OKK Spars Sarajevo

OKK Spars Sarajevo
Leagues	Bosnian League Bosnian Cup
Founded	2005
Arena	Skenderija
Location	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Team colors	Blue, White, Orange
President	Nihad Selimović
Head coach	Mensur Bajramović
Ownership	Nihad Selimović
Championships	1 A1 Liga (2013)
Website	kkspars.com

OKK Spars Sarajevo is a Bosnian professional basketball team from Sarajevo. They currently compete in the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club is owned and run by Dr. Nihad Selimović.^[1][2]

History

The club was founded in 2005 and competed in lower ranking divisions until joining the Division II A1 Liga in 2011–12. After winning the Bosnian A1 League in 2012–13, they were promoted to the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the 2013–14 season.

Current roster

OKK Spars Sarajevo roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PF TBD Bajramović, Kenan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 34 – 24 May 1981 PG TBD Zahiragić, Adi 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 21 – 24 February 1995 PG TBD Brown, Troran 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 26 – 20 May 1989 SG TBD Gegić, Amar 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 18 – 14 February 1998 PG TBD Čampara, Sani 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 17 – 3 March 1999 SG TBD Bilić, Armin 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – 11 January 1994 SG TBD Peršić, Dalibor 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 30 – 28 May 1985 PF TBD Gajić, Nikola 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 24 – 15 July 1991 PG TBD Hodžić, Dino 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – 10 August 1990 PF TBD Mičić, Đorđe 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – 27 July 1993 C TBD Manjagafić, Fahrudin 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 19 – 21 January 1997 PF TBD Glogovac, Stefan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 21 – 13 June 1994 C TBD Bašić, Refik 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) 20 – 5 October 1995 C TBD Pirić, Alija 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 18 – 12 May 1997 G/F TBD Atić, Edin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 19 – 19 January 1997	Head coach Mensur Bajramović Assistant coach(es) Srđan Stanić Strength & conditioning coach(es) Azur Sakić Physiotherapist(s) Nedžad Vrabac Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 6 December 2014

Youth team

The club's youth team competes in the Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament. In the 2014–15 edition, Spars were invited to play in Madrid for the tournament's final stage.

References

1. Basketball business: OKK Spars owner Nihad Selimovic asked Serbia to steal Djoko Salic?
2. Razgovor sa dr. Nihadom Selimovićem (Bosnian)

External links

• Team profile at Eurobasket.com