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Spars Realway
Leagues	Bosnian League ABA League
Founded	2005; 20 years ago (2005)
History	OKK Spars (2005–2019) KK Spars Realway (2019–present)
Arena	Dvorana Novo Sarajevo
Location	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Team colors	Blue and white
President	Nihad Selimović
Head coach	Nedim Džemić
Ownership	Nihad Selimović (major)
Championships	1 A1 Liga (2013) 1 Bosnian Cup (2020)
Website	kkspars.com

Košarkaški klub Spars Realway, commonly referred to as KK Spars Realway, is a men's professional basketball club based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club competes in the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the ABA League Second Division.

The club is owned and run by Nihad Selimović and few others.

History

The club was founded in 2005 as OKK Spars and competed in lower-ranking divisions until joining 2nd-tier A1 League in the 2011–12 season. After winning the A1 League in the 2012–13 season, they were promoted to the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the 2013–14 season.

In December 2019, the club was merged with Realway, and chenged its name to KK Spars Realway.

Sponsorship naming

Spars has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Spars Realway roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 0 Strong, Darrion 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 30 – (1994-10-16)16 October 1994 PG 1 Zahiragić, Adi 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1995-02-24)24 February 1995 PG 2 Klavžar, Nejc 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1999-03-21)21 March 1999 SG 4 Huseinspahić, Harun 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (2001-03-26)26 March 2001 SF 6 Malešević, Zerin 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – (2002-06-10)10 June 2002 SF 7 Vrabac, Adin 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 30 – (1994-01-27)27 January 1994 PG 9 Grubelić, Sandi 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1996-10-13)13 October 1996 SF 10 Ilić, Vojin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (2000-08-09)9 August 2000 C 11 Polutak, Imran 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 28 – (1996-07-09)9 July 1996 F 12 Memić, Enis 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1997-02-23)23 February 1997 C 13 Kamenjaš, Kenan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 24 – (2000-01-17)17 January 2000 C 15 Vidović, Valentin 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (2002-05-31)31 May 2002 SF 19 Buza, Nedim 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1995-05-10)10 May 1995 PF 22 Đekić, Branislav 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 33 – (1991-08-12)12 August 1991 SF 23 Muratović, Nedžad 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1995-12-27)27 December 1995 SF 24 Mičić, Nikola 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (2002-02-09)9 February 2002	Head coach Nedim Džemić Assistant coach(es) Srđan Stanić Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: December 30, 2019

Honours

Total titles: 2

Domestic competitions

• A1 Liga

Winners (1): 2013

• Bosnian Basketball Cup

Winners (1): 2019–20

Head coaches

• Marko Trbić (2010–2018)
• Ivan Opačak (2018)
• Marko Trbić (2018–2019)
• Goran Šehovac (2019)
• Nermin Selimović (2019)
• Nedim Džemić (2020–present)

Youth team

The club's youth team competes in the Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament. In the 2014–15 edition, Spars were invited to play in Madrid for the tournament's final stage.

References

1. Basketball business: OKK Spars owner Nihad Selimovic asked Serbia to steal Djoko Salic?
2. Razgovor sa dr. Nihadom Selimovićem (in Bosnian)
3. "Predstavljen OKK Spars Realway: Počinje nova košarkaška era u BiH". klix.ba. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
4. "KK Spars Realway vratit će Sarajevo na regionalnu mapu". sport1.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2020-02-17.

External links

• Official website
• Team profile at Eurobasket.com

• Basketball teams established in 2005
• Basketball teams in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 2005 establishments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Sport in Sarajevo