KK Union Olimpija
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{{Infobox Basketball club|
name=KK Union Olimpija|
logo=Union_olimpija.gif|
location=[[Ljubljana]], [[Slovenia]]|
color2=green|
color1=white|
president=Jure Jež|
coach=Aleksandar Džikić|
arena=[[Dvorana Tivoli]] (capacity 5,500)|
website=http://www.union.olimpija.com|
colors=Green and white|
founded=1946|
leagues=[[Premier A Slovenian Basketball League|UPC Telemach League]], [[Euroleague]], [[Adriatic League]]|
history=|
}}
'''KK Union Olimpija''' is a [[basketball]] team from [[Slovenia]]. The club was established in [[1946]] as a part of a larger sport club [[Svoboda]] (Freedom). Later it changed names quite a few times, from Enotnost (1947-1954) (Unity) to AŠK Olimpija (1955-1976), Brest Olimpija (1977-1978), Iskra Olimpija (1979-1982), Smelt Olimpija (1984, 1986-1996), and finally, Union Olimpija (1997-now). The last four names all include names of the main sponsors of the team.
The team played in Tabor gymnasium at the beginning, but moved to [[Dvorana Tivoli]] sports arena in [[1965]]. Arena has 4,050 seats. Euroleague matches are played in bigger hall - Ledena dvorana Tivoli (5,500).
==Current Squad==
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:''As of June 2008''
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| align=center|'''Number'''
| align=center|'''Player'''
| align=center|'''Position'''
| align=center|'''Height (m)'''
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|'''6'''
|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Damjan Rudež]]
|[[Power forward|PF]]/[[Small Forward|SF]]
|2.04
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|'''8'''
|{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Jaka Klobučar]]
|[[Shooting guard|SG]]/[[Small Forward|SF]]
|1.98
|-
|'''11'''
|{{flagicon|Serbia}}{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Dejan Radojević]]
|[[Center (basketball)|C]]
|2.09
|-
|'''12'''
|{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Marko Milič]] (C)
|[[Power forward|PF]]/[[Small Forward|SF]]
|1.99
|-
|'''13'''
|{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Jasmin Hukić]]
|[[Small Forward|SF]]/[[Power Forward|PF]]
|2.02
|-
|'''15'''
|{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Mirza Begić]]
|[[Center (basketball)|C]]
|2.20
|-
|'''16'''
|{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Mirza Sarajlija]]
|[[Point guard|PG]]
|1.85
|-
|'''20'''
|{{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Maurice Bailey]]
|[[Point guard|PG]]/[[Shooting guard|SG]]
|1.83
|-
|'''24'''
|{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Miha Zupan]]
|[[Power forward|PF]]/[[Center (basketball)|C]]
|2.04
|-
|'''31'''
|{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Sašo Ožbolt]]
|[[Shooting guard|SG]]
|1.91
|-
|'''52'''
|{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Matic Sirnik]]
|[[Small Forward|SF]]
|1.97
|}
Coach: {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Aleksandar Džikić]]
== Notable successes ==
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[[SFR Yugoslavia]]
* Champions of former [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavian]] basketball league (6): 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1970
[[Slovenia]]
* Champions of [[Premier A Slovenian Basketball League|Slovenian League]] (14): 1992–1999, 2001–2002, 2004–2006, 2008
* Champions of [[Slovenian National Cup]] (14): 1992–1995, 1997–2003, 2005–2006, 2008
* Champions of [[Slovenian SuperCup]] (3): 2003, 2004, 2007
International competition
* Champions of [[NLB League|Adriatic League]] (1): 2001/2002
* Champions of Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1993/1994
* 3rd place in [[Euroleague]]: 1996/1997
* [[European Champions Cup]] semifinals (2): 1961/1962, 1966/1967 ([[Final Four]])
* SBA league champions (1): 1994
===Notable Slovenian players===
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*{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Ivo Daneu]]
*{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Jaka Daneu]]
*{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Borut Bassin]]
*{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Dušan Hauptman]]
*{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Peter Vilfan]]
*{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Jurij Zdovc]]
*{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Aljoša Žorga]]
*{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Sani Bečirovič]]
*{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Marko Milič]]
*{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Boris Gorenc]]
*{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Boštjan Nachbar]]
*{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Radoslav Nesterovič]]
*{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Primož Brezec]]
*{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Marko Tušek]]
*{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Beno Udrih]]
*{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Slavko Kotnik]]
===Notable foreign players===
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*{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Radisav Čurčić]]
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Vinko Jelovac]]
*{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Šarūnas Jasikevičius]]
*{{flagicon|MKD}}{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Vlado Ilievski]]
*{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Yotam Halperin]]
*{{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[Jiří Welsch]]
*{{flagicon|Georgia}}{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Vladimir Stepania]]
*{{flagicon|Georgia}} [[Manuchar Markoishvili]]
*{{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Ariel McDonald]]
*{{flagicon|Georgia}}{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Vladimir Boisa]]
*{{flagicon|Mali}} [[Soumaila Samake]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Walter Berry (basketball)|Walter Berry]]
*{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}{{flagicon|Croatia}}{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Ivica Jurković]]
*{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Jasmin Hukić]]
*{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Emilio Kovačić]]
*{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Mindaugas Žukauskas]]
*{{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Roberts Štelmahers]]
*{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Marino Baždarić]]
*{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Ender Arslan]]
*{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Vitaly Nosov]]
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Jurica Golemac]]
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Marjan Kraljević]]
*{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Teemu Rannikko]]
==External links==
*{{sl icon}} [http://www.union.olimpija.com Official site]
**[http://www.union.olimpija.com/137/138/ Official club information in English]
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