ŽKK Crvena zvezda

ŽKK Crvena zvezda
Nickname	Zvezda (The Star) Crveno-bele (Red and Whites)
Leagues	Serbian League MŽRKL
Founded	1945
Arena	Basket city Hall (capacity: 1.600)
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Team colors	Red and White
President	Branko Jocić
Head coach	Dragan Vuković
Championships	1 Women's European Champions Cup 28 National Championships 10 National Cups
Uniforms
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Ženski košarkaški klub Crvena zvezda (Serbian Cyrillic: Женски кошаркашки клуб Црвена звезда, English: Women's Basketball Club Red Star) is a Serbian women's basketball team from Belgrade representing the Red Star SS in the Serbian League and international competitions. Founded in 1945, it was an original section of the club. It currently competes in the Serbian League and Adriatic League Women.

History

Red Star was the major powerhouse in the early stages of the Yugoslav Championship, winning 15 championships in a row between 1945 and 1960.^[1] In 1958 it was the first team to represent Yugoslavia in the newly founded European Cup, reaching the tournament's semifinals.^[2]

The team wasn't able to win the national championship between 1964 and 1975, but it emerged in the second half of the 1970s winning six national titles in a row. In 1979 it achieved its greatest success by winning the European Cup beating BSE Budapest in the final by 97-62. This remains as of 2011 the highest scoring in a European Cup / Euroleague final. Red Star was the first of only two teams from Yugoslavia to win the competition.^[3]

Red Star again reached the European Cup's final in 1981, losing this time to Daugava Riga. The following years were less successful, and the team had to wait to 1990 to return to the competition, marking its seventh appearance in the semifinals.

During the Yugoslav Wars Red Star was disqualified from the 1993 Euroleague in accordance with the UNSC Resolution 757. The team returned to European competition in 1996 through the second tier Ronchetti Cup. It has since appeared in the Ronchetti Cup and its successor the Eurocup in 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2009, with modest results.

Honours

Domestic

National Championships – 28

• Yugoslav Women's Basketball League:
  • Winners (25) : 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1992
  • Runners-up (11) : 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1987, 1991
• First Women's Basketball League of Serbia:
  • Winners (3) : 1993, 1996, 2004
  • Runners-up (6) : 1994, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008

National Cups – 10

• Yugoslav Women's Basketball Cup:
  • Winners (6) : 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1992
  • Runners-up (6) : 1975, 1977, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1991
• Milan Ciga Vasojević Cup:
  • Winners (4) : 1994, 1995, 2003, 2004
  • Runners-up (4) : 1993, 2001, 2008, 2009

International

International titles – 1

• Women's European Champions Cup:
  • Winners (1) : 1979
  • Runners-up (1) : 1981
• Semi-Finalists (5) : 1959, 1964, 1978, 1980, 1990.
• European Cup Liliana Ronchetti :
• Semi -Finalists (2) : 1973, 1975.
• Adriatic League Women:
  • Runners-up (1) : 2014

Current roster

• Guards
  • [1.78] Nataša Đorđević
  • [1.64] Olivera Gapić
  • [1.70] Dejana Ivanišević
  • [1.68] Julijana Kančević
  • [1.74] Ljiljana Tomašević
• Guards
  • [1.74] Tijana Dijan
  • [1.68] Aleksandra Stanačev
• Forwards
  • [1.75] Ana Čučukov
  • [1.82] Tamara Karadžić
  • [1.81] Ana Nikšić
  • [1.78] Selena Pavlović
  • [1.80] Marina Radović
• Centers
  • [1.87] Aleksandra Crvendakić
  • [1.87] Mirjana Jovičić
  • [1.90] Jovana Karakašević
  • [1.86] Marija Radović

Notable former players

• Snežana Zorić
• Vukica Mitić - Pljakić
• Sofija Pekić
• Anđelija Arbutina - Šarenac
• Olivera Krivokapić
• Zagorka Počeković - Čupahin
• Miljana Bojović
• Sonja Petrović
• Milica Dabović
• Sonja Mladenović
• Gordana Bogojević - Kovačević
• Ivanka Matić
• Ljubica Otašević
• Biljana Marković
• Jasmina Milosavljević
• Zorica Đurković
• Spomenka Mrđenović
• Vesna Kovačević
• Gordana Vukmirović
• Natalija Bacanović
• Anđa Vukmirović
• Jasmina Kalić
• Dragana Pandurov
• Bojana Vulić
• Mirjana Beronja
• Milica Deura
• Milka Bjelica
• Lara Mandić
• Aleksandra Crvendakić
• Nataša Kovačević
• Katarina Lazić - Tomić
• Nina Bjedov
• Jovana Karakašević
• Ivana Grubor
• Ana Joković
• Jelena Maksimović
• Dunja Prčić
• Jovana Popović

Aleksandra Dakic

Notable former coaches

• Milan Ciga Vasojević
• Strahinja Alagić
• Dragoljub Pljakić
• Zoran Tir
• Vladislav Lučić

See also

• KK Crvena zvezda
• SD Crvena zvezda

References

External links

• ŽKK Crvena zvezda - Fan page at facebook.com
• ŽKK Crvena zvezda at fibaeurope.com
• ŽKK Crvena zvezda at eurobasket.com
• ŽKK Crvena zvezda on srbijasport.net
• ŽKK Crvena zvezda on kosarka24.rs
• ŽKK Crvena zvezda at mzrkl.org