2021–22 KK Crvena zvezda season

Crvena zvezda mts

2021–22 season
ABA League champions
Serbian League champions
Serbian Cup champions
President	Nebojša Čović
Head coach	Dejan Radonjić
Arena	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Štark Arena
ABA League	1st
0Playoffs	0Champions
Serbian League	Top seeded
0Playoffs	0Champions
EuroLeague	11th
Serbian Cup	Winner
Highest home attendance	7,893 73–61 Žalgiris (13 October 2021)
Lowest home attendance	852 109–62 Borac (19 December 2021)
Average home attendance	3776 (Adriatic League) 6043 (Euroleague)
Biggest win	+47 109–62 Borac (19 December 2021)
Biggest defeat	-28 84–112 Partizan NIS (3 June 2022)
Home Away
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All statistics correct as of June 6, 2022.

The 2021–22 KK Crvena zvezda season was the 77th season in the existence of the club. For the season it's referred to as KK Crvena zvezda mts for sponsorship reasons.

The club won three titles in the season (ABA League, Serbian League, and Serbian Cup), defending all three titles from the previous season.

Overview

Pre-season

At the end of previous season, contracts expired with four players: Marko Jagodić-Kuridža, Jordan Loyd, Landry Nnoko and Duop Reath. All four of them left the club during the summer.^[1]

On 29 May 2021, Serbian guard Filip Čović, who spent last season on a loan at FMP, decided to retire at the age of 31. This marked the end of his second spell with Crvena zvezda. He was at the club from April 2018 until he was loaned out in February 2020, and during that time he won an Adriatic League title, two Serbian League titles, and an Adriatic League SuperCup.^[2]

On 31 May 2021, the Serbia men's national basketball team's head coach Igor Kokoškov announced 25-player preliminary roster for the 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade selecting three Zvezda's players: Dejan Davidovac, Ognjen Dobrić, and Branko Lazić.^[3] Davidovac and Dobrić made into the final tournament roster, while Lazić withdrew due to health issues.^[4] Serbia finished as runners-up, losing to Italy in the final and not qualifying for the Olympics.^[5] Dobrić played all 4 games scoring 11.3 points per game, while Davidovac played 3 games with average of 2.3 points per game.

An American guard Jordan Loyd, who was team's best scorer in the previous season's runs in Adriatic League and EuroLeague, was first to leave the club on 14 June 2021 after signing two years contract with Russian side Zenit Saint Petersburg.^[6] He left the club after only one season in which he contributed them to win titles in the Adriatic League, Serbian League, and Radivoj Korać Cup. Individually, he was once selected as a EuroLeague MVP of the Week, twice as an Adriatic League MVP of the Round, and was also member of the Adriatic League Ideal Starting Five of the season.

The first two signings of the season were Montenegrin international guard Nikola Ivanović and Serbian forward Luka Mitrović who already played for the club and was the Zvezda's captain during his first spell between 2012 and 2017. They both arrived from Montenegrin side and the club's ABA League rival Budućnost and signed two years contracts with the club on 18 June.^[7][8] Just few days later, on 24 June, Marko Jagodić-Kuridža who played for Crvena zvezda in last two seasons winning Adriatic League, Serbian League and Serbian Cup, went in the opposite direction and signed contract with Budućnost after his old contract with Crvena zvezda expired.^[9]

Third signing of the season was American forward Aaron White. He arrived from Greek side Panathinaikos after his contract expired and signed two years contract with the club.^[10] On 3 July 2021, club returned Serbian swingman Stefan Lazarević from a loan. He was loaned to the FMP since 2014. He's a product of a club's youth academy with which he won 2014 edition of Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament.^[11]

On 3 July 2021, Crvena zvezda announced that they have signed the two-year contract extension with Ognjen Dobrić until summer of 2023. He has been playing at the club since summer of 2016, winning 10 trophies in the process.^[12]

On 12 July 2021, two more players left the club. American guard Langston Hall left for the Turkish side Bahçeşehir Koleji after early termination of his contract with Crvena zvezda. He played for the club for one season in which he contributed them to win titles in the Adriatic League, Serbian League, and Radivoj Korać Cup.^[13] Serbian guard Aleksa Radanov also left the club for the Bosnian side Igokea. He was part of Crvena zvezda squad since turning pro in 2015 with two loan spells at FMP during 2015–2018 and 2019–2020. During his spell at the club he won 3 Adriatic leagues, three Serbian leagues, an Adriatic Supercup and a Radivoj Korać Cup.^[14]

On 14 July 2021, Corey Walden, another American guard who played for the club in the last season, terminated his contract and signed new contract with German side Bayern Munich.^[15]

On 15 July 2021, Serbian international forward Nikola Kalinić returned to the club for his second spell. Previously he played for the Crvena zvezda during the 2014–2015 season. Highlights of his career were Euroleague title with Fenerbahçe in 2017 and silver medals with Serbia in 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics. Kalinić arrived from Spanish side Valencia and signed two-year contract.^[16]

On 19 July 2021, Australian international big man Duop Reath left the club after his one-year contract expired. He returned to his home country and signed for Illawarra Hawks.^[17] Also, he was selected as a member of the Australia national team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[18][19]

On 10 August 2021, American point guard Nate Wolters returned to the club for his second spell. Previously he played for the Crvena zvezda during the 2016–2017 season. Wolters arrived from Russian side UNICS and signed one-year contract.^[20]

On 15 August 2021, Cameroonian center Landry Nnoko left the club after his one-year contract expired. He moved to the Spanish side Saski Baskonia.^[21]

On 16 August 2021, American guard Austin Hollins signed one-year contract with the club. He arrived from Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg.^[22]

Reportedly, the club expressed their interest to sign guards Jerome Robinson, Stefan Marković, Stefan Jović, and centers Tarik Black, Greg Monroe, and Mathias Lessort among other free agents.^{[23][24][25][26][27][28]}

September

On 8 September 2021, forward Nikola Kalinić was elected as a vice president of the EuroLeague Players’ Association.^[29]

On 15 September 2021, German center Maik Zirbes returned to the club for the second time in his career. Previously he played for Emirati club Shabab Al Ahli. He was part of Crvena Zvezda squad in 2014–2016 and in 2018–2019. During that time he won 7 titles for the club; three Adriatic Leagues, two Serbian Leagues, an Adriatic Supercup and a Serbian Cup. Contract with him was signed until the end of 2021.^[30]

On 23 September 2021, Serbian power forward Nemanja Popović signed three-years long contract with the club. He's the product of the club's youth academy and spent previous two seasons playing for FMP. Together with him another player from the club's youth academy, Serbian guard Marko Gušić, was also promoted to the first squad.^[31][32]

Crvena zvezda opened their Adriatic League season on 24 September 2021 with a 97–61 home win over Split.^[33] This was the only game in September. In his first official game for Crvena zvezda, Nikola Ivanović won the MVP of the round honour after erupting for 20 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals and a valuation of 35.^[34] It was the best debut performance in the recent club's history.^[35]

October

Crvena zvezda started their season in Euroleague on 1 October 2021 with an away game against Turkish side Fenerbahçe. Although club had limited squad of only 8 available players due to multiple injuries they managed to battle to a close defeat of 61–57.^[36] Crvena zvezda ended the month on 15th place with 2 wins and 5 defeats.

Crvena zvezda played 4 matches in Adriatic League during the October. They achieved 3 wins and 1 defeat, ending the month on the second position just behind their rivals Partizan NIS.

November

In Euroleague club opened the month with 2 home wins against Panathinaikos and ASVEL, followed by the 3 defeats against Baskonia, Real Madrid and UNICS. Club ended the month in the 13th position.

In Adriatic league club played 4 games and won them all, including the match against their rivals Partizan NIS. Month was ended at the top of the table.

On 8 November 2021, Serbian former international guard Stefan Marković signed two years contract with the Crvena zvezda. Previously he played for Italian club Virtus Bologna. Highlights of his career were silver medals with Serbia in EuroBasket 2009, 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics.^[37]

December

On 20 December, the Euroleague Basketball sanctioned Crvena zvezda with a total of 48,000 Euro in fines for incidents that occurred on 14 and 16 December. The club was sanctioned with two fines (total of 11,000 euros) for conduct of a group of people committing acts that show a lack of respect and for the throwing of objects onto the court during the EuroLeague Round 15 home game against FC Barcelona on 14 December. Additionally, the club was sanctioned with two fines (total of 38,000 euros) for the aggression against a visiting team player, and for the throwing of objects onto the court during the EuroLeague Round 16 home game against FC Bayern Munich, two days later.^[38][39]

In Euroleague club played six games in which they achieved three wins and three losses. At the end of the month they were 13th in the league.

During this month Crvena Zvezda played 4 games in Adriatic league and won all of them thus extending their unbeaten record for this season to 10 games. Club finished this year at the top of the table.

Near the end of the month two first squad players were sent on loans. Marko Gušić was loaned to FMP on 28 December,^[40] and Aleksa Uskoković was loaned to Mega Mozzart on 30 December.^[41]

January

On 5 January, the Euroleague Basketball sanctioned Crvena zvezda with a 7,000 fine for the throwing of objects onto the court that occurred on the EuroLeague Round 18 home game against Zenit Saint Petersburg on 30 December 2021.^[42][43] On the same day, the club loaned out forward Nemanja Popović to Vojvodina for the rest of the 2021–22 season.^[44][45]

The EuroLeague Round 19 home game against Fenerbahçe Beko scheduled to be played on 6 January was suspended and postponed after several Crvena zvezda team members tested positive for COVID-19, which left the team without the minimum eight players fit to play.^[46][47][48] Also, the ABA League Round 15 road game against Budućnost VOLI scheduled to be played on 9 January was officially postponed due to COVID-19 outbreaks in both Budućnost and Crvena zvezda teams^[49] as well as ABA League Round 16 home game between Crvena zvezda and Igokea m:tel that was originally scheduled for 17 January.^[50] Furthermore, two more EuroLeague games were suspended and postponed; Round 20 home game against Real Madrid and Round 21 road game against Žalgiris.^[51][52]

Only two games were played in Euroleague during this month. Club had one win and one loss in them and ended the month in 14th position.

In Adriatic league club played three games and won all three of them. That extended club's winning record in this season to 13 games and won them second place in the league at the end of the month.

On 31 January, club extended contract with German center Maik Zirbes until the end of the season.^[53] In the same day draw was held for the quarterfinals of Radivoj Korać Cup that will be held in Niš during the February in which Crvena zvezda was drawn against Radnički Kragujevac.^[54]

February

Three games were played in the EuroLeague during this month. The club recorded two wins and a loss in those games, ending the month on the 13th place.

Furthermore, two games were played in the Adriatic League. Crvena zvezda won both of them, against Mega Mozzart and Zadar thus increasing their unbeaten run to 15 games in a row. This enabled them to overtake Partizan and secure top place by the end of the month.

On top of that, the 2022 Radivoj Korać Cup edition was held between 17 and 20 February. The club eliminated Radnički Kragujevac in a quarterfinal, Mega Mozzart in a semifinal and won their 11th national cup title by beating Partizan in the final. An American point guard Nate Wolters received the Radivoj Korać Cup MVP Award.^[55]

March

Five games were played in the EuroLeague during this month. The club recorded three wins and two losses in those games, ending the month in 9th place.

In the Adriatic League, the club played four games, winning three and losing the eternal derby against Partizan NIS. The club ended the month at the top of the league.

Nikola Topić, son of a former club's player and coach Milenko Topić, made his first senior appearance for the club on 28 March 2022 in an Adriatic League home game against Krka. At 16 years, seven months, and eighteen days of age, he became the youngest player in club's history to score points for Crvena zvezda in the regional league.^[56]

April

On 1 April, Nikola Topić made his EuroLeague debut in a 82–57 loss to Bayern Munich,^[57] becoming one of youngest players to ever play in the EuroLeague at 16 years and 253 days of age.

Club played last three games in this season's Euroleague regular season, losing two and winning one. With that they ended in 11th place, failing to qualify for the playoffs.

In Adriatic league club won their last four regular season games, clinching top seed for the playoffs and direct qualification for the semifinals in which they will play against Slovenian side Cedevita Olimpija. Nikola Kalinić was named both regular season MVP^[58] and member of Ideal Starting Five,^[59] while Branko Lazić received Best Defender award.^[60]

May

During the May, only playoff games in Adriatic League were played. Crvena zvezda first won semifinal series against Cedevita Olimpija 2–1, and started final series against Partizan NIS with two home game wins.

June

Club ended their Adriatic League season by defeating Partizan NIS in final series 3–2. This was club's sixth title in regional competition, tying the record with Partizan. Ognjen Dobrić was named Finals MVP.^[61]

Guard Nate Walters went to the U.S. upon the club's approval on personal matters and won't be in the roster for the upcoming Serbian League Playoffs.^[62]

On 13 June 2022, forward Filip Radaković officially signed a four-year professional contract, singing his first professional agreement.^[63][64] On 16 June, guard Luka Vudragović and forward Lazar Đoković officially signed their first professional agreements.^[65][66]

Injury reports

On 11 September 2021, forward Aaron White broke the left forearm after falling following a dunk during a preseason game against Panathinaikos OPAP. The following day the Zvezda announced that White will undergo surgery on Sunday in Munich and that usual recovery is about six weeks.^[67][68][69] The club canceled two preseason games in September 2021 due to multiple injury reports (Dejan Davidovac, Branko Lazić, Nate Wolters, Ognjen Dobrić, and Marko Simonović).^[70] By the end of September forwards White, Lazić, Davidovac and guard Dobrić remained on the injury list, while guards Stefan Lazarević, Wolters and Aleksa Uskoković have different schedule for trainings.^[71]

On 2 January 2022, forward Nikola Kalinić tested positive for the COVID-19.^[72] Two day later, 11 more players and staff members were tested positive for the COVID-19, including head coach Dejan Radonjić, his assistants Goran Bošković and Nikola Birač, and players Branko Lazić, Luka Mitrović, Austin Hollins, Nate Wolters, Ognjen Dobrić, Stefan Marković, Marko Simonović, and Maik Zirbes.^[47] Also, forward Dejan Davidovac was tested positive for the COVID-19 on 8 January.^[73]

Players

Current roster

Crvena zvezda mts roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G/F 7 Davidovac, Dejan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 27 – (1995-01-17)17 January 1995 G/F 13 Dobrić, Ognjen 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 27 – (1994-10-27)27 October 1994 F/C 5 Gačić, Lazar 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 17 – (2005-01-31)31 January 2005 SG 14 Hollins, Austin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 30 – (1991-11-08)8 November 1991 PG 20 Ivanović, Nikola 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 28 – (1994-02-19)19 February 1994 F 12 Kalinić, Nikola 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 30 – (1991-11-08)8 November 1991 C 32 Kuzmić, Ognjen 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) 116 kg (256 lb) 32 – (1990-05-16)16 May 1990 G/F 2 Lazarević, Stefan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 25 – (1996-08-20)20 August 1996 G/F 10 Lazić, Branko (C) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 33 – (1989-01-12)12 January 1989 G 27 Marković, Stefan 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 34 – (1988-04-25)25 April 1988 G/F 21 Matović, Ognjen 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 17 – (2004-08-08)8 August 2004 PF 9 Mitrović, Luka 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 29 – (1993-03-21)21 March 1993 F 19 Simonović, Marko 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 36 – (1986-05-30)30 May 1986 G 44 Topić, Nikola 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 16 – (2005-08-10)10 August 2005 SG 6 Vudragović, Luka 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 18 – (2004-06-02)2 June 2004 C 15 Vuković, Andrija 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 17 – (2005-01-18)18 January 2005 F 30 White, Aaron 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 29 – (1992-09-10)10 September 1992 PG 3 Wolters, Nate 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 31 – (1991-05-15)15 May 1991 C 33 Zirbes, Maik 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 121 kg (267 lb) 32 – (1990-01-29)29 January 1990	Head coach Dejan Radonjić Assistant coach(es) Goran Bošković Nikola Birač Miodrag Dinić Saša Kosović Strength & conditioning coach(es) Aleksandar Lukman Team manager Nebojša Ilić Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Transactions Updated: February 16, 2022

Players with multiple nationalities

• Ognjen Kuzmić
• Andrija Vuković

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Reserves	Youth system
C	Ognjen Kuzmić	Luka Mitrović		Maik Zirbes	Andrija Vuković
PF	Aaron White	Dejan Davidovac		Marko Simonović	Lazar Gačić
SF	Nikola Kalinić	Stefan Lazarević	Branko Lazić		Ognjen Matović
SG	Austin Hollins	Ognjen Dobrić			Luka Vudragović
PG	Nate Wolters	Stefan Marković	Nikola Ivanović		Nikola Topić

On loan

The following players have been on loan during the 2021–22 season.

KK Crvena zvezda players out on loan
Nat.	Player	Position	Team	On loan since
	Milutin Vujičić	PG	FMP	May 2021
	Arijan Lakić	PG/SG	Spars	September 2021
	Filip Anđušić	PF/C	Slodes
	Lazar Vasić	PG
	Filip Branković	C	Borac Zemun
	Nikola Manojlović	SG/SF	FMP	December 2021
	Marko Gušić	SG/SF
	Aleksa Uskoković	PG	Mega Mozzart
	Nemanja Popović	PF	Vojvodina	January 2022

Transactions

Players In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Transfer fee	Date	Source
20	PG		Nikola Ivanović	27	Budućnost VOLI		End of contract	18 June 2021	[7]
9	PF		Luka Mitrović	28	Budućnost VOLI		End of contract	18 June 2021	[8]
30	F		Aaron White	28	Panathinaikos		End of contract	29 June 2021	[10]
2	G/F		Stefan Lazarević	24	FMP		Loan return	3 July 2021	[11]
12	F		Nikola Kalinić	29	Valencia		End of Contract	15 July 2021	[16]
3	PG		Nate Wolters	30	UNICS		End of Contract	10 August 2021	[20]
14	SG		Austin Hollins	29	Zenit		End of Contract	17 August 2021	[22]
33	C		Maik Zirbes	31	Shabab Al Ahli		End of Contract	15 September 2021	[30]
77	PF		Nemanja Popović	19	FMP		Parted ways	23 September 2021	[31]
1	G/F		Marko Gušić	19	Youth system		Promoted	23 September 2021	[32]
27	G		Stefan Marković	33	Virtus Bologna		Parted ways	8 November 2021	[74][37]
44	PG		Nikola Topić	16	Youth system		Promoted	28 March 2022	[56]

Players Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Date	Source
–	PG		Filip Čović	31	Retired		End of contract[a]	29 May 2021	[2]
3	SG		Jordan Loyd	27	Zenit St Petersburg		End of contract	14 June 2021	[6]
–	F/C		Stefan Đorđević	22	Igokea		End of contract[b]	17 June 2021	[75]
–	C		Dušan Ristić	25	Urbas Fuenlabrada		End of contract[c]	18 June 2021	[76]
21	PF		Marko Jagodić-Kuridža	34	Budućnost VOLI		End of contract	24 June 2021	[9]
1	PG		Langston Hall	29	Bahçeşehir Koleji		Contract termination	12 July 2021	[13]
12	SG		Aleksa Radanov	23	Igokea		End of contract	12 July 2021	[14][77]
2	SG		Corey Walden	28	Bayern Munich		Transfer	14 July 2021	[15][78]
11	PF		Duop Reath	25	Illawarra Hawks		End of contract	19 July 2021	[17]
35	C		Landry Nnoko	27	Saski Baskonia		End of contract	15 August 2021	[21]
–	F/C		Nikola Jovanović	27	Nizhny Novgorod		End of contract[d]	14 September 2021	[79][80]
1	G/F		Marko Gušić	19	FMP		Loan	28 December 2021	[40]
4	PG		Aleksa Uskoković	22	Mega Mozzart		Loan	30 December 2021	[41]
77	PF		Nemanja Popović	20	Vojvodina		Loan	5 January 2022	[44][45]
–	SF		Ranko Simović	22	FMP		End of contract[e]	29 May 2022	[81]

Club

Technical Staff

The following is the technical staff of Crvena zvezda for the 2021–22 season.^[82]

Position	Staff member
General Manager	Nemanja Vasiljević
Team Manager	Nebojša Ilić
Head Coach	Dejan Radonjić
Assistant Coaches	Goran Bošković
	Miodrag Dinić
	Nikola Birač
	Saša Kosović
Conditioning Coach	Aleksandar Lukman
Physiotherapist	Milorad Ćirić
Physicians	Nebojša Mitrović
	Boris Gluščević

Uniform

Crvena zvezda unveiled their new Adidas uniforms for the 2021–22 season on 15 September 2020, on the EuroLeague Media Day.^[83][84]

The following is a list of corporate sponsorship patches on a uniform of Crvena zvezda and uniform designs for the 2021–22 season.

Pre-season and friendlies

The first three games Crvena zvezda played in Belgrade against FMP, Mega Basket, and CSM Oradea.^[85] Later, the Zvezda competed with Bayern Munich, Panathinaikos, and Virtus Bologna at the Magenta SportCup in Munich from 11–12 September.^[86][87] They have won the MagentaSport Cup tournament following a 70–68 win over Bayern Munich in the final.^[88] At last, the club would have been played two games in Greece, against Promitheas Patras and AEK.^[89] Two days prior the trip to Greece, the club canceled last two games due to multiple injury reports. Instead of them club played two games in Belgrade against Mega Basket and Al Kuwait.^[70]

  Win   Loss   Void

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Adriatic League	Matchday 1	Champions	24 September 2021	6 June 2022
EuroLeague	Matchday 1	11th	1 October 2021	8 April 2022
Serbian League	Semifinals 1	Champions	10 June 2022	19 June 2022
Radivoj Korać Cup	Quarterfinals	Winner	17 February 2022	20 February 2022

Updated to match played June 20, 2022
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Win %
Adriatic League	26	24	0	2	2,140	1,819	+321	092.31
Adriatic Playoffs	8	5	0	3	667	664	+3	062.50
Serbian Playoffs	5	4	0	1	453	351	+102	080.00
EuroLeague	33	14	0	19	2,427	2,484	−57	042.42
Radivoj Korać Cup	3	3	0	0	260	180	+80	100.00
Total	75	50	0	25	5,947	5,498	+449	066.67

Adriatic League

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Crvena zvezda mts	26	24	2	2140	1819	+321	50	Advance to the semifinals
2	Partizan NIS	26	22	4	2178	1840	+338	48
3	Budućnost VOLI	26	19	7	2102	1902	+200	45	Advance to the preliminary round
4	Cedevita Olimpija	26	18	8	2205	2056	+149	44
5	Igokea m:tel	26	15	11	2053	1959	+94	41

Results summary

Overall						Home					Away
Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD
26	24	2	2140	1819	+321	13	0	1111	876	+235	11	2	1029	943	+86

Last updated: April 25, 2022.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W
Position	1	1	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	1

Last updated: April 25, 2022.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.

  Win   Loss

Matches

Note: All times are local CET (UTC+1) as listed by the ABA League. Some games were played behind closed doors (BCD) due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Playoffs

EuroLeague

On 28 February 2022, the Euroleague Basketball suspended participation of three Russian teams following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[91] By the end of the regular season, five games with those teams were annulled, and removed from the standings.

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
9	Bitci Baskonia	28	12	16	2116	2186	−70
10	ALBA Berlin	28	12	16	2121	2239	−118
11	Crvena zvezda mts	28	12	16	2041	2089	−48
12	Fenerbahçe Beko	28	10	18	2051	2099	−48
13	Panathinaikos OPAP	28	9	19	2089	2235	−146

Results summary

Overall						Home					Away
Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD
33	14	19	2427	2484	−57	10	6	1207	1181	+26	4	13	1220	1303	−83

Last updated: April 8, 2022.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	R	L	L	W
Position	12	7	5	9	11	12	15	11	10	12	13	13	12	12	13	11	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	10	10	9	9	11	9

Last updated: April 8, 2022.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.

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Matches

Note: All times are CET (UTC+1) as listed by EuroLeague. Some games were played behind closed doors (BCD) due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Serbian League

The 2021–22 Basketball League of Serbia will be the 16th season of the Serbian highest professional basketball league. Crvena Zvezda is the 6-time defending champion.

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Radivoj Korać Cup

The 2022 Radivoj Korać Cup is the 20th season of the Serbian men's national basketball cup tournament. The Zvezda is the defending champion.

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Individual awards

ABA League

MVP of the Round

Round	Player	PIR
1	Nikola Ivanović	35 [34]
13	Nikola Ivanović	29
SF1	Luka Mitrović	28
F1	Nikola Ivanović	18
F2	Nikola Kalinić	29
F5	Dejan Davidovac	20

Regular Season MVP

Position	Player	Ref.
SF	Nikola Kalinić	[58]

Finals MVP

Position	Player	Ref.
G	Ognjen Dobrić	[61]

Ideal Starting Five

Position	Player	Ref.
SF	Nikola Kalinić	[59]

Best Defender

Position	Player	Ref.
G/F	Branko Lazić	[60]

Radivoj Korać Cup

MVP Award

Position	Player	Source
PG	Nate Wolters	[55]

Serbian Super League

Finals MVP Award

Position	Player	Source
PG	Nikola Ivanović	[93]

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3FG%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	PIR per game

Player

Left during season

Adriatic League

Player	GP	GS	MPG	2FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
Dejan Davidovac	30	10	17:00	.631	.337	.854	3.2	0.9	0.9	0.2	6.9	8.9
Ognjen Dobrić	29	9	22:00	.495	.416	.746	2.9	1.5	1.1	0.1	10.7	10.4
Austin Hollins	30	24	20:00	.589	.346	.743	2.3	1.0	1.5	0.2	9.1	6.8
Nikola Ivanović	31	2	17:00	.483	.321	.861	1.9	3.6	1.0	0.0	8.9	11.4
Nikola Kalinić	31	26	26:00	.474	.415	.736	3.5	3.3	0.9	0.1	11.4	12.3
Ognjen Kuzmić	32	28	16:00	.640	.000	.653	4.6	0.6	0.3	0.5	6.0	9.1
Stefan Lazarević	29	11	13:00	.541	.276	.900	2.0	0.7	0.5	0.0	3.7	3.5
Branko Lazić	23	5	17:00	.471	.380	.769	1.9	0.7	0.7	0.0	5.8	4.7
Stefan Marković	24	4	13:00	.391	.300	.783	1.7	2.8	0.8	0.0	3.4	5.7
Luka Mitrović	34	5	17:00	.601	.500	.761	4.5	1.4	0.7	0.2	8.5	10.9
Marko Simonović	19	0	12:00	.500	.362	.571	1.6	0.7	0.4	0.0	4.1	3.2
Nikola Topić	2	1	11:00	.333	.000	1.000	1.0	3.0	1.5	0.0	2.0	–1.0
Aaron White	21	14	16:00	.615	.291	.783	3.1	1.5	0.5	0.2	7.0	9.3
Nate Wolters	34	28	18:00	.573	.357	.550	2.4	3.5	0.6	0.0	8.4	9.3
Maik Zirbes	11	3	10:00	.545	.000	.857	2.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	4.9	5.9
Marko Gušić	2	0	8:00	.250	.000	.000	1.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.5
Nemanja Popović	1	0	10:00	.333	.000	.500	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	0.0
Aleksa Uskoković	5	0	11:00	.455	.250	.500	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.2	3.0	1.6

Last updated: June 6, 2022.
Source: Adriatic League

Serbian League Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	2FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
Dejan Davidovac	5	0	12:03	.625	.000	.000	1.6	1.4	0.4	0.4	2.0	2.8
Ognjen Dobrić	3	0	22:09	.385	.647	1.00	3.0	1.7	1.3	0.3	15.0	15.0
Lazar Gačić	Did not play
Austin Hollins	4	4	19:57	.308	.387	1.00	2.3	1.8	1.0	0.3	11.5	7.8
Nikola Ivanović	5	0	23:05	.583	.417	.647	3.2	6.8	1.8	0.0	15.0	21.6
Nikola Kalinić	3	3	18:58	.667	.444	.900	2.3	4.3	1.3	0.3	12.3	18.0
Ognjen Kuzmić	5	4	13:26	.654	.000	.571	3.8	0.4	0.2	0.2	7.6	8.6
Stefan Lazarević	5	1	19:16	.909	1.00	.500	2.8	0.2	2.2	0.2	5.4	7.4
Branko Lazić	5	2	20:50	.778	.316	.750	1.4	0.6	0.0	0.0	7.0	4.6
Stefan Marković	5	5	21:19	.727	.368	1.00	3.2	7.2	2.4	0.0	7.8	16.4
Ognjen Matović	Did not play
Luka Mitrović	5	1	0:00	.607	.000	.583	4.8	1.2	0.2	0.0	8.2	9.6
Marko Simonović	4	0	14:29	1.00	.083	1.00	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	2.0	0.3
Nikola Topić	Did not play
Luka Vudragović
Aaron White	5	5	15:19	.438	.308	.769	2.8	0.6	1.0	0.0	7.2	6.2
Nate Wolters	Not in the roster
Maik Zirbes	4	0	10:06	.583	.000	.500	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	4.0	3.8

Last updated: June 20, 2022.
Source: Serbian Super League

EuroLeague

Player	GP	GS	MPG	2FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
Dejan Davidovac	28	13	18:34	.526	.368	.714	3.3	0.9	0.8	0.2	5.0	7.3
Ognjen Dobrić	29	13	22:35	.458	.372	.722	1.9	1.3	0.7	0.1	10.3	7.3
Austin Hollins	28	17	20:39	.548	.300	.833	1.9	1.0	1.0	0.1	8.1	5.4
Nikola Ivanović	27	0	15:21	.417	.346	.769	1.6	2.4	0.5	0.0	7.6	8.5
Nikola Kalinić	32	32	30:03	.521	.278	.710	3.9	3.4	1.0	0.1	12.6	11.7
Ognjen Kuzmić	33	29	17:38	.579	.000	.588	5.1	0.4	0.5	0.3	5.4	8.2
Stefan Lazarević	21	5	12:26	.714	.400	1.000	1.4	0.5	0.5	0.0	2.8	2.3
Branko Lazić	25	2	16:13	.444	.333	.889	1.0	0.4	0.3	0.1	3.7	2.2
Stefan Marković	21	2	12:45	.500	.278	.714	1.5	1.9	0.5	0.0	2.6	2.6
Luka Mitrović	31	11	19:56	.608	.000	.677	4.3	1.7	0.6	0.2	8.3	10.6
Marko Simonović	14	1	11:12	.400	.400	.000	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.0	2.1	0.8
Nikola Topić	1	0	2:17	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–1.0
Aaron White	18	9	18:06	.423	.286	.824	3.6	1.2	0.6	0.1	5.5	7.4
Nate Wolters	31	31	23:42	.561	.360	.615	2.6	3.6	0.7	0.1	10.9	10.5
Maik Zirbes	11	0	9:00	.640	.000	.857	1.8	0.1	0.4	0.4	3.9	4.3
Marko Gušić	1	0	0:07	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nemanja Popović	Did not play
Aleksa Uskoković	6	0	10:47	.500	.250	1.000	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	1.8	2.3

Last updated: April 8, 2022.
Source: EuroLeague

Radivoj Korać Cup

Player	GP	GS	MPG	2FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
Dejan Davidovac	3	1	19:29	.333	.250	.875	3.7	1.0	.7	0.0	5.0	8.0
Ognjen Dobrić	3	0	17:41	.600	.364	1.000	3.3	2.3	1.7	0.0	8.7	11.0
Austin Hollins	3	3	20:33	.538	.214	.727	1.7	3.0	1.3	0.0	10.3	9.0
Nikola Ivanović	3	0	15:42	.600	.500	.778	1.0	2.7	0.7	0.0	11.3	13.3
Nikola Kalinić	3	3	24:22	.667	.500	.875	3.3	2.7	0.3	0.7	14.3	13.7
Ognjen Kuzmić	3	3	20:17	.667	.000	1.000	6.7	0.3	0.7	0.3	5.0	10.0
Stefan Lazarević	3	0	7:33	.750	.000	1.000	2.0	0.3	0.7	0.0	2.3	4.7
Branko Lazić	3	0	14:11	1.000	.250	1.000	1.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	3.7	3.7
Stefan Marković	3	1	11:12	.750	.636	.667	1.7	2.0	1.0	0.0	9.7	10.3
Luka Mitrović	3	0	16:56	.363	.000	.500	4.0	0.3	1.3	0.0	4.3	5.7
Marko Simonović	1	0	16:30	.000	.333	.000	3.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.0
Aaron White	3	2	13:30	.333	.200	.000	3.3	1.7	0.0	0.0	2.3	2.3
Nate Wolters	2	2	19:31	.636	.375	.750	3.0	4.5	1.0	0.5	13.0	16.0
Maik Zirbes	Not in the roster

Last updated: February 20, 2022.
Source: Cup

See also

• 2021–22 Red Star Belgrade season

Notes

References

External links

• KK Crvena zvezda official website
• Crvena zvezda at the Adriatic League
• Crvena zvezda at the EuroLeague