Omladinski košarkaški klub Beograd (), commonly referred to as OKK Beograd, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. They are currently competing in the Basketball League of Serbia. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based sport club OSD Beograd. The club is the league affiliate of Mega Basket.
The club was founded in 1945 as KK Metalac. In 1950, the club changed its name to KK BSK, and then in 1958 to OKK Beograd, which it keeps to this day. The OKK Beograd squads have won 4 National League championships. They have played three different National League since 1945, including the Yugoslav First Federal League (1945–1992), the First League of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006), and the Serbian League (2006 onward). They have also won 3 National Cup titles.
The club has its own Hall of Fame. The members are Radivoj Korać, Slobodan Gordić, Bogomir Rajković, Trajko Rajković, Miodrag Nikolić, Milorad Erkić, and Borislav Stanković. Several members of the club have been inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, including player Korać, coach Aleksandar Nikolić and contributors Radomir Šaper and Stanković. Stanković and Korać are members of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
History OKK Beograd made most of its achievements during a so-called 'golden era' - a period between 1957 and 1965. The key players of this generation were Radivoj Korać, Slobodan Gordić, Bogomir Rajković, Trajko Rajković, Miodrag Nikolić and Milorad Erkić who would later be the coach of the women's squad, and longtime coordinator of the OKK youth program. They developed under the guidance of coaches Borislav Stanković and Aleksandar Nikolić and team director Radomir Šaper, and went on to win six national trophies and achieve high results in European competitions. In less than a decade, OKK Beograd won four Yugoslav League championships; in 1958, 1960, 1963 and 1964, accompanied by two Yugoslav Cups in 1960 and 1962. The club also reached the semifinals of a European Champions Cup on three occasions, but failed to reach the finals, losing to Academic Sofia in 1959, Spartak Brno in 1964 and Real Madrid in 1965. After 1965, the core of the team went abroad and the results dropped. However, the club did reach the finals of the first-ever Korać Cup in 1972 but lost to another Yugoslav club, Cibona (known at the time as Lokomotiva). Although OKK Beograd remained among the top Serbian and Yugoslav teams, the next trophy was not won until 1993, with the victory in the Yugoslav Cup.
On June 14, 2018, the club signed a contract on sports and technical cooperation with Adriatic League team Mega Basket.
Sponsorship naming The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship: Beko Beograd: 1974–1979 InvestEksport Beograd: 1993–1994
Logos
Home arenas Šumice Hall Radivoj Korać Hall (2016–present) Mega Factory Hall (2018–present)
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Head coaches
Mioljub Denić (1946–1948) Radomir Putnik (1949) Mihajlo Krnić (1950–1951) Aleksandar Nikolić (1952) Strahinja Alagić (1953) Borislav Stanković (1954–1961) Aleksandar Nikolić (1962–1963) Borislav Stanković (1964–1965) Slobodan Ivković (1966–1967) Todor Lazić (1967–1968) Borivoje Cenić (1968–1969) Borislav Stanković (1969–1970) Borivoje Cenić (1970–1971) Branislav Rajačić (1971) Borivoje Cenić (1971–1972) Todor Lazić (1972–1975) Branislav Rajačić (1975–1979) Slobodan Ivković (1979–1980) Branislav Rajačić (1980) Slobodan Ivković (1980–1981) Petar Marković (1981) Slobodan Ivković (1981–1982) Duško Vujošević (1982–1983) Vojislav Vezović (1983–1984) Dragoljub Pljakić (1984–1986) Životije Ranković (1986–1987) Zdravko Rajačić (1987–1989) Veselin Matić (1989–1990) Marijan Novović (1990–1991) Gordan Todorović (1991–1992) Vojislav Vezović (1992) Rajko Žižić (1992–1994) Gordan Todorović (1994) Igor Kokoškov (1994–1995) Ivan Jeremić (1995) Zoran Prelević (1995–1996) Slobodan Nikolić (1996–1999) Vladimir Jokanović (1999–2001) Predrag Jaćimović (2001–2002) Nenad Vučinić (2002–2003) Jovica Antonić (2003) Luka Pavićević (2003–2004) Dejan Mijatović (2004–2006) Slobodan Nikolić (2006–2007) Marko Ičelić (2007–2011) Vlade Đurović (2011–2012) Srđan Jeković (2012–2013) Vlade Đurović (2013) Milovan Stepandić (2013–2015) Vlade Đurović (2015–2016) Darko Kostić (2016–2018) Branislav Vićentić (2018–2019) Branko Milisavljević (2019–2020) Branislav Ratkovica (2020–2021) Vasilije Budimić (2021–2022) Vule Avdalović (2022–2025) Milan Vidosavljević (2025–present)
Hall of Famers, greatest players and contributors
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
OKK Beograd Hall of FamersPlayers No. Name Position Tenure Inducted 5 Radivoj Korać PF 1954–1967 2022CoachesName Position Tenure InductedAleksandar Nikolić Head coach 1961–19631965–1967 1998ContributorsName Position Tenure InductedBorislav Stanković Head coach 1954–19611964–19651969–1970 1991
FIBA Hall of Fame
OKK Beograd Hall of FamersPlayers No. Name Position Tenure Inducted 5 Radivoj Korać PF 1954–1967 2022CoachesName Position Tenure Inducted Aleksandar Nikolić Head coach 1961–19631965–1967 2007ContributorsName Position Tenure Inducted Borislav Stanković Head coach 1954–19611964–19651969–1970 2007 Radomir Šaper Team director 2007
FIBA Order of Merit recipients
FIBA Order of Merit recipients Order Name Tenure Inducted 19 Aleksandar Nikolić 1951 as player1961–1963, 1965–1967 as coach 1995 39 Radomir Šaper team director 1999 65 Borislav Stanković 1954–1961, 1964–1965, 1969–1970 as coach 2015
FIBA's 50 Greatest Players
OKK Beograd Players No. Name Position Tenure Inducted 5 Radivoj Korać PF 1954–1967 1991
50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors
OKK Beograd EuroLeague ContributorsPlayers No. Name Position Tenure Inducted 5 Radivoj Korać PF 1954–1967 2008CoachesName Position Tenure InductedAleksandar Nikolić Head coach 1961–19631965–1967 2008
Season-by-season
SeasonTierDivisionPos.PostseasonNational CupRegional competitionsEuropean competitions 2006–07 1 BLS First League 12 — 6–16 — — — 2007–08 2 BLS B League 5 — 16–10 — — — 2008–09 2 BLS B League2 — 21–5 — — — 2009–10 1 BLS First League 4 — 17–9 Quarterfinalist Balkan League 7–5 — 2010–11 1 BLS First League2 7th 23–17 Quarterfinalist Balkan League 5–5 — 2011–12 1 BLS First League 5 — 15–11 — Balkan League 2–8 — 2012–13 1 BLS First League 9 — 12–14 — Balkan League 2–6 — 2013–14 1 BLS First League 6 — 14–12 Quarterfinalist—— 2014–15 1 BLS First League 6 — 11–11 ——— 2015–16 1 BLS First League 12 — 9–17 — — — 2016–17 1 BLS First League 11 — 11–15 — — — 2017–18 1 BLS First League 12 — 9–17 — — — 2018–19 1 BLS First League4 A-5th 19–17 — — — 2019–20 1 BLS First League 13 9–17 — — — 2020–21 1 BLS First League 10 — 12–18 ——— 2021–22 1 BLS First League 13 — 14–16 ——— 2022–23 1 BLS First League5 A-2nd 22–14 — — — 2023–24 1 BLS First League 11 — 12–18 Quarterfinalist — — 2024–25 1 BLS First League 7 — 18–12 Semifinalist — —
Trophies and awards
Trophies and successes Yugoslav League (defunct) Winners (4): 1958, 1960, 1963, 1964 Runners-up (1): 1962 Yugoslav Winter Championship Winners (1): 1965 Yugoslav Cup (defunct) Winners (3): 1960, 1962, 1992–93 Runners-up (1): 1959 Yugoslav Supercup Runners-up (1): 1993 FIBA European Champions Cup Semi-finals (3): 1958-59, 1963-64, 1964-65 FIBA Korać Cup (defunct) Runners-up (1): 1972 TOP 16 (1): 1977-78
Other Minor trophies and Successes:
Basketball League of Serbia (2nd tier) Runners-up (1): 2010-11
Developmental League of Serbia Winners (1): 2012-13
NR Serbia Cup (1st tier) Winners (2): 1954, 1958 Runners-up (4): 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953
Awards BLS First League MVP Andrija Bojić (1) – 2013–14 Vuk Malidžan (1) – 2014–15
Yugoslav League Top Scorer Radivoj Korać (7) – 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Notable players
1940s Dragan Godžić
1950s Aleksandar Nikolić Milorad Erkić Bogomir Rajković
1960s Slobodan Gordić Radivoj Korać Miodrag Nikolić Trajko Rajković Miloš Bojović Zvonimir Petričević Zoran Marojević Bogdan Tanjević
1970s Žarko Knežević Rajko Žižić Branko Vukićević
1980s Danko Cvjetičanin Zoran Sretenović Dragan Todorić
1990s Zoran Jovanović Nebojša Zorkić Zoran Radović
2000s Paul Henare Miloš Borisov Aleksandar Glintić Vladimir Micov
2010s Aleksej Nešović Karlo Matković Kimani Ffriend Aleksa Avramović Andrija Bojić Vuk Malidžan
2020s Nikola Đurišić
International record
SeasonAchievementNotesFIBA European Champions Cup 1964–65Semifinals Eliminated by Real Madrid, 174–180 (1–1)1963–64Semifinals Eliminated by Spartak ZJŠ Brno, 178–179 (1–1)1958–59Semifinals Eliminated by Academic, 156–163 (1–1)1960–61Second round Eliminated by Antwerpse, 47–68 (0–2)FIBA Korać Cup1972Runners-up Eliminated by Lokomotiva, 156–165 (1–1)1977–78Round of 16 2nd in Group C with Juventud Freixenet, Xerox Milano, and SSV Hagen (3–3)
References
External links Official website