ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo

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ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo logo
LeaguesBosnian League
Founded1921
ArenaDvorana Mirza Delibašić
(capacity: 6.500)
LocationSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Team colorsBlue and White
   
PresidentBosnia and Herzegovina Marin Ivanišević
Head coachBosnia and Herzegovina Edina Ljubunčić
Championships14 Bosnian League
9 Bosnian Cup
1 Adriatic League

Ženski košarkaški klub Željezničar Sarajevo (English: Women's Basketball Club Željezničar Sarajevo) is a Bosnian women's basketball team from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History[edit]

In 1982. ŽKK Željezničar competed in the second division of Yugoslavia, with great success and without losing a match. the team was led by coach Miodrag Vesković, won first place and the club returned to the First division. With a very small selection of players in the 1983-84 season, the team was elected to the first division. The following season 1984-85, the team was joined by a pair of showgirls including the Vesna Bajkuša (showgirl youth branches ŽKK Željezničar), and achieved fourth place and thus won the right to contest the Cup Liliana Ronchetti. With inexperienced and very young players in the first round of the Montmontaža from Zagreb. The following season, the team again won the fourth place in the championship of Yugoslavia and then left the Cup Liliana Ronchetti, beating the representatives of Greece and Italy, but losing to representatives of Czechoslovakia, the team from the Slavia Prague sports club.

Honours[edit]

Domestic[edit]

National Championships – 14

  • Yugoslav League:
    • Winners (1) : 1971
  • Bosnian League:
    • Winners (13) : 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

National Cups – 7

International[edit]

International titles – 1

Notable former players[edit]

Notable former coaches[edit]

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