KK Crvena zvezda (youth)

Crvena zvezda
Nickname	Crveno-beli (The Red-Whites) Zvezda (The Star)
Leagues	U19 ABA Championship First Regional League
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Team colors	Red, white
Main sponsor	Mobile Telephony of Serbia
President	Nebojša Čović
Team manager	Jovica Antonić
Head coach	Branko Jorović (U19) Miloš Šakota (U16)
Championships	1 EuroLeague NGT
Website	kkcrvenazvezda.rs
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KK Crvena zvezda is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia, which has youth system teams, cadets (under-16) and juniors (under-18 and under-19). The U18 and U19 teams play in the RODA Junior Basketball League of Serbia ^[1] and the Junior Adriatic League. ^[2] They have won a Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament. The U16 team plays in the Triglav Cadet Basketball League of Serbia.

Some of the most notable home-grown players of Crvena zvezda are Zoran Slavnić, a member of the 50 greatest players in the history of FIBA international basketball, as selected in 1991, then Igor Rakočević – the three-time EuroLeague Top Scorer, Peja Stojaković – the NBA All-Star player and FIBA EuroBasket MVP, as well as Vladimir Cvetković and Dragan Kapičić.

Further notable home-grown players include Goran Rakočević, Ivan Sarjanović, Žarko Koprivica, Slobodan Nikolić, Predrag Bogosavljev, Boban Janković, Mirko Milićević, Branislav Prelević, Aleksandar Trifunović, Nebojša Ilić, Saša Obradović, Rastko Cvetković, Nikola Jestratijević, Miloš Vujanić, Vladimir Radmanović, Milutin Aleksić, Milko Bjelica, Luka Bogdanović, Tadija Dragićević, Nemanja Nedović, Marko Gudurić, and Ognjen Dobrić.

Aleksandar Đorđević (one of 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors), Dejan Koturović, Marko Jarić and Vladimir Micov were members of the club's youth system who have never appeared in a regular season or playoff game for the first team.

History

In 2014, Crvena zvezda captured its first Euroleague Basketball Nike International Junior Tournament title by beating Real Madrid 55–42 in the final Sunday at Mediolanim Forum in Milan. ^[3] The team was coached by Stevan Mijović and featured Stefan Kenić, Jovan Anđelković, Danilo Ostojić, Vojislav Stojanović, Nikola Rakićević, Bratislav Jerković, Aleksa Radanov, David Miladinović, Marko Radovanović, Boriša Simanić, Aleksandar Aranitović, Stefan Lazarević.

In the 2014–15 Euroleague NGT season Finals, Crvena zvezda got defeated Real Madrid with 70–73. The team was coached by Slobodan Klipa and featured Ivan Ćorović, Nemanja Kapetanović, Aleksandar Aranitović, Vojislav Stojanović, Aleksa Radanov, Stefan Kenić, Jovan Drljača, David Miladinović, Nikola Popović, Boriša Simanić, Nikola Rakićević, and Matija Radović. ^[4]

In the 2015–16 Euroleague NGT season Finals, Crvena zvezda got defeated FC Barcelona Lassa with 82–90. ^{[5] [6]} The team was coached by Branko Maksimović and featured Petar Rebić, Aleksa Uskoković, Ivan Ćorović, Milan Radaković, Uroš Ilić, Stefan Momirov, Srećko Gašić, Boriša Simanić, Aleksa Radanov, Matija Radović, Stefan Đorđević and Vladimir Kovačević. ^[7] Boriša Simanić won the MVP Finals Award.

The U19 team joined the 3rd-tier First Regional League – Center for the 2021–22 season. ^{[8] [9]}

Players

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Current U19 roster

Crvena zvezda mts roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 7 Dabić, Vasilije 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 20 – (2005-01-13)13 January 2005 F Đoković, Lazar 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 21 – (2004-04-15)15 April 2004 C 5 Gačić, Lazar 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 20 – (2005-01-31)31 January 2005 G/F Gagić, Lazar 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 20 – (2005-08-01)1 August 2005 Lukić, Ognjen 20 – (2005-06-05)5 June 2005 F Lutovac, Bogdan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 20 – (2005-01-08)8 January 2005 F/C Marjanac, Đorđe 21 – (2004-09-11)11 September 2004 PF 11 Mišić, Pavle 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 19 – (2005-10-05)5 October 2005 PG 9 Pavlović, Vladimir 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 21 – (2004-07-27)27 July 2004 G/F 6 Radaković, Filip 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 21 – (2004-05-07)7 May 2004 F 14 Radojević, Andrija 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 21 – (2004-06-22)22 June 2004 G 4 Topić, Nikola 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 20 – (2005-08-10)10 August 2005	Head coach Branko Jorović Assistant coach(es) Bojan Đerić Milan Majstorović Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 17, 2022

Current U16 roster

Crvena zvezda mts roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age Bjelica, Novak 19 – (2006-03-19)19 March 2006 Cvijetić, Vladimir 18 – (2007-01-26)26 January 2007 Kontić, Vladimir 19 – (2006-01-06)6 January 2006 SG Kostić, Andrej 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 18 – (2006-11-02)2 November 2006 Lučić, Andrej 18 – (2007-01-06)6 January 2007 Milosavljević, Dušan 18 – (2007-02-12)12 February 2007 PF 10 Mišić, Pavle 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 19 – (2005-10-05)5 October 2005 Pamučina, Aleksa 20 – (2005-01-26)26 January 2005 5 Radovanović, Relja 20 – (2005-05-05)5 May 2005 Radulović, Bodin 19 – (2006-07-22)22 July 2006 SF Romčević, Uroš 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 19 – (2006-03-10)10 March 2006 F Spasojević, Damjan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 19 – (2006-06-26)26 June 2006 Vitorović, Matija 19 – (2006-02-02)2 February 2006	Head coach Miloš Šakota Assistant coach(es) Marko Lalić Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 17, 2022

Staff

Current members

Youth system coordinator		Jovica Antonić
U19	Head coach	Branko Jorović
	Assistant coaches	Bojan Đerić
		Milan Majstorović
U16	Head coach	Miloš Šakota
	Assistant coach	Marko Lalić
U14	Head coach	Nemanja Novašikić
	Assistant coach	Nebojša Stanojević

Notable coaches

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• Milan Bjegojević
• Mile Protić
• Božidar Maljković
• Vladislav Lučić
• Marin Sedlaček
• Stevan Karadžić
• Darko Rajaković
• Slobodan Klipa

Youth system coordinators

• Marin Sedlaček (2003–2007)
• Slobodan Klipa (2016–2022)
• Jovica Antonić (2022–present)

Season-by-season

The U19 roster competed in the senior league system:

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	W–L	Rf.
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09	2	BLS First B League	10	—	11–15	[10]
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	3	BLS 1 Regional League	2	4th place	21–7	[11]

Trophies and awards

Vojislav Stojanović (left) and Boriša Simanić (right) are the only Crvena zvezda U-18 players who won Euroleague NGT Finals MVP award.

Trophies

• Euroleague NGT
  • Winners (1): 2013–14
  • Runners-up (2): 2014–15, 2015–16

• Junior ABA League
  • Runners-up (3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022-23

• Junior Basketball League of Serbia
  • Winners (7): 1993, 1998, 2007–08, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, ^[12] 2018–19 ^[13]

• Cadets Basketball League of Serbia
  • Winners (7): 1993, 1997, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016–17, 2017–18

• Pioneer Basketball league of Serbia
  • Winners (7): 2003, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2023, 2025
• Pioneer Serbian Cup
  • Winners (2): 2019, 2020
• Pioneer European Cup (Unofficial)
  • Winners (1): 2011

• Junior Basketball League of Yugoslavia(defunct)
  • Winners (10): 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1963, 1967, 1978, 1984

• Cadets Basketball League of Yugoslavia(defunct)
  • Winners (4): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1985

Awards

• Euroleague NGT Finals MVP (2)
  • Vojislav Stojanović – 2014 ^{[14] [15]}
  • Boriša Simanić – 2016 ^[16]
• Junior Basketball League of Serbia Finals MVP
  • Bojan Tomašević – 2019

References

1. "RODA Juniorska liga Srbije". takmicenje.kss.rs. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
2. "Junior ABA League". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
3. "IJT CRVENA ZVEZDA TELEKOM BELGRADE 55 IJT REAL MADRID 42". adidasngt.com. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
4. "U18 Real Madrid 73 U18 Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade 70". adidasngt.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
5. "Barcelona wins Adidas Next Generation title, beats Crvena Zvezda". talkbasket.net. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
6. "Crvena zvezda are the vice-champions of Europe". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
7. "U18 FC BARCELONA LASSA 90 U18 CRVENA ZVEZDA TELEKOM BELGRADE 82". adidasngt.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
8. "CRVENA ZVEZDA ĆE OVE SEZONE IMATI TIM U TREĆOJ LIGI: Sigurno će podići kvalitet takmičenja!". hotsport.rs. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
9. "KSS doneo odluke o vanrednom i "72 sata" prelaznom roku". b92.net. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
10. "Prva B liga 2008/09". srbijasport.net. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
11. "Prva RL Centar - grupa 1 / Sezona: 2021-2022". srbijasport.net. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
12. "KOŠARKAŠKI NOKAUT Ovako su juniori Zvezde postali prvaci Srbije U POSLEDNJOJ SEKUNDI /VIDEO/". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
13. "Juniori Zvezde odbranili titulu u dramatičnom duelu sa Partizanom". b92.net. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
14. "Najbolji među najboljima - Vojislav Stojanović je MVP Evrolige!". sportske.net. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
15. "Košarkaš Zvezde MVP Evrolige!". kosarka.hotsport.rs. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
16. "Boriša Simanić MVP juniorske Evrolige". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

External links

• KK Crvena zvezda official website (in Serbian)
• Club info at Junior Adriatic League
• Club info at eurobasket.com
• Club info at ANGT
• Club info at realGM.com