ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo

ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
Leagues	Bosnian League
Founded	1921
Arena	Dvorana Mirza Delibašić (capacity: 6.500)
Location	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Team colors	Blue and White
President	Marin Ivanišević
Head coach	Edina Ljubunčić
Championships	14 Bosnian League 9 Bosnian Cup 1 Adriatic League

Ženski košarkaški klub Željezničar Sarajevo (English: Women's Basketball Club Željezničar Sarajevo) is a Bosnian women's basketball team from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

In 1982. ŽKK Željezničar competed in the second division of Yugoslavia, with great success and without losing a match. the team was led by coach Miodrag Vesković, won first place and the club returned to the First division. With a very small selection of players in the 1983–84 season, the team was elected to the first division. The following season 1984–85, the team was joined by a pair of showgirls including the Vesna Bajkuša (showgirl youth branches ŽKK Željezničar), and achieved fourth place and thus won the right to contest the Cup Liliana Ronchetti. With inexperienced and very young players in the first round of the Montmontaža from Zagreb. The following season, the team again won the fourth place in the championship of Yugoslavia and then left the Cup Liliana Ronchetti, beating the representatives of Greece and Italy, but losing to representatives of Czechoslovakia, the team from the Slavia Prague sports club.

Honours

Domestic

National Championships – 14

• Yugoslav League:
  • Winners (1) : 1971
• Bosnian League:
  • Winners (13) : 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

National Cups – 7

• Yugoslav Cup:
  • Runners-up (2) : 1973, 1992
• Bosnian Cup:
  • Winners (7) : 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

International

International titles – 1

• Adriatic League Women:
  • Winners (1) : 2003

Notable former players

• Tima Džebo
• Vesna Bajkuša
• Olga Đoković

Notable former coaches

• Miodrag Vesković
• Vesna Bajkuša

External links

• Official website
• ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo on facebook.com
• ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo on eurobasket.com