KK Šentjur

KK Tajfun
Leagues	Liga Nova KBM
Founded	1969[1]
Arena	OŠ Hruševec Hall (League games) Golovec Hall (FIBA competitions)[2]
Location	Šentjur, Slovenia
Team colors
Main sponsor	Tajfun Planina d.o.o
President	Iztok Špan[2]
Head coach	Dejan Mihevc
Championships	1 Slovenian Championship 1 Slovenian Supercup
Website	kksentjur.net
Uniforms
Home Away

Košarkarski Klub Šentjur (English: Šentjur Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Šentjur or simply Šentjur, is a professional basketball team that is based in Šentjur, Slovenia. The team currently competes in the Premier A Slovenian League under the name Tajfun due to sponsorship reasons.

History

Club was founded in 1969 as a section of TVD Partizan.^[1] In the 2014–15 season, Šentjur won its first domestic title.^[1] Despite being ranked only fifth in the regular season, Šentjur upset Krka in the semifinals and beat Rogaška 3–1 in the finals.

Honours

League

• Slovenian First League:

Winners (1): 2014–15

Cup

• Slovenian Supercup:

Winners (1): 2015

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

KK Tajfun Šentjur roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age F 8 Sebič, Milan (C) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 29 – 9 September 1986 F 11 Držić, Ivan 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 32 – 29 April 1983 SG 12 Čebular, Sandi 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 29 – 24 June 1986 F 13 Germek, Sebastjan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 29 – 20 May 1986 C 15 Zimić, Emir 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) 123 kg (271 lb) 29 – 4 June 1986 PG 21 Bratož, Domen 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 23 – 23 March 1993 PG 23 Clark III, Ceola 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 27 – 13 January 1989 G/F 24 Ponjavić, Aleksandar 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 25 – 3 March 1991 F/C 33 Bolčina, Tomaž 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 22 – 6 January 1994 SF 34 Parker, Jacob 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 22 – 9 July 1993 PF 43 Parks, Terell 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 24 – 25 July 1991 PF 4 Pajić, Marko 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 23 – 13 October 1992 PF 3 Tratnik, Igor 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 26 – 14 June 1989 G 5 Amar, Ejup 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 18 – 6 November 1997 G 7 Knez, Luka 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 17 – 29 June 1998 G 10 Debelak, Žiga 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 15 – 9 April 2000	Head coach Dejan Mihevc Assistant coach(es) Robi Ribežl Ožbej Stane Strength & conditioning coach(es) Matevž Koleša Physiotherapist(s) Mateja Horjak Mateja Volf Klemen Zdolšek Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 14 March 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Tomaž Bolčina	Emir Zimić
PF	Dragiša Drobnjak	Ivan Držić	Stanko Sebič
SF	Milan Sebič	Jacob Parker
SG	Sandi Čebular	Aleksandar Ponjavić
PG	Domen Bratož	Ceola Clark III	Aleksander Tomić

References

1. "Kratka zgodovine šentjurske košarke" [Short Sentjur basketball history] (in Slovenian). KK Šentjur official website. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
2. "Osnovni podatki o košarkarskem klubu Šentjur" [Basic info about Sentjur Basketball Club] (in Slovenian). KK Šentjur official website. Retrieved 28 February 2016.

External links

• Official website (Slovene)