KK Celje

Celje

Nickname

Celjski vitezi
(The Celje's Knights)

Leagues

Slovenian Second League

Founded

1950

History

Celjski vitez
2011–2012

Arena

Gimnasium Center Hall

Capacity

350

Location

Celje, Slovenia

Team colors

Yellow, Blue

Main sponsor

ECE Celje

President

Pieter Lakamotiv

Championships

1 Slovenian Third League

Website

Official website

Uniforms

Home

Away

Košarkarski Klub Celje (English: Celje Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Celje or simply Celje, is a professional basketball team that is based in Celje, Slovenia. The team currently competes in the Slovenian Second League under the name ECE Celje due to sponsorship reasons.^[1]

History

In 1950, the Railway Sport Association in the context with the Basketball club Celje was established, where the basketball players from Kladivar moved to. This club, later Kovinotehna, Libela, Merx, and Inpos had constantly raised new generations of basketball. By the name Libela, the Celje basketball club almost qualified for the First basketball league of Yugoslavia in two consecutive seasons (1978–79 and 1979–80), under the coaching of Zmago Sagadin and Mile Čepin.

After the World Championships in Ljubljana (1970) in the overcrowded city park, the future Olympic champions, basketball players of the Soviet Union Olympics played a friendly match with the team of Celje.

Arena

The team play their home games at the 300 capacity Gimnasium Center Hall in Celje.

Sponsorship names

Luxuris Celje (2012–2014)
ECE Celje (2014–present)

Honours

Slovenian Third League:

2013–14
2012–13

Seasons

Season	3. SKL	Cup	Coach	Roster
2013–14	Champions	2nd Round	Igor Pučko	Rok Pirih, Erik Felicijan, Primož Kobale, Rok Bregar, Davor Gradič, Klemen Oset, Benjamin Pungartnik, Matic Jan, Robi Gobec, Sebastjan Germek, Qendrim Hajdaraj, Ardian Krasniqi, Tadej Jug, Aleksandar Andjušić
2012–13	Runners-Up	2nd Round	Husein Kahvedžić	Iztok Kočevar, Marko Dmitrašinović, Rok Bregar, Enis Kahvedžić, Anže Skaza, Boštijan Zorko, Sebastjan Germek, Alen Kahvedžić, Domen Ambrož, Tadej Jug, Rožle Penca, Qendrim Hajdaraj, Rok Mavrin, Matic Jan, Robi Gobec, Aleksandar Andjušić, Matija Jošt, Vid Pirš

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Luxuris Celje roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
1.0 !PG	4	SLO !	Pirih, Rok	7000177000000000000♠1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)		7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-07-30)30 July 1989
1.0 !PG	5	SLO !	Felicijan, Erik	7000175000000000000♠1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)		7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-06-19)19 June 1987
1.5 !G	6	SLO !	Kobale, Primož (C)	7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	7001820000000000000♠82 kg (181 lb)	7001400000000000000♠40 – (1976-06-26)26 June 1976
2.5 !G/F	7	SLO !	Bregar, Rok	7000197000000000000♠1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)		7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-10-20)20 October 1986
1.5 !G	8	SLO !	Gradič, Davor	7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)		7001220000000000000♠22 – (1994-09-15)15 September 1994
1.5 !G	9	SLO !	Oset, Klemen	7000185000000000000♠1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)		7001240000000000000♠24 – (1992-04-13)13 April 1992
1.5 !G	10	SLO !	Pungartnik, Benjamin	7000192000000000000♠1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)		7001340000000000000♠34 – (1982-05-04)4 May 1982
2.5 !G/F	11	SLO !	Jan, Matic	7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	7001920000000000000♠92 kg (203 lb)	7001280000000000000♠28 – (1988-05-24)24 May 1988
3.5 !F	12	SLO !	Gobec, Robi	7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)		7001240000000000000♠24 – (1992-04-17)17 April 1992
3.5 !F	13	SLO !	Germek, Sebastijan	7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)		7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-05-20)20 May 1986
5.0 !C	14	SLO !	Hajdaraj, Qendrim	7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb)	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1990-05-13)13 May 1990
5.0 !C	15	SLO !	Krasniqi, Ardian	7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)		7001260000000000000♠26 – (1990-01-22)22 January 1990
2.5 !G/F	16	SLO !	Jug, Tadej	7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)		7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-01-25)25 January 1987

Head coach

Igor Pučko

Assistant coach(es)

Milenko Andjušić

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster
Updated: Septembre 07, 2012

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench
C	Qendrim Hajdaraj	Ardian Krasniqi
PF	Sebastjan Germek	Robi Gobec
SF	Rok Bregar	Matic Jan	Davor Gradič
SG	Primož Kobale	Klemen Oset
PG	Erik Felicijan	Rok Pirih	Benjamin Pungartnik

Coaching history

Husein Kahvedžić – 2011–2/2013
Igor Pučko – 2/2013–present

References

↑ KK Celje (25 October 2012). "Nov generalni sponzor Košarkarskega kluba Celje > LUXURIS Comodities" [New club's general sponsor in LUXURIS Comodities] (in Slovenian). KK Celje official website. Retrieved 28 June 2014.

External links

Official website (Slovene)

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