KK Celje
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Celje | |||
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Celje logo | |||
Nickname | Celjski vitezi (The Celje's Knights) | ||
Leagues | Slovenian Second League | ||
Founded | 1950 | ||
Arena | Gimnasium Center Hall | ||
Capacity | 350 | ||
Location | Celje, Slovenia | ||
Team colors | Yellow, blue | ||
Main sponsor | Luxuris Comodities d.o.o[1] | ||
President | Aleksander Kolka | ||
Head coach | Igor Pučko | ||
Championships | 1 Slovenian Third League | ||
Website | Official website | ||
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Košarkarski Klub Celje (English: Celje Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Celje or simply Celje, is a professional basketball team that is based in Celje, Slovenia. The team currently competes in the Slovenian Second League under the name Luxuris Celje due to sponsorship reasons.[1]
History
In 1950, the Railway Sport Association in the context with the Basketball club Celje was established, where the basketball players from Kladivar moved to. This club, later Kovinotehna, Libela, Merx, and Inpos had constantly raised new generations of basketball. By the name Libela, the Celje basketball club almost qualified for the First basketball league of Yugoslavia in two consecutive seasons (1978–79 and 1979–80), under the coaching of Zmago Sagadin and Mile Čepin.
After the World Championships in Ljubljana (1970) in the overcrowded city park, the future Olympic champions, basketball players of the Soviet Union Olympics played a friendly match with the team of Celje.
Arena
The team plays at the 300 capacity Gimnasium Center Hall in Celje.
Honours
Slovenian Third League:
Seasons
Season | 3. SKL | Cup | Coach | Roster |
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2013–14 | Champions | 2nd Round | Igor Pučko | Rok Pirih, Erik Felicijan, Primož Kobale, Rok Bregar, Davor Gradič, Klemen Oset, Benjamin Pungartnik, Matic Jan, Robi Gobec, Sebastjan Germek, Qendrim Hajdaraj, Ardian Krasniqi, Tadej Jug, Aleksandar Andjušić |
2012–13 | Runners-Up | 2nd Round | Husein Kahvedžić | Iztok Kočevar, Marko Dmitrašinović, Rok Bregar, Enis Kahvedžić, Anže Skaza, Boštijan Zorko, Sebastjan Germek, Alen Kahvedžić, Domen Ambrož, Tadej Jug, Rožle Penca, Qendrim Hajdaraj, Rok Mavrin, Matic Jan, Robi Gobec, Aleksandar Andjušić, Matija Jošt, Vid Pirš |
Current roster
Template:Luxuris Celje current roster
Depth chart
Pos. | Starter | Bench | Bench | Reserve | Injured |
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Qendrim Hajdaraj | Ardian Krasniqi | ||||
Sebastjan Germek | Robi Gobec | ||||
Rok Bregar | Matic Jan | Davor Gradič | |||
Primož Kobale | Klemen Oset | ||||
PG | Erik Felicijan | Rok Pirih | Benjamin Pungartnik |