Košarkaški klub Bosco (English: Bosco Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Bosco Zagreb, KK Bosco or simply Bosco, is a Croatian professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia.[1] The club competes in the HT Premijer liga.[2]

Bosco
LeaguesHT Premijer liga
Founded1992; 29 years ago
ArenaBoško Božić-Pepsi Sports Hall
(Capacity: 2,500)
LocationZagreb, Croatia
Team colorsBlue and White
PresidentIvan Marijanović
Head coachMatija Brkljačić
Websitekkbosco.hr

History

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The club was founded in 1992. The club administration adopted the statute of the society on 12 January 2002. The founding assembly was held on 22 April 2002 and the City Office for General Affairs of the City of Zagreb approved the statute on 18 October the same year.[3]

In April 2019, after one season playing in the first-tier HT Premijer liga, the club was relegated to the second tier Prva Muška Liga.

Activities

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The club practices volleyball, mini-table, table tennis, all merged into the Sports Association SALOM,[4] which has organized the international games of the youths three times.

The club's sports hall is located at the Matija Gubec elementary school in the Knežija neighbourhood. Club selections have competed in various Croatian league championships.

The club has many professional basketball and junior league[5] basketball players. To be mentioned are Ivan Velić (former Cibona head coach), Bariša Krasić (Cibona assistant coach), Dražen Dizdar (full professor at KIF), Damir Knjaz (full professor at KIF and formerly KIF Dean), Željko Birkić (Chief of the Zadar County Sports Committee), Vinko Batinić (director of HKK Široki) and Davor Bernardić (former president of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia), while some still play basketball at the top level: Andrija Stipanović, Mladen Primorac, Marin Pehar, Karlo Žganec, etc.

Notable coaches

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References

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  1. ^ "KK Bosco Zegreb". SofaScore. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. ^ "KK Bosco Roster, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Depth Charts". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  3. ^ "KK Bosco Zagreb Rosters - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  4. ^ "About the club". BOSCO Basketball Club. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  5. ^ "Google Translate". translate.google.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
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