KK Igokea

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Košarkaški klub Igokea (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Игокеа), commonly referred to as KK Igokea or as Igokea m:tel due to sponsorship reasons, is a Bosnian professional basketball club based in Aleksandrovac near Laktaši, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in the Adriatic League, the Bosnian League and the Champions League. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association.^[1]

History

Even though they have become well known to the broader basketball public in the territory of the former Yugoslavia only several years ago, when they joined the regional competition called the Adriatic League, Igokea is a club with a long-lasting tradition. Its beginnings go back into 23 July 1973, when KK Potkozarje was established in Aleksandrovac by a group of enthusiasts that set themselves the main goal to introduce basketball to local youth and teach them the basics. In the second half of the 1990s, the club was renamed to Igokea and that's when the club's main emphasis was put on its youth categories and got another dimension and adopted the highest ambitions at the senior level. The Igokea's first trophy came in 2001 when the club from Aleksandrovac conquered the entire competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina and became champion. Six years later, it won its first national cup trophy. By now the club has won six championship and five cup trophies. In the 2010–11 season, Igokea participated in the ABA League for the first time and in 2013 it reached the regional league's final four tournaments, securing themselves also a spot in the Eurocup and that's when it entered the biggest international stage.

2012–13 ABA League controversy

At the beginning of the 2012–13 ABA League season, the ABA League Board announced that starting this season the only way to qualify for the European Club Competitions under ULEB, will be through Adriatic League and not the national championships of each ABA country member. ABA League Board also informed clubs and the public that the winner of the regular season will directly qualify for the Euroleague Group Phase in the 2013–14 season and that the second ABA team in Euroleague will be the Final Four winner. If the same team wins the regular season and the Final Four, then the second-placed team from the regular season will go to Euroleague. The third-placed team from the regular season would enter the Qualification for the 2013–14 Euroleague. In February 2013, when it became clear that Igokea will win the regular season, Euroleague Basketball clarified the situation of the Adriatic League spots saying the three first teams in the Final Four will qualify. Due to the different interpretations of both associations, Euroleague and Liga ABA negotiated a solution to be applied only for the 2012–13 season. Finally, both organizations agreed that if the team is in the first positions after the Regular Season meets all of the B-licence minimum requirements, will qualify to Euroleague. In this case, KK Igokea doesn't meet the required criteria, so Euroleague Basketball applied the 2012-13 Euroleague Bylaws by which the 2013 ABA Final Four champion and the runner-up will take the first two Adriatic positions in this order, whilst the next highest regular-season team will take the final Adriatic position.^[2]

2013–14 European Club Competitions

On 25 June 2013, the Igokea's executive board announced that the club won't compete in the 2013–14 Euroleague Qualifying rounds because their home arena doesn't meet the standards for the Euroleague B license (mainly because of the capacity). Instead, the club competed in the 2013–14 EuroCup.^[3]

Sponsorship naming

KK Igokea has had several names through the years due to its sponsorship:

Igokea Partizan: 2007–2009 Igokea m:tel: 2021–present

Home arena

Igokea plays its home games at the Laktaši Sports Hall (Serbian Cyrillic: Хала спортова у Лакташима). The hall is located in Laktaši. The small hall has a seating capacity of 3,050 seats.

Players

Retired numbers

KK Igokea retired numbers
No.	Player	Position	Tenure	Date
6	Milan Dozet	SF	2010–2014	February 7, 2016[4]

Current roster

Igokea roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 7 Kondić, Kosta 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – (2001-08-05)5 August 2001 F 8 Nerandžić, Nenad 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1996-06-19)19 June 1996 F 16 Jošilo, Marko 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1992-10-16)16 October 1992 SF 17 Nakić, Mario 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (2001-06-14)14 June 2001 SG 21 Milosavljević, Dragan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 PF 25 Marić, Nikola 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1998-12-19)19 December 1998 SG 35 Radošević, Ognjen 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 17 – (2006-05-26)26 May 2006 SG 55 Bošković, Srđan 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2002-11-04)4 November 2002 PF Carmichael, Jackie 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 34 – (1990-01-02)2 January 1990 SG Jeremić, Marko 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 32 – (1991-11-23)23 November 1991 PF Makitan, Dusan 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 19 – (2005-03-07)7 March 2005 PF Atić, Edin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 27 – (1997-01-19)19 January 1997	Head coach Vladimir Jovanović Assistant coach(es) Marko Cvetković Milutin Latinčić Zoran Petković Team manager Siniša Kovačević Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: January 10, 2023

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C
PF	Nikola Marić
SF	Mario Nakić	Marko Jošilo
SG		Kosta Kondić
PG			Dejan Pavlović

Head coaches

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2020)

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Bosnian League

• Winners (9): 2000–01, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23

• Bosnian Cup

• Winners (10): 2007, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

Entity competitions

• Republika Srpska First League (second tier)

• Winners (2): 1999–00, 2000–01

• Republika Srpska Cup

• Winners (11): 1999–00, 2000–01, N/A, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2020–21

International record

Season	Achievement	Notes
EuroCup
2013–14	Regular season	6th in Group E with Khimki, Hapoel Jerusalem, Pınar Karşıyaka, Lukoil Academic, and CSU Asesoft
Champions League
2020–21	Playoffs	3rd in Group J with Lenovo Tenerife, San Pablo Burgos, and VEF Rīga
2016–17	Second round	Eliminated by Mornar, 71–69 and 60–83
FIBA Saporta Cup
2001–02	Regular season	5th in Group D with Slovakofarma Pezinok, Iraklis, FMP, Split CO, and Keravnos Keo
FIBA Korać Cup
2000–01	Round of 64	Eliminated by Fenerbahçe, 78–75 and 65–73

Management

Current officeholders are:

• President: Boris Spasojević
• General manager: Igor Dodik
• Sports director: Vuk Radivojević
• Team manager: Siniša Kovačević

References

External links

First Division

Clubs	2023–24 Borac Čačak Budućnost Cedevita Olimpija Cibona Crvena zvezda FMP Igokea Krka Mega Basket Mornar Partizan Split Studentski centar Zadar Former Borac Banja Luka Bosna Cedevita FMP / Reflex (defunct) Helios Hemofarm Karpoš Sokoli (suspended) Koper Primorska (defunct) Kvarner (defunct) Levski Sofia (restricted) Lovćen 1947 Maccabi Tel Aviv (restricted) Metalac MZT Skopje Nymburk (restricted) Olimpija (defunct) Radnički Kragujevac (defunct) Sloboda Tuzla Slovan Sutjeska Szolnoki (restricted) Šentjur Šibenik (defunct) Široki Vojvodina (defunct) Zagreb (defunct) Zlatorog
Seasons	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 Postseason Final Four 2002 2003 2004 Final Eight 2005 2006 Playoffs 2007 Final Four 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Playoffs 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Super Cup 2017 2018 2019 2020 2023
Awards	Season MVP Finals MVP Ideal Starting Five Top Scorer Top Prospect Coach of the Season Player of the Month Winning coaches All-Star Game
U19 League	2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 Awards MVP Ideal Starting Five

Second Division

Clubs	2023–24 Borac Banja Luka Cedevita Helios MZT Skopje Pelister Podgorica Šenčur Šibenka Široki Spartak Sutjeska TFT Skopje Vojvodina Zlatibor Former AV Ohrid Borac Čačak Bosna Meridianbet Dynamic Gorica Krka Lovćen 1947 Mladost Novi Pazar Primorska (defunct) Rabotnički Rogaška Sloboda Tuzla Sloboda Užice Sloga Spars Split Studentski centar Teodo Vrijednosnice Osijek Vršac Zrinjski
Seasons	2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 Postseason Final Four 2018 Playoffs 2019 2020 2021 2022 Playout 2021 Feeders Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Montenegro North Macedonia Serbia Slovenia

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