Helios Suns

The Helios Suns are a men's professional basketball club based in Domžale, Slovenia. The club competes in the Slovenian First League and the ABA League Second Division. They have won the national league in the 2006–07 and 2015–16 seasons. Since 1981, their main sponsor is local chemical company Helios.^[1] Their home arena is Komunalni center Hall.

Helios Suns
Nickname	Barvarji (The Painters)
Leagues	Slovenian League ABA League Second Division
Founded	1949; 74 years ago (1949)
Arena	Komunalni center Hall
Capacity	2,500
Location	Domžale, Slovenia
Team colors	Blue, Orange, White
Main sponsor	Helios d.o.o
President	Gunther Vesko
General manager	Matevž Zupančič
Head coach	Dejan Jakara
Championships	2 Slovenian Leagues 1 Slovenian Cup 1 Alpe Adria Cup
Website	helios-suns.si
Home Away

History

In August 2014, the team changed its name from KK Helios Domžale to Helios Suns.^[2]

Players

Main page: Category:Helios Suns players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Helios Suns roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 1   Luke, Austin 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1994-10-27)27 October 1994 SG 4   Ferme, Tadej 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 31 – (1991-10-17)17 October 1991 SG 5   Babič, Jan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 18 – (2004-03-26)26 March 2004 SG 6   Zemljič, Jan 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 18 – (2004-10-14)14 October 2004 F 7   Mirtič, Tibor 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 20 – (2003-02-05)5 February 2003 C 8   Buljević, Lovro 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 24 – (1998-08-12)12 August 1998 SG 9   Zulić, Alen 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 18 – (2004-06-21)21 June 2004 F 10   Oman, Urban 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (1998-12-02)2 December 1998 PF 11   Tunstall, Dennis 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1997-02-03)3 February 1997 C 13   Kočan, Adi 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 18 – (2004-09-11)11 September 2004 C 15   Mivšek, Miha 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 18 – (2004-02-28)28 February 2004 PG 17   Bačvić, Niko 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1997-09-23)23 September 1997 F 21   Mahkovic, Blaž 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 32 – (1990-03-21)21 March 1990 PF 31   Sirc, Lenart 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 19 – (2003-12-17)17 December 2003	Head coach   Dejan Jakara Assistant coach(es)   Grega Nachbar Strength & conditioning coach(es)   Gašper Šoln Physiotherapist(s)   Dragan Narić Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster Updated: 23 September 2022

Head coaches

The following is a list of head coaches since 2005:

•   Memi Bečirović, July 2005 – June 2007
•   Zoran Martič, June 2007 – June 2008
•   Rade Mijanović, June 2008 – December 2008
•   Radovan Trifunović, December 2008 – February 2010
•   Ivan Sunara, February 2010 – May 2010
•   Radovan Trifunović, June 2010 – June 2011
•   Zmago Sagadin, June 2011 – May 2014
•   Gregor Hafnar, June 2014 – January 2015
•   Gašper Okorn, January 2015 – December 2015
•   Jakša Vulić, December 2015 – January 2017
•   Dejan Čikić, January 2017 – May 2017
•   Jovan Beader, May 2017 – November 2018
•   Dejan Jakara, November 2018 – present

Honours

League

• Slovenian First League

Winners: 2006–07, 2015–16

Runners-up: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2021–22

Cup

• Slovenian Cup

Winners: 2007

Runners-up: 2008, 2011, 2013, 2022, 2023

• Slovenian Supercup

Runners-up: 2007, 2008, 2016, 2022

Regional

• Alpe Adria Cup

Winners: 2015–16

Runners-up: 2016–17

European matches

All results (home and away) list Helios Suns's score tally first.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1992–93	Korać Cup	First round	Hiefenech Telekurs	95–68	108–77
		Second round	Avtodor	55–69	85–87
1993–94	Korać Cup	First round	Leuven ABB	84–84	78–89
1994–95	Korać Cup	First round	USK Erpet Praha	77–100	75–106
1997–98	Korać Cup	Group stage (Group M)	Maccabi Rishon	67–74	72–91
			Aeroporti	60–71	52–80
			Vojvodina	65–68	73–78
1998–99	Korać Cup	First round	Sloboda Dita	64–70	68–75
2010–11	EuroChallenge	Qualifying	BK Prostějov	62–70	69–84
2015–16	FIBA Europe Cup	Group stage (Group I)	Ventspils	72–81	62–67
			Pieno žvaigždės	71–80	77–86
			PGE Turów	50–58	97–86
2016–17	Champions League	Group stage (Group A)	Monaco	59–63	55–59
			Banvit	53–60	56–74
			ČEZ Nymburk	57–67	55–85
			Aris	54–62	54–72
			Fraport Skyliners	56–61	62–72
			Ironi Nahariya	60–69	61–76
			Bakken Bears	78–59	74–68

References

1. "Zgodovina" [History] (in Slovenian). Helios Suns. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
2. S. J. (20 August 2014). "Nov veter v Domžalah prinesel novo ime: Helios Suns" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 20 August 2014.

External links

• Official website (in Slovene)