Borac Mozzart Team Begins Preparations for the 2025/2026 Season

As is well known, the start of the regional competition is scheduled for the beginning of October, so the Čačak squad has plenty of time to prepare for all the challenges that await them in what appears to be an extremely difficult competitive year.

At this moment, the first team roster, led from the bench by coach Saša Ocokoljić, consists of nine players: Uroš Čarapić, Nikola Manojlović, Pavle Nikolić, Đorđe Ćurčić, Petar Radović, Aleksandar Krunić, Marko Jošilo, Stefan Fundić, and Aleksa Uskoković. Naturally, this is not the final list, and in the coming period, the squad will be strengthened with the necessary reinforcements.

Saša Ocokoljić, head coach of the Čačak team, first briefly reflected on the season behind them.

"We have just completed a successful season in which we achieved our main goal — staying in the league — while also giving a chance to several young players who gradually matured over the course of the season with the help of more experienced teammates. On Friday, we officially start preparations for the next season, although we have already begun working with one group of players on August 11. Of course, as always with preseason training, our priority is for the players to stay healthy and train well, so that we can enter the season as prepared as possible," said Ocokoljić.

The first team managed to keep the core of last season’s roster, which is no small achievement.

"At the moment, we have nine contracted players available. The domestic core of the team has been retained, with key players Jošilo and Fundić renewing their contracts, and we’ve also brought in Aleksa Uskoković, from whom we expect a lot. Along with a recovered Čarapić, who we greatly missed last year, we have young players Manojlović, Pavle Nikolić, Ćurčić, and Petar Radović, from whom we expect continued improvement this season. We’ve also added promising junior Krunić to the squad. All of this is very important for the start of preparations, but we will definitely have to strengthen the team further in order to remain competitive in the ABA League this season," said the Borac Mozzart coach.

Although the start of the competition is still some time away, Saša Ocokoljić briefly commented on that as well.

"Briefly, regarding our ambitions for the season: as in every year, our main goal is to stay in the league, which is getting stronger every year as teams are seriously increasing their investments and the quality of their rosters. In addition, of course, we want to play the same way as last season — with fight and aggression — and to give our maximum in every game, which was our trademark. Naturally, from that team-first approach and commitment comes the individual progress of our players, especially the younger ones," said the Borac Mozzart coach.

As for the first official challenge awaiting the team from the city on the Morava River in the Adriatic competition, it will be the Round 1 match of the ABA League against Studentski Centar Derby in Podgorica, scheduled for Saturday, October 4, 2025.

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Ekipa Borca Mozzart je započela pripreme za sezonu 2025/2026

U petak 15. avgusta prvi tim Borca Mozzart krenuo je sa pripremama za novu sezonu 2025/2026. u ABA ligi.

Kao što je dobro poznato, start regionalnog takmičenja zakazan je za početak oktobra, tako da je pred čačanskim taborom dovoljno vremena da se spremi za sve izazove koji ga očekuju u novoj, kako se čini, izuzetno teškoj takmičarskoj godini.

U ovom momentu, roster prvog tima koji sa klupe predvodi trener Saša Ocokoljić sastoji se od devetorice košarkaša: Uroš Čarapić, Nikola Manojlović, Pavle Nikolić, Đorđe Ćurčić, Petar Radović, Aleksandar Krunić, Marko Jošilo, Stefan Fundić i Aleksa Uskoković. Razume se, tu nije kraj, tako da će u periodu koji dolazi sastav biti popunjen neophodnim pojačanjima.

Saša Ocokoljić, šef struke Čačana, prvo je ukratko prozborio o sezoni koja je iza nas.

„Iza nas je jedna uspešna sezona, u kojoj je ostvaren glavni cilj, a to je opstanak u ligi, a uz to je pružena šansa i nekolicini mladih igrača, koji su polako stasavali u sezoni uz pomoć iskusnijih saigrača. U petak zvanično počinjemo pripreme za narednu sezonu, iako smo sa jednom grupom igrača krenuli vec 11. avgusta da radimo. Naravno, kao i uvek kad su pripreme u pitanju, želimo da, pre svega, igrači budu zdravi i da kvalitetno rade, da bismo što spremnije ušli u sezonu“, smatra Ocokoljić.

Prvi tim je uspeo da sačuva kostur ekipe iz prošle sezone, što nije mala stvar.

„U ovom momentu imamo devetoricu igrača pod ugovorom na raspolaganju, kostur ekipe što se tiče domaćih igrača je zadržan, ugovore su obnovili jako, jako bitni igrači Jošilo i Fundić, a došao je i Aleksa Uskoković od koga puno očekujemo. Uz oporavljenog Čarapića, koji nam je jako nedostajao prošle godine, tu su i mladi Manojlović, Pavle Nikolić, Ćurčić i Petar Radović, za koje očekujemo da nastave da napreduju i budu još bolji ove godine. Ekipi je pridružen i persprektivni junior Krunić. Sve ovo je jako bitno za početak priprema, ali definitivno ćemo morati dodatno da ojačamo ekipu da bismo bili konkurentni i ove sezone u ABA ligi“, rekao je strateg Borca Mozzart.

Iako do početka takmičenja ima dosta, Saša Ocokoljić je kratko prozborio i na tu temu.

,,Ukratko što se ambicija u sezoni tiče, kao i svake godine to je opstanak u ligi, koja je svake godine sve jača i jača, jer ekipe ozbiljno pojačavaju ulaganja i kvalitet timova. Pored toga, naravno želja nam je da igramo na isti način kao prošle sezone, borbeno i agresivno, i da dajemo svoj maksimum na svakoj utakmici, što je bio naš zaštitni znak. Naravno, iz tog timskog pristupa i opredeljenosti, proizilazi i individualni napredak pojedinaca, pogotovo mlađih igrača”, reči su trenera Borca Mozzart.

Što se tiče prvog zvaničnog izazova koji će košarkaši iz grada na Moravi imati u jadranskom takmičenju, reč je o meču 1. kola ABA lige protiv Studentskog centra Derby u Podgorici, a taj okršaj je planiran za subotu 4. oktobra 2025. godine.