KK Lovćen

Basketball club Lovćen
Leagues	Montenegrin Basketball League
Founded	1947
History	1947 - present
Arena	Sportski centar Lovćen (capacity: 1,500)
Location	Cetinje, Montenegro
Team colors	Red, white
Main sponsor	Regal Impex GH
President	Blagota Radulović
Head coach	Mirko Proroković
Website	kklovcen.me
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KK Lovćen is a professional basketball club from Cetinje, Montenegro. The team currently competes in the Montenegrin Basketball League.^[1] During their history, Lovćen competed in First League of FR Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) Adriatic Basketball League, Balkan International Basketball League and in the FIBA Korać Cup.

History

In Cetinje basketball began to play after the end of World War II. Basketball Club Lovćen was created as a basketball section of Gymnastics Society from Cetinje.

Near the old football playground, in the city park, in 1947, the first basketball court was built in Cetinje.

First Lovćen participation in a competition was the third Championship of Montenegro, on June 1949 in Cetinje.

Since 1952, the Basketball Championship in Montenegro was organized in two parts: the competition in the zones and the final part. For many years, Lovcen competed in the middle zone and in the final tournament for the champions of Montenegro.

In the fifties of the last century, the reconstruction of the building "Military flat" was finished, and a large gymnasium hall for basketball and handball was made.

KK Lovcen, sezona 1974-75

Unique Montenegrian league was formed in 1970, and since then Lovcen is standard participant, where it was among the leading teams.

KK Lovcen, sezona 1995-96

After the earthquake, in 80s, new sports hall was built. Matches are still playing in it.

In 1983. Lovćen managed to be placed in the second division of the Yugoslavia and participated, with interruptions, until 1992.

From season 1992/93, Lovcen played in the first division of the FRY and achieved the greatest success in the second half of the nineties.

During the 1997, Lovcen was first launched in the quarterfinals of the final tournament, winning a sixth place and placement in the final tournament in 1998. As a result, club won first participation in European competition. In Korać Cup, Lovcen was playing with Italian Virtus, Slovenian Krka and Israeli Hapoel

The best major league standings, Lovcen achieved in 2001. when it won the fourth position.

In season 2003/04 Lovcen has performed in regional Adriatic league.

Lovcen was vice champion of the first championship of independent Montenegro (2006/07), and that same year it starred in the final Cup Montenegro.

The most successful season was 2009/10, when Lovćen placed in the final four regional Balkan League in Sofia. After the victory over Macedonia Feni Industries, Lovćen was defeated in the finals of the host - Levski.^[2]

Honours

KK Lovćen (sezona 2013/14)

• Montenegrin League

Runners-up (2): 2007, 2009

• Montenegrin Cup

Runners-up (1): 2011

• Balkan IBL

Runners-up (1): 2010

First League seasons

Country	Season	Placement	M	W	L	Note
	1992/93	9th	36	14	22
	1993/94	10th	32	14	18
	1994/95	4th	14	10	4
	1995/96	11th	36	15	21
	1996/97	8th	26	12	14	Playoffs QF: Lovćen - Partizan 0:2
	1997/98	6th	26	14	12	Playoffs QF: Lovćen - Crvena zvezda 0:2
	1998/99	9th	22	9	13
	1999/00	9th	22	8	14
	2000/01	4th	22	13	9	Playoffs QF: Lovćen - Zdravlje 2:0, SF: Lovćen - Budućnost 0:3
	2001/02	5th	22	12	10	Playoffs QF: Lovćen - Hemofarm 1:2
	2002/03	6th	22	9	13	Playoffs QF: Lovćen - Crvena zvezda 0:2
	2003/04	8th	14	0	14
	2004/05	13th	26	7	19
	2006/07	2nd	28	21	7	Playoffs SF: Lovćen - Ulcinj 2:0, FIN: Lovćen - Budućnost 0:3
	2007/08	5th	28	14	14
	2008/09	7th	28	20	8
	2009/10	2nd	28	21	7	Playoffs SF: Lovćen - Mornar 2:1, FIN: Lovćen - Budućnost 0:3
	2010/11	3rd	28	19	9	Playoffs SF: Lovćen - Mornar 0:2
	2011/12	4th	28	16	12	Playoffs SF: Lovćen - Budućnost 0:2
	2012/13	6th	28	13	15
	2013/14	5th	28	18	10
	2014/15	9th	28	14	14
		OVERALL	572'	291	281	Championship Playoff games: 27 5-22

ABA League participation

KK Lovćen played one season in Adriatic Basketball League. Together with Budućnost Podgorica, Lovćen is the only team from Montenegro which ever participated in that regional basketball competition. Lovćen played in ABA League during the season 2003/04.

Lovćen results in ABA League 2003/04.

Date	City	Home	Guest	Result	Att
04/10/2003	Belgrade	Crvena zvezda	Lovćen	78:57	2,500
08/10/2003	Cetinje	Lovćen	Budućnost	80:77	2,200
12/10/2003	Split	Split CO	Lovćen	97:88	2,000
18/10/2003	Cetinje	Lovćen	Geoplin Slovan	72:65	1,800
25/10/2003	Banja Luka	Banjalučka pivara	Lovćen	102:97	3,000
28/10/2003	Cetinje	Lovćen	Geoplin Slovan	87:93	1,500
01/11/2003	Zadar	Zadar	Lovćen	97:83	2,000
08/11/2003	Cetinje	Lovćen	Reflex Železnik	71:69	1,500
16/11/2003	Laško	Pivovarna Laško	Lovćen	91:62	1,000
22/11/2003	Ljubljana	Union Olimpija	Lovćen	80:78	500
29/11/2003	Cetinje	Lovćen	Široki Brijeg	89:76	1,500
06/12/2003	Zagreb	Cibona	Lovćen	104:77	500
14/12/2003	Cetinje	Lovćen	Krka	56:72	1,300
20/12/2003	Cetinje	Lovćen	Crvena zvezda	84:88	2,000
03/01/2004	Podgorica	Budućnost	Lovćen	82:73	2,500
10/01/2004	Cetinje	Lovćen	Split CO	89:84	1,700
17/01/2004	Ljubljana	Geoplin Slovan	Lovćen	71:67	400
24/01/2004	Cetinje	Lovćen	Banjalučka pivara	81:91	1,300
31/01/2004	Ljubljana	Zagreb	Lovćen	98:83	700
07/02/2004	Cetinje	Lovćen	Zadar	82:97	1,500
14/02/2004	Beograd	Reflex Železnik	Lovćen	105:68	1,500
21/02/2004	Cetinje	Lovćen	Pivovarna Laško	79:83	1,000
29/02/2004	Cetinje	Lovćen	Union Olimpija	75:94	1,500
06/03/2004	Široki Brijeg	Široki Brijeg	Lovćen	90:74	500
13/03/2004	Cetinje	Lovćen	Cibona	76:84	2,000
20/03/2004	Novo Mesto	Krka	Lovćen	101:72	500

Roster

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KK Lovćen Cetinje roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SF 4 Knežević, Sreten 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – 15 February 1994 PG 5 Jovanović, Petar 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 35 – 9 April 1980 C 7 Petrić, Ratko 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 29 – 24 July 1986 SG 8 Tmušić, Mikaile 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – 6 January 1993 PG 9 Vukčević, Nikola 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 18 – 20 August 1997 SG 10 Đukanović, Milutin 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 24 – 20 July 1991 PF 11 Mlađen, Vladislav 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 18 – 7 December 1997 C 12 Milić, Aleksandar 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – 7 September 1993 PF 14 Vujović, Ivan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 17 – 16 January 1999 SF 15 Borilović, Nikola (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 – 9 May 1993 SF 24 Ševaljević, Filip 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 18 – 14 August 1997 PF 31 Knežević, Vasilije 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 20 – 14 January 1996 SG 33 Latković, Miloš 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 22 – 3 August 1993	Head coach Mirko Proroković Assistant coach(es) Petar Stojanović (assistant coach) Marko Perović (assistant coach) Filip Martinović (condition coach) Slavko Stanić (physiotherapist) Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: October 30, 2015

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Aleksandar Milić	Ratko Petrić	Ivan Vujović
PF	Sreten Knežević	Vasilije Knežević	Vladislav Mlađen
SF	Miloš Latković	Filip Ševaljević
SG	Milutin Đukanović	Mikaile Tmušić	Nikola Borilović
PG	Petar Jovanović	Nikola Vukčević

Sponsorships

• Official Sponsor – Regal Impex GH
• Official Shirt Sponsor – Interproduct
• Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer – daCapo
• Official Broadcaster – Radio Cetinje

Notable players

• Veselin Krivokapić
• Dejan Radonjić
• Nikola Vučurović
• Ivan Koljević
• Mašan Vrbica
• Bojan Dubljević
• Savo Đikanović
• Goran Jeretin
• Đuro Ostojić
• Nebojša Bogavac
• Vladimir Dragičević
• Ranko Stevović
• Ranko Čarapić
• Petar Popović
• Slobodan Tošić
• Bojan Pelkić

References

1. "KK Lovćen CKB". The-Sports.Org. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
2. http://www.kklovcen.me/?page_id=5

External links

• Official Website
• Team Profile at Eurobasket.com