Major Basketball club competition winners.

Total titles: 47

HonoursNo.Years
National league – 24 (Record)
Yugoslav League (1946–1992) Winners 12 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1968–69, 1971–72
Serbia and Montenegro League (1992–2006) Winners 3 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98
Serbian League (2006–present) Winners 9 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
National cup – 13
Yugoslav Cup (1959–2002) Winners 3 1970–71, 1972–73, 1974–75
Serbian Cup (2002–present) Winners 10 2003–04, 2005–06, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
National supercup – 1
Yugoslav Super Cup (1993) Winners 1 1993
Regional competitions – 8
Adriatic League (2001–present) Winners 7 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24
Adriatic Super Cup (2017–present) Winners 1
European competitions – 1
FIBA Saporta Cup (1966–2002) Winners 1 1973–74
Source: Crvena zvezda
Other tournaments:

Individual awards and accomplishments

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

See main article: List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Crvena zvezda Hall of Famers
Players
No.NamePositionTenureInducted
12 1999 2019
15 1990–1991 2004
Coaches
NamePositionTenureInducted
Head coach 1973–1974 1998
Contributors
NamePositionTenureInducted
Player 1946–1948 1991

FIBA Hall of Fame

See main article: List of members of the FIBA Hall of Fame.

Crvena zvezda Hall of Famers
Players
No.NamePositionTenureInducted
12 1999 2010
15 1990–1991 2007
15 1967–1977 2013
Coaches
NamePositionTenureInducted
Head coach 1973–1974 2007
Head coach 2008–2009, 2011–2012 2020
Head coach 1979–1986 2007
Contributors
NamePositionTenureInducted
Player, Coach 1945–1955 2007
Player 1946–1948 2007
Player 1945 2007

FIBA Order of Merit recipients

See main article: FIBA Order of Merit.

FIBA Order of Merit recipients
OrderNameTenureInducted
19 1945, 1947–1949 as player
1973–1974 as coach
1995
27 1945–1951 as player
1945–1955 as coach
1997
39 1945 as player 1999
65 1946–1948 as player 2015

FIBA's 50 Greatest Players

See main article: FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991).

Crvena zvezda Players
No.NamePositionTenureInducted
12 1999 1991
15 1990–1991 1991
15 1967–1977 1991

50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors

See main article: 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008).

Crvena zvezda EuroLeague Contributors
Players
No.NamePositionTenureInducted
12 1999 2008
15 1990–1991 2008
Coaches
NamePositionTenureInducted
Head coach 1973–1974 2008
Assistant coach 1983–1986 2008

European Competitions

All-EuroLeague First Team

All-EuroLeague Second Team

EuroLeague MVP of the Month

EuroLeague MVP of the Round

FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Finals Top Scorer

ULEB Cup regular season MVP

ULEB Cup MVP of the Round

ULEB Cup Top Scorer

All-EuroCup First Team

Adriatic Competitions

ABA League MVP

ABA League Finals MVP

ABA League Top Scorer

Best Defender

Coach of the Season

ABA League Player of the Month Award

ABA League Ideal Starting Five

ABA Super Cup MVP

National Competitions

YugoslaviaYugoslav League Top Scorer
Serbia and MontenegroYUBA League MVP

YUBA League Most Improved Player

YUBA League Young MVP

SerbiaBLS Super League MVP

BLS Finals MVP

National CupRadivoj Korać Cup MVP

Radivoj Korać Cup Top Scorer

Medals with National teams

List of the Crvena zvezda players who won a medal with their respective national team at the Summer Olympics, the FIBA Basketball World Cup and the FIBA EuroBasket.

Summer Olympics

World Cup

EuroBasket

Competitions

National Leagues

See main article: KK Crvena zvezda in the National Leagues.

See also: First Federal Basketball League, YUBA League and Basketball League of Serbia.

First Federal Basketball League

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YUBA League

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Basketball League of Serbia

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Adriatic League

See also: ABA League. The ABA League, commonly known as the Adriatic League, is a regional men's professional basketball league competition between men's teams from six countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. Crvena zvezda made the league debut in 2002, in the second season.

National Cups

See also: Yugoslav Basketball Cup and Radivoj Korać Cup.

Yugoslav Cup

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Radivoj Korać Cup

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European Competitions

See also: KK Crvena zvezda in European and worldwide competitions.

Top performances in Europe

SeasonAchievementNotes
European Champions Cup / Euroleague (1st tier)
1969–70Quarter-finals3rd place in a group with CSKA Moscow, Ignis Varèse and ASVEL
1972–73Semi-finalseliminated by CSKA Moscow, 90–98 (L) in Belgrade and 83–100 (L) in Moscow
2015–16Quarter-finalseliminated 3-0 by CSKA Moscow, 74–84 (L) and 76–77 (L) in Moscow and 71–78 (L) in Belgrade
European Cup Winners' Cup / Saporta Cup / ULEB Cup / Eurocup (2nd tier)
1971–72Finallost to Simmenthal Milano, 70–74 in the final in Thessaloniki
1973–74Championsdefeated Spartak ZJŠ Brno 86–75 in the final in Udine
1974–75Finallost to Spartak Leningrad, 62–63 in the final in Nantes
1990–91Quarter-finals4th place in a group with CAI Zaragoza, PAOK and Hapoel Galil Elyon
2005–06Quarter-finalseliminated by Dynamo Moscow, 86–87 (L) in Belgrade and 65–86 (L) in Moscow
2006–07Quarter-finalseliminated by Real Madrid, 72–83 (L) in Belgrade and 78–79 (L) in Madrid
2013–14Semi-finalseliminated by UNICS, 63–52 (W) in Belgrade and 67–84 (L) in Kazan
Korać Cup (3rd tier)
1980–81Semi-finalseliminated by Joventut Freixenet, 89–105 (L) in Barcelona and 73–82 (L) in Belgrade
1981–82Semi-finalseliminated by Šibenka, 115–99 (W) in Belgrade and 83–101 (L) in Šibenik
1983–84Finallost to Orthez, 73–97 in the final in Paris
1984–85Semi-finalseliminated by Simac Milano, 86–109 (L) in Milan and 99–100 (L) in Belgrade
1987–88Semi-finalseliminated by Real Madrid, 82–89 (L) in Belgrade and 72–81 (L) in Madrid
1997–98Finallost to Mash Verona, 74–68 (W) in Verona and 64–73 (L) in Belgrade

The road to the European Victory

1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

RoundTeam  Home    Away  
1st round 17 Nëntori Tirana114–7099–83
2nd round Alsace Bagnolet102–8692–94
Quarter-finals CSKA Sofia80–7281–88
Saclà Asti93–8688–87
Semi-finals Estudiantes Monteverde104–8579–74
Final Spartak ZJŠ Brno86–75

Club records

Most games played

See also: List of KK Crvena zvezda players with 100 games played. List of players who have played at least 300 games.[2]

NoPlayerPositionPeriodGP
1 Branko Lazić 2011–present 809
2 Luka Mitrović 2012–2017, 2021–present 465
3 Ognjen Dobrić 2016–2023 435
4 1975–1987; 1989–1991 429
5 1976–1989 423
6 2012–2014, 2015–2017, 2020–2022 388
7 2017–2022, 2023-present 366
9 1967–1979 354
2003–2007; 2009–2010; 2011–2013
10 1965–1977 339
11 1980–1990; 1991–1992 329
12 1994–2000; 2003–2004; 2012–2013 324
13 1967–1977 304
1985–1993; 1995–1997
15 2001–2006, 2016–2018 300

Most games coached

List of coaches who have coached more than 100 games.

Name Period Games
1 2013–2017; 2020–2022 453
2 1979–1986; 1997 275
3 1960–1970 242
4 1946–1957 184
5 1971–1973; 1976–1979 148
1992–1994; 1997–1998; 1999–2000 148
7 1988–1991; 1994–1995 143
8 2002–2003; 2004–2005; 2009–2010 139
9 2005–2007; 2019–2020 137
10 2000–2001; 2007–2008 111
11 2008–2009; 2011–2012 106

Most points scored

List of players who have scored more than 3,500 points for Crvena zvezda in all competitions.[2]

NoPlayerPositionPeriodPS
1 1965–1977 6,197
2 1959–1972 5,983
3 1975–1987; 1989–1991 5,469
4 1985–1993; 1995–1997 4,779
5 1967–1979 4,685
6 1967–1976 4,461
7 1976–1989 4,418
8 1967–1977 4,067
9 1994–2000; 2003–2004; 2012–2013 4,007
10 1979–1989 3,897
11 1981–1990 3,804
12 1980–1990, 1991–1992 3,517
13 1980–1989 3,511
List of players who have scored more than 760 points for Crvena zvezda in all European competitions.
  1. Dragan Kapičić (989)
  2. Predrag Bogosavljev (901)
  3. Slobodan Nikolić (879)
  4. Igor Rakočević (878)
  5. Zoran Slavnić (768)
  6. Charles Jenkins (763)

List of players who have scored more than 1,000 points for Crvena zvezda in the ABA League. (as of June 2022)[3]

  1. Branko Lazić (1,335)
  2. Ognjen Dobrić (1,263)
  3. Tadija Dragićević (1,234)
  4. Marko Simonović (1,135)
  5. Charles Jenkins (1,093)

Most points scored in a game

CompetitionPlayerPositionPSOpponentDate
Regular season 71 21 November 1992
Playoffs 40 2006–07 season
55 30 September 2006
National Cup 42 Big Enex 1992–93 season
59 1975–76 season
43 1987–88 Korać Cup

In a game

  • Largest margin of victory in a game – 114 (Score: 118–4) a 1946 Belgrade Championship game with Kosmaj Mladenovac, 1 June 1946
  • Largest margin of defeat in a game – 54 (Score: 140–86) a 1963 season road game with Olimpija
  • Most points scored – 150 (Score: 116–150); a 1990–91 season road game with Napredak Aleksinac
  • Least points scored – 13 (Score: 13–21); a 1949 season home game with Partizan

In a season

Team
  • Most games won in a national championship – 28; 1992–93 season
  • Most games won in all competitions – 67; 2016–17
  • Least games lost in a national championship – 0; 1947
  • Most games played in all competitions – 84; 2016–17
Player

In a career

NBA

Players on the NBA draft

See also: List of NBA drafted players from Serbia.

YearPlayerDrafted by
2000251 Igor RakočevićSGMinnesota Timberwolves
2008253 Tadija Dragićević#PFUtah Jazz, traded to Houston Rockets
2010235 Nemanja BjelicaPF/SFWashington Wizards, traded to Minnesota Timberwolves
2015260 Luka Mitrović#PFPhiladelphia 76ers, traded to Sacramento Kings
2017236 Jonah BoldenPFPhiladelphia 76ers

Moved to an NBA team

YearPlayerMoving to
C Rastko CvetkovićDenver Nuggets
C Boban MarjanovićSan Antonio Spurs[6]
PG Nate WoltersUtah Jazz[7]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Euroleague preseason in full swing. latestbasketballnews.com. February 24, 2022.
  2. Web site: Klub 100 Crvena zvezda . kkcrvenazvezda.rs . 2 December 2020.
  3. Web site: ABA Players Statistics . aba-liga.com . 6 November 2021.
  4. Web site: NIKO KAO LOJD: Amerikanac Zvezdin rekorder . novosti.rs . 13 March 2021.
  5. Web site: Jubilej Branka Lazića - 20. trofeja u dresu Zvezde . mozzartsport.com . 20 June 2022.
  6. Web site: Spurs Sign Boban Marjanovic. NBA.com. July 17, 2015. September 14, 2015.
  7. News: Jazz Sign Nate Wolters to a Two-Way Contract. September 13, 2017. NBA.com. September 13, 2017.