Košarkaški klub Spartak (), commonly referred to as Spartak Subotica or Spartak Office Shoes for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball club based in Subotica, Serbia. They are currently competing in the Serbian SuperLeague, the ABA League, and the FIBA Champions League.

History

The club was founded in 1945 and was named after Jovan Mikić Spartak, an Olympic athlete from Subotica, who was killed in 1944.

After finishing at the 7th place in the canceled 2019–20 season of the Second League of Serbia (2nd-tier), the club failed to fulfill the League requirements and got relegated to the 4th-tier Second Regional League for the 2020–21 season.

In August 2021, the Basketball Federation of Serbia confirmed a disaffiliation of Fair Play and their merge into Spartak. The club took the Fair Play's spot for the 2021–22 Second Serbian League season.. While under the wing of coach Vlada Jovanović who arrived in 2023, the club won the ABA League Second Division in 2024 and achieved the biggest success in club history by winning the Serbian League in 2026.

Sponsorship naming The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship: Sinalco Spartak (2003–2007) Spartak Office Shoes (2021–present)

Players Current roster

Depth chart

Coaches

Janko Lukovski (1986–1988) Goran Miljković (1989–1993) Goran Mijović (1993–1994) Zoran Kovačević (1994) Rajko Toroman (1995–1997) Slobodan Lukić (1997) Srećko Sekulović (1997–2000) Radomir Kisić (2001–2002) Jovica Antonić (2002) Vojkan Benčić (2005–2006) Vuk Stanimirović Blagoja Ivić (2009–2010) Mihajlo Mitić (2012–2013) Predrag Borilović (2014–2015) Dušan Alimpijević (2015–2017) Aleksandar Jončevski (2017) Nenad Čanak (2017) Dragoljub Vidačić (2017–2018) Slobodan Ljubotina (2018–2019) Slobodan Bjelica (2019–2020) Blagoja Ivić (2020) Deni Katanić (2020–2021) Filip Socek (2021) Srećko Sekulović (2021–2022) Oliver Kostić (2022–2023) Željko Lukajić (2023) Vlada Jovanović (2023–present)

Honours Domestic competitions

League FR Yugoslav League (defunct) Third place (1): 1992–93 Serbian League Winners (1): 2025–26 Runners up (1): 2024–25 Second League of Serbia (2nd-tier) Winner (1): 2021–22

Cup FR Yugoslavia Cup (defunct) Runners-up (1): 1994–95 League Cup of Serbia (2nd-tier) Winner (1): 2022–23

Regional competitions ABA League Second Division Winners (1): 2023–24

Notable players

Vojkan Benčić Nenad Čanak Branko Cvetković Vladimir Đokić Marko Jagodić-Kuridža Nikola Kalinić Dejan Koturović Dragan Lukovski Danilo Mijatović Oliver Popović Petar Popović Kemal Karahodžić Gracin Bakumanya Umoja Gibson Dušan Miletić

International record SeasonAchievementNotes FIBA Saporta Cup 1995–96 Second round Eliminated by Bnei Herzliya, 155–156 (1–1) 1992–93 Second round Eliminated by Dinamo București, 0–4 (0–2) FIBA Korać Cup 1996–97 Group stage 3rd in Group I with Telemarket Roma, Tofaş, and ZTE (3–3) 1997–98 Qualifying round Eliminated by Cherno More, 168–186 (1–1) 1999–2000 Second round Withdrew; Group M with Pinar Karşiyaka, Near East, and Slovan FIBA Champions League 2024–25 Qualifying round Eliminated by Juventus, 84–87 (0–1) 2025–26 Play-ins Eliminated by Karditsa Iaponiki (0–2)

References

External links

KK Spartak Subotica at srbijasport.net KK Spartak Subotica at eurobasket.com