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For the parent multisport club, see SD Crvena zvezda.
ŽKK Crvena zvezda
ŽKK Crvena zvezda logo
NicknameZvezda (The Star)
Crveno-bele (Red and Whites)
LeaguesSerbian First League
Founded1945
ArenaBasket city Hall
(capacity: 1.600)
LocationBelgrade, Serbia
Team colorsRed and White
   
PresidentSerbia Branko Jocić
Head coachSerbia Dragan Vuković
Championships1 European Champions Cup
28 National Championships
11 National Cups

Ženski košarkaški klub Crvena zvezda (Serbian Cyrillic: Женски кошаркашки клуб Црвена звезда, Template:Lang-en) is a Serbian women's basketball team from Belgrade representing the Red Star SS in the Serbian League and international competitions. Founded in 1945, it was an original section of the club. It currently competes in the Serbian League.

History

Red Star was the major powerhouse in the early stages of the Yugoslav Championship, winning 15 championships in a row between 1945 and 1960.[1] In 1958 it was the first team to represent Yugoslavia in the newly founded European Cup, reaching the tournament's semifinals.[2]

The team wasn't able to win the national championship between 1964 and 1975, but it emerged in the second half of the 1970s winning six national titles in a row. In 1979 it achieved its greatest success by winning the European Cup beating BSE Budapest in the final by 97-62. This remains as of 2011 the highest scoring in a European Cup / Euroleague final. Red Star was the first of only two teams from Yugoslavia to win the competition.[3]

Red Star again reached the European Cup's final in 1981, losing this time to Daugava Riga. The following years were less successful, and the team had to wait to 1990 to return to the competition, marking its seventh appearance in the semifinals.

During the Yugoslav Wars Red Star was disqualified from the 1993 Euroleague in accordance with the UNSC Resolution 757. The team returned to European competition in 1996 through the second tier Ronchetti Cup. It has since appeared in the Ronchetti Cup and its successor the Eurocup in 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2009, with modest results.

Arena

Supporters

Honours

Domestic

National Championships – 28

  • Yugoslav Women's Basketball League:
    • Winners (25) : 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1992
    • Runners-up (11) : 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1987, 1991
  • First Women's Basketball League of Serbia:
    • Winners (3) : 1993, 1996, 2004
    • Runners-up (8) : 1994, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016

National Cups – 11

International

International titles – 1

Current roster

Notable former players

   

Notable former coaches

See also

References

  1. ^ Team history in Red Star SS's website
  2. ^ 1958-59 results in Todor66.com
  3. ^ List of finals in FIBA Europe's website
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