KK Žitko Basket

Žitko Basket
Žitko Basket
Leagues	Second League of Serbia
History	KK Žitko Basket;
Arena	Master Sport Center
Capacity	750
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Team colors	Blue, yellow ;

Košarkaški klub Žitko Basket (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Житко Баскет), commonly referred to as KK Žitko Basket, is a men's basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. They are currently competing in the Second Basketball League of Serbia.

History

The club got media attention in the mid-2010s due to the basketball development of Bogdan Bogdanović who played for their youth system before signed for Partizan in September 2010.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Also, the club got attention in 2020 due to a similarity of their logo with one from the Golden State Warriors. The club logo has the Ada Bridge silhouette.^[5]

In April 2021, the club won the First Regional League Central Division for the 2020–21 season and got promoted to the Second League of Serbia for the 2021–22 season.^[6]

Players

Head coaches

Dragan Jakovljević (2000–2013, 2014–2019)
Milan Stevanović (2021)
Marko Boras (2021–2022)
Nenad Karanović (2022–2023)
Marko Ljubojević (2023–present)

Season-by-season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	National Cup	Regional competitions	European competitions
2009–10	3	First Regional League	13	3–23	-	-	-
2010–11	3	First Regional League	10	10–16	-	-	-
2011–12	3	First Regional League	7	12–14	-	-	-
2012–13	3	First Regional League	11	8–18	-	-	-
2013–14	3	First Regional League	14	2–24	-	-	-
2014–15	3	First Regional League	9	10–16	-	-	-
2015–16	3	First Regional League	3	17–9	-	-	-
2016–17	3	First Regional League	9	11–15	-	-	-
2017-18	3	First Regional League	8	7–15	-	-	-
2018–19	3	First Regional League	8	7–13	-	-	-
2019–20	3	First Regional League	9	4–14	-	-	-
2020–21	3	First Regional League	1	24–2	-	-	-
2021–22	2	BLS Second League	11	10–12	-	-	-

Trophies and awards

Trophies

First Regional League, Center Division (3rd-tier)
- Winners (1): 2020–21

Notable players

Youth system

References

^ "Bogdan Bogdanović u Partizanu". b92.net. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
^ "The Mamba Mentality of Bogdan Bogdanovic". eurohoops.net. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
^ "Bogdanović nuđen Zvezdi, odbili ga kao netalentovanog!". vesti-online.com. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
^ "The other Bogdanovic, one of the pearls of the summer market". eurohopes.com. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
^ "Srpski Golden Stejt: Naš košarkaški klub postao hit društvenih mreža zbog novog grba". telegraf.rs. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
^ "KK Žitko Basket u 2MLS". ksb.rs. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

External links

Profile at srbijasport.net (in Serbian)
Profile at eurobasket.com
Profile at Belgrade Basketball Association

[1] "Bogdan Bogdanović u Partizanu". b92.net. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

[2] "The Mamba Mentality of Bogdan Bogdanovic". eurohoops.net. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

[3] "Bogdanović nuđen Zvezdi, odbili ga kao netalentovanog!". vesti-online.com. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

[4] "The other Bogdanovic, one of the pearls of the summer market". eurohopes.com. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

[5] "Srpski Golden Stejt: Naš košarkaški klub postao hit društvenih mreža zbog novog grba". telegraf.rs. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

[6] "KK Žitko Basket u 2MLS". ksb.rs. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

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