KK Metalac Valjevo

Metalac Valjevo
Leagues KLS
Founded March 24, 1948
Arena Valjevo Sports Hall
(capacity 2,500)
Location Valjevo, Serbia
Team colors Red and White
         
Head coach Dragan Simeunović
Website kkmetalac.org.rs
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KK Metalac Valjevo (Serbian Cyrillic: КК Металац Ваљево) is a professional basketball club from Valjevo, Serbia, currently participating in the KLS.

History

Metalac was established on 24 March 1948 as KK Budućnost Valjevo. Six days later, the club played its first official game in Čačak against Borac and lost 69:19. In a relatively short period of time, they managed to qualify for a higher level of competition, entering the South Group of a then minor Serbian League under the new name Metalac in 1954. Due to financial problems in 1960, the club had to leave all competitions and restart from scratch again a year after.

In 1973 Metalac managed to qualify for the First Yugoslav Federal League by beating Mladost Zemun in the last round of the competition, gaining decisive advantage over Vojvodina Novi Sad. Metalac spent six consecutive seasons in the First League and managed to beat at least once all the big clubs of Yugoslav basketball in that period. They played their last game in Yugoslav First Federal League on 31 March 1979 against Jugoplastika in Split.

During the last couple of years, professional basketball in Valjevo is on the rise again. Metalac qualified for the top level of club competition in Serbia in 2007/08 and since then managed to progress to the Basketball League of Serbia Superleague phase five times. They have constantly been a serious contender for a spot in the Adriatic League over the past few seasons and finally became part of it in 2014/15 after Radnički Kragujevac opted out because of financial instability.

Players

Current roster

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KK Metalac Valjevo roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 3 Serbia Jelić, Aleksa 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 17 – (1999-10-22)22 October 1999
SF 7 Serbia Sarenac, Marko 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 17 – (1999-11-18)18 November 1999
PG 8 Serbia Djukanović, Djukan 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 24 – (1992-10-31)31 October 1992
SG 10 Serbia Djukanović, Brano 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (1995-03-31)31 March 1995
PG 11 Serbia Vasić, Aleksandar 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 29 – (1987-06-17)17 June 1987
PG 17 Serbia Pavlović, Filip 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 17 – (1999-11-11)11 November 1999
PG 19 Serbia Milutinović, Nikola 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 16 – (2000-07-18)18 July 2000
C 22 Republic of Macedonia Dujković, Marko 2.26 m (7 ft 5 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 26 – (1990-03-21)21 March 1990
PG 23 Serbia Bogdanović, Bojan 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 16 – (2000-12-02)2 December 2000
SF 24 Serbia Dimitrijević, Antonije 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 17 – (1999-08-25)25 August 1999
Head coach
  • Serbia Dragan Simeunović
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 14 October 2016

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Nemanja Todorović
PF Tomislav Gabrić Ljubomir Čampara
SF Marko Jošilo Petar Rakićević Aleksa Popović
SG Dušan Kutlešić Brano Đukanović
PG Jovan Novak Nikola Kočović Pavle Badovinac

Notable former players

References

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