KD SLOVAN

'KK Geoplin Slovan' or 'KD Slovan' ''(Košarkarsko društvo Slovan)'' is a basketball team from Slovenia.
A beginning of the club is dating back to 1951 when Stane Urek suggested a formation of a basketball club Poljane (KK Poljane) at one of Ljubljana high schools. The club got its official right to play in April same year. After just two days they organised their first tournament at which they invited teams Rudar (Trbovlje) and Krka (Novo mesto) - both playing in first national league.
That was the start of the club which played in all leagues in former Yugoslavia and has been ever since Slovenian independency one of the best Slovenian teams. KK Poljane was club's first name and they changed it many times after February 1953.
They were also recognized as KK Krim, KK Slavija, KK Odred and finally KD Slovan - the name they have had until today. They have only added the official sponsor in their name - Geoplin Slovan. After having played for more than 20 years on the basketball court in High school Poljane, they moved to sport centre Slovan in Kodeljevo where they have been playing ever since.

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Current roster

Notable successes

Notable players

External link

Current roster

4		Aleksandar Jevđić	Forward
6		Stefan Nikolić	Power forward
7		Dejan Mlakar	Guard
8		Jaka Klobučar	Guard
9		Zoran Dragić	Shooting guard
10		Ernst Novak	Guard
11		Davor Marcelić	Forward
12		Mario Moore	Shooting guard
14		Dejan Čigoja	Forward
16		Miloš Paravinja	Center
17		Siniša Bilić	Forward

Notable successes

Runners up in Slovenian First League in
2004/05 and 2005/06 (behind Union Olimpija).

Notable players

Most notable players in the recent years were:
Uroš Slokar, Jaka Lakovič, Sašo Ožbolt, Miha Zupan, Gašper Vidmar, Emir Preldžič.

External link

★ site

★ Official club information in English