KK Leotar

Basketball club in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
   Head coachMarko IčelićWebsitekkleotar.com

Košarkaški klub Leotar (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Леотар, transl. Leotar Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Leotar or Leotar Trebinje, is a men's professional basketball club based in Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are currently competing in the Bosnia and Herzegovina Championship.

History

The club is formed in 1948 as DTV Partizan and renamed as KK Leotar in 1974 after the mountain located just north of Trebinje.[1]

The club won the First League of Republika Srpska in the 2018–19 season and got promoted to Bosnia and Herzegovina Championship for the 2019–20 season.[2][3]

Sponsorship naming

The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

  • SL IAT Leotar (2008–2011)
  • SL Takovo Leotar (2011–2012)
  • Swisslion Leotar (2015–2017)

Home arena

Leotar plays its home games at the Miloš Mrdić Sports Hall. The hall is located in the Bregovi Neighbourhood in Trebinje. It has a seating capacity of 4,000 seats.[4]

Players

Current roster

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No. Position Player
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina SF Božo Đurasović
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina SF Nikola Đurasović
 

Head coaches

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  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rade Aleksić
  • Serbia Aleksandar Glišić (2006–2007)
  • Serbia Petar Rodić (2007)
  • Serbia Miroslav Popov (2007–2008)
  • Serbia Radomir Kisić (2008–2012)[5]
  • Serbia Marko Ičelić (2013–2014)
  • Serbia Dragoljub Vidačić (2014–2016)
  • Serbia Vuk Stanimirović
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Dražen Šegrt (2018–2019)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Miro Vukoje (2019–2021)
  • Serbia Marko Ičelić (2021–present)

Trophies and awards

  • First League of Republika Srpska (2nd-tier)
    • Winners (2): 2002–03, 2018–19

See also

References

  1. ^ "Basketball history in Trebinje". kkleotar.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Leotar prvak Srpske poslije drame u Boriku!". mondo.ba. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  3. ^ "KK Leotar plasirao se u košarkašku Premijer ligu BiH". hercegovina.in. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Sportska dvorana "Miloš Mrdić"". trebinjesport.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Radomir Kisić vratio se na klupu Košarkaškog kluba Leotar". glassrpske.com. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

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