KK Metalac Valjevo

Metalac Farmakom
Leagues	Adriatic League Basketball League of Serbia
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 Basketball League of Serbia.

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

KK Metalac Farmakom roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 4.0 !F 00 SRB ! Malešević, Nikola 70002020000000000002.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 700191000000000000091 kg (201 lb) 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1989-08-25)25 August 1989 1.5 !G 4 SRB ! Protić, Nemanja 70001820000000000001.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 700178000000000000078 kg (172 lb) 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1986-08-13)13 August 1986 5.5 !F/C 6 SRB ! Janković, Miloš 70002060000000000002.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 700197000000000000097 kg (214 lb) 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1994-06-28)28 June 1994 1.5 !G 7 MNE ! Bakić, Boris  70001930000000000001.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 700179000000000000079 kg (174 lb) 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1986-05-23)23 May 1986 2.5 !G/F 8 SRB ! Kutlešić, Dušan (C) 70001990000000000001.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1994-10-30)30 October 1994 1.5 !G 10 SRB ! Otašević, Nikola 70001840000000000001.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 700174000000000000074 kg (163 lb) 7001330000000000000♠33 – (1982-02-25)25 February 1982 5.5 !F/C 13 SRB ! Majstorović, Đorđe 70002080000000000002.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7002102000000000000102 kg (225 lb) 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-03-13)13 March 1990 5.5 !F/C 14 SRB ! Jevtović, Nikola 70002090000000000002.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 7002103000000000000103 kg (227 lb) 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1989-12-19)19 December 1989 2.5 !G/F 16 BIH ! Jošilo, Marko 70002000000000000002.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1992-10-16)16 October 1992 1.5 !G 19 SRB ! Ljubičić, Marko 70001950000000000001.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 700187000000000000087 kg (192 lb) 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1987-07-23)23 July 1987 2.5 !G/F 20 SRB ! Rakićević, Petar 70002040000000000002.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001190000000000000♠19 – (1995-06-04)4 June 1995 6.0 !C 33 MNE ! Vraneš, Slavko 70002299999999999992.30 m (7 ft 7 in) 7002134000000000000134 kg (295 lb) 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1983-01-30)30 January 1983 4.0 !F 34 SRB ! Todorović, Nemanja 70002060000000000002.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 700192000000000000092 kg (203 lb) 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1991-04-23)23 April 1991 2.5 !G/F 35 SRB ! Vuksanović, Luka 70002009999999999992.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1995-03-15)15 March 1995 2.5 !G/F 44 SRB ! Jeremić, Mladen 70001980000000000001.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 700188000000000000088 kg (194 lb) 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1988-01-09)9 January 1988	Head coach Vladimir Đokić Assistant coach(es) Milovan Teofilović Lazar Gojković Strength & conditioning coach(es) Saša Sević Physiotherapist(s) Đorđe Janković Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 24 March 2015

Depth chart

Notable former players

References

External links

• Official website (Serbian)