KK Ibar is a professional basketball club from Rožaje, Montenegro. The team currently competes in the Erste Basketball League. They gained their status of a first division team by winning the second division league Prva B Liga in 2011/12. The club also competes in all leagues for younger players.
History KK Ibar was founded in 1981. by Faruk Tabaković and Faruk Kalić in Rožaje, SFR Yugoslavia. The club doesn't have huge successes in their history. The biggest success of the senior team is the title of Prva B Liga Championship in 2012. and the 2012/13 placement in the quarter final of the Montenegrin Cup.
Sports Center
Sports Center Rožaje (Bosnian/Montenegrin: Sportski centar Rožaje) is a sport center located in Rožaje, Montenegro. The sports center is located on Bandžovo Brdo, next to the main city football stadium. Construction of this sports complex began in 2006. The director is Rešid Pepić. The complex was created by the decision of The Municipal Assembly of Rožaje number 1383 from 10.07.2006. The main activity of the complex is the management and maintenance of sports facilities as well as: providing services in the field of sports and recreation provision of sport competitions for the organization of sports events and training provision of services to citizens and working collectives in sport and recreational activities organizing sports and cultural and public events
The main arena is built for various sports, such as: Basketball Handball Futsal Table tennis Indoor tennis Volleyball and other
Supporters
Ibar fans are known as (from Arabic: or , ; from , plural: ; meaning 'armed incursion with the intention of conquering'. were the defenders of Islam in the period of the Ottoman Empire.) The group is founded in 1996. The group's traditional colours are black and white, which are also the colours of the football club FK Ibar where Gazije first started giving their support. After the football club failed to reach the First Montenegrin League in 2006., 2007. and 2008., the footballers lost the support of fans since they failed to win the away play-off match against FK Dečić for the First league placement. The basketball club was first time supported by a big group of supporters in the first matches of Erste League.
Honours
Domestic competitions
Active sport clubs of Ibar Basketball Football Volleyball JudoTable TennisKarate FishingChessHunting
League Prva Erste Liga Winners (0): none Runners-up (0): none
Prva B Liga Winners (1): 2012 Runners-up (0): none
Cups Montenegrin Basketball Cup Winners (0): none Runners-up (0): noneBest placement: Quarter finals (2014–15)'
Players
Depth chart
Squad changes for the 2013–14 season
In Goran Oluić (from Basket Globalcaja Quintanar) Nemanja Simović (from KK Ibar Junior Team) Alen Dacić (from KK Ibar Junior Team)
Out Živojin Grubović (to KK Pärnu) Brandon Roberson (to KB RTV 21) Mersudin Košuta Filip Simić (to KK Radnički OB) Vladimir Čuljković Demir Kalić John Clack
2012/13 results Regular season and play out resultsFirst Erste League - Regular season
Team Sutjeska118153+26633 Mornar218144+14732 Teodo318144+9832 Ulcinj418108+6228 Lovćen518108+4528 Jedinstvo618810−7126 Danilovgrad718612−12824 Centar818513−13223 ABS Primorje918414−11222 Ibar1018414−17522 Results Team Home Away KK Mornar88-67 L100-83 L KK ABS Primorje75-85 L78-75 W KK Teodo73-67 L98-86 L KK Centar90-81 W82-78 L KK Lovćen89-85 W90-80 L KK Ulcinj98-76 L89-74 L KK Sutjeska62-97 L74-60 L KK Jedinstvo78-77 W79-67 L KK Danilovgrad84-91 L91-78 L
Survival Erste League - Play Out
Team Jedinstvo11064+6216 Ibar21064+416 ABS Primorje31064−716 Centar41055+715 Danilovgrad51055−315 Studentski Centar61028−6312 Results Team Home Away KK Jedinstvo59-51 W91-85 W KK ABS Primorje74-73 L90-82 L KK Danilovgrad77-66 W76-69 L KK Centar63-59 W75-58 L KK Studentski Centar81-77 W78-74 W
2013/14 Results
First Erste League - Regular season
Team Lovćen18718415 Sutjeska28626714 Zeta 201138532813 Teodo48531213 Ibar5853213 Mornar68442212 Jedinstvo78441012 Ulcinj8826-910 ABS Primorje9817-649 Centar10817-1529 Results Team Home Away KK Mornar83-80 W KK ABS Primorje66-62 W KK Teodo56-55 W KK Centar98-64 W KK Lovćen72-61 L KK Ulcinj69-68 W KK Sutjeska KK Jedinstvo73-58 L KK Zeta 201172-57 L
Notable players In the short history of the basketball club Ibar from Rožaje, the best players who played for the club are from the team which lead this team to the First Montenegrin league in front with Mersudin Kušuta. Most of those players play still in the club. In the first appearances as a top league team, one of the most notable players was Brandon Roberson from the United States who left the club after the first half of the season 2012/2013.
Notable former players Brandon Roberson Alija Dedeic
Sponsorships Official shirt sponsorALDIOfficial broadcasterTV APR
References
External links Eurobasket.com KK Ibar Page Official Website