KK Rogaška

Rogaška
Rogaška
Leagues	Slovenian League
Founded	1998; 26 years ago
Arena	ŠD Rogaška Slatina
Capacity	1,100
Location	Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia
Team colors	Blue, White;
President	Kristijan Novak
Head coach	Damjan Novaković
Website	kkrogaska.si
Home	Away

Košarkarski klub Rogaška (Template:Lang-en), commonly referred to as KK Rogaška or simply Rogaška, is basketball team from Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia, playing in the Slovenian top division.

History

The basketball in Rogaška Slatina started playing in the 1960s.^[1] After the Slovenian independence, the team played in the top division and FIBA Korać Cup.^[2] Because of financial difficulties in 1997, the club abolished senior team and competed only in youth competitions, before in February 1998 the club was re-founded as KK Rogaška 98.^[1] Rogaška earned a promotion to the top division in 2011. In the 2014–15 and 2016–17 seasons, Rogaška reached the championship finals, where they lost 3–1 on both occasions, to Tajfun and Union Olimpija, respectively.^[3]^[4]

Players

Current roster

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Rogaška roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
SG	4	Čevizović, Nick	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	22 – (2002-07-12)12 July 2002
PG	5	Močnik, Domen	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	22 – (2002-03-16)16 March 2002
PG	6	Božak, Luka	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	24 – (2000-03-03)3 March 2000
SG	7	Vujačić, Petar	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	24 – (2000-01-19)19 January 2000
PG	8	Fistrić, Žan	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	21 – (2003-01-10)10 January 2003
SF	9	Sivka, Staš	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	21 – (2003-07-26)26 July 2003
SG	10	Pelko, Jure	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	34 – (1990-05-17)17 May 1990
PG	11	Nichols, David	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	28 – (1996-03-26)26 March 1996
SF	13	Bernard, Malcolm	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	30 – (1994-01-13)13 January 1994
PF	21	Zupan, Nejc	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	28 – (1996-04-12)12 April 1996
PF	33	Gabrovšek, David	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	30 – (1994-09-18)18 September 1994
C	55	Šantelj, Leon	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	29 – (1995-04-25)25 April 1995
C	88	Blackshear, Gerald	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	27 – (1997-04-28)28 April 1997

Head coach

Damjan Novaković

Assistant coach(es)

Peter Markovinovič
Željko Jotić

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 23 January 2021

References

^ ^a ^b "Košarkarski klub Rogaška – Zgodovina kluba" [Club's history] (in Slovenian). KK Rogaška. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
^ FIBA Archive
^ Sportal (22 May 2015). "Tajfun novi slovenski košarkarski prvak!" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
^ Mitja Lisjak (24 May 2017). "Union Olimpija po osmih letih spet na košarkarskem prestolu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

External links

Official website (in Slovene)

[rogaska-1] "Košarkarski klub Rogaška – Zgodovina kluba" [Club's history] (in Slovenian). KK Rogaška. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

[2] FIBA Archive

[3] Sportal (22 May 2015). "Tajfun novi slovenski košarkarski prvak!" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

[4] Mitja Lisjak (24 May 2017). "Union Olimpija po osmih letih spet na košarkarskem prestolu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

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