AKK Branik Maribor

Branik Maribor
Leagues Slovenian Second League
Founded 1948 (1948)
(as KK Polet)
2001 (2001)
(as ŠD Primorac)
Arena Ljudski vrt Sports Hall
(Capacity: 2,100)
Location Maribor, Slovenia
Team colors White, Black
         
President Alojz Križman[1][2]
Head coach Žiga Ravnikar[2]
Website Official website
Uniforms
Home
Away
Sports departments of Branik
Football
(Active)
Football
(Defunct)
Basketball
Handball Volleyball
(Women's)
Water polo

Akademski Košarkarski Klub Branik Maribor (English: Academic Basketball Club Branik Maribor), commonly referred to as AKK Branik Maribor or simply Branik, is a basketball team based in Maribor, Slovenia. The club was originally formed in 1948 as a basketball section of SŠD Polet.[3] It was also named Satex (1992–1997), Pošta Maribor (1998–1999) and ZM Maribor (1999–2001) due to sponsorship reasons. Branik folded in 2005 after serious financial difficulties. A new club called ŠD Primorac was founded in 2001 and joined the Branik Sports Association in 2008.[4][3][1] The club regard themselves as the spiritual continuation of the 2005 dissolved team.[3] AKK Branik is currently playing in the Slovenian Second Basketball League.

History

1948–2005

The club was formed in 1948 as a basketball section of SŠD Polet.[3] It was renamed to Branik Maribor in 1951[3] and won its first Slovenian title in the next year. The club left the Branik Sports Association in 1966, renamed to KK Maribor 66 and changed colours to purple and white. Under that name they played in the Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League in the 1969–70 season. The club then renamed to KK Marles, while Branik Sports association formed its own team to compete in lower ranks. After Marles' three relegations, both teams merged back in 1975 under the name Branik. In 1987, the club merged with fierce city rival ŽKK Maribor to form KK Maribor 87 as a new city team. The latter played in the Yugoslav 1. B League, but after the independence of Slovenia it disintegrated back to ŽKK and Branik. Branik took Maribor 87's place in Premier A Slovenian Basketball League and played there until 2000. Branik folded in 2005 after serious financial difficulties.

Crest
Former crest, used by original Branik

2005–present

ŠD Primorac Basketball School, formed in 2001, joined the Branik Sports Association in 2008 and renamed to AKK Branik in 2011, now claims a succession of the old Branik.[4][3][1] The team has qualified for the Slovenian Second League in the 2007–08 season.[4] The team was relegated back to the third division after finishing in the last, 13th position in the 2012–13 season. After KK Maribor went bankrupt in 2015, the team was given a wild card by Basketball Association of Slovenia to compete in the Slovenian Second League for the 2015–16 season.[5]

Arena

Since 2008, the team plays at the 2,100 capacity Ljudski vrt Sports Hall in Maribor.[6][4]

Season-by-season records

Season League Position Season League Position
1949 Slovenian League 5th1969* Yugoslav Second League West 1st
1950 Slovenian League 2nd1970* Yugoslav First Federal League 12th
1951 Slovenian League 2nd1970* Yugoslav Second League West 6th
1952 Slovenian League 1st1971* Yugoslav Second League West 12th
1953 Slovenian League ?1972 Slovenian League 12th
1954 Slovenian League 2nd1973 Slovenian League 8th
1955 Slovenian League 1st1974 Slovenian League 8th
1956 Slovenian League 2nd1975 Slovenian League 4th
1957 Slovenian League 5th1976 Slovenian League 7th
1958 Slovenian League 6th1977 Slovenian League 6th
1959 Slovenian League 5th1978 Slovenian League 1st
1960 Slovenian League 6th1979 Slovenian League 2nd
1961 Slovenian League 4th1980 Slovenian League 1st
1962 Slovenian League 3rd1981 Yugoslav Second League West 12th
1963 Slovenian League 5th1982 Slovenian League 3rd
1964 Slovenian League 5th1983 Slovenian League 7th
1965 Slovenian League 1st1984 Slovenian League 3rd
1966* Slovenian League 3rd1985 Slovenian League 6th
1967* Slovenian League 5th1986 Slovenian League 7th
1968* Yugoslav Second League West 1st1987 Slovenian League 2nd

References

  1. 1 2 3 www.maribor.si. "Akademski košarkarski klub Branik" [Academic Basketball Club Branik] (in Slovenian). City of Maribor official website. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 AKK Branik. "Organizacija" [Organisation] (in Slovenian). AKK Branik official website. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 AKK Branik. "Zgodovina" [History] (in Slovenian). AKK Branik official website. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 MŠD Branik. "Košarka" [Basketball] (in Slovenian). MŠD Branik official website. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  5. STA (18 September 2015). "Mariborska košarka pred novimi izzivi" [Maribor basketball faces new challenges] (in Slovenian). Ekipa24. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  6. www.maribor.si. "Športna dvorana Lukna" [Lukna Sports Hall] (in Slovenian). City of Maribor official website. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

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