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KK Vršac

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{{short description|Basketball club in Vršac, Serbia}}

{{Infobox basketball club

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| leagues = Basketball League of Serbia

| founded = {{Start date and age|1946}}

| arena = Millennium Centar

| capacity = 5000

| location = Vršac, Serbia

| colors = Maroon, White
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| president = Kristian Serman

| coach = Lazar Spasić

| championships = 1 Adriatic League

| website = {{URL|https://www.kkvrsac.rs/|kkvrsac.rs}}

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Košarkaški klub Vršac Meridianbet ({{lang-sr-cyr|Кошаркашки клуб Вршац}} Меридианбет), commonly referred to as KK Vršac Meridianbet, is a men's professional basketball club based in Vršac, Serbia. They are currently competing in the Basketball League of Serbia. Their home arena is the Millennium Centar, with a capacity of 4,400.

Over the years, the club competed under different names, mostly after sponsor companies, carrying for an extended period of time the name of pharmaceutical company Hemofarm.

History

The club was founded in 1946 under the name KK Jedinstvo. From 1959 to 1967, the club competed under the name KK Mladost, when the name got changed to KK Inex Brixol due to sponsorship reasons. In the 1968–69 season, they won first place in the Vojvodina lower-league. In 1977, the club changed its name again, this time to KK Agropanonija. Four years later, in 1981, they again became champions of Vojvodina, which has won them the right to participate in the First B League, where they competed under the name KK Vršac. In 1989, Inex Hemofarm became principal sponsor and club changed its name to KK Inex.

=The Hemofarm years: 1992–2012=

Under the sponsorship of the Hemofarm Group since 1992, the club went from average participants of the lower leagues in Vojvodina to one of the leading clubs in the country. In the first season under the name of KK Hemofarm, they competed in the First League of Vojvodina and from year to year, went a step forward. In the 1995–96 season, team was led by Marin Sedlaček, a young and ambitious professional, who led the team to the higher league.

Hemofarm's top league status was achieved in the 1997–98 season, under the guidance of coach Slobodan Lukić. The first season among the elite kept their survival, but the following season, 1999–2000, they finished fourth in the standings, providing a first participation in Europe – in the Korać Cup. As newcomers to the competition, the 2000–01 season, led by coach Željko Lukajić, they reached the finals, where they were stopped by Spain's Unicaja Málaga, which was headed by Božidar Maljković. That same year, the team's quality was confirmed with placement at the National Cup final tournament, which was organized in Vršac for the first time, at the opening of the Millennium Centar.

In the 2001–02 season, they played the playoff semifinal of the national championship, where they were, this time, stopped by Budućnost after five dramatic games. In the next season, they played in the final of the National Cup, where they were defeated by FMP, and in the 2003–04 season, were also close to the title, playing National League finals against Partizan. The "Black and Whites" celebrated series victory in the fourth game of the playoffs, with the uncertain final basket by Vlado Šćepanović scored with the sound of sirens for the overall final series 3–1 win.

The 2004–05 season was the most successful in the club's history. As rookies, they won the regional Adriatic League. Hemofarm finished the regular season in first place in the standings, and at the Final Eight in Belgrade, they eliminated Bosna, FMP and Partizan in the final. That same season, Vršac was again hosting the final tournament of the National Cup, but Hemofarm lost to Budućnost in the first game. In the ULEB Cup, they reached the semifinals, where they were stopped by the Greek team Makedonikos.

In the 2005–06 season, they played once again in the ULEB Cup semifinals and took part in the Adriatic League Final Eight. In 2006–07, they played in the semifinals of the National Cup and the Adriatic League semifinals.

In the 2008–09 season, the team was taken over by Stevan Karadžić who led them to the semifinals in all competitions – Radivoj Korać Cup, Basketball League of Serbia, ABA League and Eurocup. Reaching the Eurocup Final Eight in Turin was a great success for Serbian basketball, especially as Hemofarm had the youngest team in the whole competition. In the first match of the tournament in Italy the "Pharmacists" have made another surprise, defeating favored Dynamo Moscow, but are uncertain in the semifinals in a precarious lost to Lietuvos rytas, which went on to win the competition.

In the middle of the 2011–12 season, Hemofarm Group stopped to finance the club after 20 years because of the financial crisis in the company. All of the players were informed that they are free to leave the club.{{cite news | url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/adriatic-league/34649/all-the-players-are-free-to-leave-hemofarm-vrsac.html | title=All the players are free to leave Hemofarm Vrsac | publisher=sportando.net | date=January 25, 2012 | access-date=September 12, 2012}}{{cite news | url=http://www.ballineurope.com/countries/serbia/financial-crisis-hemofarm-vrsac-adriatic-league-zeljko-lukjic-4649/ | title=Crisis at KK Hemofarm Vrsac: Coach resigns, sponsor pulls out, six players declared free agents | publisher=ballineurope.com | date=January 25, 2012 | access-date=September 12, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719071053/http://www.ballineurope.com/countries/serbia/financial-crisis-hemofarm-vrsac-adriatic-league-zeljko-lukjic-4649/ | archive-date=July 19, 2013 | url-status=dead }}

=KK Vršac (2012–present)=

In the summer of 2012, the club changed its name back to KK Vršac.

A few days after the end of the 2023/2024 season, on April 16, the club announced that it had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Meridianbet.

Sponsorship naming

The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

  • Hemofarm STADA (2007–2012)
  • Vršac Swisslion (2014–2016)
  • Vršac Meridianbet (2024 - )

Logos

File:Kkhemofarm.svg|1992–2012

File:Kkvrsac.png|2012–present

Players

{{see also|Category:KK Vršac players}}

=Current roster=

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{{player3|num=0 |nat= SRB|first= Nikola |last= Radovanović|pos= SG|m= 1.95 |kgs=|year= 2001 |month= 5 |date= 29 |dab=basketball, born 2001}}

{{player3|num=2 |nat= SRB|first= Ognjen |last= Mićović |pos= PG|m= 1.87 |kgs=|year= 2000 |month= 3 |date= 10}}

{{player3|num=4 |nat= SRB|first= Marko |last= Dukić |pos= PG|m= 1.90 |kgs=|year= 2001 |month= 12|date= 9}}

{{player3|num=6 |nat= SER|first= Luka |last= Jovanović |pos= F |m= 2.03 |kgs=|year= 2000 |month= 6 |date= 4 }}

{{player3|num=8 |nat= SRB|first= Slobodan |last= Jovanović |pos= PG|m= 1.93 |kgs=|year= 1997 |month= 2 |date= 19 |dab=basketball}}

{{player3|num=9 |nat= SRB|first= Stegan |last= Agoč |pos= F|m= 2.01 |kgs=|year= 2002 |month= 5 |date= 27}}

{{player3|num=13|nat= SLO|first= Žiga |last= Jurček |pos= SG|m= 1.96 |kgs=|year= 1998 |month= 4 |date= 22 }}

{{player3|num=15|nat= SRB|first= Toma |last= Vasiljević |pos= F |m= 2.05 |kgs=|year= 2000 |month= 10|date= 7 }}

{{player3|num=16|nat= SRB|first= David |last= Tomić |pos= SF|m= 1.98 |kgs=|year= 2004 |month= 7 |date= 14| dab=basketball}}

{{player3|num=17|nat= SRB|first= Miloš |last= Dimić |pos= SG|m= 1.94 |kgs=|year= 1989 |month= 10|date= 17}}

{{player3|num=22|nat= SRB|first= Andrija |last= Milić |pos= PG|m= 1.82 |kgs=|year= 2002 |month= 9 |date= 2}}

{{player3|num=31|nat= SRB|first= Bratislav|last= Jeković |pos= FC|m= 2.02 |kgs=|year= 1996 |month= 8 |date= 31}}

{{player3|num=67|nat= SRB|first= Mateja |last= Majstorović|pos= SG|m= 1.88 |kgs=|year= 2003 |month= 8 |date= 4}}

{{player3|num=77|nat= SRB|first= Miloš |last= Nikolić |pos= PG|m= 1.86 |kgs=|year= 1996 |month= 10|date= 17 | dab=basketball }}

{{player3|num=88|nat= SRB|first= Dušan |last= Juzbašić |pos= C |m= 2.07 |kgs=|year= 1998 |month= 6 |date= 8 }}

{{player3|num= |nat= SRB|first= Stefan |last= Simić |pos= SG|m= 1.96 |kgs=|year= 1996 |month= 1 |date= 3 |dab=basketball}}

{{player3|num= |nat=SRB |first= Lazar |last= Vasić |pos=PG |m=1.91 |kgs=|year= 2001|month= 1 |date= 3 |note=L}}

{{player3|num= |nat=SRB |first= Matija |last= Radović |pos=SG |m=2.01 |kgs=|year= 1998|month= 4 |date= 25}}

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=Players on the [[NBA draft]]=

{{also|List of NBA drafted players from Serbia}}

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! Position

! Player

! Year

! Round

! Pick

! Drafted by

C

|{{#invoke:flag|icon|FR Yugoslavia}} Darko Miličić

|2003

|1st round

|2nd

|Detroit Pistons

Coaches

{{see also|Category:KK Hemofarm coaches|Category:KK Vršac coaches}}

{{columns-start|num=2}}

;Hemofarm (1992–2012)

{{Expand list|date=April 2018}}

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;Vršac (2012–present)

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Season-by-season

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center"

!Season

!Tier

!Division

!Pos.

!Postseason

!{{Tooltip|W–L|Wins-Losses}}

!National Cup

!colspan=3|Adriatic competitions

!colspan=3|European competitions

colspan="13" class="unsortable" align="center" style="border:2px solid silver; background-color:#F58233;color:#FFFFFF;" | Hemofarm
bgcolor=#efefef|1996–97

| 2

align=left| YUBA B League

| 5

| —

| 20–14

| N/A

| colspan=3 rowspan=5 |

| colspan=3| —

bgcolor=#efefef|1997–98

| 2

align=left| YUBA B League

| bgcolor=gold |{{Tooltip|C|Champions}}

| —

| N/A

| N/A

| colspan=3| —

bgcolor=#efefef|1998–99

| 1

align=left| YUBA League

| 10

| Not held

| 7–15

| N/A

| colspan=3| —

bgcolor=#efefef|1999–00

| 1

align=left| YUBA League

| bgcolor=#D0F0C0| 4

| bgcolor=#cc9966 | Semifinalist

| 15–12

| N/A

| colspan=3| —

bgcolor=#efefef|2000–01

| 1

align=left| YUBA League

| bgcolor=#D0F0C0|6

| bgcolor=#cc9966 | Semifinalist

| 12–15

| align=left bgcolor=#D0F0C0 | Quarterfinalist

| align=left|3 Korać Cup

bgcolor=silver | {{Tooltip|2nd|Runners up}}11–5
bgcolor=#efefef|2001–02

| 1

align=left| YUBA League

| bgcolor=#D0F0C0| 4

| bgcolor=#cc9966 | Semifinalist

| 17–13

| N/A

| colspan=3| —

| align=left|3 Korać Cup

{{Tooltip|T16|Top 16}}5–5
bgcolor=#efefef|2002–03

| 1

align=left| YUBA League

| bgcolor=#D0F0C0| 5

| bgcolor=#D0F0C0|Quarterfinalist

| 15–10

| align=left bgcolor=silver|Runners up

| colspan=3| —

| align=left|4 Champions Cup

bgcolor=cc9966 | 4th14–5
bgcolor=#efefef|2003–04

| 1

align=left| BLSM First League

| bgcolor=#D0F0C0| 2

| bgcolor=silver | Runners up

| 31–11

| align=left bgcolor=#D0F0C0|Quarterfinalist

| colspan=3| —

| align=left|3 Europe League

bgcolor=#D0F0C0|{{Tooltip|QF|Quarterfinalist}}11–6
bgcolor=#efefef|2004–05

| 1

align=left| BLSM Super League

| bgcolor=#D0F0C0| 2

| bgcolor=silver | Runners up

| 14–6

| align=left bgcolor=#D0F0C0|Quarterfinalist

| align=left| ABA League

bgcolor=gold |{{Tooltip|C|Champions}}25–8

| align=left|2 ULEB Cup

bgcolor=cc9966 | {{Tooltip|SF|Semifinalist}}9–7
bgcolor=#efefef|2005–06

| 1

align=left| BLSM Super League

| B3

| —

| 6–4

| align=left bgcolor=silver|Runners up

| align=left| ABA League

bgcolor=cc9966 |{{Tooltip|SF|Semifinalist}}17–11

| align=left|2 ULEB Cup

bgcolor=cc9966 | {{Tooltip|SF|Semifinalist}}12–4
bgcolor=#efefef| 2006–07

| 1

align=left| BLS Super League

| bgcolor=#D0F0C0 |1

| bgcolor=#cc9966 | Semifinalist

| 12–4

| align=left bgcolor=#cc9966 |Semifinalist

| align=left|ABA League

bgcolor=cc9966 | {{Tooltip|SF|Semifinalist}}18–10

| align=left|2 ULEB Cup

{{Tooltip|T16|Top 16}}6–6
bgcolor=#efefef| 2007–08

| 1

align=left| BLS Super League

| bgcolor=#D0F0C0 |3

| bgcolor=silver| Runners up

| 12–9

| align=left bgcolor=silver| Runners up

| align=left|ABA League

bgcolor=silver | {{Tooltip|2nd|Runners up}}19–12

| align=left|2 ULEB Cup

{{Tooltip|T16|Top 16}}7–7
bgcolor=#efefef| 2008–09

| 1

align=left| BLS Super League

| bgcolor=#D0F0C0 |B2

| bgcolor=#cc9966 | Semifinalist

| 6–4

| align=left bgcolor=#cc9966 |Semifinalist

| align=left|ABA League

bgcolor=cc9966 | {{Tooltip|SF|Semifinalist}}19–8

| align=left|2 Eurocup

bgcolor=cc9966 | {{Tooltip|SF|Semifinalist}}5–3
bgcolor=#efefef| 2009–10

| 1

align=left| BLS Super League

| bgcolor=#D0F0C0 |2

| bgcolor=silver| Runners up

| 14–5

| align=left bgcolor=#cc9966 | Semifinalist

| align=left|ABA League

bgcolor=cc9966 | {{Tooltip|SF|Semifinalist}}17–10

| align=left|2 Eurocup

{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}1–5
bgcolor=#efefef| 2010–11

| 1

align=left| BLS Super League

| bgcolor=#D0F0C0 |2

| bgcolor=silver| Runners up

| 12–8

| align=left bgcolor=#D0F0C0| Quarterfinalist

| align=left|ABA League

614–12

| align=left|2 Eurocup

{{Tooltip|T16|Top 16}}5–7
bgcolor=#efefef| 2011–12

| 1

align=left| BLS Super League

| 8

| —

| 4–10

| align=left bgcolor=#cc9966 |Semifinalist

| align=left|ABA League

127–19

| colspan=3| —

colspan="13" class="unsortable" align="center" style="border:2px solid silver; background-color:#B22222;color:#FFFFFF;" | Vršac
bgcolor=#efefef| 2012–13

| 1

align=left| BLS First League

| 6

| —

| 14–12

| align=left bgcolor=#D0F0C0 |Quarterfinalist

| colspan=3| —

| colspan=3| —

bgcolor=#efefef| 2013–14

| 1

align=left| BLS First League

| 7

| —

| 13–13

| —

| colspan=3| —

| colspan=3|—

bgcolor=#efefef| 2014–15

| 1

align=left| BLS First League

| 5

| —

| 13–9

| align=left bgcolor=#cc9966 |Semifinalist

| colspan=3| —

| colspan=3|—

bgcolor=#efefef| 2015–16

| 1

align=left| BLS First League

| 10

| —

| 11–15

| —

| colspan=3| —

| colspan=3| —

bgcolor=#efefef| 2016–17

| 1

align=left| BLS First League

| align=center bgcolor=#D0F0C0|1

| {{Tooltip|SL|SuperLeague}} 7th

| 25–15

| align=left bgcolor=#D0F0C0 |Quarterfinalist

| colspan=3| —

| colspan=3| —

bgcolor=#efefef| 2017–18

| 1

align=left| BLS First League

| align=center bgcolor=#D0F0C0|3

| align=center bgcolor=#D0F0C0|Quarterfinalist

| 20–18

| —

| ABA 2nd League

bgcolor=cc9966 | {{Tooltip|SF|Semifinalist}}18–8

| colspan=3| —

bgcolor=#efefef| 2018–19

| 1

align=left| BLS First League

| 9

| —

| 11–15

| —

| ABA 2nd League

bgcolor=#ffdddd|121–21

| colspan=3| —

bgcolor=#efefef| 2019–20

| 1

align=left| BLS First League

| 12

| {{Tooltip|Abd|Abandoned season}}

| 9–17

| —

| colspan=3| —

| colspan=3| —

bgcolor=#efefef| 2020–21

| 1

align=left| BLS First League

| 6

| —

| 15–15

| —

| colspan=3| —

| colspan=3| —

bgcolor=#efefef| 2021–22

| 1

align=left| BLS First League

| 11

| —

| 14–16

| —

| colspan=3| —

| colspan=3| —

Trophies and awards

=Trophies=

Notable players

{{see also|Category:KK Hemofarm players}}

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International record

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!Season

!style="width:120px;"|Achievement

!Notes

colspan="4" bgcolor=#EFEFEF|EuroCup
align="center"| 2008–09

|align="center"|Semifinals

|align="left"| Eliminated by Lietuvos rytas, 68–73

align="center"| 2005–06

|align="center"|Semifinals

|align="left"| Eliminated by Aris TT Bank, 151–153 (1–1)

align="center"| 2004–05

|align="center"|Semifinals

|align="left"| Eliminated by Makedonikos, 172–180 (1–1)

align="center"|2007–08

|align="center"|Top 16

|align="left"| Eliminated by Akasvayu Girona, 133–156 (0–2)

align="center"|2006–07

|align="center"|Top 16

|align="left"| Eliminated by UNICS, 137–185 (0–2)

align="center"|2010–11

|align="center"|Top 16

|align="left"| 4th in Group K with Asefa Estudiantes, Pepsi Caserta, Galatasaray Café Crown, and ČEZ Nymburk (2–4)

align="center"|2009–10

|align="center"|Regular season

|align="left"| 4th in Group B with Power Electronics Valencia, Le Mans, and Triumph Lyubertsy (1–5)

colspan="4" bgcolor=#EFEFEF | FIBA EuroChallenge
align="center" | 2003–04

| align="center" |Quarter-finals

| align="left" | Eliminated by UNICS, 1–2

colspan="4" bgcolor=#EFEFEF | FIBA Korać Cup
align="center" | 2000–01

| align="center" style="background:silver;" |Runners-up

| align="left" | Eliminated by Unicaja, 116–148 (0–2)

align="center" | 2001–02

| align="center" |Round of 16

| align="left" | Eliminated by Maroussi Telestet, 140–156 (0–2)

colspan="4" bgcolor=#EFEFEF | FIBA EuroCup Challenge
align="center" | 2002–03

| align="center" |3rd place game

| align="left" | Eliminated by Ventspils, 90–91

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See also

References

External links

  • {{official website|http://www.kkvrsac.rs/}} {{in lang|sr}}

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