KK Studentski centar

This article is about the basketball club in Montenegro. For other uses, see Derby.

Košarkaški klub Studentski centar (Abbr. KK Studentski centar), commonly referred to as SC Derby due to sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball club based in Podgorica, Montenegro. The club currently competes in the Montenegrin Basketball League and the ABA League.

SC Derby
Nickname	Studenti (Students)
Leagues	Prva A Liga ABA League
Founded	1997; 27 years ago (1997)
History	KK Studentski centar (1997–present)
Arena	Morača
Capacity	6,000
Location	Podgorica, Montenegro
Team colors	Blue and white
Main sponsor	Derby
President	Zoran Kojičić
General manager	Đuro Ostojić
Head coach	Dejan Jakara
Ownership	Dom učenika i studenata Podgorica
Championships	1 ABA League Supercup 1 ABA 2nd League
Website	kkstudentskicentar.me

SC Derby has won one ABA League Second Division (in 2021) and one ABA League Supercup (in 2023) in its history.

History

The club was founded in 1997 in Podgorica, Montenegro, then part of FR Yugoslavia. The club's founder is the Podgorica Student Dormitory.^[1]

In 2015, the club got promoted to the Montenegrin First A League for the 2015–16 season. In 2020, the club joined the Second Adriatic League for the 2020–21 season.^[2] The club was league affiliate of Budućnost VOLI.

On 31 August 2021, the club announced a change of their name to SC Derby due to sponsorship reasons.^[3]

On 20 September 2023, SC Derby won the ABA League Supercup after their upset win over Partizan in the final, 81-83. The game winner was hit by Borna Kapusta with 4.6 seconds left in the game.^[4]

Players

See also: Category:KK Studentski centar players

Current roster

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

SC Derby roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 0   Sudar, Vladimir 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2005-04-10)10 April 2005 SG 3   Bogavac, Luka 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 20 – (2003-09-20)20 September 2003 PG 4   Pavličević, Nikola (C) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 35 – (1988-08-13)13 August 1988 SG 6   Vučeljić, Zoran 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 20 – (2003-09-09)9 September 2003 F 8   Hadžibegović, Emir 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1996-08-24)24 August 1996 C 11   Baćović, Vasilije 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1996-05-11)11 May 1996 C 13   Ivišić, Tomislav 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) 20 – (2003-08-09)9 August 2003 SG 15   Dawkins, Aubrey 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1995-05-08)8 May 1995 C 20   Čičić, Maruan 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 17 – (2006-07-14)14 July 2006 G 22   Drobnjak, Igor 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2000-04-21)21 April 2000 SG 23   Drežnjak, Mateo 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (1999-03-08)8 March 1999 SG 24   Todorović, Vasilije 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2005-01-21)21 January 2005 SG 28   Goranović, Ilija 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 24 – (1999-08-05)5 August 1999 PG 44   Kapusta, Borna 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 27 – (1996-07-24)24 July 1996 PF/C 70   Mirković, David 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 18 – (2006-01-06)6 January 2006	Head coach   Dejan Jakara Assistant coach(es)   Goran Stevanović   Boro Stanišić   Duško Vujošević (consultant) Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster Updated: September 13, 2022

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Vasilije Baćović	Tomislav Ivišić	Maruan Čičić
PF	Emir Hadžibegović	David Mirković
SF	Aubrey Dawkins	Zoran Vučeljić	Vasilije Todorović
SG	Mateo Drežnjak	Luka Bogavac	Ilija Goranović
PG	Igor Drobnjak	Borna Kapusta	Nikola Pavličević	Vladimir Sudar

Coaches

See also: Category:KK Studentski centar coaches

•   Slavenko Rakočević (2012–2014)
•   Ljubiša Gojšina (2014–2016)
•   Slavenko Rakočević (2016–2017)
•   Stefan Klikovac (2017–2019)
•   Nenad Trajković (2019–2021)
•   Andrej Žakelj (2021–2023)
•   Dejan Jakara (2023–present)

Trophies and awards

Trophies

• ABA League Supercup
  • Winner (1): 2023
• Prva A Liga (1st-tier)
  • Finalist (1): 2022–23
• ABA League Second Division (2nd-tier)
  • Winner (1): 2020–21

Individual awards

• ABA League Second Division MVP Award (1):
  •   Marko Tejić – 2020–21

• ABA League Ideal Starting Five (1):
  •   Kenan Kamenjaš – 2021–22

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.

•   Igor Drobnjak
•   Aleksa Ilić
•   Nikola Pavličević
•   Fedor Žugić
•   Kenan Kamenjaš
•   Marko Tejić
•   Bryon Allen
•   Cedrick Bowen

References

1. "About KK Studentski centar". studentskidom.com. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
2. "Četiri CG tima u ABA 2, MZT u eliti, Primorska u „beton ligi"". vijesti.me. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
3. "Studentski centar od danas SC Derbi, Žakelj jasan: Cilj opstanak i razvoj mladih igrača". vijesti.me. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
4. "Partizan lose ABA SuperCup final in last seconds against SC Derby". basketnews.com. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Club Profile at eurobasket.com
• Club Profile at realgm.com