KK Hercegovac Gajdobra

Basketball club in Bačka Palanka, Serbia

PresidentStojan DangubicHead coachAleksandar KomnenićWebsitekkhercegovac.rs

Košarkaški klub Hercegovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Херцеговац), commonly referred to as KK Hercegovac, is a men's basketball club based in Gajdobra, near Bačka Palanka, Vojvodina, Serbia. They are currently competing in the Second Basketball League of Serbia.

The club bears its name after an ethnonym Herzegovinian.

History

The club was formed in April 2019, bearing the same name of the club dissolved in 2002.^[1]^[2] In their first competition, the club won the 2019 Vojvodina Summer League (5th-tier) and got qualified to the Second Regional League for the 2019–20 season.^[3] In the 2020–21 season, the club won the 3rd-tier First Regional League – North Division and got qualified to the Second League of Serbia for the 2021–22 season.^[4]

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

KK Hercegovac Gajdobra roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	Todoric, Mateja	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	35 – (1988-08-10)10 August 1988
G	Tejic, Bogdan	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	23 – (2001-01-18)18 January 2001
SG	Zarić, Aleksa	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	26 – (1998-03-28)28 March 1998
G	Dimić, Miloš	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	34 – (1989-10-17)17 October 1989
SG	Stojanovic, Dusan
F	Marko, Brekic	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	22 – (2001-11-08)8 November 2001
SF	Kumović, Ranko	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	22 – (2002-02-16)16 February 2002
G/F	Grusanovic, Mladen	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	27 – (1997-03-03)3 March 1997
F	Radovanovic, Predrag (C)
PF	Dangubic, Risto	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	21 – (2002-06-28)28 June 2002
C	Maric, Dragan	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	27 – (1996-06-25)25 June 1996
F/C	Gaćeša, Nikola	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	36 – (1987-09-20)20 September 1987

Head coach

Aleksandar Komnenić

Assistant coach(es)

Vukasin Jelacic

Legend

(C) Team captain
(TW) Two-way affiliate player
Injured

Roster

Updated: January 19, 2024

Head coaches

Radomir Kisić (2019–2022)
Slobodan Bjelica (2022)
Miloš Luburić (2022–2023)
Aleksandar Komnenić (2023-present)

Trophies and awards

Trophies

First Regional League, North Division (3rd-tier)
- Winners (1): 2020–21
League Cup of Serbia (2nd-tier)
- Winner (1): 2023–24

Notable players

References

^ "KK Hercegovac posle 17 godina ponovo u pogonu". backapalankavesti.com. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ "У Гајдобри поново основан Кошаркашки клуб Херцеговац". dnevnik.rs. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ "Košarkaši Hercegovca iz Gajdobre novi članovi Druge srpske lige". backapalankavesti.com. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ "Ispisali istoriju košarke u Gajdobri (VIDEO)". backapalankavesti.com. Retrieved 19 January 2022.