KK Lovćen 1947

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Lovćen 1947
Lovćen 1947
Leagues	Montenegrin League
Founded	1947; 77 years ago
History	KK Lovćen; (1947–present)
Arena	Lovćen Sports Center
Capacity	1,500
Location	Cetinje, Montenegro
Team colors	Red, White;
President	Savo Parača
Head coach	Petar Jovanović
Website	kklovcen.me
Home	Away

Košarkaški klub Lovćen 1947, commonly referred to as KK Lovćen 1947, is a men's professional basketball club based in Cetinje, Montenegro. The team currently competes in the Montenegrin Basketball League.^[1] During their history, Lovćen competed in First League of FR Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) Adriatic Basketball League, Balkan International Basketball League and in the FIBA Korać Cup.

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History

In Cetinje basketball began to play after the end of World War II. Basketball Club Lovćen was created as a basketball section of Gymnastics Society from Cetinje.

Near the old football playground, in the city park, in 1947, the first basketball court was built in Cetinje.

First Lovćen's participation in a competition was the third Championship of Montenegro, in June 1949 in Cetinje.

Since 1952, the Basketball Championship in Montenegro was organized in two parts: the competition in the zones and the final part. For many years, Lovcen competed in the middle zone and in the final tournament for the champions of Montenegro.

In the 1950s, the reconstruction of the building "Military flat" was finished, and a large gymnasium hall for basketball and handball was made.

The Montenegrin league was formed in 1970, and since then Lovcen has been a participant, where it was among the leading teams.

After the earthquake, in 80s, new sports hall was built. Matches are still playing in it.

In 1983. Lovćen managed to be placed in the second division of the Yugoslavia and participated, with interruptions, until 1992.

From season 1992/93, Lovcen played in the first division of the FRY and achieved the greatest success in the second half of the nineties.

In 1997, Lovcen was first launched in the quarterfinals of the final tournament, winning a sixth place and placement in the final tournament in 1998. As a result, the club won first participation in European competition. In Korać Cup, Lovcen was playing with Italian Virtus, Slovenian Krka and Israeli Hapoel

The best major league standings, Lovcen achieved in 2001. when it won the fourth position.

In season 2003/04 Lovcen has performed in regional Adriatic league.

Lovcen was vice-champion of the first championship of independent Montenegro (2006/07), and that same year it starred in the final Cup Montenegro.

The most successful season was 2009/10, when Lovćen placed in the final four regional Balkan League in Sofia. After the victory over Macedonia Feni Industries, Lovćen was defeated in the finals of the host - Levski.^[2]

Sponsorship naming

The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

Lovćen osiguranje: 2000–2001
Lovćen 1947 Bemax: 2019–2020

Honours

Montenegrin League

Runners-up (2): 2007, 2009

Montenegrin Cup

Runners-up (1): 2011

Balkan IBL

Runners-up (1): 2010

First League seasons

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Season	Placement	M	W	L	Note
1992/93	9th	36	14	22
1993/94	10th	32	14	18
1994/95	4th	14	10	4
1995/96	11th	36	15	21
1996/97	8th	26	12	14	Playoffs QF: Lovćen - Partizan 0:2
1997/98	6th	26	14	12	Playoffs QF: Lovćen - Crvena zvezda 0:2
1998/99	9th	22	9	13
1999/00	9th	22	8	14
2000/01	4th	22	13	9	Playoffs QF: Lovćen - Zdravlje 2:0, SF: Lovćen - Budućnost 0:3
2001/02	5th	22	12	10	Playoffs QF: Lovćen - Hemofarm 1:2
2002/03	6th	22	9	13	Playoffs QF: Lovćen - Crvena zvezda 0:2
2003/04	8th	14	0	14
2004/05	13th	26	7	19
2006/07	2nd	28	21	7	Playoffs SF: Lovćen - Ulcinj 2:0, FIN:* Lovćen - Budućnost 0:3*
2007/08	5th	28	14	14
2008/09	7th	28	20	8
2009/10	2nd	28	21	7	Playoffs SF: Lovćen - Mornar 2:1, FIN:* Lovćen - Budućnost 0:3*
2010/11	3rd	28	19	9	Playoffs SF: Lovćen - Mornar 0:2
2011/12	4th	28	16	12	Playoffs SF: Lovćen - Budućnost 0:2
2012/13	6th	28	13	15
2013/14	5th	28	18	10
2014/15	9th	28	14	14
	OVERALL	572'	291	281	Championship Playoff games: 27 5-22

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Players

Current roster

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Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PG	1	Washington, Isaiah	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	26 – (1998-07-20)20 July 1998
G	5	Jovanović, Mašan		18 – (2005-12-05)5 December 2005
SG	7	Bogdanović, Bogdan	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	23 – (2000-12-18)18 December 2000
PF	9	Novović, Miki	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	32 – (1992-09-16)16 September 1992
SG	10	Mugoša, Marko	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	31 – (1993-06-12)12 June 1993
SG	11	Vlahović, Stefan	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	23 – (2001-01-09)9 January 2001
C	13	Bojanić, Vuk	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	21 – (2003-05-24)24 May 2003
F	20	Parača, Nikola	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	25 – (1999-09-10)10 September 1999
SG	23	Clarance, Elijah	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	26 – (1998-07-03)3 July 1998
SF	24	Banović, Dejan	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	23 – (2001-09-18)18 September 2001
PF	34	Perović, Marko	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	32 – (1992-03-01)1 March 1992
C	44	Hadžibegović, Alen	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	25 – (1999-03-19)19 March 1999