KK Sutjeska Nikšić

KK Sutjeska
Nickname	Plavi
Leagues	Montenegrin League
Founded	1948
History	1948–present
Arena	Nikšić Sports Center (capacity: 3,000)
Location	Nikšić, Montenegro
Team colors	Blue and White
Championships	1 Montenegrin Cups
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KK Sutjeska is a professional basketball club from Nikšić, Montenegro. The team currently competes in the Montenegrin Basketball League. The club was the champion of the Montenegrin Basketball Cup in 2013.

History

KK Sutjeska was established in 1948. The first basic basketball elements given to the youth of Nikšić was brought by Vojislav Spasojević, a basketball coach from Belgrade. Immediately after the initiative was taken, Vule Vukalović joined the team's administrative team along with the help of international referee Dragan Jakšić—and a serious basketball team began to take form.

The first competition in which KK Sutjeska participated in was in 1950, in a Montenegro-wide championship held in Cetinje, where Sutjeska beat Jedinstvo 24-20.

In 1955, KK Sutjeska changed its name to "KK Nikšić". The name didn't last long—in 1957 the name was changed yet again, this time to "KK Partizan Nikšić". In 1962 the name was changed to "KK Mladost". That year in the regional championship of Montenegro, six teams competed and in the end it was actually KK Mladost who became champions—without a single lost match. The players that represented KK Mladost in 1962 included names such as Burić, Plamenac, Gvozdenović, Šturanović, Krstajić, Jovović, Zeković, Mijatović, Baletić, Filipovski, Vušurović i Nikolić.

In 1966 KK Mladost changed its name back to "KK Sutjeska", but in 1970 the name was changed again to "KK Partizan". Finally, in 1974, the team changed its name from Partizan to KK Sutjeska without taking away the Sutjeska name until 2003, when the club was known under a couple of names up until 2009. In 2009 the club was registered back to the traditional name of "KK Sutjeska".

2013: Champions of the Montenegrin Basketball Cup

On February 9, 2013, in the final match of the Montenegrin Basketball Cup, KK Sutjeska sensationally beat long-time rivals KK Budućnost Podgorica by the score of 64:55. It was the first time in the history of the competition since Montenegro's independence in 2006 that KK Budućnost didn't win a trophy.^[1]

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