KK Spartak Subotica

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see ŽKK Spartak Subotica.

Muški košarkaški klub Spartak (Serbian Cyrillic: Мушки кошаркашки клуб Спартак), commonly referred to as MKK Spartak Subotica or Spartak Office Shoes due to sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball club based in Subotica, Serbia. They are currently competing in the top-tier Basketball League of Serbia.

Spartak Office Shoes
Leagues	Basketball League of Serbia
Founded	21 April 1945; 77 years ago (1945-04-21)
History	KK Spartak 1945–present
Arena	Dudova Šuma Hall
Capacity	2,000
Location	Subotica, Serbia
Team colors	Blue, White
Website	mkkspartak.rs

History

 

Former logo of Spartak

The club was founded in 1945 and was named after Jovan Mikić Spartak, an Olympic athlete from Subotica, who was killed in 1944.

After finishing at the 7th place in the canceled 2019–20 season of the Second League of Serbia (2nd-tier), the club failed to fulfill the League requirements and got relegated to the 4th-tier Second Regional League for the 2020–21 season.^[1][2]

In August 2021, the Basketball Federation of Serbia confirmed a disaffiliation of Fair Play and their merge into Spartak. The club took the Fair Play's spot for the 2021–22 Second Serbian League season.^[3][4]

Sponsorship naming

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

• Sinalco Spartak (2003–2007)
• Spartak Office Shoes (2021–present)

Players

See also: Category:KK Spartak Subotica players

Current roster

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

Spartak Office Shoes roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age 1   Janković, Mihailo 17 – (2005-11-18)18 November 2005 3   Burda, Martin 17 – (2005-02-24)24 February 2005 F 5   Dodić, Stojan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (1998-06-26)26 June 1998 PF 6   Prlja, Predrag (C) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1998-08-14)14 August 1998 G 7   Sokolović, Aleksandar 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 – (1993-07-08)8 July 1993 SG 11   Dmitrović, Vuk 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 21 – (2001-11-20)20 November 2001 12   Kojić, Borivoj 17 – (2005-05-25)25 May 2005 13   Radojčić, Vuk 17 – (2005-02-22)22 February 2005 C 14   Gazibegović, Vanja 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 24 – (1999-01-22)22 January 1999 F 23   Danilović, Alexandar Živojin 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1993-06-29)29 June 1993 G/F 88   Barna, Filip 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (1999-12-05)5 December 1999 PG –   Jugović, Aleksa 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 – (1995-03-30)30 March 1995 PG –   Hardy, Patrick 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 27 – (1995-06-04)4 June 1995 PG –   Ilkić, Aleksandar 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1996-02-05)5 February 1996 SF –   Nicholson, Kassim 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) PF –   Opoku, Nana 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Head coach   Srećko Sekulović Assistant coach(es)   Slobodan Agoč Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster Updated: August 3, 2022

Coaches

Main page: Category:KK Spartak Subotica coaches

•   Janko Lukovski (1986–1988)
•   Goran Miljković (1989–1993)
•   Goran Mijović (1993–1994)
•   Zoran Kovačević (1994)
•   Rajko Toroman (1995–1997)
•   Slobodan Lukić (1997)
•   Srećko Sekulović (1997–2000)
•   Radomir Kisić (2001–2002)
•   Jovica Antonić (2002)
•   Vojkan Benčić (2005–2006)
•   Vuk Stanimirović
•   Blagoja Ivić (2009–2010)
•   Mihajlo Mitić (2012–2013)
•   Filip Socek (2014–2015)
•   Dušan Alimpijević (2015–2017)
•   Aleksandar Jončevski (2017)
•   Nenad Čanak (2017)
•   Dragoljub Vidačić (2017–2018)
•   Slobodan Ljubotina (2018–2019)
•   Slobodan Bjelica (2019–2020)
•   Blagoja Ivić (2020)
•   Deni Katanić (2020–2021)
•   Filip Socek (2021)^[5]
•   Srećko Sekulović (2021–2022)^[5]
•   Oliver Kostić (2022–2023)
•   Željko Lukajić (2023–present)

Trophies and awards

Trophies

• Second League of Serbia (2nd-tier)
  • Winner (1): 2021–22
• Yugoslav Cup (defunct)
  • Runners-up (1): 1994–95

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

•   Vojkan Benčić
•   Nenad Čanak
•   Branko Cvetković
•   Vladimir Đokić
•   Marko Jagodić-Kuridža
•   Nikola Kalinić
•   Dejan Koturović
•   Dragan Lukovski
•   Danilo Mijatović
•   Oliver Popović
•   Petar Popović
•   Predrag Šuput
•   Kemal Karahodžić
•   Gracin Bakumanya

International record

Season	Achievement	Notes
FIBA Saporta Cup
1995–96	Second round	Eliminated by Bnei Herzliya, 155–156 (1–1)
1992–93	Second round	Eliminated by Dinamo București, 0–4 (0–2)
FIBA Korać Cup
1996–97	Round of 32	3rd in Group I with Telemarket Roma, Tofaş, and ZTE (3–3)
1997–98	Qualifying round	Eliminated by Cherno More, 168–186 (1–1)
1999–2000	Second round	Withdrew; Group M with Pinar Karşiyaka, Near East, and Slovan

References

1. "Košarka: Spartak izbačen iz Druge lige zbog dugovanja i niza administrativnih neregularnosti u radu Kluba". subotica.com. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
2. "Ogluke upravnog odbora KSS od 8.9.2020" (PDF). lige.kss.rs. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
3. "Aktuelno Odluke UO KSS od 27. Avgusta 2021. godine" (PDF). lige.kss.rs. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
4. "Niški klub od posebnog značaja postaje subotički - KSS odobrio Fer pleju pripajanje Spartaku". juznevesti.com. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
5. "Košarka: Smena trenera Spartaka posle drugog poraza u nizu, preuzima Srećko Sekulović". subotica.com. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

External links

• Official website
• KK Spartak Subotica at srbijasport.net
• KK Spartak Subotica at eurobasket.com