KK Atlas
Atlas | |||
---|---|---|---|
Founded | 1972 | ||
Dissolved | 2006 | ||
History | KK Novi Beograd (1972–1973) KK IMT (1973–1991) KK Infos RTM (1991–1992) KK IMT-Železničar (1992–1994) KK Beopetrol (1994–2003) KK Atlas (2003–2006) | ||
Arena | New Belgrade Sports Hall | ||
Capacity | 5,000 | ||
Location | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | ||
Championships | 1 National Cup | ||
|
Košarkaški klub Atlas (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Атлас), commonly referred to as KK Atlas Belgrade, was a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.
History
Founded in 1972 as KK Novi Beograd, the club changed its name the following year, in 1973, to KK IMT (KK Industrija Mašina i Traktora).
For the 1983–84 season, IMT gained promotion to the Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League (top-tier basketball competition in SFR Yugoslavia). It finished the league season in 9th place. The following season 1984–85, IMT finished in 12th place and got relegated back to Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League B (Yugoslav second-tier competition).
The club achieved its greatest success under the guidance of young head coach Dragan Šakota, by winning the Yugoslav Cup in the 1986–87 season, at the national cup tournament in Niš. It was the only time in the history of Yugoslav basketball that the cup competition was won by a club not playing in the top-tier First Federal League. The same season IMT achieved promotion to the First Federal League. It played in the top competition until the disintegration of Yugoslavia. It achieved its best placing with a 6th-place finish in the 1990–91 season. In 1991, the club changed its name to KK Infos RTM, however in the 1991–92 season it got relegated. In 1992 it changed name again to KK IMT-Železničar.
In 1994 another name change occurred, this time to KK Beopetrol. The club gained promotion back to the top-tier for the 1997-98 season. In the 1998–99 season they again finished the season in 6th place thus repeating their previous best placing. During the 2001–02 season the club got relegated again due to finishing dead last.
On 27 June 2003, due to a sponsorship deal with Atlas Bank, the club changed its name to KK Atlas.
In the summer of 2006, the club sold its Basketball League of Serbia license to KK Radnički Zastava and thus stopped to competing.
Coaches
Dragan Šakota (1983–1988)
Milan Minić
Miroslav Nikolić (1991–1992)
Zoran Krečković (1997–2000)
Ljubisav Luković
Trophies and awards
Trophies
- Yugoslav Cup
- Winner (1): 1986–87
- Yugoslav Federal B League
- Winner (2): 1982–83, 1986–87
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
Criteria |
---|
To appear in this section a player must have either:
|
Goran Grbović
Dragoljub Vidačić
Dušan Kecman
Kosta Perović
Žarko Čabarkapa
Nikola Peković
Delonte Holland
Stefan Marković
Slađan Stojković
Mijailo Grušanović
Rade Milutinović
Igor Perović
Nenad Bukumirović
Milan Preković
Srđan Jeković
Nebojša Savić
Ranko Velimirović
Branko Sinđelić
Ljubisav Luković
Uroš Duvnjak
Nebojša Zorkić