KK Olimpija | |
Nickname: | Zmaji (The Dragons) Zeleno-beli (The Green and Whites) |
History: | KK Svoboda (1946) KK Enotnost (1947–1954) AŠK Olimpija (1955–1976) KK Olimpija (1976–2019) KK Cedevita Olimpija (2019–present) |
Location: | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
Colors: | Green, white, black |
Championships: | 17 Slovenian Leagues 20 Slovenian Cups 8 Slovenian Supercups 6 Yugoslav Leagues 1 Saporta Cup 1 Adriatic League 2 Central European Leagues |
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Košarkarski klub Olimpija (English: Olimpija Basketball Club) was a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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.
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]
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.
Between 1976 and 2019, the names of the club included the sponsorship names:
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See also: Tivoli Hall and Arena Stožice. The team's first venue was Tabor Gymnasium, before they moved to the 4,500 capacity[5] Tivoli Hall in 1965. In 2010, the club moved into their new arena, Arena Stožice, with a capacity of 12,480.
The following players are regarded as the most important for Olimpija by the club's official website.
A total of 16 former Olimpija players have played in the NBA:
Olimpija retired numbers | |||||||
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No | Player | Position | Tenure | Date retired | Ref | ||
12 | 1994–1997, 1999–2000, 2006–2009 | 2015 | [12] | ||||
13 | 1956–1970 | 2007 | [13] [14] |
Position | Player | Year | Round | Pick | Drafted by | |
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PF | Marko Milič | 1997 | 2nd round | 33rd | Philadelphia 76ers | |
C | Vladimir Stepania | 1998 | 1st round | 27th | Seattle SuperSonics | |
C | Primož Brezec | 2000 | 1st round | 27th | Indiana Pacers | |
SG/SF | Jiří Welsch | 2002 | 1st round | 16th | Philadelphia 76ers | |
SG/PG | Yotam Halperin# | 2006 | 2nd round | 53rd | Seattle SuperSonics | |
PG | Goran Dragić* | 2008 | 2nd round | 45th | San Antonio Spurs | |
PF | Dāvis Bertāns | 2011 | 2nd round | 42nd | Indiana Pacers | |
PG | Issuf Sanon# | 2018 | 2nd round | 44th | Washington Wizards | |
PF | Luka Šamanić | 2019 | 1st round | 19th | San Antonio Spurs |
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
Winners (6): 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1969–70
Runners-up (8): 1953, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1965, 1967, 1967–68, 1968–69
Runners-up (5): 1960, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1981–82, 1986–87
Winners: 1984–85, 1986–87
Winners: 1946, 1947
Semifinalists: 1961–62
Winners: 1993–94
Semifinalists: 1968–69, 1982–83, 1991–92
Winners: 2001–02
Runners-up: 2010–11
Winners: 1993, 1994
Fourth place: 1998
See main article: KK Olimpija in international competitions.
Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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EuroLeague | |||
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 | |
FIBA Saporta Cup | |||
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 |
1993–94 FIBA European Cup
Round | Team | Home | Away |
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Third | Bye | ||
Top 12 | Rabotnički | 89–77 | 80–66 |
Tofaş | 87–78 | 103–90 | |
Taugrés | 86–73 | 63–67 | |
Fidefinanz Bellinzona | 77–62 | 53–50 | |
Croatia Osiguranje | 68–76 | 84–79 | |
Semi-final | Sato Aris | 84–78 | 79–83 |
74–61 | |||
Final | Taugrés | 91–81 |
Key
Season | Tier | Domestic league | Domestic cup | Supercup | Adriatic League | European competitions | ||||||
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1991–92 | 1 | 1. A SKL | align=center style="background:gold" | 1st | Winners | |||||||
1992–93 | 1 | 1. A SKL | 1st | Winners | ||||||||
QF | ||||||||||||
1993–94 | 1 | 1. A SKL | 1st | Winners | European League | |||||||
European Cup | align=center bgcolor=gold | W | ||||||||||
1994–95 | 1 | 1. A SKL | align=center style="background:gold" | 1st | Winners | European League | ||||||
1995–96 | 1 | 1. A SKL | align=center style="background:gold" | 1st | Round of 16 | European League | ||||||
1996–97 | 1 | 1. A SKL | align=center style="background:gold" | 1st | Winners | Euroleague | align=center bgcolor=#cc9966 | 3rd | ||||
1997–98 | 1 | 1. A SKL | align=center style="background:gold" | 1st | Winners | Euroleague | ||||||
1998–99 | 1 | Liga Kolinska | align=center style="background:gold" | 1st | Winners | Euroleague | ||||||
1999–00 | 1 | Liga Kolinska | 3rd | Winners | Euroleague | QF | ||||||
2000–01 | 1 | Liga Kolinska | align=center style="background:gold" | 1st | Winners | Euroleague | QF | |||||
2001–02 | 1 | HYPO Liga | align=center style="background:gold" | 1st | Winners | Winners | Euroleague | |||||
2002–03 | 1 | 1. A SKL | align=center style="background:silver" | 2nd | Winners | Semifinals | Euroleague | |||||
2003–04 | 1 | 1. A SKL | align=center style="background:gold" | 1st | Runners-up | Winners | Semifinals | Euroleague | ||||
2004–05 | 1 | 1. A SKL | align=center style="background:gold" | 1st | Winners | Winners | Quarterfinals | Euroleague | ||||
2005–06 | 1 | 1. A SKL | align=center style="background:gold" | 1st | Winners | Winners | 10th place | Euroleague | ||||
2006–07 | 1 | Liga UPC Telemach | align=center style="background:silver" | 2nd | Runners-up | 9th place | Euroleague | |||||
2007–08 | 1 | Liga UPC Telemach | align=center style="background:gold" | 1st | Winners | Winners | Semifinals | Euroleague | ||||
2008–09 | 1 | Liga UPC Telemach | align=center style="background:gold" | 1st | Winners | Winners | 9th place | Euroleague | ||||
2009–10 | 1 | Telemach League | align=center style="background:silver" | 2nd | Winners | Winners | Semifinals | Euroleague | ||||
2010–11 | 1 | Telemach League | align=center style="background:silver" | 2nd | Winners | Runners-up | Runners-up | Euroleague | ||||
2011–12 | 1 | Telemach League | align=center style="background:silver" | 2nd | Winners | Runners-up | 6th place | Euroleague | ||||
2012–13 | 1 | Telemach League | align=center style="background:silver" | 2nd | Winners | Runners-up | 8th place | Euroleague | ||||
2013–14 | 1 | Telemach League | align=center style="background:silver" | 2nd | Runners-up | Winners | 10th place | Eurocup | ||||
2014–15 | 1 | Telemach League | 5th | Semifinals | Runners-up | 5th place | Eurocup | |||||
2015–16 | 1 | Liga Nova KBM | 4th | Quarterfinals | 7th place | Eurocup | ||||||
2016–17 | 1 | Liga Nova KBM | align=center style="background:gold" | 1st | Winners | 11th place | EuroCup | |||||
2017–18 | 1 | Liga Nova KBM | align=center style="background:gold" | 1st | Semifinals | Winners | 7th | Champions League | ||||
2018–19 | 1 | Liga Nova KBM | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Semifinals | Runners-up | align=center bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 12th | Champions League |