KK Bosco

KK Bosco is a Croatian professional basketball club located in Zagreb, Croatia.[1] The club plays in the Croatian First Basketball League.[2]

Bosco
LeaguesPrva muška liga
Founded1992; 28 years ago
ArenaSD Trnsko
(Capacity: 2,500)
LocationZagreb, Croatia
Team colorsBlue and white
PresidentIvan Marijanović
Head coachMatija Brkljačić
Websitekkbosco.hr

History

The BOSCO Basketball Club of Zagreb was founded in 1992.

The provincial 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 of the same year.[3]

In April 2019, after one season in the HT Premijer liga, the club was relegated to the second tier, Prva muška liga.

Activities

The club practices volleyball, mini-table, table tennis, all merged into the Sports Association SALOM (Salesian Youth Sports).[4] Salom has organized the International Games of the Salesian Athletic Youths three times.

KK Bosco Hall is located at the Matija Gubec Elementary School in Knežija. Club selections have competed in various Croatian leagues.

The club has many professional basketball and junior league[5] basketball players. To be mentioned are Ivan Velić (head coach of KK Cibona), Bariša Krasić (assistant coach of KK Cibona), 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 (president of SDP), while some still play basketball at the top level, who are Andrija Stipanović, Mladen Primorac, Marin Pehar, Karlo Žganec.

Notable coaches

References
  1. "KK Bosco Zegreb". SofaScore. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. "KK Bosco Roster, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Depth Charts". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  3. "KK Bosco Zagreb Rosters - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  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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