39 Facts About KK Partizan

Kosarkaski klub Partizan, commonly referred to as KK Partizan or simply Partizan, is a professional basketball team based in Belgrade, Serbia.

Since 1945, Partizan has won 48 trophies and is the holder of the 21 national champion titles.

In September 2009, KK Partizan became the first and to this day the only Serbian team to play an official game against an NBA team.

The first club championship of Yugoslavia was held in 1946, and KK Partizan participated with a team consisting mostly of players from Yugoslav Army basketball team, which in 1945 won the unofficial state championship against the teams of Yugoslav republics.

KK Partizan selected a group of young players led by exceptionally talented Drazen Dalipagic and Dragan Kicanovic.

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KK Partizan gathered around him other young coaches, and in the late 1970s, when Zeravica went coaching abroad, his former associates Borislav Corkovic and Dusan Ivkovic successfully took over the team.

KK Partizan started to make noise in the European competitions with two back-to-back titles in the European Korac Cup.

In 1989, enforced by young Predrag Danilovic, KK Partizan won the FIBA Korac Cup for the third time, triumphing over Wiwa Vismara Cantu.

That same season, KK Partizan won the Yugoslav Cup by defeating the crowned European champions Jugoplastika.

KK Partizan finished the competition in the group stage in the Euroleague in fourth place with nine wins and five defeats.

That meant that KK Partizan had to play crucial matches to qualify for the Final Four with Knorr Bologna.

KK Partizan first eliminated the reigning champion Olympiacos, and then, in the quarterfinals, the Russian champions CSKA.

Between 2001 and 2014, KK Partizan has been by far the most successful club in Serbia and the ex-Yugoslav region, winning thirteen consecutive national titles, six national cups, and six Adriatic league titles.

However, on the domestic front, KK Partizan was highly successful and built up for European success in the following years.

On 17 August 2007, KK Partizan signed an agreement with Bosnian club KK Igokea on technical cooperation, known as "KK Partizan Igokea".

KK Partizan Igokea was successful in Euroleague, and strengthened with Milt Palacio, Slavko Vranes, Cedomir Vitkovac KK Partizan Igokea knocked out of the competition European champions Panathinaikos, but was stopped in the quarterfinals by TAU Ceramica in a close fought encounter.

Coach Vujosevic was given the highest coaching award in Europe, the Euroleague Coach of the Year Award, and KK Partizan was chosen by Euroleague to go on tour against NBA teams, becoming one of the selected few clubs to represent European basketball in the United States.

KK Partizan played better from one game to another, and Pionir Hall remained impregnable fortress for many European greats like Efes Pilsen or FC Barcelona.

KK Partizan again went to quarterfinals and this time faced Israeli powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv.

KK Partizan went past their opponent in big style and secured the fourth Final Four of Euroleague.

Cibona players and the crowd already began to celebrate the title, but KK Partizan had the game's final possession and Dusan Kecman banked in a game-winning triple from midcourt at the buzzer, to make KK Partizan win another Adriatic League title in front of the shocked crowd and opposition players.

The departure of Vujosevic initially affected the results, but as the season went on KK Partizan's play improved and the team again won three trophies – national double and the regional league.

In Euroleague, KK Partizan achieved its primary goal and qualified for the Top 16 phase.

KK Partizan took advantage of the NBA lockout to bring in its former player, center Nikola Pekovic.

However, KK Partizan suffered at the Final Four of the Adriatic League with a defeat at a buzzer by Cedevita in the semifinals.

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KK Partizan was eliminated in the Serbian Cup and failed to defend the Serbian League title, losing to Red Star Belgrade in the final series.

At the beginning of 2016, KK Partizan severed the contract with Petar Bozic after a worst half-season in recent KK Partizan history.

The Superleague campaign finished unsuccessfully because KK Partizan lost to Crvena Zvezda in the Playoff semifinals thus failing to win the League title for a fourth consecutive season.

KK Partizan acquired Jock Landale, Rade Zagorac, Marcus Paige and several other mostly younger players during summer 2018.

Under Trinchieri, the performance improved and KK Partizan finally captured some of the former European success, qualifying for the Top16 in the EuroCup.

KK Partizan started the season strong, but eventually the season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

KK Partizan has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:.

KK Partizan has been the most watched team for many years in a row in Adriatic League.

For 24 seasons, KK Partizan played their home games at Ranko Zeravica Hall, located in Belgrade municipality of New Belgrade.

KK Partizan holds the record for highest single-game attendance in the ABA League history, with 16,531 fans attending the match against KK Buducnost on 9 February 2020.

KK Partizan has been involved in the top 4 single-game attendances in the history of the regional competition.

Several KK Partizan coaches have been recognized internationally for their contribution to the game of basketball:.

KK Partizan has won thirty-seven domestic trophies, including twenty-one championships, of which thirteen were won consecutively, and sixteen cups, of which five were won consecutively.

KK Partizan is the first and so far only club from Serbia that played games against NBA teams.