KK Metalac Valjevo
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| Leagues |
Adriatic League KLS | ||
| Founded | March 24, 1948 | ||
| Arena |
Valjevo Sports Hall (capacity 2,500) | ||
| Location | Valjevo, Serbia | ||
| Team colors |
Red and White | ||
| Head coach | Vladimir Đokić | ||
| Website | kkmetalac.org.rs | ||
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KK Metalac Valjevo (Serbian Cyrillic: КК Металац Ваљево) is a professional basketball club from Valjevo, Serbia, currently participating in the Adriatic League[1] and the KLS.
History
Metalac was established on 24 March 1948 as KK Budućnost Valjevo. Six days later, the club played its first official game in Čačak against Borac and lost 69:19. In a relatively short period of time, they managed to qualify for a higher level of competition, entering the South Group of a then minor Serbian League under the new name Metalac in 1954. Due to financial problems in 1960, the club had to leave all competitions and restart from scratch again a year after.
In 1973 Metalac managed to qualify for the First Yugoslav Federal League by beating Mladost Zemun in the last round of the competition, gaining decisive advantage over Vojvodina Novi Sad. Metalac spent six consecutive seasons in the First League and managed to beat at least once all the big clubs of Yugoslav basketball in that period. They played their last game in Yugoslav First Federal League on 31 March 1979 against Jugoplastika in Split.
During the last couple of years, professional basketball in Valjevo is on the rise again. Metalac qualified for the top level of club competition in Serbia in 2007/08 and since then managed to progress to the Basketball League of Serbia Superleague phase five times. They have constantly been a serious contender for a spot in the Adriatic League over the past few seasons and finally became part of it in 2014/15 after Radnički Kragujevac opted out because of financial instability.
Players
Current roster
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
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| C | Đorđe Majstorović | Nemanja Todorović | ||
| PF | Nikola Jevtović | Tomislav Gabrić | Ljubomir Čampara | |
| SF | Marko Jošilo | Petar Rakićević | Aleksa Popović | |
| SG | Dušan Kutlešić | Brano Đukanović | ||
| PG | Jovan Novak | Nikola Kočović | Pavle Badovinac |
Notable former players
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Vukašin Aleksić - Aleksandar Avlijaš
- Stefan Balmazović
- Stefan Birčević
- Zlatko Bolić
- Petar Božić
- Duško Bunić
- Marko Čakarević
- Vladimir Đokić
- Vuksan Gagović
- Mile Ilić
- Aleksandar Ivković
- Branko Jereminov
- Vojislav Kecojević
- Branko Kovačević
- Zoran Kovačević
- Dragan Kruščić
- Marko Ljubičić
- Aleksandar Mitrović
- Petar Popović
- Stefan Sinovec
- Jovan Teodosić
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Zoran Marković -
Kimani Ffriend -
Bojan Bakić - Vladimir Dašić
- Rajko Kljajević
- Ivan Maraš
- Radomir Marojević
- Slavko Vraneš
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Harry Ezenibe -
Reggie Freeman - Ashton Mitchell
- Renaldo Woolridge
References
- ↑ "Metalac received the ABA League wild card". abaliga.com. ABA Liga. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
External links
- Official website (Serbian)
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