Zadar, Zadar

Beginnings

People in Zadar are extremely proud on their basketball tradition and in accordance with the saying that »God created the human, while Zadar created basketball«, it might be true, that the very beginnings of basketball game in Croatia, if not the entire former Yugoslavia happened in this Dalmatian town, where everyone is poisoned with the love for basketball and knows everything about basketball.

Glory Days

The most successful era was no doubt the ten years span between 1965 and 1975, when Zadar won as many as five Yugoslavian Championship trophies under the leadership of legends names Krešimir Čosić and Giuseppe Giergia as well as one Yugoslavian national cup trophy. One thing that their fans are extremely proud of from the modern history, is also the ABA League trophy from 2003, when Zadar was better than famous Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv in the final of Final Four tournament in Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana.

Club Information

Obala Kralja Tomislava 1, 23000 Zadar, Croatia
k.k.zadar@zd.t-com.hr
+385 23 212 441
+385 23 212 882
+385 23 213 338

Administration

President:Davor Karlović
General Manager:Roko Jurlina

Venue

Dvorana Krešimir Ćosić
Splitska 1, 23000 Zadar, Croatia SHOW MAP

Trophy Case

Goodyear League

2003

Croatian National Championship

2005, 2008, 2021, 2023, 2024

Croatian National Cup

1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2020, 2021, 2024

Yugoslavian National Championship

1965, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1986

Yugoslavian National Cup

1970

Club Transfers

Players left Season 2025/26

Ivan Vraneš

Players arrived Season 2025/26

Boris Tišma (Split)
Borna Kapusta (Split)
Ivan Vraneš (Split)
Lovro Buljević (Krka)
Ivan Tkachenko (Syntainics MBC)
Adem Mekić (Bora Priština)

Team Roster

# Name Position Height Date of Birth Nationality
1 Vladimir Mihailović Guard 193 10.08.1990 MNE
4 Luka Gulan Forward 197 07.10.2007 HRV
5 Luka Bičić Guard 177 02.10.2007 HRV
6 Krševan Klarica Forward 200 10.11.2003 HRV
7 Boris Tišma Forward 205 20.02.2002 HRV
8 Lovro Buljević Center 210 12.08.1998 HRV
9 Karlo Žganec Power Forward 206 25.07.1995 HRV
14 Lovro Mazalin Power Forward 205 28.06.1997 HRV
17 Alexander Božiković Center 207 19.12.2008 HRV
20 Adem Mekić Shooting Guard 195 28.12.1995 MKD
25 Manuel Dundović Forward 192 25.10.2005 HRV
44 Borna Kapusta Guard 182 24.07.1996 HRV
46 Marko Ramljak Forward 201 14.03.1993 HRV
55 Ivan Tkachenko Forward 197 23.04.1997 UKR
99 Toni Torbarina Guard 186 19.09.2006 HRV
Danijel Jusup Coach

Club Statistics

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Game Stats

overall FG2 FG3 FT Rebs Blck Foul
Pts % M A % M A % M A % D O T Ass St To Fv Ag Cm Rv Val
1 C. Zvezda-Zadar W 85 46.8 14 27 51.9 15 35 42.9 12 16 75 29 6 35 20 6 13 3 2 24 21 94
2 Ilirija-Zadar L 83 34.2 18 41 43.9 8 35 22.9 23 24 95.8 21 19 40 12 5 4 1 1 23 24 86
3 C. Olimpija-Zadar L 72 40.4 17 32 53.1 6 25 24 20 23 87 20 6 26 18 4 12 1 1 15 23 79
4 Zadar-Spartak L 70 39.7 16 35 45.7 9 28 32.1 11 18 61.1 18 10 28 19 6 12 1 3 21 23 66
5 Budućnost-Zadar L 87 53.4 25 39 64.1 6 19 31.6 19 23 82.6 19 7 26 22 4 14 0 0 25 23 92
6 Zadar-Bosna L 77 46.2 14 25 56 10 27 37 19 25 76 22 4 26 15 4 13 1 1 18 24 81
7 Zadar-Mega W 88 42.6 19 29 65.5 10 39 25.6 20 28 71.4 24 11 35 15 8 7 2 1 20 25 98
9 Zadar-Vienna W 98 50 20 39 51.3 12 25 48 22 27 81.5 28 12 40 16 5 11 0 2 18 25 116
10 Mega-Zadar L 89 45.2 15 29 51.7 13 33 39.4 20 27 74.1 23 10 33 24 5 14 0 1 25 26 96
11 Zadar-Ilirija W 74 44.3 17 30 56.7 10 31 32.3 10 14 71.4 26 10 36 15 9 16 3 0 17 21 87
12 Spartak-Zadar L 75 38.9 14 35 40 7 19 36.8 26 33 78.8 29 5 34 11 4 10 1 3 20 29 81
13 Bosna-Zadar L 85 38.4 15 31 48.4 13 42 31 16 22 72.7 27 11 38 18 3 11 1 4 27 22 74
14 Zadar-Budućnost L 66 36.4 10 23 43.5 10 32 31.3 16 21 76.2 21 9 30 15 3 19 0 1 21 24 57
15 Zadar-C. Zvezda L 67 36.9 14 35 40 10 30 33.3 9 11 81.8 25 5 30 16 0 10 1 3 20 21 59
16 Zadar-C. Olimpija L 101 62.5 24 34 70.6 6 14 42.9 35 40 87.5 14 3 17 17 5 16 1 2 23 33 110
18 Vienna-Zadar W 86 55.8 18 25 72 11 27 40.7 17 23 73.9 26 2 28 24 5 16 0 0 16 22 104
20 Zadar-Borac W 81 45.5 17 34 50 8 21 38.1 23 31 74.2 27 7 34 19 5 13 1 2 16 28 99
22 Zadar-Split W 106 50 15 33 45.5 22 41 53.7 10 12 83.3 25 11 36 18 6 9 4 3 21 21 119
23 Zadar-Krka L 66 38.1 19 39 48.7 5 24 20.8 13 20 65 29 7 36 11 4 10 4 1 22 25 67
27 Zadar - SC Derby
29 Split - Zadar
25 FMP - Zadar
31 Borac - Zadar
33 Zadar - FMP
35 Krka - Zadar
36 SC Derby - Zadar
Average: 81.9 44.1 16.9 32.4 52.2 10.1 28.8 34.9 17.9 23.1 77.9 23.8 8.2 32 17.1 4.8 12.1 1.3 1.6 20.6 24.2 87.6
T:19 Total: 1556 44.1 321 615 52.2 191 547 34.9 341 438 77.9 453 155 608 325 91 230 25 31 392 460 1665

Player Stats

overall FG2 FG3 FT Rebs Blck Foul
GP Min Pts % M A % M A % M A % D O T Ass St To Fv Ag Cm Rv +/- Val
Beech III L. 10 170 76 36.5 9 18 50 18 56 32.1 4 5 80 29 6 35 5 8 7 2 0 24 10 -6 57
Božiković A. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 1
Buljević L. 8 51 19 46.7 5 9 55.6 2 6 33.3 3 4 75 8 5 13 2 1 3 3 2 11 2 -9 15
Dundović M. 8 19 14 66.7 0 1 0 4 5 80 2 2 100 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 -17 10
Gulan L. 7 12 5 100 0 0 0 1 1 100 2 2 100 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 -11 4
Kapusta B. 18 361 134 37.5 13 36 36.1 26 68 38.2 30 39 76.9 23 3 26 74 4 18 0 3 51 53 58 145
Klarica K. 19 239 60 33.3 4 11 36.4 16 49 32.7 4 7 57.1 21 11 32 17 4 12 0 0 31 4 -47 31
Martinez J. 4 24 4 20 0 2 0 1 3 33.3 1 2 50 6 1 7 0 2 0 1 0 4 2 -1 7
Mazalin L. 16 487 289 56.3 112 199 56.3 0 0 0 65 82 79.3 72 30 102 34 14 38 3 11 50 73 -31 312
Mekić A. 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 50 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2
Mihailović V. 19 615 392 43.1 55 112 49.1 61 157 38.9 99 120 82.5 64 9 73 57 6 60 0 7 63 138 31 362
Ramljak M. 19 656 196 37.8 42 88 47.7 23 84 27.4 43 55 78.2 92 30 122 45 20 25 8 2 49 54 -7 250
Tišma B. 18 497 171 51.8 48 84 57.1 11 30 36.7 42 59 71.2 42 19 61 25 10 26 1 2 38 52 -40 182
Tkachenko I. 8 114 16 28.6 5 8 62.5 1 13 7.7 3 4 75 19 4 23 1 5 7 0 0 13 5 -15 14
Torbarina T. 11 36 20 36.8 4 10 40 3 9 33.3 3 4 75 5 3 8 4 0 2 0 1 4 4 -15 16
Žganec K. 17 504 159 46.6 24 37 64.9 24 66 36.4 39 51 76.5 71 32 103 61 17 30 7 3 50 60 45 257

FG2, FG3 - Field Goals

M - Made

Ag - Against

Rebs - Rebounds

St - Steals

FT - Free Throws

A - Attempted

Foul - Foul

D - Defensive

To - Turnover

Min - Minutes

Blck - Blocks

Cm - Committed

O - Offensive

Val - Index Value

Pts - Points

Fv - in Favoure of

Rv - Received

Ass - Assists

W - Won, L - Lost

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